Apple TV‘s “Come See Me In The Good Gentle,” about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley, will kick off the inaugural London-based documentary showcase LLDNDOCS on Nov. 21.
The newly fashioned three-day occasion will function a lineup of 10 documentary options that mirror on how reminiscence and time form {our relationships} and the lasting impression they depart. Along with Ryan White’s “Come See Me In The Good Gentle,” the lineup contains fellow Oscar contenders Ben Stiller’s “Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Misplaced” (AppleTV), Brittany Shyne’s “Seeds,” and Tamara Kotevska’s ” The Story Of Silyan” (Nat. Geo.) Nearly all of screenings can be adopted by a post-screening Q&A with attending administrators, producers, and particular friends.
The showcase may also function one quick movie program comprised of Palestinian filmmakers partaking creatively with archival footage and pictures from Palestine.
LLDNDOCS was created and launched by Ben Fowlie, the previous Factors North government, creative director, and founding father of Camden Intl. Movie Pageant. Fowlie, who moved to London in 2024, conceived CIFF, a Maine documentary movie pageant, in 2004; the inaugural fest befell a 12 months later. In 2016, Fowlie co-founded the Factors North Institute, which produces the annual September doc fest, with Sean Flynn and Caroline von Kuhn.
Fowlie says that he launched LLDNDOCS “to construct higher entry to daring, formidable nonfiction filmmaking in a metropolis that continues to be an important middle for the worldwide artistic documentary neighborhood. It’s thrilling to be serving to to develop the notice of the artists and tales pushing the shape ahead. For a metropolis of 9 million, London nonetheless feels intimate, and we supposed to curate a program and create an expertise that felt equally.”
The 2025 LDNDOCS showcase will happen Nov. 21 -23 on the Curzon Bloomsbury Cinema within the Brunswick Centre, London.
LLDNDOCS 2025 Lineup:
“The Bend In The River”
Director: Robb Moss
The movie is the ultimate installment of Moss’ doc trilogy a few group of free-spirited pals navigating their approach by life.
“Come See Me In The Good Gentle”
Director: Ryan White
The movie follows poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley as they face an incurable most cancers analysis, reworking their expertise right into a shifting celebration of resilience
“Cinema Kawakeb”
Director: Mahmoud Al Massad
The movie paperwork the ultimate days of a crumbling cinema in Jordan, in a quiet reflection on loss, reminiscence, and resilience amid bigger collapse.
“King Hamlet”
Director: Elvira Lind
Lind’ follows her husband, actor Oscar Isaac, as he takes on the enduring position of Shakespeare’s Danish prince at NYC’s Public Theater.
“The Final Dive”
Director: Cody Sheehy
Cody Sheehy follows Terry Kennedy, an ex-Hell’s Angel-turned manta ray conservationist, on a private journey to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez.
“Seeds”
Director: Brittany Shyne
A lyrical look into the lives of Black generational farmerslyrical look into the lives of Black generational farmers.
“Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Misplaced”
Director: Ben Stiller
A doc about Stiller’s mother and father, comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.
“The Story Of Silyan”
Director Tamara Kotevska
The newest from the Oscar-nominated ‘Honeyland’ director is in regards to the unlikely and delightful bond between man and animal.
“Vacances”
Director: Victoria Hely-Hutchinson
A venture shot over the course of a decade together with her unforgettable bohemian ‘Granny’ in Provence.
“Yanuni”
Director: Richard Ladkani
The doc ofllows the extraordinary journey of Juma Xipaia, an Indigenous chief from the Brazilian Amazon.
