NYC PREMIERE DOC NYC alumna Deborah Shaffer, with co-director Rachel Reichman, offers an intimate look at the life and creative process of visual artist Audrey Flack. Feminist, rebel, mother, sculptor and teacher, Audrey’s often controversial 40-year career evolved from abstract expressionism in the 1950s to photorealism in the 1970s. One of the first women ever […]
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE After record collector Chris Flanagan hears an obscure but haunting recording by a Jamaican singer named Shella Record, he develops a decade-long obsession to find the mysterious woman. Turning amateur music detective, he follows sparse clues from Canada and the USA into the world of Jamaican music. Aided by whimsical miniature models and fanciful […]
Characters in profile. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 90 MIN) Bird’s Eye! | Director: Morgan Albrecht Petra Leary, a skater girl with no formal education, claims her place as one of the top aerial photographers in the world. (NEW ZEALAND, 7 MIN) Lorrie Goulet: Spirit Into Stone | Director: Lucy Adams An observational portrait of a 94-year-old sculptor. (USA, 12 MIN) […]
2019 SHORT LIST: SHORT DIRECTING AWARD An underdog fencer from Brooklyn overcomes a gauntlet of hardships on the road to the Olympics. Courtesy of New York Times Op-Docs/POV Shorts.
WORLD PREMIERE As one of the New Yorker’s most prolific cartoonists, James Stevenson’s body of work spans five decades, countless drawings and innumerable laughs. This profile takes us inside the life, struggles, philosophy and humor of a man who credits his success to the deliciousness of peanut butter. Featuring delightful animated interludes and interviews from […]
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Husbands, wives, mistresses and others vividly recount confessional stories about sex, love, friendship and yearning in this provocative film exploring infidelity. As the camera lingers over familiar domestic spaces, it reveals landscapes of intimacy, desire and monotony. Artist/filmmaker Bara Jichova Tyson adds intriguing personal layers through poignant live collages and the story of […]
The story of New York lawyer David Drucker, who was pursued by J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI during the McCarthy era.
CLOSING NIGHT FILM NYC PREMIERE Truman Capote was a singular figure in the 20th century. He presented himself unapologetically on television at a time when most gay men took pains to avoid scrutiny. His books Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood were bestsellers and critical darlings. Now The Capote Tapes delivers a fresh portrait that reinvigorates our […]
WORLD PREMIERE Native New Yorker Steve Talt was formerly bodyguard to Farah Pahlavi, the wife of the Shah of Iran, but he remains her loyal servant to this day. Steve is on a mission to find Pahlavi’s stolen art collection, and enlists the help of retired mobsters and his 90-year-old neighbor to pursue the cold […]
NYC PREMIERE A Hasidic rabbi relocates from Brooklyn, New York to Bozeman, Montana with the hopes of spreading Chabad—his brand of orthodox practice—throughout “Big Sky Country.” As his prominence grows in the state, he faces neo-Nazi threats and resistance from members of the established Jewish community in Montana. The delicate balance between traditional values and […]