Between The Rains

A childhood caught up in tribal expectations and the looming threat of climate change

Filmed with stunning cinematography over four years, Between the Rains explores a childhood caught within a traditional culture that is a casualty of climate change. During a period of record low rainfall in northern Kenya, the Turkana tribe faces growing violent clashes with rival tribes and encroaching wild predators hunting their livestock. Kolei, a sensitive shepherd boy whose name translates to “living amongst the goats”, questions not only his path as a warrior, but also the erosion of the culture that has shaped every aspect of his life. With unprecedented and intimate access to the Turkana people, this moving coming-of-age story reveals the grave threats facing one of the world's oldest communities.

All Static & Noise

Survivors and their families risk everything to expose the truth of China's Uyghur detention and 're-education' camps

Jewher, a Uyghur teen from China, lands in the US after she is violently separated from her father at the Beijing airport. Abduweli, a linguist and poet imprisoned and tortured for teaching Uyghur language, leaves for Istanbul upon his release. Together, they join survivors of China’s "re-education camps" and their families, in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Europe and the United States to expose atrocities with the hope that global awareness brings change.

The Expert at the Card Table

The best magicians of the 21st century search for the lost author of the most mysterious book on the art of sleight of hand

S.W. Erdnase… The pseudonym of the most notorious hustler of the 19th century. His true identity is still unknown and makes for a mystery which leaves even the best illusionists in the dark. Today his book “The Expert at The Card Table” is known as the bible of card magic. The greatest magicians of the present set out on a journey to search for the lost genius. They tell stories that make your blood run cold. Even though there seems to be no proof for any of the countless myths and legends surrounding the writer the search makes one realise the true value of his work.

Making La Grande Boucherie

Architectural and gastronomical innovation in midtown Manhattan

The ambitious architectural transformation of a forgotten Manhattan corridor into a larger-than-life 1920s-inspired brasserie that honours timeless French design through the multigenerational artisans who will handcraft everything from the iron railings to the pewter countertops using traditional 100-year-old methods. Construction crews push the limits to rapidly complete the project during what would come to be known as the hardest time in history for the restaurant industry.

Under Deadly Skies: Ukraine's Eastern Front

Terror and torture in Ukraine

Veteran war reporter John Sweeney and Byline TV filmmaker Caolan Robertson hit the road with war photographer Paul Conroy and journalist Zarina Zabrisky to gather compelling evidence for the use of illegal weapons and the torture of civilians in Ukraine, as well as examining the reality of life and conditions faced by ordinary people on Ukraine's eastern front.

Gender Wars

The battle over youth gender

How to care for the increasing number of young people struggling with their gender is the subject of heated global debate. At the heart of that debate is whether medical interventions, including puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, should be administered to young people.

Endless Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

What becomes of love and grief in our disconnected digital age?

Jade McCann, an enigmatic and multi-talented Irish influencer, is diagnosed with terminal cancer only 3 weeks after her father, Anthony. Bringing the family's struggles into the public domain, Jade's social media presence generates both community and alienation. Does social media provide a lasting legacy, or a delusion of belonging in a world of empty connections?

Under the Sky of Damascus

A group of young Syrian women meet in secret to debate embarking on a radical project that threatens to put them in danger.

A tight-knit group of young Syrian women embark upon on a radical project: producing a play that lays bare the culture of misogyny and sexual abuse that has blighted the lives of females in their country for generations. Farah, Eliana, Inana, Souhir and Grace want to blow the whistle on women's oppression, though they know their production will make it even harder for them to get work. Collaborating with exiled Syrian filmmakers Heba Khaled (making her feature debut) and Talal Derki (the Oscar-nominated OF FATHERS AND SONS)—and Ali Wajeeh on the ground in Damascus—the women fan out through the war-weary city to gather individual stories that will form the basis of their play.

African Apocalypse

A people’s history of colonialism like no other

An exploration of the French colonial invasion of Niger in 1899 which continues to scar the country and gives the background to the current turbulent events in West Africa. A young British-Nigerian writer/activist travels to Niger to follow the route of Captain Paul Voulet one of the most monstrous killers in colonial history, and meets communities along the way who live scarred by Voulet’s legacy.