WORLD PREMIERE After the death of her mother 18-year-old Sahar is left in charge of her poor, mentally disabled father in an isolated village in Iran. Sahar dreams of attending university and becoming a doctor, but extended family insist she play the role of caretaker unless her father remarries. This warm and intimate observational portrait […]
NYC PREMIERE A young woman reflects on her first relationship as she questions four years later, “did that happen because I’m a bad lesbian?” – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Co-Director Olivia Muse. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests […]
World Premiere: One woman’s experience having face blindness. – Samah Ali All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. 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 policies here.
WORLD PREMIERE This experimental hybrid documentary addresses the erasure/invisibility and the anxiety surrounding identity while living abroad. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director/Producer Azia Egbe. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to comply […]
NYC PREMIERE An Upper West Side Instagrammer documents her dumpster diving while calling out wasteful corporate practices. – Dewitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Sophia Lebowitz. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to comply […]
WORLD PREMIERE Young women comment on the 100-year-old trope of the movie-makeover: from 1920s silent films through the present day. – Dewitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Sue Ding. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be […]
NYC PREMIEREA father films his daughter every year on her birthday, asking her the exact same questions, capturing the moving, tender journey from childhood to womanhood. – Robert John Torres This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director/Producer Jay Rosenblatt. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings […]
NYC PREMIERE Colorado Parks and Wildlife first female pilot takes to the sky and leaves her troubles on the ground beneath her. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Subject Denise Joi. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis […]
NYC PREMIERE Aurora Brachman’s touching short features her mother as she shares an unexpected and difficult moment in her childhood. – Samah Ali This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Descriptive Audio for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis ChelseaClosed Captioning for online screenings All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices […]
US PREMIERE Master Tseng, the first female Master of Tea in Chinese history, invites you into a delicate sensory realm of the scent of tea. – Robert John Torres All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to comply with our Health […]