If/Then Short Documentary Program – Submissions Now Open!
Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) and DOC NYC are inviting storytellers coming from the American Northeast to apply for a new pitch opportunity during the 2018 DOC NYC Film Festival.
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OSCAR® NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
Congrats to all feature and short documentary films nominated for an Oscar® at the 90th Academy Awards. Of the 5 feature documentaries nominated, 4 screened at DOC NYC 2017 in our Short List section: *“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” Mitten Media, Motto Pictures, Kartemquin Educational Films and WGBH/FRONTLINE Q&A from DOC NYC 2017 with the Sung […]
OSCAR® ACADEMY AWARD SHORT DOCUMENTARY SHORT LIST
The Academy Awards® has announced 10 films that will be considered for the best documentary short Oscar® nomination. 3 documentaries were part of our 2017 festival line up. Congrats to all those on list! “Alone,” The New York Times “Edith+Eddie,” Heart is Red and Kartemquin Films “Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” Stiefel & Co. […]
OSCAR® ACADEMY AWARD FEATURE DOCUMENTARY SHORT LIST
The Academy Awards has announced 15 films that will be considered for the best documentary feature Oscar nomination. 8 documentaries were on our 2017 DOC NYC short list. Congrats to all! *“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” Mitten Media, Motto Pictures, Kartemquin Educational Films and WGBH/FRONTLINE*“Chasing Coral,” Exposure Labs in partnership with The Ocean Agency & […]
Highlights from Closing Night at DOC NYC
As far as closing nights go, DOC NYC’s final day felt more like a foot-stomping testament to the power of the human spirit than the last night of a film festival, as films on guitar god Eric Clapton, Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, and violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman. No stranger to thunderous applause, Eric Clapton helped […]
Highlights from Day Seven at DOC NYC
Leaping across boundaries big and small, day seven at DOC NYC featured stories of high stakes cyber espionage and a genre bending musical talent. Director Laura Poitras once again peers into one of the biggest and most controversial events of the past year with Risk, her daring documentary on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in the […]
2017 DOC NYC Awards are Announced
Three juries selected films from each of the festival’s Viewfinders, Metropolis and Shorts sections to recognize for their outstanding achievements in form and content. Festival audiences voted for the DOC NYC Audience Award, and a panel of industry professionals voted to select the winner of this year’s DOC NYC PRO Pitch Perfect Award, given […]
Highlights from Day Six at DOC NYC
An unmistakable sound, two artists on a remarkable journey, and a problematic cartoon character go under the microscope on day six of DOC NYC. Street artist and photographer JR, whose large scale public art projects have won him worldwide acclaim, meets his match in French New Wave filmmaker Agnes Varda. In Faces Places, which Varda […]
Insights on Navigating the Distribution Landscape at DOC NYC PRO
Written by Nikki Krivanek Tom Quinn, Founder and CEO of Neon (currently releasing I, TONYA) and Arianna Bocco, EVP of Acquisitions at IFC and Sundance Selects (currently releasing Frank Serpico and Dealt) sat down with Impact Partner’s Dan Cogan for a DOC NYC PRO panel to discuss the distribution landscape over the last ten years and […]