“Doc nyc has announCed itup in the short list: Features, Short List: Shorts, Winner’s Circle and Selects Encore Categories. The Festival, WHICH is America’s Largest Documentary One, Will This Year Present 116 Features and 113 Short Films. It Will Run From Nov. 12 to 20 at IFC Center, The Sva Theater and Village”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Festival, WHICH is America’s Largest Documentary One, Will This Year Present 116 Features and 113 Short Films. It Will Run From Nov. 12 to 20 at IFC Center, the SVA Theater and Village East by Angelika in New York City and Will Continue Online Through Nov. 30.
Access to the Festival, “Short Lists Sections Showcase A Selection of NonFICtion FEATES AND SHORTS THAT The Festival’s Programming Team Considers to Be Among Theear’s Strong. While Winner’s Circle Is A Celebration of Films Already Awarded at Major International Film Events That Arets of Additional Consideration. SELECTS Screening Series – Films that Continue to be Part of Oury Awards Season Conversations. ”
The Short List Screenings Will Include Sara Khaki and Mohamadreza Eyni’s Cutting Through RocksWinners of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at this Year’s Sundance Film Festival, As Well As David Borenstein’s Mr. Nobody against putinA Sundance Award Winner Will Now Represent Denmark in the Best International Film Category at the UpComing Oscars.
See Below for the Complete Lineup.
Short List: Features
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Director: Mstyslav Chernov
PRODUCERS: MSTYSLAV CERNOV, MICHELLE MIZNER, RANEY ARONSON-ROTH
After Taking Us Through The Beginning of Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine in His Oscar-Winning 20 days in mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov and His Creative Team Give US A Perspective of the War More Than A Year On.
Apocalyps in the Tropics
Director: Petra Costa
PRODUCERS: PETRA COSTA, ALESSANDRA OROFINO
Christian Fundamentamentalism Has Seized Political Discourse in Brazil, and this Clear-Eyed, Deeply Troubling, and Internationally Resonant Distillation Examines of Implications.
Co-Existence, My Ass!
Director: Amber Fares
Producers: Rachel Leah Jones, Amber Fares
Disillusioned with Politics, Noam Shuster eliassi pivots to the World of Stand-Up Comedy As A Means of Communicating Her “Radical” Message That Palestinians and Issraelis Desert.
Come see me in the good light
Director: Ryan White
Producers: Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Wiln
A Poignant and UNEXPECTEDY FUNNY LOVE STORY About Poets andrea Gibson and Megan Falley Falley Falley Falley An Incurable Cancer Diagnois With Joy, Wit, and Anshakable Partnership.
Cover-Up
Directors: Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus
Producers: Yoni Golijov, Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Olivia Streisand
A Chronicle of Seymour Hersh’s Gundbreaking Investigative Journalism, Exposing Systemic Detection Within US Military and Intelligence Agencies, Blending Personal Narrative Accountability.
Cutting Through Rocks* (NYC Premiere)
Directors/Producers: Sara Khaki, Mohamadreza Eyni
In Rural Iran, A trailblazing Councilwoman Empowoman Girls Through Motorcycles and Activism – But WHEN HER MOTIVES Are Questioned, Her Fight Against Patriarchy.
Heightned scrutiny
Director: Sam Feder
Producers: Amy Scholder, Sam Feder, Paola Mendoza
As a transphabic firestorm Sweeps american culture and legislatures, Aclu Lawyer Chase Strangio Becomes The FIRST transFRST man to argue a Case of the fact of the Supreme Court.
Mistress Dispeler
Director: Elizabeth Lo
Producers: Emma D. Miller, Elizabeth Lo, Maggie Li
Desperate to Save Her Margin, A Woman in China Hires A Professional to Go Undercover and Break Up Her Husband’s Affair.
Mr. Nobody against putin (NYC Premiere)
Directors: David Borenstein, Pasha Talankin
Producer: Helle Faber
Amid Russian’s Wartime Propaganda, A Teacher Secretly Films of the Militarization of Education, Risking Everything to Expose The State Manipulation of YouT – Ewet.
My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay
Director: Mariska Hargitay
Producers: Mariska Hargitay, Trish Adlesic
Mariska Hargitay Embarks on a Deeply Personal Journey to Uncover the Real Jayne Mansfield – Her Iconic Mother – Tang Rare Footage, Intimate Interviews, and a Search.
Orwell: 2+2 = 5
Director: Raoul Peck
Producers: Alex Gibney, Raoul Peck, George Chignell, Nick Shumaker
A Stirming Department of the Dangers of Power and the Fragality of So-Called Civilized Society, Told Through The Vision of George Orwell (1984), who just might hold the Key to the World’s Future.
The Perfect Neighbor
Director: Geeta Gandbhir
Producers: Alisa Payne, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee
Raw Police Bodycam Footage Provides A Shocking, Clear-Eyed Chronicle of A Neighborhood Dispute’s Tragic Escalation in Florida, Examining The Deadly Consem Tensions.
Predators
Director: David Osit
Producers: Jamie Gonçalves, Kellen Quinn, David Osit
Nearly 20 Years After The NBC Dateline Show “To Catcha Predator” Went Off The Air in Scandal, Filmmaker David Osit Contemplates of the Complicity of Both Host and Viewer in.
Put your soul on your hand and walk
Director: Sepideh Farsi
PRODUCers: Javad Djavahere, Annie Ohayon-Dekel
A Powerful Act of Witness and Remembrance, This Urgent, Deeply Personal Documentary Unfolds Through Video Calls Between Filmmacher Sepideh Farsi and 25-IerajiaTJATJES Hassona.
The Tale of Silyan
Director: Tamara Kotevska
Producers: Tamara Kotevska, Jean Dakar, Anna Hashmi, Jordanco Petkovski
Short List: Shorts
This year’s selections for Short List: Shorts are:
All The Empty Rooms
Director: Joshua Seftel
Producers: Joshua Seftel, Conall Jones, James Costa, Trevor Burgess
A Longtime TV Journalist Teams Up with A Photographer to Document Empty BedRooms of Children Lost to Gun Violence, ReveAling Spaces Where Grief Speaks Louder.
All The Walls Came Down
Director: Ondi Timoner
Producers: Ondi Timoner, Eli O. Timoner, Maggie Contreras
After Lozing Her Home in the 2025 Eton Fire, Ondi Timoner Turns The Camera on Herself and Her Neighbors, Revealing Profound Racial and Economic Inecules Exacted BY Disasters.
Am i the Skinniest Person You’ve Ever Seen?*
Director: Eisha Marjara
Producers: Joe Bales, Ariel Nasr
Two sisters’ pact to go on a diet together Lit the Spark for One Sibling’s Eating Disorder.
Armed Only with A Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Directors: Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud
PRODUCERS: JUAN ARredondo, Cristof Putzel
After Journalist Brent Renaud is Kildled in Ukraine, His Brother Completes His Final Report – Shaping A Haunting Tribute to Frontline Storytelers WHO RISK EVERTHING.
Children No More: Were and Are Gone
Director: Hilla Medalia
Producers: Sheila Nevins, Yael Melamede, Hilla Medalia
In Tel AVIV, Silent Vigils Mourn Gaza’s Children-ABSENT, YET ACHINGLY Present in Large-Scale Photographs. Defying Public Scorn to Confront a War’s Toll, The Activists’ Quiet Protes Echo Louder than Words.
The devil is busy
Directors: Christalyn Hampton, Geeta Gandbhir
Producers: Rose Arce, Christalyn Hampton, Amber Fares
At an atlanta abortion clinic besieged by Protesters, The Director of Operations, Tracy, Takes on Risks to Safuard Staff and Patients.
Last Days on Lake Trinity
Director/Producer: Charlotte Cooley
Faced with Their Beloved South Florida Trailer Park’s ImMinent Closure, Three Single, Older Women Band Together to Fight Their Eviction and Save Their Community while.
Maybe It’s Just The Rain
Director: Reina BONTA
PRODUCERS: MEL MAH, Frankie Rubio
Through Home Videos and Voicemails, A Young Filipino-Emerican Soccer Player Relves Her Team’s Historic World Cup Win-Culminating in A Return to Her Roots and Ana Person.
Oh yeah!
Director/Producer: Nick Canfield
From Swiss Avant-Garde Roots to American Pop Culture, Two Artists Crafted A Song That Became A Cultural Touchstone. Exploring it Legacy Through Archival Footage and Interviews Reveals ITS Enduring Influence.
Qotzuñi: People of the Lake
Directors/Producers: Gastón Zilberman, Michael Salama
Bolivia’s Lake Poopó have evaporated, and as qotzuñis, People of the Lake, the UU-Murato Community Faces The Cultural and Economic ConsequenCes.
The Reality of Hope
Director: Joe Hunting
Producers: Joe Hunting, Max Willson
From digital DreamsCapes to real-World Sacrifice, A vr Friendship Becomes a Lifeline WHEN A NEW YORKER JOURNEYS TO SWEDEN TO DONATE A KIDNEY-RELIVELING TENDERNESS WITHIN WITHIN.
Songs of Black Folk
Directors: Justin Emeka, Haley Watson
Producer: Haley Watson
Under Ramón Bryant Braxton’s Direction, Black Artists of All Ages Unite in a Powerful Juneteenth Celebration, Bridging Generations Through Music that Honors History, Resistance, An End.
Tessitura
Directors/Producers: Lydia Cornett, Brit Fryer
Transgender Opera Singers Navigate and Reshape the Rigid Boundaries of Their Art, Intertwering Personal Stories with History to Challenge Tradition and Reveal The Evolutionary.
Tiger
Director: Loren Waters
Producers: Loren Waters, Dana Tiger
Haunted by the Loss of Her Brother and Father, A Muscogee Creek Artist Battles Grief and Disease to Rebuild Her Family’s Iconic T-Shirt Business and Reclaim and Artistic Heritag.
We Were the Scenery*
Director: Christopher Radcliff
Producers: Cathy Linh Che, Jess X. SNOW
As War Survivors Relive Trauma Onscreen, Their Home Movies Quietly Reclaim A LOST South Vietnam – Challenging A Myytology That Made Them Extras In Their Own History.
Winner’s Circle
This year’s selections for Winner’s Circle are:
Below The Clouds
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Producers: Donatella Plermo, Gianfranco Rosi, Paelo Del Brocco
Under Naples ‘Skies and Vesuvius’ Shadow, Voices Rise in A Black -Iand -Wehite Tableau – Everyday Lives and History Unearthed, Memory and Ruin Fuse Into A Haunting Meditation on Whale. Winner, Special Jury Prize, Venice International Film Festival
Holding Liat
Director: Brandon Kramer
Prod Ucers: Darren Aronofsky, Lance Kramer, Yoni Brook, Ari Handel, Justin A. Gonçalves
An Intimate Following of A Family’s Fight for their abducted love one in israel, revealing the Fragile Threads of HOPE and GRIEF AMID The DNVASTATION OF GOOPOLITICAL Violence. Winner, Berlinale Documentary Award, Berlin International Film Festival
The Libraians
Director: Kim A. Snyder
Producer: Kim A. Snyder, Janique L. Robillard, Maria Cuomo Cole, Jana Edelbaum
In Our Political Polarized Era, Librans Across America Have Found Their Profession Under Siege as an Unprecedated Wave of Book Banning Hits Texas, Florida, and Beyond. Winner, Best Documentary Feature, Dallas International Film Festival
Life After
Director: Reid Davenport
Producer: Colleen Cassingham
A Gripping Investigative Documentary Exposing The Tanglemed Web of Moral DilemMas, ABLEISM, AND PROFIT MOTIVES SURROUNDING Assisted Dying. Winner, US Documentary Special Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival
Secret Mall Apartment
Director: Jemy Worksman
Producers: Jeremy Workman, Matthew Spain
In 2003, Eight Young Rhode Island Artists Created A Secret Apartment in a Hidden Space Inside A Mall. Their Act of Defance Against Gentrification Becomes a Bold Expression of Ingenious Creativity. Winner, Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, Independent Film Festival Boston
Seeds
Director: Brittany Shyne
Producers: Danielle Varga, Sabrina Gordon
Following Black Generational Farmers in the American South, Seeds Weaves Intimate Moments Into A Poetic Tribute to Legacy, Land, and The Ending Ties That Bind Family and Community. Winner, US Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, Sundance Film Festival
Selects Encore
This year’s selections for Selects Encore are:
IT’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Director: Amy Berg
Producers: Ryan Heller, Christine Connor, Mandy Chang, Matthew Roozen, Jennie Bedusa, Amy Berg
An Exploration of Loved Ones’ Perspectives and Personal Archives of Jeff Buckley, Whose Ethereal Voice and Songs Hveted Audiences and Emerging Musicians for Decdes.
Monk in pieces
Directors: Billy Shebar, David C. Roberts
Producers: Billy Shebar, David C. Roberts, Susan Margolin
A cinematic rendition of NYC-Based Artist Mured Monk’s Work and Life, Mirroring Her Artistic Style and Featuring Interviews with Björk and David Byrne.
One to One: John & Yoko
Directors: Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards
Producer: Peter Worsley
An Intimate and Revelatory Look at John Lennon and Yoko ono’s Life in Greenwich Village in the Early 1970s, Including Never-Bere-Seren Material and Newly Foovan. concert.
Suburban Fury
Director: Robinson Develo
Producers: Robinson Develop, Jason Reid, Zachariah Sebastian
In recounting the strange Case of Sara Jane Moore and US President Gerald Ford, A Tightrope of Tension – Between the Ideals of America and the Realities Were Living Through – Becomes a Strames A Strau.