We’re proud to announce several acquisitions that took place at this year’s festival, from Opening Night selection Do I Sound Gay? to Closing Night’s The Yes Men Are Revolting, and hopefully even more to come in between! Do I Sound Gay? to Sundance Selects Soul Boys of the Western World to Sundance Selects The Yes Men Are […]
DOC NYC was fortunate to receive rapturous praise from the press for our 5th annual festival. Read on for highlights and check out our video and radio pieces on CBS, Leonard Lopate, and Brian Lehrer, as well as a full highlights “bible” from Indiewire. “Images That Dare You to Turn Away” – Stephen Holden, The New […]
Just announced at DOC NYC’s 2014 Closing Night ceremony are the festival award winners! Taking home the Grand Jury Prize for the Viewfinders Competition is Cairo Drive (pictured), directed by Sherief Elkatsha, while Thomas Wirthensohn’s Homme Less received the Grand Jury Prize in the Metropolis Competition. Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick’s The Hand That Feeds won the SundanceNow Doc Club Audience Award, […]
New York Magazine film critic David Edelstein endorses several DOC NYC titles in his latest spot for CBS Sunday Morning, and several have yet to screen! Listen in to what he has to say, and get your tickets to The Cult of JT LeRoy, The Yes Men Are Revolting, Merchants of Doubt, Happy Valley, Citizenfour, Finding Vivian […]
Keep up to date with all DOC NYC happenings on our blog, Flickr, and YouTube channel. Recent videos include a post-screening Q&A of I Am Big Bird with Carroll Spinney as Big Bird in person, and Albert Maysles, Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker receiving their Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Visionaries Tribute. See photos from the […]
Just added! English filmmaker Nick Broomfield, whose Tales of the Grim Sleeper screens in the Short List program, will appear in conversation during Doc-A-Thon on November 19 at noon. Broomfield will discuss how he seeks out the subjects of his true crime stories and how he’s maintained a lengthly, fascinating career. Tickets on sale now!
THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIES | CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK Images That Dare You to Turn Away The DOC NYC Film Festival Returns By STEPHEN HOLDEN NOV. 11, 2014 Credit: Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas Images/Sony Pictures Classics To hell and back describes the psychological journey of the great Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado in the magnificent documentary “The Salt of the Earth.” Directed by Wim Wenders […]
Tickets are back on sale for the World Premiere of An Open Secret, the highly anticipated new film from Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg. At once controversial and sobering, An Open Secret is a careful examination into the lives of children who were exploited and assaulted by some of Hollywood’s most powerful players. Tickets now available for purchase.
DOC NYC has added the World Premiere of The Cult of JT LeRoy to the festival’s Special Events section. The film, directed by Marjorie Sturm, gives an intimate view inside one of the biggest literary hoaxes of our time. “Like an intricate jigsaw puzzle that comes together, I’m thrilled to be at long last premiering […]
With over 150 films and events in this year’s DOC NYC, it can be tough deciding where to start. To help you find your footing in our expanded lineup, DOC NYC’s programmers are spotlighting some of their favorite films this week–and offering special $5 tickets to them for a 24-hour period. Today’s offer includes films […]