Programme A-Z

Marseille erupts in joy as Algeria wins the Africa Cup of Nations. Celebrations, urban tensions and colonial echoes shape a night of pride.

A celebration of the new sound that emerged from the underground clubs of Chicago’s South Side, which sparked a global movement of joy, freedom and radical togetherness.

A primary school teacher in Russia becomes an unlikely whistleblower as he goes undercover to document propaganda and militarisation inside Russia’s school system.

Louisville, Kentucky is the home of the glitterball, and after a body is found in a basement of a Victorian mansion, two lovers accuse each other of committing murder.

A mother, filmmaker and volunteer Ukrainian soldier offers up a testament to the power of love in a time of war, conveyed through letters to her young son.

Caught between contested narratives on the history of Natchez, Mississippi, elaborate antebellum homes foreground a confrontation between historians, tour guides and cultural groups over the region’s past record on slavery.

Boldly co-authored with its protagonist, NIÑXS follows the journey of teenager Karla, who navigates adolescence as a young transgender person.

Three workmen drive through the city at night, replacing old sodium streetlights with LEDs. Beneath their glow, the city grapples with change.

North Korean women meet South Korean men in a fascinating and often surprising look at love, business and geopolitics.

Through a constellation of analogue images and soothing sounds, Orbits journeys into the sensorial depths of Marie-Christine, a woman who has lost her sight.

When darkness falls, the walking begins in this vital, visceral evocation of the experience of migrants undertaking a hazardous journey on foot across the US border.

In rural China, there is a care home where, despite tough circumstances, disabled people are truly supported to build their lives together.

Through organised ‘mass trespass’ events, the Right to Roam movement sets out to increase public access to nature, but finds itself in conflict with England’s landowners.

A deeply personal portrait of Cuban music icon Pablo Milanés, captured in self-imposed exile during his final years.

A minor neighbourhood spat in Florida escalates over two years, with tragic consequences for a closeknit community and exposing America’s deep-rooted race issues and gun culture.

A gripping investigation into the death of a young British man sparks a global hunt for the individual selling hundreds of young people lethal poison.

Two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.

A high-spirited group of Indian sex workers and their families begin making short films to transform their own lives and inspire others.

Fernando, an indigenous voice actor, goes on a quest to dub The Lion King into Quechua, pushing the boundaries set by Hollywood.

Like many intersex people, Jim underwent medical interventions early in life. This film traces the fraudulent research that justified such treatment.

Partly the video diary of a 13-year-old boy, partly a mother’s recordings of her news broadcasts, this is a fully original, delirious and energetic snapshot of Ecuadorian identity.

A fascinating film that combines archival footage and intimate encounters with 14 artists to present a meditation on a collective Syrian psyche that has been forged through a decade of conflict.

War has ravaged the Ukrainian city of Bucha, whose residents have endured unimaginable hostility and suffering. If hope remains a faint glimmer, the will to survive still shines through in this powerful and unflinching film.

Award-winning Ukrainian filmmaker and cinematographer Artem Ryzhykov transforms into a hardened professional soldier as he navigates the confusion, chaos, heartache and reality of modern warfare.

In Mónica Taboada-Tapia’s striking and heartfelt film a transgender Wayúu woman embarks on a journey across the Colombian desert to reclaim her identity, confront her past and fight for justice.