Stranger Than Fiction
STF: Spring 2009
Tuesday, March 31 - Tuesday, June 2, 2009
The hit documentary series celebrates its 10th season at IFC Center, boasting a lineup of sneak previews, tributes and rediscovered classics, with filmmakers in person for post-screening discussions. Organized by Thom Powers. Filmmakers in person at all shows. See below for film details or visit STFdocs.com.
The English Surgeon
Tuesday, March 31, 2009Nominated for two Cinema Eye Honors for Best International Documentary and a soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, THE ENGLISH SURGEON openly confronts moral and ethical issues which touch every one... more...
Nursery University
Monday, April 6, 2009From the Hot Docs catalogue: And you thought getting into college was hard! In post-9/11 New York City, a baby boom has turned the preschool admissions process into a blood sport. With more than 20 applicants... more...
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Tuesday, April 7, 2009When FALLEN CHAMP first appeared in 1993, director Barbara Kopple won both the Emmy and DGA award, but the film has rarely been screened since then. Now with the upcoming release of James Toback's film... more...
Al Franken: God Spoke
Tuesday, April 14, 2009The makers of THE WAR ROOM turn their cameras on yet another burgeoning political career. Filmmakers, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker followed former Saturday Night Live comedian Al Franken... more...
Native Land
Tuesday, April 21, 2009Cinematographer Tom Hurwitz has shot numerous acclaimed docs ranging from HARLAN COUNTY USA (1976) to VALENTINO: THE LAST EMPEROR (2008). Now he visits STF to pay tribute to the career of his father with... more...
The Way We Get By
Friday, July 17 - Thursday, July 23, 2009In Bangor, Maine, a group of senior citizens greets soldiers bound for or returning from Iraq and Afghanistan at the town's airport. Day and night, rain and shine, they've offered gratitude and encouragement,... more...
The Way We Get By
Tuesday, April 28, 2009Selected by the SXSW and True/False film festivals, THE WAY WE GET BY takes us inside a small airport in Bangor, Maine, where nearly one million U.S. soldiers have been sent off and welcomed home from...
Art & Copy
Friday, August 21 - Thursday, August 27, 2009An insider's look at the enormously influential yet little-known world of advertising, Doug Pray's (Scratch, IFC Center hit Surfwise) latest offers a first-hand account of the revolution... more...
Swimming to Cambodia
Tuesday, May 12, 2009Jonathan Demme returns to STF after his memorable appearance last year with THE AGRONOMIST. This time he brings an older work that marked the breakthrough of monologist Spalding Gray. Here's a selection... more...
Peter Davis Tribute
Tuesday, May 19, 2009In 2008, Peter Davis came to STF with his rarely seen documentary THE SELLING OF THE PENTAGON. Now... more...
The Glass House
Tuesday, May 26, 2009Filmmakers Hamid Rahmanian and Melissa Hibbard have been regular visitors to STF screenings and bar gatherings. Now they bring their latest documentary THE GLASS HOUSE, shot for nearly a year in Iran,... more...
Tibet in Song
Tuesday, June 2, 2009Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, TIBET IN SONG goes beyond familiar sloganeering about Tibet to explore the country's cultural repression from the inside. Director Ngawang... more...
