Bertha DocHouse
@berthadochouse.bsky.social
The UK's only documentary cinema, based in Curzon Bloomsbury
Two female field medics serve on the frontlines of the Ukrainian conflict, navigating the absurdity of war with grit, humour and friendship. Join us for a screening + Q&A of Cuba & Alaska on Tue 27 Jan. bit.ly/CA-bdh
January 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Two female field medics serve on the frontlines of the Ukrainian conflict, navigating the absurdity of war with grit, humour and friendship. Join us for a screening + Q&A of Cuba & Alaska on Tue 27 Jan. bit.ly/CA-bdh
⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A clinical exposé of the elaborate machinery of state power, media hostility and private opportunism." - The Irish Times
The Six Billion Dollar Man is now showing. bit.ly/4ouWwDU
The Six Billion Dollar Man is now showing. bit.ly/4ouWwDU
The Six Billion Dollar Man: Julian Assange and the Price of Truth - Bertha DocHouse
The saga of Julian Assange, from the huge releases that brought Wikileaks to the world’s attention, through to today.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A clinical exposé of the elaborate machinery of state power, media hostility and private opportunism." - The Irish Times
The Six Billion Dollar Man is now showing. bit.ly/4ouWwDU
The Six Billion Dollar Man is now showing. bit.ly/4ouWwDU
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. bit.ly/BW-bdh
Showing from Fri 16 Jan. bit.ly/BW-bdh
Black Water - Bertha DocHouse
Black Water is a beautifully-wrought, human story from the frontline of climate change.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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. bit.ly/BW-bdh
Showing from Fri 16 Jan. bit.ly/BW-bdh
Behind the loud and intimidating 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 bit.ly/LB-bdh
Wed 14 Jan: London Boys + filmmaker Q&A bit.ly/LB-bdh
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Behind the loud and intimidating 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 bit.ly/LB-bdh
Wed 14 Jan: London Boys + filmmaker Q&A bit.ly/LB-bdh
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. bit.ly/IWinterBDH
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Iron Winter is now showing. bit.ly/IWinterBDH
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Iron Winter - Official Trailer
Iron Winter follows two young Mongolian horse herders who battle extreme winter cold to protect an ancient tradition that risks being lost forever. Set in the Tsakhir Valley of the Arkhangai…
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January 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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. bit.ly/IWinterBDH
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s-K...
Iron Winter is now showing. bit.ly/IWinterBDH
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s-K...
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. dochouse.org/event/ex-lib...
A glorious love letter to knowledge, Ex Libris shows Sun 11 Jan as part of our Frederick Wiseman season. dochouse.org/event/ex-lib...
Ex Libris - The New York Public Library - Bertha DocHouse
Ex Libris invites you behind the scenes at the New York Public Library, one of the world’s greatest institutions of learning.
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January 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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. dochouse.org/event/ex-lib...
A glorious love letter to knowledge, Ex Libris shows Sun 11 Jan as part of our Frederick Wiseman season. dochouse.org/event/ex-lib...
As 2025 draws to a close, there's plenty on our radar for the 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. Head to our blog for the full list! dochouse.org/docs-were-lo...
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. Head to our blog for the full list! dochouse.org/docs-were-lo...
Docs We're Looking Forward to in 2026
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.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As 2025 draws to a close, there's plenty on our radar for the 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. Head to our blog for the full list! dochouse.org/docs-were-lo...
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. Head to our blog for the full list! dochouse.org/docs-were-lo...
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. www.eventbrite.com/e/dochouse-s...
DocHouse Shorts: Animalian
Join us for a free online short film screening that explores human-animal connections around the world.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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. www.eventbrite.com/e/dochouse-s...
Codenamed Cuba and Alaska, two female 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.bsky.social bit.ly/CA-bdh
On 27 Jan, join us for a screening of Cuba & Alaska + Q&A, in partnership with @sheffdocfest.bsky.social bit.ly/CA-bdh
DocFest Spotlights: Cuba & Alaska - Bertha DocHouse
Two female field medics serve on the frontlines of the Ukrainian conflict, navigating the absurdity of war with grit, humour and friendship.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Codenamed Cuba and Alaska, two female 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.bsky.social bit.ly/CA-bdh
On 27 Jan, join us for a screening of Cuba & Alaska + Q&A, in partnership with @sheffdocfest.bsky.social bit.ly/CA-bdh
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. dochouse.org/event/nation...
National Gallery - Bertha DocHouse
National Gallery is an observation of a place, its way of working and its paintings. An immersive meditation on the act of seeing.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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. dochouse.org/event/nation...
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. bit.ly/Docs2026
Docs We're Looking Forward to in 2026
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.
bit.ly
December 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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. bit.ly/Docs2026
⭐⭐⭐⭐ "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. bit.ly/4ouWwDU
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
The Six Billion Dollar Man: Julian Assange and the Price of Truth is now showing. bit.ly/4ouWwDU
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
The Six Billion Dollar Man review – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s rise, fall and limbo
Focusing on the rogue’s gallery of hypocrites and crooks surrounding him, Assange himself is in the background of a pretty definitive examination
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December 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐ "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. bit.ly/4ouWwDU
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
The Six Billion Dollar Man: Julian Assange and the Price of Truth is now showing. bit.ly/4ouWwDU
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
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. bit.ly/AWTbdh
Ai Weiwei’s Turandot is showing from Fri 23 Jan. bit.ly/AWTbdh
Ai Weiwei's Turandot - Bertha DocHouse
Renowned artist Ai Weiwei makes his debut as an opera director with a radical reinterpretation of Puccini's controversial Turandot.
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December 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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. bit.ly/AWTbdh
Ai Weiwei’s Turandot is showing from Fri 23 Jan. bit.ly/AWTbdh
Featuring interviews with admirers and collaborators, including Björk and David Byrne, Monk in Pieces is a mosaic portrait of visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk, who overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her generation. From 17 Jan. bit.ly/MIPbdh
Monk in Pieces - Bertha DocHouse
A mosaic portrait that illuminates her wildly original sound and imagery of composer and performer Meredith Monk.
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December 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Featuring interviews with admirers and collaborators, including Björk and David Byrne, Monk in Pieces is a mosaic portrait of visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk, who overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her generation. From 17 Jan. bit.ly/MIPbdh
Read this interview with director Kasimir Burgess, whose new documentary Iron Winter opens at Bertha DocHouse on Friday 2 January. Book tickets here: bit.ly/IWinterBDH
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“A Brutal Kind of Beauty”: Kasimir Burgess on His Visions du Réel-Premiering ‘Iron Winter’
In 2024, 7 million livestock died in Mongolia due to what some say was the country’s harshest winter on record. Australian filmmaker Kasimir Burgess witnessed the disaster firsthand while making his…
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December 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Read this interview with director Kasimir Burgess, whose new documentary Iron Winter opens at Bertha DocHouse on Friday 2 January. Book tickets here: bit.ly/IWinterBDH
www.documentary.org/online-featu...
www.documentary.org/online-featu...
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. bit.ly/ArchiBDH
December 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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. bit.ly/ArchiBDH
Directed by Romanian filmmaker Andrei Ujică, 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. bit.ly/OOTPbdh
Join us for a screening + Q&A of Out of the Present, in partnership with Pushkin House. bit.ly/OOTPbdh
Out of the Present - Bertha DocHouse
Join us for the screening of the cult classic Out of the Present by the Romanian director Andrei Ujica.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Directed by Romanian filmmaker Andrei Ujică, 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. bit.ly/OOTPbdh
Join us for a screening + Q&A of Out of the Present, in partnership with Pushkin House. bit.ly/OOTPbdh
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. dochouse.org/event/dochou...
DocHouse Shorts: Best Of 2025 - Bertha DocHouse
Back on the big screen, some of our favourite short documentaries screened at Bertha DocHouse over the past twelve months.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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. dochouse.org/event/dochou...
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. bit.ly/BowieBDH
Showing from Friday 26 December. bit.ly/BowieBDH
December 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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. bit.ly/BowieBDH
Showing from Friday 26 December. bit.ly/BowieBDH
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. bit.ly/JITAbdh
Johatsu: Into Thin Air - Bertha DocHouse
In Japan, thousands of people vanish without a trace every year. This doc paints a multifaceted portrait of this phenomenon.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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. bit.ly/JITAbdh
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London-based friends, don’t miss these special screenings of ANTIDOTE at @berthadochouse.bsky.social. The first one’s tonight, with showings also on Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve!
Grab your tickets: dochouse.org/event/antido...
@jamesjones.bsky.social
Grab your tickets: dochouse.org/event/antido...
@jamesjones.bsky.social
Antidote - Bertha DocHouse
Antidote follows whistleblowers, journalists and activists working secretly to expose Russia's poison and assassination operations.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
London-based friends, don’t miss these special screenings of ANTIDOTE at @berthadochouse.bsky.social. The first one’s tonight, with showings also on Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve!
Grab your tickets: dochouse.org/event/antido...
@jamesjones.bsky.social
Grab your tickets: dochouse.org/event/antido...
@jamesjones.bsky.social
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. bit.ly/BW-bdh
After its World Premiere at #CPHDOX, Black Water screens from Fri 16 Jan. bit.ly/BW-bdh
Black Water - Bertha DocHouse
Black Water is a beautifully-wrought, human story from the frontline of climate change.
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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. bit.ly/BW-bdh
After its World Premiere at #CPHDOX, Black Water screens from Fri 16 Jan. bit.ly/BW-bdh
Sudan, Remember Us is now showing. A beautiful, devastating story from a conflict that hasn't received enough attention in mainstream media. Hind Meddab's camera finds hope as young activists and artists in Khartoum strive to build a movement in the midst of a civil war. bit.ly/SRUbdh
Sudan, Remember Us - Bertha DocHouse
In 2019, documentary filmmaker Hind Meddab flew to Sudan to film a sit-in protest at the Army headquarters in Khartoum.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Sudan, Remember Us is now showing. A beautiful, devastating story from a conflict that hasn't received enough attention in mainstream media. Hind Meddab's camera finds hope as young activists and artists in Khartoum strive to build a movement in the midst of a civil war. bit.ly/SRUbdh
Join us for a free online shorts screening. With DocHouse Shorts: Animalian, step into a world where the bridge between animals and humans is crossed in unusual and surprising ways. Available to watch from 22 Dec - 5 Jan. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dochouse-s...
DocHouse Shorts: Animalian
Join us for a free online short film screening that explores human-animal connections around the world.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Join us for a free online shorts screening. With DocHouse Shorts: Animalian, step into a world where the bridge between animals and humans is crossed in unusual and surprising ways. Available to watch from 22 Dec - 5 Jan. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dochouse-s...
Three teenagers in Sarajevo chase their Olympic dreams on a bullet-riddled luge track, trying to reach beyond the limits of post-war Bosnia. The Track is a love letter to Sarajevo – what it was, what it has been through, and where the next generation will take it. 22 Jan + Q&A. bit.ly/48KYFXw
The Track - Bertha DocHouse
Three teenagers in Sarajevo chase their Olympic dreams on a bullet-riddled luge track, trying to reach beyond the limits of post-war Bosnia.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Three teenagers in Sarajevo chase their Olympic dreams on a bullet-riddled luge track, trying to reach beyond the limits of post-war Bosnia. The Track is a love letter to Sarajevo – what it was, what it has been through, and where the next generation will take it. 22 Jan + Q&A. bit.ly/48KYFXw