US PREMIERE Iranian hip hop artists collect sounds from different neighborhoods to create rhythm, music, and lyrics, all while hiding from the authorities that want to shut them down. – DeWitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Knutte Wester. This screening is being played as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: […]
WORLD PREMIERE Zooming through neighborhoods in the West Bank, two Palestinian teenagers find freedom in their skateboarding community. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Jonathan Haff Mehring and Producer Joe Bressler. This screening is being played as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: PROFILES All guests & staff will be […]
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE One engineer crafts a collection of machines that gain notoriety in his English town. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Cal Murphy Barton. This screening is being played as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: PROFILES All guests & staff will be required to comply with our Health […]
NYC PREMIERE This tender documentary carefully features personal stories shared between strangers on a Bay Area abortion hotline. – Samah Ali This film is playing as part of the Shorts Program: Lamenting Loss This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis ChelseaClosed Captioning for online screenings […]
NYC PREMIERE Director Sophy Romvari grapples with a family death in this bittersweet meta-documentary following her journey in unpacking grief. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Sophy Romvari. This film is playing as part of the Shorts Program: Lamenting Loss This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed […]
NYC PREMIERE A South Korean immigrant couple chooses to return home during the pandemic, but they are soon faced with the question: What is home now? – DeWitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Yeon Park and film subject Jonghyun Kim. This screening is being played as part of the Shorts […]
This short plays as part of In Conversation with Joan Churchill. Filmmaker Joan Churchill, who is being honored this year with DOC NYC’s Lifetime Achievement Award, collaborates with Alan Barker on this personal portrait of legendary filmmakers Haskell Wexler, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. Over a rollicking evening, they discuss filmmaking and what it means to […]
CLOSING NIGHT FILM The First Wave will screen in person on Thursday, November 18 as the festival’s closing night presentation. The film will also be available to screen online November 19-28. NYC PREMIERE When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land; City of Ghosts) gained unique access to one of […]
WORLD PREMIERE The Plywood Project places art and NYC artists at the center of the movement for civic and social justice. Elyse Wang This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Daniel Zambrano, Producers Valerie Guevara and Alejandra Ramirez and film subject Eve Moros Ortega. This short will screen as part of the […]
NYC PREMIERE To Juha Leiviskä, architecture is a way of experiencing light— a philosophy which he demonstrates time and time again in his breathtaking architectural creations. –Elyse Wang This short will screen as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: THE ARTISTS All guests & staff will be required to comply with our Health & Safety protocols […]