Calling all film buffs: The Museum of the Moving Image's First Look Festival is back its the 12th edition. The festival, running March 15-19, will premiere 44 works, including 18 features representing more than 22 countries.
All the films screening in Astoria are New York premieres with some U.S. or even world premieres. Among the selections is the NYC shot dramedy New Strains which just won a special jury prize at Rotterdam. The festival opens with Babak Jalali’s Fremont and closes with C.J. "Fiery" Obasi’s Mami Wata—both acclaimed films from Sundance.
