NYFF free HBO Directors Dialogues announced

Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater to host talks

by Anne-Katrin Titze

Faces Places/Visages villages co-director Agnès Varda at the Blum & Poe press preview for her exhibition of video installations, photography, and sculpture organised with Olivier Renaud-Clément in New York
Faces Places/Visages villages co-director Agnès Varda at the Blum & Poe press preview for her exhibition of video installations, photography, and sculpture organised with Olivier Renaud-Clément in New York Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the 55th New York Film Festival HBO Directors Dialogues program this afternoon. Zama director Lucrecia Martel will kick off the free series of conversations on October 1. Faces Places/Visages villages directors Agnès Varda & JR; The Day After and On The Beach At Night Alone director Hong Sang-soo, and Philippe Garrel, director of Lover For A Day/L’Amant D’Un Jour round out the field.

HBO Directors Dialogues:-

  • Lucrecia Martel on October 1 at 3:00pm
  • Agnès Varda & JR on October 2 at 6:00pm
  • Hong Sang-soo on October 9 at 7:00pm
  • Philippe Garrel on October 10 at 8:00pm
The talks will take place at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater at Lincoln Center. Tickets will be handed out on the day of the event.

The 2017 New York Film Festival runs from September 28 through October 15.

Tickets for the 55th New York Film Festival will go on sale September 10.

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