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The 14th annual festival will run from November 13 to November 30 in person and continue online in the US until December 1. This page is currently a work in progress as we input titles, so please check back.
View Films by Strand:
- Come As You Are
- Fight The Power
- International Competition
- Investigations
- Kaleidoscope Competition
- Metropolis Competition
- Resilience
- Short List: Features
- Sonic Cinema
- Special Presentation
- US Competition
- Winner's Circle
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DOC NYC Latest Reviews

Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, DC, jail.

When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship, transition, and America.

A futuristic docudrama lamenting the state of the world to come.

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli authorities and the unlikely alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.

Four women try to rebuild their lives in Artsakh decades after the war, as another one breaks out.

Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s outdated judicial and societal systems.

In the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas, moths are whispering something to us. In the dark of night, two curious observers shine a light on this secret universe.

Portait of the endangered tradition of haenyeo fishing and the threats it faces today.

Unresolved historical injustices and climate change raise the stakes in a generations-old conflict between Indigenous pastoralists and white landowners in Laikipia, Kenya, a wildlife conservation haven.
DOC NYC Features

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