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Whether they're festival favourites or hidden gems, DocHouse Recommends films are the core of our programme and you won't find them anywhere else.
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Open City Documentary Festival 2026

Open City Documentary Festival creates an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of non-fiction cinema.
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Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: The Gas Station Attendant

A daughter reflects on her South Asian father’s life, his never-ending pursuit of the American dream, and the human capacity to love and survive.

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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.

Underland

Now Showing

Based on Robert Macfarlane’s bestselling book, this mesmerizing documentary journeys into worlds seldom seen by human eyes, beneath the surface of the earth.

I, Poppy

Now Showing

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.

Orwell: 2+2=5

Now Showing

In this ambitious, electrifying film Raoul Peck channels George Orwell's prescient text into a powerful, cinematic reflection on our times. 

Open City Documentary Festival

Monikondee

Showing on Sun 19 Apr

Boogie, a Fiiman (“free man”) navigates the currents of colonial legacy in Suriname.

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.

Online

DocHouse Shorts: Future Present

Online until Mon 27 Apr

Join us for a free online film screening featuring three short docs that explore our relationship to AI.

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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.