November 12, 2016

What Would Jane Jacobs Do?

  Written by Susan Keyloun   The Seventh Annual DOC NYC Festival kicked off its gala opening night with the U.S. premiere of Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, which was introduced with great fanfare by President of AMC Networks Josh Sapan, NY State Senator Brad Hoylman, who represents Chelsea and Greenwich Village, co-founder of Friends […]

November 11, 2016

Robert Mapplethorpe and The Art of Controversy

  Written by Krystal Grow   His photographs were shocking, powerful, and honest. They outraged conservative senators and incited federal lawsuits. But Robert Mapplethorpe’s images also had a raw beauty and a forceful and unflinching vision that made them impossible to ignore. Shown as part of DOC NYC’s 2016 Short List, Director of Programming Basil […]

October 14, 2016

Jock Docs

Q: What do you get when you put athletes and filmmakers together? A: Jock Docs! Bunker77 | Wed Nov 16, 2:45 PM (IFC) & Thu Nov 17, 7:45 PM (Cinepolis Chelsea) Chasing The Win | Tue Nov 15, 5:00 PM (IFC) Cheer Up | Sat Nov 12, 1:00 PM (IFC) Lights of Rome | Thu […]

October 14, 2016

Behind The Scenes

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 […]

October 14, 2016

Sonic Cinema

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 […]

October 6, 2016

DOC NYC PRO Line Up

DOC NYC PRO lineup announced and it includes 100+ speakers over 8 days. Buy your DOC NYC PRO pass now!

August 25, 2016

Opening Night Film Announced: Citizen Jane

DOC NYC announced it will open its seventh annual edition with the U.S. premiere of Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, directed by Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor) on Thursday, November 10 at the SVA Theatre. The film documents the historic conflict in the 1960s between the writer and activist Jane Jacobs and the […]

March 16, 2015

What’s behind #savedocs?

DOC NYC artistic director Thom Powers discusses what’s behind the hashtag #savedocs.

September 18, 2014

DOC NYC ’14 To Open With US Premiere of DO I SOUND GAY?

We are proud to announce that the 5th edition of DOC NYC will kick off with the US debut of DO I SOUND GAY?, a  humorous, insightful and intimate exploration of sexuality and speaking styles from New York filmmaker David Thorpe, fresh from its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Featuring Margaret Cho, Tim […]