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De Occulta Imagine
Bringing his cinematic alchemy to the archives of the Italian Labour and Democratic Movement, director Stefano P. Testa transmutes the past with an inimitable presence.
  • Stefano P. Testa
  • 2024
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Death Without Mercy
The director of "For Sama" captures the anguish of Syrian and Turkish communities as they reel from the devastation wreaked by a massive earthquake.
  • Waad Alkateab
  • 2024
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Democracy Noir
In Connie Field's unsettling film, a journalist, a politician and activist fight to highlight the infringement of democratic rights in Hungary.
  • Connie Field
  • 2024
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DEVO
Few groups embraced sci-fi, satire and surrealism with the gusto that the Dada-inspired, US new-wave, art-punk, synth-pop band DEVO did, as this energetic portrait reveals.
  • Chris Smith
  • 2024
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Don't Forget to Remember
An artist navigates his mother's life and memories as they are being eroded by the advance of Alzheimer's.
  • Ross Killeen
  • 2024
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Dreams About Putin
What is repressed and unspoken returns as dreams and nightmares in this cinematic essay about the shaping of the unconscious in times of war.
  • Nastia Korkia, Vlad Fishez
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Dreams Travel With the Wind
A filmmaker movingly chronicles his Wayuu grandfather's wrenching history, weaving his memories into a haunting narrative of cultural resilience and loss.

  • Inti Jacanamijoy
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Eno
There is no better subject to create a generative documentary around than musician, producer, artist, activist and all-round polymath Brian Eno. This ingenious film shows why.
  • Gary Hustwit
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Eno with Live Mix + Conversation
We’re delighted to welcome digital artist Brendan Dawes, who worked closely with director Gary Hustwit to produce this innovative portrait of Brian Eno and who will talk about why this screening is a unique event immediately after it.

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Eternal Father
Afraid he won't be around to see his children grow up, Nasar decides to be cryonically frozen, in the hope of returning in the future.
  • Ömer Sami
  • 2023
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Eternal You
Facing the seemingly boundless possibilities of AI, including bringing the dead back to life, this film questions the limit to what might be possible.
  • Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck
  • 2024
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Exhumator
Heinz's job has taught him to befriend death - to treat the deceased like the living. Doing his work, he sees the world very differently.
  • Christof Schuerpf
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Farming the Revolution

In 2020, farmers in India organised a spirited national protest against the country's new farm laws, leading to a momentous defeat for the State.

  • Nishtha Jain, Akash Basumatari
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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fawns of the city
A poetic-sonic expression from Sheffield-based artist Otis Mensah and performer Jamal Sterrett that explores diasporic-bonding, friendship and our many delicate states of home.
  • Jamal Sterrett, Otis Mensah
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Filmmaker Challenge: 6 Short Films on Sheffield
Our Filmmaker Challenge returns for 2024, bringing 6 exciting new voices to Sheffield to make a short micro documentary under the guidance of filmmaker mentor Julie Cohen.
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Flowers
An Amazon ethnocide is justified by a war in Ukraine. It's streamed online by the filmmaker, while in the garden his three-year-old son marvels at the flowers.
  • José Cardoso
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Four Kings
A riveting series focusing on the careers of four leading Black British boxers, the rivalry that existed between them and the challenges they faced.
  • Stewart Kyasimire, Hassan Ghazi, Beya Kabelu
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Four Kings + Conversation
Legendary boxer Frank Bruno and the directors of this series will join us on stage straight after the screening of this ringside documentary about four British boxing greats.
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Freedom of the Press: State of Silence + Conversation
The realities of the Mexican journalists, as well as those featured in other films in the selection, will be at the centre of the ensuing conversation around the delicate state of journalism worldwide.
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Goodnight, Mister Stalin
In the Georgian town where Josef Stalin was born, two women become embroiled in an inter-generational struggle over their conflicting interpretations of a contested history.
  • Benjamin Kodboel
  • 2024
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Googoosh – Made of Fire
Iranian superstar Googoosh, who was subject to decades of persecution at home, recounts her extraordinary 50-year career as a singer, actress and activist.
  • Niloufar Taghizadeh
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Habibullah
Habibullah Zandi has been singing for decades, but as a local mullah tries to silence his song, he proves that music and poetry can also be sacred.
  • Adnan Zandi
  • 2023
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HAIYU - Rebel Singer Mariem Hassan and the Struggle for a Free Western Sahara
An iconic singer's life, music and lyrics are deeply intertwined with the struggle for freedom in a country known as Africa's last colony.
  • Alex Veitch, Brahim B. Ali, Mohamedsalem Uered, Anna Klara Åhrén
  • 2024
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Hakeem
Troubled Eastender Hak Baker's life takes an unexpected turn after he wins a guitar in a prison raffle.
  • DEADHORSES
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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Hakeem + Conversation & Performance
Hak Baker, the subject of DEADHORSES' (James Topley and Ivo Becket) film, will perform on stage after the screening of Hakeem, and will discuss the documentary portrait with its directors.
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