A Documentary Journey with Asif Kapadia
Oscar and BAFTA-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia ('Amy', 'Senna', 'Diego Maradona') is the guest curator at Sheffield DocFest 2022. Alongside his curated selection of influential films, he will discuss his own career and oversee a challenge for filmmakers.
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A Great Day in Harlem
Some 40 years after many of the greatest US jazz musicians posed for a photograph in Harlem, Jean Bach’s film lovingly gathers together the stories of their lives.
  • Jean Bach
  • 1994
  • Film Programme
Film
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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
Talk
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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
Film
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Focus: Filmmaker Talent
Our Guest Curator, Asif Kapadia, working with the DocFest team, is inviting six filmmakers to make a short documentary, in and around Sheffield, during the Festival.
  • Film Programme
Shorts programme
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Fourteen Days in May
This account of a US convict’s final days on death row is an uncompromising portrait of the country’s legal system and an indictment of capital punishment.
  • Paul Hamann
  • 1987
  • Film Programme
Film
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Italianamerican
Martin Scorsese’s portrait of his parents is warm, funny and affectionate – a simple film whose depth lies in the openness between subjects and maker.
  • Martin Scorsese
  • 1974
  • Film Programme
Film
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Italianamerican + La Jetée
A screening of Italianamerican followed by La Jetée.
  • Film Programme
Short + Feature
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La Jetée
Chris Marker’s legendary sci-fi short presents a past world and dystopian future through a series of still images, told from the perspective of a narrator.
  • Chris Marker
  • 1962
  • Film Programme
Film
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London
Patrick Keiller’s wholly original journey through the UK capital is both a paean to the city and a critique of what it has come to represent.
  • Patrick Keiller
  • 1994
  • Film Programme
Film
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Rendezvous
Claude Lelouch takes us on a high-velocity thrill ride through the streets of Paris, speeding past cars and ignoring traffic signs, just to be on time for a date.
  • Claude Lelouch
  • 1976
  • Film Programme
Film
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Rendezvous + A Great Day in Harlem
A screening of A Great Day in Harlem preceded by the short film Rendezvous.
  • Film Programme
Short + Feature
Still
When We Were Kings
Muhammad Ali’s legendary heavyweight encounter with George Foreman is the centrepiece of Leon Gast’s celebrated, Oscar-winning sports film.
  • Leon Gast
  • 1996
  • Film Programme
Film

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