7 Must-See Latin American Movies at New Directors/New Films

This year, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art’s New Directors/New Films (ND/NF) program gets to boast that they first hosted Captain Marvel directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck back in 2006 with their film Half Nelson. It’s a reminder that this celebration of emerging filmmakers from around the world is the place to see the work of people whose careers you’ll soon be avidly following. This year is no different. “Demanding our attention and exemplifying the vitality of contemporary cinema, this year’s class of emerging directors is one of the most courageous in years,” said Rajendra Roy, the Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film at The Museum of Modern Art. “Ready to investigate the deepest pain as well as celebrate profound humanity, these filmmakers are the brave new champions of our beloved art form.”

With films centered on guerrilla soldiers in the Colombian mountains, an ambulance crew in Mexico City, a middle-aged wife in Argentina, and a pair of gay lovers in Europe, the Latin American offerings in 2019’s ND/NF program promises to introduce audiences to the region’s new generation of visionaries. Many of them — including Alejandro Landes, Lila Avilés, André Novais Oliveira, and Lucio Castro — will be present for select Q&As following screenings of their respective films. So take a look below at the Latin American projects making their way to New York City this year and be sure to seek them out.

New Directors/New Films runs March 27 – April 7, 2019.