WORLD PREMIERE – In 1980, Bruce Springsteen released his pivotal double album “The River.” In “The Ties That Bind,” Grammy and Emmy winning director Thom Zimny focuses on the making of the album. In an intimate interview, Springsteen reflects on the tumultuous, extended period of writing and recording. The film transitions between Springsteen telling the […]
US PREMIERE Earlier this year, iconic Britpop band Blur surprised their legion of fans with the release of a new album, The Magic Whip, their first as a foursome in 16 years. Blur: New World Towers goes behind the scenes to reveal how an unexpected break in Hong Kong during their 2013 reunion tour inspired the chart-topping […]
Already a can’t-miss event in only its second year, the 2015 DOC NYC Visionaries Tribute will gather an unprecedented group of documentary talent on Thursday, November 12 to to recognize those who perform exemplary service to the documentary form. Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Barbara Kopple, Frederick Wiseman and Jon Alpert. The Robert and Anne […]
True innovation. What Lies Beneath the Sky (USA, 9 min., Vladimir de Fontenay) turns NYC into a canvas for a meditative city portrait in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Morgan Green Shaves Her Head Backwards (USA, 3 min., Morgan Green), records it and sets it to a score. A filmmaker discovers María 95 (USA, 14 […]
Take a trip around the world. Visit Havana in Boxeadora (USA, 16 min., Meg Smaker), where Namibia, Cuba’s only female boxer, wants a chance to fight. Hop over to São Paulo in Worlds on Edge (Brazil, 25 min., Thiago B. Mendonça, Renata Jardim), where lives lived side-by-side are worlds apart. Jet to Warsaw for the […]
Portraits of everyday characters. Tiger Hood (USA, 7 min., Christopher André Marks) profiles Patrick, an urban golfer who has a mean trashcan handicap. Pink Boy (USA, 15 min., Eric Rockey) shows us that real boys wear tutus. Inventor Dominic wants to make everyone’s life sweeter in The Reinvention of Normal (UK, 8 min., Liam Saint-Pierre). […]
10th Anniversary screening. In the enthralling, and often surprisingly funny, Cannes award-winning Sisters in Law, two fierce and feisty women challenge tradition to make a difference in Cameroon law. Prosecutor Vera Ngassa and judge Beatrice Ntuba give long-silenced women their day in court, empowering them to cast off the roles of victims and demand justice. […]
Superjednostka (Polish for Superunit) is a huge block of flats designed as a “housing machine” and its main characters are people living in the block and going through important moments of their lives.
Farihah Zaman (Remote Area Medical), Hao Wu (The Road to Fame) Yoruba Richen (The New Black) and Taj Paxton (Logo/Viacom) share the paths they followed from breaking in to making a career. Moderator: Luis Castro (Acting Commissioner, The City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment) Attend this day’s events with an All Access […]