SCREENINGS

Press pause on fiction and celebrate the power of documentary storytelling on the big screen with the Documented screening program, co-presented with ACMI.

All screenings are ticketed ($14 for AIDC delegates), except for Guardian Shorts which is free but requires a ticket. All bookings can be made through the ACMI website.

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Documented Screening Program: About a Hero followed by a pre-recorded Q&A

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Documented Screening Program: About a Hero followed by a pre-recorded Q&A

A murder mystery – unwittingly starring Werner Herzog – unfolds in this ironically self-reflexive hybrid doc directed by Piotr Winiewicz and adapted from an AI-generated screenplay trained on Herzog’s oeuvre.

(Public screening, ticketed)

Documented Screening Program: Future Telling: Short Films curated by The Guardian

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Documented Screening Program: Future Telling: Short Films curated by The Guardian

A selection of award-winning short documentaries thoughtfully curated by The Guardian in response to AIDC's Future Telling theme. These short films breathe life into the documentary form, revealing the challenges, perspectives and creativity that will guide us into the future.

(Free public screening, ticketed)

Documented Screening Program: Hollywoodgate

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Documented Screening Program: Hollywoodgate

Unprecedented and audacious, Hollywoodgate follows Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at as he spends a year embedded with the Taliban, documenting as they take possession of the cache America left behind in Afghanistan and transform from a fundamentalist militia into a heavily armed military regime. Produced by Shane Boris (Fire of Love, Navalny), Hollywoodgate was shortlisted for the 2025 Best Documentary Academy Award®.

(Public screening, ticketed)

Documented Screening Program: The Wolves Always Come at Night followed by a Q&A with Gabrielle Brady

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Documented Screening Program: The Wolves Always Come at Night followed by a Q&A with Gabrielle Brady

After an unexpectedly severe sandstorm, Mongolian herders Daava and Zaya must make a once-unthinkable decision that will irrevocably change their family’s lives in the breathtaking new hybrid documentary from director Gabrielle Brady (Island of the Hungry Ghosts).

(Public screening, ticketed)

Documented Screening Program: Black Box Diaries

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Documented Screening Program: Black Box Diaries

Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender, in this 2025 Oscar®-nominee for Best Documentary. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, kicking off the #MeToo movement and exposing the country’s outdated judicial system.

(Public screening, ticketed)

Documented Screening Program: Sugarcane

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Documented Screening Program: Sugarcane

An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve, in this epic and profoundly evocative 2025 Oscar®-nominated debut from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie.

(Public screening, ticketed)