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Press Releases

MoMI receives $1 million gift from The Jane Henson Foundation | September 25, 2024

MoMI x Tezos announce Community Curation, an invitation to the public to help select the next artists for exhibition at the Museum | September 12, 2024

MoMI commemorates Jim Henson's birthday on September 22 | September 10, 2024

New York on Location street fair offers a behind-the-scenes look at film and TV production, September 15 | September 4, 2024

The Living Room Candidate, online exhibition of presidential campaign commercials, relaunches with ads from 2024 election | September 3, 2024

September 2024 at MoMI: first-person documentaries, Jim Henson birthday commemoration, CatVideoFest, the films of Pema Tseden, and more | August 26, 2024

MoMI presents Personal Belongings: First-Person Documentary in the 1990s, Sep. 20–29 | August 22, 2024

New exhibition "Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos" honors the 1990s era of DIY filmmaking and skater culture, Sep. 7–Jan. 25 | August 13, 2024

MoMI presents complete film retrospective of groundbreaking Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden, September 6–15 | August 1, 2024

July and August 2024 at MoMI: Sergei Parajanov Centenary, 70mm film festival, The Trans Image in Film, and more | July 1, 2024

Museum of the Moving Image announces major yearlong partnership with the Tezos Foundation | June 26, 2024

See It Big: 70mm summer series returns to MoMI with classic and contemporary big-screen movies in July and August | June 24, 2024

MoMI extends Auriea Harvey exhibition through December 1 | June 21, 2024

MoMI celebrates Juneteenth holiday with free community programs, and screenings of historic films by Black film pioneer Spencer Williams with panel discussion, June 19 | June 14, 2024

Museum of the Moving Image and Polish Cultural Institute New York co-present Agnieszka Holland retrospective, June 7–21 | May 28, 2024

Museum of the Moving Image and the American Folk Art Museum present film series focusing on the legacy of Francesc Tosquelles, June 21–23 | May 21, 2024

MoMI to honor Rosie Perez, Mattel Chairman and CEO Ynon Kreiz, and media executive Josh Sapan at 2024 Spring Moving Image Awards on June 12 | May 20, 2024

MoMI announces 25-film series See It Big at the '90s Multiplex, highlighting a transformative decade of daring, diverse movies, May 24–July 16 | May 16, 2024

MoMI announces launch of Open Worlds, offering free access to Museum's expansive lobby and courtyard beginning May 18 | April 16, 2024

Unsung master of Japanese cinema Hiroshi Shimizu to be the subject of a major 27-film retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image and Japan Society, May 4–June 1 | April 4, 2024
Part I: The Shochiku Years (Program Description)
Part II: The Postwar and Independent Years (Program Description)