Thank you!
I'm writing to thank you for so enthusiastically supporting our mission to broaden the horizons of creative documentary filmmaking. Over the five seasons I curated, we pivoted to virtual screenings and discussions in the early days of pandemic lockdowns and then incorporated a return to the Brattle Theatre for in-person and hybrid screenings.
The landscape of documentary has changed a lot as film festivals, filmmakers, and distributors have contended with shifting release windows, festival strategies, and modes of filmmaking. We are grateful to have a consistently engaged and thoughtful audience and, especially, to serve our DocYard season passholders. We hope you're enjoying our 10th-anniversary tote bags!
Over the course of the past three years, I could not have done this series without our wonderful co-presenting partners like BARCC, Community Supported Film, Wicked Queer, RoxFilm, Boston Jewish Film Festival, CineFest Latino Boston, Amherst Cinema's Bellwether Series, the Harvard Film Study Center, and the many university and college professors who brought their classes to our screenings; or our committed series partners, Irving House, the Tyler Family Foundation, the Brattle Theatre, and the support of the entire LEF Foundation.
Thank you to Lyda, Gen, Matthew, Hannah, and Kayla for everything.
And finally, I'm thankful to all the filmmakers who generously opened up their filmmaking practices to discussion within our series. As the DocYard takes a hiatus in fall 2022 to reimagine what the future holds, you can revisit many of the stirring conversations, which are archived here.
In community,
Abby Sun
2020-2022 DocYard Curator
