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.
APOLLO 11
Experience previously unseen footage of NASA's daring first mission to the moon in Apollo 11, the must-see cinematic event of the summer.
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.
DREAMS OF A LIFE + 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 PRESENT: HOW TO START A REVOLUTION + Dir Q&A
This BAFTA Award-winning film tells the remarkable story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as the world's foremost scholar on nonviolent revolution.
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.
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.
IN SEARCH...
Embarking on a series of frank discussions with other women who have experienced FGM/C, filmmaker Magoko considers whether she should take a journey into the unknown and have reconstructive surgery.
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.