Apple TV’s Come See Me In The Good Light, about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Farley, opens its first London-based documentary showcase LDNDOCS on November 21st.
The new three-day event will feature a lineup of 10 documentaries that reflect on how memory and time shape our relationships and the lasting impact they leave behind. In addition to Ryan White’s Come See Me in the Good Light, the lineup includes fellow Oscar nominee Ben Stiller’s Stiller & Meera: Nothing Lost (AppleTV), Brittany Shine’s She’s and Tamara Kotevska’s Sirian’s Story (National Geo). Most screenings will include a post-screening Q&A with directors, producers, and directors in attendance. And a special guest.
The showcase will also feature one short film program comprised of Palestinian filmmakers working creatively with Palestinian archival footage and images.
LDNDOCS was created and launched by Ben Fowley, former Points North executive, artistic director, and founder of Camden International Airport. Film festival. Fowley, who moved to London in 2024, created CIFF, a documentary film festival in Maine, in 2004. The first festival was held a year later. In 2016, Fowley co-founded Point North Institute, which hosts Doctor Fest each September, with Sean Flynn and Caroline von Kuhn.
Fowley said he launched LNDDOCS: “We launched LNDDOCS to increase access to bold and ambitious non-fiction filmmaking in a city that continues to be an important center for the global creative documentary community. It’s exciting to be able to help raise awareness of the artists and stories that are pushing the format forward. For a city of 9 million people, London still feels intimate, and we wanted to curate our programming to create an experience that felt the same.”
The 2025 LDNDOCS Showcase will take place from 21st to 23rd November at the Curzon Bloomsbury Cinema, Brunswick Center, London.
LDNDOCS 2025 lineup:
“The Bend in the River”
Director: Rob Moss
The film is the final installment in Moss’ documentary trilogy about the free-spirited friends as they navigate their way through life.
“Please come and meet me in a bright place.”
Director: Ryan White
The film follows poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Farry as they face an incurable cancer diagnosis and turn their experience into a moving celebration of resilience.
“Cinema Kawakebu”
Director: Mahmoud Al Massad
The film chronicles the final days of Jordan’s crumbling cinema and is a quiet reflection on loss, memory, and resilience amid mass destruction.
“King Hamlet” (secretly)
Director: Elvira Lind
Lind follows her husband, actor Oscar Isaac, as he plays the iconic role of Shakespeare’s Prince of Denmark at New York’s Public Theater.
“Last Dive”
Director: Cody Sheehy
Cody Sheehy follows Terry Kennedy, a former Hells Angel turned manta ray conservationist, on a solo trip to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez.
“seed”
Director: Brittany Shine
A lyrical look at the lives of farmers of the black generation A lyrical look at the lives of farmers of the black generation.
“Stiller and Mehra: Nothing is Lost”
Director: Ben Stiller
A documentary about Stiller’s parents, comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Mehra.
“Sillian’s Story”
Director Tamara Kotevska
The latest film from the Oscar-nominated director of Honeyland depicts the unlikely and beautiful bond between humans and animals.
“vacation”
Director: Victoria Helly Hutchinson
A project shot over 10 years with an unforgettable bohemian “grandma” in Provence.
“Yanuni”
Director: Richard Ladkani
This document depicts the extraordinary journey of Juma Sipaya, an indigenous chief in the Brazilian Amazon.
