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Coming Soon: #Fukushima (20 Feb), #Underland (27 Mar)

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Here's the official UK artwork for Tony Benna’s debut feature film ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT 🚀

An A24, Safehouse Pictures & Sandbox Films production.

★★★★ "a riotously funny, painfully honest film about facing death" (The Guardian).

In select UK cinemas from 6 February.
Tickets at andreisanidiot.com
We've announced another Q&A for UNDERLAND!

Adapted from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social’s bestselling book, #UnderlandFilm is a mesmerising cinematic journey into the depths of the earth.

📍Rheged Cinema, Penrith
Tickets at rheged.com/event/underl...
February 11, 2026 at 12:10 PM
“It’s okay to die how you want to die. André really allows us to look at our lives and our deaths in a way where we don’t have to follow convention or rules.”

ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT Director Tony Benna for @lwlies.com. See it in select UK cinemas now.
lwlies.com/this-just-in...
Death with Dignity: the documentaries de-stigmatising end-of-life care
André is an Idiot is the latest in a line of refreshing films that tackle the taboo of death head-on.
lwlies.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Here’s the official artwork for FUKUSHIMA: A NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE.

With unprecedented access, #Fukushima chronicles Japan’s struggle following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that breached the Fukushima nuclear plant and unleashed a nuclear crisis.
February 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Mstyslav Chernov has won the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA 🏆
deadline.com/2026/02/2026...
DGA Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Top Film Prize; ‘The Studio’, ‘The Pitt’, ‘Dying For Sex’ Lead TV – Full Winners List
The 78th DGA Awards honoring the year's best in directing achievement across film, TV and commercials takes place February 7, 2026.
deadline.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Here's the official UK artwork for Tony Benna’s debut feature film ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT 🚀

An A24, Safehouse Pictures & Sandbox Films production.

★★★★ "a riotously funny, painfully honest film about facing death" (The Guardian).

In select UK cinemas from 6 February.
Tickets at andreisanidiot.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
★★★★ "André Is an Idiot review – a riotously funny, painfully honest film about facing death" - @theguardian.com.

In cinemas 6 February. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
André Is an Idiot review – a riotously funny, painfully honest film about facing death
A cancer diagnosis becomes the catalyst for gallows humour, rage and hard-won emotional openness in a disarmingly frank film about how to say goodbye
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 AM
We're pleased to share that we've boarded THE CYCLE OF LOVE directed by Oscar nominated Orlando von Einsiedel (The White Helmets, Virunga) and executive produced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas.

Read more in @variety.com: variety.com/2026/film/gl...
February 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
"So long suckers!!"

The unexpectedly funny and life-affirming ANDRÉ IS
AN IDIOT from @a24movies.bsky.social, Sandbox Films & Safehouse Pictures, is in select UK cinemas from 6 February.
January 30, 2026 at 1:22 PM
“The new medium that we’re using, the medium of the helmet cameras is so vital to this film"

Director Mstyslav Chernov talks to @financialtimes.com about his BAFTA nominated film 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA.
www.ft.com/content/96e9...
‘Frontline journalism and filmmaking as we know it is dead’ — documenting the war in Ukraine
Mstyslav Chernov embedded with troops to make the Bafta-nominated ‘2000 Meters to Adriivka’ — and show the conflict in all its horror
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:53 AM
In 2011, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Japan, triggering a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant - the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

FUKUSHIMA: A NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE is out 20 February.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Hu...
Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare - Official UK Trailer
YouTube video by Dogwoof
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Mstyslav Chernov's 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA has been nominated for Best Documentary at the 2026 @bafta.org Film Awards 🏆

#EEBAFTAs #documentary
January 27, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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This sounds both brilliant and heart wrenching.
January 26, 2026 at 9:48 AM
"Hilarious, heartbreaking...an astonishing record of an extraordinary life" (@theguardian.com).

ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT is in cinemas 6 February.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
‘It was a little scary at times’: the hilarious, heartbreaking film about one man’s riotous death
When André Ricciardi found out he had cancer, he asked a friend to film his final years. André Is an Idiot, the result, mixes in stop-motion puppetry to create an astonishing record of an extraordinar...
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:17 AM
News just in! We've boarded John Dower’s (Lockerbie) THE BALLOONISTS about the first two men to fly around the world in a balloon 🎈

Read more in @deadline.com.
deadline.com/2026/01/dogw...
Dogwoof Takes UK & Irish Rights On ‘The Balloonists’ Doc About First Men To Circle The Globe In A Balloon
Dogwoof has taken UK on 'The Balloonists' doc at Sundance - telling the story of the first balloon around the world from Rise Films, Anonymous.
deadline.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM
We’re excited to announce the UK premiere of UNDERLAND, followed by a Q&A with director Robert Petit, author @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, & composer @hannahpeel.bsky.social, in conversation with writer Gareth Evans.

🗓️ 24 March, 6:30pm
📌 @barbicancentre.bsky.social Cinema
🎟️ bit.ly/UnderlandQandA
January 21, 2026 at 10:22 AM
We’re proud to be premiering two titles at the 76th Berlinale:

🎬 WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH?
(International Premiere)

🎬 THE STORY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM
(European Premiere - Episode 1 | World Premiere Episodes 2–4)
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Happy Birthday David Lynch 🎈

Clip from LYNCH/OZ (2022).
#DavidLynch #TwinPeaks #Documentary
January 20, 2026 at 11:29 AM
In 1973, twelve misfits set out to cross the Pacific on handmade rafts. Fifty years later, the survivors finally tell their astonishing story, brought to life with never-before-seen footage remastered in 4K.

THE RAFTSMEN is available to rent or buy now.
January 19, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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FREE screening of award-winning film ‘The Librarians’ on 11th February at the UCL East Community Cinema, which tells the story of censorship in the culture wars. Check out the rest of the film season too...

@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

Deets: is.gd/EBy83M
Tix: is.gd/azBaHN
UCL East Community Cinema - The Librarians
Presented by SCCI Cinema Club, join us for a free screening of this powerful documentary exploring free speech and book banning in the US.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Watch the official trailer for ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT.

André is a “brilliant idiot” who after skipping a colonoscopy, receives a terminal diagnosis. This absurdly funny film follows André as he learns how to face death without losing his sense of humour.

Out 6 February.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdM-...
André Is An Idiot - Official UK Trailer
YouTube video by Dogwoof
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by Dogwoof
#GriersonDocLab applications are open! 📹 with support from National Geographic and Banijay UK

If you're aged 18-25, UK-based, love all things #Documentary & #FactualTV and want to work in the industry, then we'd love to hear from you.

Deadline 19 Feb bit.ly/4oR3a7x
December 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"Jonathan Stiasny, director of new documentary Bowie: The Final Act, on telling the powerful story of the legendary musican's final chapter" - @bigissue.com.

BOWIE: THE FINAL ACT is in cinemas & on digital now.
www.bigissue.com/culture/musi...
10 years after his death, David Bowie shows us how to move forward
David Bowie's final act may be his most generous: a roadmap for creativity, courage and reinvention in a world that needs all three.
www.bigissue.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM