Debates
These are films about the things we need to talk about. Whether it is the opioid crisis, systematic racism, the fossil fuel lobby or birth control, these films get under the skin of contemporary issues, inviting us to be part of the conversation.
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As Prescribed
Detailing multiple cases of the damage wreaked by benzodiazepines, Holly Hardman’s film offers poignant insight into a devastating social crisis.
  • Holly Hardman
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Beneath the Surface
Alexander Irvine-Cox’s searing investigative documentary explores an overlooked culture of abuse and systemic racism in Norway.
  • Alexander Irvine-Cox
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Children of Las Brisas
Marianela Maldonado’s observational documentary charts nine years in the lives of young Venezuelans whose musical talent offer a chance for them to escape poverty.
  • Marianela Maldonado
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Fashion Reimagined
Trailblazing fashion designer Amy Powney is on a mission to create a sustainable collection and transform the way we engage with fashion.
  • Becky Hutner
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Garçonnières
A group of men aged between 30 and 45 talk candidly to Céline Pernet about their relationship to notions of masculinity.
  • Céline Pernet
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Ithaka
Julian Assange’s wife and father battle the British establishment on behalf of the WikiLeaks founder, who faces a 175-year prison sentence if extradited to the US.
  • Ben Lawrence
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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My Name is Andrea
Using archival footage and re-enactments, director Pratibha Parmar brings new light to the work of feminist writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin.
  • Pratibha Parmar
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Rising Sun Blues
An actress asks a sex worker to help her create a film in which they share secrets of their professions, and they become both filmmakers and characters.
  • Renata Ferraz, Maria Roxo
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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The Business of Birth Control
Once seen as the drug that revolutionised women’s emancipation, the politics of hormonal birth control has a more troubling history, as this film details.
  • Abby Epstein
  • 2021
  • Film Programme
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The Happy Worker – or How Work was Sabotaged
John Webster explores how the workplace has transformed to the point where the very idea of productive work appears to be the last thing on people’s minds.
  • John Webster
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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The New Greatness Case
The story of Anya Pavlikova, found guilty of being a member of a subversive terrorist organisation, emphasises Russia’s emergence as a state of fear and coercion.
  • Anna Shishova
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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The Oil Machine
Emma Davie’s urgent documentary explores our complex relationship with the oil industry, set against the backdrop of the ongoing fight for North Sea reserves.
  • Emma Davie
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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