Drawn to War brings to life a brilliant but still grossly undervalued British artist, Eric Ravilious. Caught in the crossfire of war 80 years ago, his legacy largely sank without trace, until now.
At 76, John Shipton’s retirement is interrupted when his son, Julian Assange is arrested. At the prison, John finds Julian in a bad way and the US government have begun proceedings to extradite him — threatening 175 years in prison.
Futura
Three up-and-coming stars of Italian filmmaking collaborate on this beautiful and bittersweet portrait of Italian youth.
The spectacular Fire of Love tells the story of intrepid French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, who died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of our planet.
When Fadia, a Palestinian refugee in living in Lebanon, meets director Sarah Beddington, she challenges her to visit the place that Fadia cannot travel to, but longs for beyond all else - her ancestral homeland.
Experience the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut Jr, through the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it. A dazzling, worthy tribute to the much-loved author of Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five.
As surveillance technologies become a fixture in everyday life, Theo Anthony's brilliant film essa re-evaluates the notion of objectivity in a contemporary setting.
Filmed over nine years, Children of Las Brisas follows the intertwining lives of a group of children from the Venezuelan barrios, as they struggle to become professional musicians in a country on the verge of collapse.
The extraordinary and eventful life of pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge is perfectly exposed in Marc Shaffer's thrilling profile.
Sentenced to death for a lurid 1973 San Francisco murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee was set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Americans helped to overturn his conviction.
Rikke Brewer and best friend Aiden Knox, ‘failing’ working-class teenagers, hone their spectacular UrbEx stunts and gravity-defying Parkour skills, hoping that millions of 'likes' will be their ticket out of boring Guildford.
Combined programme playing as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2022.
Organised by Union Docs with programmer Cíntia Gil, this programme explores the psychology of the encounter, the performance of situational power, and how the production of narrative can be the ground where those tensions operate. Playing as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2022.
Made within the context of The Folk Memory Project, Self-Portrait: Fairy Tale in 47KM is part of an ongoing participatory documentary project exploring the personal histories of the Great Chinese Famine of 1959 to 1961. Playing as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2022.
Argentinian filmmaker Jonathan Perel’s practice focuses upon sites of trauma relating to the military dictatorship of the 1970-80s. Playing as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2022.
In Focus: Alexandra Cuesta, is the first UK survey of her work and includes all her completed films as well as other films selected by Cuesta, with an emphasis on recent productions by Ecuadorian filmmakers and artists. Playing as part of Open City Documentary Festival 2022.
An unlikely team of Zimbabwean sommeliers travel to France to enter the World Wine Tasting Championship in this immensely enjoyable doc that says as much about optimism and resilience as it does about noses and palates.
Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa: Short film + Q&A Discussion
Join our free online screening of award-winning short doc Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa + #abortionrights discussion. Available Worldwide.
A network of government-backed farmers is eating into indigenous territory in the Brazilian rainforest, but a local activist and his team are fighting back with a video camera as a weapon.
The stranger-than-fiction tale from 1990s Glasgow of a schoolboy who was not quite what he seemed...
Three young South African women navigate the crumbling ruins of a colonial past when they become Kruger National Park rangers.