Cineaste tradition lives on at NYFF

September 28, 2007 [...] at a time when nearly every major fest is considered a place to do business first and celebrate filmmaking second, the stately event, first held in 1963, has managed to stand apart from its rivals precisely because of its cineaste tradition. Across the street stands the Juilliard School, with the New York City Ballet and the Metropolitan Opera hovering close by. You've got a blue ribbon panel who decide upon the small number of films chosen here, says Tom Bernard, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, which is distributing Oct. 14's closing-night film, Persepolis.

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