Category Archives: Film Festivals

Photography is at the center of the fifth of six DOC NYC shorts programs: Continue reading →

The fourth of six DOC NYC shorts programs puts work in the spotlight: Continue reading →

DOC NYC‘s daily panel series, Doc-A-Thon, continues with masterclasses focused around postproduction essentials. All of the following Day 4 panel sessions take place between 10:30am-5:00pm at the IFC Center on Tuesday, November 18: Continue reading →

DOC NYC is pleased to announced a late-breaking addition to this year’s Special Events section: The World Premiere of Marjorie Sturm’s THE CULT OF JT LEROY

DOC NYC Program Description

THE CULT OF JT LEROY
Director: Marjorie Sturm
WORLD PREMIERE
JT LeRoy burst onto the literary scene in the late 1990s, attracting a devoted following through stark tales of poverty, abuse and underage prostitution in books like Sarah and The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things. His was a rags-to-riches story, with his own tortured life inspiring his writing—or so he claimed. Drawn into LeRoy’s inner circle before the truth came to light, director Marjorie Sturm was misled like many others. Through intimate interviews with many close to the tarnished figure, she attempts to untangle what really happened, and in the process explores how this deception called into question not only the value of LeRoy’s writing absent authenticity, but our culture’s complicity within the author’s seductive cult of personality.
Expected to attend: Marjorie Sturm and special guests from the film

Why You Should Attend:
In DOC NYC’s five-year history, there’s never been a film added to the lineup this late, so you know it takes a special kind of film and topic to break with precedent. First-time documentary feature director Sturm has been working on this project for several years, and we’re excited to host its debut with three opportunities to see the film!

More Info:
To purchase tickets, click here and follow links for ticketing; or check out the new options for Passes.

My closer look at DOC NYC continues with the third of six shorts programs, a series exploring unexpected discoveries: Continue reading →

Day 3 of DOC NYC‘s daily panel series, Doc-A-Thon, consists of a series of masterclasses around documentary film production. All of the following Day 3 panel sessions take place between 10:30am-5:00pm at the IFC Center on Monday, November 17: Continue reading →

The second of DOC NYC‘s additions to our daily panel series, Doc-A-Thon, turns the spotlight on short form nonfiction content. All of the following Day 2 panel sessions take place between 10:30am-5:00pm at the IFC Center on Friday, November 14: Continue reading →

Today’s DOC NYC preview begins with the second of six shorts programs, thematically organized around beginnings and endings: Continue reading →

DOC NYC‘s popular panel series, Doc-A-Thon has been expanded this year to six full days. In addition to days which focus on a distinct stage of filmmaking, we’ve added themed programming for the first two days. The first of these is geared to first-time filmmakers, with industry professionals offering essential advice and skills. All of the following Day 1 panel sessions take place between 10:30am-5:00pm at the IFC Center on Thursday, November 13: Continue reading →