RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA
A cinematic portrait of global pioneer of electronic music, Oscar-winning composer and remarkable pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto.
BETTY: THEY SAY I'M DIFFERENT + Q&A
Creatively blending documentary and animation, Betty: They Say I'm Different traces the path of 70s funk singer Betty Davis, the first black female artist to perform, write and manage herself.
TARPAULINS
An imaginative study of the colourful tarpaulins decorating houses across LA, as pest control aims to curb the city's growing termite problem.
STRONGER THAN A BULLET
Enquiring into the accountability of war photography, this documentary takes a pilgrimage with photographer Saeid Sadeghi through the zones of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988).
STUDIO 54
Documenting the sexual liberation and disco hedonism of the late 70s, Studio 54 celebrates the 33-month reign of this iconic nightclub and the power of club culture.
OUR NEW PRESIDENT
Composed entirely of found online footage, Maxim Pozdorovkin’s jaw-dropping fever-dream of a documentary tracks the 2016 US election through the lens of the Russian propaganda machine.
THE OPERA HOUSE
This new film by award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke, surveys a remarkable period of the Metropolitan Opera’s rich history and a time of great change for New York.
TARPAULINS UK PREMIERE + DIRECTOR Q&A
An imaginative study of the colourful tarpaulins decorating houses across LA, as pest control aims to curb the city's growing termite problem.
BOOM FOR REAL
Charting the history of New York City and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s early steps into the art scene, where his prolific graffiti first caught the eye of the Manhattan community, within and beyond the art world.
THE MILK SYSTEM
Cinematic and thought-provoking, this new documentary tackles issues from climate change to dairy farmers’ rights and explores the welfare of both cow and consumer in modern-day milk production.
PSYCHO VERTICAL
Based on his best-selling auto-biography Psycho Vertical, this is a raw and emotive study of the complex life and motivations of writer, funny-man and Britain’s unlikeliest hero-mountaineer, Andy Kirkpatrick, woven into an 18 day solo ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite.
ALL THE WILD HORSES
A visually cinematic adventure documentary, All The Wild Horses follows the Mongol Derby horse race in Mongolia; the longest horse race in the world.
THAT SUMMER
Directed by acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson, That Summer centres on the film project artist Peter Beard initiated together with the incandescent Lee Radziwill about her relatives: the Beales of Grey Gardens.
MCKELLEN: PLAYING THE PART
Celebrate one of Britain’s true acting icons, Sir Ian McKellen.
ALL THE WILD HORSES + Q&A
A visually cinematic adventure documentary, All The Wild Horses follows the Mongol Derby horse race in Mongolia; the longest horse race in the world.
A CAMBODIAN SPRING + Q&A
Filmed over 6 years, A Cambodian Spring is an intimate portrait of three Cambodian citizens caught up in the chaotic and often violent political uprising currently shaping modern-day Cambodia.
THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR
In 1944 in Alabama, Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black woman, was raped by six white men. Against formidable odds, Taylor pressed charges, shifting the course of the Civil Rights Movement. Nancy Buirsky's illuminating documentary remembers a woman who continues to inspire in today's #MeToo Movement.
GREY GARDENS
A chance to see the Maysles brothers best loved film about a pair of reclusive New York socialites who live together in a dilapidated Hamptons mansion.
NAMATJIRA PROJECT + Q&A
Pioneering Aboriginal painter Albert Namatjira carved out his place in art history with his expressionist landscapes. Yet when the copyright to his work was posthumously sold off, his family take up the fight to restore his legacy.
THE OUTSIDER
The Wolf of Wall Street for the shipping industry, The Outsider is a slick documentary that gains unique access to the early moments of a banking scandal and the daily life of one of the world’s most inventive businessmen.
THAT SUMMER + Q&A
Directed by acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson, That Summer centres on the film project artist Peter Beard initiated together with the incandescent Lee Radziwill about her relatives: the Beales of Grey Gardens.