Open Wide
John Mew thinks we’re all ugly. And modern living is to blame. For decades he’s waged a lonely war against orthodontics and that teenage rite of passage – braces. With his son now taking up the fight, Mew’s fringe theories suddenly find an enthusiastic audience online.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Sara Goldblatt
Micky Flanagan: Peeping Behind the Curtain
A backstage pass to Micky Flanagan’s career, from early raw material in the East End to staging the world’s biggest comedy tour in 2017.
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
An in-depth look at the rapid rise and dramatic fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.
Scout’s Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America
Survivors, whistleblowers and experts recount the Boy Scouts of America’s decades long cover-up of sexual abuse cases and its heartbreaking impact.
Minamata: The Victims and Their World
The first in a series of independent documentaries that Tsuchimoto made of the mercury poisoning incident in Minamata, Japan.
Leftover Women
In China, single women are under immense pressure to marry young or face the stigma that comes with being “leftover.” Leftover Women follows three hopeful singles seeking to define love…
El Father Plays Himself
A young film director returns to Venezuela, inspired to make a film based on his father’s life in the Amazon jungle (La Fortaleza, Jorge Thielen Armand). He casts Father to…
Garden Wild!
Nothing like watching a dragonfly hatch, or a mother hedgehog with her hoglets to get you back to nature. Take a deep slow breath and observe the seasons changing across…
VHS Revolution
Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of canine television games, seduction manuals, aerobics class…
Armando’s Tale of Charles Dickens
Armando Iannucci presents a personal argument in praise of the genius of Charles Dickens. Through the prism of the author’s most autobiographical novel, David Copperfield, Armando looks beyond Dickens –…
Escape from Kabul
Unfolding over 18 monumental days in August 2021, this deeply immersive and emotional documentary combines never-before-seen archival footage from those on the ground at the airport with exclusive interviews with…
The Butcher of Kraaifontein
A documentary about the tragic life of Charmaine Mare, a young girl who had come to Cape Town in search of work to help provide financial support for her poverty…
Inside Airport Lost & Found
People lose millions of items at airports each year. Follow the journey of stuff from found in Seattle to sold in Alabama or auctioned in Pittsburgh.