Category Archives: Overviews

The 19th RIDM, Montreal’s documentary festival, kicks off this Thursday, November 10 with Gianfranco Rosi’s acclaimed look at the migrant crisis, FIRE AT SEA; and runs through Sunday, November 20, when the fest comes to a close with Santiago Bertolino’s FREELANCER ON THE FRONT LINES, which follows a journalist through conflict zones over three years. This year’s event offers more then 50 new and recent feature documentaries, as well as scores of shorts, retrospective, and interactive programming. Highlights from the former are noted below. Continue reading →

DOC NYC revisits nonfiction from years past in Docs Redux: Continue reading →

DOC NYC kicks off in just a few days. My programming preview continues with our ever-popular music doc section: Sonic Cinema Continue reading →

DOC NYC PRO, DOC NYC‘s industry programming strand, continues on Tuesday, November 15, with Documentary & Journalism Day: Continue reading →

This week’s DOC NYC preview comes to a close with our activist doc strand: Fight the Power Continue reading →

DOC NYC gives filmmakers the chance to introduce their upcoming projects to key industry on Monday, November 14, when DOC NYC PRO presents Pitch Perfect Day. Continue reading →

Wrapping up today’s preview of DOC NYC programming: Jock Docs, our focus on sports. Continue reading →

Thursday’s DOC NYC preview kicks off with our films about filmmaking: Behind the Scenes Continue reading →

Wrapping up today’s DOC NYC preview: Modern Family profiles unconventional families. Continue reading →

Over DOC NYC‘s weekend, on Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, DOC NYC PRO offers two days focused on production and post-production, Mastering Your Craft Day 1 and Day 2. Continue reading →