{"id":1924,"date":"2025-10-14T17:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/1924\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:03:08","slug":"doc-nyc-announces-full-lineup-for-features-and-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/1924\/","title":{"rendered":"DOC NYC Announces Full Lineup for Features and Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDOC NYC<\/a> has announced its full lineup in the Short List: Features, Short List: Shorts, Winner\u2019s Circle and Selects Encore categories. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe festival, which is America\u2019s largest documentary<\/a> one, will this year present 116 features and 113 short films. It will run from Nov. 12 to 20 at IFC Center, the SVA Theater and Village East by Angelika in New York City and will continue online through Nov. 30.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the festival, \u201cshort lists sections showcase a selection of nonfiction features and shorts that the festival\u2019s programming team considers to be among the year\u2019s strongest contenders for Oscars and other prizes, while Winner\u2019s Circle is a celebration of films already awarded at major international film events that are worthy of additional consideration. Selects Encore showcases significant titles from DOC NYC\u2019s year-round Selects screening series \u2014 films that continue to be part of our awards<\/a> season conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe short list screenings will include Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni\u2019s Cutting Through Rocks, winners of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at this year\u2019s Sundance Film Festival, as well as David Borenstein\u2019s Mr. Nobody Against Putin, a Sundance award winner which will now represent Denmark in the best international film category at the upcoming Oscars.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee below for the complete lineup. <\/p>\n

\n\tSHORT LIST: FEATURES<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year\u2019s selections for Short List: Features are:<\/p>\n

2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
Director: Mstyslav Chernov
Producers: Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath
After taking us through the beginning of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in his Oscar-winning 20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov and his creative team give us a perspective of the war more than a year on.<\/p>\n

\n\tAPOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS
Director: Petra Costa
Producers: Petra Costa, Alessandra Orofino
Christian fundamentalism has seized political discourse in Brazil, and this clear-eyed, deeply troubling, and internationally resonant distillation examines the implications.<\/p>\n

\n\tCO-EXISTENCE, MY ASS!
Director: Amber Fares
Producers: Rachel Leah Jones, Amber Fares<\/p>\n

\n\tDisillusioned with politics, Noam Shuster Eliassi pivots to the world of stand-up comedy as a means of communicating her \u201cradical\u201d message that Palestinians and Israelis deserve equal human rights.<\/p>\n

\n\tCOME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
Director: Ryan White
Producers: Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen<\/p>\n

\n\tA poignant and unexpectedly funny love story about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley facing an incurable cancer diagnosis with joy, wit, and an unshakable partnership.<\/p>\n

\n\tCOVER-UP
Directors: Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus
Producers: Yoni Golijov, Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Olivia Streisand<\/p>\n

\n\tA chronicle of Seymour Hersh\u2019s groundbreaking investigative journalism, exposing systemic deception within US military and intelligence agencies, blending personal narrative with an examination of institutional accountability.<\/p>\n

\n\tCUTTING THROUGH ROCKS* (NYC Premiere)
Directors\/Producers: Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni<\/p>\n

\n\tIn rural Iran, a trailblazing councilwoman empowers girls through motorcycles and activism\u2014but when her motives are questioned, her fight against patriarchy becomes a deeply personal reckoning.<\/p>\n

\n\tHEIGHTENED SCRUTINY
Director: Sam Feder
Producers: Amy Scholder, Sam Feder, Paola Mendoza<\/p>\n

\n\tAs a transphobic firestorm sweeps American culture and legislatures, ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio becomes the first trans man to argue a case before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\n\tMISTRESS DISPELLER
Director: Elizabeth Lo
Producers: Emma D. Miller, Elizabeth Lo, Maggie Li<\/p>\n

\n\tDesperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband\u2019s affair.<\/p>\n

\n\tMR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN (NYC Premiere)
Directors: David Borenstein, Pasha Talankin
Producer: Helle Faber<\/p>\n

\n\tAmid Russia\u2019s wartime propaganda, a teacher secretly films the militarization of education, risking everything to expose the state\u2019s manipulation of youth\u2014and the quiet courage of those who defy it.<\/p>\n

\n\tMY MOM JAYNE: A FILM BY MARISKA HARGITAY
Director: Mariska Hargitay
Producers: Mariska Hargitay, Trish Adlesic<\/p>\n

\n\tMariska Hargitay embarks on a deeply personal journey to uncover the real Jayne Mansfield\u2014her iconic mother\u2014through rare footage, intimate interviews, and a search for lost memories.<\/p>\n

\n\tORWELL: 2+2=5
Director: Raoul Peck
Producers: Alex Gibney, Raoul Peck, George Chignell, Nick Shumaker<\/p>\n

\n\tA stirring depiction of the dangers of power and the fragility of so-called civilized society, told through the vision of George Orwell (1984), who just might hold the key to the world\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
Director: Geeta Gandbhir
Producers: Alisa Payne, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee<\/p>\n

\n\tRaw police bodycam footage provides a shocking, clear-eyed chronicle of a neighborhood dispute\u2019s tragic escalation in Florida, examining the deadly consequences of \u201cstand your ground\u201d laws and systemic racial tensions.<\/p>\n

\n\tPREDATORS
Director: David Osit
Producers: Jamie Gon\u00e7alves, Kellen Quinn, David Osit
Nearly 20 years after the NBC Dateline show \u201cTo Catcha Predator\u201d went off the air in scandal, filmmaker David Osit contemplates the complicity of both host and viewer in our \u201csociety of the spectacle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
Director: Sepideh Farsi
Producers: Javad Djavahery, Annie Ohayon-Dekel<\/p>\n

\n\tA powerful act of witness and remembrance, this urgent, deeply personal documentary unfolds through video calls between filmmaker Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE TALE OF SILYAN
Director: Tamara Kotevska
Producers: Tamara Kotevska, Jean Dakar, Anna Hashmi, Jordanco Petkovski<\/p>\n

\n\tA magical Macedonian folktale comes to life when an unlikely savior rescues a wounded white stork, transforming both of their lives for the better.<\/p>\n

SHORT LIST: SHORTS<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year\u2019s selections for Short List: Shorts are:<\/p>\n

\n\tALL THE EMPTY ROOMS
Director: Joshua Seftel
Producers: Joshua Seftel, Conall Jones, James Costa, Trevor Burgess
A longtime TV journalist teams up with a photographer to document empty bedrooms of children lost to gun violence, revealing spaces where grief speaks louder than statistics and memory refuses to fade.<\/p>\n

\n\tALL THE WALLS CAME DOWN
Director: Ondi Timoner
Producers: Ondi Timoner, Eli O. Timoner, Maggie Contreras<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter losing her home in the 2025 Eaton Fire, Ondi Timoner turns the camera on herself and her neighbors, revealing profound racial and economic inequities exposed by disaster descending on Altadena, California.<\/p>\n

\n\tAM I THE SKINNIEST PERSON YOU\u2019VE EVER SEEN?*
Director: Eisha Marjara
Producers: Joe Balass, Ariel Nasr<\/p>\n

\n\tTwo sisters\u2019 pact to go on a diet together lit the spark for one sibling\u2019s eating disorder.<\/p>\n

\n\tARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD
Directors: Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud
Producers: Juan Arredondo, Christof Putzel<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter journalist Brent Renaud is killed in Ukraine, his brother completes his final report\u2014shaping a haunting tribute to frontline storytellers who risk everything to illuminate the human cost of war.<\/p>\n

\n\tCHILDREN NO MORE: WERE AND ARE GONE
Director: Hilla Medalia
Producers: Sheila Nevins, Yael Melamede, Hilla Medalia<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Tel Aviv, silent vigils mourn Gaza\u2019s children\u2014absent, yet achingly present in large-scale photographs. Defying public scorn to confront a war\u2019s toll, the activists\u2019 quiet protests echo louder than words.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE DEVIL IS BUSY
Directors: Christalyn Hampton, Geeta Gandbhir
Producers: Rose Arce, Christalyn Hampton, Amber Fares
At an Atlanta abortion clinic besieged by protesters, the director of operations, Tracy, takes on risks to safeguard staff and patients.<\/p>\n

\n\tLAST DAYS ON LAKE TRINITY
Director\/Producer: Charlotte Cooley
Faced with their beloved South Florida trailer park\u2019s imminent closure, three single, older women band together to fight their eviction and save their community while confronting the specter of homelessness.<\/p>\n

\n\tMAYBE IT\u2019S JUST THE RAIN
Director: Reina Bonta
Producers: Mel Mah, Frankie Rubio<\/p>\n

\n\tThrough home videos and voicemails, a young Filipino-American soccer player relives her team\u2019s historic World Cup win\u2014culminating in a return to her roots and a journey that is both personal and profound.<\/p>\n

\n\tOH YEAH!
Director\/Producer: Nick Canfield
From Swiss avant-garde roots to American pop culture, two artists crafted a song that became a cultural touchstone. Exploring its legacy through archival footage and interviews reveals its enduring influence.<\/p>\n

\n\tQOTZU\u00d1I: PEOPLE OF THE LAKE
Directors\/Producers: Gast\u00f3n Zilberman, Michael Salama
Bolivia\u2019s Lake Poop\u00f3 has evaporated, and as Qotzu\u00f1is, People of the Lake, the Uru-Murato community faces the cultural and economic consequences.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE REALITY OF HOPE
Director: Joe Hunting
Producers: Joe Hunting, Max Willson<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom digital dreamscapes to real-world sacrifice, a VR friendship becomes a lifeline when a New Yorker journeys to Sweden to donate a kidney\u2014revealing tenderness within a vibrant online world.<\/p>\n

\n\tSONGS OF BLACK FOLK
Directors: Justin Emeka, Haley Watson
Producer: Haley Watson
Under Ram\u00f3n Bryant Braxton\u2019s direction, Black artists of all ages unite in a powerful Juneteenth celebration, bridging generations through music that honors history, resilience, and the enduring spirit of community.<\/p>\n

\n\tTESSITURA
Directors\/Producers: Lydia Cornett, Brit Fryer<\/p>\n

\n\tTransgender opera singers navigate and reshape the rigid boundaries of their art, intertwining personal stories with history to challenge tradition and reveal the evolutionary fluidity of voice and gender.<\/p>\n

\n\tTIGER
Director: Loren Waters
Producers: Loren Waters, Dana Tiger<\/p>\n

\n\tHaunted by the loss of her brother and father, a Muscogee Creek artist battles grief and disease to rebuild her family\u2019s iconic T-shirt business and reclaim an artistic heritage.<\/p>\n

\n\tWE WERE THE SCENERY*
Director: Christopher Radcliff
Producers: Cathy Linh Che, Jess X. Snow
As war survivors relive trauma onscreen, their home movies quietly reclaim a lost South Vietnam\u2014challenging a mythology that made them extras in their own history.<\/p>\n

\n\t
WINNER\u2019S CIRCLE<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year\u2019s selections for Winner\u2019s Circle are:<\/p>\n

\n\tBELOW THE CLOUDS
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Producers: Donatella Palermo, Gianfranco Rosi, Paolo Del Brocco<\/p>\n

\n\tUnder Naples\u2019 skies and Vesuvius\u2019 shadow, voices rise in a black\u2011and\u2011white tableau \u2013 everyday lives and history unearthed, memory and ruin fuse into a haunting meditation on what remains unseen. Winner, Special Jury Prize, Venice International Film Festival<\/p>\n

\n\tHOLDING LIAT
Director: Brandon Kramer
Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Lance Kramer, Yoni Brook, Ari Handel, Justin A. Gon\u00e7alves<\/p>\n

\n\tAn intimate following of a family\u2019s fight for their abducted loved one in Israel, revealing the fragile threads of hope and grief amid the devastation of geopolitical violence. Winner, Berlinale Documentary Award, Berlin International Film Festival<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE LIBRARIANS
Director: Kim A. Snyder
Producer: Kim A. Snyder, Janique L. Robillard, Maria Cuomo Cole, Jana Edelbaum<\/p>\n

\n\tIn our politically polarized era, librarians across America have found their profession under siege as an unprecedented wave of book banning hits Texas, Florida, and beyond. Winner, Best Documentary Feature, Dallas International Film Festival<\/p>\n

\n\tLIFE AFTER
Director: Reid Davenport
Producer: Colleen Cassingham<\/p>\n

\n\tA gripping investigative documentary exposing the tangled web of moral dilemmas, ableism, and profit motives surrounding assisted dying. Winner, U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival<\/p>\n

\n\tSECRET MALL APARTMENT
Director: Jeremy Workman
Producers: Jeremy Workman, Matthew Spain<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2003, eight young Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment in a hidden space inside a mall. Their act of defiance against gentrification becomes a bold expression of ingenious creativity. Winner, Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, Independent Film Festival Boston<\/p>\n

\n\tSEEDS
Director: Brittany Shyne
Producers: Danielle Varga, Sabrina Gordon<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing Black generational farmers in the American South, Seeds weaves intimate moments into a poetic tribute to legacy, land, and the enduring ties that bind family and community. Winner, U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, Sundance Film Festival<\/p>\n

\n\tSELECTS ENCORE<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year\u2019s selections for Selects Encore are:<\/p>\n

\n\tIT\u2019S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY
Director: Amy Berg
Producers: Ryan Heller, Christine Connor, Mandy Chang, Matthew Roozen, Jennie Bedusa, Amy Berg<\/p>\n

\n\tAn exploration of loved ones\u2019 perspectives and personal archives of Jeff Buckley, whose ethereal voice and songs have riveted audiences and emerging musicians for decades.<\/p>\n

\n\tMONK IN PIECES
Directors: Billy Shebar, David C. Roberts
Producers: Billy Shebar, David C. Roberts, Susan Margolin<\/p>\n

\n\tA cinematic rendition of NYC-based artist Meredith Monk\u2019s work and life, mirroring her artistic style and featuring interviews with Bj\u00f6rk and David Byrne.<\/p>\n

\n\tONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO
Directors: Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards
Producer: Peter Worsley<\/p>\n

\n\tAn intimate and revelatory look at John Lennon and Yoko Ono\u2019s life in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s, including never-before-seen material and newly restored footage of the couple\u2019s only full-length concert.<\/p>\n

\n\tSUBURBAN FURY
Director: Robinson Devor
Producers: Robinson Devor, Jason Reid, Zachariah Sebastian<\/p>\n

\n\tIn recounting the strange case of Sara Jane Moore and US President Gerald Ford, a tightrope of tension\u2014between the ideals of America and the realities we are living through\u2014becomes a stranglehold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOC NYC has announced its full lineup in the Short List: Features, Short List: Shorts, Winner\u2019s Circle and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2470,2401,2471,2472,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-1924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-awards","tag-doc-nyc","tag-documentaries","tag-documentary","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}