Bertha DocHouse

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As the world gets hotter and weather gets more extreme, Black Water follows Lokhi and her family in southern Bangladesh, where the climate crisis of the future is already a reality.

Showing from Fri 16 Jan. https://t.co/aVyT4r1pEt

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Behind the loud motorcycles of the "Bangladeshi Bad Boys" is a group of second-generation Bangladeshi men who find in their bikes a sense of identity and a way to overcome racism.

Wed 14 Jan: London Boys + filmmaker Q&A https://t.co/xifEs2he5y

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Two friends battle freezing conditions to herd 2000 horses through Mongolia's coldest valley, one of the world's most breathtaking and forbidding environments.

Iron Winter is now showing. https://t.co/QUm55TNlkb

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Ex Libris invites you to spend three hours behind the scenes at the New York Public Library, one of the world’s greatest institutions of learning.

A glorious love letter to knowledge, Ex Libris shows Sun 11 Jan as part of our Frederick Wiseman season. https://t.co/xrNcaBuwXm

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As 2025 draws to a close, there's plenty on our radar for the the new year.

Featuring festival faves, doc debuts and international hits, we've compiled a list of docs we're excited to see on the big screen in 2026. Head to our blog for the full list! https://t.co/LGdLTdZHjB

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Our online shorts programme, Animalian, is available to watch until Mon 5 Jan. These short-but-perfectly-formed docs take us on a journey from the ancient Turkish city of Kars to the picturesque Italian countryside of Monesiglio. https://t.co/pGDqWNuNpQ

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Codenamed Cuba and Alaska, two field medics serve on the frontlines of the Ukrainian conflict, navigating the absurdity of war with grit, humour and friendship.

On 27 Jan, join us for a screening of Cuba & Alaska + Q&A, in partnership with @sheffdocfest. https://t.co/OZLvNZ8AwH

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National Gallery is an immersive meditation on the act of seeing, as Frederick Wiseman points his camera at another cultural institution: London’s National Gallery, going behind the scenes to the heart of the museum. Showing on Sunday 4 Jan. https://t.co/hJUZU5mQAJ

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As 2025 draws to a close, there's plenty to look forward to in the new year. Featuring festival favourites, doc debuts and international hits, we've compiled a list of documentaries we're excited to see on the big screen in 2026. https://t.co/q6YA9oE5f7

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Rigorous and forensic and covers the ground with aplomb." - The Guardian

The Six Billion Dollar Man: Julian Assange and the Price of Truth is now showing. https://t.co/XH0ZIFI0ca

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Follow renowned artist Ai Weiwei as he makes his debut as an opera director with a radical reinterpretation of Puccini's classic (and controversial) Turandot, at the Rome Opera House.

Ai Weiwei’s Turandot is showing from Fri 23 Jan. https://t.co/zCuUOoMufT

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Featuring interviews with admirers and collaborators including Björk & David Byrne, Monk in Pieces is a mosaic portrait of visionary composer & performer Meredith Monk, who overcame critics to become one of the great artists of her generation. From 17 Jan. https://t.co/ClxbyYOLsw

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Read this interview with director Kasimir Burgess, whose new documentary Iron Winter opens at Bertha DocHouse on Friday 2 January. Book tickets here: https://t.co/NZPM62yYtq

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An epic, intimate and poetic meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveal our destruction - and offer hope for survival and a way forward. Architecton returns tomorrow in our #BestOf2025 season. https://t.co/bvuUFHii0M

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This 1995 cult classic follows cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev's time aboard the Mir space station, painting a vivid portrait of life in outer space. 🚀

Join us for a screening + Q&A of Out of the Present, in partnership with @Pushkin_House https://t.co/EzANFdX3YZ

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In our DocHouse Shorts: Best of 2025 programme, we witness immigration stories, the struggle for Palestinian identity, government control and censorship in the UK, and how past experiences shape our present day. From Saturday. https://t.co/H00We78Exe

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Bowie: The Final Act focuses in on David Bowie's last chapter, culminating in his final haunting and transformative album, Blackstar.

Showing from Friday 26 December. https://t.co/3fRwPX9mzL

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In Japan, thousands of people vanish without a trace every year. Johatsu: Into Thin Air paints a multifaceted portrait of a complex phenomenon, reflecting on what society allows and what is rejected. Showing from Saturday as part of our #BestOf2025. https://t.co/zyn5bMnD92

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David Bowie was more than a musician, he was a master of transformation.

BOWIE: THE FINAL ACT traces David #Bowie’s final creative rebirth, told through rare interviews with those who knew and were inspired by him.

In cinemas from 26 December.
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As the world gets hotter and weather gets more extreme, Black Water follows Lokhi and her family in southern Bangladesh, where the climate crisis of the future is already a reality.

After its World Premiere at #CPHDOX, Black Water screens from Fri 16 Jan. https://t.co/aVyT4r1pEt