Film Programme

In a quiet Yucatán village, a boy seeks the truth in a shaman’s tale, entering a cave where myth, childhood and cosmic wonder entwine.

A bison, prevented from returning to its native herd by a wall on the Polish-Belarusian border, witnesses dramatic events.

A young filmmaker is determined to know her neighbours in the port town of Folkestone. But in the aftermath of Brexit, building new relationships isn’t easy.

As the world appears increasingly intolerant of ‘outsiders’, an Ecuadorian woman welcoming Venezuelan migrants into her home is a moving reminder of our capacity for warmth and humanity.

The Venezuelan crisis resulted in a mass exodus by its population. This lyrical film focuses on five who have remained, who are burdened with a sense loss and the ghost of a fractured nation.

Liu Liu is living in a strange new land. While his mother looks after the shop, he goes exploring. Encountering a ghost monster, a fierce battle begins.

A stunning, poetic dive to the depths of the ocean floor, guided by the humans who both adore and destroy it.

Comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi turns satire into resistance, employing humour to expose hard truths about the relationship between Israel and Palestine – where coexistence feels like a bad joke.

When a young filmmaker investigates her grandfather’s work on the 1990 Dominican elections, she uncovers a web of secrets that still ensnares her family.

A joyful and lyrical love story of two queer poets navigating life, love and mortality in the face of a terminal cancer diagnosis.

In a Guatemalan town, two fiery sisters channel their grief and anger into a local street performance to protest against gender-based violence in the country.

In this hypnotic cinematic journey through dreams, sleep and the unconscious, science meets myth and ancient rituals illuminate the mysteries of the mind.

Two female medics in Ukraine's army, whose lives are captured via phone and body cam footage, navigate the chaos of war with bravery, humour and friendship.

Amid December’s festive glow, refugees remain hidden in forests along the Poland-Belarus border. This powerful documentary gives voice to their silent cries.

The surreal and the everyday intersect when two visitors from space land in rural Azerbaijan and observe a coach trying to form the country's first all-female football team.

Emerging from a wild, working-class dreamscape of friendship, fame and fuzzy guitars, this is the story of six Wirral teens who became The Coral and shook the British indie scene.

Acclaimed director Hao Zhou journeys into one of China’s vast factories around the time of the pandemic to detail the impact of global supply chains and coercive business practices on workers’ lives.

According to an ancient Neapolitan proverb, ‘More things happen in a day than in an entire century’. For the city of Naples, that day is today.

A night ride into the fears and anxieties of Johannesburg’s wealthy inhabitants, seen through the work of the private security guards hired to protect them.

In the mist of the Patagonian Andes, an indigenous forest is recovering from a fire, with animals and humans emerging from a landscape scarred by colonisation.