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Hey folks, welcome to a special episode of the projection booth. I'm your host, Mike White.

Last year we heard from Eric Hines and Eddo Choi all about the first look film festival from the Museum of the Moving Image.

And here we are again to hear about the 2023 program.

If you're in New York, you should really check this out. And regardless, I hope you enjoy the

interview. It has been a year since we sat down and talked about the MoMe First Look Festival.

And I am so curious to kind of catch up with you guys and hear how things have been over the last year,

how last year's festival was and then talk to you about this year's and what we have to look

forward to. So, Eddo, what's been going on, sir? Well, last year's festival, I think, was a real

success and we're excited to be to be back this year and are really, really, I think, proud of this slate and the

lineup of events that we have as part of working on it. I think it's going to be an exciting year.

Our turnout last year was the best we've ever had and coming off the pandemic. That was not

quite what we expected, but it certainly is exciting to be in a position of thinking about it growing in terms of both audience and in terms of what we're doing.

So how did this year's slate of films come together?

Well, we start pretty early in terms of watching.

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