FERRANTE FEVER
Elena Ferrante is a mysterious figure in who has set the contemporary literature world on fire. Refusing to give interviews in person, the Italian novelist’s identity remains a question mark.
ELLA FITZGERALD: JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
Ella Fitzgerald was 15 years old when she won a talent contest at the Apollo Theater and rose to meteoric success. With access to never-before-seen archives, this is an intimate account of the incredibly innovative musician.
SEARCHING FOR INGMAR BERGMAN
Director Margarethe Von Trotta builds a rich tapestry of Ingmar Bergman’s legacy. Bubbling with anecdotes and insight into the breadth of his influence, this is a film for both fans and newcomers to Bergman’s work.
IRENE'S GHOST
How do you paint a portrait of someone whose existence has been a family secret? Iain Cunningham does the detective work to uncover his own mother’s story.
MERATA: HOW MUM DECOLONISED THE SCREEN
Juggling motherhood, activism and filmmaking, Merata Mita was a trailblazer and a dynamic figure in New Zealand politics. Her film archivist son Heperi Mita delves into her story to create this rich and personal portrait of the first female Maori filmmaker.
HEARTBOUND
In a small fishing community in Denmark, 926 Thai women are married to Danish men. Heartbound explores the story of Sommai, who married a Danish man and began helping other Thai women find love in Denmark
RE:DOX - THE BEACHES OF AGNES
It’s her 80th birthday so Agnes Varda makes a brilliant autobiographical film, playing with memories and the artefacts of time.
RE:DOX - THE GLEANERS AND I
Inspired by a 19th century painting of people gleaning the potatoes remaining after a harvest, Varda meets the modern-day gleaners who treasure and survive on abandoned items.
RE: DOX - LA POINTE COURTE
Agnès Varda’s first feature film kicked off the French New Wave and is a stunning experimental piece, interweaving fact and fiction within a Mediterranean fishing community.
MONROVIA, INDIANA
Forty-six million Americans live in rural, small town America. These towns were once the backbone of American life. In this poetic observational film, documentary master Frederick Wiseman takes us to one such place, Monrovia, Indiana, immersing us in the rhythms and daily life of the place.
THE MIRACLE OF THE LITTLE PRINCE
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s celebrated philosophical children’s book The Little Prince, is one of the world’s most widely translated literary works. Around the world passionate translators share their love for the values of the book, and the fight to preserve endangered languages.
THE PANAMA PAPERS
A political thriller revealing the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism that broke the story of the offshore tax haven in Panama, revealing the widespread tax evasion committed by global leaders and celebrities.
SKY AND GROUND
What lengths would you go to get your family to safety? In this intimate, IDA-award-winning film, we join a family attempting to make their journey from a refugee camp in Thessaloniki to Berlin – on foot.
THE MAN WHO STOLE BANKSY
Narrated by Iggy Pop, greed and corruption is at the heart of this story about a Banksy mural going missing from Bethlehem.
BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES
In its eighty year history, the iconic American record label Blue Note has repeatedly pushed creative boundaries. Founded in 1939 by Jewish German refugees, who simply loved the new type of music called jazz, the label became a game changing platform for African Americans.
BEING FRANK: THE CHRIS SIEVEY STORY
Chris Sievey became a legend as Frank Sidebottom, a bizarre enthusiastic figure with an over-sized papier-mâché head. Beneath the head was a brilliant musician and comedy genius, remembered here by figures including former band member Mark Radcliffe and punk poet John Cooper Clarke.
CHILDREN OF THE SNOW LAND
In the High Himalayas of Nepal, children are sent from their remote villages to a Buddhist monk-led school in Kathmandu. After a decade of being away, a group of 16 year-olds are making their journey home, with the danger of earthquakes looming.
LAST BREATH
Imagine being lost at the bottom of the North Sea with no light or insulation and 5 minutes left of oxygen – and no sign of rescue in sight. Last Breath’s race-against-time story about deep-sea diver Chris Lemons will leave you gasping for air.
A DEAL WITH THE UNIVERSE
As a transgender man keen to have a baby with his partner Tracey, Jason Barker decides the journey to parenthood is worth filming. He just has no idea how long it’s going to take - and what a crazy trip it will be.
The murders of his family in rural Colombia could have inspired a young Jesus Abad Colorado to pick up a gun; instead he bought a camera.
TAIWAN FF 2019: ONGOING - SHORTS + LIVE MUSIC
Taiwan Film Festival Closing Gala: A selection of short documentary films depicting the past, the present and the future of the Taiwanese Indigenous movement, followed by a Q&A and live music by Panai Kusui & Ado Kaliting Pacidal.