Two films by members of The New School community were selected to screen at the New York Film Festival, which takes place September 29 through October 12. Faculty member Joel Schlemowitz's short film Nocturne [Avenue A, no lens] will premiere on Sunday, October 5, at noon as part of the festival's Views from the Avant-Garde series. Nocturne will be included in the 84-minute short film block Time of the Signs. The three-minute piece, shot on 16mm film, consists of footage of the East Village's Avenue A captured by a camera without a lens, resulting in a contextual loss of time and place. New School alumna Taylor Dunne will also premiere a piece in the festival. Her twelve-minute work Obar will screen on Saturday, October 4, at noon as part of the Warmth of the Sun series.

Schlemowitz has made over 40 experimental films over the course of his career. He teaches filmmaking at The New School for General Studies, and is president of the adjunct faculty union. Dunne is a 2006 graduate of The New School, where she studied filmmaking and was a student of Schlemowitz. Obar is her first commercial film.

All screenings take place at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center (65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam). Tickets for the festival are now on sale at the Film Festival website.