This micro commission is supported by Raising Films, who serve a community of parents and carers in the film industry by campaigning to make systemic change.
This timely session gives Black filmmakers, producers and execs in the industry a moment to reflect on how all of this is affecting them, their peers and their community and how the future can feel more equal than the present.
As part of our series of virtual sessions we present a panel exploring the findings and recommendations of a three-year study of the UK feature-length documentary film industry: Documentary Utopias: Rebuilding Feature Docs Post-Pandemic
UK producers who are Digital Industry Passholders will have access to a day-long programme of virtual round-table meetings with international industry representatives.
The (Egg)celerator Lab is a Chicken & Egg Pictures program focused on identifying and supporting nonfiction directors working on their first or second feature-length documentary.
'Ghosts & Apparitions' is a group exhibition programme of digital art by UK and international artists and collectives which explore current realities, a dramatised reality and an alternate reality.
Talks with Asif Kapadia, Werner Herzog, Jenn Nkiru, Louis Threoux, Sir David Attenborough, Michael Moore, Munroe Bergdorf, John Akomfrah, Stacey Dooley, Guy Martin, Mary Beard, Vicky McClure and more...
Following an incident of disrespectful behaviour by one audience member to another at one of our events, we remind all future audiences that Doc/Fest aims to create a safe space for debate, and our code of conduct requests that we look out for each other.
The 26th edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest has closed with the Awards Ceremony where Jury and Audience awards and prizes, in Film and Alternate Realities categories, were announced.
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Digital Art exhibitions, Events, and Performance and Film programmes at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest includes works created by artist-filmmakers, photographers, cinematographers, and creative multi-disciplinaires.
Doc/Fest’s parties and receptions are the essential events in the industry calendar for bringing the documentary family together, with the chance to meet new collaborators over a drink and on the dance floor. You never know who you’ll meet...
Doc/Fest’s parties and receptions are the essential events in the industry calendar for bringing the documentary family together, with the chance to meet new collaborators over a drink and on the dance floor. You never know who you’ll meet...
Doc/Fest’s parties and receptions are the essential events in the industry calendar for bringing the documentary family together, with the chance to meet new collaborators over a drink and on the dance floor. You never know who you’ll meet...
Doc/Fest’s parties and receptions are the essential events in the industry calendar for bringing the documentary family together, with the chance to meet new collaborators over a drink and on the dance floor. You never know who you’ll meet...
Doc/Fest’s parties and receptions are the essential events in the industry calendar for bringing the documentary family together, with the chance to meet new collaborators over a drink and on the dance floor. You never know who you’ll meet...
Doc/Fest’s parties and receptions are the essential events in the industry calendar for bringing the documentary family together, with the chance to meet new collaborators over a drink and on the dance floor. You never know who you’ll meet...
Sheffield Doc/Fest is thrilled to announce the Opening Night Film for the 26th edition is the UK premiere of the much anticipated Diego Maradona, from the Academy Award and BAFTA-winning team behind Amy and Senna.
Sheffield Doc/Fest is delighted to announce that the Alternate Realities Commission, has been awarded to artists Barnaby Francis (aka Bill Posters) and Daniel Howe for Spectre.
Looking for a cosy place to stay with lots of other Doc/Festers at a great price that includes a pass? Consider our Festival Passes + Accommodation offer.
Director Paul Greengrass joins journalist, broadcaster and curator Danny Leigh to discuss his work and the need to make the film industry accessible to talent from working class backgrounds.
Launching today, Sheffield Doc/Fest invites submissions for the Alternate Realities Commission, offering completion funding worth £20,000 for a new digital project focussed on non-fiction.
A new partnership between Sheffield Doc/Fest, Sheffield Library and the European-wide AVA Library Project is bringing world-class documentary films to local library members for the first time, available completely free, and on-demand.
DDD60 – a pan-European research project designed to develop and introduce cutting edge video compression and delivery technology to provide high-quality virtual reality content - today announces its final results.
