Thats brief compared toexergue, the documentary directed by Dimitris Athyridis that clocks in at 14 hours.
I do think the film is very compulsive, very engrossing, so length really isnt an issue.
The films arent easy to screen or access necessarily, partly because of their length, Lim tells Deadline.
(L-R) ‘Youth (Homecoming)’, ‘Exergue’ and ‘My Undesirable Friend’Kino Rebelde; Icarus Films; Cinetic
I think hes a major filmmaker.
I think very few filmmakers have done as much with the documentary form in the last two decades.
Lim says that documentary was chosen for the NYFF slate before the recent assassination attempts against former Pres.
Dennis Lim, artistic director of the New York Film FestivalMonica Schipper/Getty Images for Netflix
Reagan in 1981).
We saw this film quite a few months ago, Lim says ofSuburban Fury.
Even then, it struck a chord.
I think its perfectly valid for documentarians to make films about difficult, controversial, unsympathetic subjects.
Its not necessarily giving a platform to them.
It is an important New York story, Lim observes.
I think its one of the key documentaries of the year.
The New York Film Festival does not segregate nonfiction films from other work.
We dont have a documentary section.
We havent had one for several years, Lim says.
I think that really speaks to our belief that documentary isnt necessarily a separate category of film.
Id like to put it in conversation with fiction films.
We have documentaries across the program in the main slate, also in the Currents section.
And, also, our shorts are a mix of fiction, experimental, and documentary.
Its in a really healthy place in New York, Lim says.
He adds, If the metric is attendance, then I think were doing well and were really happy.
Were excited about how engaged the audiences are with the work that were showing.
