Open City Documentary Festival

Tune into FIGHT FAIR @BBCRadio4 today at 11.45am!👇 "A punchy, pacy, personal story about what it means to overcome adversity on your own terms" from our @UCLEast Audio Storytelling MA student @LibbyLiburd @CPATrust @UCLSocHistSci @ucl

📢 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 📢 🌟 JOIN THE STORYTELLING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2024/25 🌟 Are you a pioneer of storytelling for social change? 🌍 Find out more about the Storytelling Fellowship in Impact Production and apply: arts.ac.uk/storytelling-i…

In the face of increasing political oppression and historical amnesia, Daniel Hui’s speculative fiction offers a timely chorus of political dissidence. SNAKESKIN screens at the @BFI 25 July, 18:20pm whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default…

The Chinese master of slow cinema covers life in some of the country's 18,000 garment factories in this sprawling but focused documentary.' @csaquinlan for @LWLies Don't miss our one-off screening of Wang Bing's Youth (Spring) on Sun 30 Jun. Book now: bit.ly/YouthBDH

My second report on @OpenCityDocs 2024, this time for the @IDAorg. documentary.org/online-feature…

SCCI Cinema Club presents... Ben Sharrock's 'Limbo'. A poignant comedy drama about a young Syrian musician, who finds himself stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request. 📅 26 June, @ucleast 1 Pool Street Cinema, FREE Book: bit.ly/3Rdz947

@JonathanAliTT is looking into organising a London pod to follow this year’s FLAHERTY SEMINAR remotely TO COMMUNE, is programmed by May Adadol Ingawanij & Julian Ross and taking place at the Thai Film Archive from 27 June-2 July More info: opencitylondon.com/news/flaherty-…

SHOWING TOMORROW, 7pm, @ucleast One Pool Street Cinema Spectra presents a FREE screening of Theo Montoya's 'Anhell69' (2022), a powerful, genre-defying response to loss: buff.ly/4eny9UV @UCLanthropology @UCLSocHistSci #PrideMonth2024 #PrideMonth

🚨 CALL FOR ENTRIES 🚨 Send us your creative, innovative, thought-provoking non-fiction filmmaking at short, mid and feature length, as well as short audio documentaries, and cross platform projects.⁠ ⁠ Deadline: 13 December 2024 🗓️ opencitylondon.com/entries/

Arta Barzanji (@_rtab_) reports from this year's @OpenCityDocs, writing on the Printed Forms event, the Militant Palestinian Cinema & New Militants programs and Robert Kramer's Milestones (1975). ultradogme.com/2024/06/05/ope…

Nice to see our @OpenCityDocs Nicolás Guillén Landrián retrospective @BarbicanCentre featured in this lovely FT piece on London cinemas and curation!

In colab with @OpenCityDocs @BarbicanCentre shows two films by Peruvian filmmaker María Barea, Antuca & Porque quería estudiar Two explorations of struggles & triumphs of young women navigating exploitation, cultural divides, & personal transformation. barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/…

Further screenings of Leila and the Wolves @ICALondon ica.art/films/leila-an…

Celluloid Liberation Front (@CLF_Project) write on Heiny Srour’s newly-restored 1984 film LEILA AND THE WOLVES, "a film of monumental resolve and ambition, determined to address the contradictions within the anti-colonial struggle." mubi.com/en/notebook/po…

Marita Barea’s fenomenal work screened @BarbicanCentre ! 📆 Mon, June 3, 7pm 🎬 Antuca & Porque quería estudiar 🎟️ barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/… Screening followed by a Q&A with María Barea and @mchiaradargenio Cinema restored @OpenCityDocs #cineperuano #peru #cinelatino #films

Due to popular demand 🎞️🇵🇸 Leila and the Wolves screenings @ICALondon extended until 15th May

We are deeply saddened by the news that Narcisa Hirsch passed away in the weekend. It was an honour to present her films at the festival just over a week ago, in 2 programmes beautifully curated by Jessica Sarah Rinland. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

"Leila and the Wolves 40th anniversary: Heiny Srour on her time-travelling tale of Arab womanhood" Interview by Elhum Shakerifar for @BFI bfi.org.uk/interviews/lei…

Please read the brilliant text by Nadia Yahlom from Sarha Collective written in response to the film. Commissioned by @OpenCityDocs