NYC PREMIERE In Bay Ridge, a group of Palestinian-Americans use Dabka, a traditional folk dance, to connect with their roots and bring their culture to Brooklyn. – Robert John Torres This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for online screenings All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with […]
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE With every outbreak in the epidemic of gun violence we are left to wonder: what would we do if a mass shooting breaks out where we are? Filmmaker Tal Inbar helps us imagine the unthinkable by skillfully weaving together raw footage from closed-circuit cameras at the infamous 2016 terrorist attack in Tel […]
Eerily documenting various police killings in Columbus, Ohio, this documentary captures some of the countless stories of police brutality that will not be classified as murders. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Directors Melissa Gira Grant and Ingrid Raphaël. This short is part of the program SHORTLIST BLOCK #1: UNJUST SYSTEMS Courtesy […]
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. […]
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 […]
NYC PREMIERE Lush hand-painted imagery accompanies Sahar al-Sawaf’s reflective film on her family’s fading memories and legacy in post-Desert Storm Iraq. – DeWitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Directors Sahar al-Sawaf and Thomas Helman. This short is being played as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: Lamenting Loss All guests & staff […]
This block explores grief and how we grapple with loss. (Total Running Time: 91 MIN) 3:07 | Director: Megan Miller A personal expression of transformation, as a mother turns her grief and silence around a stillbirth into an expression of remembrance. – Elyse Wang (UK, 12 MIN) The Final Touch | Director: Claire Maske A […]