NEW YORK, August 15, 2007—The 45th New York Film Festival will premiere 28 films when it runs Sept. 28-Oct. 14 at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. The festival, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and sponsored by Sardinia Region Tourism and The New York Times, also features three unique sidebars, three special event screenings and five retrospective films.

Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis has been selected as the festival's Closing Night film. The animated coming-of-age story, based on Satrapi's popular graphic novel about her own childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, won a Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It features the voice talents of Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux and Simon Abkarian, several of whom are expected to attend the festival's Closing Night screening at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday, Oct. 14. Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the film.

NEW YORK, June 28, 2007—The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces that Wes Anderson's film The Darjeeling Limited will open the 45th New York Film Festival, and Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men will be honored as the festival's Centerpiece. Two other notable titles in this year's festival slate are also confirmed: Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu; and Lee Chang-dong's Korean feature, Secret Sunshine, which stars Cannes' Best Actress recipient, Jeon Do-yeon.

A Star-Studded Tribute During The New York Film Festival on Friday, October 5; Gala Marks Biggest Benefit In the History of The Film Society

NEW YORK (May 22, 2007) --The Film Society of Lincoln Center will salute New Line Cinema's 40 years of extraordinary moviemaking at a black-tie gala to benefit the Film Society's campaign to build a new film center. On Friday, October 5, during the 45th New York Film Festival, New Line Cinema's Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne will host a star-studded evening at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Time Warner Center.