Sheffield DocFest, the UK’s leading documentary festival, will be taking over the city between 18 - 23 June as we play host to daily film premieres and events celebrating all things documentary.
In the meantime, make sure you're prepared for this year's festival...
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No, but it's the only way to guarantee entry to some events. Most events in the Public Programme (film screenings and talks) are ticketed, and Industry Pass Holders can reserve tickets for these events 48 hours in advance.
However, you do not always need to have a ticket in advance. If the event is not sold out just show your Pass at the door and you will be issued a ticket instantly.
If an event is sold out, you can still join a standby queue at the venue and very often will be able to access the event this way.
Some Industry only events (such as Industry Socials) are not ticketed and entry is on a first come first served basis.
Except for Opening Night, Industry tickets are available from 48 hours before the start of each event. For example, if an event starts at 10am on 19 June, Industry tickets will be available from 10am on 17 June.
Yes, Industry tickets for Opening Night are available now.
Click here to go to the booking page for Opening Night at the Crucible: Still Pushing Pineapples. You will need to be logged in to your Tickets account to book a ticket.
This is an Industry only event and tickets are available on a first come first served basis.
Log in to the ticketing environment by clicking the Tickets button at the top of this web page, or in the Sheffield DocFest app, with the same email you used to register for your Industry Pass.
An account will have been created for you as part of the registration process, and you should have received an email from our ticketing partner, Eventive, confirming this.
After logging in to your account, tickets can be selected by clicking the 'BOOK TICKETS' button on event pages or the schedule view on the festival website and ticketing environment, or on the Sheffield DocFest app. Tickets are added to your account and you just present your pass for scanning at the door of the event.
Industry Pass Holder tickets are released 48 hours before each event (except for Opening Night).
No. An allocation of tickets for each event is held back for Industry Pass Holders and made available 48 hours before each event start time.
Yes, use the Sheffield DocFest app or go to the ticketing environment by clicking the Tickets button at the top of this website. There you can star events within the schedule and then filter by 'only show starred events' to create your own schedule.
You can collect your pass from the Industry Delegate Centre at The Workstation, which is just a short walk from the train station. It also hosts our Press Desk, Hospitality Services, cloakroom and lost property, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing drop in service.
Make sure to leave plenty of time between picking up your pass and your first event as queues can be long on the opening days. You will need your Industry Pass to access events at the festival. Please wear it at all times.
Opening times: Tue 17 Jun 5pm–7pm / Wed 18 – Mon 23 Jun 9am–7pm
The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, S1 2BX
It can take up to 24 hours from registering for your accreditation to be processed, a Tickets (Eventive) account to be created, and your physical Pass to be printed. Please register early to be sure your Pass will be ready for collection in time for the first event you want to attend.
Industry Passes are required to access any events, and a Tickets account is required to select advance tickets.
Yes, you can see a list of all Delegates who have given permission to appear on the Attendee page, by clicking this link.
If you have an Industry Pass and are logged into your Industry account, you will also be able to see the email addresses of those who have chosen to share them. To log in to your Industry account click the Industry button on the top right hand side of this website.
You can also access this list in spreadsheet form from the Industry account log in area.
Industry Passholders can access the Marketplace venue and cafe, but cannot attend MeetMarket itself without an invitation. Applications to MeetMarket are now closed.
There are many other Marketplace activities happening outside the MeetMarket that are available to all Industry Passholders. Click here to see a list of all Marketplace activities.
Many of our films will be available on the Industry only streaming platform DocPlayer, from the day after their premier at the festival until 23:59 GMT Sun 29 June. You will be able to access DocPlayer through the Tickets environment. More information will be released closer to the festival.
