EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
Wednesday, 23 September | 18:20 pm | Bertha DocHouse
Directed by ELEANOR MORTIMER | UK | 2025 | 100 min
Far out on the open sea, an expedition vessel travels toward one of the most remote regions on Earth, the Clarion–Clipperton Zone, twelve days from the nearest land.
Here, darkness, silence, and immense depths conceal an unexplored universe.
How Deep Is Your Love follows a group of marine biologists trying to understand life in this unknown world, while grappling with the question of whether their presence risks harming what they seek to protect. A visually hypnotic and deeply absorbing journey in which every discovery reshapes our understanding of the planet.
Eleanor Mortimer has created a nature documentary like no other. How Deep Is Your Love weaves awe-inspiring footage of this breathtaking realm with a looming sense of urgency as mankind’s progress threatens to upend these delicate eco-systems.
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Followed by a Q&A with Eleanor Mortimer and members of the team.
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PAST EVENTS
HANDS ON A HARDBOBY
Wednesday, 15 July | 18:20 pm | Bertha DocHouse
Directed by S.R. BINDLER | USA | 1997 | 97 min
In Hands on a Hard Body, documentary filmmaker S.R. Bindler profiles twenty-four Texas contestants trying to win a brand-new Nissan Hardbody truck.
Hosted for over a decade, the yearly competition required the contestants to keep one hand on the truck longer than anyone else to win it. As hours stretch into days, exhaustion, determination, humour, and heartbreak reveal the contestants’ deepest hopes and struggles. What begins as a simple promotion becomes a powerful portrait of American ambition, perseverance, and the human spirit.
"A classic piece of Americana... produces gales of laughter... a metaphor for the rigours of human existence."
VARIETY
"Gripping and cathartic, the culminating face-off packs a punch most big-budger blowouts would be hard-pressed to match."
VILLAGE VOICE
to the west, in zapata
Thursday, 21 May | 18:20 pm | Bertha DocHouse
Directed by David Bim | Cuba | 2025 | 75 min
In a constant cycle of survival and separation, a married couple must go to extreme lengths in the marshlands of Zapata to provide for their son.
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To the West, In Zapata is the result of an eight-year process, an immersive viewing experience shot under extreme conditions. For his first and mst personal project, Bim's intention was to witness the daily and painful separation of a family as the only viable mechanism to stay united. It unfolds through time with a quiet striking beauty.
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The film premiered at Visions du Réel 2025 where it won the FIPRESCI Prize and Special Jury Prize. It has since won the CineVision Award at Filmfest München, the Special Jury Prize at DMZ Docs, and Jury Award for Best Documentary at Hamptons International Film Festival.
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Followed by a Q&A with director David Bim.