DOC NYC is the festival for documentaries. This will be the 16th edition of the festival and will run from November 12-20th at IFC Center, Village East by Angelika, and SVA Theater. The festival will continue online through November 30th.
"In this period of rapid change, DOC NYC is proud to present a collection of films that speak to urgent global, national, and personal matters," said the festival's artistic director Jaie Laplante. "What binds the filmmakers of this year's official selection are their illuminations of shared humanity."
The festival will showcase 115 feature-length documentaries. Most in-person screenings will include filmmaker appearances. You can see 30 World Premieres and 35 U.S. Premieres.
Opening the festival on Nov. 12 at SVA Theatre will be the U.S. premiere of Christopher Nelius's Whistle, a winsome honoring of the international stage of the Masters of Musical Whistling festival, where the world's top whistlers gather to be seen, to connect, and to honor a shared craft. Closing the festival on Nov. 20, also at SVA Theatre, will be the NYC premiere of Ivy Meerpol's, Ask E. Jean, an explosive look at the ordeals of the writer and cultural icon E. Jean Carroll and her lawsuits against Donald Trump when he accused her of lying about the charges of sexual assault that she levied against him.
The Merchants of Joy and Steal This Story, Please! Screen as Centerpieces. Cannes-winning Imago and The Six Billion Dollar Man join films featuring Amy Goodman, Oscar Isaac, Marlee Matlin, Alec Baldwin, Gustavo Dudamel, Volodymyr Zelensky, Bruce Springsteen, Sandra Oh, Connie Chung, Kumail Nanjiani, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Ben McKenzie, Kwame Braithwaite, Farruquito, Misan Harriman, Pablo Milanés & many more.