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DOC NYC · 2018

DOC NYC 2018

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10 films · 3 reviews

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Colossus

Portrait of a teenager who only discovered the rest of his family were undocumented after a routine traffic stop.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Jonathan Schienberg)

World premiere

Evelyn

The filmmaker and his family go on a walking holiday and consider the suicide of his brother a decade on from the tragedy.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Orlando von Einsiedel)

International premiere

Family In Transition

Review preview for Family In Transition

Family In Transition is an intimate film that develops into a much broader vision.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The story of a family in Israel and the impact on them of the father's decision to transition.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2018; Director: Ofir Trainin; Writer: Ofir Trainin; Stars: Amit Tsuk, Galit Tsuk, Amit Tsuk, Galit Tsuk)

Full review

International premiere

Global Family

Documentary about a transnational family drama, in which four generations of a refugee family each pursue their own dreams of family, home, and future.

(Country: Germany, Canada, Ethiopia, Italy; Year: 2018; Director: Melanie Andernach, Andreas Köhler; Writer: Melanie Andernach, Andreas Köhler, Yael Reuveny)

US premiere

Little Miss Westie

Review preview for Little Miss Westie

This is very much fly-on-the-wall documentary, with explanations and expiation left up to those involved.

Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
Story of Ren, the first out transgirl to compete in the Little Miss Westie Pageant. Coaching her through the competition is her older brother Luca, who previously took part in the pageant when he lived as a girl.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Dan Hunt, Joy E Reed)

Full review

World premiere

Refugee

Story of a Syrian refugee family's fight to be reunited.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Alexander J Farrell; Stars: Sophia Glazunova, Ahmed Alali, Hamoudi Alali, Moustapha Ahmad, Nazem Alali, Rezan Rasheed, Kabanas Stratis, Rasha Abousalem, Raf'aa Alali, Sophia Glazunova, Ahmed Alali, Hamoudi Alali, Moustapha Ahmad, Nazem Alali, Rezan Rasheed)

World premiere

A Sister's Song

A sister attempts to reconnect with a sibling who became a nun 20 years previously.

(Country: Canada, Israel; Year: 2018; Director: Danae Elon; Writer: Danae Elon)

NYC premiere

To Kid Or Not To Kid

Review preview for To Kid Or Not To Kid

The subject is dealt with in a very personal way, which is doubtless what many viewers will need in order to start having these conversations themselves.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Maxine Trump turns the camera on herself and her close circle of family and friends as she confronts the idea of not having kids.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Maxine Trump; Writer: Maxine Trump)

Full review

World premiere

Tre Maison Dasan

A story of boyhood marked by the criminal justice system.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Denali Tiller; Stars: Tre Janson, Dasan Lopes, Maison Teixeira, Tre Janson, Dasan Lopes, Maison Teixeira)

World premiere

Wrestling Ghosts

Follows the journey of a young mother, who, over two heart-breaking and inspiring years, battles the traumas from her past in order to create a new present and future for her and her family.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Ana Sofia Joanes)

NYC premiere