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DocHouse Recommends

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.

Subterranea: Tales from Below the Surface

Journey below ground with a season of films exploring subterranean spaces, from hidden lives to obscured memories.
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The Conspiracists

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

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Matabeleland

Showing from Thu 09 Apr

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

Showing from Fri 10 Apr

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

All and Nothing

Showing on Sun 12 Apr

Explores the life of conceptual artist Li Yuan-chia, tracing his journey from WWII-era China to Taiwan, 1950s Milan, Bologna and Swinging '60s London, culminating in his establishment a rural gallery Cumbria.

Open City Documentary Festival

Hill Station + A Person of the Forest

Showing on Wed 15 Apr

Hill Station and A Person of the Forest both interrogate the enduring architectures of European colonialism.

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. 

Open City Documentary Festival

National Pride: From Jericho to Gaza

Showing on Fri 17 Apr

Hassan Al Balawi, a Palestinian diplomat based in Brussels, returns to his homeland in 2019 for the fifteenth anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat.

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.

Open City Documentary Festival

Monikondee

Showing on Sun 19 Apr

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

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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.