Monday, June 7th, 2010

Get ready for a new and improved Film Society of Lincoln Center… as part of the ginormous Lincoln Center renovation project, the organization supporting diverse and international film will be upgrading their facilities to offer a much wider array of film events.  Above, the floor plan of the new Elinor Bunin-Monroe Film Center (named after Film Society Board Member and award-winning filmmaker and designer, Elinor Bunin-Munroe) shows the big transformation, due to be open in early 2011.  A $45 million capital and endowment campaign is creating the only totally new performance venue within Lincoln Center’s campus-wide transformation, including the Film Society’s new multi-screen facility. Designed by renowned architect David Rockwell of The Rockwell Group, the state-of-the-art center will house two fully equipped screening rooms, gallery exhibition space, a café and a flexible amphitheater space.  Adding this center to the Walter Reade Theater will allow for additional showings of important films, more experimental, multimedia programming and a dedicated educational agenda.  Check out more details about the Film Society’s plans for the new facility at their expansion plan website, Building the Future of Film.

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