20 documentaries to see on the big screen
Catch the best of the documentary scene at East Sussex's top independent cinemas, where film meets conversation and community comes alive.
Derek vs Derek
3 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Everest: The Other Side
3 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Naza
3 Nov 2026 – 4 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Possible Love
3 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Tenzing
3 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Derek Vs Derek (15)
4 Nov 2026
The Old Market (Hove)
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man
4 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
NAZA + Introduction
6 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
50 Years of Punk + Director's Q&A + Hastings Punk Choir
10 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
CINECITY: New Voices (15)
10 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
Forced Entertainment: Hugo Glendinning & Tim Etchells - Uncertain Fragments
10 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Cinecity 2026: Ultimate Thunder
14 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Jane Schoenbrun: Public Access Afterworld
14 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
KNITFLICKS: Yarn
14 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Nuisance Bear (Cinecity)
14 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
CINECITY: Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
15 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Ash and Crayon
20 Nov 2026 – 26 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Living Sanctuaries: The Monasteries of Zanskar
22 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Chicken Shop Date : The Final Series
24 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
Brighton Film Club presents: Dirty Dancing, a perfect film?
25 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)