The first ever DOC NY festival begins tomorrow and runs through the 9th. Over 40 films screen, mostly at the IFC Center and various NYU venues.

Of the 40 docs, many look interesting, and most noticeable are by big-name directors Werner Herzog (‘Grizzly Man’, ‘Rescue Dawn’) and Errol Morris (‘The Thin Blue Line’, ‘The Fog of War’). Herzog’s is ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams,’ an incredible new use of 3D technology as he somehow talks himself into the Chauvet caves in the South of France, bringing to the screen some of the oldest paintings known to man. Morris’s ‘Tabloid’, follows a former Miss Wyoming “whose quest for one true love led her across the globe and onto the pages of tabloid newspapers.” Both of those directors also have their own Spotlight categories in the festival, giving you a chance to check out some of their older films as well.

You can find the full schedule and buy tickets online here. If that seems overwhelming, here are some  that look the most interesting to us…

Five Weddings and a Felony (Josh Freed) World Premiere – Director Josh Freed turns a Flip camera on his own relationships as a twentysomething. Peeling away neurosis and narcissism, the film is a compelling portrait of modern love.

mindFLUX (Ryan Kerrison) World Premiere – This profile of visionary theater director Richard Foreman draws upon interviews with F. Murray Abraham, Willem Dafoe, Yoko Ono, Lou Reed, Suzan-Lori Parks and others to pay tribute to his career.

Ride, Rise, Roar (David Hillman Curtis) A David Byrne concert film that blends riveting onstage performances with intimate details of the creative collaborations that make the music and performance happen.

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture (D.A. Pennebaker) A must-see for all Bowie fans, this class rock doc by legendary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker takes you back to the Hammersmith Odeon concert on July 3, 1973.

The Road to Carnegie Hall (Stephen Higgins) World Premiere – Young musicians from the world over are plucked from obscurity when they win online auditions for a prestigious Carnegie Hall concert in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.  With only two days to rehearse a complicated program under classical masters Michael Tilson Thomas and Tan Dun. This special screening will be followed by a short live performance by the cellist Joshua Roman.

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