Winner of the Best Documentary Feature Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, Ascension is an impressionistic portrait of China’s industrial supply chain that depicts a thriving capitalism in a communist state. The film unfolds in three parts, its focus shifting from factory workers, to an aspirational middle class, and finally to the hedonistic elites at […]
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: […]
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 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 […]
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Professional aerial artist Katia Schwartz reworks her craft to embrace her weakening hearing abilities. – Samah Ali This screening is part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: THE ARTISTS This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Sam Martin and Producer Bek Ward. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for […]
USPREMIERE A poetic look at gender through the eyes of four trans individuals creates a psychedelic, philosophical, and joyful journey exploring the different ways we can relate to gender and our bodies. – Samah Ali This screening is part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: MODERN FAMILY This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for […]
NYC PREMIERE A tender look at three generations of motherhood and music in a bittersweet recollection of filmmaker Paolo Bitanga’s last Christmas with his grandmother. Elyse Wang This screening is part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: MODERN FAMILY All guests & staff will be required to comply with our Health & Safety protocols while attending DOC NYC […]
US PREMIERE As a daughter tends to her incapacitated mother, their bond grows stronger through non-verbal communication. – Samah Ali This screening is part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: CARETAKERS All guests & staff will be required to comply with our Health & Safety protocols while attending DOC NYC events. For the latest information, please review our […]
US PREMIERE Experience the final moments of care administered to a human body before cremation. – Samah Ali This screening is part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: CARETAKERS This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Anton von Heiseler, Producers Sarah Dreyer and Malte Kutz, Editor Merit Giessen, Cinematographer Anastasia Gavrilova and writer Vanessa Gunesch. […]