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About Doc/Fest

Sheffield Doc/Fest brings the international documentary family together to celebrate the art and business of documentary making for five intense days in June. Doc/Fest is a film festival, industry session programme and market place, offering pitching opportunities, controversial discussion panels and in-depth filmmaker masterclasses, as well as a wealth of inspirational documentary films from across the globe.

Doc/Fest is the only place in the world where you will meet sectors of the whole of the British documentary industry under one roof. Each year, the industry conference attracts the leading names of British documentary makers and executives in British television. The delegate list of over 2000 includes documentary and factual producers, directors, buyers, commissioners and distributors. It is the perfect place to launch your latest documentary, pitch new ideas, meet future co-production partners and get insider tips from some of the world’s best documentary makers. It is a relaxed and friendly place to hold meetings with producers, commissioners and distributors, learn about the latest trends in production and discover new innovations and emerging talent.

Doc/Fest 2011 Trailer


Sheffield Doc/Fest Trailer 2011 from Sheffield Doc/Fest on Vimeo

Previous Doc/Fest guests include


Claire Aguilar
Franny Armstrong
Michael Apted
Peter Bazalgette
Lowell Bergman
James Boyle
Nick Broomfield
Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP
Simon Chinn
Joan Churchill
Danny Cohen
Bob Connolly
Stuart Cosgrove
Adam Curtis
RJ Cutler
Peter Dale
Molly Dineen
Robert Drew
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Sophie Fiennes
Alastair Fothergill
Jennifer Fox
Nick Fraser
A.A. Gill
Andy Glynne
Daisy Goodwin
Jean-Pierre Gorin
Alex Graham
Roger Graef
Olaf Grunert
Jeremy Hardy
Rolf Harris
Chris Hegedus
Johnny Hicklenton
Mette Hoffman Meyer
Sir Jeremy Isaacs
Russell Jarman Price
Richard Klein
William Klein
Peter Kosminsky
Stephen Lambert
Richard Leacock
Jorgen Leth
Richard Life
Kim Longinotto
James Marsh
Angus Macqueen
Albert Maysles
Michael Moore
Errol Morris
Hamish Mykura
Dennis O’Rourke
Michael Palin
Bruce Parry
Kim Peat
DA Pennebaker
Norma Percy
Nicolas Philibert
Joan Rivers
Jenna Rosher
John Smithson
Paul Sowerbutts
Morgan Spurlock
Robert Thirkell
Louis Theroux
Mark Thompson
Jane Treays
Paul Watson
John Willis
Frederick Wiseman
Naomi Wolf
Penny Woolcock
Alan Yentob