Birds of War is the love story of a London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist/cameraman over thirteen years of revolutions, war and exile. Coming soon at Bertha DocHouse

Since October 2023, Gaza has been sealed from the world - except for one group, international doctors. Life Support uses firsthand accounts and visceral footage to offer a vital chronicle of the daily struggles of healthcare workers in Gaza. Screens on 10 Jul + Q&A

I Want Her Dead is a darkly comic and emotionally charged portrait of a Southern Italian family on the verge of implosion. Screening in #ItalianDocSeason on Sat 4 Jul, accompanied by short archive clip Milan: The Martinoli Family (1942). Followed by Q&A with director Gianluca Matarrese.

#KillingAnna tells the extraordinary story of a woman who risks everything to expose the truth about one of the world’s most brutal regimes. Now screening at @berthadochouse.bsky.social. dochouse.org/event/killin...

Team DocHouse had a fab time at this year’s edition of Sheffield Docfest! We watched some incredible films, caught up with some of our wonderful partners and attended some brilliant workshops. We're looking forward to continuing our year-round screening collaboration with DocFest. Until next year!

★★★★ 'Killing Anna review – the amazing catfishing operation that flushed out Syria massacre perpetrator' - @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

‘Exhilarating documentary is ode to the collective courage of Lebanese people’ - The Guardian Lana Daher’s film is a playful and personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory, composed entirely of archival footage. Do You Love Me returns to our screen from 26 Jun.

For 40 years, filmmaker Alan Berliner has clipped out photos from the pages of The New York Times, keeping them meticulously filed and cross-indexed. Join us on 27 Jun for the rare chance to see Letter to the Editor on the big screen. Followed by a Q&A with Alan Berliner.

This July marks 100 years since the death of English explorer, spy and political powerhouse Gertrude Bell - the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day. Letters from Baghdad tells the dramatic story of the woman known as the female Lawrence of Arabia. dochouse.org/event/letter...

Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: Disciples + Q&A On the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, two boys enter a revered Hindu school where lessons in ancient scripture blur into something more troubling. Following its World Premiere at @sheffdocfest.bsky.social, Disciples screens exclusively on 15 Jun.

Renowned documentarian Marc Isaacs returns with a curious interrogation of the new world of AI authenticity, in a humorous hybrid that plays with form and with expectations.  Join us for a screening of Synthetic Sincerity on Wed 16 Jul + Q&A with Marc Isaacs. dochouse.org/event/synthe...

In China, increasing numbers of young women are embarking on AI relationships. Replica follows three women whose virtual boyfriends fill emotional gaps left by loneliness, unfulfilling marriages and the pursuit of independence. Screening from Fri 10 Jul. dochouse.org/event/replica/

The truth about Tesla speaks volumes about CEO Elon Musk, as close confidants, whistleblowers, victims and former high-ranking employees speak out for the first time, pulling back the curtain on Musk's empire. Elon Musk Unveiled – The Tesla Experiment opens Fri 19 Jun.

From the acclaimed directors of To Kill a War Machine, The Day Innocence Died tells the story of the Bloody Sunday massacre and its legacy, weaving unheard testimonies and indelible archive footage into an epic cinematic documentary. From 4 Jul. dochouse.org/event/the-da...

A Syrian woman goes undercover online to track down a war criminal, creating a fake profile and befriending the man she believes responsible for a massacre during the Syrian civil war. Killing Anna plays from Fri 19 Jun.

Faced with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Jon Snow rediscovers his purpose in doing what he always done: exposing injustice; fighting for a Zambian community whose homes have been destroyed by a mine. A Last Big Story screens from Sat 13 Jun.

Our Filmmaker in Focus is Alan Berliner: as the Emmy Award-winning director’s new film BENITA (2025) arrives Bertha DocHouse from 24 Jun, we take a look back on his impressive catalogue of films and bring Letter To The Editor (2019) onto the big screen. Read more:

After his father Sandro is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, filmmaker Giacomo Boeri collects stories of his father’s life in an attempt to preserve their most precious emotions from the relentless advance of time and illness. Stories for Sandro screens on Sat 4 Jul as part of #ItalianDocSeason.

"In Sara Dosa and Andri Snær Magnason’s lyrical documentary, Iceland’s vanishing glaciers become a haunting measure of family memory, deep time and climate catastrophe." - @sightsoundmag.bsky.social. #TimeandWater is in cinemas 12 June. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

On 24 Jun, we're excited to host the UK Premiere of BENITA + Q&A with Alan Berliner. In this deeply intimate and haunting documentary, acclaimed filmmaker Alan Berliner posthumously collaborates with his friend and colleague, experimental NYC filmmaker Benita Raphan, who died by suicide in 2021.

From besieged Aleppo to the confines of a London newsroom, Lebanese journalist Janay Boulos and Syrian activist/cameraman Abd Alkader Habak retrace their love story, using their vast personal archives stretching over 13 years of revolutions, war and exile. Birds of War opens 3 Jul.

Thu 18 Jun: Arthur Erickson – Beauty Between the Lines + Q&A Beauty Between the Lines delves into the life and work of Arthur Erickson, a visionary architect first in Canada and ultimately throughout the world.

Just Announced 🚨 Shoot the People preview + Q&A - Wed 8 Jul Misan Harriman, has garnered acclaim for his powerful photographs of grassroots protests. In Shoot the People, Andy Mundy-Castle captures the British-Nigerian photographer's journey documenting global movements that drive social change.

In a derelict Gothic mansion on the outskirts of London, we join eight actors - four Macbeths and four Lady Macbeths - as they investigate key scenes and soliloquies from Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy. Acting screens this Saturday - student tickets £7! 🎭️

Do You Love Me is a playful journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory, composed entirely of archival footage. It reconstructs a fragmented history of a country without a national archive, celebrating creative expression as resistance, renewal and a way to preserve memory. Returns from 26 Jun.

In the remote foothills of the Himalayas, former monk Lobsang Phuntsok has built a community for children who have endured abandonment and neglect. Loving Karma revisits Lobsang twelve years after the Emmy-winning short film Tashi and the Monk. Opens this Friday.

As the glaciers of his homeland melt, Icelandic poet Andri Snær Magnason sets out to create a cinematic time capsule for the future, before everything he loves slips away. From Oscar-nominated director of Fire of Love, Sara Dosa, Time and Water screens from 12 Jun.

Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Line delves into the life and work of Arthur Erickson, a visionary architect first who transcended traditional boundaries and redefined modern architecture. Thu 18 Jun + Q&A

Drawn from Third World Newsreel's politically charged output of the 1970s, this programme underlines the collective's focus on the global struggle for liberation. Ft. Fuera Yanqui, My Country Occupied and Revolution Until Victory a.k.a. We Are the Palestinian People. dochouse.org/event/newsre...

Namibian activist Friedel Dausab fights to overturn the laws that criminalise his life, coming together with fellow activists from Sri Lanka and Barbados at London Pride, in a powerful moment of community, solidarity and celebration.  After screening at BFI Flare Festival, Out Laws screens 30 Jun.

Seeing this tonight at @berthadochouse.bsky.social. Some films really help me do the work of being human ⚓

In the Himalayas, former monk Lobsang Phuntsok has built a community for children who have endured abandonment and neglect. Loving Karma revisits Lobsang 12 years after the Emmy-winning film Tashi and the Monk to find a new generation of children learning to care for one another. Opens 5 June.

Italian Doc Season returns to Bertha Dochouse this July! Presented by Cinecitta & Archivio Luce, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, this season features 3 contemporary documentaries and 3 special archival presentations dedicated to the theme of family and familial legacies.

The truth about Tesla speaks volumes about CEO Elon Musk, as close confidants, whistleblowers, victims and former high-ranking employees speak out for the first time, pulling back the curtain on Musk's empire. Elon Musk Unveiled: The Tesla Experiment screens from 19 Jun.

Join us on Mon 15 Jun for @sheffdocfest.bsky.social Spotlights: Disciples + Q&A with director Pankaj Johar On the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, two boys enter a revered Hindu school where lessons in ancient scripture blur into something more troubling. Student tickets £10!

A 'Jan 6' insurrectionist takes a British filmmaker and an American researcher on a road trip and attempts to convert them to her world of conspiracy theories. Don't miss a final chance to watch The Conspiracists this weekend. Sat 30 May. dochouse.org/event/the-co...

Alan Berliner is our Filmmaker in Focus. A virtuoso of the essay film, Berliner collages his films together from personal archives, collections, found footage, print media, literature and photo albums. Join us this June for screenings of BENITA (2025) and Letter to Editor (2019) + Q&As.

"The Argentine population is very alienated when it comes to Indigenous issues... Every effort has been made in this country not to recognise the rights of Indigenous communities” The Guardian interview Lucrecia Martel, whose new film Landmarks opens this Fri.

"A kaleidoscopic tribute to oneiric cinema" - Sight & Sound Magazine Tonight! Don't miss our Kinaesthesia screening + Q&A with filmmaker Gerald Fox. Delve into the world of dreams in silent cinema, in this inventive and surprising archival reverie.

The latest film from acclaimed Argentinian filmmaker Lucrecia Martel is a deeply resonant reflection on a 2009 land dispute that resulted in the death of indigenous leader Javier Chocobar. Winner of Best Film at BFI LFF 2025, Landmarks screens at DocHouse from Friday 29 May.

Life Support is a rare and vital chronicle of the daily struggles of healthcare workers in Gaza as they navigate bombed-out hospitals, dwindling supplies, starvation and the overwhelming influx of casualties. Showing 10 Jul + Q&A

For a year, celebrated director Vitaly Mansky has been documenting life in his hometown of Lviv, where people’s daily existence is affected by the constant threat of enemy missiles. Time to the Target screens Sun 31 May.

A sharp look at the American South's unreconciled history through a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum tourism with a community deeply divided over its past as a town built off the back of slavery – the reality glossed over in the sanitised historical narrative. Natchez opens 29 May.

On the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, two boys enter a revered Hindu school where lessons in ancient scripture blur into something more troubling. Join us on Mon 15 Jun for a screening of Disciples + Q&A, following its World Premiere at @sheffdocfest.bsky.social

Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: Runa Simi + Q&A This joyful and engaging film highlights how meaningful it is to transform a language of the oppressed into a language of power. Screening May 26th

After shocking videos surface of the killing of civilians in a Damascus suburb, a Syrian woman goes undercover online to track down the army officer responsible. Killing Anna is a gripping psychological thriller about the bringing the agents of Assad's regime to account. Opens Fri 19 Jun.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, former monk Lobsang Phuntsok cares for a community of children who have endured neglect. 12 years after their Emmy-winning short, Tashi and the Monk, the filmmakers return to find a new generation of children under Lobsang's guidance. Loving Karma opens 5 Jun.

Filmmaker Gerald Fox delves into the world of dreams in silent cinema, in this inventive and surprising archival reverie. Kinaesthesia tells the story of the birth of cinema and its experimental early decades through the prism of dreams. Join us on Wed 27 May for a screening + Q&A

Ahead of the release of True North and the Newsreel Retrospective this weekend, our latest blog explores how documentary can function as a living archive, keeping marginalised histories on record. Read more on our website: dochouse.org/documentary-...

From a Black Panther rally to the Puerto Rican ‘Young Lords’ in East Harlem, and a key document of the 1968 Columbia University student protests, this Sunday we present Third World Newsreel's Retrospective (1968-1972): Power to the People. dochouse.org/event/newsre...