Independent Candidate is an observational documentary following Fiona Lali’s and her Revolutionary Communist Party’s (RCP) 2024 parliamentary campaign in Stratford & Bow, East London. The film sets out to capture the everyday reality of grassroots politics and the determined energy of RCP’s activists. They are running to win, but the film’s focus is the campaign more than the result, as Fiona and her comrades organise to bring their vision of radical change directly to the people.
Event supported by Santiago Alvarez In Memoriam International Documentary Film Festival (FIDSA)
Before Independent Candidate, we will screen FIDSA Newsreel Nr. 2 (10 mins), which will be introduced by its director Rodrigo Vázquez Salessi.
FIDSA Newsreel Nr. 2 (19/03/2025) documents a discussion on the state of documentary film production and distribution, held during the 2025 edition of the FIDSA Film Festival in Santiago, Cuba. Prominent internationalist filmmakers including Gordon Main, Lázara Herrera, Alejandra Guzzo, and others, share insights into the challenges of sustaining independent documentary cinema amid global market pressures and digital platform monopolies.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Fiona Lali and director Teilo Vellacott.
