The Kingmaker
Having spent her years as the First Lady of the Philippines on a heady monopolistic rampage, buying up European jewellery shops and iconic New York skyscrapers, Imelda Marcos is looking for a way to regain political control.
The Biggest Little Farm
Everyone told them that attempting to farm in harmony with nature would be impossible, but John and Molly Chester set out to make their dream of diversity and sustainability a reality.
The Cave
In Eastern Al-Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus, 400,000 people are trapped in a relentless bombardment which has been going on for years. While above ground is a colourless Armageddon, below is a buzzing hive of humanity, as paediatrician Dr Amani Ballour manages a hospital, treating a constant flow of bomb victims.
The Street
With the skyscrapers of the City glinting nearby, the traditional working-class inhabitants of East London's Hoxton Street navigate the rough seas of gentrification and austerity, in a revealing portrait of London today.
The Dirty War On The NHS + Dir Q&A
Renowned filmmaker and journalist John Pilger takes on the dismantling of the NHS in his latest, heartfelt investigation.
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
Subversive magician/comedian John Edward Szeles, AKA Amazing Johnathan, was given a year to live but is still with us three years later. Can you ever trust a magician, or for that matter, a non-fiction filmmaker?
The War Room (Memorial screening)
In tribute to the late, great and much-loved master of cinema verité, D.A. Pennebaker's wife and long term collaborator Chris Hegedus joins us for a screening of their 1993 classic on the Clinton election campaign, The War Room.
TRIXIE MATTEL: MOVING PARTS
Barbie meets Dolly Parton meets Divine on acid, Trixie Mattel throws as much shade as a dense pine forest. Beneath the Ru Paul’s Drag Race winner is Brian Firkus, a sensitive musician under a lot of pressure.
The Hottest August
It’s 2017, an abnormally hot summer in New York and there is a sense of uncertainty and instability in the air. Brett Story’s The Hottest August is an absorbing social study about hopes, dreams and our current climate
THE NEXT LIFE + Q&A
Screening as part of the Earth in Crisis tour showcasing a series of Chinese eco-documentary films foregrounding the growing ecological emergency facing our planet.
THE ELEPHANT QUEEN
Narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this epic story of love, loss and coming home stars Athena, an elephant matriarch who will do everything in her power to protect her family when they are forced to leave their waterhole.
THE GENIUS AND THE OPERA SINGER + Q&A
An unsettling portrait of a mother-daughter relationship - a 92-year-old former opera singer and her volatile daughter who have inhabited a rent-controlled Manhattan penthouse for the last fifty-five years - along with their obese chihuahua, Angelina Jolie.
THE ARBOR + Dir Q&A
Part of the series 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.
THE BRINK
The Brink follows far-right ideologist and keen manipulator of the press Steve Bannon, as he embarks on a campaign to unify extreme parties to win seats in the May 2019 European Parliamentary elections.
THE ARCTIC CAMELS
9-year-old Torarin is over the moon when his parents get a couple of camels to join them in Hammerfest, the North most city in the world. But things get complicated when they try to incorporate Mongolian training methods into their way of life.
THE MIRACLE OF THE LITTLE PRINCE
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s celebrated philosophical children’s book The Little Prince, is one of the world’s most widely translated literary works. Around the world passionate translators share their love for the values of the book, and the fight to preserve endangered languages.
THE PANAMA PAPERS
A political thriller revealing the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism that broke the story of the offshore tax haven in Panama, revealing the widespread tax evasion committed by global leaders and celebrities.
THE MAN WHO STOLE BANKSY
Narrated by Iggy Pop, greed and corruption is at the heart of this story about a Banksy mural going missing from Bethlehem.
The murders of his family in rural Colombia could have inspired a young Jesus Abad Colorado to pick up a gun; instead he bought a camera.
TAIWAN FF 2019: ONGOING - SHORTS + LIVE MUSIC
Taiwan Film Festival Closing Gala: A selection of short documentary films depicting the past, the present and the future of the Taiwanese Indigenous movement, followed by a Q&A and live music by Panai Kusui & Ado Kaliting Pacidal.
TAIWAN FF 2019: THE WALKER
Screening as part of the Taiwan Film Festival 2019.