White Nanny Black Child and Razing Liberty Square
After The Bridge
(Country: Italy; Year: 2023; Director: Davide Rizzo, Marzia Toscano)
Portrait of Valeria Collina, the mother of Youssef, one of the jihadists who took part in the 2017 London Bridge attack.
European premiere
All The Flowers (Todas Las Flores)
(Country: Colombia, Puerto Rico; Year: 2023; Director: Carmen Oquendo-Villar)
A portrait of Tabaco y Ron, a small brothel in a Bogotá neighbourhood that’s home to many of the city’s trans sex workers.
World premiere
Citizen Sleuth
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Chris Kasick; Stars: Emily Nestor)
An examination of the ethics of the true crime genre and how the power of narrative can affect truth and communities.
European premiere
Confessions Of A Good Samaritan
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Penny Lane)
The filmmaker's decision to give one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a personal quest to understand the nature of altruism.
European premiere
Every Body
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Julie Cohen)
Three intersex people challenge a heteronormative system of secrecy and non-consensual surgery in the US.
International premiere
The Invention Of The Other (Invenção do Outro)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2023; Director: Bruno Jorge)
A record of an attempt to contact the Korubo, a remote indigenous tribe that occupies territory deep inside the Amazonian rainforest.
UK premiere
Praying For Armageddon
(Country: Norway; Year: 2023; Director: Tonje Hessen Schei)
Documentary about church pastors, congressmen and crusading bikers, who all believe we are on the precipice of a holy war.
UK premiere
Razing Liberty Square
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Katja Esson)
As rising sea-levels threaten the city of Miami, one local black community fight to save their neighbourhood from property developers and climate gentrification.
European premiere
White Nanny Black Child
(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Andy Mundy-Castle)
A group of adults find solace in sharing their experiences of growing up as the children of Black Nigerian immigrants who were fostered by white British families.
UK premiere
