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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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![Moon, 66 Questions](/images/stills/m/moon_66_questions_2020.jpg)
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.
![We're All Going to The World's Fair](/images/stills/w/were_all_going_to_the_worlds_fair_2021.jpg)
A teenage girl becomes immersed in an online role-playing game.
![Mighty Flash](/images/stills/m/mighty_flash_2021.jpg)
Docufiction portrait of a community in Spain's Extremadura.
![Azor](/images/stills/a/azor_2021.jpg)
Thriller set in the world of high finance.
![Pebbles](/images/stills/p/pebbles_2021.jpg)
The tale of an impoverished, alcoholic man and a young boy on a long walk together.
![Stop-Zemlia](/images/stills/s/stopzemlia_2021.jpg)
Drama follows a shy teenager and her friend as they navigate their 16th year.
![Taming The Garden](/images/stills/t/taming_the_garden_2021.jpg)
A poetic ode to the rivalry between men and nature.
![All Light, Everywhere](/images/stills/a/all_light_everywhere_2021.jpg)
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.
![Aleph](/images/stills/a/aleph_2021.jpg)
The director takes a puzzle-like approach, inspired by the writings of Jorge Luis Borges
![El Planeta](/images/stills/e/el_planeta_2020.jpg)
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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