Mai Khoi and the Dissidents + Q&A
An intimate and inspiring portrait of Vietnamese protest singer Mai Khoi, who gave up her place in the limelight to fight for freedom of speech, human rights and democracy in Vietnam.
RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins tells the story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it.
See the short films that perfectly embodied the oddities/ambivalence of the lockdown, and managed to forge some creative hope out of 2020.
Bloomsbury Festival: I See It Differently
An illuminating programme of short docs on the theme of 'Vision', screening online as part of this year's Bloomsbury Festival.
Black History Month: Toni Morrison - The Pieces I Am + director Q&A
Through her long and rich writing life Toni Morrison channelled the power of words to transform understanding of the African American experience. In this Sundance favourite, she tells the story of her remarkable life.
2020 Essay Film Festival - To Bring the World into the World: Recent Work by Sarah Wood
This shorts programme focuses on Sarah Wood’s concerns with the way counter-cinema can survive as an open space for thought & imagination.
Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint - On Demand
This dazzling portrait of a visionary, trailblazing artist reveals not only her colourful, sensual, strange works but also the skewing of art history that would leave her out of the narrative of abstraction for so long.
WHITE RIOT
Rubika Shah’s award-winning and energising film charts a vital national protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by ‘music’s biggest colonialist’ Eric Clapton and his support of racist MP Enoch Powell.
2020 Essay Film Festival - Presenting Afterimages: on Cinema, Women and Changing Times by Laura Mulvey
Laura Mulvey presents & discusses her book with film scholar and audiovisual essayist Catherine Grant. Followed by a short Q&A.
2020 ESSAY FILM FESTIVAL: HOME IN E MAJOR + ONLINE Q&A
We've teamed up with Birkbeck University to present Home in E Major, a first-person essay film originally scheduled for the 2020 Essay Film Festival.
The 4th edition of our filmmaking competition invites people to make a 6-10 minute short on the theme of 'Re-emergence,' and we'll have free workshops too.
OWM Presents: Stories From Across Africa + Q&A
We've teamed up with One World Media for this fellowship showcase of documentary shorts that tell untold stories from across Africa.
Dangerous Acts starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus
As mass protests and violent clashes shake Belarus for a fifth week, join our free online screening of this searing portrait of the provocative theatre group risking their lives to challenge President Lukashenko, Europe's last dictator.
Terms and Conditions: A UK Drill Story
Join us for a one-off online screening of the director's cut of Brian Hill's feature on UK Drill, and stay online after for a Q&A with the filmmakers.
DocHouse Shorts: #1
Join us for a globetrotting, time-travelling selection of short docs, cherry-picked by DocHouse. This is the first of our new strand dedicated to small but perfectly-formed nonfiction.
CUNNINGHAM: WATCH ONLINE & DONATE
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ABOUT CUNNINGHAM
In a career spanning seven decades, Merce Cunningham’s innovation expanded the frontiers of dance, reshaping it into a new kind of art form. Eschewing labels like “avant-garde choreographer”, he preferred simply to be called a “dancer”.
We're sad not to be celebrating our 5th birthday, but we're not giving up and choosing to see this as an opportunity to try lots of new things instead!
Rebuilding Paradise + Ron Howard Q&A
Ron Howar'ds Rebuilding Paradise is a moving story of resilience in the face of tragedy, as a community ravaged by disaster comes together to recover what was lost and begin the important task of rebuilding.
Part of our 4th Doc-making competition Simon Clark will show us the sound fundamentals for a doc-shoot including tips for affordable kits.
Part of our 4th doc-making competition Juliet Brown joins our workshop series covering the basic exercises in observational filmmaking.
Coup 53
The story of the 1953 Anglo-American coup in Iran that overthrew the democratically elected Prime Minister Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah. Featuring never seen before archive which had been hidden for decades.