PUTIN'S WITNESSES
An eerie fly-on-the-wall documentary with intimate access to Putin from 1999-2000, covering the president’s first election and offering a rare, up-close portrait of Putin as he flourishes from Deputy Prime Minister to one of the world’s most powerful leaders.
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF DESIRE
Director Hao Wu follow's three individuals – a comedian, a singer and a regular viewer – as they search for fame, fortune and human bonds through the “digital self”.
PUNK VOYAGE
Following Finnish Punk rock band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (PKN) as they face the glory and struggle that comes with fame, Punk Voyage is a film about friendship, the politics of fame, and what it truly means to be punk.
PSYCHO VERTICAL
Based on his best-selling auto-biography Psycho Vertical, this is a raw and emotive study of the complex life and motivations of writer, funny-man and Britain’s unlikeliest hero-mountaineer, Andy Kirkpatrick, woven into an 18 day solo ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite.
PECKING ORDER
For a historic club in Christchurch, competitive poultry pageantry is not only a hobby – it’s an obsession. Watch the feathers fly in the lead up to the NZ National Show, as they battle tradition, and each other, in their quest for glory.
PUBLIC HOUSE + DIR. Q&A
When their local pub was sold to property developers as part of the ongoing gentrification of South London, a community group came together to take back the space. Public House weaves together their voices through dance, poetry and song to embody their resistance.
P.S. JERUSALEM
Filmmaker Danae Elon began to film her young sons the moment she and her partner Philip decided to leave New York and return to Jerusalem. The decision was prompted by the death of her father, leading Israeli intellectual and critic Amos Elon...
Our Masterclass series offers emerging documentary makers a one-off opportunity to hear from three of the top creative producers currently working across genre in independent production.
Documentary producers are increasingly invaluable to the independent filmmaker. Our Masterclass series offers emerging documentary makers a one off opportunity to hear from three of the top creative producers currently working across genre in independent production.
Our Masterclass series offers a one-off opportunity to hear from three of the top creative producers currently working across genre in independent documentary production.
PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW
The true story of a singer from New Orleans and the enigmatic composer who discovers her from the other side of the world.
PEAK
Skiing. One of the most popular leisure activities in the winter: perfect powder snow, mountains, fresh air and après ski. Over the course of one year Peak follows the building and production processes around winter tourism...
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM - ART ADDICT
A rare look into the legendary collector’s world: blending the abstract, the colourful, the surreal and the salacious to portray a life that was as complex and unpredictable as the artwork Peggy revered, and the artists she pushed forward.
PATIENCE, PATIENCE YOU'LL GO TO PARADISE!
Fifty years after emigrating to Brussels, seven North African Muslim women are finally starting to taste freedom after decades raising their families behind closed doors.
Pick of Doc/Fest: DRONE
This alarming new documentary explores the extent of the secret CIA drone war and the emergence of a new kind of soldier, the 'Drone Warrior'.
Pick of Doc/Fest: CONTAINMENT
Part observational essay filmed in weapons plants, Fukushima and deep underground—and part graphic novel—Containment weaves between an uneasy present and an imaginative, troubled far future, exploring the idea that over millennia, nothing stays put.
Pick of Doc/Fest: GOOD GIRL
Good Girl is Norwegian director Solveig Melkeraaen’s brave autobiographical documentary about her journey through acute depression.
PALIO
Siena is home to the world’s oldest and most dangerous horse race: the Palio. Every summer riders compete through the Piazza del Campo where taking bribes and making deals is just is essential.
PINE RIDGE + Director Q&A
It's a long, hot summer in South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. Through a series of intimate portraits we are introduced to the young heart of Native America - a generation ghettoised from society...
PIPELINE + Director Q&A
An epic Trans-Siberian pipeline is the backdrop to Vitaly Mansky's poetic new documentary. Mansky uses the route of the pipeline to explore the everyday lives of the people living alongside it.
PINE RIDGE
It's a long, hot summer in South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. Through a series of intimate portraits we are introduced to the young heart of Native America - a generation ghettoised from society...