DOC NYC offers locals a chance to check out screenings, panel discussions and classes about documentary filmmaking. Some highlights include:

In Conversation: Errol Morris

various day-long classes on making movies

Dozens of screenings, including “Pink Saris,” profiling the Indian Judge Judy, “Armadillo,” a harrowing portrait of Afghanistan (are there any other kinds?) and “Windfall,” a film about the fight to install wind turbines in upstate New York.

The festival opens November 3. For more tickets and information, go here.