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The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center in New York City will host the 52nd edition of New Directors/New Films from March 29 to April 9. This year's selection features 27 features and 11 shorts.
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The destinies of a man who has joined the Foreign Legion and another in the Niger Delta intersect.
Drama involving the quiet pursuits of several women over a single afternoon.
Pamfir wants to be a decent family man but challenged by the circumstances he is forced to give up honest breadwinning to help his family.
As the Ranas, a happily patriarchal joint family, yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theater and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story illuminates the entire family's desire for a sexual rebellion.
Over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, three people from Feña's past are thrust back into his life. Having lost touch since transitioning from female to male, he navigates the new dynamics of old relationships while tackling the day-to-day challenges of living life in between.
In a large house, friends and family meet for a dual ritual: it is the birthday of young father and painter Tona, but also a farewell ceremony.
Through three different life possibilities a middle-aged woman tries to get out of her skin.
24 hours in the life of a man who is trying to kill himself while his family members try to save him.
The lives of three suburban teenagers intersect.
A woman finds herself dicing with danger after she is asked for help.
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