THE RAFT
After surviving a terrorist-hijacked plane, anthropologist Santiago Genoves devised an extraordinary experiment to study the root of violence; isolate a load of strangers on a tiny raft at sea for 100 days…
ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS
The crowded boat has sunk. Would you rather let go and drown, or wait to see if a shark takes you? Asylum seekers on Christmas Island have been confronted with terrifying choices yet treated like criminals by the Australian immigration system.
THE TRIAL OF RATKO MLADIĆ + Q&A
Witnesses, prosecution and defence prepare for one of the most significant tribunals in recent history in this tense and chilling observation of General Ratko Mladic’s trial at the Hague for crimes against humanity during the Bosnian War.
VOICES OF THE SEA
A couple face their future in Cuba together with conflicted desires of whether to leave or to stay. A couple face their future in Cuba together with conflicted desires.
CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER
From a sculptor who makes art out of typewriter parts, to fanatic collector Tom Hanks, California Typewriter explores the joy of analogue in an overwhelming digital age.
KUSAMA - INFINITY
The life story of the cosmic, fearless artist Yayoi Kusama is told here in the words of the artist herself - still a radical force in her ninth decade.
NUREYEV: ALL THE WORLD HIS STAGE
This striking and moving documentary from BAFTA-nominated directors Jacqui and David Morris traces the extraordinary life of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
UNDER THE WIRE
The story of war-correspondent Marie Colvin and photographer Paul Conroy who entered war-ravaged Syria to cover the plight of civilians trapped in besieged Homs.
MCQUEEN
McQueen is an electric and engrossing documentary that is both rich with footage from his most famous catwalk shows and a sensitive portrait of the soul behind the stitch.
BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY
Combining a rediscovered interview with reflections from her closest friends, family and admirers, including Mel Brooks and Robert Osborne, BOMBSHELL finally gives Hedy Lamarr the chance to tell her own story.
THE GREEN FOG
Constructed entirely out of films shot in San Francisco, The Green Fog builds a mysterious impression of Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Suspense grows in this dreamy, absurd reality, as a green fog threatens to envelop the icons of cinema and TV history.
THE FINAL YEAR
Filmmaker Greg Barker takes us inside Obama’s administration as they prepare to leave power after eight years inside the White House.
MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A
As bold and uncompromising as the artist herself, this captivating portrait of British-Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. discovers the complex life behind her music.
THE BILL MURRAY STORIES: LIFE LESSONS
Bill Murray is a living urban legend. With endless stories popping up across the globe about mysterious appearances at house parties, photo-bombings and pranks in public toilets, director Tommy Avallone goes on a mission to track down the elusive man behind the myth.
306 HOLLYWOOD
When their beloved grandmother Annette dies, siblings Jonathan and Elan set to work transforming her home at 306 Hollywood Avenue into an archaeological dig through their memories of her.
BECOMING ANIMAL + Q&A
A moose sits chewing in the snowy woods, sunlight shimmers on a buffalo, steam rolls over a spectacular geyser. In sublime landscapes, philosopher David Abram questions the connection between humans and nature.
THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING
Director Nathaniel Kahn talks to artists, collectors, auctioneers and dealers about the capitalist hijack at the heart of the contemporary art market.
THEATRE OF WAR
The Falklands War was a particularly brutal conflict. Uniting British and Argentinian veterans in an experimental set of staged sequences, director Lola Arias reawakens memories and unsettled hostilities.
KINSHASA MAKAMBO
Three courageous young revolutionaries in Kinshasa – the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo – are at the heart of this tense, dynamic film by Congolese director Dieudo Hamadi. Hamadi’s perceptive film reflects the complex layers of their struggle.
TO END A WAR + Q&A
To End a War explores what it takes both strategically and spiritually for a nation of 50 million to move from hatred to forgiveness, from war to peace.
SO HELP ME GOD
Anne Gruwez is a Brussels-based judge with a lot of character. She faces her defendants with a steely confidence and lays down the law with a light-hearted, no-nonsense force, and a nonchalance for the macabre.