What's on DocPlay in March

Here's what's on DocPlay in March.

2 March

A House Made of Splinters

The Lysychansk Centre in Eastern Ukraine houses the kids of unfit parents while they await court proceedings determining their future – young cast-offs of alcoholism, addiction, violence and the social trauma of the nearby Russia conflict that has disturbed the region since 2014. A House Made of Splinters presents a fly-on-the-wall account of the lives of a handful of children at the centre, who play games, make friends and manage contact with their unreliable parents, all while the clock ticks on a nine-month residency that, upon termination, will see them released back to their homes, or into guardianship, or sent to an orphanage. 

2023 Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature, Nominee.

Colours of China

20 March

The natural cycles of the universe impact each other in a never-ending circle of five interconnected forces, each represented by colour, season, compass point, emotion and location. Colours of China takes the audience on a breathtaking journey through one of the world’s most fascinating and diverse nations.

Everybody's Oma

9 March

XFilmmaker Jason van Genderen is obsessed with making home videos about his elderly mother and, when he creates a supermarket at home during lockdown, he accidentally turns ‘Oma’ into an internet celebrity. Their heart-warming home movies quickly attract a worldwide audience of over 100,000,000 people. This is an unforgettable story of a family that comes together whilst beautifully falling apart.

My Old School

23 March

The astonishing true story of Scotland's most notorious imposter. It's 1993 and 16 year old Brandon is the new kid in school. Soon he’s top of the class, acing exams and even taking the lead in the school musical. He’s the model pupil, until he's unmasked.

Greenhouse by Joost

16  March

Environmental campaigner Joost Bakker, was once dubbed the ‘Poster Boy of Zero Waste Living’ by The New York Times. This inspiring feature documentary follows Bakker as he builds a self-sustaining home, an ecosystem that provides its occupants with water, energy, shelter and nourishment.