Dedicated to showcasing the finest American and international cinema the world has to offer, its mission is to bridge the gap between independent film audiences and filmmakers, as well as to
connect emerging filmmakers with established industry professionals.
In addition, the museum has a programmatic dedication to the many hybrid forms that
emerge from the increasing integration of film and visual arts, at the exact moment when a growing number of independent, adventurous
filmmakers («auteurs») are tempted to seek refuge in the traditional spaces of visual art such as museums, galleries, and biennials, for reasons
connected to the intensified commercialization of the film circuit throughout the 1980s and»90s.