Variety’s inaugural Doc Dreams NYC will take place Nov. 12 and will feature two panel conversations with this season’s awards contenders in the documentary feature category. The audience will be comprised of AMPAS, guild and union voting members. Conversations will be moderated by Variety documentary film reporter Addie Morfoot.
The first panel will feature:
- Carla Gutiérrez, director and editor, “Frida”
- Irene Taylor, director and producer, “I Am: Celine Dion”
- R.J. Cutler, director and producer, “Elton John: Never Too Late”
The second panel will feature:
- Sahra Mani, director, “Bread & Roses”
- Malala Yousafzai, producer, “Bread & Roses”
- Mary Mazzio, writer, director and producer, “Bad River”
- Hasan Oswald, director and producer “Mediha”
- Mediha Alhamad, subject, “Mediha”
The event builds off of Variety’s existing “Doc Dreams” franchise, a video series highlighting the filmmakers behind the year’s leading documentaries. Previous “Doc Dreams” participants include the filmmakers behind “Free Solo,” “Fire of Love,” “The Vow,” “The Rescue,” “Being Mary Tyler Moore” and many more.
“Bringing the Variety ‘Doc Dreams’ franchise to life allows the numerous awards voters in New York to hear directly from contenders in this year’s race,” said Dea Lawrence, chief operating and marketing officer of Variety. “Variety has always been a strong supporter of the powerful medium of non-fiction storytelling. In addition to our video series, ‘Doc Dreams,’ we have a section on Variety.com completely devoted to documentary filmmaking. Each year we produce ‘Truthseekers Summit’ in New York alongside our sister-brand Rolling Stone featuring conversations with the best in documentary filmmaking and investigative journalism.”
All conversations will be recorded and published on Variety.com following the event.
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