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Doc Fortnight 2025:
MoMA’s Festival of International Nonfiction Film and Media
February 20, 2025 – March 07, 2025
The Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art announces the full festival lineup for Doc Fortnight 2025, the 24th edition of its annual showcase of adventurous new nonfiction cinema from around the world. Doc Fortnight 2025 will showcase more than 30 features and short film pairings, including 14 world premieres and 19 North American or US premieres from 28 countries. The festival will celebrate new work by Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens, Lila Aviles, Radu Jude, Mariano Llinás, Errol Morris, Stanley Nelson, Ben Rivers, Cauleen Smith, Elisabeth Subrin, Lou Ye, Jasmila Žbanić, and many others. Doc Fortnight 2025 is organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, with Olivia Priedite, Film Program Coordinator, and Chandra Knotts, Filmmaker Liaison, Department of Film, MoMA.
Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL.
Additional support is provided by the Annual Film Fund. Leadership support for the Annual Film Fund is provided by Debra and Leon D. Black, with major funding from The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), and The Young Patrons Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
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Abstraction as Apprehension. 2025. USA. Directed by Amy Sillman. Courtesy the artist
Al Basateen (The Orchards). 2025. France. Directed by Antoine Chapon. Courtesy Square Eyes Film
Algo Viejo, algo nuevo, algo prestado (Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed). 2024. Argentina. Directed by Hernán Rosselli. Courtesy MPM Premium
An Unfinished Film. 2024. Singapore/Germany. Directed by Lou Ye. Courtesy Film Movement
B.F. Skinner Plays Himself. 2025. USA. Directed by Ted Kennedy. Courtesy the filmmaker
Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari (Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries). 2024. Italy/Switzerland. Directed by Massimo d’Anolfi, Martina Parenti. Courtesy Fandango
Blue. 2024. Romania/Portugal/Hungary/Belgium. Directed by Ana Vîjdea. Courtesy Filmways
Blum: Gospodari svoje budućnosti (Blum: Masters of their own destiny). 2024. Bosnia/Herzegovina. Directed by Jasmila Žbanić. Courtesy Filmdelights
Bogancloch. 2024. UK/Germany/Iceland. Directed by Ben Rivers. Courtesy Urth Productions
CHAOS: The Manson Murders. 2025. Directed by Errol Morris. Courtesy Netflix
Contractions. 2024. USA. Directed by Lynne Sachs. Courtesy Kino Rebelde
Dad’s Lullaby. 2024. Ukraine/Romania/Croatia. Directed by Lesia Diak. Courtesy the filmmaker
Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued. 2025. USA. Directed by Julian Castronovo. Courtesy the filmmaker
E-Four Specialist. 2025. USA. Directed by Kevin Jerome Everson. Courtesy Palace Picture Sales
Endless Cookie. 2025. Canada. Written and directed by Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver. Courtesy Magnolia Pictures
Europe’s New Faces. 2025. France/Italy/Switzerland/USA. Directed by Sam Abbas. Courtesy the filmmaker
Field Recording. 2024. Written and directed by Quinne Larsen. Courtesy the filmmaker
Freak. 2024. USA. Directed by Claire Barnett. Courtesy Travelling Distribution
GEN_. 2025. France/Switzerland/Italy. Directed by Gianluca Mattarese. Courtesy Mediawan Rights
Give it Back: Stage Theory. 2023. USA. Directed by New Red Order. Courtesy the filmmakers
Görünür görünmez: bir (oto)sansür antolojisi (Seen Unseen: An Anthology of (Auto)Censorship). 2024. Netherlands/Turkey. Directed by Fırat Yücel, Erhan Örs, Hakan Bozyurt, Can Memiş, Sibil Çekmen, Serra Akcan, Nadir Sönmez, belit sağ
Henry Fonda for President. 2024. Austria/Germany. Directed by Alexander Horwath. Courtesy The Film Desk
Isis & Osiris. 2024. USA. Directed by Ephraim Asili. Courtesy the filmmaker
Jericho Walk. 2025. USA. Directed by Jim McKay, Jeff Reichert, Farihah Zaman. Courtesy the filmmakers
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office. 2025. USA. Directed by Michael Almereyda, Courtney Stephens. Courtesy Archivo John y Colette Lilly
La Quinta del Sordo. 2022. Spain/Switzerland. Directed by Philippe Parreno. Courtesy Fondation Beyeler/Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Manal Issa. 2024. 2025. Lebanon/USA. Directed by Elisabeth Subrin. Courtesy Manifest Pictures
Marlow Fazon Featuring Yesterday. 2025. USA. Directed by Isaiah Davis. Courtesy the filmmaker
Middletown. 2025. USA. Directed by Jess Moss, Amanda McBaine. Courtesy the filmmakers
Mines to Caves. 2023. USA. Directed by Cauleen Smith. Courtesy the filmmaker
Monólogo colectivo (Collective Monologue). 2024. Argentina/UK. Directed by Jessica Sarah Rinland. Courtesy the filmmaker
MÚSICAS. 2024. Mexico. Directed by Lila Avilés. Courtesy RIMOWA and GEWA
My Caldera. 2022. USA. Directed by Cauleen Smith. Courtesy the filmmaker
Night Fishing with Ancestors. 2023. Australia. Directed by Karrabing Film Collective. Courtesy the filmmakers
Night Has Come. 2024. Peru. Directed by Paolo Tizón. Courtesy the filmmaker
On the Battlefield. 2024. USA. Directed by Little Egypt Collective, Theresa Delsoin, Lisa Marie Malloy, J.P. Sniadecki, Ray Whitaker. Courtesy Cinema Guild
Opt ilustrate din Lumea Ideală (Eight Postcards from Utopia). 2024. Romania. Directed by Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz. Courtesy Heretic
Prelude. 2025. USA. Directed by Jen DeNike. Courtesy the filmmaker
School of the Dead. 2025. USA. Directed by Hannah Gross. Courtesy the filmmaker
Šedá zóna (Grey Zone). 2024. Slovakia. Directed by Daniela Meressa Rusnoková. Courtesy the filmmaker
Sleep #2. 2024. Romania. Directed by Radu Jude. Courtesy the filmmaker
So Close So Far. 2025. China. Directed by Zhu Yudi. Courtesy the filmmaker
The Cavalry. 2024. Canada/USA/Israel. Directed by Alina Orlov. 17 min. Courtesy the filmmaker
Volcano Manifesto (The Deep West Assembly). 2024. USA. Directed by Cauleen Smith. Courtesy the filmmaker
The Stimming Pool. 2024. UK. Directed by The Neurocultures Collective, Benjamin Brown, Georgia Bradburn, Sam Chown-Ahern, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy Walker & Steven Eastwood. Courtesy Whalebone Films/Indox Films
The Triptych of Mondongo. 2024. Argentina. Directed by Mariano Llinás. Courtesy El Pampero Cine, ArtHaus Central
The Triptych of Mondongo. 2024. Argentina. Directed by Mariano Llinás. Courtesy El Pampero Cine, ArtHaus Central
The Triptych of Mondongo. 2024. Argentina. Directed by Mariano Llinás. Courtesy El Pampero Cine, ArtHaus Central
Tramuntana. 2025. Spain/USA. Directed by Martí Madaula Esquirol. Courtesy the filmmaker
We Want the Funk! 2025. USA. Directed by Stanley Nelson. Courtesy Firelight Films
Who Cares. 2024. Belgium, France, Switzerland. Directed by Alexe Poukine. Courtesy Andana Films
Who Loves the Sun. 2024. Canada. Directed by Arshia Shakiba. Courtesy Travelling Distribution
历历如画 (14 Paintings). 2023. China. Directed by Dongnan Chen. Courtesy the filmmaker