Film series: New Visions, New Voices

This annual series amplifies the work of emerging filmmakers by showcasing some of the most exciting directorial debuts, or first features, from the past year.

Highlighting a variety of genres, subjects, and national contexts, New Visions, New Voices aims to foreground innovative approaches to storytelling, celebrate creative risk-taking, and introduce some of the most exciting new voices in the film industry. This semester, we are delighted to include Love and Basketball (2000) — the directorial debut of celebrated American filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood — which was added to the National Film Registry in 2023 and celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

Our Cornell Cinema series is modeled on "New Directors/New Films" at MoMA and Film at Lincoln Center and films will be presented throughout the spring semester.

Featuring:

INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL 

(2023, dir. Pham Thien An)
Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:30pm

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT 

(2024, dir. Payal Kapadia)
Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 8pm
Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7pm

LOVE & BASKETBALL 

(2000, dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood)
Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 8:30pm
Friday, February 14, 2025 at 6pm

THE GRADUATES

(2024, dir. Hannah Peterson)
Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 7pm

TOXIC 

(2024, dir. Saulė Bliuvaitė)
Friday, March 7, 2025 at 8:30pm
Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 9pm

DISCO BOY 

(2023, dir. Giacomo Abbruzzese)
Friday, April 11, 2025 at 6pm

BANEL & ADAMA 

(2023, dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy)
Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 5:30pm

HOLY COW 

(2024, dir. Louise Courvoisier)
Friday, April 18, 2025 at 6pm