DOC HEADS: SHORTS PROGRAMME
This must-be-seen short film event is presented by Doc Heads, in association with Film London, Film Hub London and BFI Film Audience Network. Doc Heads believes that shortform is the future and this new programme premieres films from some of the most exciting filmmakers of the moment.
DANCER + Satellite Q&A & live performance by Sergei Polunin
Tickets now on sale for our live satellite event of the UK premiere of Dancer, followed by a Q&A and live performance by Sergei Polunin.
DANNY SAYS
Danny Says is a documentary on the life and times of Danny Fields. Since 1966, Danny Fields has played a pivotal role in music and “culture” of the late 20th century: working for the Doors, Lou Reed, Nico, Judy Collins and managing groundbreaking artists like the Stooges, the MC5 and the Ramones.
DESTINATION UNKNOWN + Director / Producer Q&A
Destination Unknown blends intimate testimony with immersive archive to bring the stories of twelve Holocaust survivors to the screen.
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.
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.
Werner Herzog chronicles the virtual world from its origins to its outermost reaches.
DEJA VU
In his autobiographical essay film Déjà Vu, Jon Bang Carlsen mirrors his life story in clips from the more than 40 films he has made in a variety of genres since 1973.
DocHouse First: DRIVING WITH SELVI
"This is a tragic and poignant yet also energetic and inspirational portrait of an extremely tough Indian woman." – IDFA (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam)
★★★★★ "Beautifully simple and simply beautiful..." - Tom Huddleston, Time Out
South India’s first female taxi driver.
DocHouse Thursdays: THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY + Discussion
With unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi captures the collision of high fashion and celebrity at the Met Gala, one of the biggest global fashion events chaired every year by Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour.
DocHouse First: AMBULANCE
The latest DocHouse First release is a raw, first-person account of the Gaza war in the summer of 2014.
Doc/Fest Picks: MISS SHARON JONES!
On the eve of the release of her new album, internationally recognized soul singer Sharon Jones was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Tour dates were cancelled, the album pushed back and Sharon entered into a fight for her life and career.
Doc/Fest Picks: FLOTEL EUROPA
Vladimir Tomic boarded the Flotel Europa in Copenhagen in the early 1990s, along with thousands of other refugees from the former Yugoslavia. Through home movie footage Tomic reflects back on his experience in this timely and unusual coming of age film.
Doc/Fest Picks: 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.
Doc/Fest Picks: CAMERAPERSON + Dir. Q&A
A moving glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.
Doc/Fest Picks: CITY 40
Secret filming and a mother who risks her life, take us inside Russia's largest nuclear city, a place which has been closed to the outside world for decades.
Doc/Fest Picks: THE CONFESSION + Q&A
From supporting the Bosnian Mujahideen to being imprisoned in Bagram and Guantanamo, from the rebel training camps in Syria to the prison cells of Belmarsh in Britain, Begg has witnessed a generation of conflict...
DocHouse Thursdays: THE HARD STOP + Q&A
The racially charged police killing of Mark Duggan in August 2011 ignited the worst civil unrest in recent British history. Duggan’s closest friends, Marcus and Kurtis, take us on a tour of their insulated world, which we pass everyday but never really see.
Double Bill: MOM FROM JAMBI + A QUESTION FOR DAD
Special double bill of two documentaries from Indonesia, part of our Gender Agenda! season in association with SOAS.
DocHouse Thursdays: HEART OF A DOG + Q&A with Laurie Anderson
“Hello, little bonehead. I’ll love you forever.” So begins Heart of a Dog, Laurie Anderson’s cinematic journey through love, death and language.
DocHouse Thursday: MAPPLETHORPE - LOOK AT THE PICTURES + Dir. Q&A
The first definitive portrait of the controversial American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. A series of never before heard interviews reveal the intimate thoughts of an artist...