Dir: Marcelo Gomes

The small village of Toritama has transformed into the ‘Capital of Jeans’. Residents work day and night, dreaming of their futures, and sell everything to attend the carnival.

Showing from Fri 23 Aug

Dir: Andrey Paounov

Ten years after the passing of his wife and partner, Jeanne-Claude, installation artist Christo sets out to realise The Floating Piers, a project they conceived together many years before.

 Showing from Sun 25 Aug

Dir: VARIOUS

BBC Storyville creator curates a series of films to coincide with the release of his new book.

Showing from 13 Aug

Dir: Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts

A letter from young mother Waad al-Kateab to her baby daughter Sama, to whom she gave birth on the front line of cataclysmic conflict in Aleppo.

Sat 14 Sep

Dir: Alexandre O. Philippe

After his forensic analysis of Hitchcock’s Psycho, Philippe returns to dig into the mythological roots of Alien, its artistic origins, and place in our history and collective unconscious.

Showing from Fri  30 Aug 

Dir: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov

In a deserted Macedonian village, Hatidze, clambers up a hillside to check her bee colonies nestled in the rocks; but disruption is coming. 

Showing from Fri 13 Sep

Various

Discover new docs at the festival that nurtures and champions the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers. 

Showing from Thu 5 - Mon 9 Sep