6 WEEKS TO MOTHER’S DAY
This week begins with my section-by-section spotlight on DOC NYC, starting with a look at unconventional families:
6 WEEKS TO MOTHER’S DAY
Director: Marvin Blunte
WORLD PREMIERE
In a remote jungle in Thailand, a unique democratic school provides orphans with education and empowerment under the watchful eyes of the woman they call Mother Aew.
AMAZONAAMAZONA
Director: Clare Weiskopf
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
The director tries to make sense of her mother’s decision to leave her children behind to live in the jungle after a family tragedy.
ELISH’S NOTEBOOKSELISH’S NOTEBOOKS
Director: Golan Rise
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Discovering a secret cache of journals written for them by their late mother, Elisheva’s children confront their complex feelings for their emotionally distant parent.
HARMONYHARMONY
Director: Lidia Sheinin
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Battle lines are drawn when an elderly Russian woman finds her comfortable apartment invaded by her family.
LIFE TO COMELIFE TO COME
Director: Claudio Capanna
US PREMIERE
Surrounded by the sounds of machines and doctors in white coats, severely premature twins Eden and Léandro fight for their survival.
LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLELOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE
Director: Gustavo Salmerón
NYC PREMIERE
Spanish actor-turned-director Gustavo Salmerón captures his eccentric, extraordinary mother, who had three dreams: having lots of kids, a monkey and a castle.
PLOT 35PLOT 35
Director: Eric Caravaca
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
French actor-turned-director Eric Caravaca unearths personal family history in search of his sister Charlotte, who died as a toddler before he was born.
THANK YOU FOR COMINGTHANK YOU FOR COMING
Director: Sara Lamm
NYC PREMIERE
After learning she was conceived via a sperm donor, Sara becomes a genealogical detective, navigating ancestry databases and DNA tests for clues to his identity.
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