RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA
A cinematic portrait of global pioneer of electronic music, Oscar-winning composer and remarkable pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto.
RECRUITING FOR JIHAD UK Premiere + Director Q&A
A powerful, insightful and disturbing glimpse at a religious fundamentalism in Europe today, that gets rare access to extremist groups in Norway and London.
ROBERT DOISNEAU: THROUGH THE LENS
Featuring previously unissued photographs, archival video and interviews with his friends and partners in crime, Clémentine Deroudille weaves an intimate portrait of the life, career and legacy of her grandfather, celebrated street photographer Robert Doisneau.
RESTREPO
For 15 months, filmmakers Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger were embedded with a US platoon in Afghanistan’s hostile Korengal Valley, shadowing their every move. Winner of the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Restrepo is as close as it gets to seeing what life as a soldier is really like.
RISK
Filmmaker Laura Poitras spent six years filming controversial Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and with unprecedented access captured this explosive and nuanced story of principles, power and human contradiction.
REVOLUTION - NEW ART FOR A NEW WORLD + Q&A
Drawing on the collections of major Russian institutions, contributions from contemporary artists, and personal testimony from the descendants of those involved, Margy Kinmonth’s Revolution brings the artists of the Russian Avant-Garde to life.
Resistance Saga: 500 YEARS + Q&A
Part 3 of the Resistance Saga
The UK Premiere of the final searing film in Pamela Yates’ epic Guatemala trilogy, 500 Years explores the war crimes trial of General Ríos Montt and the toppling of corrupt president Otto Pérez Molina.
Resistance Saga: GRANITO - HOW TO NAIL A DICTATOR
When Pamela Yates made her first documentary, When the Mountains Tremble (1982), she could not have imagined that 30 years later it would be used as forensic evidence in the trial against Guatemalan ex-dictator Efraín Ríos Montt.
Resistance Saga: WHEN THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE
In 1982, Pamela Yates was a novice documentary maker setting out to tell the story of the oppression of the indigenous people of Guatemala. She could not have imagined that thirty years later this extraordinary film would become part of the trial that indicted Guatemalan dictator Ríos Montt.
RESET
With his American culture, his youth and notoriety, and his gift for public relations, Benjamin Millepied is about to dramatically shake up, upset and rejuvenate the prestigious French institution, Opéra National de Paris.
RICHARD LINKLATER: DREAM IS DESTINY
Highlighting one of the most innovative American directors, this film reveals the path travelled by the auteur from his small-town Texas roots to his warm reception on the awards circuit.
REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG
Forever ruffling feathers Susan Sontag was a formidable, rebellious voice in American politics and culture. Director Nancy Kates chronicles the life of the rock star intellectual's fiercely guarded life beneath the spotlight.
RED LINES + Q&A with Razan
This is a side of war you don't see. Telling the dramatic story of two Syrians from vastly different walks of life who are thrown together through the circumstances of war, Red Lines is a gripping film highlighting the resilience of the Syrian people...
RETURN TO HOMS + Q&A with Orwa Nyrabia
This searing portrait of young revolutionaries fighting in Homs, Syria, takes us deep inside the besieged city over two harrowing years.
RED WEDDING
Between 1975 and 1979, at least 250,000 Cambodian women were forced to marry Khmer Rouge soldiers they had never met before in a concerted effort by the regime to increase the population. Sochan Pen was one of them. Aged 16, she was beaten and raped by her husband before managing to escape, albeit deeply scarred by the trauma of her experience.
RESISTENCIA: STOLEN LAND + Panel Discussion
The Nasa people of southern Colombia are fighting to reclaim their ancestral land. Charismatic leader Lucho Acosta believes in non-violent civil resistance, but as clashes with police intensify and the government reneges on its promises, Acosta's beliefs are tested to their core.
RESISTENCIA: THE CITY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS
During Pinochet's long regime, a motley crew of photojournalists gradually brought about a revolution. In the middle of bloody riots and protests, they learned their craft and created many of the now legendary images. For them, taking pictures was a type of resistance.
RESISTENCIA: WITH FIDEL WHATEVER HAPPENS
The 52nd anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, in the sedate village of Sierra Maestra. A quiet life is transformed for a celebration, as bullhorns blast out ideological slogans that are 52 years old. But what happens the following day when the party is over?
RESISTENCIA: LAW OF THE JUNGLE + Dir. Q&A
Deep in the Peruvian jungle, a group of indigenous people protest at the airfield of a multinational oil company. When a policeman is killed and the leaders are arrested, young, impassioned Fachin Ruíz sets out to prove their innocence, resulting in the first public debate on minority rights throughout Peru.
RESISTENCIA: PROTEST CHILE
Capturing Chile's mass student demonstrations against the most heavily privatised education system in the world, 'Protest Chile' shows the dynamics of the movement and the profound issues it raises about democracy in Chile.
RESISTENCIA: ONE FRONTIER, ALL FRONTIERS
2,000 miles of fencing separate Mexico from the USA, designed to stem the flow of immigrants crossing the border. Mexican filmmaker David Pablos observes life at the partition, where separated families, friends and lovers gather, either side of the metal grille.