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DOC NYC 2026 — America's Largest Documentary Film Festival — New York, NY
Every November, Manhattan becomes the center of nonfiction storytelling. DOC NYC — America's largest documentary film festival — returns to the IFC Center and partner venues for its seventeenth year, screening more than two hundred films that range from intimate personal portraits to sweeping investigations of the systems that shape how we live.
World premieres sit alongside retrospectives. First-time filmmakers screen in the same program as Oscar veterans. The Q&As after the screenings are not polite formalities — they are the room processing what it just saw, together, with the person who made it standing right there. True crime, climate, sports, music, politics, family — the range is the point. If you care about the world and you want to see it through eyes that are not your own, this is the room.
The festival has steadily grown into the definitive showcase for nonfiction storytelling in the United States. It is where the films that will be nominated for Academy Awards in February get their first public screenings in November. The in-person component runs for ten days across Manhattan, with an additional ten days of online access for anyone in the country who wants to participate from home. A single all-access pass opens every screening — no hierarchy, no red carpet separating audiences from filmmakers.
What makes DOC NYC different from other film festivals is scale married to intimacy. Two hundred films across ten days means you could see three or four a day and still miss most of the program. But the venues are small enough that you will share an elevator with the director whose film just wrecked you, and the conversations that happen in the lobby between screenings are half the experience. The online extension means geography is not a barrier — someone in San Diego can watch the same film as someone who just walked out of the IFC Center, and both reactions count.
November 11-19, 2026 (in-person) and November 11-29 (online). IFC Center and partner venues, Manhattan, New York City. Tickets and passes at docnyc.net.
Every November, Manhattan becomes the center of nonfiction storytelling. DOC NYC — America's largest documentary film festival — returns to the IFC Center and partner venues for its seventeenth year, screening more than two hundred films that range from intimate personal portraits to sweeping investigations of the systems that shape how we live.
World premieres sit alongside retrospectives. First-time filmmakers screen in the same program as Oscar veterans. The Q&As after the screenings are not polite formalities — they are the room processing what it just saw, together, with the person who made it standing right there. True crime, climate, sports, music, politics, family — the range is the point. If you care about the world and you want to see it through eyes that are not your own, this is the room.
The festival has steadily grown into the definitive showcase for nonfiction storytelling in the United States. It is where the films that will be nominated for Academy Awards in February get their first public screenings in November. The in-person component runs for ten days across Manhattan, with an additional ten days of online access for anyone in the country who wants to participate from home. A single all-access pass opens every screening — no hierarchy, no red carpet separating audiences from filmmakers.
What makes DOC NYC different from other film festivals is scale married to intimacy. Two hundred films across ten days means you could see three or four a day and still miss most of the program. But the venues are small enough that you will share an elevator with the director whose film just wrecked you, and the conversations that happen in the lobby between screenings are half the experience. The online extension means geography is not a barrier — someone in San Diego can watch the same film as someone who just walked out of the IFC Center, and both reactions count.
November 11-19, 2026 (in-person) and November 11-29 (online). IFC Center and partner venues, Manhattan, New York City. Tickets and passes at docnyc.net.
World premieres sit alongside retrospectives. First-time filmmakers screen in the same program as Oscar veterans. The Q&As after the screenings are not polite formalities — they are the room processing what it just saw, together, with the person who made it standing right there. True crime, climate, sports, music, politics, family — the range is the point. If you care about the world and you want to see it through eyes that are not your own, this is the room.
The festival has steadily grown into the definitive showcase for nonfiction storytelling in the United States. It is where the films that will be nominated for Academy Awards in February get their first public screenings in November. The in-person component runs for ten days across Manhattan, with an additional ten days of online access for anyone in the country who wants to participate from home. A single all-access pass opens every screening — no hierarchy, no red carpet separating audiences from filmmakers.
What makes DOC NYC different from other film festivals is scale married to intimacy. Two hundred films across ten days means you could see three or four a day and still miss most of the program. But the venues are small enough that you will share an elevator with the director whose film just wrecked you, and the conversations that happen in the lobby between screenings are half the experience. The online extension means geography is not a barrier — someone in San Diego can watch the same film as someone who just walked out of the IFC Center, and both reactions count.
November 11-19, 2026 (in-person) and November 11-29 (online). IFC Center and partner venues, Manhattan, New York City. Tickets and passes at docnyc.net.
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Every November, Manhattan becomes the center of nonfiction storytelling. DOC NYC — America's largest documentary film festival — returns to the IFC Center and partner venues for its seventeenth year, screening more than two hundred films that range from intimate personal portraits to sweeping investigations of the systems that shape how we live.
World premieres sit alongside retrospectives. First-time filmmakers screen in the same program as Oscar veterans. The Q&As after the screenings are not polite formalities — they are the room processing what it just saw, together, with the person who made it standing right there. True crime, climate, sports, music, politics, family — the range is the point. If you care about the world and you want to see it through eyes that are not your own, this is the room.
The festival has steadily grown into the definitive showcase for nonfiction storytelling in the United States. It is where the films that will be nominated for Academy Awards in February get their first public screenings in November. The in-person component runs for ten days across Manhattan, with an additional ten days of online access for anyone in the country who wants to participate from home. A single all-access pass opens every screening — no hierarchy, no red carpet separating audiences from filmmakers.
What makes DOC NYC different from other film festivals is scale married to intimacy. Two hundred films across ten days means you could see three or four a day and still miss most of the program. But the venues are small enough that you will share an elevator with the director whose film just wrecked you, and the conversations that happen in the lobby between screenings are half the experience. The online extension means geography is not a barrier — someone in San Diego can watch the same film as someone who just walked out of the IFC Center, and both reactions count.
November 11-19, 2026 (in-person) and November 11-29 (online). IFC Center and partner venues, Manhattan, New York City. Tickets and passes at docnyc.net.
World premieres sit alongside retrospectives. First-time filmmakers screen in the same program as Oscar veterans. The Q&As after the screenings are not polite formalities — they are the room processing what it just saw, together, with the person who made it standing right there. True crime, climate, sports, music, politics, family — the range is the point. If you care about the world and you want to see it through eyes that are not your own, this is the room.
The festival has steadily grown into the definitive showcase for nonfiction storytelling in the United States. It is where the films that will be nominated for Academy Awards in February get their first public screenings in November. The in-person component runs for ten days across Manhattan, with an additional ten days of online access for anyone in the country who wants to participate from home. A single all-access pass opens every screening — no hierarchy, no red carpet separating audiences from filmmakers.
What makes DOC NYC different from other film festivals is scale married to intimacy. Two hundred films across ten days means you could see three or four a day and still miss most of the program. But the venues are small enough that you will share an elevator with the director whose film just wrecked you, and the conversations that happen in the lobby between screenings are half the experience. The online extension means geography is not a barrier — someone in San Diego can watch the same film as someone who just walked out of the IFC Center, and both reactions count.
November 11-19, 2026 (in-person) and November 11-29 (online). IFC Center and partner venues, Manhattan, New York City. Tickets and passes at docnyc.net.
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