Longtime Film Forum director Karen Cooper is parting ways with the nonprofit New York City cinema after half a century in the role.
Cooper will be succeeded by Sonya Chung, whose position goes into effect July 1. Film Forum’s board, headed by Gray Coleman, unanimously voted on the change in leadership in November 2022. Cooper will remain as an advisor to Chung, with a focus on programming premieres and fundraising.
“Running a business, any business, is about solving problems, and more importantly seeing around corners and solving them before they become problems. I have the highest regard for Sonya,” Cooper said of her successor. “She has superb taste in films and impeccable judgment on a wide range of administrative issues, ranging from finance to personnel. Knowing she was ready and willing to become Director gave me the luxury of stepping down at a time when the theater is financially solid, ceding...
Cooper will be succeeded by Sonya Chung, whose position goes into effect July 1. Film Forum’s board, headed by Gray Coleman, unanimously voted on the change in leadership in November 2022. Cooper will remain as an advisor to Chung, with a focus on programming premieres and fundraising.
“Running a business, any business, is about solving problems, and more importantly seeing around corners and solving them before they become problems. I have the highest regard for Sonya,” Cooper said of her successor. “She has superb taste in films and impeccable judgment on a wide range of administrative issues, ranging from finance to personnel. Knowing she was ready and willing to become Director gave me the luxury of stepping down at a time when the theater is financially solid, ceding...
- 1/9/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Before the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, representatives from arthouse theaters across the country convened in Midway, Utah for the annual Art House Convergence. Each night, exhibitors shared stories about their venues at an event called Art House Tales. The following presentation was delivered by Adam Walker, the director of publicity at New York’s Film Forum. It outlines the history of the venue and provides the first look at its major expansion plans. The ordering of the images correspond to the slides in his presentation.
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