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IWOW: I Walk on Water
● 2020 ● 198 mins ● 15 - Contains strong language, drug references. From visionary artist and photographer Khalik Allah, I Walk on Water is an intimate and visually stunning deep dive into Harlem after dark. The film focuses around Frenchie, a 60-something schizophrenic, homeless Haitian man, who Allah becomes increasingly intertwined with. In parallel, Allah, the filmmaker behind Black Mother, also turns the camera on himself to document a turbulent romantic relationship and grapple with personal notions of spirituality and mortality – all inquiries about which he gathers advice from charismatic confidants including Fab 5 Freddy, members of the Wu-Tang Clan, and, in deeply moving exchanges, his own mother. Available 26 Feb 2021 Join us for an exclusive online Q&A with director Khalik Allah
Assassins
Ryan White ● 2021 ● 104 mins ● 12 - Contains infrequent strong language. The audacious murder of the brother of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in a crowded Malaysian airport sparked a worldwide media frenzy. At the centre of the investigation are two young women who are either cold-blooded killers or unwitting pawns in a political assassination. Assassins goes beyond the headlines to question every angle of this case, from human trafficking to geopolitical espionage to the secretive dynamics of the North Korean dynasty.
MLK/FBI
Sam Pollard ● 2020 ● 104 mins ● 12 - Contains disturbing images, real violence, references to racism and sexual violence. MLK/FBI is the first film to uncover the extent of the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on newly discovered and declassified files, utilising a trove of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and unsealed by the National Archives, as well as revelatory restored footage, the documentary explores the government’s history of targeting Black activists, and the contested meaning behind some of our most cherished ideals. 
The Mole Agent
Maite Alberdi ● 2020 ● 84 mins ● PG - Contains mild upsetting scenes, infrequent sex references. When 83-year-old Chilean Sergio is sent as an undercover spy to a retirement home to investigate suspected neglect, he learns a deeper lesson on human connection. Through the lens of the hidden camera in his decoy glasses, viewers watch as Sergio struggles to balance his assignment while becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents.
Love Child
Eva Mulvad ● 2019 ● 112 mins ● 12A - Contains infrequent strong language, domestic abuse, upsetting scenes. From Danish documentarian Eva Mulvad (The Good Life), Love Child paints a heartbreaking portrait of Leila and Sahand, an Iranian couple who are forced to flee for their lives from Tehran where their secret affair and illegitimate child are both considered crimes, punishable by death. Together with their four-year-old son Mani, they take refuge in Turkey with dreams of a new life. 
Luxor
Zeina Durra ● 2020 ● 85 mins ● 12A - Contains infrequent strong language, drug misuse. British aid worker Hana (Andrea Riseborough) is seeking respite after an overwhelming period spent working at a clinic on the harrowing Syrian border, where she specialised in treating victims wounded in the war. She returns to the ancient and majestic city of Luxor, where she lived as a young adult, and encounters Sultan (Karim Saleh), a talented archaeologist and former lover. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.