Using military training footage, Sierra Pettengill's archival documentary traces the origins of police militarisation in the US.
By Ed Gibbs
New York’s pre-9/11 music scene is revisited in this suitably lo-fi documentary from the makers of Shut Up and Play the Hits.
Marie Liden offers an insight into one man's experience with debilitating electrosensitivity in her moving feature debut.
The story of Amy Powney and her journey to create truly sustainable and ethical clothes oscillates between the fascinating and the tiresome.
An intrepid filmmaker travels to the Irish nowherestown of Gort to explore the expansive concept of home among its diverse residents.
By Xuanlin Tham
Devorah Baum and Josh Appignanesi attempt to navigate their relationship as they take a trip to the United States.
Laura Poitras' portrait of activist and artist Nan Goldin is a damning indictment of the US pharmaceutical industry and a touching look at a familial tragedy.
This lyrical observational documentary by debutant Victoria Fiore follow’s a young boy growing up on the streets of Naples.
Maria Speth’s intimate non-fiction epic profiles a spiky but saintly German schoolteacher and his students.
A home movie becomes an important historical artefact, revealing the devastation of the Holocaust for the Jewish residents of a small Polish town.
Alexandre O Philippe traces the connection between David Lynch and Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz.
Ondi Timoner films the final days of her father’s life in an informative, detailed and unpolished account of assisted death.
A charming documentary about Britain’s oldest amateur filmmaking club puts a quintessentially Northern story in the spotlight.
Underwhelming and detail-light account of the plucky Mars rover that outlived NASA’s wildest predictions.
Master filmmaker Patricio Guzmán turns his gaze to the enigmatic Andean mountain range as he examines the troubled histories of Chile.
By Jamison Kent
Hnin Ei Hlaing’s eye-opening documentary depicts the rampant and ongoing crisis in Myanmar through the eyes of two caregivers.
Sara Dosa’s whimsical documentary chronicles the tragic tale of dedicated volcano chasers Katia and Maurice Krafft.
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