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DocHouse Recommends

Well-crafted, insightful, unforgettable. Whether they're festival favourites or hidden gems, DocHouse Recommends films are at the core of our programme - and you won't find them anywhere else.

Classified People

Now Showing

Newly restored and reissued, Classified People (1987) exposes South Africa’s insidious apartheid policy of 'race classification'.

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DocHouse Shorts: Belonging

Showing on Sun 24 Nov

Join us for an online screening of five short-but-perfectly formed documentaries, exploring the facets and contradictions of belonging.

The Divided Island

Now Showing

The Divided Island brings the ‘Cyprus problem’ back into focus, unravelling the intricate history of the island that still reverberates today.

Union

Now Showing

Grassroots activism lies at the heart of this involving film, which follows a group of people fighting for better working conditions at Amazon.

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Now Showing

This megalith of a film teases out the complex, sordid details of Congo's liberation from Belgian colonial rule in June 1960.

Q&A

Reclaim the Frame Presents: The Taste of Mango

Showing from Tue 26 Nov

Director Chloe Abrahams probes raw questions her mother and grandmother have long brushed aside, untangling her family’s unspoken past.

Bread & Roses

Showing from Fri 22 Nov

A powerful window into the seismic impact that the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in 2021 had on women’s rights and livelihoods.

Q&A

Grand Theft Hamlet

Showing on Thu 05 Dec

Two jobless actors attempt to stage a production of Hamlet entirely within the video game Grand Theft Auto.

The Ban

Showing on Sat 07 Dec

The Ban reflects on the British government’s practice of dubbing the IRA on broadcast media during the troubles.

Q&A

Made of Truth: Hybrid Non-Fiction Shorts

Showing on Tue 10 Dec

BFI Doc Society present a selection of recent short documentaries funded through the Made of Truth fund.

Q&A

Death Without Mercy

Showing on Wed 11 Dec

On 6th Feb 2023, a massive earthquake struck Turkey and Syria. Death Without Mercy captures the desperate search for loved ones that followed.

Q&A

After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home

Showing on Mon 16 Dec

A group of Ukrainian children who had been abducted by the Russian army come together at an animal therapy retreat.

So This is Christmas

Showing from Fri 13 Dec

While a small Irish town prepares for a fast approaching Christmas, some struggle with the stress and expectation that comes with it.