Programme A-Z
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Nurturing the Next Generation of Global Citizens: Docs as an Educational Tool for Change
A session exploring the role of documentaries within education.
  • Industry Programme
Industry Session
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On The Line: The Richard Williams Story
A compelling story of determination and resilience against oppression, focussing on the man who raised Venus and Serena to change the course of tennis history. 
  • Stuart McClave
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
Film
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Opening Night Drinks
Come along for a drink and catch up with old friends and new, following the screening of our opening night film: Tish.

  • Industry Programme
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Opening Night: Tish
The Opening Night film of Sheffield DocFest 30th edition is the world premiere of Paul Sng's moving portrait of social documentary photographer and trailblazer Tish Murtha, who dedicated her life to documenting the lives of working-class communities in North East England.
  • Film Programme
Event
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Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story
We follow Otto Baxter, a 35-year-old man with Down Syndrome, over six years, as he writes and directs a foul-mouthed, autobiographical comedy-horror-musical set in Victorian London. 
  • Peter Beard, Bruce Fletcher, Otto Baxter
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Our Times
After a seven-year hiatus from documentary filmmaking Rakhshan Banietemad set out to capture the hopes of a generation during the 2001 Iranian Presidential election. 
  • Rakhshan Banietemad
  • 2002
  • Film Programme
Film
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Out Loud
With a cast of one hundred people making the street their home, a temporary community transforms a public square into a great stage.
  • Jonathas de Andrade
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
Film
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Marketplace Activity
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Phantom Parrot
When a human rights activist, returning to the UK, has his electronic devices confiscated by border authorities, it highlights an unsettling programme of state surveillance.
  • Kate Stonehill
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
Film
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Phobos
With place as the main character, this film builds an ominous picture of a city constantly threatened by war, caught in a never-ending nightmare.
  • Mina Keshavarz
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
Film
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Piblokto
In an isolated village in the Arctic Circle, life is often brutal. Hunting walruses and whales, this community lives in close relation to death.
  • Anastasia Shubina, Timofey Glinin
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
Film
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Podcast Live: Soul Music
A podcast first – Sheffield DocFest welcomes a live episode of the BBC's popular series. 
  • Talks Programme
Talk
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Podcast Live: Witch
Acclaimed broadcaster India Rakusen unveils her new podcast.
  • Talks Programme
Talk
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Praying for Armageddon
Tonje Hessen Schei’s film highlights the alarming political influence of American Evangelical Christians and their quest to bring on the Apocalypse. 
  • Tonje Hessen Schei
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
Film
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  • Industry Programme
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Profession: Documentarist
Seven independent female filmmakers voice their concerns about their political, creative and personal lives in the context of the society they live in. 
  • Shirin Barghnavard, Firouzeh Khosrovani, Farahnaz Sharifi, Mina Keshavarz, Sepideh Abtahi, Sahar Salahshoor, Nahid Rezaei
  • 2014
  • Film Programme
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Q
Jude Chehab’s debut feature untangles her family’s connection to a Syrian religious order, making for a nuanced and tense exploration of matrilineal trauma.
  • Jude Chehab
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Razing Liberty Square
As rising sea-levels threaten the city of Miami, one local black community fight to save their neighbourhood from property developers and climate gentrification.
  • Katja Esson
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
Film
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Red Herring
Diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour, director Kit Vincent enlists his family for an intimate and darkly humorous journey to help them come to terms with his illness.
  • Kit Vincent
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Regard Silence
A group of deaf people playfully explore the possibilities of Mexican Sign Language through theatre games and their own poetic creation.

  • Santiago Zermeño
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
Film
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RELAXED SCREENING: A Year In A Field
Relaxed Screening of A Year in the Field, BAFTA-winning documentarian Christopher Morris reflects upon human existence, its relationship to the environment and the urgent need for compassion and transformation.
  • Film Programme
Film
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RELAXED SCREENING: Confessions of a Good Samaritan
Relaxed Screening of Confessions of a Good Samaritan where filmmaker Penny Lane’s decision to donate one of her kidneys to a complete stranger leads her on a journey to understand the nature of altruism.
  • Film Programme
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RELAXED SCREENING: Shorts

Relaxed Screening of three short films from our festival programme that explore poetry, childhood, imagination, nature, and gratitude.

  • Film Programme
Shorts programme
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Richland
The residents of a town built to house workers who produced the material used for the Nagasaki atomic bomb reflect on its troubled past.
  • Irene Lusztig
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
Film
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Right to Fight
The story of three pioneering US sportswomen who, in the 1970s, attempted to break into the most macho sport of all: competitive boxing.
  • Georgina Cammalleri
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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