On the eve of his eye surgery, visual culture savant Mark Cousins guides us through the riches of the visible world; a kaleidoscope of extraordinary imagery across cultures and eras.
Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people dare to shine in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ+ culture in contemporary Japan. Part of Queer East 2021.
An intimate portrait of the world-renowned infectious disease specialist Dr Anthony Fauci.
The film is a deeply personal meditation on the power of looking, in which Mark guides us through the riches of the visible world.
Misha Defonseca's holocaust survival memoir took the world by storm, until her publisher-turned-detective revealed an audacious deception hiding a much darker truth.
German avant-garde filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger’s love letter to the city where she came of age, explores her artistic and political growth, fueled by bookstores, jazz clubs, workshops and cafés.
Part of Open City Documentary Festival 2021, this combined programme includes recent work by Maria Anastassiou, Rebecca Jane Arthur, Ute Aurand, Alexandra Cuesta.
Rock Bottom Riser is an essay film that explores connections between geology, astrology and settler colonialism on the island of Hawaii. Part of Open City Documentary Festival
We're delighted to be part of this year's Open City Documentary Festival again. See the full programme.
Dutch virtuoso Janine Jansen and Sir Antonio Pappano dazzle in this journey to record an album on 12 of the world’s greatest Stradivari violins.
Part of Open City Documentary Festival 2021: Hamedine Kane’s portrait of an artist living in the Calais Jungle is followed by Sílvia das Fadas’ travelogue across sites of revolutionary outsider architecture.
Screens as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2021: New works by Argentine-British artist filmmaker Jessica Sarah Rinland and Colombian filmmaker and cinematographer Pablo Álvarez Mesa.
Río Turbio (Shady River) is the name of the coal town in the Argentinian Patagonia where the filmmaker hails from. Part Of Open City Documentary Festival 2021
Hubert Sauper's Epicentro is an immersive cine-poem that winds through the streets and lives of Havana, Cuba, at a critical moment in the country's history.
With just a mobile phone and a gun, volunteers from the Yazidi Home Center risk their lives to save women held by ISIS as Sabaya (sex slaves) in Syria's Al-Hol camp.
There are 200 million people watching and there's glitter everywhere! How will the anti-capitalist Icelandic rock band Hatari fare as they attempt an audacious political stand at a determinedly non-political Eurovision.
Tracing the life and music of legendary Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, Songs for While I'm Away tells the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950's Dublin became Ireland's Greatest Rock Star.
Signe Byrge Sørensen joins us to discuss her career in filmmaking, her approaches to nonfiction and the critical role of the documentary producer.
Explore the life of Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher and his worldwide influence on modern art and popular culture today, told in his own words voiced by Stephen Fry.
Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron and Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favourite band's favourite band.
The Most Beautiful Boy In The World
Fifty years after the premiere of Death in Venice, the former teen star who played Tadzio in Visconti’s masterpiece, takes us on a remarkable journey of personal memories, cinema history, stardust and tragedy in what could be his last attempt to get his life back on track.