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.
Okurimono
Showing on Thu 27 Aug
A Japanese-Canadian woman returns to her native land in the hopes of reviving her mother's memories, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me
Showing from Wed 26 Aug
When Rania's newborn babies are evacuated from a hospital in northern Gaza to safety in the south, her family is suddenly torn apart.
Steal This Story, Please!
Showing from Wed 26 Aug
A gripping portrait of trailblazing journalist Amy Goodman, whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history.
How to Feed a Dictator
Showing from Wed 26 Aug
This film tells the story of five brutal regimes, from Iraq to North Korea, through the eyes of the personal chefs who served them.
Celtic Utopia
Showing on Sat 05 Sep
Irish artists take us on a ballad tour around the island, telling stories and singing songs to try to understand their past and to heal their colonial wounds.
A Free Daughter of Free Kyrgyzstan
Showing from Sat 05 Sep
In Kyrgyzstan, 21-year old singer and activist, Zere Asylbek, fearlessly speaks out against the injustices that women face in her country.
DocHouse Shorts: Maybe Tomorrow + Allies in Exile
Showing on Tue 15 Sep
This double bill of short films from Syrian filmmakers brings together stories of friendship, displacement, loss and endurance.
Among Mountains and Streams
Showing on Sat 19 Sep
Two Chinese artists in exile walk through a forest, exchanging views on the authoritarian regime they fled and their artistic practice.
Sherman’s March
Showing from Sun 13 Sep
Armed with a 16mm camera and a grant to make a documentary about the aftermath of William Tecumseh Sherman’s 1864 march to the sea, Ross McElwee gets sidetracked.