ADDICTED TO SHEEP
Director Magali Pettier follows a year in the North Penines on the farm of the Hutchinsons; beautifully capturing both the stark, stunning beauty of the landscape, and the brutally hard graft it takes just to survive. And a lot of sheep.
The Confessions of Thomas Quick
This week we're celebrating one of the most experimental, form pushing director's in the country with a retrospective at Bertha DocHouse. We kick off with Brian Hill's latest film, a real-life noir thriller which uncovers the truth behind Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, Thomas Quick.
This pair of emotionally resonant films see Brian Hill collaborating with Simon Armitage to give voice to young men and women of Feltham and Downview Prisons– voices we rarely hear.
IRIS
Iris pairs Albert Maysles (the legendary and much-loved documentarian who passed away earlier this year) with Iris Apfel; the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades.
A double bill of Brian Hill’s first collaborations with poet Simon Armitage takes us to Leeds on a Saturday Night and into the lives of England’s drinkers.
Brian Hill Retrospective: THE NOT DEAD
A quieter and more intense film than others in this retrospective, The Not Dead carries a political message addressing PTSD across three generations of soldiers.
THE CONFESSIONS OF THOMAS QUICK + Q&A
This week we're celebrating one of the most experimental, form pushing director's in the country with a retrospective at Bertha DocHouse. We kick off with Brian Hill's latest film, a real-life noir thriller which uncovers the truth behind Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, Thomas Quick.
Broken Borders: WARRIORS FROM THE NORTH
Complex and deeply unsettling, Warriors from the North follows the stories of a group of disillusioned and ostracized Danish youth who leave everything behind to join the ranks of al-Shabaab, with devastating consequences.
Broken Borders: QUEENS OF SYRIA
In a camp in Jordan, an all female cast of Syrian refugees prepare to stage Euripides’ The Trojan Women. The cast incorporate their own stories of war and exile into the performance...
Broken Borders: THOSE WHO FEEL THE FIRE BURNING
A captivating work of 'poetic realism', Morgan Knibbe’s debut feature offers a different perspective on the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. This up close, chaotic, overwhelming portrait...
BEST OF ENEMIES
In the summer of 1968, television news changed forever. Best of Enemies is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive televised debates between two towering public intellectuals: Liberal Gore Vidal and rightwinger William F. Buckley Jr.
Soundtrack Sunday: HOW WE USED TO LIVE
A unique celebration of post-war London by acclaimed director Paul Kelly, created through a compelling use of rare footage drawn from the BFI National Archive, from 1950 -1980, with original music by Saint Etienne.
Soundtrack Sunday: DARK DAYS
For years, a homeless community took root in a train tunnel beneath New York City, braving dangerous conditions and perpetual night. Dark Days explores this surprisingly domestic subterranean world.
Soundtrack Sunday: SLEEP FURIOUSLY
Gideon Koppel's love-letter to his home town of Trefeurig, in Wales, is a creative and lyrical exploration of the dwindling flame of rural life.
School's Out!: DINOSAUR 13
A documentary about the discovery of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil ever found.
MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (Restoration)
Already garnering 5-star reviews, Dziga Vertov's newly restored masterpiece returns to cinemas this month.
**MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (restoration) + Intro
Already garnering 5-star reviews, Dziga Vertov's newly restored masterpiece returns to cinemas this month.
KHRUSHCHEV DOES AMERICA
A story that could have ended the Cold War long before Gorbachev. In the autumn of 1959, with communist paranoia at its peak, the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Washington for an unprecedented no-holds-barred two week tour of the United States.
School's Out!: SPELLBOUND
Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature
Food is Power: THAT SUGAR FILM
Following in the vein of Super-Size Me but with an entertaining Aussie twist, writer-director Damon Gameau spends 60 days on a high sugar, low fat diet, with chilling consequences.
Food is Power: OUR DAILY BREAD
A rare chance to see this classic and still shocking film on industrial food production and high-tech farming, Our Daily Bread bears witness to the appalling reality of how our food is made.