LDNDOCS Announces Inaugural Documentary Showcase 21-23 November
Featuring Special Q&A with Ben Stiller at Curzon Bloomsbury for ‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost’
LDNDOCS, a newly formed intimate showcase of cinematic nonfiction film in Central London, has announced the programme for its inaugural event. Taking place in person from November 21-23, all screenings will be held at the Curzon Bloomsbury Cinema in the Brunswick Centre, London WC1N 1AW.
The 2025 showcase will reflect on how memory and time shape our relationships and the lasting impact they leave on us. 10 new, acclaimed documentary features and one short film programme will be presented, with the majority of screenings followed by a post-screening Q&A with attending directors, producers, and special guests.
The showcase will officially open with Come See Me In The Good Light, Ryan White’s poignant love story about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley as they face an incurable cancer diagnosis, transforming their experience into a moving celebration of resilience. Winner of several festival audience awards, including the prestigious Festival Favorite Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, the film was acquired by AppleTV+ earlier this year.
Other notable titles include a special ‘sneak preview’ screening ofKing Hamlet, Elvira Lind’s intimate exploration of her husband, actor Oscar Isaac, as he takes on the iconic role of Shakespeare’s Danish prince at NYC’s Public Theater, Brittany Shyne’s stunning debut Seeds, the Sundance award-winning, Critics Choice-nominated poetic portrait of Black generational farmers in the American South, National Geographic Documentary Films, The Tale Of Silyan, winner of the Best Film in the Cinema and Arts Award at the 2025 Venice Film Film Festival, and the latest from Oscar-nominated ‘Honeyland’ director, Tamara Kotevska about the unlikely and beautiful bond between man and animal, and Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, Ben Stiller’s film that tells the story of his parents, comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, where Ben Stiller will be in attendance for a special Q&A.
Other notable highlights from recent festivals include Richard Ladkani’s powerful Yanuni and Cody Sheehy’s The Last Dive.
Acclaimed director Robb Moss will present The Bend In The River, the third installment in a trilogy of films begun in 1978, and the culmination of one of the most ambitious and intimate longitudinal film projects. Similarly, Victoria Hely-Hutchinson shares her new film, Vacances, a project shot over the course of a decade with her unforgettable bohemian ‘Granny’ in Provence, and Cinema Kawakeb, Mahmoud Al Massad documents the final days of a crumbling cinema in Jordan, in a quiet reflection on loss, memory, and resilience amid larger collapse.
The shorts program highlights Palestinian filmmakers creatively engaging with archival footage and images from Palestine to touch on themes including the role of image-making, surveillance, and identity, presenting a visceral portrait of Palestinian life.
“LDNDOCS was designed to build greater access to bold, ambitious nonfiction filmmaking in a city that continues to be a vital center for the global creative documentary community,” said Founder, Ben Fowlie. “It’s exciting to be helping to expand the awareness of the artists and stories pushing the form forward. For a city of nine million, London still feels intimate, and we intended to curate a programme and create an experience that felt similarly.”
For more information, visit www.ldndocs.co.uk.
2025 Programme:
THE BEND IN THE RIVER
Directed by Robb Moss | USA | 2025 | 82 min
Following and filming friends for nearly fifty-years, The Bend in the River is an exploration of the inexorable flow of aging and the unfinished project of living.
CINEMA KAWAKEB
Directed by Mahmoud Al Massad | Jordan, Qatar | 2025 | 79 min
A filmmaker documents the final days of a crumbling cinema in Jordan, revealing personal stories during regional upheaval, and a quiet reflection on loss, memory, and resilience amid larger collapses.
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
Directed by Ryan White | USA | 2025 |104 min
Apoignant and unexpectedly funny love story about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley facing an incurable cancer diagnosis with joy, wit and an unshakable partnership. Through laughter and unwavering love, they transform pain into purpose, and mortality into a moving celebration of resilience.
KING HAMLET (Sneak Preview Screening)
Directed by Elvira Lind | USA, Denmark | 2025 | 89 min
Actor Oscar Isaac takes on the iconic role of Shakespeare’s Danish prince in an intimate look at his preparation and performance at NYC’s Public Theater.
THE LAST DIVE
Directed by Cody Sheehy | USA | 2025 | 88 min
Terry Kennedy has lived several colorful lives, including a stint as a Hell’s Angel – but, most memorably, as the unlikely friend to a giant manta ray named Willy. Now in his 80s, Terry mounts one last diving expedition to a remote island in search of his long-lost friend.
SEEDS
Directed by Brittany Shyne | USA | 2025 | 98 min
Using lyrical black-and-white imagery, Shyne’s stunning directorial debut is a poetic and poignant portrait of Black generational farmers in the American South, revealing the fragility of legacy and the significance of owning land.
STILLER & MEARA: NOTHING IS LOST
Directed by Ben Stiller | USA | 2025 | 98 min
Ben Stiller tells the story of his parents—comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara—exploring their impact on popular culture and at home, where the lines between creativity, family, life, and art often blurred.
THE TALE OF SILYAN
Directed by Tamara Kotevska | North Macedonia | 2025 | 81 min
Oscar-nominated director Tamara Kotevska (Honeyland) tells the story of a farmer’s relationship to a white stork, interwoven with the folk tales of North Macedonia.
VACANCES
Directed by Victoria Hely-Hutchinson | France | 2025 | 82 min
An uninhibited Austrian countess,—a.k.a. ‘Granny’—holds court poolside in the South of France. Over ten summers, she offers up unsolicited advice on monogamy, mortality and motherhood while attended by her nubile grandchildren as they bloom into adulthood.
YANUNI
Directed by Richard Ladkani | Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany | 2025 | 112 min
Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia fights to protect tribal lands despite assassination attempts. Her struggle intensifies after learning she’s pregnant, while her husband, Special Forces ranger Hugo Loss, stands by her side.
Palestine Through Archive – A Shorts Program
A collection of short documentary films from Palestinian filmmakers who are creatively engaging with archival footage and images from Palestine to touch on themes including the role of image-making, surveillance, and identity, presenting a visceral portrait of Palestinian life.
A NIGHT WE HELD BETWEEN
Directed by Noor Abed | Palestine | 2024 | 30 min
A Night We Held Between takes the ancient tale of the Minoan Labyrinth as historical inspiration, connecting mythology to the present socio-political reality in Palestine.
I Signed The Petition
Directed by Mahid Fleifel | United Kingdom, Germany | 2018 | 11 min
Immediately after a Palestinian man signs an online petition, he is thrown into a panic-inducing spiral of self-doubt.
Palencorecore
Directed by Dana Dawud | 2024 | Palestine | 6 min
A hypnotic fusion of dance, archival footage, and internet-circulated videos that collapse past and present into a visceral portrait of Palestinian life.
The Flowers Stand Silently, Whispering
Directed by Theo Panagopoulos | Palestine, UK | 2024 | 17 min
When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the footage.
UNDR
Directed by Kamal Aljafari | Palestine, Germany | 2024 | 15 min
A poignant found-footage essay film about an otherworldly landscape charged with history and potential that has become an eerie site of surveillance and incursion.
