Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters
A gorgeously surreal portrait of the annual carnival in the southern Haitian port town of Jacmel, every facet of which, from the extravagant masks to the dazzling costumes and magnificent street pantomimes, tells a story about the history of Haiti and its people.
Experience the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut Jr, through the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it. A dazzling, worthy tribute to the much-loved author of Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five.
Probably the most energising music film you'll see this year, Keyboard Fantasies finds time-travelling, transgender musical genius Glenn Copeland on tour in his seventies, his visionary blend of folk-electronica finally finding its audience two generations down the line.
Time to Read Poems is a cartography of five individual moments in time. Poetry carries the narration and aesthetics to tell of lives intersecting and life choices made.
Korean Film nights 2021: In Transit is presentediIn parntership with KCCUK and Birkbeck University, delve into a journey into contemporary Korean documentary.
Sound of Nomad is a testimonial journey of the Koryo people, a community forced to live in exile. The film reflects on exclusion, migration and the transformative experience of collective survival.
An inspiring portrait of Japan-born Korean architect, Itami Jun, through the memories of his family and friends. The Sea of Itami Jun is a visual journey through interior and exterior spaces.
Weekends offers a vivid image of G-voice, the first gay choir in Korea. Urgent and hopeful, the film belongs to a rich tradition of activist Korean documentary.
Join us for a discussion between Kirsten Johnson and Alan Berliner about her latest doc 'Dick Johnson is Dead'.
The life story of the cosmic, fearless artist Yayoi Kusama is told here in the words of the artist herself - still a radical force in her ninth decade.
Three courageous young revolutionaries in Kinshasa – the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo – are at the heart of this tense, dynamic film by Congolese director Dieudo Hamadi. Hamadi’s perceptive film reflects the complex layers of their struggle.
Director Gilad Baram, the assistant of renowned Czech photographer Josef Koudelka, follows him on a journey through the Holy Land from one enigmatic and visually spectacular location to another.
For thousands of years, cats have lived alongside humans in Istanbul becoming an essential part of the community. Captivating and joyous, Kedi explores the lives of seven street cats and their connection to the city and people of Istanbul.
Twenty-Five years after Paris is Burning, this film dives back into the fierce world of voguing battles in the Kiki scene of New York City, where competition between Houses demands leadership, painstaking practice, and performances on point.
Csanád Szegedi, a far-right Hungarian politician, swayed millions with his vehement anti-Semitic rhetoric. Then came a revelation which upended his life: his maternal grandparents were Jewish.
Actor Kate Lyn Sheil is preparing to play the role of Christine Chubbuck, a Florida television host who committed suicide on live air in 1974.
In 1986 a mass expedition of experienced alpinists ended in tragedy after their attempted climb of K2 left 13 dead in what is now known as K2’s “black summer”. Now, almost 30 years later, the children of these climbers embark...
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.
Kawah Ijen is an active volcano [in Eastern Java, Indonesia]. It is also the site of labour-intensive sulphur mining. There is no machinery, only a stream of hardy local labourers.
Kabul Transit explores the soul of a city devastated by nearly three decades of war. The film follows city residents in the course of their daily lives and listens to their stories of the past and their hopes for the future.
Through eyewitness accounts and gripping footage, acclaimed director Eric Kabera takes a deeply moving look at the 1994 Rwandan genocide, its survivors, and the memories created in the victims' honour.