DOC NYC has multiple competitive sections with juries, plus an annual Audience Award. Our newest juried sections include the U.S. Competition, International Competition, and Kaleidoscope Competition to focus on work that’s more essayistic and poetic.
The longstanding Metropolis Competition focuses on New York City stories. The Shorts Competition covers all the titles in the Shorts Program.
Additionally, we have juries for our Short List sections that represent the best of the year’s releases. The Short List: Features jury gives awards in the categories of Director, Producer, Editor and Cinematographer. The Short List: Shorts jury gives a Director Award.
To read about our 2023 jurors, please click here.
Here’s a history of past winners.
2023
Directed by Jialing Zhang, Jialing Zhang, Jialing Zhang
2023
Directed by HASAN OSWALD, HASAN OSWALD
2022
Directed by Sébastien Lifshitz
2022
Directed by Marusya Syroechkovskaya
2021
Directed by Director: Cathryne Czubek, Co-Director: Hugo Perez, Director: Cathryne Czubek, Co-Director: Hugo Perez
2021
Directed by Erin Bernhardt, Din Blankenship, Erin Bernhardt, Din Blankenship
2023
Directed by Marco Ricci
2022
Directed by KD Davison
2021
Directed by Stefan Forbes
2020
Directed by Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple
2019
Directed by John Carluccio
2018
Directed by Chuck Smith
2017
Directed by James Crump
2016
Directed by Adam Irving
2015
Directed by Marc Levin
2014
Directed by THOMAS WIRTHENSOHN
2013
Directed by David L. Lewis
2012
Directed by Mary Kerr
2011
Directed by Corinne van der Borch
2010
Directed by Roland Legiardi-Laura, Edwin Martinez, Deborah Shaffer, Amy Sultan
2023
Directed by Claire Jeffreys
2022
Directed by Sharon "Rocky" Roggio
2021
Directed by Nick Canfield, Nick Canfield, Nick Canfield
2020
Directed by Raquel Cepeda
2019
Directed by Garin Hovannisian
2018
Directed by Clay Tweel
2017
Directed by Dustin Sussman, Aaron Rosenbloom
2016
Directed by Juan Mejia Botero, Jake Kheel
2015
Directed by Justin Schein, co-director David Mehlman
2014
Directed by Rachel Lears, Robin Blotnick
2013
Directed by MICHAEL KLEIMAN
2012
Directed by Mona Eldaief, Jehane Noujaim
2011
Directed by Bess Kargman
2010
Directed by Roland Legiardi-Laura, Edwin Martinez, Deborah Shaffer, Amy Sultan
2022
Directed by Arun Bhattarai, Arun Bhattarai
2022
Directed by Varun Chopra
2021
Directed by Nasir Bailey, Jackson Kroopf, Nasir Bailey, Jackson Kroopf
2020
Directed by Tiffany Hsiung, Tiffany Hsiung, Tiffany Hsiung
2019
Directed by Jake Sumner
2018
Directed by Seung-Jun Yi
2017
Directed by Kate Davis
2016
Directed by Corinne Botz
2015
Directed by Eric Rockey
2015
Directed by Stephen Maing
2014
Directed by DANIELLE SCHWARTZ
2013
Directed by Kelly O’Brien
2012
Directed by Riley Hooper
2023
Directed by Marie Margolius
2023
Directed by MAITE ALBERDI, MAITE ALBERDI, MAITE ALBERDI
2023
Directed by Asmae El Moudir, Asmae El Moudir, Asmae El Moudir
2023
Directed by Nicole Newnham, Nicole Newnham, Nicole Newnham
2023
Directed by Joe Brewster, Michéle Stephenson
2022
Directed by Vinay Shukla, Vinay Shukla, Vinay Shukla
2022
Directed by Shaunak Sen
2022
Directed by Sara Dosa
2022
Directed by Matthew Heineman, Matthew Heineman
2022
Directed by Margaret Brown
2021
Directed by Nanfu Wang
2021
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
2021
Directed by Jessica Kingdon
2021
Directed by Jessica Beshir
2020
Directed by Garrett Bradley, Garrett Bradley, Garrett Bradley
2020
Directed by David France, David France, David France
2020
Directed by Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine
2020
Directed by Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, Anonymous
2019
Directed by Sophia Nahli Allison
2019
Directed by Petra Costa
2019
Directed by Luther Clement and Shuhan Fan
2019
Directed by Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
2019
Directed by Todd Douglas Miller
2019
Directed by Victoria Stone, Mark Deeble
2020
Directed by Cecilia Aldarondo
2019
Directed by Weijun Chen
2017
Directed by Yuqi Kang
2017
Directed by Nicole Horanyi
2016
Directed by Mike Day
2015
Directed by Nicole N. Horanyi
2014
Directed by SHERIEF ELKATSHA
2013
Directed by MAHDI FLEIFEL
2012
Directed by Jamie Meltzer
2011
Directed by Grober Babcock & Blue Hadaegh
2010
Directed by Laura Israel
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