Destination Unknown blends intimate testimony with immersive archive to bring the stories of twelve Holocaust survivors to the screen.
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.
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, exploring the digital landscape with his distinctive curiosity and imagination.
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.
This character-driven story highlights the challenges that millions of devalued women and girls in India face, who like Selvi, are forced to marry at 14.
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.
The latest DocHouse First release is a raw, first-person account of the Gaza war in the summer of 2014.
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.
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.
Following a long fascination with the religion and with much experience dealing with eccentric behaviour, Louis Theroux delves into the murky world of Scientology.
A moving glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.
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.
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...
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.
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...
Combining profound metaphysical speculation with an affecting, intimate approach, Guzmán once again explores the importance of memory in a world very quick to forget.
Gospel / soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples has been thrilling her fans for over 60 years, performing with her family as The Staple Singers, and later as a solo artist. Mavis! tells her story and captures her irrepressible zest for music, performing and life.
Narrated by Tilda Swinton, Dreams Rewired traces the anxieties and cravings of today’s hyper-connected world back more than a hundred years, when film, television and the telephone were new.