PUNK VOYAGE
Following Finnish Punk rock band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (PKN) as they face the glory and struggle that comes with fame, Punk Voyage is a film about friendship, the politics of fame, and what it truly means to be punk.
GENERATION WEALTH
A postcard from the edge of the American Empire, Generation Wealth is the culmination of photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield's (The Queen of Versailles) 25-year survey of the ultra-affluent around the world.
CHAVELA
Chavela Vargas revolutionised music in Mexico with her hypnotic raspy voice singing music traditionally reserved for men. This film tells the epic story of her fearless life, emotive music and passionate love affairs.
LIFE IS WONDERFUL + Director Q&A
The story behind Nelson Mandela’s Rivonia Trial and his comrades and lawyers who fought with relentless bravery and brilliance for equality against apartheid South Africa.
NAILA AND THE UPRISING
The story of the Palestinian resistance leader Naila Ayesh, offers a window in the history of a fierce, relentless and discerning network of Palestinian women who led a civil resistance movement during the First Intifada in 1987.
EX LIBRIS - THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
The latest film from legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, Ex Libris invites you to spend three hours behind the scenes at the New York Public Library, one of the world’s greatest institutions of learning.
WHITNEY
Tracing the singer’s upbringing and phenomenal career through to her early death in 2012, Whitney remembers the talent and tragedy that surrounded Whitney Houston.
TIME TRIAL
A close-up on professional cycling from the inside, Time Trial follows David Millar’s last season competing in the run up to the Tour de France, looking back at his career and reflecting on the current state of cycling.
THE LIFE AFTER + DIRECTOR Q&A
Using archive footage, interviews and poetry, The Life After tells the personal history of the women - mothers, sisters and daughters - who lost loves ones during the Troubles.
THE TRIAL
This free screening presented by British-Ukrainian Aid aims to raise awareness about the case of Oleg Sentsov and is part of the worldwide campaign demanding his release.
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA
A cinematic portrait of global pioneer of electronic music, Oscar-winning composer and remarkable pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto.
BETTY: THEY SAY I'M DIFFERENT + Q&A
Creatively blending documentary and animation, Betty: They Say I'm Different traces the path of 70s funk singer Betty Davis, the first black female artist to perform, write and manage herself.
TARPAULINS
An imaginative study of the colourful tarpaulins decorating houses across LA, as pest control aims to curb the city's growing termite problem.
STRONGER THAN A BULLET
Enquiring into the accountability of war photography, this documentary takes a pilgrimage with photographer Saeid Sadeghi through the zones of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988).
STUDIO 54
Documenting the sexual liberation and disco hedonism of the late 70s, Studio 54 celebrates the 33-month reign of this iconic nightclub and the power of club culture.
OUR NEW PRESIDENT
Composed entirely of found online footage, Maxim Pozdorovkin’s jaw-dropping fever-dream of a documentary tracks the 2016 US election through the lens of the Russian propaganda machine.
THE OPERA HOUSE
This new film by award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke, surveys a remarkable period of the Metropolitan Opera’s rich history and a time of great change for New York.
TARPAULINS UK PREMIERE + DIRECTOR Q&A
An imaginative study of the colourful tarpaulins decorating houses across LA, as pest control aims to curb the city's growing termite problem.
BOOM FOR REAL
Charting the history of New York City and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s early steps into the art scene, where his prolific graffiti first caught the eye of the Manhattan community, within and beyond the art world.
THE MILK SYSTEM
Cinematic and thought-provoking, this new documentary tackles issues from climate change to dairy farmers’ rights and explores the welfare of both cow and consumer in modern-day milk production.
PSYCHO VERTICAL
Based on his best-selling auto-biography Psycho Vertical, this is a raw and emotive study of the complex life and motivations of writer, funny-man and Britain’s unlikeliest hero-mountaineer, Andy Kirkpatrick, woven into an 18 day solo ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite.