Defiant in its tone, Arica tells the story of the aftermath of Swedish mining company Boliden’s decision to dump hazardous toxic waste in the small town of Arica in northern Chile in the 1980s.
One World Media and ITV are coming together for an evening of screenings, followed by a Q & A with Rageh Omaar, Ria Chatterjee and Natalie Hill.
Nina Guseva's gripping film follows dauntless lawyer Maria Eismont as she takes on the case of a young political activist arrested for repeatedly joining anti-government demonstrations in Moscow
After 17 years of documenting one man's struggle to heal from a generational wound, Klaartje Quirijns turns the camera on herself to reveal her own family's devastating trauma.
Has the legacy of punk been distorted and commodified beyond all recognition? Joe Corre most definitely thinks so. In 2016 the son of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood burnt millions of pounds worth of punk-era memorabilia in protest.
30 years after Abbas Kiarostami made Homework, Iranian directors Ashkan Nejati and Mehran Nematollahi take the pulse of contemporary Iran in their charming, clear-sighted partner piece, Tonight's Homework.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has somehow survived a Novichok assassination attempt and as the charismatic politician recuperates in Germany, he sets out to investigate his would-be-killers.
Screen Scotland copy: After 40 years of solitude, a spirited elderly hermit opens his life to young female director as he tackles ill health, a declining memory, and questions whether he can live out his last years in the wilderness he calls home.
When renowned Chinese artist Maleonn learns that his father, the famed Peking Opera director Ma Ke, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, he knows that time is short.
Julia brings to life the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, tv, and even about women.
Framed by fictional letters from a film student to her estranged lover, Payal Kapadia's electrifying debut feature takes us on a heightened, immersive journey into the political complexities of contemporary India.
All I Can Say
Shannon Hoon, singer of Blind Melon, filmed from 1990-95 with a Hi8 video camera, recording up until hours before his death at age 28. Created 23 years later, this intimate autobiography is Hoon’s last work.
A tragicomic musical documentary exploring the heights of the cabaret genre in the modern world, following the seven female artists of the intellectual freak cabaret ‘Daughters of Dahk’.
A profound, cinematic and musical reflection on how rivers have shaped both the planet's elaborate landscapes and all human existence, narrated by Willem Dafoe.
A Syrian refugee living in Ukraine tries to navigate life's precarious paths in this powerful, visually arresting look at humanity's cycle of war and peace.
Over the course of a year, Charlotte Ginsborg filmed the London housing co-operative that she lives in, charting the residents' diverse experiences of the pandemic to create a moving portrait of a unique community during an extraordinary
time.
Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband
The story of Chernobyl told through a newly discovered hoard of dramatic footage filmed at the nuclear plant during the disaster and newly-recorded, deeply personal interviews of those who were there.
Extinction Rebellion's public acts of civil disobedience have been unmissable - they were designed to be. They have also been controversial, provocative and faced mixed reactions.
Essay Film Festival 2022: Zoe Beloff’s latest film, The Tramp’s New World (2021), is a meditation on, and a visualisation of, the scenario that James Agee wrote in 1948 for his lifelong hero, Charlie Chaplin.
When 75-year-old hotel housekeeper Rebecca Danigelis is fired from her lifelong job,her son, filmmaker Sian-Pierre, takes here on an unforgettable, bucket-list adventure, to help her reclaim her life.