LONG TIME RUNNING
No other band encapsulates the rugged rock 'n' roll soul of Canada like The Tragically Hip. When it was announced last year that singer Gord Downie had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, it looked like the end of the road.
LOVE, CECIL
Love, Cecil tracks the illustrious career of the celebrated and sometimes controversial photographer and costume designer, Cecil Beaton, with equal amounts of affection and frankness.
KARL MARX CITY + Dir. Q&A
A powerfully personal voyage through former East Germany, as filmmaker Petra Epperlein investigates her father’s suicide and the possibility that he may have worked as a spy for the Stasi security service.
NO STONE UNTURNED
In 1994, six men were gunned down in a pub while watching a World Cup soccer match in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney reopens the original case to investigate why no culprit was ever brought to justice.
THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN
Over five years Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, documented his family, his village and the effects of climate change on both. Thank You for the Rain captures his journey to becoming a community leader and an activist on the global stage.
TROPHY
As endangered African species like elephants, rhinos and lions march closer to extinction each year, Trophy delves into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation.
GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI
An electrifying journey through the performance, private and public worlds pop cultural icon Grace Jones. From director Sophie Fiennes, the film reimagines the music doc, contrasting breath-taking musical sequences with intimate personal footage.
COMPLICIT + Dir. Q&A
Complicit follows Chinese factory migrant worker-turned-activist Yi Yeting as he takes on the global electronic industry in a bid to defend the lives of millions of Chinese people from becoming terminally ill due to working conditions.
THE LAST ANIMALS
Conflict photographer Kate Brooks turns her lens from the war zones she is used to covering to a new kind of genocide - the killing of African Elephants and Rhinos - in this sweeping and sobering expose of an underreported crisis.
BILL VIOLA: THE ROAD TO ST PAULS + Q&A
This new documentary follows the ten-year journey of acclaimed video artist Bill Viola in the development, construction and installation of two works at St Paul’s Cathedral exploring themes of life, death and the four elements.
78/52
A deep dive into the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, the 'Man behind the Curtain', and the screen murder that profoundly changed the course of world cinema.
EARTH: ONE AMAZING DAY
From the team behind Earth, an astonishing look at the power of the natural world over the course of one single day tracking the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands and from exotic jungles to urban landscapes.
GUARDIAN DOCUMENTARIES PRESENTS ...
An evening of short documentaries commissioned by The Guardian, featuring some big hits from the previous months plus a sneak preview of a new film.
UNREST
When Harvard Ph.D. student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a filmmaking journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot.
JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold is an intimate and monumental portrait of literary icon Joan Didion. Filmmaker Griffin Dunne unfolds how the prolific and celebrated writer’s struggles shaped her work and how her work helped shape American culture.
DELIVER US
With claims of Satanic possession increasing around the world, Deliver Us takes us inside the world of exorcisms within the Catholic Church following veteran Sicilian priest Father Cataldo.
GUARDIANS OF THE EARTH + Q&A
After 21 years of continuous failure in UN climate change negotiations, delegates from 195 nations meet for a last attempt to save our planet. Behind closed doors they must agree on the first global climate change agreement that will impact every human on earth.
DINA
Dina is a quirky and unconventional love-story between a neurodivergent couple as they navigate their burgeoning relationship and strive to reconcile their conflicting approaches to romance and intimacy.
BATTLE OF SOHO + Q&A
Inspired by the 2014 closure of Madame Jo Jo's, an adventurous music, night club and burlesque venue, Battle of Soho explores the gentrification within Soho and the cultural impact of redevelopment within London.
SCHOOL LIFE
Amanda and John teach English and Rock ’n Roll at a Hogwarts-like Irish boarding school. This eccentric couple have worked magic in hilarious fashion on children for nearly 50 years, but leaving is the hardest lesson to learn.
OUAGA GIRLS
A group of young women tweak machines and hammer away at a school for auto mechanics in Burkina Faso in this poetic story about life choices, sisterhood and the endeavour to find your own way.