New Directors/New Films Festival
The New Directors/New Films Festival is an annual film festival held in New York City, organized jointly by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Established in 1972, the Festival generally selects films from first-time directors, some of whom have become renowned in their later careers. The festival and its films have been covered by The New York Times and Variety. "New Directors/New Films 2015". Slant. March 15, 2015. The festival, in the past, has taken knocks for its ostensible stretching of the word "new"—for not exclusively limiting its lineup to works by first-time filmmakers. And it's tempting to consider that this year's selection committee has heeded such gripes, as only a handful of the directors represented in this year's lineup have previous feature films under their belts,