28 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.
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
3 Nov 2026 – 10 Dec 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Everest: The Other Side
5 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Name Me Lawand
7 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
Naza
7 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
NAZA + Introduction
6 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Possible Love
5 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Showcase Cinema de Lux Bluewater (Greenhithe)
Tenzing
9 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
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)
Bel
11 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
DocHouse: LDNDOCS 2026: A Fox Under a Pink Moon
13 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
DocHouse: LDNDOCS: A Fox Under a Pink Moon
13 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
Cinecity 2026: Ultimate Thunder
14 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Cinecity 2026: Ultimate Thunder (12A)
14 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
KNITFLICKS: Yarn
14 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Nuisance Bear (Cinecity)
14 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
UKJFF: Documentary Gala: Shalom
14 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
CINECITY: Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
15 Nov 2026
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (Brighton)
Ash and Crayon
20 Nov 2026 – 23 Nov 2026
Duke of York's Picturehouse (Brighton)
LDNDOCS 2026: American Doctor
20 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
LDNDOCS 2026: Rehearsals For A Revolution
20 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
You Can See Everything
20 Nov 2026 – 25 Nov 2026
Depot (Lewes)
Dark Circles presents Jazz Britannia
22 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
Living Sanctuaries: The Monasteries of Zanskar
22 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings
BRIGHTON FILM CLUB PRESENTS: DIRTY DANCING, A PERFECT FILM?
25 Nov 2026
Fabrica (Brighton)
DocHouse: LDNDOCS: To Hold a Mountain
27 Nov 2026
Curzon Canterbury Westgate
NAZA
28 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
Electric Palace Hastings