By Max Copeman
Ciarán Cassidy’s engrossing documentary examines the making of an unlikely terror cell.
By Maria Nae
Four local filmmakers attempt to revive cinema-going in Sudan in this playful, inspiring documentary.
A colourful portrait of the famed photographer’s life, both behind and in front of the camera.
By Matt Turner
China’s vast live-streaming industry is laid bare in Shengze Zhu’s captivating documentary.
Afghan director Hassan Fazili documents his family’s persecution at the hands of the Taliban.
By Ed Gibbs
Documentary maker Alex Gibney surveys post-Soviet Russia via the strange tale of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
By Matt Turner
Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad provides another wrenching portrait of the people most afflicted by the civil war.
By Maria Nae
Photographer Zed Nelson documents the changes to one street in East London over a four-year period.
Kim Longinotto’s latest documentary offers a stark, deromanticised look at the Sicilian Mafia.
Adrian Jackson and Andrea Luka Zimmerman’s experimental documentary gives a voice to East London’s artists.
By Matt Turner
German documentarian Thomas Heise examines his family history around the turn of the 20th century.
By Matt Turner
American magician John Szeles attempts to pull off one final trick in this slippery meta-doc.
By Lou Thomas
The former president of the Soviet Union sits down to discuss his personal legacy and the current state of things.
Seamus Murphy’s globetrotting musical travelogue with PJ Harvey is a self-defeating creative exercise.
This tender portrait of the exuberant INXS frontman avoids tabloid hysteria in its search for a fragile soul.
Roberto Minervini’s vital documentary follows in the wake of a series of brutal killings of black men in the US.
Berry Gordy leads a roster of iconic artists in paying tribute to one of the most successful record companies of the 20th century.
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