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I Know Catherine, The Log Lady and Cutting Through Rocks
Afterlives
(Country: Germany, Belgium, France; Year: 2025; Director: Kevin B Lee)
Explores how images of Medusa of Hatra, ISIS propaganda, and digital archives influence reality and memory while examining violence.
Always
(Country: US, China, France, Taiwan; Year: 2025; Director: Deming Chen)
Portrait of a gifted young poet growing up in rural China.
American Doctor
(Country: US, Palestinian Territory, Malaysia, Qatar, Denmark, Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Poh Si Teng)
When three American doctors — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.
Answering The Call
(Freagairt Na Gairme)
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2025; Director: Martin Danneels)
A contemplative documentary that follows the fragile survival of Ireland’s corncrake, one of the country’s most endangered birds. Set against the windswept beauty of the Atlantic coast, the film traces the efforts of ecologists, farmers, and volunteers working to restore habitats and revive the bird’s elusive nocturnal call.
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2025; Director: Gary Lennon; Stars: Eoghan Daltun)
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, An Irish Atlantic Rainforest tells the story of Eoghan Daltun, a leading climate activist at the forefront of saving native Irish oak forests in the face of climate change and political indifference on the edges of the West Coast of Ireland.
Celtic Utopia and No Stone Unturned
Celtic Utopia
(Útóipe Cheilteach)
(Country: Ireland, Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén)
Documentary considering Ireland's contemporary music scene, but also that of a postcolonial society wrestling with its heritage.
Chris Packham: People's Emergency Briefing
(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: none)
What’s happening with climate and nature, and what does it mean for everyday life in the UK? This documentary, based on the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster, brings together nine leading UK scientists and experts with the latest evidence and looks at why it matters.
Cutting Through Rocks
(Country: Qatar, Chile, Iran, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, US; Year: 2025; Director: Mohammad Reza Eyni, Sara Khaki)
As the first elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi aims to break long-held patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.
Desert Passages
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2026; Director: Laurence Durkin, Kevin Brennan; Stars: Rebecca Solnit)
The Colorado River is drying up. Reservoirs are falling to record lows and drought ravages the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. The heavily engineered water systems of the American Southwest buckle under the strain of an expanding population. Life for those on the fringes begins to unravel.
Displace: The Battle For Dublin
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2026; Director: James Redmond)
As the city shifts beneath their feet, communities of all kinds endure the trauma of developer-led change, yet slowly rediscover their collective power as they refuse to be pushed out. Filmed over four years across kitchen tables, protests, and public meetings, this documentary follows a city fighting for itself while a broken property market chews up its citizens for profit
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial VS That’s The Weight Of The World)
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson)
The boisterous, decades-spanning story of this legendary American band and its enigmatic founder, Maurice White.
Enough Is Enough
(Trop c'est Trop)
(Country: France, Congo; Director: Elisé Sawasawa)
Thirty years of war, seven million displaced, ten million dead. A plunge into the chaos of the city of Goma, capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Fix
(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Aaron Black, Rory Carson)
The Fix follows events and people at The Church on the Street in Burnley, Lancashire – run by two former addicts with criminal pasts. In a town on its uppers, people in crisis arrive daily to Bishop Mick and Pastor Emma looking for help with addiction, poverty and mental illness.
Forever Is Now
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2026; Director: Neasa Ní Chianáin; Stars: Eamon Ryan)
Set between 2023 and 2025, this documentary follows Irish Green Party leader and Cabinet Minister Eamon Ryan during his final 18 months in government. Once buoyed by Europe’s Green wave, Ryan now faces waning public interest in climate issues as he advocates globally for renewable energy and climate justice for the Global South.
A Fox Under A Pink Moon
(Country: France, UK, US, Denmark, Iran; Year: 2025; Director: Mehrdad Oskouei)
At just 16, Soraya is already creating stunning drawings and sculptures that are as beautiful as they are dark. This strong-willed Afghan sculptor and illustrator has been trying for five years to escape Iran and join her mother in Austria.
Gealtra
(Year: 2025; Director: Brendan Canty)
Centred on The Kabin Studio, a youth-led creative space on Cork’s northside, this film follows teenagers exploring identity, community and the Irish language through songwriting and poetry.
Ghost In The Machine
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Valerie Veatch)
he untold origins of artificial intelligence lie not in machines but in power, revealing the fantasies behind the hype that got us here and where we go next.
Guggi
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2026; Director: Ian Thuillier)
An intimate portrait of Irish artist Guggi - from his anarchic days with post-punk legends Virgin Prunes to his quiet mastery as a contemporary painter - revealing a life shaped by beauty.
Hospital
(Country: US; Year: 1970; Director: Frederick Wiseman; Stars: Eugene Friedman, Stanley Friedman, Robert Schwartz)
Restored documentary about the Metropolitan Hospital in NYC.
Immrám
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2025; Director: Mieke Vanmechelen, Michael Holly)
For one full year between the harvest festivals of Samhain, Immrám follows a charismatic family who are at the centre of a growing movement that aims to reclaim indigenous Irish identity, customs, religion and language. In a post-Catholic, neo-liberal Ireland, they are attempting to propagate new cultural and religious roots in tune with nature.
I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Richard Green; Writer: Jane Albusche, Jake Bluenote, Kyley Scheier; Stars: David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan, Grace Zabriskie, Kimmy Robertson, Charlotte Stewart, Harry Goaz, Michael Horse, Will Haugse)
Explores Catherine E Coulson's life and her role as Twin Peaks' Log Lady, featuring interviews and archival footage that reveal her artistic journey and the character's cultural significance.
Journacide: The War On Truth
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2026; Director: Seán Murray)
As of early May 2026, over 260 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023. The UN and various organisations have described this as the deadliest conflict for journalists in history. With Israel’s new surge of ethnic cleansing in South Lebanon the total has now reached 28 for the same period.
Last Movies
(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Stanley Schtinter)
What will be the last film you watch before you die? What if that film reveals something about you as a person? What if that film makes you die? Cinema has been shaped in the image of our stars. This documentary reconstructs the history of the moving image through the last films ever watched by these stars.
Lesbian Lines
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2026; Director: Cara Holmes; Stars: Claire Hackett, Louise Walsh, Heather Fleming, Ruth McCarthy, Joni Crone)
A hidden history through an underground network of telephone helplines. The calls, recorded in handwritten notes, were preserved during a time of profound constitutional change in Ireland, when women were fighting for their rights in a restrictive and conservative society.
Lomu
(Year: 2025; Director: Gavin Fitzgerald, Vea Mafile'o)
A Tongan/Kiwi warrior who could run 100 metres in under 11 seconds. Lomu was the youngest All Black to put on the jersey and still holds the record for the most tries scored in World Cup history.
Magilligan
(Country: UK, US, Ireland; Year: 2026; Director: Ross McClean; Writer: Ross McClean, Bronte Stahl)
Between the all-too-familiar prison walls and his mother's house, Ryan grapples with himself, eventually finding an escape with the sheep in the verdant fields of Northern Ireland.
No Stone Unturned
(Country: Northern Ireland, US; Year: 2017; Director: Alex Gibney)
Investigation of a pub massacre in 1994, when six men were gunned down and five wounded while watching a World Cup soccer match in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland.
Once You Shall Be One Of Those Who Lived Long Ago
(Year: 2025; Director: Alexander Ryneus, Per Bifrost)
Documentary about a small town that is collapsing into the mines beneath it.
Phenomena
(Country: Australia; Year: 2026; Director: Josef Gatti)
A psychedelic odyssey into the fabric of the universe, guided by a filmmaker and his immersive practical experiments that blur the lines between art and science to reveal nature’s inner workings.
The Python Hunt
(Year: 2025; Director: Xander Robin)
Every year, the Florida government asks the general public to compete in an invasive python removal contest in the Everglades. For ten nights, an eclectic group of hunters confront the dangerous terrain, nocturnal creatures and their own tiny demons.
Remake
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Ross McElwee)
The filmmaker revisits footage of his life as he works through the grief of losing his adult son.
The Road To Mexico
(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Evan Marshall)
After the heroics at the 1982 World Cup and Gerry Armstrong's famous goal against Spain, no one expected Northern Ireland to repeat the feat. Especially with a squad starting to age and no longer playing for the top clubs. Could they possibly do it again?
Steal This Story, Please!
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin; Stars: Amy Goodman)
Independent US journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from conflict zones and the Democracy Now! newsroom. This is her story.
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.
The Strike
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Joebill Mūnoz, Lucas Guilkey)
The Strike is a feature documentary that tells the story of a generation of California men who endured decades of solitary confinement and, against all odds, launched the largest hunger strike in US history. The high-security Pelican Bay prison was designed for mass-scale solitary confinement, often for a decade or more, and with little due process. In 2013, 30,000 incarcerated people went on a hunger strike that spread into a feat of unity across California prisons.
Sun Ra: Do The Impossible
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Christine Turner)
A biographical, musical journey into the work and vision of Sun Ra, exploring his
jazz roots, endless innovations, and ceaseless artistic and social quests.
Super Nature
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Ed Sayers)
Super 8 consideration of nature.
To This I Belong
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2026; Director: Nicky Larkin)
Four Luail choreographers showcase new dance performances across the islands.
Under Pressure: The Prison Officer's Story
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2026; Director: Kevin McSorley, Cahal McLaughlin)
The stories of ex-prison officers who experienced the violent political conflict in the North of Ireland between 1968 and 1998.
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