Documentary
A new festival wants equality for women in extreme sports
This is Shextreme — Shextreme, the first film festival highlighting the experience of women in the extreme sports community, heads to Bristol in October.
Written by: Biju Belinky
I worked in the government for years – now I’m an anarchist
‘The system isn’t working’ — After a long and successful career as a British diplomat, Carne Ross suffered a crisis of faith. Here, he discusses the dangers of our current political order.
Written by: Carne Ross
The bizarre story behind North Korea's first ever rock concert
Liberation Day — Liberation Day documents the surreal week leading up to the performance of controversial Slovenian art-rock band Laibach in Pyongyang – the first concert ever played by outsiders in North Korea.
Written by: Biju Belinky
The surf photographer living life in the impact zone
Pushing the limit — Russell Ord started putting himself between the waves to find his own space in the world of surf photography. Now, his fearless approach to life is being captured in a documentary.
Written by: Biju Belinky
For the skaters of Myanmar, boards are a symbol of hope
Pushing Myanmar — As dictatorship declines, filmmakers James Holman and Ali Drummond go back to Yangon, documenting the community built around its DIY skatepark.
Written by: Biju Belinky
The American students building their own sustainable futures
Generation Cooperative — In Generation Cooperative, Rosina Andreou and Dorothy Allen-Pickard offer a glimpse into the lives of young American students who found an alternative to overpriced housing in communal living.
Written by: Biju Belinky
'Great photographers need determination not talent'
Advice from Chris Killip — Photographer Chris Killip captured the North of England's deindustrialisation in a way no one else did. Now, almost three decades later, he looks back at what it takes to create images that truly record a place and time.
Written by: Biju Belinky
My mother, the punk rocker
Poly Styrene — The story of iconic punk and frontwoman Poly Styrene will soon be hitting our screens, brought to life using her own diaries and the voice of her daughter, Celeste Bell.
Written by: Biju Belinky
This film will make you rethink America's race problem
I Am Not Your Negro — Director Raoul Peck spent a decade making a posthumous collaboration with his hero: bringing the urgent ideas of writer and activist James Baldwin back to life. The results are astonishing.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Life as a teenager, with the volume cranked up
Coming of age on camera — Filmmakers Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton spent three years documenting the lives of seven girls growing up in New York. What they captured is an exhilarating insight into an awkward transition.
Written by: Cian Traynor
