For select films whose first screenings went quickly to rush only availability, we’ve added the following additional screenings: The Seven Five, a surprising tale of a police officer gone to the dark side, will screen again on Tuesday, November 18 at 5:05 pm at IFC. Tough Love (above), a moving look at custody battles, follows its sold-out show […]
This year, DOC NYC presents three late night screenings for our Midnight series. The world premiering Haunters is a sideways look at family businesses — more specifically, at a Michigan family’s homegrown haunted house run amok. Love And Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere goes into the stranger-than-fiction small town history of Chadron, Nebraska, and the haunting discovery […]
It’s here! DOC NYC is pleased to unveil the 2014 festival trailer, featuring clips from our 100+ films, from Do I Sound Gay? and Soul Boys of the Western World to CITIZENFOUR and Some Kind of Spark. Be sure to check it out at the link, and browse our playlist of film trailers while you’re at it. Special thanks to our friends at Wheelhouse Creative.
One of DOC NYC’s four brand new sections, Centerstage spotlights personalities in showbiz. The most famous producer you’ve never heard of, Michael White is the man behind such Broadway and West End hits as The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Not without his share of setbacks, White’s bankruptcy and recent heart attack are portrayed in Gracie Otto’s […]
DOC NYC’s International Perspectives program offers viewers a glimpse into the lives of others from distant corners of the world. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness is a behind-the-scenes look inside Tokyo’s world renown Studio Ghibli, the production company behind such animated classics as Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Pom Poko. A profile of two of the […]
Music lover? DOC NYC has you covered with our Sonic Cinema section, an exploration of everything from rock n’roll to symphonies to pop classics. Bela Fleck: How to Write A Banjo Concerto is the legendary musician’s autobiographical portrait (co-directed with his brother Sascha Paladino) that traces his creative process from first note to the premiere concert performance […]
A gun-rights activist, Cody Wilson made headlines in 2013 when his company, Defense Distributed, published plans for the “Liberator,” a pistol reproducible by a 3D printer. In speaking about his rationale behind the design, Wilson told Glenn Beck, “This is a symbol of reversibility. They can never eradicate the gun from the earth.” The artist Greg […]
Appointed to the Constitutional Court of South Africa in 1994 by none other than Nelson Mandela, Albie Sachs gained national recognition during the 2005 case of Minister of Home Affairs vs. Fourie, in which the Court overthrew South Africa’s statute defining marriage to be between one man and one woman as a violation of the Constitution’s general […]
With the final day of Doc-A-Thon panels on November 20, learn how to Reach Your Audience amidst all the content out there. In Documentaries are Narratives — The Artistry of Nonfiction Storytelling, Omar Mullick (These Birds Walk) will go inside his innovative process; with How to Maximize Digital Distribution representatives from The Orchard (Danielle DiGiacomo), Vimeo (Jeremy Boxer) and SundanceNow […]
Are you new to non-fiction filmmaking? This year, the first day of DOC NYC’s popular Doc-A-Thon series is geared specifically towards first time filmmakers. From Mapping Out Your Film: Story and Style and Funding: Budgets, Grants and More to Post-Production: Is It Worth It? and Distribution and Outreach: Navigating the Waters, Doc-A-Thon will provide you with the tools you need to get […]