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DocHouse Recommends

Well-crafted, insightful, unforgettable. Whether they're festival favourites or hidden gems, DocHouse Recommends films are at the core of our programme - and you won't find them anywhere else.

Trains

Now Showing

Elegantly crafted entirely from black and white archive footage, Trains is a mesmerising portrait of Europe in the first half of the 20th Century.

Matabeleland

Now Showing

In the shadow of a forgotten massacre, A Zimbabwean man haunted by his father’s unburied spirit sets out to break a family curse.

Dear Tomorrow

Now Showing

Dear Tomorrow explores the loneliness crisis in Japan, through the lens of a mental health hotline that provides critical support to thousands every day.

Q&A

The Conspiracists

Showing on Tue 21 Apr

A “Jan 6” insurrectionist takes a filmmaker and a researcher on a road trip and attempts to convert them to her world of conspiracy theories.

I, Poppy

Showing from Fri 17 Apr

A complex power structure governs the lives of poppy farmers in India, who are caught between the corrupt government and the black market. 

My Father’s Diaries

Showing from Sat 18 Apr

In 1993, Bekir Hasanović purchased a handheld camcorder, and began recording in the midst of the Bosnian war. Thirty years later, his son deciphers this tragic history of not only his family, but an entire people.

Ghost in the Machine

Showing from Sat 25 Apr

Ghost in the Machine reveals the fantasies behind the hype and explores the philosophical, cultural and political forces driving the AI boom.

Searching for Satyrus

Showing from Fri 01 May

In the mountainous borderlands between Azerbaijan and Armenia, we follow filmmaker and photographer Rena Effendi, in pursuit of a rare and critically endangered butterfly named in honour of her father.

The Eukrainian

Showing from Fri 01 May

Ukraine's young Deputy Prime Minister must take charge of securing her country's future, in a film about ideals, diplomacy and international political will.

With Hasan in Gaza

Showing on Sat 09 May

Three MiniDV tapes of life in Gaza from 2001 were recently rediscovered. This footage is now a testament to a place and time that no longer exists.

Queer as Punk

Showing from Fri 15 May

LGBT punk band Shh...Diam! boldly turns up their music against rising conservatism and political upheaval in Malaysia.