Announcing: The Short List!

Ten films selected by DOC NYC programmers as ones to watch this awards season (* indicates director in person):

1. 20 Feet From Stardom (dir. Morgan Neville*) (pictured above)
2. The Act of Killing (dir. Joshua Oppenheimer*)
3. Blackfish (dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite)
4. The Crash Reel (dir. Lucy Walker*)
5. Dirty Wars (dir. Richard Rowley*)
6. First Cousin Once Removed (dir. Alan Berliner*) 
7. Gideon’s Army (dir. Dawn Porter*)
8. God Loves Uganda (dir. Roger Ross Williams*)
9. The Square (dir. Jehane Noujaim*)
10. Stories We Tell (dir. Sarah Polley*)