In A CUBE OF SUGAR, three generations come together to celebrate the wedding of young Pasandide, portrayed by a vibrant Negar Javaherian (winner of Best Actress at last year’s Fajr... More
Screening with short film CARBON FOR WATER THE WELL describes the life of the Borana people, a semi-nomadic shepherds tribe of South Ethiopia that struggles perennially for survival. In a dry... More
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”. Whether or not director Hans-Christian Schmid had the opening line of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina in mind... More
Screening with KHANAA When Kathy Huang first learned of the Indonesian waria – biological men who identify as women – she was amazed to discover that a transgender community could exist... More
Rajinder Sawhney’s delightful drama short about an orthodox Muslim mother-to-be dealing with the culture shock of life in London. KHAANA received the future filmmaker award at this year’s Palm Springs... More
John Irving is one of the most popular and best-selling authors of our time; a household name around the world with more than 10 million copies of his 12 novels... More
“If we keep on hiding, they will say we’re not here,” states activist, and Uganda’s first openly gay man, David Kato. Facing the impossible, he fights Uganda’s government and media... More
Filmed from the perspective of a Palestinian farm labourer (Emad Burnat), 5 BROKEN CAMERAS was shot using six different video cameras – five of which were destroyed in the process... More
We're delighted to welcome director Jan Speckenbach to the screenings. A grown-up man, Lothar, discovers that his estranged teenage daughter has gone missing. Looking more closely, he realises that many children... More
We hope to welcome producer Toni Espinosa to the screening. Aureli is a solitary, extremely sensitive man. He is in a dark place with a violent memory locked away. Maria is... More
ANDA UNION, a group of self-styled 'gatherers' of Mongolian music, aim to reconnect young Mongols with their forgotten heritage – revitalising the ancient tradition of storytelling through song. The troupe... More
Originally broadcast on Boxing Day 1967 by the BBC, MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR is a series of gently psychedelic vignettes, with the group let loose on a typically English 'day trip... More
Have you ever imagined a place where vulcans and vampires get along? Where wizards and wookiees can be themselves? Welcome to Comic-Con San Diego. What started as a fringe comic... More
*We are delighted to welcome Katarzyna Klimkiewicz and her producer Alison Sterling for a Q&A session after the screening on Monday* Frankie is a successful aerospace engineer designing drones for the... More
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