• France
• 2018
• 32 mins
• English
• New International

A videographic research diary, this highly regarded desktop documentary is a response to Penny Lane’s film, The Pain of Others.

• USA
• 2018
• 71 mins
• English
• Irish Premiere
• New International

Using a compilation of clips filmed and posted by the protagonists themselves, Penny Lane explores the misunderstood online community of Morgellons sufferers.

• UK
• 2019
• 120 mins
• English
• Irish Premiere
• New International

The director of the critically acclaimed Senna and Amy is back with another highly anticipated documentary profile, this time focusing on the much-loved yet controversial legendary footballer, Diego Maradona.

• USA
• 2019
• 109 mins
• English
• Irish Premiere
• New International

A documentary fused with narrative scenes, this portrait of John Z. DeLorean covers the enigmatic automaker’s rise to stardom and shocking fall from grace.

• Denmark, USA, UK
• 2018
• 89 mins
• Russian, English, Spanish
• Irish Premiere
• New International

Aquarela takes audiences on a deeply cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water.

• Germany
• 2019
• 90 mins
• English, German
• New International

Werner Herzog and André Singer’s riveting documentary, filled with unforgettable archive materials and based on three long interviews, provides incredible access to, arguably, the world’s greatest living politician.

• USA
• 2019
• 107 mins
• English
• New International

Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, What Is Democracy? reflects on a word we too often take for granted.

• Denmark
• 2019
• 91 mins
• English
• New International

Push is a new documentary from award-winning director Fredrik Gertten, investigating why we can’t afford to live in our own cities anymore.

• USA
• 2019
• 95 mins
• English
• Irish Premiere
• New International

Chronicling the extraordinary rise of one of the most colorful and controversial religious movements in American history, Hail Satan? is an inspiring and entertaining new feature documentary from acclaimed director Penny Lane (Nuts!, Our Nixon).

• Ireland
• 2019
• 50 mins
• Irish
• Pull Focus - New Irish

Léiríonn Cogadh Faoi Cheilt: Scéal an IRB na pearsantachtaí, fealsúnacht agus gníomhaíochtaí Bráithreachas Phoblacht na hÉireann (gníomhach idir 1858 - 1924) a thugann léargas úrnua ar an dóigh a mhúnlaigh an eagraíocht rúnda seo bunús stát na hÉireann.

• Ireland, Northern Ireland
• Various
• 84 mins
• English
• Pull Focus - New Irish

"For the love of cinema"

• Ireland
• 2018
• 56 mins
• English
• Pull Focus - New Irish

A fragile community of seven Cistercian Irish monks try to keep their monastery going with a lot of heart and humour.

• Ireland
• 2018
• 64 mins
• English
• Pull Focus - New Irish

A profile of the 80-year-old feminist and activist, from her childhood in Chicago and her involvement in Sinn Féin to her founding of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement. De Burca has been jailed (for her anti-Vietnam War activities) and fined (for her attacks on Richard Nixon’s car during a visit to Ireland in 1970).

• Ireland
• 2018
• 77 mins
• English
• Pull Focus - New Irish

At the beginning of the Anthropocenen Epoch, a rural community carve out their lives while a motorway ploughs forth through their landscape. It goes no further than the town of Gort in the west of Ireland, halted by the dawn of a financial crisis.

• Ireland
• 2018
• 83 mins
• English
• Pull Focus - New Irish

Sitting atop a melting permafrost and battered by coastal erosion, Newtok, Alaska is set to be the first American town lost to climate change.

• Ireland
• 2018
• 82 mins
• English
• Pull Focus - New Irish

They say there are only two stories worth telling: a person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

• Ireland
• 2018
• 86 mins
• English
• Irish Premiere
• Pull Focus - New Irish

Feargal Ward (filmmaker) and Adrian Duncan (writer/artist) screen 2 films from their most recent collaboration. Interested in the documentary hybrid form and its presentation in both international film festival and contemporary art contexts, these works showcase their emerging aesthetic in both short and long formats.

• Ireland
• 2019
• 80 mins
• Spanish
• Pull Focus - New Irish

In 2008, when The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) launched a homemade mortar onto a church in Bojayá, many were hiding from crossfire between the left-wing FARC and right-wing paramilitaries. Leyner Palacios survived, but 28 of his family members did not. The Bojayá massacre was one of the worst atrocities in Colombia’s 50 year-long conflict.

• Ireland, UK
• 2019
• 89 mins
• English
• Pull Focus - New Irish

As imaginative as the creative process it documents, A Dog Called Money is a uniquely intimate journey through the inspiration, writing and recording of a PJ Harvey record.

• Ireland, Canada
• 2019
• 90 mins
• English
• Closing Night

It's hard to imagine anybody living a normal life in the Gaza strip. Frequently labeled as the world's largest open-air prison, it makes an apperance on news reports every time a confrontation erupts between Israel and Hamas.

• English
• Opening Night

We are thrilled to be welcoming Alex Gibney back to Belfast to open the inaugural Docs Ireland Festival with this special Q&A event.

• Italy
• 1984
• 97 mins
• Italian
• Horror
• Sci-Fi
• UFO

Right, so there's no more cat... But now we've got rats. Lots and lots of rats. Ok some rats.

• Hong Kong
• 1992
• 85 mins
• Cantonese
• Horror
• Sci-Fi
• UFO

• Ireland
• 2014
• 93 mins
• Animation
• Kids

Ben, a young Irish boy, and his little sister Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world.

• US
• 2016
• 103 mins
• Kids

Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped - and no one knows exactly why.