Programme A-Z

Chef Heston Blumenthal explores the impact bipolar disorder has had on his life, his creativity and the people he loves.

Three libraries. Two friends. One Mission: Shiro and Wachuka set off on an obstacle course to re-establish three county libraries as modern spaces for cultural engagement.

Three Mexican women turn to the land to rebuild their lives, following the loss of babies and family members to patriarchal violence.

This riveting cultural history of the film that took the US porn scene mainstream is also a provocative exploration of exploitation and shifting gender values.

It began as a dream of community life, but a 1970s Christian commune soon became a nightmare of abuse, the scale of which is only just coming to light.

Striking imagery, heartfelt reflection and subtle humour underpins a portrait of a salt-mining community who navigate broken promises of development.

From BBC’s Life At 50°C strand, which looks at lives on the frontline of climate change, the film is set in Australia’s coal country.

This poetic journey through language and landscape explores how reconnecting with nature’s vanishing vocabulary can help us reimagine our future with hope.

Dubbed the United States’ first climate refugees, the residents of Isle de Jean Charles resettle to higher ground on the mainland to escape rising sea levels.

In this hypnotic odyssey, the ancient monasteries of Armenia’s highlands bear traces of epochs past. Landscapes give way to soundscapes, and the shadowy depths within.

An intimate profile of trailblazing actress Marlee Matlin, who was thrust into the limelight in 1987 when she became the first Deaf actor – and youngest Best Actress nominee – to win an Academy Award™.

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, Ninxs follows the journey of teenager Karla, who navigates adolescence as a young transgender person.

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

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 aristocratic landowners.

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

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.

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.