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The Friend’s House Is Here and Robert Richardson: The White Devil

The Friend’s House Is Here (Country: US, Iran; Year: 2026; Director: Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei; Stars: Mahshad Bahram, Hana Mana, Farzad Karen, Zohreh Pirnia)

In Tehran’s underground art scene, two young women build a blissful world of freedom and sisterhood. But when their creative circle is exposed, they must fight to save each other.

Robert Richardson: The White Devil (Country: US, Czech Republic; Year: 2026; Director: Jana Hojdová; Stars: Jana Hojdová, Robert Richardson)

What started as a student exercise and master’s degree project soon evolved into a creative partnership and personal friendship between the director and the famed cinematographer.

The Story Of Documentary Film (Year: 2025; Director: Mark Cousins)

This new 16-hour epic tracks the journey of non-fiction cinema from the end of the 19th century to modern day. Told in 16 chapters and covering 13 decades, it showcases documentaries from all corners of the world in a quest to uncover how our world is moulded by and reflected in documentary film.