Programme A-Z

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.

On a platform in the middle of the sea, the industrial machinery of an oil rig attempts to send out a warning of an impending catastrophe.

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.