The 53rd
New York Film Festival
The New York Film Festival (NYFF) is a film festival held every fall in New York City, presented by Film at Lincoln Center (FLC). Founded in 1963 by Richard Roud and Amos Vogel with the support of Lincoln Center president William Schuman, i ...
was held September 25 – October 11, 2015.
The lineup consisted of seven sections:
* Main Slate (26 films and four shorts programs)
* Spotlight on Documentary (11 films and one shorts program)
* Projections (14 programs)
* Special Events (10 films)
* Revivals (11 films)
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Nathaniel Dorsky
Nathaniel Dorsky (born 1943 in New York City), is an American experimental filmmaker and film editor who has been making films since 1963. He attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio where he developed his interest in filmmaking. He won a ...
&
Jerome Hiler
Jerome Hiler (born 1943) is an American experimental filmmaker, painter and stained glass artist.
Biography
Hiler began his filmmaking career alongside Robert Cowan, as a projectionist at The Filmmaker Cinematheque at 125 West 41st St. in New ...
Retrospective (12 programs)
* Convergence (transmedia presentations and talks)
The Festival also included various talks and free screenings. The primary selection committee included Kent Jones (chair),
Dennis Lim,
Marian Masone,
Gavin Smith, and
Amy Taubin
Amy Taubin (born September 10, 1938) is an American author and film critic. She is a contributing editor for two prominent film magazines, the British ''Sight & Sound'' and the American ''Film Comment''. She has also written regularly for '' The ...
. The Shorts Programs were selected by
Sarah Mankoff,
Laura Kern,
Matt Bolish,
Florence Almozini, and
Dan Sullivan. Projections was programmed by
Dennis Lim,
Aily Nash, and Gavin Smith. The
Dorsky/
Hiler retrospective
A retrospective (from Latin ''retrospectare'', "look back"), generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past. As a noun, ''retrospective'' has specific meanings in medicine, software development, popu ...
was programmed by Gavin Smith, and Convergence was curated by
Matt Bolish.
Sections
Main Slate
Feature-length
Shorts
Spotlight on Documentary
Feature-length
Field of Vision: New Episodic Nonfiction
Projections
Special Events
Revivals
Retrospective
Nathaniel Dorsky
Jerome Hiler
References
External links
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