Documentary

The Super 8 Years

By Mark Asch

Annie Ernaux and her son David piece together a magical home movie essay on marriage, motherhood and the whole damn thing.

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Hello, Bookstore

By Robyn Quick

An independent bookshop finds itself under threat from closure in this heartfelt doc.

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My Imaginary Country

By Marina Ashioti

A new vital work by Patricio Guzmán sees the documentary veteran turn his gaze towards a new generation of Chilean revolutionaries.

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Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

By Marina Ashioti

Barnaby Thompson celebrates the multifaceted life and work of legendary playwright Noël Coward with a perfunctory profile doc.

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De Humani Corporis Fabrica

By David Jenkins

This humanist portrait of care, surgery and technology is Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s most overtly socially conscious work.

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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

By Lillian Crawford

Nina Menkes’ broad-strokes, reactionary investigation of the male gaze is more interested in cherry-picking than it is insightful critique.

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Little Richard: I Am Everything

By David Jenkins

The "Quasar of Rock" is the subject of this juicy and insightful documentary which prizes deep cultural analysis over the usual bobbysoxer hysteria.

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Loving Highsmith

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Eva Vitija's thoughtful documentary is a measured look at a singular, enigmatic literary voice.

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Blue Bag Life

By Marina Ashioti

Rebecca Lloyd-Evans and Lisa Selby’s feature documentary aims to explore the interconnected prisms of addiction and unorthodox motherhood.

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Riotsville, USA

By Caitlin Quinlan

Using military training footage, Sierra Pettengill's archival documentary traces the origins of police militarisation in the US.

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Meet Me in the Bathroom

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.

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Electric Malady

By Billie Walker

Marie Liden offers an insight into one man's experience with debilitating electrosensitivity in her moving feature debut.

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Fashion Reimagined

By Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

The story of Amy Powney and her journey to create truly sustainable and ethical clothes oscillates between the fascinating and the tiresome.

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Town of Strangers

By Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

An intrepid filmmaker travels to the Irish nowherestown of Gort to explore the expansive concept of home among its diverse residents.

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Husband

By Xuanlin Tham

Devorah Baum and Josh Appignanesi attempt to navigate their relationship as they take a trip to the United States.

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All The Beauty and the Bloodshed

By Marina Ashioti

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.

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Nascondino (Hide & Seek)

By Marina Ashioti

This lyrical observational documentary by debutant Victoria Fiore follow’s a young boy growing up on the streets of Naples.

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