2014 DOC NYC News!
Save the date!!
DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, returns for its fifth year on Nov. 13 – 20, 2014.
Submissions:
Submissions for feature and short documentaries are now live and full info is here. Early bird deadline is March 7.
Festival News:
We are especially proud to report that this year DOC NYC became an Academy-qualifying festival for short films. The winner of DOC NYC’s Grand Jury Prize for Short Film will qualify for consideration in the Documentary Short Subject category of the Annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.
Alumni Updates:
2014 OSCAR CONTENDERS: 9 of the 10 films in DOC NYC’s 2013 Short List made it to the Academy’s own shortlist last December, of which 4 became Oscar-nominees last month. We wish the best of luck to DOC NYC alumns 20 FEET FROM STARDOM, ACT OF KILLING, DIRTY WARS and THE SQUARE, as well as CUTIE AND THE BOXER (a film we recently presented).
MAJOR NEWS ON ‘SCENES OF A CRIME’ (Viewfinders winner, 2011):
On Feb. 20, 2014, Adrian Thomas’s conviction was overturned by New York’s Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court. The Court found the interrogation procedures “coercive” and the confession “involuntary,” and ordered a retrial without the confession statements. View all updates here.
Sponsorship:
DOC NYC offers a wide-range of sponsorship opportunities – from advertising in our catalogue, to branding our social spaces, to copresenting our parties and events. To learn more about what is available and how it might meet your needs, please email Raphaela@DOCNYC.net with “Sponsorship” in the subject line.
Want to watch documentaries before November? We can help!
IN PERSON: Check out IFC’s weekly Tues. night series “Stranger Than Fiction“, run by DOC NYC’s Artistic Director Thom Powers & Executive Director Raphaela Neihausen. All films are followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker and gathering at a nearby bar. Next Tues. March 4 will feature DOC NYC alum THE ROAD TO FAME (pictured above), including a conversation with director Hao Wu & editor Jean Tsien.
ONLINE: Check out SundanceNow’s Doc Club, curated by Thom Powers. Each month has a distinct theme featuring 6 – 10 films. February is “Oscar Dreams”, a collection of critically acclaimed films that missed out on nominations. THE THIN BLUE LINE reopens a murder investigation. SHERMAN’S MARCH blazes a path of romance through the south. TOUCHING THE VOID tells a harrowing tale of survival. MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES looks at the impact of industry through the lens of photographer Edward Burtynsky. BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK profiles the great New York Times street photographer. THE OATH examines post-9/11 justice from filmmaker Laura Poitras who went on to break the story of Edward Snowden. SEMPER FI: ALWAYS FAITHFUL uncovers the practice of toxic dumping on military bases.
