About
Stranger Than Fiction is a Tuesday night documentary series held at the IFC Center, hosted by Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen. STF presents an eclectic mix of documentaries – sneak previews and lost classics – followed by discussions with the filmmakers and post-show receptions. Now in its seventeenth season, STF has fostered new talent, won loyal audiences, and provided a gathering spot for New York’s independent film community. Esteemed speakers have included Michael Moore, Ira Glass, Laurie Anderson, Jonathan Demme and Barbara Kopple.
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Programming favors feature length documentaries, although STF does show the occasional short. To submit a film for consideration, visit Withoutabox at the below link:
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Artistic Director Thom Powers programs documentaries for the Toronto International Film Festival. He also programs the festival’s Mavericks section where he’s presented conversations with Bill Maher, Don Cheadle, Amitabh Bachchan, and Jimmy Carter, among others. He has produced and directed several documentaries including the HBO/Cinemax titles Loving & Cheating and Private Dicks: Men Exposed. He teaches Documentary Development at New York University’s School of Continuing Professional Studies and is co-chair of the Cinema Eye Honors. He is also Artistic Director of DOC NYC, New York’s Documentary Festival and the Montclair Film Festival.
Executive Director Raphaela Neihausen is the producer of the documentary Miss Gulag which premiered at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival. For seven years, she worked for Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) where she rose to the position of senior associate. She holds a BSFS/MA joint degree from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. She is also Executive Director of DOC NYC and the Montclair Film Festival.Trailer for STF Spring 2010 Season:
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Upcoming Screenings
Feb 7: UNFINISHED SPACES
by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray“Cuba will count as having the most beautiful academy of arts in the world.” —Fidel Castro (1961) Cuba’s ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of ...
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Feb 14: ZELIG
by Woody Allen”[Allen’s] new, remarkably self-assured comedy is to his career what… Berlin Alexanderplatz is to Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s and… Fanny and Alexander is to Ingmar Bergman’s ... Zelig is not only ...
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Feb 21: TOOTIE’S LAST SUIT
by Lisa Katzman“Tootie represented a kind of soulfulness in the community, and a certain type of style, and everybody loved him.” – Wynton Marsalis TOOTIE’S LAST SUIT explores the complex relationships, rituals, ...
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Feb 28: THE PROMISE: THE MAKING OF DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
by Thom ZimnyDescription from TIFF 2010 catalog by Thom Powers: The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town takes us into the studio with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band for the recording of ...
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Mar 6: SMASH HIS CAMERA
by Leon Gast“Famously and successfully sued by Jackie Onassis, and slugged just as famously and successfully by Marlon Brando, denounced from the pulpits of punditry for decades, Galella has been a man easy to ...
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Mar 13: THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY
by Carl ColbyA son’s riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller, THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY uncovers the secret world of a legendary ...
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Mar 20: GIRL MODEL
by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers: Girl Model shows a rarely seen side of the fashion industry. The film brings a novelist’s eye for emotional and psychological complexity to its ...
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