As a young girl, Colette Marin-Catherine fought the Nazis as a member of the French Resistance. Since 1945, she has refused to set foot in Germany. That changes when a history student named Lucie enters her life and encourages her to visit the concentration camp where the Nazis killed her brother.
Join us on 20th Nov for a tribute screening of This is Not a Movie, Yung Chang's intimate portrait of journalist Robert Fisk, who passed away on 30th October 2020, aged 74.
From Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, this brand new documentary is a searing indictment of Donald Trump's failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Secretly filmed over five months, with damning testimony from a series of public health officials and whistle blowers.
Join us for a one-off online screening of the director's cut of Brian Hill's feature on UK Drill, and stay online after for a Q&A with the filmmakers.
At a time where Black Lives Matter and intersectionality are being explored globally, we invite you to see Marlon Riggs' landmark 1989 essay, Tongues Untied.
Enjoy a Q&A showing of D.W. Young’s lively tour of New York's book scene. ‘A treat for anyone that appreciates the printed word’ - The Hollywood Reporter
After a lifetime in front of the camera lens, 75 year old Benedetta Barzini wants to disappear. Her son, on the other hand, wants more than ever to film her.
The Forbidden Reel tells how the Afghan cinematic archive was rescued from destruction by the Taliban. And what an archive it is: it reveals a rich auteur cinema reflecting a long forgotten Afghanistan.
This “film letter in parts” creatively explores the story of the Lucas plans. In the 1970s when their defence jobs in a Birmingham factory were threatened, workers came up with a plan to keep their jobs - by developing a range of groundbreaking sustainable products.
Director Mo Naqvi gains extraordinary access to all sides as he investigates Pakistan's blasphemy laws in his latest BBC Storyville film.
Four lifelong friends, filmmakers and cinephiles try to rekindle the magic of film in a country where cinema has been banned. The members of the Sudanese Film Club have ambitious plans.
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.
Stunningly shot in black and white, this slow cinema voyage takes viewers to Turtle Rock, a remote mountainous village in China.
The shoot for a 1973 'zany pirate comedy' goes off the rails when its star Peter Sellers starts sabotaging the production. Director Peter Medak revisits the outrageous shenanigans from the ill-fated set.
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 story of a doctor who worked on the outskirts of Damascus, whilst 400,000 people are trapped in a relentless bombardment which has been going on for years.
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.
Renowned filmmaker and journalist John Pilger takes on the dismantling of the NHS in his latest, heartfelt investigation.
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?
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.
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.