Programme A-Z
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Celebrating Trans Led Stories and Representation

This session will celebrate the trans-led films and filmmakers featured in this year's festival programme.

  • Industry Programme
Industry Session
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Cesária Évora
An intimate portrait of world-renowned Morna singer Cesária Évora, whose talent took her from abject poverty to stardom and the concert halls of the world.
  • Ana Sofia Fonseca
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Channel 4 First Cut Pitch
Once again, Channel 4 will be offering five new directors the chance to pitch in front of some of its documentary commissioning team, and a live audience.
  • Industry Programme
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Channel 4 Interview: Will Young
Will Young joins us at Sheffield DocFest to discuss making the documentary, Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert, and his hopes for the impact it can have in reducing the stigma surrounding addiction.
  • Talks Programme
Talk
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Channel 4 Monday Night Party
Come and let your hair down with the Channel 4 team. Drinks, music and dancing at Crystal Bar.

  • Industry Programme
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Channel 4: Pride at 50
Join us as we celebrate 50 years of pride, we will look back on how LGBTQ+ in television has progressed on and off screen.
  • Industry Programme
Industry Session
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Child of Empire
This animated VR docu-drama immerses viewers in one of the largest forced migrations in human history: the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan.
  • Sparsh Ahuja, Erfan Saadati
  • 2022
  • Alternate Realities Programme
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Children of Las Brisas
Marianela Maldonado’s observational documentary charts nine years in the lives of young Venezuelans whose musical talent offer a chance for them to escape poverty.
  • Marianela Maldonado
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Chiledoc Drinks
Join Chiledoc and the filmmakers of Chilean Delegation to celebrate our films and the joy of meeting in person again.

  • Industry Programme
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Closing Night Drinks
Nobody likes saying goodbye, but alas it’s that time, your last chance to make those connections you hadn’t had the courage to make before, and dance the night away as we celebrate another year of DocFest.

  • Industry Programme
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Co-Creation: Collective Dreams, Co-Created Realities
We are delighted to be joined by Katerina Cizek, Artistic Director, Research Scientist and Co-Founder Co-Creation Studio, who will give a keynote presentation outlining the practices and philosophies of co-creation, according to the studio’s manifesto.
  • Talks Programme
    Alternate Realities Programme
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Common Good #3: Senses of belonging (Pilot)
Enter a temporary society called ‘Senses of Belonging’, in this location-based audio walk.
  • Nadja van der Weide
  • 2022
  • Alternate Realities Programme
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Conversations with Bina48
A quest for friendship with a humanoid turned into a rabbit-hole of questions regarding the future, at the intersection of technology, race, gender and social equity.
  • Stephanie Dinkins
  • 2018
  • Alternate Realities Programme
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CRAFT SUMMIT: Breaking into Craft Editing - A Call to Action
This session will discuss some of the issues the editing sector currently faces and how to ensure we have a resilient future workforce equipped to deal with the difficult topics that documentaries often present.
  • Industry Programme
Industry Session
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CRAFT SUMMIT: Cinematography Masterclass
During this craft summit session, we will showcase cinematographers on the rise, including those whose work features in this year's festival programme.
  • Industry Programme
Industry Session
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CRAFT SUMMIT: Composing Masterclass: Nainita Desai
Award winning composer and sound designer Nainita Desai will join us to discuss her career and experiences scoring for documentaries such as the award-winning For Sama. 
  • Industry Programme
Industry Session
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CRAFT SUMMIT: Craft Masterclass: Brett Morgen

Having produced, directed, written and edited the film Moonage Daydream, Brett Morgen will discuss the art of navigating between roles to achieve his unique creative vision.

  • Industry Programme
Industry Session
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Cutting the 'Fame' Trilogy: Asif Kapadia and Chris King
Asif Kapadia will participate in a conversation with frequent collaborator, editor Chris King.
  • Talks Programme
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Dancing Pina
Two of Pina Bausch’s most famous works are rehearsed in Germany and Senegal, championing the choreographer’s legacy through a younger generation of dancers.
  • Florian Heinzen-Ziob
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Dark Days
First time filmmaker Marc Singer creates a powerful, visually striking account of a large homeless community leaving beneath the streets of New York.
  • Marc Singer
  • 2000
  • Film Programme
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David Olusoga: StoryTrails - A Journey Through Time and Space
StoryTrails Executive Producer David Olusoga will launch this project at Sheffield DocFest before it begins a UK wide summer tour, and he will be joined by local StoryTrails creatives to preview the UK’s largest immersive storytelling project to date.
  • Talks Programme
    Alternate Realities Programme
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Dear Jackie
This cinematic letter to the first Black man to play Major League Baseball explores Jackie Robinson’s time in Montreal and testifies to his experience of racism and inequality.
  • Henri Pardo
  • 2021
  • Film Programme
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Delikado
Three environmental campaigners are faced with corruption, murder and betrayal as they battle to save an island paradise in the Philippines.
  • Karl Malakunas
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Disarmed
A playful virtual reality piece whose protagonists are your own arms: first in control, then not, illustrate the commodification of movement.
  • Roel Wouters, Alexandra Barancova, Jae Perris, Luna Maurer
  • 2021
  • Alternate Realities Programme
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Doc Society Drop In Day
Join Doc Society at our Drop In Day - a full day of Doc Soc news, views and networking.
  • Industry Programme
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