HERE BE DRAGONS + Director Q&A
Part road movie, part film essay, part contemplative travelogue, Here Be Dragons is a richly textured and poetic journey amongst the history, geography and imagination of Albania.
¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!
Antipodes are places diametrically opposite one another on the Earth's surface. In this audacious, contemplative, stunningly beautiful work, master documentarist Victor Kossakovsky takes us to four antipodal pairs...
ARTICLE 12 + Directors Q&A
A thought-provoking exposé on our current obsession with voyeurism, surveillance technologies, power and control. Featuring leading academic and commentator Noam Chomsky.
OUR SCHOOL + Q&A
Our School is the bittersweet story of three Roma children caught up in an initiative to integrate ethnically-segregated Romanian schools.
NEW LIFE OF A FAMILY ALBUM + Q&A
After his father leaves to start a new life, filmmaker Adam Ol'ha starts mapping his parents' relationship and the impact of their split. Adam's personal memoir, drawing on decades of home movies, is gorgeously crafted, resonating with...
STATE BUILDERS + Q&A
Starting on the day of its independence, filmmakers Florence Martin-Kessler and Anne Poiret chronicle the first year of South Sudan's independence, in which the first foundations of this fledgling democracy are laid.
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE + Panel Q&A
In the late 1980s an unlikely ensemble of people changed the course of history with an unprecedented type of activism, turning AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
DIRTY WARS + Panel Q&A
Something doesn't add up for seasoned reporter Jeremy Scahill, when the scene of a supposed Taliban honour killing in the village of Khatabeh in Afghanistan starts to sound more like a botched (and covered up) US military night raid.
NO FIRE ZONE: THE KILLING FIELDS OF SRI LANKA
Carefully evidenced and powerfully measured, No Fire Zone is a feature length film about the final devastating months of the 26 year long Sri Lankan civil war told by the people who lived through it.
A WORLD NOT OURS + Q&A
Director Mahdi Fleifel presents a refreshing and affectionate personal study of the friendships, laughter, hope and despair that comprise daily life in the Palestinian refugee camp where he grew up.
LEVIATHAN
A deeply immersive, cinematic experience. Leviathan looks closely at the dangerous world of commercial fishing.
WHICH WAY IS THE FRONT LINE FROM HERE? + Producer Q&A
A moving portrait of war photojournalist Tim Hetherington, who died covering the conflict in Libya in 2011...
INREALLIFE
InRealLife takes us on a journey from the bedrooms of British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley, to find out what exactly the internet is doing to our children?
INSIDE OUT: THE PEOPLE'S ART PROJECT + Q&A
Inside Out: The People's Art Project chronicles the evolution of the world's largest participatory art project, the wildly popular "Inside Out" started in 2011 by the TEDprize winner French artist JR, who wanted citizens worldwide...
FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED + Director Masterclass
A tender and humorous portrait of poet and translator Edwin Honig as he battles with the devastating effects of Alzheimer's disease.
SHADOWS OF LIBERTY + Director Q&A
Tracing the story of media manipulation through the years, Shadows of Liberty poses a crucial question: why have we let a handful of powerful corporations write the news?
SALMA + Editor Q&A
When Salma was 13, her parents took her out of school and locked her away in a room with a single window. After 9 years she gave in to pressure to agree to an arranged marriage. Following Salma on a trip back to her village...
OUR NIXON + Panel Q&A
Throughout Richard Nixon's presidency, three of his top White House aides documented their experiences with Super 8 cameras. Using this treasure trove of material, director Penny Lane has created an extraordinary record of the Nixon era.
No Burqas Behind Bars
In the Takhar prison in Afghanistan 40 women are serving long sentences for 'moral crimes'. These crimes largely involve the defiance of men, from rejection of forced marriage to infidelity to fleeing violent relationships.
Camera/Woman
Refusing to succumb to taboos around working women in conservative Moroccan society, Khadija makes a successful living as a camerawoman at weddings in Casablanca, despite her family's disapproval.
GOD LOVES UGANDA + Panel Discussion
God Loves Uganda is a shocking and powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right. Roger Ross Williams' award-winning film follows American and Ugandan...