CATSKILLS
An 86-year-old dancer remembers the heyday of the upstate resort community. (Screening with Repeat Attenders)
Shorts
DURANGO
Adolescent brothers cope with loss over a summer in bucolic Colorado. (Screening with Plot 35)
A WONDERFUL PLACE
Octogenarian Norma shares stories while giving a tour of her property atop her John Deere tractor. (Screening with The Pink House)
OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY (A CITY SYMPHONY)
A celebration of summertime in NYC. (Screening with Miracle on 42nd Street)
THE SHIFT
Spend an overnight shift with the emergency dispatchers for the city of San Francisco. (Screening with What Haunts Us)
EDITH+EDDIE
The love story of America’s oldest interracial newlyweds is threatened by a family feud. (Screening with Harmony)
DOC NYC U: NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY SHOWCASE
Students learn to make films by making films. Intensive hands-on Conservatory and MFA programs in Documentary Filmmaking, as well as short-term workshops, pair rigorous instruction with mentoring in order to support students as they work on a series of their own documentary films. Under the guidance of a world-class faculty, this approach has earned NYFA […]
DOC NYC U: NEW SCHOOL SHOWCASE
The New School’s Documentary Media Studies program provides an opportunity to study documentary filmmaking in a small, tightly focused program. The program culminates in a student documentary festival, Truth Be Told, at the end of each school year, at which certificate students’ films are publicly screened and discussed by the filmmakers and faculty. Certificate holders […]
DOC NYC U: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SHOWCASE
Students in The Documentary Project at Columbia Journalism School learn to write, film and narrate the stories of our time, from deadline reporting to profile writing and documentary features. Successful candidates have leveraged their work to include magazine features, NPR radio stories and newspaper articles. Columbia’s showcase includes: Born to Stay (USA, 24 min., Daniela […]
DOC NYC U: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SHOWCASE
NYU’s NewsDoc program prepares students to report and produce for traditional and nontraditional media. Emphasizing not only the story but the storytelling, the program’s goal is for students to be skilled in both form and content, able tell a story by effectively using all aspects of the medium. The program culminates with each student producing, […]