Docs

Women in the bullfighting arena, a septuagenarian teenaged son, South African children’s care, a new justice system in Rwanda, a Kenyan Nobel Prize winner, and a passionate Indian song: these diverse subjects find a communal home in BEV’s festival documentary programme.

All are made with brilliance and composed with intelligence; each one an illuminating navigation of a political or cultural subject to explore, learn from, or vigorously debate.

  • My Neighbour, My Killer

    ICA Cinema 1, Thur March 11, 8.30pm

    Truth and Reconciliation, Rwandan style - a hugely insightful exploration of the complicated process of restoration in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide.

  • The Other Song

    ICA Cinema 2, March 9, 8.30pm & ICA Cinema 2, March 10, 8.30pm

    A beautifully filmmed journey through the almost-forgotten songs of traditional Indian thumri singing.

  • Rough Aunties

    plus director Q&A

    ICA Cinema 1, March 7, 2.30pm & ICA Cinema 2, March 9, 6.15pm

    A celebration of the strength and compassion of the ‘Rough Aunties’ who care, and fight, for South Africa’s abused children, from one of the world’s best documentary makers.

  • Junior

    plus skype director Q&A (tbc)

    ICA Cinema 1, Sat March 6, 6.15pm & ICA Cinema 2, Mon March 8, 6.30pm & Ritzy, Fri 5th March, 6pm

    Mum (98) and son (75) share a home, and with that the joys and frustrations of domestic life. Laugh and weep at this brilliant, award-winning doc.

  • She is the Matador

    plus skype director Q&A

    UK PREMIERE

    ICA Cinema 2, March 5, 6,45pm & ICA Cinema 2, March 6, 6.30pm

    Fascinating insights into the role of the matador in Spanish culture, and the women who dare to face the bull.