BETWEEN LAND AND SEA
The immense beauty of Ireland’s west coast forms the striking backdrop to this year-in-the-life of seaside surf town Lahinch. Filmed with deep affection for the town, Ross Whitaker’s portrait of the community is an uplifting testament to the awesome draw of the surf.
HERE TO BE HEARD: THE STORY OF THE SLITS
Mixing original footage, personal archives and interviews with surviving band members, Here to be Heard is the definitive story the world's first all-girl punk band.
THE LONG SEASON
Renowned filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich follows the highs and lows of daily life for the Syrians living in Majdal Anjar refugee camp. With extraordinary intimacy, he reveals the real lives behind the statistics of a refugee crisis.
HONDROS
Childhood friend and fellow journalist Greg Campbell explores the life and legacy of late war photographer Chris Hondros.
THE ICE KING
The greatest ice skater of all time, John Curry transformed a dated sport into an art form and made history by becoming the first openly gay Olympian in a time when homosexuality was not even fully legal.
BEING BLACKER
Acclaimed filmmaker Molly Dineen is back with an intimate portrait of Jamaican-born reggae producer, businessman, father, son, and community pillar, Blacker Dread.
A SUITABLE GIRL
Dipti, Amrita, and Ritu are all young, modern women in India looking to get married - some desperately, some reluctantly. A Suitable Girl follows them over the course of four years, intimately capturing their thoughts on arranged marriage.
NATURA URBANA
Urban Lab Films present one of the first UK screenings of Natura Urbana: The Brachen of Berlin by Matthew Gandy.
RESTREPO
For 15 months, filmmakers Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger were embedded with a US platoon in Afghanistan’s hostile Korengal Valley, shadowing their every move. Winner of the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Restrepo is as close as it gets to seeing what life as a soldier is really like.
WALK WITH ME
Framed by readings from Benedict Cumberbatch, Walk with Me gently observes the daily routine of the pioneer of mindfulness, Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh.
8 BORDERS, 8 DAYS
Join single mother Sham on the turbulent journey from Lebanon to Germany, as she flees the Syrian civil war and risks everything to bring her two kids to safety.
HUMAN FLOW
Artist, activist and director Ai Weiwei captures the global refugee crisis - the greatest human displacement since World War II - in this breathtakingly epic film journey.
BEFORE SUMMER ENDS
Three young Iranian men take off on a road trip through the South of France in this warm-hearted buddy movie which deftly mixes documentary with improvised fiction.
JANE
Crafted from never-seen-before archive footage, acclaimed filmmaker Brett Morgen tells the extraordinary and inspiring story of British primatologist Jane Goodall and the profound effect the animals she loved had on her life.
WINNIE, 9th Feb 2018
Winnie Mandela is one of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures.
OSCARS SHORTS 2018
Join us for this special showcase of the 2018 Oscars Best Documentary (Short Subject) nominees. A diverse selection of eye-opening short films, which will be competing for this year’s award.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU
In the intimacy of a therapist’s office, a mother and daughter navigate the difficult terrain of their relationship in this profoundly moving meditation on familial love.
MOUNTAIN
This gloriously cinematic essay chronicles the spellbinding attraction of mountains and humanity’s desire to scale their heights. Mountain is an ode to the beauty, mystery, and power of the world’s highest peaks.
THE CINEMA TRAVELLERS
As their cinema projectors crumble and film reels become scarce, an unlikely trio must join forces to keep the last travelling cinemas of the world running.
MAKALA
A young man from a village in the Congo hopes to offer his family a better future. When he sets out on an exhausting, perilous journey to sell the fruit of his labour, he discovers the true value of his efforts, and the price of his dreams.
BECOMING WHO I WAS
After a Buddhist boy in the highlands of northern India discovers that he is the reincarnation of a centuries-old Tibetan monk, his aging godfather takes him on a journey to discover his past.