Best of 2016: SHADOW WORLD
Stitching together archive footage of historical events, recent interviews with political experts and an eerily nostalgic soundtrack, Shadow World is the masterful documentary from Johan Grimonprez that exposes the depths of corruption within the global arms trade.
Best of 2016: THE PEARL BUTTON
"Patricio Guzmán’s The Pearl Button elevates documentary to art." - Vogue
Best of 2016: FIRE AT SEA
Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival 2016, Gianfranco Rosi’s incisive, poignant and deeply moving portrait of the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa - and the humanitarian crisis occurring in the seas around it...
Best of 2016: MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE
Following a long fascination with the religion and with much experience dealing with eccentric behaviour, Louis Theroux delves into the murky world of Scientology.
Best of 2016: JANIS, LITTLE GIRL BLUE
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg presents an insightful portrait of Janis Joplin, the original “Rock Chick” whose ferocious, soulful voice successfully broke into the male-dominated music scene.
Best of 2016: WEINER
Many politicians have seen their careers veer off the tracks, but few instances have been captured so completely on film as they are in the incisive and painfully funny Weiner.
BEST OF 2016
We're welcoming in the New Year with another chance to catch some of the best docs from the past 12 months!
From Gianfranco Rosi's Fire At Sea, a lyrical portrait of the island of Lampedusa, a new frontline in the European migrant crisis, to Louis Theroux's smash hit My Scientology Movie with plenty more in-between, make sure you're all caught up before heading into 2017.