New Directors lineup is Sundance heavy
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Lance Hammer's "Ballast" and Alex Rivera's "Sleep Dealer" are also in the lineup, which won the directing award and the screenwriting awards, respectively. On the doc end, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal's Katrina doc "Trouble the Water" will also unspool, fresh off its Sundance Grand Jury doc win. A total of 26 films and 7 shorts from 17 countries will screen.
Presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, the fest has become a respected platform for new talent. It is curated by a combined team from both institutions, including Jytte Jensen, Laurence Kardish, Marian Masone, Joanna Ney, Richard Peña, and Rajendra Roy.
New Directors/New Films runs March 26 – April 6.
2008 New Directors/New Films complete lineup:
"Frozen River," Courtney Hunt (US)
"Ballast," Lance Hammer (US)
"Correction," Thanos Anastopoulos (Greece)
"Eat, for This Is My Body," Michelange Quay (Haiti/France)
"Epitaph," Jung Bum-Sik and Jung Sik (South Korea)
"Falling from Earth," Chadi Zeneddine (Lebanon/France)
SCREENING WITH
"Cinema Mundial (1958-2007)," Carles Ascensio (Spain)
"Foster Child," Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)
SCREENING WITH
"The Wind's Stories," Javier Beltran Ramos (Venezuela)
"La France," Serge Bozon (France)
"Japan Japan," Lior Shamriz (Israel)
SCREENING WITH
"Camels Drink Water," Nathalie Djurberg (US)
"Jellyfish," Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen (Israel/France)
"A Lost Man," Danielle Arbid (Lebanon/France)
"Megane," Naoko Ogigami (Japan)
"Momma's Man," Azazel Jacobs (US)
"Moving Midway," Godfrey Cheshire (US)
"Munyurangabo," Lee Isaac Chung (US/Rwanda)
"Sleep Dealer," Alex Rivera (US/Mexico)
"Slingshot Hip Hop," Jackie Reem Salloum (US)
"Soul Carriage," Conrad Clark (China/UK)
"The Toe Tactic," Emily Hubley (US)
"Trouble the Water," Tia Lessin and Carl Deal (US)
"Valse Sentimentale," Constantina Voulgaris (Greece)
"Water Lilies," Céline Sciamma (France)
SCREENING WITH
"Man," Myna Joseph (US)
"We Went to Wonderland," Xiaolu Guo (UK)
SCREENING WITH
"Flotsam Jetsam," Patty Chang and David Kelley (US)
"Wonderful Town," Aditya Assarat (Thailand)
"XXY," Lucía Puenzo (Argentina/Spain/France)
"La Zona," Rodrigo Plá (Spain/Mexico)
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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