2016 Sheffield DocFest Festival Programme

Festival Programme

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Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016

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Welcome to your Festival...

Festival Programme

It’s the 23rd Sheffield Doc/Fest and my first as Festival Director.

In our Opening Night Film Where to Invade Next, activist and director Michael Moore has a loud laugh at the social ills of his homeland USA. But his film also shows the power of documentary to shine a spotlight on human behaviour and inspire change. As we countdown to the US elections, see Michael both at his film’s premiere on Friday night and at the C4 interview on Sunday 12 June.

Sheffield will be bristling with star appeal: Joanna Lumley; Ken Loach; Louis Theroux; Freddie Flintoff talks Freddie Fries Under; and Crucible legend Ronnie O’Sullivan reveals the documentaries that have inspired his world class snooker game.

Immerse yourself in interactive and virtual reality in our Alternate Realities programme, including a focus on artificial intelligence.

The Awards ceremony is the evening of Tuesday 14 June; it will be great to see you there. We’re thrilled to honour a Sheffield film-lover with our new Dr Clifford Shaw Feature Doc Audience Award supported by Curzon Home Cinema. Come and vote for your favourite Festival film.

Welcome to Sheffield Doc/Fest

It’s great to be in Sheffield, to welcome so many of you back and to see so many new Festival goers. We’re excited to have created a dynamic and inspiring Festival for you.

For our grand finale, we’re thrilled to welcome Tilda Swinton to Sheffield to talk about Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, our Closing Night Film on Wednesday 15 June.

Here’s to a great Doc/Fest adventure.

Elizabeth McIntyre CEO & Festival Director

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Festival Programme

Contents 6 Festival Info 8 Schedule 31 Films

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23 Special Events 79 Alternate Realities 89 Talks

95 Festival Map

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Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016

Festival Info Tudor Square

Tudor Square is open to the public and houses the Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square, including a series of talks presented by Wellcome Trust and food and drink stalls, plus the Box Office and Guardian Screen on Tudor Square.

Opening times: Festival Info

Fri 10 Jun – Tue 14 Jun: 09:00 – 23:00 Wed 15 Jun: 09:00 – 19:30

Box Office

The Box Office is open before and during the Festival to purchase tickets for film screenings, special events and talks up to 15 minutes before each event. You can also purchase Doc/Lovers Wristbands.

Opening times and locations: Winter Garden, S1 2LH Sat 7 May: 11:00 – 18:00 Sat 4 Jun – Thu 9 Jun: 11:00 – 18:00 Tudor Square, S1 2LA Fri 10 Jun – Tue 14 Jun: 09:00 – 21:30 Wed 15 Jun: 09:00 – 19:30 Tickets are also available on our website at www.sheffdocfest.com *Please note that if you are not in your seat 5 minutes before the advertised start time, your ticket may be reallocated.

We advise you to arrive early.

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Tickets and Prices

All film screenings are £8.50 and £6.00 concession (full time students, senior citizen, claimants and carers) plus a 10% booking fee. Our Alternate Realities exhibitions and Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square are free and open daily. Special events and talks are priced individually.

For more information please visit www.sheffdocfest.com or email tickets@sidf.co.uk

Doc/Lovers Wristband

Want to attend a number of films at Doc/Fest 2016? The Doc/Lovers Wristband allows you to fit as many films as you can into the packed six-day Festival programme for just £65 (£55 concession).

The wristband gives you access to all the films at the Showroom Cinema, Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre, Odeon and Curzon Cinema, including access to post-screening Q&As with filmmakers and the stars of the films. Once you’ve booked your wristband, ticket pre-selection is available until Tuesday 31 May. To find out more and to purchase a wristband, please visit www.sheffdocfest.com or the Doc/Fest Box Office.

Festival Programme

Audience Awards

To vote, look out for volunteers with tear-slips at the film screenings, and look out for our volunteers at our Alternate Realities exhibitions for details.

Access & Baby Changing Facilities

Ratings

Contents

All venues are wheelchair accessible except for the Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre. All venues have baby changing facilities except for Tudor Square, Beijing Screen on Howard Street and O2 Academy.

All films are rated 18 unless otherwise specified, as certified by the BBFC, or by the Festival in conjunction with Sheffield City Council. The projects in the Alternate Realities programme may contain material that is not suitable for some viewers. If you have any questions, please ask a volunteer or member of staff for details.

All information is correct at time of printing.

Sheffield Doc/Fest and the organisers reserve the right to make changes and updates. Please visit www.sheffdocfest.com for current schedules and listings.

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Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016

Friday 10 June Beijing Showroom 1

Vimeo Showroom 2

PBS America Showroom 3

ITN Source Showroom 4

9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00

13:00 I DON’T BELONG ANYWHERE - THE CINEMA OF CHANTAL AKERMAN PAGE 51

12:45 KEDI

13:00 CITY OF GOLD

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PAGES 32 – 76 PAGE 40

15:00 16:00

15:45 SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY +Q&A

15:45 AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY

15:15 FOOTPRINT + Q&A

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17:00

Friday 10 June

15:00 ONE DAY PINA ASKED...

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13:00 SHORT DOC PROGRAMME 1 HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

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18:00 19:00

19:30 STRIKE A POSE + Q&A

20:00 21:00 22:00

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Films

Talks

Alternate Realities

Special Events

Festival Programme

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Millennium Gallery

Site Gallery and The Space

City Hall

9:00 10:00 11:00

12:00 ALTERNATE REALITIES: VIRTUAL REALITY ARCADE

12:00

12:00 ALTERNATE REALITIES: INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION

13:00 14:00

14:00 DIGGING DEEPER...

SNOW MONKEY

18:00

18:30 WHERE TO INVADE NEXT + Q&A WITH DIRECTOR MICHAEL MOORE

19:00

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17:00

16:30 SITE GALLERY ONLY VIRTUAL REALITY ARCADE PREVIEW DRINKS

Friday 10th June

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16:00

16:30 IN CONVERSATION...

A DOC/FEST LUMINARY PAGE 92

15:00

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20:00 PAGE 24

21:00 22:00 23:00 00:00

Films

Talks

Alternate Realities

Special Events

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Saturday 11 June Beijing Showroom 1

Vimeo Showroom 2

PBS America Showroom 3

ITN Source Showroom 4

Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Curzon Cinema

9:00 10:00

09:45 DEATH BY DESIGN, WITH CONSUMED + Q&A

11:00

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12:00 13:00

12:30 BURMA’S SECRET JUNGLE WAR WITH JOE SIMPSON +Q&A PAGE 38

10:00 KIVALINA, WITH THE LIVING FOREST + Q&A

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PAGE 42 12:30 THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES + Q&A

14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00

Saturday 11 June

15:00 THE CAUSE OF PROGRESS + Q&A

12:00 THERE WILL BE WATER + Q&A PAGE 72

14:00 CAMERAPERSON + Q&A

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18:00

17:45 ZUD + Q&A

18:15 COMMAND AND CONTROL + Q&A

19:00

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20:00 21:00

20:30 FLOTEL EUROPA, WITH ELDERS + Q&A

10:15 CRASH AND BURN + Q&A

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PAGE 34 14:45 MACHINE OF HUMAN DREAMS, WITH THE DOG + Q&A

09:45 SONITA

16:45 DON’T LOOK BACK + Q&A

PAGE 43 19:15 MONTEREY POP + Q&A

12:45 STORYBOARD P, A STRANGER IN SWEDEN + Q&A & PERFORMANCE PAGE 24

15:30 MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE + EXTENDED Q&A

21:00 CITY 40, WITH BUNKERS + Q&A

21:30 TWO TRAINS RUNNIN’ + Q&A

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23:00

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12:30 FREIGHTENED THE REAL PRICE OF SHIPPING + Q&A PAGE 48

15:00 A FAMILY AFFAIR + Q&A

Talks

Alternate Realities

12:00 RESET

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15:00 DESTINATION UNKNOWN + Q&A PAGE 43

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18:30 THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE PAGE 61

21:00 WEINER + Q&A

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00:00 Films

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18:00 JIM: THE JAMES FOLEY STORY + Q&A

Special Events

17:30 THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED + Q&A PAGE 56

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22:00 10

09:45 THE HAPPY FILM

21:00 PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW + Q&A PAGE 65

20:15 A TODO COLOR + Q&A

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Festival Programme

Odeon

Millennium Gallery

10:00 ABOUT LAST NIGHT...

DAILY REVIEW INCL. LIFE, ANIMATED PAGE 92

10:00 ALTERNATE REALITIES: INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION

Site Gallery and The Space

O2 Academy

9:00

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

16:00

PAGE 80

17:00

16:30 IN CONVERSATION...

A DOC/FEST LUMINARY PAGE 92

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Saturday 11 June

14:30 DIGGING DEEPER...

ANTS ON A SHRIMP AND MISO HUNGRY PAGE 92

15:00

PAGES 32 – 76

14:00

15:30 SHORT DOC PROGRAMME 2 - ANIMAL NATION

12:30 CREATIVE EXCHANGE...

IDEAS BEHIND SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY PAGE 92

13:00

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12:00

12:45 SOLITARY, WITH EYE FOR AN EYE + Q&A

11:00 ALTERNATE REALITIES: VIRTUAL REALITY ARCADE

11:00

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10:00

10:00 WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

18:00

18:15 KIKI + Q&A

19:00 20:00

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21:00

21:00 VOGUE, STRIKE A POSE PARTY!

22:00

21:00 WHITE RAGE, WITH SPEAKING IS DIFFICULT + Q&A PAGE 76

23:00

Films

Talks

Alternate Realities

Special Events

00:00

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Sunday 12 June

Vimeo Showroom 2

PBS America Showroom 3

09:45 THE FLICKERING FLAME PAGE 47

10:00 FOOTPRINT + Q&A

09:45 LOBANOVSKIY FOREVER + Q&A

ITN Source Showroom 4

Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Curzon Cinema

Odeon

9:00

Beijing Showroom 1

10:00 11:00

11:15 CATHY COME HOME

12:00

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13:00

13:15 BEHEMOTH

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12:30 BROTHERS, WITH I’M NOT FROM HERE + Q&A PAGE 37

14:00 15:00 16:00

12:30 RWANDA & JULIET + Q&A

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15:15 MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE + Q&A

15:00 SNOW MONKEY + Q&A

13:00 LIFE, ANIMATED

12:30 BACK ON BOARD: GREG LOUGANIS PAGE 35

12:30 ENOUGH, ALREADY, WITH CONTINENTAL DRIFT + Q&A

PAGE 62 14:45 WHERE TO INVADE NEXT

15:15 SOUR GRAPES + Q&A

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18:00

18:00 LYARI NOTES, WITH SILENT VOICES

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18:15 MR. GAGA + Q&A

19:00

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20:00

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21:00

20:30 STRIKE A POSE + Q&A

22:00

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21:00 CITY OF DREAMS: A MUSICAL + Q&A PAGE 40

15:00 AMBULANCE, WITH BURNOUT + Q&A

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18:30 PLAZA DE LA SOLEDAD + Q&A PAGE 65

20:45 SOUTHWEST OF SALEM: THE STORY OF THE SAN ANTONIO FOUR PAGE 70

17:45 OUT RUN + Q&A

18:00 NOTES ON BLINDNESS + EXTENDED Q&A

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20:15 UNCLE HOWARD + EXTENDED Q&A

20:45 UNLOCKING THE CAGE + EXTENDED Q&A

Alternate Realities

17:30

MONSTER IN THE MIND - THE CONVENIENT UNTRUTH ABOUT ALZHEIMER’S + Q&A

18:15 MISS SHARON JONES!

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00:00 Talks

15:30 THE CONFESSION + Q&A PAGE 41

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23:00 Films

12:45 NO HOME MOVIE

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17:00

Sunday 12 June 12

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15:30 UKRAINIAN SHERIFFS + Q&A

10:00 ANTS ON A SHRIMP + Q&A

10:15 IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE

10:30 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HIGH-RISE

Special Events

20:00 TYRUS, WITH FIRST CUT + Q&A PAGE 73

20:45 OUR LAST TANGO + Q&A

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Festival Programme

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Crucible Theatre

Crucible Studio

Millennium Gallery

Site Gallery and The Space

Showroom Café

Other

9:00 13:00

13:30 ALTERNATE REALTIES SUMMIT: VRFTERNOON

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20:00 NOTES ON BLINDNESS: INTO DARKNESS VR SHOWING

19:00 ABBEYDALE PICTURE HOUSE WHERE YOU’RE MEANT TO BE WITH AIDAN MOFFAT + SPECIAL MUSICAL GUESTS PAGE 26

17:00

PAGE 90

18:00

18:00 THE CHANNEL 4 INTERVIEW: MICHAEL MOORE PAGE 91

16:00

16:00 NOTES ON BLINDNESS: INTO DARKNESS VR SHOWING

Sunday 12 June

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15:00 PICTURE HOUSE SOCIAL HOME MOVIE DAY

15:00

15:00 THE ABSOLUTELY ADVENTUROUS JOANNA LUMLEY IN CONVERSATION PAGE 90

14:00

16:30 IN CONVERSATION...

A DOC/FEST LUMINARY PAGE 92

11:00 ALTERNATE REALTIES: VIRTUAL REALITY ARCADE

12:00

PAGE 92 14:30 DIGGING DEEPER...

NOTES ON BLINDNESS PAGE 92

12:30 D.A. PENNEBAKER & CHRIS HEGEDUS IN CONVERSATION WITH FRANCINE STOCK PAGE 90

11:00 ALTERNATE REALTIES: INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION

11:00

PAGE 90 12:30 CREATIVE EXCHANGE ...

IDEAS BEHIND THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES

10:00

10:00 ALTERNATE REALTIES SUMMIT: ANDROIDS, ROBOTS AND AVATARS LIVE

10:30 ABOUT LAST NIGHT... DAILY REVIEW INCL. KIKI PAGE 92

20:00 21:00

PAGE 86

19:00

20:00 A NIGHT OF SURVEILLANCE: THE SUPERNERDS EXPERIENCE PAGE 26

22:00 23:00 00:00

Films

Talks

Alternate Realities

Special Events

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Monday 13 June Beijing Showroom 1

PBS America Showroom 3

10:00 SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY + Q&A

10:00 PAA JOE & THE LION, WITH GREY AREA + Q&A

ITN Source Showroom 4

Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

9:00

Vimeo Showroom 2

10:00

09:45 #MYESCAPE + Q&A

12:00

12:15 EXODUS: BREAKING INTO EUROPE (WORKING TITLE) + Q&A

13:00

11:00

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PAGE 68

12:45 THE SPIRIT OF ‘45

09:45 TONY ROBBINS: I AM NOT YOUR GURU

12:15 HOOLIGAN SPARROW

12:30 THE CONFESSION + Q&A

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14:00 15:00 17:00

16:45 THERE WILL BE WATER + Q&A

15:15 AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY

18:00 19:00 20:00

PAGE 48

15:00 UNLOCKING THE CAGE + Q&A

14:30 THE HARD STOP + Q&A

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18:15 CAMERAPERSON + Q&A

17:30 VERSUS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF KEN LOACH + EXTENDED Q&A

17:45 SONITA

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PAGE 38 20:15 JIM: THE JAMES FOLEY STORY + Q&A

21:00

20:45 CITY OF DREAMS: A MUSICAL + Q&A

22:00

PAGE 53

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23:00 00:00 Films

Talks

17:45 BOBBY SANDS: 66 DAYS + Q&A

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15:00 NATIONAL BIRD + Q&A

PAGE 34

21:00 TEMPESTAD + Q&A

21:15 CARE + Q&A

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19:00 FRAUD, WITH WHEN YOU AWAKE + Q&A

12:00 THE SETTLERS + Q&A

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16:00

Monday 13 June

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PAGES 32 – 76

PAGE 51 PAGE 71

14:15 MATTRESS MEN + Q&A

09:45 SHORT DOC PROGRAMME 3 FUNNY PICTURES

Alternate Realities

Special Events

PAGE 36

20:45 BORN TO BE FREE + Q&A

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Festival Programme

Curzon Cinema

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Crucible Theatre

Millennium Gallery

Site Gallery and The Space 9:00 11:00 ALTERNATE REALTIES: VIRTUAL REALITY ARCADE

12:00 13:00

12:30 CREATIVE EXCHANGE...

IDEAS BEHIND MISS SHARON JONES! PAGE 92

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19:45 FREDDIE FLINTOFF & ROBERT PENN TALK DOCS & CHIPS PAGE 90

20:00 21:00

20:30 WHITE RAGE, WITH SPEAKING IS DIFFICULT + Q&A

19:00

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PAGE 84

18:00

17:45 RONNIE O’SULLIVAN IN CONVERSATION

Monday 13 June

PAGE 80

17:00

16:30 IN CONVERSATION...

A DOC/FEST LUMINARY PAGE 92

16:00

17:30 BROTHERS, WITH I’M NOT FROM HERE + Q&A

14:30 DIGGING DEEPER...

DOC/FEST ALTERNATE REALITIES: INTERACTIVE PAGE 92

15:00

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14:00

PAGE 48

15:00 FLOTEL EUROPA, WITH ELDERS + Q&A

11:00

12:00 FREIGHTENED THE REAL PRICE OF SHIPPING, WITH TRANSIT ZONE + Q&A

10:00

10:00 ALTERNATE REALTIES: INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION

10:30 ABOUT LAST NIGHT...

DAILY REVIEW INCL. MR. GAGA PAGE 92

22:00

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23:00 00:00

Films

Talks

Alternate Realities

Special Events

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Tuesday 14 June Beijing Showroom 1

Vimeo Showroom 2

PBS America Showroom 3

ITN Source Showroom 4

Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Curzon Cinema

9:00 10:00 11:00

10:00 THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ALEX LEWIS + Q&A PAGE 45

10:15 GOLDEN GIRL + Q&A

12:00 13:00

PAGE 55

14:00

13:15 INSIDE THE GANG (WORKING TITLE) + Q&A

12:15 GENERATION REVOLUTION + Q&A

15:00 16:00 17:00

Tuesday 14 June

14:45 NOTES ON BLINDNESS + Q&A

15:45 DEAD SLOW AHEAD + Q&A

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18:00 19:00

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PAGE 40

20:00 21:00

20:30 MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE + Q&A

20:45 PLAZA DE LA SOLEDAD + Q&A

12:30 THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE PAGE 61

15:30 PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW + Q&A

20:30 INDIA IN A DAY + Q&A

15:00 MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES

15:00 COMMAND AND CONTROL + Q&A

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18:00 LEAGUE OF EXOTIQUE DANCERS + Q&A

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18:00 AFTER SPRING + Q&A

17:30 OUR LAST TANGO + Q&A

PAGE 64 PAGE 56

20:45 SERENA + Q&A

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20:45 A FAMILY AFFAIR + Q&A

20:00 NOMA: MY PERFECT STORM + Q&A PAGE 63

22:00

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23:00 00:00 16

12:15 WEINER + Q&A

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PAGE 65 17:30 BOBBY SANDS: 66 DAYS + Q&A

18:15 THE CHARRO OF TOLUQUILLA + Q&A

12:45 BORN TO BE FREE + Q&A

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PAGE 65

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PAGE 52

17:30 MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE + EXTENDED Q&A

19:45 THE PEACEMAKER + Q&A

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14:45 KIKI + Q&A

PAGE 55

10:15 MISO HUNGRY

PAGES 32 – 76 PAGE 49

12:15 KIVALINA, WITH THE LIVING FOREST + Q&A

09:45 SHORT DOC PROGRAMME 4 WORKING LIVES

Films

Talks

Alternate Realities

Special Events

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Festival Programme

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Crucible Theatre

Millennium Gallery

Site Gallery and The Space

Showroom Café

9:00 10:00

10:00 ALTERNATE REALTIES: INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION

11:00 ALTERNATE REALTIES: VIRTUAL REALITY ARCADE

11:00

10:30 ABOUT LAST NIGHT...

DAILY REVIEW INCL. THERE WILL BE WATER PAGE 92

12:00 PAGE 86

14:00

PAGE 92

PAGE 84

18:00

PAGE 86

17:00

16:30 NOTES ON BLINDNESS: INTO DARKNESS VR SHOWING

PAGE 80

16:00

14:30 IN CONVERSATION...

A DOC/FEST LUMINARY PAGE 92

Tuesday 14 June

15:00

14:30 DIGGING DEEPER...

NATIONAL BIRD

12:45 NOTES ON BLINDNESS: INTO DARKNESS VR SHOWING

13:00

12:30 CREATIVE EXCHANGE...

IDEAS BEHIND MACHINE OF HUMAN DREAMS PAGE 92

19:00 20:00

20:00 AWARDS CEREMONY

21:00

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22:00 23:00 00:00

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Alternate Realities

Special Events

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Wednesday 15 June Beijing Showroom 1

Vimeo Showroom 2

PBS America Showroom 3

ITN Source Showroom 4

9:00 10:00

10:00 THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED + Q&A

10:15 LYARI NOTES, WITH SILENT VOICES + Q&A

10:00 MONSTER IN THE MIND – THE CONVENIENT UN-TRUTH ABOUT ALZHEIMER’S + Q&A

10:00 SOUR GRAPES + Q&A

11:00

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12:00

PAGE 57 12:15 CITY 40, WITH BUNKERS + Q&A

13:00 PAGE 40

12:45 SOLITARY, WITH EYE FOR AN EYE + Q&A

13:00 JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 COMMERCE QUAY, 1080 BRUSSELS

12:30 SNOW MONKEY + Q&A

14:00

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15:00

15:30 THE SETTLERS + Q&A

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16:00 17:00

Wednesday 15 June

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15:00 DADDY’S GIRL + Q&A

17:00 TEMPESTAD + Q&A

PAGE 53 16:30 MAD DOGS, WITH HELL ON WHEELS

17:15 STORYBOARD P, A STRANGER IN SWEDEN + Q&A

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18:00

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19:00 20:00

19:00 THE SEASONS IN QUINCY: FOUR PORTRAITS OF JOHN BERGER + EXTENDED Q&A

19:30 BEST OF THE FEST

20:00 MERCI PATRON !

(THANKS BOSS)

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Films

Talks

Alternate Realities

Special Events

Festival Programme

Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Millennium Gallery

Site Gallery and The Space

City Hall Ballroom

9:00

10:00 ALTERNATE REALITIES: INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION

10:00

11:00 ALTERNATE REALITIES: VIRTUAL REALITY ARCADE

11:00

10:30 ABOUT LAST NIGHT...

DAILY REVIEW INCL. INDIA IN A DAY PAGE 92

12:00 13:00

12:30 CREATIVE EXCHANGE...

IDEAS BEHIND UNLOCKING THE CAGE PAGE 92

14:00

PAGE 80

17:00

PAGE 84

Wednesday 15 June

16:00

16:45 IN CONVERSATION...

A DOC/FEST LUMINARY PAGE 92

15:00

14:30 DIGGING DEEPER...

DOC/FEST ALTERNATE REALITIES: VIRTUAL REALITY PAGE 92

18:00 19:00 20:00

19:30 ADAM BUXTON PRESENTS A BUG SPECIAL: DAVID BOWIE LIVE PAGE 28

21:00 22:00 23:00 00:00

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Alternate Realities

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Beijing Screen on Howard Street Friday 10

Saturday 11

Sunday 12

Monday 13

Tuesday 14

Wednesday 15

9:00 10:00 11:00

11:00 KEDI, WITH CAT LISTENING TO MUSIC PAGE 55

12:00

12:00 ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD

11:00 SHORT DOC PROGRAMME

11:00 THE MINE WARS

13:00 14:00

13:00 BERLIN 1936, THE FINAL ILLUSION

14:00 THE SPIRIT OF ‘45

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PAGES 32 – 76 13:00 FIRST POSITION

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PAGE 71

16:00

16:00 MAVIS!

15:00 VARICELLA PAGE 75

17:00 18:00

18:00 A BALLERINA’S TALE

13:30 AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: A HISTORY PAGE 34

15:00 MAVIS!

15:30 IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE

18:00 SHORT DOC PROGRAMME

17:00 KEDI, WITH CAT LISTENING TO MUSIC PAGE 55 18:30 BFI FILM ARCHIVE

19:00

PAGES 32 – 76

17:30 !VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!

20:00 21:00

PAGE 34

20:00 THE MINE WARS

PAGE 36

PAGE 60

20:20 ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD

20:00 THE SPIRIT OF ‘45

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PAGE 44

23:00 00:00 Alternate Realities

Special Events

13:30 NOTES ON BLINDNESS PAGE 63

15:00 SHORT DOC PROGRAMME

15:00 IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE PAGE 52

PAGES 32 – 76 17:00 BLACK GOLD PAGE 36

19:20 VARICELLA PAGE 75

22:00 Talks

13:00 BFI ARCHIVE

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PAGE 36 18:00 AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: A HISTORY

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PAGE 32

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16:00 FIRST POSITION PAGE 59

Films

11:00 THE MINE WARS

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15:00

Outdoor Screens 20 20

11:00 NOTES ON BLINDNESS

20:00 A BALLERINA’S TALE PAGE 32

16:30 MAVIS! PAGE 59

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Guardian Screen on Tudor Square Friday 10

Sunday 12

10:45 AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: A HISTORY

11:00 BERLIN 1936, THE FINAL ILLUSION

Monday 13

Tuesday 14

Wednesday 15 9:00

Saturday 11

10:00

13:00 A BALLERINA’S TALE

18:00 FIRST POSITION

18:00 !VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!

17:30 AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: A HISTORY PAGE 34

20:00 MAVIS!

19:30 THE EPIC OF EVEREST PAGE 45

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Special Events Opening and closing night gala events and groundbreaking film, performance and musical moments – the unforgettable highlights of your Doc/Fest experience.

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Where to Invade Next

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+ Q&A with director Michael Moore Michael Moore / USA / 2015 / 110 mins / UK Premiere

Michael Moore is known by most as an iconoclast film director, brilliant polemicist and infamous political activist. He presents his latest film, conducting a bold experiment that takes the American trend of ‘invasion’ outside of war, conflict and economics – and transforms it into his version of a more kind, gentle and humorous appropriation of social and moral values.

Fri 10 Jun / 18:30 / City Hall £13 / £11

Special Events

Further screening: Sun 12 Jun / 14:45 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Storyboard P, a stranger in Sweden

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+ Q&A with filmmakers Matt D’Arcy and Erik Pauser and live performance from Storyboard P

Matt D’Arcy / Sweden / 2016 / 60 mins / World Premiere Brooklyn dancer Storyboard P’s relentless quest to express himself takes him to unexpected places and pushes him and those around him to their limits.

Sat 11 Jun / 12:45 / ITN Source Showroom 4 £8.50 / £6 Further screening: Wed 15 Jun / 17:15 / Vimeo Showroom 2

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Vogue, Strike a Pose Party!

Following the UK Premiere of Kiki, Doc/Fest is very excited to bring voguing to Sheffield.

Come and join us at our colourful and flamboyant Saturday night party and be inspired to embrace and celebrate the freedom of dance. Undoubtedly an evening to remember – let your body move to the music!

Sat 11 Jun / 21:00 – 01:00 / O2 Academy £10 For Kiki, see P.55

Special Events

Home Movie Day

with Magic Lantern Film Club

Remember those old super8 films your dad used to make on holiday? Perhaps you made films yourself but no longer have a way to show them?

Here’s a chance to revisit those memories and bring in your home movies to play on archive projection equipment, with 16mm and 8mm short film screenings and advice from the Magic Lantern Film Club team.

Home movies welcomed in super 8mm, 16mm or slides, for a multi media archive format treat. Films of local people and places are of particular interest.

To find out how to get involved, visit www.sheffdocfest.com Sun 12 Jun / 15:00 – 18:00 / Magic Lantern Cinema, Picture House Social £5 25

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Where You’re Meant To Be with Aidan Moffat and special musical guests Paul Fegan / UK / 2016 / 76 mins

Paul Fegan’s debut documentary is a warm-hearted journey through Scottish landscape, culture and music. Featuring Scottish cult-pop raconteur Aidan Moffat (formerly of Arab Strap), the film takes a road trip through time and space with 79-year-old force of nature Sheila Stewart, who believes Scotland’s oldest songs should be performed in their pure form. Moffat takes an invigorating trip around Scotland surrounding himself with Scottish folk tales, folk songs and folk singers.

Special Events

Sun 12 Jun / 19:00 / Abbeydale Picture House £10 / £8

A Night of Surveillance: The Supernerds Experience

Georg Tschurtschenthaler, Hannah Kappes / Germany / 60 mins / World Premiere A thrilling live experience designed to make you think twice about your online footprint.

Producer and presenter Georg Tschurtschenthaler gives insights into the original production of the interactive part-theatre, part-TV show Supernerds, before providing us with a playful demonstration of just how easy it is to hack phones and tap into private data. Based on the transmedia project Supernerds from gebrueder beetz filmproduktion.

Sun 12 Jun / 20:00 / Crucible Studio £8.50 / £6

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Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

+ Extended Q&A with Ken Loach Louise Osmond / UK / 2016 / 96 mins

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach is a funny, provocative and revealing account of the life and career of one of Britain’s foremost filmmakers, Ken Loach, as he turns eighty and looks back at over fifty years of filmmaking.

Join us for an in-depth Q&A with Ken Loach and director Louise Osmond following the screening.

Mon 13 Jun / 17:30 / ITN Source Showroom 4 £10 / £8

Special Events

For more Loach films, see P.39, P.47 and P.71

Awards Ceremony

The winners of Sheffield Doc/Fest’s prestigious competition prizes will be announced alongside our audience awards, decided by you. Collect your free glass of bubbly at the door and join us to celebrate the best of the Festival programme and recognise the success of the best filmmakers in the industry.

Tue 14 Jun / 20:00- 21:30 / Crucible Theatre £8.50 / £6

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Closing Night Film

The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

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+ Q&A with directors Tilda Swinton and Bartek Dziadosz

Tilda Swinton, Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth, Bartek Dziadosz / UK / 2015 / 89 mins / UK premiere In this unique documentary journey, revered British art critic John Berger’s close friends, including Colin MacCabe and Tilda Swinton, collaborate on four different film essays.

Set in the Alpine village of Quincy, the films interweave ideas from Berger’s work and world. Conceived as “exercises in thinking in film,” they offer up an appropriately innovative portrait of an intellectual giant.

Special Events

Wed 15 Jun / 19:00 / ITN Source Showroom 4 £12 / £10

Adam Buxton Presents a BUG Special: David Bowie Live

Ground control to Major Tom: feast your eyes and ears as the BFI’s sell-out music video show, BUG, returns to Sheffield Doc/Fest for a Bowie musical extravaganza.

Hosted by the brilliant comedian Adam Buxton, this is Adam’s love letter to the Thin White Duke, originally put together to coincide with the V&A’s ‘David Bowie is Making a Scene’ and Buxton’s own BBC6 music documentary on the legendary pop star. Adam Buxton Presents a BUG Special: David Bowie Live promises to bring you out of your City Hall seats and up to the starman waiting in the sky.

Wed 15 Jun / 19:30 / City Hall Ballroom £15 / £12

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Sheffield ‘Media City’ Walking Tours

Join a local tour guide as he gives an exciting, interactive and entertaining 90-minute tour of Sheffield. Designed specifically for the Sheffield Doc/Fest audience, the tour will give you a fascinating insight into Sheffield as a ‘Media City’ with a focus on local arts, films and music.

Finishing at the Showroom, walkers will be able to share a drink and reflect upon newly discovered knowledge that adds to the wonder of Sheffield.

Fri 10 Jun / 10:00 & 16:00 / Tudor Square Sat 11 Jun / 10:00 & 16:00 / Tudor Square

Tue 14 Jun / 10:00 & 16:00 / Tudor Square £5

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No Place Like Home

Victor Kossakovsky / Argentina, Chile, Germany, Netherlands / 2011 / 104 mins It’s a question every school child has wondered: where would you end up if you dug from one side of the world to the other?

Elke Sasse / Afghanistan, Eritrea, Germany, Syria / 2016 / 90 mins / UK Premiere #MyEscape shows the journeys taken by refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Eritrea as the circumstances in their home countries became increasingly unliveable, by using footage which has been shot by the refugees themselves.

¡Vivan las Antipodas!

Sat 11 Jun / 18:00 / Guardian Screen on Tudor Square

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#MyEscape + Q&A

Mon 13 Jun / 09:45 / Beijing Showroom 1

Outdoor Screen

A Ballerina’s Tale

Nelson George / USA / 2015 / 85 mins Traces the prodigious rise and potentially career-ending injury of Misty Copeland, the first African-American ballerina in a major company.

Fri 10 Jun / 18:00 / Beijing Screen on Howard Street See Outdoor Schedule (P.20) for further listings

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Behind the Beats

Tom Fassaert / Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands / 2015 / 116 mins / UK Premiere Through his mysterious South African grandmother, Tom Fassaert traces a difficult, emotional genealogy. But Fassaert’s curiosity yields far more than he bargained for.

Randy Valdes / USA, Cuba / 2015 / 86 mins / International Premiere Amidst economic, political and social strife in 1990s Cuba, young people turned to music as a source of salvation. A rousing music documentary with some fabulous concert scenes.

A Family Affair + Q&A

Sat 11 Jun / 15:00 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

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Sat 11 Jun / 20:15 / Curzon Cinema See Outdoor Schedule (P.20) for further listings

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home

Steph Ching, Ellen Martinez / USA / 2016 / 92 mins / International Premiere After Spring follows the struggles and triumphs of two Syrian families living in a Jordanian refugee camp as they contemplate an uncertain future.

Mohamed Jabaly / Norway, Palestine / 2016 / 80 mins / World Premiere Director Mohamed Jabaly spontaneously tails a crew of paramedics, whom he ultimately befriends. Throughout the Israel-Gaza conflict, he documents their daily rescue missions that are equal parts distressing, hopeful and frenzied.

After Spring + Q&A

Tue 14 Jun / 18:00 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Films

Tue 14 Jun / 20:45 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

A Todo Color + Q&A

Ambulance + Q&A

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Environmental Award

Outdoor Screen

Jared P. Scott / USA / 2016 / 78 mins / International Premiere Though natural disasters have become the new normal, their impact on global instability remains relatively unreported.

Director Jared P. Scott explores the political repercussions of climate change.

Ric Burns / USA / 2015 / 104 mins / UK Premiere Award-winning filmmaker Ric Burns delves into the rich history of one of the world’s pre-eminent ballet companies.

The Age of Consequences + Q&A

Films

Sat 11 Jun / 12:30 / Vimeo Showroom 2

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Fri 10 Jun / 20:00 / Beijing Screen on Howard Street See Outdoor Schedule (P.20) for further listings

Food & Wine

Global Encounters

Maurice Dekkers / Netherlands / 2015 / 88 mins / UK Premiere René Redzepi of world-renowned restaurant NOMA has been invited to Japan to develop a 14-course taster menu. Ants on a Shrimp observes the manic and creative collision of two food cultures.

Jeff Feuerzeig / USA / 2016 / 110 mins Teenager JT LeRoy shot to fame with tales woven from his troubled life, before being revealed as Laura Albert, a talented fantasist. Jeff Fererzeig stylishly tells her story.

Ants on a Shrimp + Q&A

Sun 12 Jun / 10:00 / Odeon 34

American Ballet Theatre: A History

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Fri 10 Jun / 15:45 / ITN Source Showroom 4 Mon 13 Jun / 15:15 / Vimeo Showroom 2

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Outdoor Screen

The Autistix

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Dean Pucket / UK / 2015 / 9 mins Jack, Luke and Saul are The Autistix, the UK’s premier autistic rock group. They’re facing their biggest gig so far, Autism’s Got Talent.

Sat 11 Jun / 17:00 / Guardian Screen on Tudor Square

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Global Encounters

Cheryl Furjanic / USA, UK / 2015 / 87 mins / European Premiere After a troubled retirement, diving champion Greg Louganis is nearly destitute. As he returns to diving to mentor the Olympic team, he looks back on a turbulent life in the spotlight.

Zhao Liang / China, France / 2015 / 90 mins A powerful visual journey to Mongolia, where beautiful grasslands are being overrun by mountains destroyed by coal mining, killing off the surrounding landscape and its people.

Back on Board: Greg Louganis

Sun 12 Jun / 12:30 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Behemoth

Films

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Sun 12 Jun / 13:15 / Beijing Showroom 1

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Outdoor Screen

Berlin 1936, The Final Illusion

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Jérome Prieur / France / 2015 / 90 mins / UK Premiere The story of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, transformed by Nazi propaganda into a grandiose spectacle dedicated to the glory of the Reich.

Films

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Black Gold

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Nick Francis, Marc Francis / UK / 2006 / 78 mins Tadesse Meskela struggles to keep his 74,000 Ethiopian coffee farmers from Western exploitation. Black Gold exposes the truth behind each cappuccino and demands we wake up and smell the coffee.

Tue 14 Jun / 17:00 / Beijing Screen on Howard Street

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BFI Archive

Continuing this great Doc/Fest tradition, we are proud to screen this collection of footage from the BFI Archive.

Sat 11 Jun / 15:00 / Guardian Screen on Tudor Square See Outdoor Schedule (P.20) for further listings

Fri 10 Jun / 20:00 / Guardian Screen on Tudor Square

Outdoor Screen

Outdoor Screen

Grand Jury Award

Bobby Sands: 66 Days + Q&A

Brendan J. Byrne / UK, USA, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden / 2016 / 105 mins / International Premiere In 1981 Bobby Sands and nine other IRA prisoners went on hunger strike, quickly garnering the world’s attention. This archive rich documentary tells the dramatic story of 66 transformative days.

Mon 13 Jun / 17:45 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Tue 14 Jun / 17:30 / PBS America Showroom 3

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Environmental Award

Short Doc Award

Gayane Petrosyan / UK, Russia / 2016 / 90 mins / World Premiere Born to be Free is a revelatory investigative film that takes us to the remotest parts of Russia to reveal the dark heart of the global trade in wild sea mammals.

Lisanne Skyler / USA / 2016 / 40 mins / International Premiere When Skyler was a baby, a Warhol Brillo Box was the family coffee table, until her art-collecting father exchanged it. Skyler explores the journey of this Brillo Box as she reflects on her family’s narrative.

Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 3.

Born to Be Free + Q&A

Mon 13 Jun / 20:45 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Brillo Box (3¢ off)

Mon 13 Jun / 09:45 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Grand Jury Award

Short Doc Award

Wojciech Staron / Poland / 2015 / 70 mins / UK Premiere The Kułakowski brothers return to Poland after 80 years to slowly rebuild a quiet life together. Brothers is a thoughtful observation of their daily struggles that remain as challenging as ever.

Anne-Claire Adet / Switzerland / 2016 / 12 mins / International Premiere A Sudanese journalist lives in cramped dorms with dozens of other people, three floors underground. Cockroaches crawl the yellow walls and oxygen is sparse.

The Swiss government is putting refugees in bunkers.

Brothers + Q&A

Sun 12 Jun / 12:30 / Vimeo Showroom 2 Mon 13 Jun / 17:30 / Curzon Cinema

Films

Tue 14 Jun / 12:45 / ITN Source Showroom 4

Bunkers

Sat 11 Jun / 21:00 / Vimeo Showroom 2 Wed 15 Jun / 12:15 / Beijing Showroom 1

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Best of British

Student Doc Award

Alexis Girardet / UK / 2016 / 60 mins Joe Simpson, the climber who famously cheated death in the Andes, retraces the jungle trek of his father, a ‘Chindit’ who fought behind Japanese lines in Burma in 1944.

Miguel López Valdivia / Mexico / 2015 / 9 mins / World Premiere Hurtling through the streets of Mexico with the panicking injured; descending on chaos at the scene of an emergency.

One paramedic articulates his addiction to adrenaline, and the horrors he will never shake.

Burma’s Secret Jungle War with Joe Simpson + Q&A

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Sat 11 Jun / 12:30 / Beijing Showroom 1

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Burnout + Q&A

Sun 12 Jun / 15:00 / Curzon Cinema

Grand Jury Award

Cameraperson + Q&A

Kirsten Johnson / USA / 2016 / 102 mins / UK Premiere For 25 years American cinematographer Kirsten Johnson has roamed the globe for some of the biggest documentary directors.

Here she refashions some of her footage into a thought provoking essay.

Sat 11 Jun / 14:00 / PBS America Showroom 3 Mon 13 Jun / 18:15 / Vimeo Showroom 2

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Women in Docs

Outdoor Screen

Deirdre Fishel / USA / 2016 / 60 mins / World Premiere With an intimate and empathetic eye, Care reveals the beauty and complexity of home eldercare. It also exposes how the U.S. care system is failing workers, elders and their families.

Chris Marker / France / 1990 / 2 mins Guillaume-en-Egypte, music-loving cat, is listening to Pajaro Triste by Federico Mompou.

Care + Q&A

Mon 13 Jun / 21:15 / Beijing Showroom 1

Cathy Come Home

Ken Loach / UK / 1966 / 75 mins Ken Loach’s 1966 groundbreaking drama documentary set his stake firmly as a political filmmaker, in its powerful depiction of a young woman losing her home and family – a victim of Britain’s callous welfare state.

Sun 12 Jun / 11:15 / Beijing Showroom 1 For more from Loach, see P.27

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Fri 10 Jun / 15:00 / Guardian Screen on Tudor Square See Outdoor Schedule (P.20) for further listings

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Films

Ken Loach Retrospective

Cat Listening to Music

Global Encounters

The Cause of Progress + Q&A

Chris Kelly / UK, Cambodia / 2016 / 130 mins / World Premiere An intimate and unique portrait of three people caught up in the chaotic and often violent development that is shaping modern-day Cambodia. Their activism inspired a ‘Cambodian Spring’, but fighting for what you believe in comes at a cost.

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Global Encounters

Grand Jury Award

José Villalobos / Mexico / 2016 / 86 mins / European Premiere Irreverent and flirtatious, young-at-heart Jaime Dominguez enjoys life as the popular mariachi dancer “Charro de Toluquilla”. But he’s facing some very grown up problems – not least that he is HIV positive.

Samira Goetschel / USA / 2016 / 75 mins / European Premiere Welcome to “City 40”, whose Russian residents have enjoyed a higher than average standard of living – before dying prematurely of radiation poisoning. Secret filming takes us inside this closed city for the first time.

The Charro of Toluquilla + Q&A

Films

Tue 14 Jun / 18:15 / Vimeo Showroom 2

Sat 11 Jun / 21:00 / Vimeo Showroom 2 Wed 15 Jun / 12:15 / Beijing Showroom 1

Best of British

Food & Wine

Brian Hill, Sam Benstead / UK / 2015 / 77 mins / World Premiere City Of Dreams: A Musical is a dizzying and unique musical extravaganza. Set in a school in Dharavi, Mumbai, it combines observational footage of the children’s daily lives, with songs reflecting their hopes and dreams.

Laura Gabbert / USA / 2015 / 96 mins Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold has long unearthed the hidden culinary treasures in LA, with the stroke of his pen changing the lives of many recent immigrants cooking the food of their homeland.

City Of Dreams: A Musical + Q&A

Sun 12 Jun / 21:00 / Vimeo Showroom 2

Mon 13 Jun / 20:45 / ITN Source Showroom 4 40

City 40 + Q&A

City of Gold

Fri 10 Jun / 13:00 / Vimeo Showroom 2

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Global Encounters

Grand Jury Award

Robert Kenner / USA / 2016 / 90 mins / European Premiere During routine inspection of the monster Titan II nuclear warhead, a “human error” almost leads to the obliteration of Arkansas and its neighbouring states. Acclaimed director Robert Kenner revisits the fateful day.

Ashish Ghadiali / UK / 2016 / 90 mins / World Premiere Moazzam Begg’s firsthand account of the rise of modern jihad, its descent into terror and the disastrous reaction to it from the West.

Command and Control + Q&A

The Confession + Q&A

Sun 12 Jun / 15:30 / Odeon

Mon 13 Jun / 12:30 / PBS America Showroom 3

Films

Sat 11 Jun / 18:15 / Vimeo Showroom 2 Tue 14 Jun / 15:00 / Curzon Cinema

Short Doc Programme

Student Doc Award

Richard Seymour / UK / 2015 / 19 mins / World Premiere Chen Li Ming works in a factory in China and lives in factory dorms. The rhythmical thud of machines resembles a sacrificial ritual in this post-apocalyptic landscape dominated by Western consumerism.

Pietro Novello / UK / 2015 / 15 mins / UK Premiere Battered boats on Italian coasts are haunting, familiar images. An Italian immigrant worker discusses the intimidation and corruption faced by refugees as they make desperate bids for survival.

Consumed

Sat 11 Jun / 09:45 / Beijing Showroom 1

Continental Drift

Sun 12 Jun / 12:30 / Curzon Cinema

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Outdoor Adventure

Crash and Burn + Q&A

Sean O’Cualain / UK, Ireland / 2016 / 80 mins / World Premiere For a fleeting moment in the early ‘80s Tommy Byrne was the world’s greatest motor racing driver. His rise was meteoric and his fall spectacular.

Sat 11 Jun / 10:15 / ITN Source Showroom 4

Films Women in Docs

Global Encounters

Melisa Üneri / Finland / 2015 / 52 mins / UK Premiere Melisa moves from Finland to Turkey to escape her domineering Turkish father.

But Granny is already waiting, and she’s ten times worse than Daddy…

A magnificent black comedy about growing up and letting down.

Mauro Herce / France, Spain / 2015 / 74 mins / UK Premiere A giant freighter called Fair Lady steers slowly through barren waters. It is gargantuan and merciless. Spanish cinematographer Mauro Herce’s striking multi-award-winning directorial debut weaves a mesmerizing post-apocalyptic cinematic experience.

Daddy’s Girl + Q&A

Wed 15 Jun / 15:00 / Beijing Showroom 1

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Dead Slow Ahead + Q&A

Tue 14 Jun / 15:45 / Vimeo Showroom 2

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Environmental Award

Best of British

Sue Williams / USA / 2015 / 73 mins / European Premiere Director Sue Williams debunks the notion that electronics is a 'clean' industry by investigating a number of environmental and health catastrophes wrought by production of our gadgets.

Claire Ferguson / UK, USA / 2016 / 80 mins / World Premiere They endured death camps, hid in cellars, or fought as partisans. But for the Holocaust survivors, liberation did not bring peace. They had survived, but had they escaped?

Death by Design + Q&A

Sat 11 Jun / 09:45 / Beijing Showroom 1

Destination Unknown + Q&A

Short Doc Programme

Close Up: Pennebaker

Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepar / USA / 2015 / 8 mins / International Premiere Do robot dogs dream of electric sticks?

A room of adults attend the funeral of their Aibos in Japan – a Sony-produced robotic pet. With the repair centres closed, time is ticking for the surviving few.

D.A. Pennebaker / USA / 1967 / 96 mins D.A. Pennebaker’s pioneering music documentary about 23-year-old Bob Dylan.

With its audio painstakingly restored, some of its most memorable scenes now take on completely new meaning.

The Dog

Sat 11 Jun / 14:45 / Beijing Showroom 1

Films

Sat 11 Jun / 15:00 / Curzon Cinema

Don’t Look Back + Q&A

Sat 11 Jun / 16:45 / PBS America Showroom 3 For Pennebaker in conversation, see P.90

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Encounters at the End of the World

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Elders

Glen Milner / UK / 2015 / 7 mins / European Premiere Eight children, 26 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren… After 88 years of marriage Karim and Kartari still make each other laugh. The couple have the longest known marriage in the world.

Sat 11 Jun / 18:00 / Beijing Screen on Howard Street

Screens as part of the Short Doc Programme; see Outdoor Schedule (P.20) for further listings

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Werner Herzog / USA / 2007 / 99 mins In this Oscar-nominated film, Werner Herzog takes his roving camera to Antarctica to film those living in the most treacherous conditions for scientific research.

Fri 10 Jun / 12:00 / Beijing Screen on Howard Street

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No Place Like Home

Enough, Already + Q&A

Juan Antonio Moreno, Silvia Venegas / Spain / 2015 / 72 mins / World Premiere The Saharawi refugees of western Sahara have survived years of displacement through cooperation and a defiantly efficient public health system. Enough, Already explores the rage and suffering of life under state occupation.

Sun 12 Jun / 12:30 / Curzon Cinema

Festival Programme

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Outdoor Screen

The Epic of Everest

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Captain John Noel / UK / 1924 / 85 mins A remarkable film record of the legendary 1924 attempt to conquer the highest mountain in the world, newly restored by the BFI National Archive.

Sun 12 Jun / 19:30 / Guardian Screen on Tudor Square

Exodus: Breaking into Europe (Working Title) + Q&A

James Bluemel / Various / 2015 / 60 mins / World Premiere Twelve months ago, KEO films gave camera phones to 75 people attempting to break into Europe, resulting in a terrifyingly intimate, epic portrait of the biggest story of the decade.

Mon 13 Jun / 12:15 / Beijing Showroom 1

Best of British

Short Doc Award

Leonardo Machado / UK / 2016 / 60 mins The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis charts a man’s fight to rebuild his family life after a devastating infection took his limbs, parts of his face and his independence.

Dan Krauss / USA / 2016 / 23 mins / European Premiere Doctors in an intensive care unit debate ethics with one another, and the families of critically ill patients who have a diminished capacity for decision-making. Faith, hope and quality of life collide. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 4.

The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis + Q&A

Tue 14 Jun / 10:00 / Beijing Showroom 1

Films

Mon 13 Jun / 15:00 / Guardian Screen on Tudor Square

Best of British

Extremis

Tue 14 Jun / 09:45 / PBS America Showroom 3

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Short Doc Award

Eye for an Eye

Louise Peter, Mahyar Goudarzi, Steve Bache / Germany / 2016 / 5 mins / UK Premiere A convicted murderer tells his story.

With chilling fluidity, beautiful animation expresses how a person can slip from a tough childhood into petty crime and find themselves on death row.

Films

Sat 11 Jun / 12:45 / Odeon

Wed 15 Jun / 12:45 / PBS America Showroom 3

Short Doc Programme

Short Doc Programme

Katarzyna Gondek / Belgium, Poland / 2015 / 8 mins / UK Premiere A giant head glides through a snowy night on the back of a truck. Carved at a gnome and dinosaur factory, the icon floats into a Polish park to preach for eternity.

Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 3.

Gareth C. Scales / UK / 2016 / 10 mins / UK Premiere Big chops, close cuts, fine lines and precision; a montage of what it means to cut. Snippets of interviews explore the diverse trades that require a blade.

Figure

Mon 13 Jun / 09:45 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre 46

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First Cut

Sun 12 Jun / 20:00 / Curzon Cinema

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Outdoor Screen

First Position

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Bess Kargman / USA / 2011 / 95 mins This award-winning documentary follows six dancers as they prepare to perform for one of the most prestigious ballet competitions.

Sun 12 Jun / 09:45 / Beijing Showroom 1 For more from Loach, see P.27

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Vladimir Tomic / Denmark, Serbia / 2015 / 71 mins / UK Premiere Director Vladimir Tomic boarded Copenhagen’s Flotel Europa along with 1,000 other refugees from the former Yugoslavia. Via home movies taken at the time, he looks back on his coming of age.

Sat 11 Jun / 20:30 / Beijing Showroom 1

Mon 13 Jun / 15:00 / Curzon Cinema

Films

See Outdoor Schedule (P.20) for further listings

Flotel Europa + Q&A

The Flickering Flame

Ken Loach / UK / 1996 / 50 mins In this 1996 BBC2 Modern Times broadcast, Ken Loach gives voice to striking Liverpool dockers, embroiled in what was to become one of the longest industrial disputes in British history.

Fri 10 Jun / 18:00 / Guardian Screen on Tudor Square

Youth Jury Award

Ken Loach Retrospective

Environmental Award

Footprint + Q&A

Valentina Canavesio / USA, France / 2016 / 82 mins / World Premiere Footprint takes a dizzying spin around the globe witnessing population explosions, overconsumption, limited resources and expert testimony as to what a world straining at its limits can sustain.

Fri 10 Jun / 15:15 / PBS America Showroom 3 Sun 12 Jun / 10:00 / Vimeo Showroom 2

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Global Encounters

Environmental Award

Dean Fleischer-Camp / USA / 2016 / 55 mins / UK Premiere Witness the implosion of a working-class family chasing the American Dream... sort of. Culled from over 100 hours of one family’s home movies on YouTube, Fraud uses found footage to reveal the slippery nature of what we see online.

Denis Delestrac / France, Spain / 2016 / 84 mins / UK Premiere Global trade requires cheap transport.

Enter the shipping giants, who operate in the legal blindspots of the high seas.

Director Denis Delestrac lifts the veil on a hugely powerful industry.

Fraud + Q&A

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From The Bronx to Yale

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Ruth Sewel / UK, USA / 2016 / 14 mins High school students from Democracy Prep school in the South Bronx, New York, compete against young people across the US at a ‘speech’ competition at Yale University, a form of competitive acting.

Sat 11 Jun / 17:00 / Guardian Screen on Tudor Square

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Freightened - The Real Price of Shipping + Q&A

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Yung Chang / USA, Canada / 2016 / 39 mins / International Premiere The craggy cliffs of Tojinbo, Japan are known for their tragic history. With dozens of people visiting each year with suicidal intentions, a retired policeman has become a watchman and caring counsellor. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 4.

Usayd Younis, Cassie Quarless / UK / 2016 / 80 mins / World Premiere Generation Revolution brings to screen the powerful story of how a new generation of black and brown activists are changing the social and political landscape in London and beyond.

Gatekeeper

Tue 14 Jun / 12:15 / PBS America Showroom 3

Women in Docs

Student Doc Award

Susanna Edwards / Sweden / 2016 / 97 mins / International Premiere Frida Wallberg was one of the most feared boxers in the world, until she suffered a devastating, life changing blow. Her struggle to recover is to be her toughest fight yet.

Jon Barton / Ireland / 2015 / 11 mins Eamonn has always taken the proximity of death in his stride. With a deep sense of responsibility for his work, he shares his passion for embalming and the trust he inspires in his community.

Golden Girl + Q&A

Tue 14 Jun / 10:15 / Vimeo Showroom 2

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Generation Revolution + Q&A

Grey Area

Mon 13 Jun / 10:00 / PBS America Showroom 3

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Ben Nabors, Stefan Sagmeister, Hillman Curtis / UK, USA, Austria, Hong Kong, Indonesia / 2016 / 97 mins / European Premiere Designer Stefan Sagmeister suspects there must be more to life. Turning himself into a design project, he attempts to change his personality to become a better person.

Things don’t go as planned.

Sat 11 Jun / 09:45 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

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Glen Travis / UK / 2015 / 12 mins / World Premiere In the spectacular Cairngorm mountains, the snowy land merges with the clouds. The sublime can swiftly become treacherous. A dedicated team of experienced volunteers standby to rescue the lost. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 4.

Tue 14 Jun / 09:45 / PBS America Showroom 3

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The Hard Stop + Q&A

George Amponsah / UK / 2015 / 85 mins In August 2011, 29-year-old Mark Duggan was shot and killed whilst being arrested by armed police in Tottenham. His death ignited a riot that escalated into a week of the worst civil unrest across the country in recent British history.

Mon 13 Jun / 14:30 / ITN Source Showroom 4

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Hell On Wheels

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Emma Miranda Moore / UK / 2016 / 8 mins / World Premiere Busting out at full speed, the London Rockin’ Rollers share the adrenaline-fuelled, body-positive world of Roller Derby. This is one hell of a girl gang.

Wed 15 Jun / 16:30 / ITN Source Showroom 4

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Nanfu Wang / USA, China / 2016 / 84 mins In China, Ye Haiyan and her team of fearless campaigners are once again being threatened with arrest. Filmmaker Nanfu Wang documents their tireless attempts at exposing systemic sexual exploitation.

Mon 13 Jun / 12:15 / ITN Source Showroom 4

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Instigators & Agitators

Remembering Chantal Akerman

I Don’t Belong Anywhere - The Cinema of Chantal Akerman Marianne Lambert / Belgium / 2015 / 67 mins Chantal Akerman examines the origins of her film language and aesthetic stance with her editor and collaborator, Claire Atherton, exploring her prolific output of more than 40 films.

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Maite Alberdi, Giedre Žickyte / Chile, Denmark, Lithuania / 2015 / 26 mins / UK Premiere A Basque Country native among Chileans, Josebe struggles to share her memories and mother tongue with disinterested, somnolent men. As an 88-year-old with a fading short-term memory, time dissolves.

Paul Blake, Victor Chimara / UK / 2016 / 45 mins / World Premiere With unprecedented access to London’s street gang culture, for the first time this series tells their stories in their words.

How they operate, and the rules they live by, in a culture of violence, knives and firearms.

I’m Not From Here

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Tue 14 Jun / 13:15 / Vimeo Showroom 2

Mon 13 Jun / 17:30 / Curzon Cinema

Global Encounters

In Pursuit of Silence

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Patrick Shen / USA / 2015 / 82 mins / UK Premiere This contemplative cinematic experience explores our relationship with the increasingly elusive sound of silence, challenging audiences to step away from the cacophony of our urban lives, slow down and see the world anew.

Sun 12 Jun / 10:15 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

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Inside the Gang (Working Title)

Global Encounters

India in a Day + Q&A

Richie Mehta / UK, India / 2016 / 100 mins / World Premiere India in a Day is India’s largest crowdsourced documentary. The film captures a remarkable range of characters and reflections into what it means to be alive in India today.

Tue 14 Jun / 20:30 / PBS America Showroom 3

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Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels Chantal Akerman / Belgium, France / 1975 / 201 mins A singular work in film history, Chantal Akerman’s film meticulously details, with a sense of impending doom, the daily routine of a middle-aged widow whose life becomes slowly unravelled.

Wed 15 Jun / 13:00 / Vimeo Showroom 2

Grand Jury Award

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Brian Oakes / USA / 2016 / 112 mins / UK Premiere In 2014 American journalist James Foley’s ISIS video beheading shocked the world. In this poignant documentary Foley’s friends and family eschew his violent death in order to recall his short but impactful life.

Živilé Miciulyté / Lithuania / 2015 / 22 mins / International Premiere Aspiring actor Joan lives between two worlds after exchanging treading the boards for the Ukrainian battlefield. She struggles to integrate with society after returning from war. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 1.

Jim: The James Foley Story + Q&A

Sat 11 Jun / 18:00 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Mon 13 Jun / 20:15 / PBS America Showroom 3

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Joshua Neuman / USA, Canada, Italy / 2015 / 22 mins / UK Premiere Archive footage and animation tell a story of brotherly love and rock’n’roll legend.

Johnny Physical evolved from myth and fantasy. When the real Johnny became ill, his persona lived on. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 3.

Andrea B. Scott / USA / 2016 / 15 mins / International Premiere The inexplicable police shooting of Glen’s family dog in Hartford, Connecticut traumatised his daughter. Upon challenging the law, he began to grasp the extent of institutional incompetence, corruption and racism. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 2.

Johnny Physical Lives

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Just a Dog

Sat 11 Jun / 15:30 / Odeon

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Ceyda Torun / USA / 2015 / 80 mins / European Premiere Believed to absorb humans’ 'negative energy', cats are allowed to roam freely in the streets of Istanbul. Filmmaker Ceyda Torun observes life from the perspective of the city’s beloved four-legged friend.

Fri 10 Jun / 12:45 / PBS America Showroom 3

Kiki + Q&A

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Sara Jordenö, Twiggy Pucci Garcon / USA, Sweden / 2016 / 94 mins / UK Premiere A subset of New York’s voguing ballroom scene, Kiki provides a safe haven for New York’s LBGT people of colour. This vibrant and moving film journeys beyond the glitz and the glamour.

Sat 11 Jun / 18:15 / Odeon

Tue 14 Jun / 14:45 / Beijing Showroom 1

For the Vogue, Strike a Pose Party!, see P.25

Environmental Award

Student Doc Award

GIna Abatemarco / USA / 2015 / 64 mins / UK Premiere The sea wall is an ominous signal to the residents of Kivalina, Alaska – that their hopes of relocation may well be dashed.

Gina Abatemarco examines the marginalising effects of global warming.

Jack Peagam / UK / 2016 / 9 mins / World Premiere Davide Martello began composing to express his romantic love. Cycling across cities with the piano trailing behind, he connects and consoles with the language of music. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 4.

Kivalina + Q&A

Sat 11 Jun / 10:00 / Vimeo Showroom 2 Tue 14 Jun / 12:15 / Beijing Showroom 1

Films

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Queer Screen

Klavierkunst

Tue 14 Jun / 09:45 / PBS America Showroom 3

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League of Exotique Dancers + Q&A

Rama Rau / Canada / 2016 / 90 mins / UK Premiere Fierce and fearless, this group of burlesque elders once represented the epitome of femininity. Sidelined over the decades, acclaimed director Rama Rau shows how they are now embraced by a younger, sexually empowered generation.

Tue 14 Jun / 18:00 / ITN Source Showroom 4

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The Land of the Enlightened + Q&A

Pieter-Jan De Pue / Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany / 2015 / 87 mins / UK Premiere In this seamless blend of fictional and documentary form, shot over seven years, we experience a stunning cinematic journey into the beauty of war-tormented Afghanistan.

Sat 11 Jun / 17:30 / Curzon Cinema Wed 15 Jun / 10:00 / Beijing Showroom 1

Global Encounters

Life, Animated

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Roger Ross Williams / USA / 2016 / 91 mins After years of silence as a child, Owen Suskind amazed his family by beginning to communicate through his beloved Disney films. A masterful film about how one close-knit family navigates life with autism.

Sun 12 Jun / 13:00 / ITN Source Showroom 4

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The Living Forest

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Marc Silver / UK / 2015 / 9 mins The Sarayakuans of Ecuador are battling against the invasion and exploitation of their Amazon forest homeland. Oil companies are encroaching, offering meaningless sums of money in return for environmental destruction.

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Miriam Chandy Menacherry, Maheen Zia / UK, Canada, Finland, India, Netherlands, Pakistan / 2015 / 70 mins / UK Premiere In strife-ridden Karachi, rock guitarist Hamza Jafri and his wife run an arts school. A group of girls learn to confront their violent everyday through friendship and their love for performing.

Sun 12 Jun / 18:00 / Beijing Showroom 1 Wed 15 Jun / 10:15 / Vimeo Showroom 2

Sun 12 Jun / 09:45 / PBS America Showroom 3

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Lyari Notes

Lobanovskiy Forever + Q&A

Anton Azarov / Ukraine / 2016 / 92 mins / World Premiere The story of how legendary football manager Valeri Lobanovskiy transformed the Dynamo Kiev football team through brutal training designed to push players to the limits of physical endurance.

Sat 11 Jun / 10:00 / Vimeo Showroom 2

Youth Jury Award

Outdoor Adventure

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Roberto Studart / USA, Brazil / 2015 / 75 mins / European Premiere Yuri, Marcio and Danilo are the first to ride the wild waves of Jaws, Maui.

Yet commercial interests have caught on, banning the Brazilians from competitive surfing.

Wed 15 Jun / 16:30 / ITN Source Showroom 4

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Machine of Human Dreams + Q&A

Roy Cohen / UK / 2016 / 90 mins / UK Premiere Artificial intelligence expert Ben Goertzel is optimistic he can build a robot with a global brain. But with Chinese funders breathing down his neck, the path to fame and glory is not a smooth one.

Sat 11 Jun / 14:45 / Beijing Showroom 1

Queer Screen

Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures

Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato / USA / 2016 / 108 mins Directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato deliver a rich portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe, the groundbreaking and taboo flaunting photographer whose explicit portraits of his sex partners sent shock waves through America.

Tue 14 Jun / 15:00 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

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Colm Quinn / Ireland / 2016 / 80 mins / European Premiere Paul Kelly and Michael Flynn are the men behind Mattress Mick, the YouTube sensation from the recession-hit Coolock, Ireland. Sobering and thoughtful, Mattress Men takes a look at the real-life repercussions of economic instability.

Jessica Edwards / USA / 2015 / 81 mins Spanning six decades, Mavis Staples’ extraordinary career has paralleled the musical and political landscapes of the times. Featuring Bob Dylan, Sharon Jones and more.

Mattress Men + Q&A

Women in Docs

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise + Q&A

Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack / USA / 2015 / 114 mins / European Premiere Before achieving international acclaim, Maya Angelou had already led an extraordinary life.

Filmmakers Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack recount her experiences from Alabama to Cairo, from mutism to poetry.

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Fri 10 Jun / 16:00 / Beijing Screen on Howard Street

See Outdoor Schedule (P.20) for further listings

Films

Mon 13 Jun / 14:15 / Beijing Showroom 1

Mavis!

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Merci Patron ! (Thanks Boss)

François Ruffin / France / 2016 / 83 mins / UK Premiere François Ruffin, a modern Robin Hood, tries to save the Klurs by pulling one over on Bernard Arnault, CEO of the world’s leading luxury group and France’s richest man.

Wed 15 Jun / 20:00 / Beijing Showroom 1

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The Mine Wars

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Randall MacLowry / USA / 2015 / 113 mins / European Premiere At the dawn of the 20th century coal powered America, The Mine Wars is the biggest civil insurrection in US history.

Fri 10 Jun / 12:00 / Guardian Screen on Tudor Square

Films

See Outdoor Schedule (P.20) for further listings

Women in Docs

Miss Sharon Jones!

Barbara Kopple / USA / 2015 / 94 mins Oscar-winning director Barbara Kopple looks at the late-life success of the indomitable funk and soul frontwoman Sharon Jones, following her rocky struggle with pancreatic cancer.

Sun 12 Jun / 18:15 / Odeon

Food & Wine

Miso Hungry

Tim Delmastro / Australia, Japan / 2015 / 90 mins / European Premiere Nearing forty, and weighing double what he should, Australian comedian Craig Anderson knows that something has to change. Miso Hungry follows him to Japan where he replaces his junk food diet with a Japanese one.

Tue 14 Jun / 10:15 / ITN Source Showroom 4

Global Encounters

MONSTER IN THE MIND The Convenient UN-truth about Alzheimer’s + Q&A

Jean Carper / UK, USA, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands / 2015 / 87 mins / World Premiere With humour and intelligence, examine the fear, misconceptions and hidden facts about Alzheimer’s, inspiring a happy ending revealing how to save yourself from dementia.

Sun 12 Jun / 17:30 / Curzon Cinema Wed 15 Jun / 10:00 / PBS America Showroom 3

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Monterey Pop + Q&A

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D.A. Pennebaker / USA / 1969 / 78 mins Monterey Pop documents the three-day festival that pre-dates Woodstock.

Performers include the likes of Janis Joplin and Otis Redding amongst others, though it’s Ravi Shankar’s sitar that ultimately steals the show.

Mr. Gaga + Q&A

Tomer Heymann / Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Sweden / 2015 / 100 mins Immerse yourself in the world of contemporary dance through the vision of Ohad Naharin, who spurned the tutelage of the dance world’s maestros to become one of the most talented choreographers working today.

For Pennebaker in conversation, see P.90

Sun 12 Jun / 18:15 / Vimeo Showroom 2

Behind the Beats

Student Doc Award

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

Morgan Neville / USA / 2016 / 96 mins / UK Premiere World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma formed the Silk Road Ensemble in 2000, an international group of musicians. Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville follows the individual stories that led the musicians far away from home.

Sat 11 Jun / 18:30 / ITN Source Showroom 4 Tue 14 Jun / 12:30 / Curzon Cinema

My Aleppo

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Get Up And Dance

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Melissa Langer / USA / 2015 / 18 mins / UK Premiere Ibrahim and Lama fled Syria to protect their children. Via Skype, they watch in horror as their city is decimated and loved ones turn to unfathomable violence. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 1.

Fri 10 Jun / 13:00 / ITN Source Showroom 4

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My Scientology Movie + Extended Q&A

John Dower / UK / 2015 / 99 mins When Louis Theroux can’t get access to Scientologists, he casts his own Scientology movie. A sideways swipe at a notorious bully, Theroux again evokes pathos in the most absurd of scenarios.

Films

Sat 11 Jun / 15:30 / ITN Source Showroom 4 Tue 14 Jun / 17:30 / Beijing Showroom 1

Instigators & Agitators

Remembering Chantal Akerman

Sonia Kennebeck / USA, Afghanistan / 2016 / 92 mins / UK Premiere National Bird follows three American whistleblowers, all veterans of the secret US drone war. Wracked by guilt, each is trying in their own way to make reparations for the war’s many civilian casualties.

Chantal Akerman / Belgium, France / 2015 / 115 mins Chantal Akerman documents the life of her mother Natalia Akerman, an immigrant and Auschwitz survivor. Using a home movie format, the film focusses on conversations between Akerman and her mother.

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Food & Wine

Grand Jury Award

Pierre Deschamps / UK / 2015 / 95 mins Noma: My Perfect Storm is a creative journey into the mind of René Redzepi, as he plays with wilderness and interprets a forgotten edible world into a language we all understand.

James Spinney, Peter Middleton / UK, France / 2016 / 86 mins / UK Premiere When John Hull lost his sight he documented his new world on audio cassettes. This acclaimed film brings his emotional musings to the big screen through an innovative approach to documentary.

Noma: My Perfect Storm + Q&A

Tue 14 Jun / 20:00 / Curzon Cinema

Notes on Blindness + Q&A

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One Day Pina Asked…

Chantal Akerman / Belgium / 1983 / 57 mins An encounter between two remarkable women artists of the 20th century, choreographer Pina Bausch and Chantal Akerman, who captures the company’s rehearsals and performances over a European tour.

Fri 10 Jun / 15:00 / Beijing Showroom 1

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Our Last Tango + Q&A

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German Kral / Argentina, Germany / 2015 / 85 mins / UK Premiere For six decades, Juan and Maria Nieves have literally tangoed their joys and pains.

Through Maria’s direction and showstopping choreography, Our Last Tango is a love letter to the Argentinian dance.

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Tue 14 Jun / 17:30 / Curzon Cinema

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Out Run + Q&A

Johnny Symons, S. Leo Chiang / USA / 2016 / 75 mins / European Premiere Out Run follows three charismatic Filipino transgender women struggling to win seats for LGBT candidates. Can they convince the voters they have a societal role outside of hairstylists, entertainers and sex workers?

Sun 12 Jun / 17:45 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Best of British

Paa Joe & The Lion + Q&A

Benjamin Wigley / UK / 2016 / 71 mins / World Premiere Can the greatest living fantasy coffin-maker find recognition as an artist and leave a legacy for his son or will his name disappear alongside his coffins buried deep under ground?

Mon 13 Jun / 10:00 / PBS America Showroom 3

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James Demo / UK, USA, Iraq, Nigeria, South Africa / 2016 / 85 mins / European Premiere Padraig O’Malley has successfully brokered many critical peace deals, but it has come at the expense of his own well-being. Director James Demo gets to know the person behind the façade of international conflict.

Amy Nicholson / USA / 2015 / 15 mins / European Premiere After rescuing a caged hen that had tumbled from a truck, Debbie and Mike began to nurture a menagerie. Predators, animation and opera weave through colourful tales. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 1.

The Peacemaker + Q&A

Pickle

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Grand Jury Award

Maya Goded / Mexico / 2016 / 84 mins / UK Premiere Acclaimed photographer Maya Goded’s directorial debut is a quietly astute observation of five ageing prostitutes, gently weaving together an emotionally complex set of survival stories.

Ido Haar / Israel / 2015 / 80 mins / UK Premiere Carer Samantha spends her evenings uploading largely unwatched videos of her songs to YouTube. Unknown to her, Israeli mash up artist Kutiman is composing his next viral sensation – with Samantha as the star.

Plaza de la Soledad + Q&A

Sun 12 Jun / 18:30 / PBS America Showroom 3 Tue 14 Jun / 20:45 / Vimeo Showroom 2

Screens as part of the Short Doc Programme; see Outdoor Schedule (P.20) for further listings

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Tue 14 Jun / 09:45 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Presenting Princess Shaw + Q&A

Sat 11 Jun / 21:00 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

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Pulse

Robin Petré / Hungary / 2015 / 26 mins / UK Premiere Electric power lines tower above the deer as they roam the countryside, heartbeats fluctuating in synchronicity with the seasons. Herded and transported, hunted and captured; pulses rise under human watch. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 2.

Films

Sat 11 Jun / 15:30 / Odeon

Short Doc Award

Get Up And Dance

Gillian Callan / UK / 2016 / 9 mins A house in rural Ireland has lain untouched since its inhabitant died suddenly. The voice of a former co-worker reflects on his solitary existence, in this haunting reflection on loneliness and time. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 1.

Alban Teurlai, Thierry Demaizière / France / 2015 / 110 mins / UK Premiere Stunningly gorgeous and delicate in both subject and treatment, Reset depicts renowned choreographer and dancer Benjamin as he attempts to rejuvenate the Paris Opera Ballet.

Recorded Absence

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Sat 11 Jun / 12:00 / Curzon Cinema

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Global Encounters

Various / UK / 83 mins From the lowlife to the highlife and back again – a selection of films charting the evolution of the high-rise from the slums of 1930s Kensington to Sheffield’s ‘utopian’ Park Hill Estate.

Ben Proudfoot / USA / 2015 / 87 mins / International Premiere Twenty years after the genocide, an American professor is staging Romeo and Juliet with college-aged Rwandans, hoping to further reconciliation. But as opening night nears, the tensions mount.

Sun 12 Jun / 10:30 / ITN Source Showroom 4

Sun 12 Jun / 12:30 / PBS America Showroom 3

The Rise and Fall of the High-rise

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Saving Sungei

Shintaro Tay / Singapore / 2015 / 14 mins / World Premiere One person’s junk is another person’s treasure. In Singapore, Mr Koh campaigns against the imminent closure of Sungei ‘Thieves’ Market, which will leave its elderly vendors destitute. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 1.

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Outdoor Adventure

Jon Betz, Taggart Siegel / USA / 2016 / 93 mins / UK Premiere Even though 94% of our crop diversity was destroyed in the last century by free trade, local seed-savers continue to resist hard.

SEED is an extraordinary examination of the history and commodification of agriculture.

Ryan White / USA / 2016 / 90 mins / International Premiere With unprecedented access, Ryan White’s Serena focusses on the external pressures and vulnerabilities Serena Williams faces in her quest to achieve four Grand Slams in a row (a “Serena Slam”).

SEED: The Untold Story + Q&A

Films

Fri 10 Jun / 15:45 / Vimeo Showroom 2

Tue 14 Jun / 20:45 / ITN Source Showroom 4

Grand Jury Award

Short Doc Programme

Shimon Dotan / France, Germany, Israel / 2016 / 110 mins / UK Premiere Director Shimon Dotan traces the history of Israeli settlers, painting a picture of an often haphazard movement in which a small number of extremists has succeeded in controlling the narrative.

Ian Robertson / UK / 2015 / 4 mins Speed, precision, endurance. Plunged into the moment, shearer Archie Paterson shares the intensity of the challenge and his searing competitive streak. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 4.

Mon 13 Jun / 10:00 / Vimeo Showroom 2

The Settlers + Q&A

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Serena + Q&A

Sheepo

Sat 11 Jun / 18:00 / Beijing Screen on Howard Street

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Pritha Chakraborty / India / 2014 / 26 mins / European Premiere The dreams and talents of two generations of women are abandoned for arranged marriage. A filmmaker from Kolkata explores her role in familial compromises.

Sat 11 Jun / 18:00 / Beijing Screen on Howard Street

Snow Monkey + Q&A

George Gittoes / Australia, Norway / 2015 / 148 mins / UK Premiere In Taliban-controlled Jalalabad, three gangs of children restlessly roam the streets.

Artist, activist and filmmaker George Gittoes encourages them to put down their weapons and pick up a camera instead.

Sun 12 Jun / 15:00 / PBS America Showroom 3 Wed 15 Jun / 12:30 / ITN Source Showroom 4

Global Encounters

Youth Jury Award

Kristi Jacobson / USA / 2016 / 80 mins / European Premiere At an American supermax prison, director Kristi Jacobson is granted unprecedented access to a group of inmates in solitary confinement. She tracks their daily resilience and thoughts on isolation, violence and sanity.

Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami / Germany, Iran, Switzerland / 2015 / 91 mins Afghan refugee and talented rapper Sonita is being forced to marry. Filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami must decide: should she meddle with real life to help the young girl?

Solitary + Q&A

Sat 11 Jun / 12:45 / Odeon

Wed 15 Jun / 12:45 / PBS America Showroom 3

Sonita

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Sour Grapes + Q&A

Jerry Rothwell, Reuben Atlas / UK, France / 2016 / 85 mins / UK Premiere With an encyclopaedic knowledge of wine, young Rudy Kurniawan was the king seller of burgundies. But who was he, and how did he get his hands on such rare vintages?

Sun 12 Jun / 15:15 / ITN Source Showroom 4

Films

Wed 15 Jun / 10:00 / ITN Source Showroom 4

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four Deborah S. Esquenazi / USA / 2015 / 89 mins / European Premiere Open lesbians in a homophobic Texas, the “San Antonio Four” were found guilty of gang raping two little girls. This extraordinarily intimate film follows them as they continue to fight for justice.

Sun 12 Jun / 21:00 / PBS America Showroom 3

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AJ Schnack / USA / 2015 / 15 mins Tranquil visions of everyday life across America are flooded with violent echoes.

Recordings of emergency phone calls express the terror that tore through these spaces. Cafés, schools, churches, cinemas… nowhere is safe.

Lamin Oo / Myanmar / 2015 / 7 mins / European Premiere At San Pya fish market, one man fuses work with pleasure. Crazy about Chelsea football team, he has enforced a uniform and takes managerial inspiration from Mourinho.

Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 3.

Speaking is Difficult

Sat 11 Jun / 21:00 / Odeon

Mon 13 Jun / 20:30 / Curzon Cinema 70

Instigators & Agitators

The Special One

Mon 13 Jun / 09:45 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

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Ken Loach Retrospective

The Spirit of ‘45

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Ken Loach / UK / 2012 / 94 mins The Labour government of 1945 established a welfare state that put public services in place for all of Britain’s citizens.

Veteran filmmaker Ken Loach reconstructs the socialist dreams of yore.

Fri 10 Jun / 14:00 / Beijing Screen on Howard Street For more from Loach, see P.27

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Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan / Belgium, Netherlands / 2016 / 83 mins / UK Premiere The documentary about Madonna’s “Blond Ambition” tour turned her seven backup dancers into stars of the gay community.

But where are they now?

Fri 10 Jun / 19:30 / ITN Source Showroom 4 Sun 12 Jun / 20:30 / Beijing Showroom 1

Films

See Outdoor Schedule (P.20) for further listings

Queer Screen

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Jasmijn Schrofer / Netherlands, Turkey / 2015 / 17 mins / UK Premiere Derya falls deep into the enveloping, rhythmical power of Islamic Sufi traditional song. Time dissolves as she sways, submerged in the collective connection, entranced by the cloak of sound. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 1.

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Tatiana Huezo / Mexico / 2016 / 105 mins / UK Premiere Miriam and Adela are two women confronted with a difficult longing for homecoming. Tatiana Huezo expertly collides and intertwines their narrations on kidnap, the corruption of Mexican state power and family.

Per Liebeck / Denmark / 2016 / 58 mins / World Premiere With the world running out of water, Bill Watts has a big idea: turning salt water into an energy source, and using large desert areas to produce energy, food and clean water.

Tempestad + Q&A

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Sat 11 Jun / 12:00 / PBS America Showroom 3

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Wed 15 Jun / 17:00 / Beijing Showroom 1

Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru

Joe Berlinger / USA / 2016 / 115 mins / UK Premiere The renowned life and business strategist and best-selling author Tony Robbins is captured in a revolutionary cinéma vérité documentary that goes behind the scenes of his mega seminar “Date With Destiny” to look at how one man can affect millions.

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There Will Be Water + Q&A

Mon 13 Jun / 16:45 / Beijing Showroom 1

Toucan Nation

Paula Heredia / USA, Costa Rica / 2016 / 40 mins / World Premiere A horrific attack on a toucan triggered a wave of animal welfare action in Costa Rica. The animal sanctuary nursing the bird strives to find a solution. Screens as part of Short Doc Programme 2.

Sat 11 Jun / 15:30 / Odeon

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Behind the Beats

Frederik Subei / UK, France / 2015 / 32 mins The Calais camps are not fit for humans.

Refugees pile up and risk their lives seeking to escape. After six months, the lack of human rights weighs heavy on Sudan-born Teefa.

Sam Pollard / USA / 2015 / 80 mins / International Premiere In 1964, blues masters Son House and Skip James were 'rediscovered' by a young and increasingly politicised audience. Acclaimed director Sam Pollard revisits racial segregation through black country blues.

Transit Zone

Mon 13 Jun / 12:00 / Curzon Cinema

Tyrus + Q&A

Pamela Tom / USA / 2015 / 78 mins / International Premiere Centenarian Tyrus Wong is a pragmatist, having worked as a waiter, farm hand and Disney animator before finally being recognised for his artistic talent. Director Pamela Tom retraces the life of the Chinese American.

Sun 12 Jun / 20:00 / Curzon Cinema

Sat 11 Jun / 21:30 / PBS America Showroom 3

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Roman Bondarchuk / Germany, Latvia, Ukraine / 2015 / 85 mins / UK Premiere In the village of Stara Zburyevka, sheriffs Viktor and Volodya are just trying to keep the peace. A tragicomic immersive journey to a corner of the world seemingly frozen in time.

Aaron Brookner / UK, USA / 2016 / 96 mins / UK Premiere Filmmaker Aaron Brookner’s unearths a huge archive of footage left behind by his beloved Uncle Howard. With the guidance of Jim Jarmusch, Brookner creates a portrait of a young man in 1980s New York.

Ukrainian Sheriffs + Q&A

Films

Sun 12 Jun / 15:30 / Beijing Showroom 1

Environmental Award

Unlocking the Cage + Q&A

D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus / USA / 2015 / 91 mins / UK Premiere A legal thriller from D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. Harvard professor Steven Wise argues to sceptical judges that chimps should be people in the eyes of the law.

Sun 12 Jun / 20:45 / ITN Source Showroom 4

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Uncle Howard + Extended Q&A

Sun 12 Jun / 20:15 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

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Victor Kossakovsky / Norway / 2015 / 26 mins / UK Premiere The tender and trusting relationship between two sisters with a common dream: becoming a soloist ballet dancer.

Fri 10 Jun / 17:15 / Guardian Screen on Tudor Square

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Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman / USA / 2016 / 96 mins Anthony Weiner is running for Mayor of New York, despite having resigned in disgrace from Congress. When a fresh sex scandal erupts, we’re given jaw-dropping access to a campaign in total meltdown.

Heidi Brandenburg, Matthew Orze / USA, Peru / 2016 / 100 mins / UK Premiere Before President Garcia can mine the Amazon for its natural resources, he must contend with opposition from the indigenous peoples. Sundance’s Best First Feature winner follows the fight to protect their land from further destruction.

Weiner + Q&A

Sat 11 Jun / 21:00 / ITN Source Showroom 4 Tue 14 Jun / 12:15 / Bertha DocHouse Library Theatre

Films

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When Two Worlds Collide

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Jay Rosenblatt / USA / 2016 / 11 mins / UK Premiere Found footage of hypnosis experimentation springboards into the depths of the unconscious. A dreamy, sensuous collage of rich archive material projects desires, fears and urges with the warm textures of analogue film.

Arto Halonen / Finland / 2016 / 73 mins / UK Premiere In this inventive hybrid by veteran Finnish director Arto Halonen, we step into the shoes of Lauri – an outsider who was viciously bullied – to understand just what it takes to turn victims into violent aggressors.

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Sat 11 Jun / 21:00 / Odeon Mon 13 Jun / 20:30 / Curzon Cinema

Environmental Award

Zud + Q&A

Marta Minorowicz / Germany, Poland / 2016 / 84 mins / UK Premiere This beautifully shot docudrama tells the story of 11-year-old Sukhbat. When a harsh winter kills off his family’s livestock on the Mongolian steppe, Sukhbat is recalled from school to help out.

Sat 11 Jun / 17:45 / Beijing Showroom 1

Festival Programme

Alternate Realities

Alternate Realities Click, swipe and play through two exhibitions showcasing how virtual reality, games and artificial intelligence are changing how we tell stories.

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Alternate Realities: Interactive Exhibition

Free of charge

Millennium Gallery Fri 10 Jun 12:00 – 17:00 Sat 11 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 Sun 12 Jun 11:00 – 16:00 Mon 13 Jun – Wed 15 Jun 10:00 – 17:00

#Hacked: Syria’s Electronic Armies

A Polish Journey

Juliana Ruhfus / UK / 2016 / World Premiere

Julian Konczak / UK, Germany, Poland / 2015 / World Premiere

Mobile phone app #Hacked: Syria’s Electronic Armies invites users to investigate a deadly cyber war. You become a journalist and gather evidence against the clock while dodging hacks.

An interactive web documentary that explores migration through a journey of discovery by the creator to uncover truths behind his father’s arrival in Britain from Nazi Germany.

Festival Programme

Millennium Gallery / Fri 10 Jun 12:00 – 17:00 / Sat 11 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 / Sun 12 Jun 11:00 – 16:00 / Mon 13 Jun – Wed 15 Jun 10:00 – 17:00

Antariksha Sanchar – Transmissions in Space

Abhinav Mishra, Romit Raj, Avinash Kumar / India / 2016 / International Premiere

Ramona Pringle / Canada / 2014 / European Premiere Explore the complexities of human connection in the networked world, following Ramona Pringle’s journey across borders and bandwidths in search of love and meaning in the 21st century.

The Empathy Station

The Enemy: Augmented Reality

Combining neuroscience and virtual reality, The Empathy Station uncovers unconscious biases and collects data on whether VR really is ‘the machine to make us more human’. In association with British Council Film.

The Enemy breaks away from traditional media depictions of war. By giving a voice to those living in violence, it challenges personal views, and ultimately humanises the combatants. Prototype version.

Jemma Desai, Maria Panagiotidi / UK / 2016 / World Premiere

Interactive Exhibition

An Indian point-and-click cultural adventure game, set in the early 1920s in a temple town in South India. Its protagonists are inspired by mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and by Indian classical dancer Jayalakshmi Eshwar.

Avatar Secrets

Karim Ben Khelifa / France, Canada / 2016 / World Premiere

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iSynx

Tonje Hessen Schei / Norway / 2016 / World Premiere

Alternate Realities

A personal AI operating system that revolutionises your life by enhancing your body and mind, boosting your brain power and making choices for you based on metadata and algorithms.

New Dimensions in Testimony Heather Maio / USA / 2016 / World Premiere

This collection of testimonies from USC Shoah Foundation permits audiences far into the future to have a ‘virtual conversation’ with a Holocaust survivor about their life experiences.

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John Lennon: The Bermuda Tapes

Michael Epstein, Mark Thompson / USA / 2013 / UK Premiere An immersive journey into John Lennon's trip to Bermuda in the summer of 1980, where he found the inspiration for the album Double Fantasy.

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Michal Drozdowski, Przemysław Marszał / Poland / 2016 / World Premiere Explore the hardships of wartime survival as seen from an entirely new perspective – through the eyes of children.

Festival Programme

Millennium Gallery / Fri 10 Jun 12:00 – 17:00 / Sat 11 Jun 10:00 – 17:00 / Sun 12 Jun 11:00 – 16:00 / Mon 13 Jun – Wed 15 Jun 10:00 – 17:00

Trick or Treat : Bhai-O-Scope

Two Billion Miles

An interactive media and artefact shrine based on an investigative arts project.

Trick or Treat : Bhai-O-Scope celebrates the pluralities and complexities of Indian healthcare. Supported by Wellcome Trust.

An interactive video story documenting the extraordinary journeys behind the migration crisis. The immersive experience offers hundreds of potential routes, shown through original news footage spanning 21 countries.

Undoing Time

Walden, a Game

A multi-media installation of prison industry products linked to an interactive archive of interviews in which incarcerated men and women reflect on what it means to ‘do time’.

A first-person game simulation of the life of American philosopher Henry David Thoreau during his experiment in self-reliant living at Walden Pond.

Neha Singh, Gaurav Malaker, Avinash Kumar / India / 2016 / International Premiere

Interactive Exhibition

Sharon Daniel / USA / 2016 / UK Premiere

Harry Horton, Kieron Bryan, Felix Renicks, Mike Smith / UK / 2015 / Festival Premiere

Tracy Fullerton / USA / 2016 / UK Premiere

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Alternate Realities: Virtual Reality Arcade 6x9: A Virtual Experience of Solitary Confinement Francesca Panetta, Lindsay Poulton / UK / 2016 / UK Premiere

Right now, more than 80,000 people in the US are locked in solitary confinement for 22 – 24 hours a day with little to no human contact. We invite you into their world.

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Free of charge Site Gallery & The Space Fri 10 Jun 12:00 – 20:00 Sat 11 Jun – Wed 15 Jun 11:00 – 18:00 Try out the exhibits and meet the makers at our Virtual Reality Arcade preview drinks at Site Gallery, Fri 10 Jun 16:30 – 20:00

Across the Line

Nonny de la Peña, Jeff Fitzsimmons, Brad Lichtenstein / USA / 2015 / European Premiere While anti-abortion extremists try to intimidate patients who seek sexual and reproductive health care, see through the eyes of a patient or bystander in this immersive experience.

Festival Programme

Site Gallery & The Space / Fri 10 Jun 12:00 – 20:00 / Sat 11 Jun – Wed 15 Jun 11:00 – 18:00

Collisions

Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel

A journey to the land of indigenous elder Nyarri Morgan and the Martu tribe in the Western Australian desert, that explores the collision between science and spirit.

Step into one man’s memories, into a moment that changed Irish history forever – the 1916 Easter Rising.

Home : Aamir

Home – A VR Spacewalk Experience

Lynette Wallworth / USA, Australia / 2015 / UK Premiere

The first of a series of 360 films exploring the meaning of home through the stories of refugees in the Calais Jungle. This first film follows Aamir, a 22-year-old man escaping the threat of murder in Sudan.

Created by VRTOV for BBC.

Virtual Reality Arcade

Toby Coffey, Erfan Saadati, Rufus Norris / UK, France / 2016 / World Premiere

Oscar Raby / UK, Australia / 2016 / World Premiere

Tom Burton, Kate Bartlett / UK / 2016 / World Premiere

Throw yourself into the void 250 miles above Earth in this virtual reality spacewalk. Inspired by NASA’s training programme and the astonishing experiences of its astronauts.

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Site Gallery & The Space / Fri 10 Jun 12:00 – 20:00 / Sat 11 Jun – Wed 15 Jun 11:00 – 18:00

In My Shoes: Dancing with Myself

Jane Gauntlett, Andrew Somerville / UK / 2015 / Festival Premiere

Festival Commission

Invisible

Darren Emerson / UK / 2016 / World Premiere

Alternate Realities

The true story of Jane, friends, strangers and epilepsy – told in virtual reality. Part of the In My Shoes first-person documentary project, it fuses film, theatre, technology and empathy.

Guided by the powerful voices of survivors, Invisible takes the audience on an immersive journey into the uncertainty and despair of the UK’s immigration detention system. A Sheffield Doc/Fest & Site Gallery commission with support from Arts Council England.

Mars 2030

Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness

Julian Reyes / USA / 2016 / World Premiere A virtual reality journey to Mars, putting viewers in the place of explorers, living millions of miles from Earth.

Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton, James Spinney / UK, France / 2016 / European Premiere After losing his sight in 1983 John Hull kept an audio diary, recording a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal.

Visit ‘a world beyond sight’.

Also showing at Showroom Café.

See P. 13 and P.17 For the film, see P.63

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Site Gallery & The Space / Fri 10 Jun 12:00 – 20:00 / Sat 11 Jun – Wed 15 Jun 11:00 – 18:00

Origins

We Wait

Take a trip into the early days of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, the world’s largest suppliers of LSD and hash.

We Wait transports you into the heart of the refugee crisis. In this unforgettable journey, you travel alongside a terrified Syrian family crossing the sea, sharing their hopes and fears.

William A. Kirkley, Adam Amaral, Glenn Snyder / USA / 2016 / European Premiere

Daniel Efergan, Darren Dubicki / UK / 2016 / World Premiere

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Festival Programme

Talks Acting Festival Talks Director

We welcome the world’s star filmmakers and documentary innovators, to hear about their work and find out what inspires them.

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The Absolutely Adventurous Joanna Lumley in Conversation

The celebrated actor and campaigner comes to Sheffield to talk about her documentary work, which has included epic journeys to discover diverse cultures and continents and intimate portraits of pop icons.

This event will be British Sign Language Interpreted.

Sun 12 Jun / 15:00 / Crucible Theatre £15 / £12

Talks

D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus in Conversation with Francine Stock

Talking to BBC Radio 4 film programme presenter Francine Stock, renowned filmmakers and Academy Award-winners D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus will discuss their latest film Unlocking the Cage, as well as look back over a body of work spanning 40 years. Their acclaimed films have profiled the lives of many of the key politicians and rock and roll greats of recent times including JFK, Bill Clinton, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and David Bowie. This will be a chance to hear from two filmmakers widely regarded as luminaries of cinema vérité.

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Alternate Realities Summit

A day of intriguing panels and playful presentations from the leading voices in interactive factual storytelling and virtual reality. The Summit brings together experts from documentary film and broadcast, theatre, journalism, engineering and neuroscience to explore the impact of artificial intelligence with our humanoid keynote speaker; to discuss advances in virtual reality journalism; to demonstrate cutting-edge binaural sound techniques and more. Whether you’re a digital native or completely new to interactive storytelling, you can be sure you will leave informed, agitated and aroused.

Sun 12 Jun / 10:00 / Crucible Studio £60 / £50

Freddie Flintoff & Robert Penn Talk Docs & Chips

Cricketing legend Freddie Flintoff along with journalist and co-presenter Robert Penn talk to comedian Mark Dolan about their Sky 1 series Flintoff: Lord of the Fries and upcoming Freddie Fries Again. They will discuss the making of the series that saw them travelling the UK in their fish and chip van, plus share moments from their recent trip to Australia to film Freddie Down Under.

Mon 13 Jun / 19:45 / Crucible Theatre £12 / £10

Festival Programme

The Channel 4 Interview: Michael Moore

Sheffield Doc/Fest and Channel 4 are excited to welcome Oscar-winning director Michael Moore back to Sheffield. Voted one of “The World’s 100 Most Influential People” by Time Magazine, Moore is regarded as one of the most important filmmakers working in documentary today.

His latest, Where to Invade Next, is a damning indictment of the ‘American Dream’ in a decade that has witnessed race riots and economic instability. Channel 4’s Deputy Chief Creative Officer Ralph Lee will be in conversation with Michael, talking about his new film and looking back over his hugely successful career.

Sun 12 Jun / 18:00 / Crucible Theatre £12 / £10

Our BBC, Our Channel 4: A Future for Public Service Television?

As the BBC Charter Renewal moves into its final stages, with a White Paper due in the early summer and the possible privatisation of Channel 4 currently on the government’s agenda, the future of these public institutions is in doubt. This will be an opportunity to voice your own opinion and hear a distinguished panel debate the issues facing public service television including: the film producer and Labour Peer Lord David Puttnam; Ralph Lee from Channel 4; Hugh Harris from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport; and Patrick Holland from the BBC. Tue 14 Jun / 16:00 / Crucible Theatre Free Entry

Talks

Ronnie O’Sullivan in Conversation

Image: © Tom Jenkins

The maverick and phenomenally gifted snooker player Ronnie the Rocket, who has won five World Championship titles at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre, will talk with Guardian journalist Simon Hattenstone about the documentaries that have inspired him throughout his life and snooker career.

Mon 13 Jun / 17:45 / Crucible Theatre £12 / £10

Please visit sheffdocfest .com to keep up to date with latest listings.

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Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square

Free of charge

Talks

Conversations and creative exchanges inspired by extraordinary talent, groundbreaking films and interactive and virtual reality storytelling.

We proudly introduce Doc/Fest Exchange, a place where luminaries from across the Festival exchange ideas about ground-breaking films, collaborations and interactive and virtual reality projects.

Have your curiosity aroused by the About Last Night, Digging Deeper, Creative Exchanges and In Conversation strands – inspired by extraordinary talent and innovative storytelling.

Drop by for scheduled events and a few surprises, with creative minds from across the Doc/Fest universe.

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About Last Night…

Listen to filmmakers and creatives as they discuss the previous days’ highlights.

Digging Deeper…

Explore further the art, craft and themes of some of the best Festival films.

Creative Exchange…

Tune in to the power of documentary to spark big ideas and get under the skin of life.

In Conversations…

Glimpse the future of documentary with luminaries from the Doc/Fest universe.

Festival Programme

Schedule of talks: Friday 10 June 14:00 Digging Deeper…

Snow Monkey

Monday 13 June 10:30 About Last Night… daily review including Mr. Gaga

16:30 In

12:30 Creative

Conversation… a Doc/Fest luminary

Saturday 11 June 10:00 About Last Night… daily review including Life, Animated 12:30 Creative

Exchange… ideas behind SEED: The Untold Story Deeper…

Ants on a Shrimp and Miso Hungry

16:30 In

Conversation… a Doc/Fest luminary

Sunday 12 June 10:30 About Last Night… daily review including Kiki 12:30 Creative

Exchange… ideas behind The Age of Consequences

14:30 Digging

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Notes on Blindness

16:30 In

Conversation… a Doc/Fest luminary

14:30 Digging

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Doc/Fest Alternate Realities: Interactive

16:30 In

Conversation… a Doc/Fest luminary

Tuesday 14 June 10:30 About Last Night… daily review including There Will Be Water

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14:30 Digging

Exchange… ideas behind Miss Sharon Jones!

12:30 Creative

Exchange… ideas behind Machine of Human Dreams

14:30 Digging

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National Bird

16:30 In

Conversation… a Doc/Fest luminary

Wednesday 15 June 10:30 About Last Night… daily review including India in a Day 12:30 Creative

Exchange… ideas behind Unlocking the Cage

14:30 Digging

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