Best of 2016: THE PEARL BUTTON
"Patricio Guzmán’s The Pearl Button elevates documentary to art." - Vogue
Best of 2016: FIRE AT SEA
Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival 2016, Gianfranco Rosi’s incisive, poignant and deeply moving portrait of the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa - and the humanitarian crisis occurring in the seas around it...
Best of 2017: THE EAGLE HUNTRESS
Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries.
Best of 2016: MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE
Following a long fascination with the religion and with much experience dealing with eccentric behaviour, Louis Theroux delves into the murky world of Scientology.
Best of 2016: JANIS, LITTLE GIRL BLUE
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg presents an insightful portrait of Janis Joplin, the original “Rock Chick” whose ferocious, soulful voice successfully broke into the male-dominated music scene.
Best of 2016: WEINER
Many politicians have seen their careers veer off the tracks, but few instances have been captured so completely on film as they are in the incisive and painfully funny Weiner.
CHASING NIAGARA
When pro kayaker Rafa Ortiz decides to follow his dream to paddle over Niagara Falls, he sets in motion an incredible series of events that eventually takes on a life of their own.
RESET
With his American culture, his youth and notoriety, and his gift for public relations, Benjamin Millepied is about to dramatically shake up, upset and rejuvenate the prestigious French institution, Opéra National de Paris.
LIFE, ANIMATED
The inspirational story of Owen Suskind, a young autistic man who discovered a unique way to communicate with the world around him through the magic of classic Disney films.
UNCLE HOWARD
Howard Brookner's films captured the cultural revolution in New York City. Twenty-five years after his death, his nephew rediscovers his legacy that includes the lost negative of Burroughs: The Movie.
TYRUS - Tribute Screening
105-year-old Chinese-American artist Tyrus Wong is a pioneering icon whose work has touched millions, most famously through his work on Disney’s Bambi.
DocHouse First: HOLY COW
The latest DocHouse First release is the charming story of Tapdig and his dream of bringing a European cow into his picturesque village in Azerbaijan.
HOMO SAPIENS
Homo Sapiens, the latest film from multi award winning director, Nikolaus Geyrhalter (Over the Years, Abendland, Our Daily Bread) explores the finiteness and fragility of human existence, the end of the industrial age, and what it means to be a human being.
Guardian Docs: THE NEW MAN + Q&A
Turning the camera on themselves, Josh and Devorah film the process of becoming parents at a time when late reproduction is the norm and masculinity is in crisis.
DocHouse First: STARLESS DREAMS
Inside a rehabilitation centre for juvenile delinquent women in Iran, Mehrdad Oskouei has crafted an intimate and complex portrait of a group of young women at the extreme margins of society.
MAGNUS
Magnus is the inspirational true story of the Norwegian boy who, in his early twenties, managed to achieve and maintain the highest rating in chess history, going on to become the greatest chess champion of modern times.
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FOREVER PURE + Dir. Q&A
One season in the life of Beitar Jerusalem F.C. is a story of Israeli society, personal identity, politics, money and a window into how racism is destroying a team and society from within.
EAT THAT QUESTION: FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS
Born in 1940, Frank Zappa - self-taught composer, musician, bandleader, producer and independent thinker -first transcribed his avant-garde, Varèse-influenced compositions onto paper at fourteen. He only began to write lyrics in his early twenties....
THE DREAMED ONES
A contemporary romance brings to life the historical correspondence between post-war poets and lovers Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann.
GIMME DANGER
Acclaimed filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, chronicles the story of The Stooges, one of the greatest rock-n-roll bands of all time.