We’re seeking filmmakers to submit work-in-progress documentaries to a new DOC NYC initiative – Pitch Perfect! The program aims to provide a nurturing environment for emerging filmmakers to present works-in-progress to funders and distributors. The event will take place on Mon. Nov. 14. Submissions are open to nonfiction works-in-progress features or series proposals in any genre or style. Works-in-progress must […]
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DOC NYC ANNOUNCES FULL LINE-UP FOR SIXTH EDITION NOVEMBER 12-19, 2015 Line-Up Includes 27 World Premieres and 15 U.S. Premieres among Over 200 Films and Events Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton to Present Closing Night World Premiere Once and For All on Nov. 19 Other Special Guests Include Martin Scorsese, Sharon Jones, Ethan Hawke, Sonia Sanchez, Bill […]
The DOC NYC Short List has a history of being a predictor of other awards, from critics’ prizes and top ten lists to the Oscars. In each of the past two years, the DOC NYC Short List had nine titles overlapping the subsequent Oscar Documentary Short List. For the last four years, DOC NYC screened […]
DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, running November 12-19, announced the final two awards being given at the November 12 Visionaries Tribute: filmmaker Kim Longinotto will receive the Robert and Anne Drew Award for observational filmmaking and distribution executive Tom Quinn will receive the Leading Light Award for distinguished service to documentary in a role […]
DOC NYC will open its 2015 festival on Thurs. Nov. 12 with the US Premiere of Barbara Kopple’s new film Miss Sharon Jones!
DOC NYC will present Lifetime Achievement Awards to Jon Alpert, Barbara Kopple and Frederick Wiseman at its Visionaries Tribute Luncheon on Thurs. Nov. 12, 2015.
Impact Partners, the leading financier and executive producer of documentary film, will launch a new annual Emerging Documentary Producers Fellowship. The fellowship will be awarded to some of the industry’s most promising new producers at an inaugural ceremony at DOC NYC this fall. The goal of the new fellowship is to foster emerging producing talent […]
The first DOC NYC and the International Documentary Association (IDA) “Documentary Preservation Summit” took place March 31 and April 1 at IFC Center in New York. The event gathered filmmakers, preservation experts and others to address the risks of important documentary films being lost and strategies for ensuring their future. For those who missed the […]
Hearty congrats to DOC NYC alum CITIZENFOUR, for receiving the award for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards. CITIZENFOUR also won the Independent Spirit Award for best documentary. Four DOC NYC alum were nominated for Best Documentary Feature: FINDING VIVIAN MAIER directed by John Maloof & Charlie Siskel (Watch DOC NYC Q&A) CITIZENFOUR directed […]