Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 18:
THE ELEPHANT QUEEN
Directors:
Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble
World Premiere:
Toronto 2018
Select Festivals:
Sundance, DOC NYC, Sydney, Montclair
About:
A pachyderm matriarch leads her family through the African savannah.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to Netflix today, Wednesday, October 16:
THE GAME CHANGERS
Director:
Louie Psihoyos
World Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
Berlin, Hot Docs, Thessaloniki Doc, Mountainfilm, Boulder, Washington DC Environmental, EarthxFilm
About:
An exploration of the misconceptions and truths about plant-based diets.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Festival:
The 43rd Margaret Mead Film Festival
Dates:
October 17-20
About:
25 documentary features make up the lineup of this long-running program of NYC’s American Museum of Natural History. Continue reading
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, October 15:
MARIANNE & LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE
Director:
Nick Broomfield
World Premiere:
Sundance 2019
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, CPH:DOX, Docville, Thessaloniki Doc, Sun Valley
About:
The intimate love story between celebrated singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen and his muse.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Festival:
The 30th New Orleans Film Festival
Dates:
October 16-23
About:
Nearly half of this popular Southern event’s 60+ lineup is devoted to nonfiction. Continue reading
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As DOC NYC’s Director of Programming, I’m excited to share the full lineup for this year’s 10th anniversary edition, expanded to ten days this year and running November 6-15.
DOC NYC 2019 includes 136 features, representing 28 world premieres, 7 international premieres, 7 North American premieres, 13 US premieres, and 59 NYC premieres, in addition to short films and our parallel DOC NYC PRO series of industry programming.
Our website has full information here, and ticketing is live now.
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Festival:
The 27th Hamptons International Film Festival
Dates:
October 10-14
About:
More than 30 new and recent documentary features screen at this well-regarded event, representing half of the lineup. Continue reading
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Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, October 8:
SEA OF SHADOWS
Director:
Richard Ladkani
Premiere:
Sundance 2019
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Nantucket, Ambulante, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, Hong Kong
About:
An investigation into efforts to save an endangered whale species caught in the crossfire of a lucrative black market battle.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 4:
MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN
Director:
Alexandre O Philippe
World Premiere:
Sundance 2019
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Karlovy Vary, BAFICI, Hong Kong, Jerusalem, Melbourne, Seattle, Munich, Hawaii, Istanbul, Sitges, Taipei Golden Horse
About:
An expansive film essay on the origins of ALIEN.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Festival:
The 20th Woodstock Film Festival
Dates:
October 2-6
About:
This Hudson Valley NY event caps off its second decade with just over 50 features, half of them nonfiction. Continue reading
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