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After its online edition in November 2020, the 50th edition of New Directors/New Films is returning to its usual springtime slot this year for a hybrid showcase. The films will be available virtually from April 28 to May 8 available via virtual cinema, with in-person screenings running until May 14 at Film at Lincoln Center in New York. In addition to this year's crop of new films, the festival will also celebrate its half-century milestone with a free virtual retrospective looking back at its history.
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When a grave illness strikes down her father Paris, Artemis decides to return home to Greece after an absence of some years and the pair embark on a new beginning.

A teenage girl becomes immersed in an online role-playing game.

Docufiction portrait of a community in Spain's Extremadura.

Thriller set in the world of high finance.

The tale of an impoverished, alcoholic man and a young boy on a long walk together.

Drama follows a shy teenager and her friend as they navigate their 16th year.

A poetic ode to the rivalry between men and nature.

An exploration of the shared histories of cameras, weapons, policing and justice. As surveillance technologies become a fixture in everyday life, the film interrogates the complexity of an objective point of view, probing the biases inherent in both human perception and the lens.

The director takes a puzzle-like approach, inspired by the writings of Jorge Luis Borges

Amid the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.
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