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Marianne & Leonard: Words Of Love and Shirley Temple
3OHA (Zona)
(Country: United States, Russia; Year: 2019; Director: Clayton Vomero; Writer: Clayton Vomero; Stars: Alena, Amplituda, August, Misha Buster, Illya Chichkan, Dasha, Bogdan Demidov, Dima, Husky, Natasha Isupova, Irena Kendzerska, Yasya Khomenko, Misha Koptev, Sonya Mohova, Natalia Naprasnaya)
UK premiere
Examines the Soviet Union's dissolution up to the techno-feudalism of today.
6 Gain
(Country: Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Jorn Plucieniczak; Writer: Jorn Plucieniczak; Stars: Sam Houbregs, Symen Martens, Sam Houbregs, Symen Martens)
UK premiere
Documentary about two young men trying to pass the time in a post-industrial suburb
The Air Of The Earth In Your Lungs
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Ross Meckfessel)
UK premiere
Experimental short.
Black To Techno
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2019; Director: Jenn Nikiru)
UK premiere
Exploring the radical musical movement that originated in Detroit in the 80s.
Cool Daddio: The Second Life Of R Stevie Moore
(Country: UK, Poland; Year: 2019; Director: Imogen Putler, Monika Baran)
World premiere
Tracking down the man who has influenced a generation of musicians.
A Dog Called Money and 6 Gain
Distant Planet: The Six Chapters Of Simons
(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Josh Blaaberg)
UK premiere
A trio of time-travelling Italo Disco stars reunite on a fantastic voyage through the genre.
A Dog Called Money
(Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2019; Director: Seamus Murphy; Writer: Seamus Murphy; Stars: PJ Harvey)
UK premiere
A glimpse into the creative process of groundbreaking British musician PJ Harvey, filmed in a London recording studio and during their travels to Afghanistan, Kosovo and Washington DC.
Father Figure
(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2019; Director: Bibi Fadlalla)
International premiere
The importance of voguing for a man's identity.
Here We Are
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2019; Director: Viviana Zuñiga)
International premiere
How music helps people in a community besieged by drug wars.
Hey, Bro!
(Year: 2018; Director: Aleksander Elkan)
UK premiere
A pair of new friends head on holiday.
Symphony Of The Ursus Factory and Lima Screams
Hype Master
(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Isaac Reeder)
UK premiere
Shaun Lewis AKA Stormin was one of the pioneers of Grime. While sharing the story of his rise to mainstream fame, his battle with cancer returns.
Kate Nash: Underestimate The Girl
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Amy Goldstein; Stars: Tom Biller, Linda Buratto, Kate Craig, Jeff Ellis, Emma Hughes, Jarrad Kritzstein, Kate Nash, Marie Nash, Frederik Thaae, Alicia Warrington)
World premiere
Story of the musician's rise to fame.
Lima Screams
(Country: Peru; Year: 2018; Director: Dana Bonilla, Ximena Valdivia; Writer: Dana Bonilla, Ximena Valdivia)
International premiere
Portrait of Lima, through an immersion into different alternative music scenes.
Lisbon Beat
(Country: Portugal; Year: 2019; Director: Rita Maia, Vasco Viana)
International premiere
A journey around Lisbon’s suburbs seen through the lives of a handful of musicians.
Marianne & Leonard: Words Of Love
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Nick Broomfield)
A story of enduring love between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. The film follows their relationship from the early days in Greece, a time of ‘free love’ and open marriage, to how their love evolved when Leonard became a successful musician.
UK premiere
Lisbon Beat and Hype Master
Once Aurora
(Country: Norway; Year: 2018; Director: Benjamin Langeland, Stian Servoss; Writer: Benjamin Langeland, Stian Servoss; Stars: Aurora Aksnes, Aurora Aksnes)
UK premiere
Following a pop music sensation from a small town in western Norway as she begins to ask what she wants from life.
The Revenge Of The Diva
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2019; Director: Gustav Ahlgren, Emelie Jönsson)
UK premiere
Soprano Siv Wennberg - who was accused of being a diva in younger years - plots a comeback in her seventies.
Searching Eva
(Country: Germany; Year: 2019; Director: Pia Hellenthal; Writer: Pia Hellenthal, Giorgia Malatrasi; Stars: Eva Collé)
UK premiere
Eva shares everything about her nomadic life online. Staging her private life on Tumblr and Instagram, she reinvents herself again and again: sex worker, model, feminist, queer writer?
Shirley Temple
(Year: 2018; Director: Noah Applebaum, Greg Young; Writer: DP Davis, Alan Stephens)
UK premiere
Documentary about two 17-year-old girls.
The Sound Is Innocent
(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2019; Director: Johana Ožvold)
UK premiere
The story of electronic music.
The Revenge Of The Diva and The Air Of The Earth In Your Lungs
Symphony Of The Ursus Factory
(Country: Poland; Year: 2018; Director: Jasmina Wojcik; Writer: Jasmina Wojcik)
UK premiere
The largest producers of tractors in Europe , the Ursus Factory came to an end following the collapse of communism. Here the ex-workers of the Ursus Factory re-enact a day of work.
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