The 49th edition of the New York festival celebrating new cinematic voices was postponed from its scheduled run from March 25 to April 5 due to the pandemic. It is running instead, from December 9 to 20 as a virtual edition.

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Anne At 13,000 ft
Anne At 13,000 ft
Even in her job at a children’s day care centre, Anne prefers fun to actual work and often alienates those around her with her erratic behaviour.
Two Of Us
Two Of Us
Two retired women, who have been in a secret relationship for decades, find their relationship turned upside down when the truth begins to come out.
Boys State
Boys State
In an unusual experiment, a thousand 17-year-old boys from Texas join together to build a representative government from the ground up.
Giraffe
Giraffe
A Danish summer: A tunnel is being built to connect Denmark and Germany. An ethnologist comes to the island of Lolland to study its inhabitants and record their traditions and objects.
The Mole Agent
The Mole Agent
When a family becomes concerned about their mother’s well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83-year-old man who becomes a new resident – and a mole inside the home, who struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents.
The Metamorphosis Of Birds
The Metamorphosis Of Birds
Beatriz and Henrique fall in love and get married. He goes to sea while she raises their inquisitive children. The director brings her family's story to the screen.
The Killing Of Two Lovers
The Killing Of Two Lovers
David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife’s new relationship.
Collective
Collective
Documentary considering the aftermath of a nightclub fire that exposed deep corruption in the Romanian healthcare system.
Atlantis
Atlantis
In a near-future war-torn Ukraine a man with PTSD takes a volunteer job exhuming the dead.

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Secrets you know
Barbara Sukowa and Filippo Meneghetti on Two Of Us
Hiding and seeking
Filippo Meneghetti on Two Of Us and working with Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier
New Directors/New Films highlights
Giraffe, The Metamorphosis Of Birds, The Mole Agent, The Cloud In Her Room and Two Of Us
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