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Film at Lincoln Center

Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), previously known as the Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) until 2019,[1] is a nonprofit organization based in New York City, United States. Founded in 1969 by three Lincoln Center executives—William F. May, Martin E. Segal and Schuyler G. Chapin[2]—the organization presents film festivals, retrospectives, new releases, restorations, and talks.[3] Film at Lincoln Center is one of the eleven resident organizations at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Over the last four decades, Film at Lincoln Center has introduced to American audiences the works of many of the world's most acclaimed filmmakers, including François Truffaut, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jean-Luc Godard, Pedro Almodóvar and Martin Scorsese.


Each year the organization presents its annual Chaplin Award Gala, honoring legendary stars and industry leaders at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.


Film at Lincoln Center also hosts the annual New York Film Festival and is a co-presenter (with the Museum of Modern Art) of the New Directors/New Films Festival. The organization also publishes the film journal Film Comment.


In 2020, Film at Lincoln Center took its festival virtual with a video-on-demand platform provided by Shift72[4] and suspended all physical events for 400 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reopening its theaters on April 16, 2021,[5] and continuing with a hybrid model.[4]


Lesli Klainberg is president of Film at Lincoln Center,[6] past executives include Rose Kuo,[7] Mara Manus,[8] Claudia Bonn and Joanne Koch who served as executive director from 1971 to 2003.[9]


Dennis Lim is the artistic director of New York Film Festival.[10]

1972:

Charlie Chaplin

1973:

Fred Astaire

1974:

Alfred Hitchcock

1975: and Paul Newman

Joanne Woodward

1978:

George Cukor

1979:

Bob Hope

1980:

John Huston

1981:

Barbara Stanwyck

1982:

Billy Wilder

1983:

Laurence Olivier

1984:

Claudette Colbert

1985:

Federico Fellini

1986:

Elizabeth Taylor

1987:

Alec Guinness

1988:

Yves Montand

1989:

Bette Davis

1990:

James Stewart

1991:

Audrey Hepburn

1992:

Gregory Peck

1993:

Jack Lemmon

1994:

Robert Altman

1995:

Shirley MacLaine

1996:

Clint Eastwood

1997:

Sean Connery

1998:

Martin Scorsese

1999:

Mike Nichols

2000:

Al Pacino

2001:

Jane Fonda

2002:

Francis Ford Coppola

2003:

Susan Sarandon

2004:

Michael Caine

2005:

Dustin Hoffman

2006:

Jessica Lange

2007:

Diane Keaton

2008:

Meryl Streep

2009:

Tom Hanks

2010:

Michael Douglas

2011:

Sidney Poitier

2012:

Catherine Deneuve

2013:

Barbra Streisand

2014:

Rob Reiner

2015:

Robert Redford

2016:

Morgan Freeman

2017:

Robert De Niro

2018:

Helen Mirren

2019: 50th Anniversary Gala

2020: Not awarded

2021:

Spike Lee

2022:

Cate Blanchett

2023:

Viola Davis

2024:

Jeff Bridges

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