Schedule 2025

Programme

Event Type

Wed, 18th Jun

Thu, 19th Jun

Fri, 20th Jun

Sat, 21st Jun

Sun, 22nd Jun

Mon, 23rd Jun

10:00 - 11:48

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Screen 2

Film

10:00 - 14:00

Mental Health & Wellbeing Support for Festival Attendees

Industry Programme

Attend at The Workstation - Delegate Centre

Event

10:00 - 11:34

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Al Jazeera Documentary Screen 4

Film

10:00 - 11:15

David Blaine x Nat Geo: Bringing the Magic to Factual

Talks Programme

Attend at Crucible Theatre

Live Captions

Talk

10:00 - 12:00

The Whickers Podcast Pitch

Industry Programme

Attend at Crucible Playhouse

Live Captions

Industry Pitch

10:00 - 11:49

Shorts: The Future Is Unwritten + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at The Light - Screen 6

Short Film Programme

10:00 - 11:00

Documentary Film Council (DFC): Annual General Meeting

Industry Programme

Attend at Channing Hall

Live Captions

Industry Session

10:00 - 11:00

Palestine Film Institute Showcase

Industry Programme

Attend at Montgomery Theatre

Live Captions

Industry Marketplace Activity

10:15 - 11:18

Gaza Sound Man + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Bertha DocHouse Screen 3

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

10:15 - 12:09

Lowland Kids + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Screen 1

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

10:15 - 12:08

Cuba & Alaska + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at The Light - Screen 9

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

10:15 - 12:21

A Century in Sound + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 1

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

10:15 - 12:02

Blue Has No Borders + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 3

Audio Description (AD), Descriptive Subtitles (Open Captions)

Film

10:45 - 13:33

Factory + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 2

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

11:00 - 20:00

Alternate Realities VR Cinema

Alternate Realities Programme

Attend at Site Gallery - Studio 1

Event

11:00 - 20:00

Alternate Realities Exhibition

Alternate Realities Programme

Attend at Site Gallery

Event

11:15 - 12:30

DFC Presents: Where the Grass Is Greener - Could Policy Be the Answer?

Industry Programme

Attend at Channing Hall

Live Captions

Industry Session

12:00 - 16:00

BFI Doc Society Drop In

Industry Programme

Attend at Sidney & Matilda

12:30 - 14:29

NIÑXS + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at The Light - Screen 6

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

12:30 - 14:23

Shorts: Building a Home + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Screen 2

Short Film Programme

12:30 - 13:45

The WOW Factor: Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato in Conversation

Talks Programme

Attend at Crucible Theatre

Live Captions, British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted

Talk

12:30 - 13:45

Pitch Perfect with ESPN: Harnessing the Power of Archive Material in Documentary

Industry Programme

Attend at Montgomery Theatre

Live Captions

Industry Session

12:30 - 14:25

Dreaming of You + Conversation

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Al Jazeera Documentary Screen 4

Film

12:45 - 14:45

How to Build a Library + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at The Light - Screen 9

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

12:45 - 14:41

A Simple Soldier + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 3

Film

13:00 - 14:30

Filmmaker Challenge: 6 Short Films on Sheffield

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Bertha DocHouse Screen 3

Short Film Programme

13:00 - 15:03

The Panama Canal Treaties - Son of Tiger & Mule + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 1

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

13:00 - 14:45

Shorts: The Art of Movement + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Screen 1

Short Film Programme

13:30 - 15:00

Filmmakers in Exile: The Creative Power of Resistance

Industry Programme

Attend at Channing Hall

Live Captions

Industry Session

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13:45 - 15:30

Chicken & Egg Films WIP Showcase

Industry Programme

Attend at Crucible Playhouse

Live Captions

Industry Marketplace Activity

14:00 - 15:00

Collateral Echoes - Lived Experience Panel

Alternate Realities Programme

Attend at Site Gallery

Event

14:30 - 15:51

Shapeshifting + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 2

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

14:45 - 16:00

This American Life: Chasing the Moving Window

Talks Programme

Podcast Programme

Attend at Montgomery Theatre

Live Captions

Talk

15:00 - 16:15

The Changemakers with Alice Aedy

Talks Programme

Attend at Crucible Theatre

Live Captions, British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted

Talk

15:00 - 16:40

Runa Simi + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Al Jazeera Documentary Screen 4

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

15:15 - 17:07

Carmela and the Walkers + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at The Light - Screen 6

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

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15:15 - 17:09

Shorts: Resistance + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Screen 2

Short Film Programme

15:15 - 16:49

Inside the Jesus Army + Conversation

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Bertha DocHouse Screen 3

Film

15:30 - 17:26

Katwe + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Screen 1

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

15:30 - 17:13

The Gas Station Attendant + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at The Light - Screen 9

Film

15:45 - 17:29

The Broken R + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 1

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

15:45 - 17:46

My Dear Théo + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 3

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

16:00 - 17:30

Stories We Need to Tell

Industry Programme

Attend at Crucible Adelphi

Live Captions

Industry Marketplace Activity

16:00 - 17:30

Croatian Audiovisual Centre Drinks

Industry Programme

Attend at Curzon Rooftop

16:30 - 17:45

Stand Up for Storytelling

Industry Programme

Attend at Crucible Playhouse

Live Captions

Industry Session

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16:30 - 17:45

Behind the Scenes of Success with Joanna Natasegara

Industry Programme

Attend at Channing Hall

Live Captions

Industry Session

16:45 - 18:00

Archives and AI: Hidden Gems & Deep Fakes

Industry Programme

Attend at Montgomery Theatre

Live Captions

Industry Craft Session

16:45 - 18:49

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 2

Film

17:00 - 18:30

New Generation Europe Foundation Reception

Industry Programme

Attend at Hygge - Pounds Park

17:30 - 19:00

Chicken & Egg Films Reception

Industry Programme

Attend at Tamper Sellers Wheel

17:30 - 19:43

Trade Secret + Conversation

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Al Jazeera Documentary Screen 4

Film

17:45 - 19:45

Redlight to Limelight + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Screen 2

English Subtitles Throughout, Descriptive Subtitles (Open Captions)

Film

17:45 - 19:49

Our Land + Conversation

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Bertha DocHouse Screen 3

Audio Description (AD)

Film

17:45 - 19:51

PARA VIVIR, The Implacable Time of Pablo Milanés + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at The Light - Screen 6

Film

18:00 - 19:30

Molinare Craft Focus Drinks

Industry Programme

Attend at Birdhouse

18:00 - 20:14

The Alabama Solution + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at The Light - Screen 9

Film

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18:00 - 19:15

A Night with Adam and Joe

Talks Programme

Attend at Crucible Theatre

Live Captions, British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted

Talk

18:15 - 20:05

The Secret of Me + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Screen 1

Film

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18:15 - 20:05

A Little Gray Wolf Will Come + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 1

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

18:30 - 19:49

I Died

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 3

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

20:00 - 21:30

Meet the Filmmakers Drinks

Industry Programme

Attend at Birdhouse

20:00 - 21:15

Is It OK to Laugh? Behind the Scenes of Palestine Comedy Club

Talks Programme

Attend at Crucible Playhouse

Live Captions

Talk

20:15 - 22:46

Rock Out + Conversation

Film Programme

Attend at Crucible Theatre

Live Captions

Film

20:30 - 22:02

Soul of the Desert

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Screen 2

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

20:30 - 21:54

Lullaby for the Mountains + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 2

Film

20:30 - 22:40

Apocalypse in the Tropics + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Bertha DocHouse Screen 3

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

20:45 - 22:11

A Want in Her

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 3

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

20:45 - 22:34

Shorts: Spaces Between + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Screen 1

Short Film Programme

20:45 - 22:53

Lost for Words + Conversation

Film Programme

Attend at Showroom - Al Jazeera Documentary Screen 4

Film

20:45 - 22:24

Comparsa + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at Curzon - Screen 1

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

20:45 - 22:28

Casas Muertas + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at The Light - Screen 6

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

21:00 - 22:53

Shards of Light + Q&A

Film Programme

Attend at The Light - Screen 9

English Subtitles Throughout

Film

21:00 - 1:00

Rock Out - Afterparty

Industry Programme

Attend at