Unjustly stuck behind bars for more than 20 years, Moath al Alwi builds elaborately detailed ships out of scrap materials from Guantanamo Bay. The November 11th screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Dara Kell and the November 18th screening with Director Vena Rao. This short is part of the program SHORTLIST BLOCK […]
Artist Mohamad Hafez rebuilds monuments, neighbourhoods, and cities of his beloved Syria, working through his longing for home. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Jimmy Goldblum. This short is part of the program SHORTLIST BLOCK #1: UNJUST SYSTEMS Courtesy of POV Shorts/The New Yorker This film contains the following accessibility options […]
Short-form documentaries have been booming in recent years thanks to major players such as Netflix, TIME Studios, Field of Vision, POV, MTV, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. DOC NYC’s Short List for Shorts, organized by Shorts Programmer Samah Ali, highlights 12 doc shorts that impress us as the year’s leading awards contenders. […]
Short-form documentaries have been booming in recent years thanks to major players such as Netflix, TIME Studios, Field of Vision, POV, MTV, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. DOC NYC’s Short List for Shorts, organized by Shorts Programmer Samah Ali, highlights 12 doc shorts that impress us as the year’s leading awards contenders. […]
Filmmaker Todd Haynes has previously portrayed fictionalized musicians in Velvet Goldmine and I’m Not There. Now he turns to documentary to explore The Velvet Underground and the 1960s New York scene of experimental art, music, and film. He conducts new interviews with surviving band members and eyewitnesses, including Jonathan Richman who brings vivid memories of […]
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 […]
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 […]
NYC PREMIERE A meditative process documentary that explores the inherent connection between maker and user that exists in handmade crafts. – Elyse Wang This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Jason Outenreath. This short will screen as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: THE ARTISTS All guests & staff will be required to comply […]
NYC PREMIERE Artist Glen Eden curates a collection of photos and objects, all of which have something in common with him: his name. In the process, he explores what a name means. – DeWitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Rebecca Blandón. This short will screen as part of the SHORTS […]