2020 Essay Film Festival - To Bring the World into the World: Recent Work by Sarah Wood
This shorts programme focuses on Sarah Wood’s concerns with the way counter-cinema can survive as an open space for thought & imagination.
Rubika Shah’s award-winning and energising film charts a vital national protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by ‘music’s biggest colonialist’ Eric Clapton and his support of racist MP Enoch Powell.
2020 Essay Film Festival - Presenting Afterimages: on Cinema, Women and Changing Times by Laura Mulvey
Laura Mulvey presents & discusses her book with film scholar and audiovisual essayist Catherine Grant. Followed by a short Q&A.
2020 ESSAY FILM FESTIVAL: HOME IN E MAJOR + ONLINE Q&A
We've teamed up with Birkbeck University to present Home in E Major, a first-person essay film originally scheduled for the 2020 Essay Film Festival.
The 4th edition of our filmmaking competition invites people to make a 6-10 minute short on the theme of 'Re-emergence,' and we'll have free workshops too.
We've teamed up with One World Media for this fellowship showcase of documentary shorts that tell untold stories from across Africa.
Dangerous Acts starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus
As mass protests and violent clashes shake Belarus for a fifth week, join our free online screening of this searing portrait of the provocative theatre group risking their lives to challenge President Lukashenko, Europe's last dictator.
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.
Join us for a globetrotting, time-travelling selection of short docs, cherry-picked by DocHouse. This is the first of our new strand dedicated to small but perfectly-formed nonfiction.
A visceral immersion into the creative process of visionary choreographer Merce Cunningham. Now, when you watch online, you can donate 10% of your purchase to a cinema of your choice.
We're sad not to be celebrating our 5th birthday, but we're not giving up and choosing to see this as an opportunity to try lots of new things instead!
Ron Howar'ds Rebuilding Paradise is a moving story of resilience in the face of tragedy, as a community ravaged by disaster comes together to recover what was lost and begin the important task of rebuilding.
Part of our 4th Doc-making competition Simon Clark will show us the sound fundamentals for a doc-shoot including tips for affordable kits.
Part of our 4th doc-making competition Juliet Brown joins our workshop series covering the basic exercises in observational filmmaking.
The story of the 1953 Anglo-American coup in Iran that overthrew the democratically elected Prime Minister Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah. Featuring never seen before archive which had been hidden for decades.
When Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui is fired from her radio station, she is determined to carry on with her investigations into corruption - but at what cost?
As part of our 4th doc-making competition Marc Isaacs kicks off our workshop series with tips on interviewing from behind the camera.
Filmed over 10 years, Father Soldier Son is a profound and deeply personal exploration of the meaning of sacrifice, purpose, duty and American manhood in the aftermath of war.
Noura and Machi search for answers about their loved ones–Bassel Safadi and Paolo Dall’Oglio, who are among the over 100,000 forcibly disappeared in Syria
Our first official virtual pub quiz is on all things documentary, so assemble your team and join us. Will you have what it takes to win?
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.