NYTimes.com Offers Short Films from The New York Film Festival as Part of a Special Section; For the First Time, Users Can Watch a Selection of Short Films From the Festival Online at 1,000 Kilobits Per Second.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- NYTimes.com announced today that it is offering users a selection of short films chosen by the Film Society of Lincoln Center Lincoln Center New York’s modern theater complex. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1586] See : Theater from this year's New York Film Festival. The films are available online exclusively on NYTimes.com as part of the site's coverage of this year's festival. "This year's New York Film Festival is the most provocative yet, and we're pleased to give our readers an exclusive and unique view of it through these short films from around the world," said Leonard M. Apcar, editor in chief, NYTimes.com. "Our users will notice that the films we're offering are on a bigger-than-usual screen with superior quality than anything they're likely to find on a computer this side of a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ." "Working with NYTimes.com, we were able to develop a new video application to deliver the shorts at a quality that befits the artistry of the films themselves," said Bart Feder, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , The FeedRoom. "The delivery speed of 1,000 kbps is up to three times faster than the bit rates at which most Web video is streamed." The video is also available at the traditional broadband speed of 300 kbps. The shorts can be viewed on a video application powered by The FeedRoom and are being hosted by Mirror Image(R) Internet (www.mirror-image.com). The short films available on NYTimes.com include: BLUE TONGUE Australia, 2004, 7 minutes. Director: Justin Kurzel In this cool-hued film, a snub costs a boy something he holds dear. YOUR DARK HAIR IHSAN Morocco/USA, 2005, 13 minutes. Director: Tala Hadid A man returns to his native city to rediscover his past and the mother he lost as a child. LAL Germany, 2005, 17 minutes. Director: Dirk Schaefer A German psychoanalyst who believes that "normalcy is an illusion" reunites with her ex-terrorist daughter after a long period of estrangement. SNOW U.K., 2005, 11 minutes. Director: Emily Greenwood Will filming herself while sleeping reveal the secret behind Beth's nightmares? MOTION REPORT Serbia & Montenegro, 2004, 17 minutes. Director: Verica Patrnogic Trading the grim urban grit of Belgrade for blue skies: a fractured girl-meets-boy story for a time out of joint and a society fallen to pieces. A special section dedicated to the 2005 New York Film Festival can be found at www.NYTimes.com/NYFF. The section includes Times journalism as well as content only available at NYTimes.com. Users are offered multimedia features on the latest movies, interviews with directors and actors, reviews of every film playing in the festival and authoritative articles and commentary from Times reporters and critics. The New York Film Festival (www.filmlinc.com) celebrates its 43rd anniversary in 2005, continuing a tradition of showing the newest and most important cinematic works by directors from around the world. The 17-day festival features provocative cinema by emerging talents and first-rank international artists whose films are often recognized as contemporary classics. The New York Times Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NYT NYT New York Times NYT National Youth Theatre (UK) NYT New York Transit (New York, USA) NYT New York Tribune ), a leading media company with 2004 revenues of $3.3 billion, includes The New York Times, the New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune Daily newspaper published in Paris. 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