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Festival Strategy Playbook - DOC NYC Whether you're a festival veteran or a first-time filmmaker, learn how to make film festivals work for you, while developing your filmmaker community in

Want a smarter festival strategy? 🎬

DOC NYC PRO’s 5-week Festival Strategy Playbook (Mar 4–Apr 1), led by Malikkah Rollins + co-hosted by Video Consortium, helps filmmakers craft an intentional path forward.

Register: www.docnyc.net/event/festiv...

Monday Memo: Doc Oscar Race Reflects Balanced Field, Flood of Film Festival Moves Your weekly rundown of all the latest documentary news from the festival circuit, awards season commentators, new releases and beyond.

Doc Oscar Race Reflects Balanced Field of Home-Grown and International Stories, Addie Morfoot writes at @variety.com

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Festival Strategy Playbook - DOC NYC Whether you're a festival veteran or a first-time filmmaker, learn how to make film festivals work for you, while developing your filmmaker community in

Festival strategy feeling overwhelming? Only 2 days until DOC NYC PRO’s Festival Strategy Playbook begins!

A 5-week program, co-hosted with Video Consortium, to help doc filmmakers build an intentional plan.

Register: www.docnyc.net/event/festiv...

Weekend Watch: GHOST ELEPHANTS, SPACEWOMAN, PAUL MCCARTNEY: MAN ON THE RUN See what's new to view in documentaries in the weekend ahead.

“It’s a portrait of obsession that, while gentler than some of Herzog’s other works, is mesmerizing from the first moment to the last.” Peter Sobczynski of @ebertvoices.bsky.social on GHOST ELEPHANTS

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⏰ 3 DAYS LEFT

Filmmakers, submit to DOC NYC 2026 by March 2 to secure the lowest fee of the year.

Apply Now: filmfreeway.com/DOCNYC

Next week! 🎬

Join DOC NYC PRO’s 2026 Vision & Strategy Workshop on Mar 7, 11:30-1PM).

Led by Malikkah Rollins, this online session helps doc filmmakers refocus and leave with a clear, actionable plan.

Register: www.docnyc.net/event/2026-v...

Festival Strategy Playbook - DOC NYC Whether you're a festival veteran or a first-time filmmaker, learn how to make film festivals work for you, while developing your filmmaker community in

Want a smarter festival strategy? 🎬

DOC NYC PRO’s 5-week Festival Strategy Playbook (Mar 4–Apr 1), led by Malikkah Rollins, helps you craft an intentional plan -- wherever you are in your journey.

Co-hosted by Video Consortium.

Reserve your spot: www.docnyc.net/event/festiv...

8 million people. One city. And a whole system we rarely think about. 🤔

Thank you to the filmmakers and our audience for a night that was equal parts eye-opening and heartwarmingly funny at the NYC premiere of UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG.

🎟️: www.docnyc.net/selects-2026...

DOC NYC Selects: Winter 2026 presents a special screening of PICTURES OF GHOSTS, the film that inspired the award-winning THE SECRET AGENT, on Mon., March 2 at 7PM at @ifccenter.bsky.social.

Followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.

🎟️: www.docnyc.net/pictures-of-...

"A vision and strategy workshop is a place to clarify what you’re building and why, so your creative energy flows toward intention, not urgency.”

DOC NYC PRO’s 2026 Vision & Strategy Workshop offers that pause.

Register by Feb 25 at 3PM ET to save 20%:
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Snow or not, @ifccenter.bsky.social is OPEN! ❄️

Tonight’s World Premiere of SCENES FROM THE DIVIDE is SOLD OUT. Missed it? The film opens March 17 at IFC Center.

3 films remain, have you secured your tickets? 🎟️
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Monday Memo: RIP Frederick Wiseman, BAFTA 2026 Best Documentary Prize to Mr Nobody, Academy’s Doc Branch Knows Its Oscar Nom Process Needs to Change Your weekly rundown of all the latest documentary news from the festival circuit, awards season commentators, new releases and beyond.

Frederick Wiseman, Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 96, Announced by Zipporah Films Inc

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UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG… it’s a great night at DOC NYC. 😉Thank you to the filmmakers and everyone who stayed for a lively post-screening convo!

See What's Next in DOC NYC Selects:
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Weekend Watch: BILLY PRESTON: THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT, LIFE AFTER, 2026 OSCAR-NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY SHORTS, NAKED AMBITION See what's new to view in documentaries in the weekend ahead.

“Right from the start, BILLY PRESTON: THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT...makes it clear that few communicated as much unabashed, unapologetic joy onstage as Preston.” David Browne of @rollingstone.com

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2026 Vision & Strategy Workshop for Doc Filmmakers (Feb 26) - DOC NYC If you could make one clear decision about your creative or professional path this year, what would it be—and what’s been getting in the way? Independent

Next week! DOC NYC PRO Winter Season begins next week with the 2026 Vision & Strategy Workshop, an online session to help doc filmmakers reflect, refocus, and leave with a concrete plan for 2026.

🗓 Feb 26 (10–11:30AM ET)
🗓 Mar 7 (11–12:30PM ET)

🎟️ Register: www.docnyc.net/event/2026-v...

We were honored to have Frederick Wiseman at the 2015 DOC NYC Visionaries Tribute Luncheon. Thank you for all of your incredible work, you will be missed ❤️.

We kicked off DOC NYC Selects: Winter 2026 with the NYC Premiere of AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ 🎉

Thanks to David Alvarado, Lauren DeFilippo, Everett Katigbak, and Lou Diamond Phillips for joining us.

Explore the lineup + get tickets: www.docnyc.net/selects-2026...

Frederick Wiseman, the pioneer documentary filmmaker whose uncompromising, observant style reshaped nonfiction cinema, has died at 96. A recipient of the 2015 DOC NYC Visionary Tribute Lifetime Achievement Award, his work inspires generations.

Read more:
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Monday Memo: EURODOC Names Cohort, SXSW Unveils First Films, CPH:DOX Reveals Competition Your weekly rundown of all the latest documentary news from the festival circuit, awards season commentators, new releases and beyond.

EURODOC Names Cohort for 2026 Edition, Nick Cunningham reports for Business Doc Europe

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Tomorrow director Peter Braatz joins us for a special screening of BLUE VELVET REVISITED as part of DOC NYC Selects: Winter 2026. 🎬

Join us on Tues., Feb. 17 at 7:00PM at @ifccenter.bsky.social.

🎟️: www.docnyc.net/blue-velvet-...

Tristan Cook's FOUR RATIONAL PEOPLE is having its World Premiere at Quad Cinema

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DOC NYC PRO WINTER 2026 - DOC NYC New offerings and redesigned experiences! Led by Malikkah Rollins, DOC NYC’s Director of Industry and Education, welcome to DOC NYC PRO Winter 2026. We

DOC NYC PRO Winter 2026 is here! 🎉

Led by Malikkah Rollins, two online sessions help doc filmmakers plan the year ahead:

🧠 2026 Vision & Strategy Workshop (Feb 26 or Mar 7)
♟️ Festival Strategy Playbook (Mar 4–Apr 1)

Learn more + register: www.docnyc.net/doc-nyc-pro-...

We were delighted to spend time with Lou Diamond Phillips to discuss AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ! There's 4 films left in DOC NYC Winter Selects, have you gotten your tickets yet? 🎟️

Explore the lineup: www.docnyc.net/selects-2026...

Thank you for sharing! 🎉

New Screening Alert 🚨!

From Oscar-nominated director Kleber Mendonça Filho, PICTURES OF GHOSTS explores memory, cinema, and the changing cityscape of Recife, Brazil. Join us on Mon., March 2 at 7PM at @ifccenter.bsky.social. Followed by an onstage Q&A.

🎟️: www.docnyc.net/pictures-of-...

📣 Calling short doc filmmakers!

The Nonfiction Hotlist + Yahoo Media Group are launching a new open call to distribute 20 short documentaries, with paid licensing, global reach, and editorial support.

Learn more + apply: nonfictionhotlist.com/yahooxnfh

Monday Memo: Phone-Camera Vérité in Minneapolis, Quirks of the Best Documentary Category, Bidding Farewell to Park City Your weekly rundown of all the latest documentary news from the festival circuit, awards season commentators, new releases and beyond.

How Phone-Camera Vérité Defeated Propaganda in the War to Define Minneapolis, Scott Meslow writes for Filmmaker

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Nothing ever goes exactly as planned. Join us tomorrow night for the NYC Premiere of UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG, followed by a Q&A with co-director and cinematographer Alex Wolf Lewis and producer Justin Levy.

Secure your spot now:
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Weekend Watch: STARMAN, ROADS OF FIRE, QUEEN OF CHESS See what's new to view in documentaries in the weekend ahead.

“The theories laid out by the aerospace engineer Gentry Lee in this new documentary may blow your mind.” Glenn Kenny of @nytimes.com on STARMAN

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We’re thrilled to announce the World Premiere of DOC NYC alum Alison Klayman’s new short, SCENES FROM THE DIVIDE.

Join us at @ifccenter.bsky.social on 2/24 at 7PM

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