Programme A-Z

Beyond Utopia

An account of the hazardous journey that North Korean dissidents – and those who help them – take to flee one of the world’s most repressive regimes.

Madeleine Gavin
2023
Film Programme

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BFI Doc Society Drop-In Day Happy Hour

BFI Doc Society's Happy Hour starts at 5PM, following BFI Doc Society's drop-in day

Industry Programme

BFI Doc Society Filmmaker Drop-In Day

Come along to the BFI Doc Society Filmmaker Drop-In Day: an open doors opportunity for early career non-fiction storytellers to get together, engage with creative case studies from UK filmmakers featured across this years Doc Fest programme and get funding advice and industry insights.

Industry Programme

Industry Session

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The Body Politic

A portrait of Brandon Scott, Baltimore’s youngest Black Mayor, during his mayoral campaign and first year presiding over a city plagued by homicide.

Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough
2023
Film Programme

Breaking Social

The director of affordable housing exposé Push tackles another urgent topic, as he reflects on the concept of the social contract as a tool for abusive capitalism.

Fredrik Gertten
2023
Film Programme

Bringing It All Back Home

This powerful study of the human cost of globalisation connects declining industry and growing social inequality in the UK to the exploitation of labour in the Global South.

Chrissie Stansfield
1987
Film Programme

Bringing the Voice

Visual artist Klaudia Kemper tries to reconnect with her ageing, aphasic father, a psychoanalyst who remained in Brazil after she left for Chile when she was young.

Klaudia Kemper
2023
Film Programme

Can I Hug You?

In this astoundingly intimate film, Hossein brings his parents together to confront a difficult secret from his past.

Elahe Esmaili
2023
Film Programme

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Carpenter

With tireless dedication, an old Kurdish carpenter collects wood to make artificial legs for victims of landmine explosions.

Xelîl Sehragerd
2023
Film Programme

The Castle

Martin Benchimol’s fascinating film is a singular portrait of a domestic worker who lives with her daughter in a ramshackle castle.

Martin Benchimol
2023
Film Programme

Channel 4 First Cut Pitch

Once again, Channel 4 will be offering five new directors the chance to pitch in front of some of its documentary commissioning team and a live audience.

Industry Programme

Channel 4 Interview: David Glover

David is a bastion of bold, intelligent, and original factual programme-making, known to challenge and break traditional forms. Join him in conversation with Tabitha Jackson.

Industry Programme

Industry Session

Channel 4 Saturday Night Party

Come and let your hair down with the Channel 4 team. Drinks, music and dancing at Crystal Bar.

Industry Programme

Chiledoc Drinks

Join Chiledoc and the filmmakers of Chilean Delegation to celebrate the films and projects selected this year.

Industry Programme

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Choose Me

Chadian director Allamine Kader Kora visits his mother’s village, where a marriage proposal ceremony becomes the centre of an intergenerational debate about tradition and the freedom to choose.

Allamine Kader Kora
2023
Film Programme

Chornobyl 22

During the Russian occupation of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in early 2022, an anonymous local informant clandestinely films the movement of Russian military vehicles.

Oleksiy Radynski
2023
Film Programme

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Citizen Sleuth

A revealing profile of the rise, fall and redemption of a podcaster seeking to make their voice heard across an ever-changing media landscape.

Chris Kasick
2023
Film Programme

Citizen Sleuth + Conversation

Screening of Citizen Sleuth, followed by a conversation on the ethics of true crime podcasting with director Chris Kasick and special guests.

Film Programme

Talks Programme

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CLASS ACTS: Are Leaders in TV and Film Doing More Than Talking About Social Mobility?

Here, for the first time, the BFI will release a breakdown of the class background of the creative talent they support, before a conversation involving the BFI, BBC, and filmmakers.

Industry Programme

Industry Session

Closing Night Staff + Vollies Party

Co-producing Morning: Breakfast and Collaboration

Join us for a networking breakfast with coffee and pastries This event is for producers wanting to find international co-production partners or collaborators in the UK. Hosted by UK Global Screen Fund

Industry Programme

Marketplace Activity

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Cold and Dark

A group of loggers and their horse embark on a delirious journey to gather firewood deep in the Slovakian mountains.

Peter Hošták
2023
Film Programme

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A Colônia Luxemburguesa

In this interactive web documentary, Luxembourg-Brazilian maker Dominique Santana asks whether the movement of hundreds of Luxembourgish migrants to Brazil 100 years ago was a success story.

Dominique Santana / Samsa Film / C2DH
2022
Alternate Realities Programme

Confessions of a Good Samaritan

Filmmaker Penny Lane’s decision to donate one of her kidneys to a complete stranger leads her on a journey to understand the nature of altruism.

Penny Lane
2023
Film Programme

Craft Summit: An Introduction to Cinema Cameras, Tips and Techniques

An introduction to Cinema camera technologies and a practical walkthrough of the latest Canon Cinema EOS range, helping you to understand which camera is right for you.

Industry Programme

Industry Session

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