Open City Documentary Festival
April 16–18, 2026
Various Locations
London, UK
Open City Documentary Festival is one of the UK’s leading festivals for non-fiction cinema. Based in the Anthropology department at University College London, Open City proposes a bridge between academia and the independent film community in London.
The 2026 edition of the festival reflects a multiplicity of voices and perspectives, and will include films from Creative Capital Awardees Kevin Jerome Everson (2001 Awardee), Liz Roberts (2026 Awardee), Suneil Sanzgiri (2022 Awardee), Cauleen Smith (2008 Awardee), Sable Elyse Smith (2016 Awardee), and Sister Sylvester (2025 Awardee).
Kevin Jerome Everson
A Week in the Hole
Kevin Jerome Everson’s films are performative explorations into African American culture.
Liz Roberts
Love is the Drug: Women in Harm Reduction
Liz Roberts is from the Midwest and makes art in moving image and sound.
Suneil Sanzgiri
Two Refusals
Suneil Sanzgiri is an Indian-American artist, researcher, and filmmaker. His work spans experimental video and film, essays, and installations, and contends with questions of identity, heritage, culture, and diaspora in relation to structural violence.
Cauleen Smith
Remote Viewing and Other Ways of Seeing
Cauleen Smith is an interdisciplinary artist whose work reflects upon the everyday possibilities of the imagination.
Sable Elyse Smith
Mirror/Echo/Tilt
Sable Elyse Smith is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and educator whose work points to the carceral, the personal, the political, and the quotidian to speak about a violence that is largely unseen, and potentially imperceptible.
Sister Sylvester
Ghost Genes
Sister Sylvester creates visual essays and expanded documentaries, at the place where technology and science meet politics and history. She works across performance, film, and new media.