Coming to NYC’s Quad Cinema tomorrow, Friday, March 19:
CRIP CAMP
Directors:
Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht
Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
Documentary Fortnight, True/False, San Francisco, Human Rights Watch London, ReelAbilities, Miami
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been nominated for the Academy Awards.
About:
A chronicle of the origins of America’s disability rights movement.
My pre-Sundance doc profile may be found here.
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Coming to the IFC Center as part of its What’d We Miss? series tomorrow, Friday, March 19:
BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS
Directors:
Bill Ross, Turner Ross
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
Berlin, CPH:DOX, True/False, Big Sky Doc, Calgary Underground
About:
A chronicle of the patrons and staff of a dive bar on what is meant to be its final day.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to VOD via MUBI tomorrow, Friday, March 19:
MAX RICHTER’S SLEEP
Director:
Natalie Johns
World Premiere:
IDFA 2019
Select Festivals:
Sundance, CPH:DOX, Docs Against Gravity, Gent, Brisbane
About:
An immersion into the making of an eight-hour piece to be experienced during sleep.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to NYC’s Quad Cinema tomorrow, Friday, March 19:
THE MOLE AGENT
Director:
Maite Alberdi
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Nantucket, Hot Docs, Full Frame, True/False, San Sebastian, New Directors/NewFilms, Miami, Karlovy Vary, Cleveland
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been nominated for the Academy Awards.
About:
An 83-year-old man becomes an undercover spy in a Chilean retirement home.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Festival:
The 20th Documentary Fortnight
Dates:
March 18-April 5
About:
The Museum of Modern Art’s annual exploration of international nonfiction and hybrid work presents nearly 20 features, in addition to short films and special retrospectives.
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Festival:
The 28th SXSW Film Festival
Dates:
March 16-20
About:
After being forced to cancel last year, this popular Austin event returns with an online festival showcasing approximately 80 new projects, nonfiction representing half that number.
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Oscar nominations were announced this morning, including the documentaries listed below. Congratulations to all the nominees – four of which were on the DOC NYC Short List – and good luck on Sunday, April 25!
Documentary Feature:
Documentary Short Subject:
Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
International Feature Film:
Denmark, ANOTHER ROUND
Hong Kong, BETTER DAYS
Romania, COLLECTIVE (the only documentary)
Tunisia, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN
Bosnia and Herzegovina, QUO VADIS, AIDA?
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Coming to the IFC Center as part of its What’d We Miss? series today, Friday, March 12:
TIME
Director:
Garrett Bradley
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
New York, London, Hamptons, Miami, Zurich, Camden, Mill Valley
Notable Recognition:
The doc has been shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
A longitudinal portrait of a marriage and a family separated by incarceration.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Festival:
The 43rd Cinéma du Réel
Dates:
March 12-21
About:
This Paris-based nonfiction event showcases more than 30 new and recent feature projects online this year.
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Festival:
The 22nd Tempo Documentary Festival
Dates:
March 8-14
About:
Approximately two dozen new and recent features are presented in Sweden’s largest nonfiction event, which is presented online this year.
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