The votes are in… and the winner of DOC NYC’s 2023 Audience Award is Garland Jeffreys: The King Of In Between, directed by Claire Jeffreys and produced by Blair Foster, Rémi Grellety, Sam Pollard, Evan Oppenheimer, Juliana Terian, Danny Zelisko, and Steven Van Zandt! Garland Jeffreys, the mixed-race Brooklyn native whose music defied industry norms, receives long-overdue recognition in this enlightening documentary. His unique fusion of folk, soul, and rock earned him accolades abroad, yet left him underrated at home. Jeffreys’ story, narrated from his NYC home and featuring interviews with fa ..read more

DOC NYC is proud to announce the winners of the Juried Awards on the eve of the closing night of the festival’s hybrid 14th edition. The festival’s Audience Award winner will be announced in the coming days. DOC NYC’s online screenings run through November 26, with some 90 features available to stream across the United States, including 8 award-winning features; more than 100 of the festival’s short films, including all 6 shorts award winners, are also available online. Click here for a full schedule of available films. Learn more about our 2023 jurors here. View our past award winners here. J ..read more

Through a collaboration with DOC NYC, Subject Matter will award up to $40,000 in grants and activate audiences to create a positive community action in response to the documentary film 36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime. Subject Matter announced today that they will award up to $40,000 in grants at the 14th edition of DOC NYC. A $20,000 grant will go to Tarek Albaba’s 36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime to support their audience outreach and impact efforts, along with a corresponding grant of $15,000 to Our Three Winners, a nonprofit organization that is addressing the topics featured in t ..read more

Let the countdown begin! As we enter the final week before DOC NYC, we are holding a FLASH SALE on five hidden gems from this year’s slate, all featuring in-person Q&As with filmmakers and special guests. From now through noon ET Friday November 3rd, get tickets to any of these 5 films for just $5! 48 HOUR FLASH SALE Get tickets to any of these 5 films for just $5 That’s up to 75% off the regular ticket price!  BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT Dir: Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp Bobi Wine, a popular Afrobeats musician, directs his charisma to politics as he runs for office as Ugan ..read more

DOC NYC is proud to announce the first wave of program selections for our 14th edition, running in-person from November 8 – 16 at IFC Center, SVA Theatre and Village East by Angelika, and continuing online through November 26. The 2023 festival showcases more than 200 films and dozens of events, including in-person appearances by filmmakers at most screenings.   Binge on all 200+ films in the 2023 program with the All Film Pass for only $699 through October 18th! Ticket packs and individual films tickets for in-person and online screenings are also now available. Opening Night: The Co ..read more

Our Ticket Packs are back! Save up to $5 per ticket with a DOC NYC Ticket Pack. It’s easy to buy and to use. Here’s the step-by-step detail. Step One: Add your Ticket Pack to your cart – click here to purchase packs for in-person screenings or click here for packs for online screenings.  Step Two: Make your ticket selections – click the “Buy Ticket” link on the film page for the screening you are interested in and add the “Redemption” ticket type to your cart. Redemption ticket type will show up on all regular screenings where tickets are still available. You do not need to make all of ..read more

Date: Wednesday, February 8 Time: 7pm Place: IFC Center, 323 6th Ave, New York, NY BUY TICKETS Academy Award Nominee, Best Documentary Feature Special DOC NYC encore screening, introduced by festival programmer Bedatri Choudhury and featuring an exclusive taped introduction by director Simon Lereng Wilmont. IFC Center and DOC NYC are proud to present a special encore screening of A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS, which had its New York premiere at the festival in November and went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Oscars. A rundown halfway house in U ..read more

Pictured above: Ondi Timoner of LAST FLIGHT HOME with her mother Elissa Timoner and sister Rachel Timoner. Twelve features and 10 shorts from the 2022 DOC NYC Official Selection have qualified as finalists on 4 shortlists for the 95th Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced. In the Documentary Feature category, all four of the 2022 DOC NYC Short List award winners can be found on the list – Shaunuk Sen’s All That Breathes, Margaret Brown’s Descendant, Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love, and Matthew Heineman’s Retrograde. In addition, the DOC NYC 2022 Short List jury’s hon ..read more

Who will be this year’s winner? Only you can decide! Cast your votes for this year’s DOC NYC Audience Award. It’s easy! Voting will be open from November 9 at 8:00pm ET to November 17 at 11:59pm ET. Voting can be done two ways: Voting via your customer account for tickets you have purchased: First, make sure you are logged into your account. Then, click here to go to your Audience Award voting page (you must be logged in to your ticketing account to unlock voting for tickets you’ve purchased under your account). If you are an All Film or Online Film Passholder, you can add films to your voting ..read more

Let the countdown begin! We’re just TWO DAYS from launching DOC NYC 2022, where you’ll be able to watch more than 200 films from November 9-17, 2022, in theaters & online, with extended online screenings available across the US through November 27!    As we enter the final week before the festival, we are holding a 48 HOUR FLASH SALE on five hidden gems from this year’s slate from now through noon ET on Wednesday, November 9th. 48 HOUR FLASH SALE Get tickets to any of these 5 films for just $5 That’s 74% off the regular ticket price!  AFRICAN MOOT Dir ..read more