Dir: Hassan Fazili

When the Taliban threatens filmmaker Hassan Fazili’s life, he goes on the run with his wife and familys. Filmed entirely on their mobile phones, this festival favourite places us deep inside the refugee journey.

Showing from Fri 17th Jan

Dir: Rachel Leah Jones & Philippe Bellaiche 
For decades, Lea Tsemel defended her Palestinian clients in Israeli courts, arguing their right to protest their occupation. This award-winning documentary follows her as she takes on difficult new cases.

From Fri 10th Jan

Dir: Alessandro Cassigoli & Casey Kauffma
18-year-old Irma Testa is idolised in Italy when she becomes the first woman to make it onto the Olympic boxing team. But soon, Irma is questioning whether she has sacrificed too much?

 Showing on Fri 24th Jan

Dir: Olivia Martin-McGuire

Focussing on the $30 billion 'pre-wedding' photography industry, Olivia Martin-McGuire explores how China has developed from its traditional past, and how the new China Dream applies to romance.

From Fri 24th Jan.

Dir: Suhaib Gasmelbari

Four lifelong friends, filmmakers and cinephiles try to rekindle the magic of film in a country where cinema has been banned. The members of the Sudanese Film Club have ambitious plans.

 From Fri 31st Jan.

Dir: Xiao Xiao

Stunningly shot in black and white, this slow cinema voyage takes viewers to Turtle Rock, a remote mountainous village in China.

Sun 26th Jan, 4pm

Dir: Alfred George Bailey

Director Alfred George Bailey focuses on rock and roll photographer Jim Marshall, who captured the musical icons of a generation from Joplin and Hendrix to Cash and Coltrane.

Fri 31st Jan, 6.30pm