Confronted with government denunciations and human rights violations against their spiritual practice, a group of Chinese activists executes a bold and perilous plan to hack into state television.
The extraordinary and eventful life of pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge is perfectly exposed in Marc Shaffer's thrilling profile.
Drawn to War brings to life a brilliant but still grossly undervalued British artist, Eric Ravilious. Caught in the crossfire of war 80 years ago, his legacy largely sank without trace, until now.
Prolific British producer Kevin Loader joins us to discuss this heady, energetic portrait of Her Majesty the Queen, directed by the late, great and much celebrated Roger Michell (Notting Hill, The Duke).
Over the course of 11 days in May 2021, more than 60 children were killed in Gaza. An act of remembrance, this film tells the story of each child in turn, their lives and their deaths.
A portrait of one of the most popular and prolific film composers of the twentieth century, Ennio: The Maestro celebrates the life and legacy of legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone.
Essay Film Festival 2022: Zoe Beloff’s latest film, The Tramp’s New World (2021), is a meditation on, and a visualisation of, the scenario that James Agee wrote in 1948 for his lifelong hero, Charlie Chaplin.
Hubert Sauper's Epicentro is an immersive cine-poem that winds through the streets and lives of Havana, Cuba, at a critical moment in the country's history.
Explore the life of Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher and his worldwide influence on modern art and popular culture today, told in his own words voiced by Stephen Fry.
As part of our 4th doc-making competition Marc Isaacs kicks off our workshop series with tips on interviewing from behind the camera.
British and American governments have employed horrific mind control techniques on prisoners for years. Eminent Monsters exposes how these practices were developed in collusion with psychiatrists, experimenting on their own patients.
EXTINCTION REBELLION PRESENTS: THE MOON AND THE SLEDGEHAMMER + Q&A
Filmed 50 summers ago, The Moon and the Sledgehammer is a poetic and eccentric classic of British nonfiction filmmaking, that we’re excited to be screening on the Autumn Equinox.
A moving portrait of the Malaysian blind youth football team, as they strive to qualify for the world championships, overcome obstacles along the way, and ultimately reach for their dreams.
Part of Say What Happened - Nick Fraser selects, a series of films curated by former Storyville editor and BAFTA award winner to coincide with the launch of his new book.
EXTINCTION REBELLION PRESENT: HOW TO START A REVOLUTION + Dir Q&A
This BAFTA Award-winning film tells the remarkable story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as the world's foremost scholar on nonviolent revolution.
Several billion tons of earth are moved annually by humans – with shovels, excavators or dynamite. Nikolaus Geyrhalter observes people, in mines, quarries and construction sites, engaged in a constant struggle to take possession of the planet.
In this tender insight into the bumpy road of nurse-training, Director of the brilliant Etre et Avoir Nicholas Philibert explores how young students learn to cope with people in their most vulnerable moments Each and Every Moment (De chaque instant).
Ella Fitzgerald was 15 years old when she won a talent contest at the Apollo Theater and rose to meteoric success. With access to never-before-seen archives, this is an intimate account of the incredibly innovative musician.
Director Orlando von Einsiedel turns the camera on himself in this deeply personal film, as he and his siblings embark on a journey in remembrance of their brother, Evelyn, who took his own life over a decade ago.
The latest film from legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, Ex Libris invites you to spend three hours behind the scenes at the New York Public Library, one of the world’s greatest institutions of learning.
Haunting and hypnotic, Salomé Lamas' essay film explores the fluid borders of the former soviet union.