AMAZING GRACE
The lost treasure of Sydney Pollack’s observational footage from 1972 has finally surfaced; witness the sonic brilliance of Aretha Franklin as she recorded her bestselling album Amazing Grace in an L.A. Baptist Church.
BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL SCREENING: APOLLO 11
Screening as part of the Bloomsbury Festival - an annual celebration of the area’s pioneering creativity. Inspired by the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s lunar landing, the 2019 Festival theme is Small steps and giant leaps.
BOBBY SANDS: 66 DAYS + Dir 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.
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.
EXTINCTION REBELLION PRESENTS: THE MOON AND THE SLEDGEHAMMER
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.
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.
FOR SAMA + Dir Q&A
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.
GAZA
This elegantly shot and masterfully crafted portrait of Palestinian life offers a rare chance to be immersed in the heart of Gaza.
HAIL SATAN?
A group of Satanists from Salem are rocking religious and political institutions with their demands for equal rights, and also leading the way with compassion, empathy and community care.
HONEYLAND
In a deserted Macedonian village, 50-something Hatidze, clambers up a hillside to check her bee colonies nestled in the rocks; but disruption is coming. With beautiful cinematography evocative of Caravaggio, Honeyland explores nature’s vulnerability under capitalist demand.
MARIANNE & LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE
A story of enduring love between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse, Marianne Ihlen chronicled by documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield.
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.
MOTHER + Dir Q&A
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.
OCDF 2019: CABALLERANGO
Screening as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2019.
OCDF 2019: CHEZ JOLIE COIFFURE
Screening as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2019.
OCDF 2019: SHORTS: ON THE BORDER
Screening at part of Open City Documentary Festival 2019.
OCDF 2019: TASTE OF HOPE
Screening as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2019.
OCDF 2019: THE CROSSES
Screening as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2019.
SEAHORSE + Q&A
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.
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.
WALKING ON WATER
Ten years after the passing of his wife and partner, Jeanne-Claude, installation artist Christo sets out to realise The Floating Piers, a project they conceived together many years before.