Selome Hailu editorThe Museum of Modern Art announced the lineup for the 14th annual edition of The Contenders on Friday. The film series will run from Nov.
4 through Jan. 22, 2022, primarily in person with a select number of virtual screenings. The Contenders will open with Pablo Larraîn’s “Spencer,” the Princess Diana biopic starring Kristin Stewart.
Larraîn and Stewart will appear for a conversation after the screening. The closing night film will be Sebastian Meise’s “Grosse Freiheit” which, translating to “Great Freedom,” is set in postwar Germany and follows the relationship between Hans, a man imprisoned for being homosexual, and his cellmate Viktor, a convicted murderer. “This year’s Contenders lineup includes highly anticipated.
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