AMA-SAN
In Wagu, a fishing village in the Ise Peninsula of Japan a group of women free-dive everyday not knowing what they’ll find. The Ama-San have been diving like this in Japan for over 2000 years.
ON THE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS
Shot in the style of a Hollywood thriller, this is the searing story of President Duterte’s bloody campaign against drug dealers and addicts in the Philippines, told with unprecedented and intimate access to both sides of the war.
THE GENIUS AND THE OPERA SINGER + Q&A
An unsettling portrait of a mother-daughter relationship - a 92-year-old former opera singer and her volatile daughter who have inhabited a rent-controlled Manhattan penthouse for the last fifty-five years - along with their obese chihuahua, Angelina Jolie.
BIRDS' EYE VIEW PRESENTS: FOR SAMA
A letter from young mother Waad al-Kateab to her baby daughter Sama, to whom she gave birth on the front line of cataclysmic conflict in Aleppo.
MOTHER
Two narratives collide in a small village in Thailand. Pomm takes care of Europeans with Alzheimer’s, while a family prepares to leave Switzerland, in this moving observation of motherhood and care.
SWARM SEASON
On the remote volcanic island of Hawaii, 10-year-old Manu and her mother collect wild, endangered bees in order to breed disease-resistant colonies, while her father protests developments on sacred mountain Mauna Kea.
gal-dem Film Club: Shakedown + Panel
gal-dem takeover the DocHouse screen with a screening of Shakedown + panel discussion.
EXTINCTION REBELLION PRESENTS: THE MOON AND THE SLEDGEHAMMER + Q&A
Filmed 50 summers ago, The Moon and the Sledgehammer is a poetic and eccentric classic of British nonfiction filmmaking, that we’re excited to be screening on the Autumn Equinox.
SAMOUNI ROAD
A family prepares to celebrate a wedding in a war-torn farming community outside of Gaza City.
WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL
It’s near impossible to build a career as a female film journalist, but Pauline Kael defied the odds. Never a dull read, the long-time New Yorker film critic and best-selling author was a force to be reckoned with.
EYE ON THE BALL + Q&A (WORLD PREMIERE)
A moving portrait of the Malaysian blind youth football team, as they strive to qualify for the world championships, overcome obstacles along the way, and ultimately reach for their dreams.
MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN
After his forensic analysis of Hitchcock’s Psycho, director Alexandre O. Philippe returns to dig into the mythological roots of Alien, its artistic origins, and place in our history and collective unconscious.
ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM + Skype Q&A
Part of Say What Happened - Nick Fraser selects, a series of films curated by former Storyville editor and BAFTA award winner to coincide with the launch of his new book.
OCDF 2019: SHORTS: ON THE BORDER + Q&A
Screening at part of Open City Documentary Festival 2019.
OCDF 2019: THE CROSSES + Q&A
Screening as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2019.
OCDF 2019: CHEZ JOLIE COIFFURE + Q&A
Screening as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2019.
OCDF 2019: CABALLERANGO + Q&A
Screening as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2019.
OCDF 2019: TASTE OF HOPE + Q&A
Screening as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2019.
WAITING FOR THE CARNIVAL
The small village of Toritama has transformed into the ‘Capital of Jeans’. Residents work day and night, dreaming of their futures, and sell everything to attend the carnival.
SEAHORSE
30 year-old Freddy wants to start his own family, and as a gay transgender man he faces unique challenges. This collaborative and lyrical story is about what makes us who we are.
WHY WE FIGHT
Part of Say What Happened - Nick Fraser selects, a series of films curated by former Storyville editor and BAFTA award winner to coincide with the launch of his new book.