WORLD PREMIERE Italians Nino Corvato, Joe Centofanti, and Checchino Fonticoli are master tailors who have spent years perfecting all the skills necessary to construct flawless custom-made suits for their clients in NYC, Philadelphia and Penne, Italy, a fascinating process broken down step by step here. As they grow older, they fear their Old World knowledge […]
The day before the festival officially begins, meet the filmmakers behind some of this year’s most impressive documentaries, chosen for the DOC NYC Short List. Often docs are discussed for their subject matter. This panel will focus on the artistry of doc-making, moderated by programmer Thom Powers, with the makers of 20 Feet From Stardom, […]
NYC PREMIERE Before his untimely death last year, composer Marvin Hamlisch was a triple-threat in the worlds of music, film and theatre. A Juilliard prodigy, he developed into a hit-maker, creating instant classics like “The Way We Were” and the score for “A Chorus Line,” winning every major award—Pulitzer, Tony, Grammy, Emmy and Oscar. His […]
NYC PREMIERE Step into the unique and visionary world of lifetime outsider artist Al Carbee, an 88-year old eccentric who spends his days creating outlandish works of art featuring Barbie dolls. Filmmaker Jeremy Workman has spent over a decade with his friend Carbee, compiling extensive footage and memories to provide audiences with a window into […]
NYC PREMIERE New Yorker Lucky Torres hides a lifetime of abuse and abandonment behind an angry, tattooed exterior. Growing up in foster care after their mother left them, Lucky and her sister Fantasy have struggled with stability all their lives. While her sister has settled down, Lucky still hasn’t found her way. But despite being […]
NYC PREMIERE Last year, renowned contemporary artist Michael Heizer saw the realization of a project first conceived in 1968—the suspension of an enormous boulder above a walkway. This new film by Doug Pray (Art & Copy, Scratch, Surfwise) captures the logistical hurdles and sheer spectacle of the 340-ton granite rock’s eleven-day road trip from a quarry […]
Director Christina Voros and producer James Franco pull back the curtain on the fetish empire of Kink.com, the Internet’s largest producer of BDSM content. In an enterprise often known for exploitative practices, Kink.com upholds an ironclad set of values to foster an environment that is safe, sane, and consensual. In this highly explicit documentary, we […]
WORLD PREMIERE In the wake of the shootings at Columbine, a small town in Pennsylvania celebrates a charismatic judge who is hell-bent on keeping kids in line. His courtroom sends young people into incarceration at an alarming rate until one parent dares to question his motives. In this real life thriller, director Robert May (executive […]
WORLD PREMIERE Director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) applies his playful imagination to animating a series of conversations with the esteemed linguist, philosopher, political commentator and activist Noam Chomsky. At the heart of these talks is Chomsky’s theory of the emergence of language. In this intellectual feast, Gondry uses drawings to make […]
WORLD PREMIERE The world of Leonardo da Vinci is brought to life by acclaimed BAFTA winning actor Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who, In the Loop) in a unique 3D documentary hybrid based on the artist’s private journals. The film re-creates the mindscape and ideas of mankind’s greatest polymath. Capaldi narrates passages from the journals, capturing the […]