Applications open for Amplify: Production Talent 2025
Applications are open for Amplify: Production Talent, an initiative aimed at entry-level production professionals who are looking to elevate their careers.
Published on March 14
Open Call: Alternate Realities Commission
Up to £15,000 funding, curatorial and marketing support is available for an artist or collective anywhere around the world to create a new, or complete a developing, non-fiction digital project.
Apply by Sunday 27 February 2022.
Apply by Sunday 27 February 2022.
Published on February 7
Meet our Future Film Programmers
In collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University, we are delighted to introduce this year's cohort of Future Film Programmers.
Published on January 27
Alternate Realities Tour – The Hepworth Wakefield
In collaboration with The Hepworth Wakefield, join us 21–23 January for a group exhibition comprising moving image works from UK and international artists and filmmakers Geraldine Snell, Heesoo Kwon, Duncan Marquiss, Lina Laraki and Séamus Harahan.
Published on January 17
Alternate Realities Tour – Salon Event #2
Join us for the second of our salon events, presented with The Cooper Gallery as part of our Alternate Realities winter tour.
Published on January 14
Introducing our new senior team members
Introducing to our team: Raul Niño Zambrano as Head of Film Programmes; Francesca Panetta as Alternate Realities Curator; and Sarah Mosses & John-Paul Pierrot of Together Films agency to lead on the 2022 Festival’s Marketing & Audience strategy and campaign.
Published on January 5
Alternate Realities Tour – SET Woolwich
In collaboration with SET Woolwich, we're delighted to announce a group exhibition comprising selected artworks from our 2021 programme.
Published on December 15
Diaspora Multimedia Hub Showcase
Join us for a showcase of work made by local first-time filmmakers, and hear the stories they have to tell about our city and the people that live in it.
Published on December 4
Alternate Realities Tour – Salon Screening #1
We're delighted to announce the participating artists in our touring Alternate Realities programme, and invite you to join us for our first event.
Published on November 18
Our Alternate Realities Tour returns this winter
We're delighted to announce the return of our Alternate Realities touring programme this winter.
Published on November 10
Announcing our 2022 Leadership Team
We are delighted to welcome film festival luminary Clare Stewart as Interim CEO and Academy and BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia as Guest Curator for the next edition of Sheffield DocFest.
Published on October 26
Announcing the DocFest Exchange: Beyond Our Own Eyes film commissions
Commissioned by Sheffield DocFest as part of the DocFest Exchange, the Beyond Our Own Eyes film commissions are 3 new works by artists April Lin 林森, Gregory Herbert and Hermione Spriggs that invite us to come closer to our more-than-human neighbours.
Published on October 14
Announcement: Cíntia Gil has left her position as Festival Director
International Documentary Festival Sheffield announces Cíntia Gil has left her position as Festival Director
Published on August 20
Wishing goodbye – and congratulations! – to Deputy Director Melanie Iredale
We wish goodbye and our sincerest congratulations to our Deputy Director Melanie Iredale who has been announced as the incoming Director of Birds Eye View.
Published on August 10
Take a look at our 2021 Festival Report
The 28th edition in review – have a read through our Festival Report to find out everything you need to know about Sheffield DocFest 2021.
Published on July 27
Join us at Cannes Film Festival
Join us at Cannes in July for a showcase four works in progress, a spotlight a project in development and a DocTalk.
Published on June 23
Our Website will be Closed for Maintenance
Our website will be closed for planned maintenance from Monday 15 January - Wednesday 17 January 2024. If you’ve got any enquiries during this period please contact us on info@sheffdocfest.com or ( 0 )114 276 5141.
Published on January 13
Listen Again to Right on Time Radio
Commissioned and Curated by Soukaina Aboulaoula for the Sheffield DocFest Arts Programme 2021, Right on Time Radio was a temporary web radio station which aired daily during the festival from 4 - 13 June. Listen again now.
Published on July 14
Sheffield DocFest Arts Programme 2021
Sheffield DocFest is an international film and arts festival with a mission to spark imaginations and empower our capacity for change by celebrating, championing and debating documentary film and art as a collective form of engagement.
Published on June 5
DocFest Exchange: Beyond Our Own Eyes
We're excited to announce our full programme of films, talks, workshops and audio walks for this year’s DocFest Exchange.
Published on June 2
Meet our 2021 Jurors
We’re proud to announce our team of jurors for our International Competition, UK Competition and Awards...
Published on May 28
Paula Gaitán retrospective on DAFilms
We're proud to present an online retrospective of Brazilian filmmaker Paula Gaitán, screening online at DAFilms.
Published on May 25
The Schools Programme
The Schools Programme at Sheffield DocFest is a new, free mini festival especially for Schools and other educational providers for children and young people aged 5-19 in Sheffield.
Published on May 24
New Arts commissions: Alex Tyson’s The Registry and Right on Time Radio
We're pleased to announce new commissions as part of our Arts Programme.
Published on May 6
2021 Marketplace Projects & Teams Announced
Today we announce 55 projects selected for the MeetMarket (for features and series) and 22 projects for the Arts Talent Market (for new media works).
Published on April 27
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