October 6, 2016

DOC NYC PRO Line Up

DOC NYC PRO lineup announced and it includes 100+ speakers over 8 days. Buy your DOC NYC PRO pass now!

September 28, 2016

DOC NYC 2016 Short List Films

The DOC NYC Short List has a history of being a predictor of other awards, from critics’ prizes and top ten lists to the Oscars. Last year, the DOC NYC Short List had ten titles overlapping the subsequent Oscar Documentary Short List, and all five titles that were Oscar nominated. For the last five years, […]

August 25, 2016

Opening Night Film Announced: Citizen Jane

DOC NYC announced it will open its seventh annual edition with the U.S. premiere of Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, directed by Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor) on Thursday, November 10 at the SVA Theatre. The film documents the historic conflict in the 1960s between the writer and activist Jane Jacobs and the […]

August 23, 2016

Project Earth Doc Challenge

  DOC NYC Partner FUSION announced their Project Earth Doc Challenge. The challenge, which is hosted by AudAwards, will center on creating a short documentary tied to an assigned environmental theme and specific topic. Filmmakers from around the world are invited to register and participate. The winning documentaries will be showcased across FUSION’s television and digital platforms, as […]

August 11, 2016

DOC NYC returns!

        Like the new DOC NYC look? Big thanks to Jesse Bussey for the new design. America’s Largest Documentary Festival returns November 10-17, 2016! Also returning is DOC NYC PRO, an industry conference that runs concurrently with the festival. “For six years, we’ve carefully nurtured our industry offerings to establish a must-attend gathering,” said DOC NYC artistic […]

June 23, 2016

Submit to DOC NYC Pitch Perfect!

We’re seeking filmmakers to submit work-in-progress documentaries to a new DOC NYC initiative – Pitch Perfect! The program aims to provide a nurturing environment for emerging filmmakers to present works-in-progress to funders and distributors. The event will take place on Mon. Nov. 14. Submissions are open to nonfiction works-in-progress features or series proposals in any genre or style. Works-in-progress must […]

November 23, 2015

On Closing Night, Hillary Clinton Reflects on a Rallying Cry

  Written by Jenna Belhumeur   With the most high-profile guest of this year’s DOC NYC programming, a packed house at Thursday night’s screening of Makers: Once and For All eagerly awaited the arrival of presidential candidate and documentary subject Hillary Clinton. While rain poured outside, audience members checked their umbrellas at the front desk […]

November 21, 2015

Fresh Ideas and New Voices in Doc Film Making

  Written by Tomas Salazar   DOC NYC-U, a new initiative launched this year, gave students from New York City’s leading film schools the opportunity to show their work to an esteemed panel of jurors, and on the closing night of the festival, a lucky audience at the IFC Center had the opportunity to see […]

November 20, 2015

MAKERS: ONCE AND FOR ALL

The 6th annual DOC NYC film festival closed with the World Premiere of MAKERS: Once and For All at the SVA Theatre on Thursday, November 19th, 2015 with Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and journalist and author Katie Couric in attendance. The film is now available for viewing on  www.makers.com  For a full gallery of closing night pictures, please click here. […]