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You are here: Home / Film Festivals Archive / Doc Fortnight 2020

Doc Fortnight 2020

African Archive, Brazilian Archive, Filipino Archive, Film Festivals Archive, French Archive, Italian Archive, Mexican, Museum of Modern Art / February 5, 2020 by Editors

MoMa’s festival of international nonfiction film and media is at MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown, NYC from February 5-19, 2020.


MoMA holds one of the world’s great film collections, so MoMA film festivals are important. This is MoMA’s documentary film festival.

This year’s festival includes 12 world premieres, 17 North American premieres and 14 U.S. premieres from 38 countries including Africa, Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines.

Full schedule and tickets from $8 at moma.org


Latin Films

L’apprendistato (The Young Observant)

North American premiere of Davide Maldi’s 2019 Italian documentary about a young peasant at a school for waiters a maîtres d’hôtel. In Italian with English subtitles.

Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 6:30pm
Filmmaker introduction

Aswang

U.S. premiere of Alyx Ayn Arumpac’s 2019 Filipino documentary about the impact of President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign to murder drug addicts and their dealers. In Tagalog with English subtitles.

Friday, February 7, 2020 at 4pm
Filmmaker introduction

Arguments

U.S. premiere of of Olivier Zabat’s 2019 French documentary about people who hear voices and their struggle with psychosis.

Friday, February 7, 2020 at 4:30pm
Filmmaker introduction

La mami

North American premiere of Laura Herrero Garvin’s 2019 Mexican documentary about the dressing room attendant at a Mexico City cabaret. Variety says the situation is handled honestly and well. A Dogwoof film. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 2pm
Filmmaker introduction

Delphine & Carole

U.S. premiere of Callisto McNulty’s 2019 French documentary about star actress Delphine Seyrig.

Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 4pm
Filmmaker introduction

Welcome to the Jungle

U.S. premiere of Ghanian-American filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu’s trilogy about the Afro in American and European colonial culture. We are trying to figure this out too. Obibini Pictures films.

Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 4:30pm
Filmmaker introduction

Mother, I am Suffocating. This is My Last Film about You.

U.S. premiere of Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s Lesotho documentary about the legacy of colonialism and Christianity in Africa.

Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 4:30pm
Filmmaker introduction

Overseas

Sung-a Yoon’s 2019 documentary about a school for Filipina women preparing to work abroad as maids and nannies. In Tagalog and other Filipino languages with English subtitles.

Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 7:30pm
Filmmaker introduction

My Darling Supermarket

North American premiere of Tali Yankelevich’s 2019 Brazilian documentary about the musings of butchers and clerks in a São Paulo supermarket. Brazilian banter is hilarious. In Portuguese with English subtitles. An Elo Company film.

Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 1:30pm
Filmmaker introduction.

Traveling While Black

Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams explores 360/VR cinema and Jim Crow past and present on a visit to Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington DC.

Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 1pm


Full schedule and tickets from $8 at moma.org


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