2026 Film Schedule

A collaborative “live” documentary by film director and activist Saeed Taji Farouky that documents and challenges the criminalisation of pro-Palestinian…

We're delighted to open this year's festival with the latest film from Academy Award-winning director Orlando von Einsiedel. In 1977,…

We're thrilled to present the UK premiere of the debut feature-length documentary by award-winning filmmaker from Belfast, Ross McClean. In…

When dead and dying crabs and lobsters suddenly appear on beaches across Teesside, veteran fisherman Stan Rennie becomes the unlikeliest…

16 year old Afghan Soraya is a brilliant artist, creating dark and beautiful sculptures. But she’s stuck in Iran, married…

Be the first to see the shortlisted films for this year’s Filmmaking Challenge in a free screening at Quarterhouse followed…

In 1996, a Brazilian official and a Swedish journalist filmed their trip to the Amazon to speak to the isolated…

To celebrate our screening of The Archivist, we invite everyone to a free workshop and folk procession through the town…

Maikhuu is one of the only female truck drivers working on Mongolia’s coal roads amidst the country’s “Minegolia” boom. Day…

David "Doc" Rowe has spent 60 years documenting Britain's vibrant folk traditions, songs, dances and creatures. Now he needs a…

The inside story of how a divisive protest movement, Just Stop Oil, was started by a group of everyday concerned…

Free to festival guests, We, The Hated ticket and festival pass holders, age 18+ Join us from 10pm to 1am…

A Folkestone festival tradition! Join the festival team on Sunday morning for a quick dip at Mermaid Beach -…

Up close with three American doctors volunteering in Gaza‘s overwhelmed hospitals as the humanitarian catastrophe worsens and medical staff themselves…

When a massive owl named Flaco escapes from the Central Park Zoo in New York, he’s given little chance of…

Florida’s beloved New College, a beacon of tolerance in an increasingly right-wing state, is taken over by Governor Ron de…

The final feature of the festival is an absolute treat - an exclusive sneak peek at one of the most…