FIXER: THE TAKING OF AJMAL NAQSHBANDI
An intensely personal journey into the dangerous and unseen world or wartime news gathering.
LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT + Panel Discussion
With unique and unparalleled access, this film explores Iranian President Ahmadinejad's populism. It follows the President on his trips around rural Iran and films at the Presidential Letter Writing Center.
THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE + Panel Q&A
A one-off chance to see this classic award-winning documentary examining the tragic events that unfolded in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
THE GLEANERS AND I
A delightful and personal diary/documentary of people who exist by utilising the things others regard as useless in modern society. This is a witty and gently humanist film from a veteran of the 60s French new wave.
THE BEACHES OF AGNES
Returning to the beaches which have been part of her life, Agnès stages herself amongst excerpts of her films' images and reportages. She shares her story with humour and emotion from her early days as an independent filmmaker, and her life with Jacques Demy through to the present day.
MAN'S NEW BEST FRIEND: A ROBODOGUMENTARY
Grierson Award nominated affectionate doc/improvised fiction about artificially intelligent robot dogs and the emotional relationships with their owners. Using voice and face recognition these $3000 robot pets raise questions of how much humans can bond with machines and if it's really possible to buy love.
ON A TIGHTROPE
Chinese orphans struggle to learn the ancient Uighur tradition of tightrope walking in this extraordinary story. Filmmaker Petr Lom gained unprecedented access to the Uighur people, China's largest Muslim minority, to tell this story of triumph over adversity.
MAN ON WIRE
This Oscar-winning documentary tells the breathtaking story of Philippe Petit's now legendary tightrope walk between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center in 1974.
SOUNDS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT: A POPUMENTARY
50 years after Europe warred on the battlefield its competitive spirit is now satisfied with singing contests. Funny and moving in equal measure Sounds Like Teen Spirit tells the story of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest where pint sized talents from Sweden to Ukraine sing their 10-15 year old hearts out.
THE MASTERS OF THE HOUSE
Graziana, a young Italian woman, like so many of her generation aspires to a glittering career in the media. While trying to pass her law degree, she suddenly finds herself implicated in Prime Minister Berlusconi's infamous sex scandal saga. After such notoriety, what are her options in the Italy of Il Padrone di Casa?
UP THE YANGTZE
China's massive Three Gorges Dam is altering the landscape and the lives of people living along the fabled Yangtze River. As the river rises, countless ancient villages will be submerged forcing 2 million people to lose their homes and livelihoods.
PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a powerful documentary about the brave women of Liberia who stood up and said no more to war. Through their sheer determination and grit they were able to transform their country.
CORRIDOR #8
In 1997 the EU launched Corridor # 8 – a massive project to build a road connecting the Black Sea to the Adriatic and the people of Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania to each other for the first time. Ten years on, not much has happened, and the residents along the proposed route are not sure what to make of it – after all, who said they wanted to be connected up in the first place?
Episode 3 - 'ENJOY POVERTY'
Deep in the interiors of the Congo, Dutch artist Renzo Martens undertakes an epic journey to launch an installation exposing the poor and hungry to the idea that their primary capital resource is: Poverty.
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
his darkly witty documentary sees Herzog heading to the frozen south to interview those who live and work there, on the assumption that they'll be quite weird.