DOC NYC Fest
@docnycfest.bsky.social
The Festival for Documentaries
We were delighted to spend time with Lou Diamond Phillips to discuss AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ! There's 4 films left in DOC NYC Winter Selects, have you gotten your tickets yet? 🎟️
Explore the lineup: www.docnyc.net/selects-2026...
Explore the lineup: www.docnyc.net/selects-2026...
February 11, 2026 at 11:21 PM
We were delighted to spend time with Lou Diamond Phillips to discuss AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ! There's 4 films left in DOC NYC Winter Selects, have you gotten your tickets yet? 🎟️
Explore the lineup: www.docnyc.net/selects-2026...
Explore the lineup: www.docnyc.net/selects-2026...
New Screening Alert 🚨!
From Oscar-nominated director Kleber Mendonça Filho, PICTURES OF GHOSTS explores memory, cinema, and the changing cityscape of Recife, Brazil. Join us on Mon., March 2 at 7PM at @ifccenter.bsky.social. Followed by an onstage Q&A.
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/pictures-of-...
From Oscar-nominated director Kleber Mendonça Filho, PICTURES OF GHOSTS explores memory, cinema, and the changing cityscape of Recife, Brazil. Join us on Mon., March 2 at 7PM at @ifccenter.bsky.social. Followed by an onstage Q&A.
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/pictures-of-...
February 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
New Screening Alert 🚨!
From Oscar-nominated director Kleber Mendonça Filho, PICTURES OF GHOSTS explores memory, cinema, and the changing cityscape of Recife, Brazil. Join us on Mon., March 2 at 7PM at @ifccenter.bsky.social. Followed by an onstage Q&A.
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/pictures-of-...
From Oscar-nominated director Kleber Mendonça Filho, PICTURES OF GHOSTS explores memory, cinema, and the changing cityscape of Recife, Brazil. Join us on Mon., March 2 at 7PM at @ifccenter.bsky.social. Followed by an onstage Q&A.
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/pictures-of-...
📣 Calling short doc filmmakers!
The Nonfiction Hotlist + Yahoo Media Group are launching a new open call to distribute 20 short documentaries, with paid licensing, global reach, and editorial support.
Learn more + apply: nonfictionhotlist.com/yahooxnfh
The Nonfiction Hotlist + Yahoo Media Group are launching a new open call to distribute 20 short documentaries, with paid licensing, global reach, and editorial support.
Learn more + apply: nonfictionhotlist.com/yahooxnfh
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
📣 Calling short doc filmmakers!
The Nonfiction Hotlist + Yahoo Media Group are launching a new open call to distribute 20 short documentaries, with paid licensing, global reach, and editorial support.
Learn more + apply: nonfictionhotlist.com/yahooxnfh
The Nonfiction Hotlist + Yahoo Media Group are launching a new open call to distribute 20 short documentaries, with paid licensing, global reach, and editorial support.
Learn more + apply: nonfictionhotlist.com/yahooxnfh
Nothing ever goes exactly as planned. Join us tomorrow night for the NYC Premiere of UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG, followed by a Q&A with co-director and cinematographer Alex Wolf Lewis and producer Justin Levy.
Secure your spot now:
www.docnyc.net/unless-somet...
Secure your spot now:
www.docnyc.net/unless-somet...
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Nothing ever goes exactly as planned. Join us tomorrow night for the NYC Premiere of UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG, followed by a Q&A with co-director and cinematographer Alex Wolf Lewis and producer Justin Levy.
Secure your spot now:
www.docnyc.net/unless-somet...
Secure your spot now:
www.docnyc.net/unless-somet...
We’re thrilled to announce the World Premiere of DOC NYC alum Alison Klayman’s new short, SCENES FROM THE DIVIDE.
Join us at @ifccenter.bsky.social on 2/24 at 7PM
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/scenes-from-...
Join us at @ifccenter.bsky.social on 2/24 at 7PM
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/scenes-from-...
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM
We’re thrilled to announce the World Premiere of DOC NYC alum Alison Klayman’s new short, SCENES FROM THE DIVIDE.
Join us at @ifccenter.bsky.social on 2/24 at 7PM
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/scenes-from-...
Join us at @ifccenter.bsky.social on 2/24 at 7PM
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/scenes-from-...
Now that's how you kickoff DOC NYC Winter Selects! 💃
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the NYC Premiere of AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ.
Explore the DOC NYC Winter Selects Lineup:
www.docnyc.net/selects-2026...
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the NYC Premiere of AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ.
Explore the DOC NYC Winter Selects Lineup:
www.docnyc.net/selects-2026...
February 5, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Now that's how you kickoff DOC NYC Winter Selects! 💃
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the NYC Premiere of AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ.
Explore the DOC NYC Winter Selects Lineup:
www.docnyc.net/selects-2026...
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the NYC Premiere of AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ.
Explore the DOC NYC Winter Selects Lineup:
www.docnyc.net/selects-2026...
🎬 Filmmakers: Submissions are OPEN for DOC NYC’s 17th edition (Nov 11–29, 2026, NYC + online)!
Submit by March 2 for the lowest fee of the year: filmfreeway.com/DOCNYC
📸 Film Subject Adam Moskowitz at the THE BIG CHEESE World Premiere (DOC NYC 2025)
Submit by March 2 for the lowest fee of the year: filmfreeway.com/DOCNYC
📸 Film Subject Adam Moskowitz at the THE BIG CHEESE World Premiere (DOC NYC 2025)
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
🎬 Filmmakers: Submissions are OPEN for DOC NYC’s 17th edition (Nov 11–29, 2026, NYC + online)!
Submit by March 2 for the lowest fee of the year: filmfreeway.com/DOCNYC
📸 Film Subject Adam Moskowitz at the THE BIG CHEESE World Premiere (DOC NYC 2025)
Submit by March 2 for the lowest fee of the year: filmfreeway.com/DOCNYC
📸 Film Subject Adam Moskowitz at the THE BIG CHEESE World Premiere (DOC NYC 2025)
The teaser is here! 🎥
Join us on Tuesday, Feb 3 at 7PM for the NYC Premiere of AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ, followed by a Q&A with director David Alvarado, producer Lauren DeFilippo, and film subject Lou Diamond Phillips.
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/american-pac...
Join us on Tuesday, Feb 3 at 7PM for the NYC Premiere of AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ, followed by a Q&A with director David Alvarado, producer Lauren DeFilippo, and film subject Lou Diamond Phillips.
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/american-pac...
January 29, 2026 at 12:58 AM
The teaser is here! 🎥
Join us on Tuesday, Feb 3 at 7PM for the NYC Premiere of AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ, followed by a Q&A with director David Alvarado, producer Lauren DeFilippo, and film subject Lou Diamond Phillips.
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/american-pac...
Join us on Tuesday, Feb 3 at 7PM for the NYC Premiere of AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ, followed by a Q&A with director David Alvarado, producer Lauren DeFilippo, and film subject Lou Diamond Phillips.
🎟️: www.docnyc.net/american-pac...
Congrats to THE BOYS AND THE BEES, winner of the @sundance.org Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction!
We were proud to host the NYC Premiere in our Shorts: Generations section. A beautiful, bold film about strength, feeling, and the stories we pass on. 🎬
We were proud to host the NYC Premiere in our Shorts: Generations section. A beautiful, bold film about strength, feeling, and the stories we pass on. 🎬
January 28, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Congrats to THE BOYS AND THE BEES, winner of the @sundance.org Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction!
We were proud to host the NYC Premiere in our Shorts: Generations section. A beautiful, bold film about strength, feeling, and the stories we pass on. 🎬
We were proud to host the NYC Premiere in our Shorts: Generations section. A beautiful, bold film about strength, feeling, and the stories we pass on. 🎬
This year’s @sundance.org marks its final run in Utah, honoring Robert Redford’s legacy.
Proud to see DOC NYC PRO projects at the fest, including AANIKOOBIJIGANA, KIKUYU LAND, and shorts THE BOYS AND THE BEES + THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER. Congrats to all our alumni! 🎬
📸: M.J. O'Toole
Proud to see DOC NYC PRO projects at the fest, including AANIKOOBIJIGANA, KIKUYU LAND, and shorts THE BOYS AND THE BEES + THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER. Congrats to all our alumni! 🎬
📸: M.J. O'Toole
January 23, 2026 at 6:38 PM
This year’s @sundance.org marks its final run in Utah, honoring Robert Redford’s legacy.
Proud to see DOC NYC PRO projects at the fest, including AANIKOOBIJIGANA, KIKUYU LAND, and shorts THE BOYS AND THE BEES + THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER. Congrats to all our alumni! 🎬
📸: M.J. O'Toole
Proud to see DOC NYC PRO projects at the fest, including AANIKOOBIJIGANA, KIKUYU LAND, and shorts THE BOYS AND THE BEES + THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER. Congrats to all our alumni! 🎬
📸: M.J. O'Toole
Best Documentary Short:
ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS
ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD
CHILDREN NO MORE: WERE AND ARE GONE (World Premiere)
THE DEVIL IS BUSY
Music (Original Song):
"Dear Me" from DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS
ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS
ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD
CHILDREN NO MORE: WERE AND ARE GONE (World Premiere)
THE DEVIL IS BUSY
Music (Original Song):
"Dear Me" from DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS
January 23, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Best Documentary Short:
ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS
ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD
CHILDREN NO MORE: WERE AND ARE GONE (World Premiere)
THE DEVIL IS BUSY
Music (Original Song):
"Dear Me" from DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS
ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS
ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD
CHILDREN NO MORE: WERE AND ARE GONE (World Premiere)
THE DEVIL IS BUSY
Music (Original Song):
"Dear Me" from DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS
Best Documentary Feature:
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
PERFECT NEIGHBOR
CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
PERFECT NEIGHBOR
CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS
January 23, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Best Documentary Feature:
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
PERFECT NEIGHBOR
CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
PERFECT NEIGHBOR
CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS
It's never a clean path to creating a better world, and this company certainly knows that.
Join us on Tues. Feb 10th at @ifccenter.bsky.social for DOC NYC Winter Selects' UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Get tix: www.docnyc.net/unless-somet...
Join us on Tues. Feb 10th at @ifccenter.bsky.social for DOC NYC Winter Selects' UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Get tix: www.docnyc.net/unless-somet...
January 20, 2026 at 7:03 PM
It's never a clean path to creating a better world, and this company certainly knows that.
Join us on Tues. Feb 10th at @ifccenter.bsky.social for DOC NYC Winter Selects' UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Get tix: www.docnyc.net/unless-somet...
Join us on Tues. Feb 10th at @ifccenter.bsky.social for DOC NYC Winter Selects' UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Get tix: www.docnyc.net/unless-somet...
Thank you to director Christopher Radcliff and writer/producer Cathy Linh Che for sharing their process when filming the Oscar-shortlisted short doc WE WERE THE SCENERY.
Now available to stream on @criterionchannel.bsky.social.
Now available to stream on @criterionchannel.bsky.social.
January 16, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Thank you to director Christopher Radcliff and writer/producer Cathy Linh Che for sharing their process when filming the Oscar-shortlisted short doc WE WERE THE SCENERY.
Now available to stream on @criterionchannel.bsky.social.
Now available to stream on @criterionchannel.bsky.social.
Are you thinking about taking up photography this year? @misanharriman.bsky.social gave us excellent advice at the NYC Premiere of MISAN HARRIMAN: SHOOT THE PEOPLE
January 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Are you thinking about taking up photography this year? @misanharriman.bsky.social gave us excellent advice at the NYC Premiere of MISAN HARRIMAN: SHOOT THE PEOPLE
As the year’s end credits roll, we’re grateful for the stories that brought us together. Happy holidays to our DOC NYC community! Here’s to more unforgettable films in the year ahead. 🎬
Thank you to Orange Static for creating this graphic!
Thank you to Orange Static for creating this graphic!
December 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
As the year’s end credits roll, we’re grateful for the stories that brought us together. Happy holidays to our DOC NYC community! Here’s to more unforgettable films in the year ahead. 🎬
Thank you to Orange Static for creating this graphic!
Thank you to Orange Static for creating this graphic!
If you live in New York City and have purchased a Christmas tree, this documentary's for you 🎄
Watch THE MERCHANTS OF JOY on Prime Video:
www.amazon.com/Merchants-Jo...
Watch THE MERCHANTS OF JOY on Prime Video:
www.amazon.com/Merchants-Jo...
December 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you live in New York City and have purchased a Christmas tree, this documentary's for you 🎄
Watch THE MERCHANTS OF JOY on Prime Video:
www.amazon.com/Merchants-Jo...
Watch THE MERCHANTS OF JOY on Prime Video:
www.amazon.com/Merchants-Jo...
Do you recognize this tune? 🎶 OH YEAH! is Director Nick Canfield's latest documentary after being a DOC NYC alumni for 5 years! Canfield shares how the project began and why this melody has stood the test of time.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Me...
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Me...
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Do you recognize this tune? 🎶 OH YEAH! is Director Nick Canfield's latest documentary after being a DOC NYC alumni for 5 years! Canfield shares how the project began and why this melody has stood the test of time.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Me...
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Me...
Filled with poetic vignettes honoring family bonds of Black generational farmers in the American South, SEEDS was a part of our Winner's Circle this year. Thank you to producers Danielle Varga and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon for chatting with us at the theater!
December 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Filled with poetic vignettes honoring family bonds of Black generational farmers in the American South, SEEDS was a part of our Winner's Circle this year. Thank you to producers Danielle Varga and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon for chatting with us at the theater!
Part of this year’s Winner’s Circle, THE LIBRARIANS's screening enlightened audiences of the ongoing movement of librarians fighting for freedom against the ongoing book ban.
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Part of this year’s Winner’s Circle, THE LIBRARIANS's screening enlightened audiences of the ongoing movement of librarians fighting for freedom against the ongoing book ban.
Oscar-winning Director Mstyslav Chernov discusses how the world has changed since 2,000 METERS TO ANDRIVVKA has come out, and how our universal human experience is the focus of this true tale.
December 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Oscar-winning Director Mstyslav Chernov discusses how the world has changed since 2,000 METERS TO ANDRIVVKA has come out, and how our universal human experience is the focus of this true tale.
Thank you Director Sam Feder, for joining us at this powerful screening of HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY!
December 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Thank you Director Sam Feder, for joining us at this powerful screening of HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY!
We had the chance to talk to Directors David Borenstein and Pasha Talankin (also the subject of this film!) about Denmark's official submission for the 98th Academy Awards MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN.
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We had the chance to talk to Directors David Borenstein and Pasha Talankin (also the subject of this film!) about Denmark's official submission for the 98th Academy Awards MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN.
DOC NYC Visionary Alumni Ondi Timoner joins us at the red carpet, sharing a touching story and diving into her latest film.
#docnyc2025 #docnycalumni #onditimoner #allthewallscamedown #documentaryfilm
#docnyc2025 #docnycalumni #onditimoner #allthewallscamedown #documentaryfilm
December 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
DOC NYC Visionary Alumni Ondi Timoner joins us at the red carpet, sharing a touching story and diving into her latest film.
#docnyc2025 #docnycalumni #onditimoner #allthewallscamedown #documentaryfilm
#docnyc2025 #docnycalumni #onditimoner #allthewallscamedown #documentaryfilm
DOC NYC 2025 was fantastic, thanks to the incredible filmmakers who made it happen.
🎥 24K+ viewers
🎥 1,500+ filmmaker & industry guests
From seasoned creators to first-timers, you made this festival extraordinary. 💙
🎥 24K+ viewers
🎥 1,500+ filmmaker & industry guests
From seasoned creators to first-timers, you made this festival extraordinary. 💙
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
DOC NYC 2025 was fantastic, thanks to the incredible filmmakers who made it happen.
🎥 24K+ viewers
🎥 1,500+ filmmaker & industry guests
From seasoned creators to first-timers, you made this festival extraordinary. 💙
🎥 24K+ viewers
🎥 1,500+ filmmaker & industry guests
From seasoned creators to first-timers, you made this festival extraordinary. 💙