Just a month after the curtains closed on DOC NYC 2019, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its shortlists in consideration for the 92nd Academy Awards, including both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories. DOC NYC would like to sincerely congratulate all the filmmakers behind this year’s Oscar shortlisters! Documentary […]
Check out these films about making films! Film Hawk | Sat Nov 12, 5:45 PM (Cinepolis Chelsea) Finding Kukan | Tue Nov 15, 5:30 PM (Cinepolis Chelsea) & Wed Nov 16, 12:45 PM (IFC Center) Le Concours | Sat Nov 12, 9:15 PM (IFC Center) Score: A Film Music Documentary | Wed Nov 16, 5:30 […]
If you like music then check out these awesome films: The Ballad of Fred Hersch | Sat Nov 12, 7:45 PM (CC) Bang! The Bert Berns Story |Fri Nov 11, 7:15 PM (SVA) L7: Pretend We’re Dead | Fri Nov 11, 9:45 PM (SVA) Raving Iran | Fri Nov 11, 10:15 PM (CC) Serenade For […]
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by Thom Powers One of the cautionary tales about documentary films falling out of public circulation is Henry Hampton’s Eyes on the Prize. The 14-part series chronicling the civil rights struggle first started airing on PBS in the late 1980s, but by the mid-90s it could no longer be broadcast or released on DVD because a […]
D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus list films in their archives that need preservation help.
Documentary Preservation Summit takes place at NY’s IFC Center on March 31 and April 1. Visit docnyc.net for more details.
DOC NYC artistic director Thom Powers discusses what’s behind the hashtag #savedocs.
DOC NYC 2014 passes are now on sale! Early-bird prices in effect until Oct. 15. Get your pass now!
Save the date!! DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, returns for its fifth year on Nov. 13 – 20, 2014. Submissions: Submissions for feature and short documentaries are now live and full info is here. Early bird deadline is March 7. Festival News: We are especially proud to report that this year DOC NYC became an […]