Festival Guide
Films, Virtual Reality, Talks, Live Performances & More.
Welcome Liz McIntyre CEO & Festival Director
(Hello)
This year, the Festival is shining brightly with Northern stars such as Vicky McClure, Guy Martin, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (DOUBLETHINK p.35). When Doc/Fest was born in 1994, the world was changing forever, ushering in a remarkable era of new power and influence: inventor Tim Berners-Lee made the world wide web freely available. Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa. The Cold War ended, and the Channel Tunnel connected Britain with Europe. 25 years on, a new wave of filmmakers is chronicling new power dynamics and the consequences of the past. The World Premieres of Alisa Kovalenko’s Home Games (p.52) and Maceo Frost’s Too Beautiful: Our Right to Fight (p.43), led by inspiring female protagonists, brilliantly challenge social norms through sport. The compelling World Premieres of Inka Achte’s Boys Who Like Girls (p.60) and Joost van den Burg’s Bruce Lee & the Outlaw (p.39) show the vital role individuals play to bravely disrupt the status quo.
At Abbeydale Picture House, Tranny Fag (p.58) provokes us to consider gender in a non-binary way. And we abandon defining fellow human beings as ‘the other’ and find points of connection in Face to Face (Alternate Realities, p.87), experiencing life through the eyes of mother Michelle, whose life was changed forever by a gun accident. 2018 marks a period of reflection about the power we each hold or lack, resulting in new ways of seeing. We’re thrilled to open the festival with Yorkshire director Sean McAllister’s world premiere A Northern Soul (p.26), the story of underdog Steve – a factory worker by day and hip hop performer by night – battling through adversity to follow his dreams.
Welcome
Ey-up!
A big Sheffield welcome to the 25th Edition of Doc/Fest, with six days of festival celebrations across the city. Come and experience the world’s best stories in Films and Live Events, Virtual Reality and Interactive Storytelling and Talks.
I can’t wait to see you at City Hall for Opening Night.
Liz McIntyre
CEO & Festival Director
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Contents
Welcome Magid Magid Lord Mayor of Sheffield
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Festival Info
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Schedule
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As Lord Mayor of this wonderful city I get the privilege of being involved in an array of events, but there really isn’t any event that makes me more excited and proud than Doc/Fest. For one week, we see the city of Sheffield come together to showcase all things documentary and welcome guests from across the globe. Opening the Festival this year for its 25th Edition is a great honour. I believe this year’s programme is Doc/Fest’s boldest one so far and is successful in encapsulating the hopes and problems we face in the world today whilst challenging perceptions through the art of storytelling. Two films that stand out for me this year are Søren Steen Jespersen & Nasib Farah’s Lost Warrior (p.47), the story of a separated family, focusing on the importance of community cohesion in face of isolation and radicalisation.
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The other being Alexandria Bombach’s On Her Shoulders (p.47) which tells the story of a courageous young woman who becomes a spokesperson for her community on a mission to speak out about the injustices she and her people face. For any Sir David Attenborough fans I’d recommend the incredible Alternate Realities project Hold the World (p.87), a one on one encounter with a digital version of David Attenborough that guides you through astonishing natural history specimens. And finally, I’m really looking forward to the talk by the very talented entrepreneur Jamal Edwards (p.104). In addition to talking about his influential career, he will also be discussing his new documentary focusing on breaking the stigmas surrounding mental health. I hope you enjoy the Festival and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible there.
Magid Magid
Lord Mayor of Sheffield
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Films
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Talks & Sessions
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Welcome
There are many things that make me proud of Sheffield – it is the first City of Sanctuary in the UK and the city that welcomed me and my family when we arrived from Somalia, it’s radical political history which birthed the likes of Mary Anne Rawson and the UK’s first women’s suffrage society and finally, the breadth of creativity that pours from every corner of it.
Access at the Festival
117 Marketplace & Talent 121 Parties & Social
127 Funders, Sponsors & Partners
128 Index 130 Map
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Festival Info Box Office Information
Film screening tickets are priced £10/£8 concession (full time students, senior citizens, claimants and carers), or £5 for off-peak screenings before 1pm on weekdays, unless otherwise stated. Talks (p.95) and Special Events (p.25) are priced individually. All ticket prices are inclusive of booking fee. Want to attend a number of films? The Doc/Lover Wristband gives you entry to up to 12 film screenings during the Festival for just £67.50 (£58.50 concessions). The only way to access all that Doc/Fest has to offer is through a Festival Pass – experience the Film programme, Alternate Realities programme, Talks & Sessions, Marketplace & Talent, Doc/Player and all social events and networking.
In the hour preceding the event start time, tickets can only be purchased in person at the venue. If you have a Festival Pass, you can select e-tickets for film screenings from the comfort of your own laptop or phone. To select, log into your My Doc/Fest account on www.sheffdocfest.com, find the film screening you want to attend and add an e-ticket to your basket. Your e-ticket will automatically be uploaded to your Festival Pass. Paper tickets will not be issued. You can also select e-tickets for screenings by visiting the Festival Box Office on Tudor Square. If a screening is sold out you may still be able to gain access by joining the standby queue at the venue. Please be in your seat five minutes before the advertised start time for your ticket/e-ticket to be valid. If you are not in your seat five minutes before the advertised start time, your ticket or e-ticket may be re-allocated and you may be asked to join the standby queue.
Showroom Box Office, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX: Open 11:30–22:00 daily.
Code of Conduct
Sheffield Doc/Fest operates a zero-tolerance policy on all forms of harassment or discrimination against any person at any of our events. By attending our events you agree to abide by our code of conduct. Doc/Fest may, at its discretion, expel anyone found to be behaving unacceptably, without warning or refund, and if appropriate will involve the police. For further info, go to www.sheffdocfest.com/view/codeofconduct If you observe or experience a violation of our code of conduct, please contact a member of Doc/Fest staff, security personnel, or email conduct@sidf.co.uk All violations of the law should be reported to the Police; in an emergency please telephone 999 or 112 from a mobile. If you are D/deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment and need to report something, text 18000 For free and confidential help from Sheffield Rape Crisis, visit www.sheffieldrapecrisis.org.uk or telephone 0808 802 0013
Sheffield Doc/Fest Box Office based on Tudor Square, S1 2LA: Open 09:00–21:00, 7–12 June, daily.
Entry to Exhibitions & Installations
The Alternate Realities Exhibition is free and open to all, however some projects require booking to reserve a slot. To see a virtual or augmented reality project as part of The World Unknown to You (p.86), please go to the booking station downstairs at Trafalgar Warehouse. To watch a curated 360º playlist as part of Better Known Truths (p.91), please go to the booking station on the first floor at Trafalgar Warehouse. Please ensure you arrive 5 minutes early for your slot, otherwise it may be given to those waiting in line.
The Moment (p.77) (on Howard Street), DOUBLETHINK (p.33) and Portal (p.34) (as part of Exchange on Tudor Square: Head Space) run regularly throughout the day. Go directly to each location to check availability and reserve a timed slot. 6
Audience Award
The Fine Print
The Doc Audience Award is supported by Curzon.
Please note that all films marked [S] for subtitled are done so at the disgression of the filmmaker. The Festival cannot guarantee standard.
A number of the films and Alternate Realities projects are up for Awards – and our biggest Jury is you, the audience! To rate the films and projects you see for the Audience Awards, please look out for volunteers with tear slips. Alternate Realities Audience Award is supported by REWIND.
Support for Those with Babies & Children
Sheffield Doc/Fest is a breastfeeding friendly event, and those with babies should feel welcome to breastfeed at Exchange on Tudor Square: Head Space, along with all our participating venues. Sheffield Doc/Fest has partnered with TLC Mobile Childcare to offer childcare services that come to you. To discuss, email Ellie at hospitality@sidf.co.uk or call us on +44 (0) 114 276 5141 We have also partnered with the Showroom Cinema to programme its regular Kino Bambino screening on Monday 11 June (p.62).
Festival Info
Festival Info
All are available to purchase online at www.sheffdocfest.com. A Festival Pass can be purchased from the Sky Arts Delegate Centre at Novotel. Individual tickets and Doc/Lover Wristbands can also be purchased in person from the Showroom Cinema, and, during the Festival, the Box Office on Tudor Square:
Festival Info
Due to the nature of the Festival, some films may not have an age rating at the time of going to print. In these cases, films will be listed as Rating TBC (Rated: 18 until otherwise listed). Please check our website for up to date ratings.
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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Festival Info
Festival Info
Access at the Festival
For accessible content, look for the following symbols:
Sheffield Doc/Fest is committed to providing a positive and inclusive experience for all, including those with disabilities and other access requirements.
For information on all our venues, including details of blue badge parking, wheelchair accessibility, wheelchair spaces, accessible toilets, and hearing loops, please visit: sheffdocfest.com/view/festivalvenues
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Subtitled (foreign language) films
[DF] Dialogue free films
Hearing loops and headphones are available at the Showroom Cinema and Curzon Cinema.
For a complete list of accessible screenings and talks, or to download a digital version of this Festival Guide that can be enlarged, please go to sheffdocfest.com/view/accessibility
Festival Info
Festival Info
Complimentary tickets and Festival Passes are available for Personal Assistants, Carers or sign language interpreters, but must be booked in advance, and proof of DLA or a valid CEA card or international equivalent is required. Please note that wheelchair spaces are subject to availability.
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British Sign Language interpreted talks and sessions
For all enquiries relating to accessibility and reasonable adjustments, please email access@sidf.co.uk or call +44 (0) 330 122 8870 Alternatively, speak to a member of the team at the Festival Box Office.
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13:00
14:00
15:00
Showroom Cinema 1
Generation Wealth + Q&A p.56
Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2
Early Doors Presents: Love Means Zero + Intro p.41
Female Human Animal + Q&A p.67
PBS America Showroom Cinema 3
Our New President + Q&A p.63
Room for a Man p.72
Panoptic + Q&A p.72
Counting Tiles p.71
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
The Congo Tribunal p.45 Gun No. 6 + Q&A p.74 McQueen + Q&A p.68
Without Brutality: 25 Years of the Art and Design Research Centre p.65
Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4
22:00
Ashore + Q&A p.51
Trafalgar Warehouse – Ground Floor
Exchange on Tudor Square
The World Unknown to You p.86
Alternate Realities Preview Drinks p.122 Alternate Realities Preview Drinks
Trafalgar Warehouse – First Floor
Trafalgar Warehouse – First Floor
Better Known Truths p.91
p.122
Howard Street
Howard Street
The Moment p.77
Sheffield City Hall Ballroom
Opening Night Drinks p.122
Talks & Sessions
Marketplace
Key
Events
Films
Alternate Realities
Sheffield City Hall Oval Room
Opening Night Film: A Northern Soul p.50
Alternate Realities
01:00
Trafalgar Warehouse – Ground Floor
Exchange on Tudor Square
Exchange Portal p.34
Films
00:00
Exchange on Tudor Square
Exchange on Tudor Square
DOUBLETHINK p.33
Events
23:00
Exchange Dome on Tudor Square
Exchange Dome on Tudor Square
Head Space Shorts p.34
Key
Schedule Thursday 07 June
Industry Co-Work Space
Industry Co-Work Space
Doc/Player Lounge
Sheffield City Hall Oval Room
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21:00
Showroom Cinema 1
12:00
Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2
11:00
PBS America Showroom Cinema 3
10:00
Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4
09:00
Sheffield City Hall Ballroom
Schedule Thursday 07 June
Talks & Sessions
Marketplace
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The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid + Q&A p.41 Victory Day p.70
18:00
A Thousand Girls Like Me + Q&A p.44
Vienna Calling + Q&A p.43 Against the Tides + Q&A p.73
19:00
20:00
21:00 Watching the Detectives (p.49) + Fake News Fairytale (p.46) + Q&A
The Man Who Stole Banksy + Q&A p.41
Before Father Gets Back + Q&A p.39
The Distant Barking of Dogs + Q&A p.46
Home Games + Q&A p.52
Shakedown + Q&A p.57
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes + Q&A p.56
Desolation Center + Thurston Moore Live Performance p.27
Into The Okavango + Q&A p.41
The Light Cinema 8
Obscuro Barocco + Q&A p.69
The Light Cinema 3
Turning 18 + Q&A p.53
A Woman Captured + Q&A p.45
The Light Cinema 6
The Light Cinema 6
Lovers of the Night + Short + Q&A p.52
Doc/Dispatch p.44
Black Mother + Short + Q&A p.66
Reeps One: We Speak Music Live p.27
Industry Co-Work Space
The Task + Q&A p.70 Infinite Football p.63
Exchange on Tudor Square
DOUBLETHINK p.33
Igloo Vision Reception p.122
Alternate Realities: Meet the Makers p.34
p.34
Exchange Dome on Tudor Square
Exchange Dome on Tudor Square
Awe Filled Vision of The World
Exchange on Tudor Square
Industry Co-Work Space
Doc/Player Lounge
Exchange Breakfast Reception p.122
Exchange on Tudor Square
Exchange on Tudor Square
Exchange Portal p.34
Trafalgar Warehouse
Ground Floor: The World Unknown to You p.86
Trafalgar Warehouse
01:00
The Light Cinema 8
Ex-Shaman + Q&A p.62
00:00
Docs Till Dawn: La Commune (Paris, 1871) (Ends at 01:55) p.68
The Insufferable Groo + Q&A p.40
The Dread + Q&A p.61
Schedule Friday 08 June
23:00
Bruce Lee & The Outlaw + Q&A p.39
Of Fathers and Sons p.47
Generation Wealth + Q&A p.56
22:00
The Gospel of Eureka + Q&A p.62
The Light Cinema 3
When Lambs Become Lions + Q&A p.65
17:00
Showroom Cinema 1
Electric Avenues Shorts 1 p.75
16:00
Too Beautiful: Our Right To Fight + Extended Q&A p.43
Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4
Amal + Q&A p.50
15:00
Odeon Cinema 3
Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2
The Cleaners p.61
14:00
Odeon Cinema 3
Have You Seen the Listers? p.52
13:00
Abbeydale Picture House
A Journey to the Fumigated Towns p.60
PBS America Showroom Cinema 3
Showroom Cinema 1
Counting Tiles p.71
12:00
Abbeydale Picture House
11:00
Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2
10:00
PBS America Showroom Cinema 3
09:00
Bertha Dochouse Showroom Cinema 4
Schedule Friday 08 June
First Floor: Better Known Truths p.91 Audience Participation and Tech
Meet the Artists of Doc/Fest 2018
Other
Howard Street The Moment p.77
Winter Garden University of Stirling Factual TV Drinks p.122
Other
Curzon Rooftop Live Cinema Summit Drinks p.122
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Key
Events
Films
Alternate Realities
Talks & Sessions
Marketplace
Key
Events
Films
Tamper Seller’s Wheel Too Beautiful World Premiere Drinks: Cuban Evening p.122
The Holt Film Hub North Drinks Reception p.122
Alternate Realities
Talks & Sessions
Other
Eventise! Experiential Events
Theatre Deli Party Like it’s 1994 (ends at 02:00) p.123
Marketplace
Other
Archive and Live Scores
Netflix Crucible Studio
Netflix Crucible Studio
Live Cinema Summit p.96–97
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Abbeydale Picture House Exchange on Tudor Square
Exchange Portal p.34
Trafalgar Warehouse
Ground Floor: The World Unknown to You p.86
The Dread p.61
Animated Documentary – Frame by Frame
Craft Summit Drinks presented by Documentary Campus p.123
Birdhouse Meet The Filmmakers Drinks
Winter Garden Scottish Delegation Drinks p.123
The Hubs Why VR Workshop | Presented by Google Cutlers’ Hall – Hadfield Hall BFI Doc Society Fund: Meet the Team! p.123
Talks & Sessions
Sheffield Central Library Launch Screening for the AVA Library Project
Marketplace
Showroom Cinema 1 The Light Cinema 3
Theatre Deli
The Leadmill supported by Molinare Threads: Redux p.123 p.28
Howard Street The Moment p.77
Other
Odeon Cinema 3 Exchange on Tudor Square
Why We Film – Sound Design – Directors and Their The Art of Noise Story Choices
The Leadmill Nature’s Nickelodeons p.28
Alternate Realities
Trafalgar Warehouse Crucible Adelphi
Expanded and Live – Audiovisual Performance
Industry Co-Work Space Doc/Player Lounge
Other
BAFTA Masterclass: Matthew Heineman p.102
4:3 X Boiler Room Present: Shakedown Afterparty (ends at 02:00) p.124 DINA WHAM! British Tropical Summer Party at the Doc Society Clubhouse (ends at 02:00) p.124
The Holt Canon Drinks Reception p.123
p.77
Key
Events
Films
Alternate Realities
Talks & Sessions
Other
Crucible Adelphi ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
The Colourist – Making a Grade Great
Music Docs: New Forms & Platforms p.102
Netflix Crucible Studio
Munroe Bergdorf: Women,Gender & Activism p.102
Craft Summit p.98–99 Documentary Focus on CinemaSubjects - How tography – New Close Do You Go? Ways of Seeing?
Other
Curzon Cinema 1
Tranny Fag + Performance p.30
First Floor: The Dark Room p.29
Live Cinema Summit p.96–97 Round Tables – Round Tables – Concepts and Funding and Ideas Exhibition
Films
Minding The Gap + Q&A p.53
Milford Graves Full Mantis p.57
p.58
ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Netflix Crucible Studio
My Big Break p.102
Events
Harmony + Q&A p.56
Silvana + Q&A p.58
First Floor: Better Known Truths p.91
Key
Over The Limit + Short + Q&A p.42
Under The Wire + Q&A p.48
Mind Games, Comedy Quiz p.34
Docs Till Dawn: They Call Her Cleopatra Wong (Ends at 01:15)
01:00
Exchange on Tudor Square
Exchange Dome on Tudor Square Exchange on Tudor Square
DOUBLETHINK p.33
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Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard and George Mackay talk DOUBLETHINK and more p.34
Social Chain’s We Speak Music docuseries Dominic + Q&A with Reeps One McGregor in conversation p.34 p.34
00:00
Shirkers with Live Performance from Weish p.29
Ashore + Q&A p.51
Parallel Planes + Short p.57
23:00
Boys Who Like Girls + Q&A p.60
p.67
Doc/Expose Shorts + Q&A p.44 New/UK Shorts + Q&A p.73
Schedule Saturday 09 June
Time Trial + Q&A p.43
The Silence of Others + Extended Q&A p.48
Está Todo Bien + Q&A p.61
22:00
Out + Q&A p.53
Hale County This Morning, This Evening + Extended Q&A
The Eyes of Orson Welles + Short + Extended Q&A p.51
Exchange Breakfast Reception p.123
21:00
Commander Arian + Q&A p.45
I, Dolours + Q&A p.46
The Trial + Q&A p.64
20:00
Other
Music When The Lights Go Out + Q&A p.69
German Class + Q&A p.62
América + Q&A p.51
A Journey to the Fumigated Towns p.60
19:00
Antigone p.55
Three Identical Strangers + Q&A p.42
Laila at The Bridge + Q&A p.47
Room For A Man p.72
18:00
Abbeydale Picture House
Turning 18 + Q&A p.53
What is Democracy? + Q&A p.64
Gun No. 6 + Q&A p.74
17:00
Central Bus Station + Q&A p.40
When the War Comes + Q&A p.49
Ex-Shaman + Q&A p.62
16:00
Other
Showroom Cinema 1
15:00
The Trade + Q&A p.48
Home Games p.52
Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2
14:00
Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2
13:00
PBS America Showroom Cinema 3
12:00
Turtle Rock + Q&A p.70
PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 Curzon Cinema 1
11:00
Odeon Cinema 3
The Light Cinema 3
10:00
Bertha Dochouse Showroom Cinema 4
09:00
Exchange Dome on Tudor Square
Schedule Saturday 09 June
Marketplace
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Wild Relatives p.72
Shakedown + Q&A p.57
Abbeydale Picture House
The Cleaners p.61 The Proposal + Q&A p.63
Yellow Is Forbidden p.59
The Waldheim Waltz + Q&A p.64 When Lambs Become Lions + Q&A p.65
Ashes and Embers + Q&A p.55
Schedule Sunday 10 June
The Game + Short + Q&A p.40
Harmony + Q&A p.56
Margaret Tait: A Century + Intro p.68
On Her Shoulders + Q&A p.47
Central Airport THF + Q&A p.61
This One’s For The Ladies + Q&A p.58
Tanzania Transit with uSiSTA Live pop-up p.30
Phantom Cowboys + Q&A p.42 Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin + Q&A p.70 Punk Voyage p.57
DOUBLETHINK p.33 Jamal Edwards MBE: SBTV, Music & Mental Health p.34
On the Ground at Grenfell + Q&A p.35
The Mighty Redcar + Q&A p.35
Silvana p.35
Sales and Distribution Summit p.100–101
Sales & Case Study: Distribution 101 Unrest
Distribution for VR
Meet the Sales Agents
Meet the Distributors
Trafalgar Warehouse
Marketplace & Talent Drinks p.124
Cutlers’ Hall Hadfield Hall
Korean Pitching Day p.105
ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Not Another Diversity Panel! p.104
ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
A Story on Every Corner: Images of America Today p.105
Whose Story? Authentic Voices in Storytelling p.103
An Evening with MarkCousins: 30 Images in the Dark p.105
The World Unknown Making a New Reality To You – Considering Creative
Documenting Grenfell: a Problem in Plain Sight? p.104
Cutlers’ Hall Hadfield Hall Other
Industry Co-Work Space Doc/Player Lounge
Curzon Rooftop South African Delegation Drinks p.124
Other
Howard Street Crucible Adelphi The Moment Critics Forum: The Art of Writing p.77 About Non-Fiction Film p.103
Key
Events
Films
Alternate Realities
Crucible Adelphi Khalik Allah: Exploring a New Film Language p.104
Talks & Sessions
Marketplace
Tamper Seller’s Wheel British Council Drinks Reception p.125
Sheffield City Hall Ballroom Black Mother with Live Score from Gaika p.31
Winter Garden Grierson Trust New Talent Drinks p.125
Crucible Adelphi New Devices - New Voices: Pan-African Experiences p.105
Key
Events
Films
Alternate Realities
The Leadmill Gaika Party (ends at 02:00) p.125
Talks & Sessions
Marketplace
Other
Cutlers’ Hall Old Banqueting Hall
Sky Arts Lounge
Other
ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Incredible Artist Playable Spotlight Gabo Arora
ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
Netflix Crucible Studio
Authenticity And Diversity
Chicken & Egg Pictures’ Accelerator Lab Pitch p.103
América + Q&A p.35 Meet the Alternate Realities Artists Drinks supported by Immerse UK p.125
Alternate Realities Summit p.84–85 Better Known Truths – Considering Creative
01:00
Netflix Crucible Studio
Claire Simon in conversation p.34
First Floor: Better Known Truths p.91 Stories Are Changing
00:00
Showroom Cinema 1
23:00
Of Fathers and Sons p.47
For the Birds + Q&A p.51
Amal + Q&A p.50
22:00
Exchange on Tudor Square
Exchange on Tudor Square Exchange Dome on Tudor Square Trafalgar Warehouse
Ground Floor: The World Unknown to You p.86
21:00
A Thousand Girls Like Me + Q&A p.44
Desolation Center + Q&A p.56
Last Year in Utopia + Q&A p.68
Exchange Breakfast Reception p.124
Cutlers’ Hall Old Banqueting Hall
Lost Warrior + Q&A p.47
Young Solitude + Q&A p.54
Before Father Gets Back + Q&A p.39
20:00
Curzon Cinema 1
No Greater Law + Q&A p.74
19:00
Doc/Think Shorts + Q&A p.60
Arboretum Cycle p.66
Exchange Portal p.34
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18:00
The Light Cinema 3
Flow + Q&A p.62
The Distant Barking of Dogs + Q&A p.46
17:00
Whispering Truth to Power + Q&A p.49
Doc/Rhythm Shorts + Q&A p.55
People’s Republic of Desire p.53
16:00
Odeon Cinema 3
The Pain of Others p.63
15:00
Abbeydale Picture House
14:00
Lovers of the Night + Short p.52
Kinshasa Makambo + Q&A p.46
Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 PBS America Showroom Cinema 3
13:00
Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2
Showroom Cinema 1
The Eyes of Orson Welles + Short + Q&A p.51
Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 Curzon Cinema 1
12:00
Odeon Cinema 3
The Light Cinema 3
11:00
PBS America Showroom Cinema 3
10:00
Bertha Dochouse Showroom Cinema 4
09:00
Exchange Dome on Tudor Square
Schedule Sunday 10 June
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Exchange Dome on Tudor Square
Exchange Breakfast Reception p.125
Ground Floor: The World Unknown to You p.86
Tranny Fag p.58
Game Girls + Q&A p.52
Electric Avenues Shorts 2 p.75
Turtle Rock + Q&A p.70
Hale County, This Morning, This Evening + Q&A p.67
Female Human Animal + Q&A p.67
Doel + Short + Q&A p.67
Doc/Vision Shorts + Q&A p.66
The Task + Extended Q&A p.70
Milford Graves Full Mantis + Q&A p.57
Alastair Campbell in conversation p.35
Time Trial + Q&A p.35
Brian Reed and Richard Miron in conversation p.35
Young Solitude p.35
The Incredible Playable Show p.31
Poverty in the UK: New Approaches to Storytelling p.107
Collaborating with Canada: Creating, Commissioning and Funding p.108
Inside UKTV: Meet the Commissioners p.109
University of Sheffield presents: How to Pitch Your Academic Idea p.107 The Naked Me: Personal Stories p.107
Goodness Gracious Me: Asian Representation from Grannies to Jihadis? p.109
Tamper Seller’s Wheel UKTV Drinks Reception p.125
Industry Co-Work Space Doc/Player Lounge
Sheffield City Hall The Channel 4 Interview: Guy Martin p.109
Cutler’s Hall Main Hall MeetMarket (p.118) and Alternate Realities Market (p.118) Cutler’s Hall Reception Room Marketplace Switchboard & Surgeries
Events
Films
Alternate Realities
Talks & Sessions
Marketplace
Key
Events
Films
Showroom Cinema 1 Other
Other
Howard Street The Moment p.77
Key
Winter Garden Foundry Irish Delegation Channel 4 Party (ends at 02:00) Reception p.126 p.126
Curzon Rooftop New Talent Drinks presented by University of Hertfordshire p.125
Curzon Cinema 2 Rising Directors Scheme Showcase
The Holt ITV Drinks p.125
Alternate Realities
Other
Other
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation x Guardian Pitch p.108 Onwards and Upwards: The Future of Documentary Shorts p.108
Sky Arts Lounge at Cutler’s Hall
Vicky McClure: Dementia & Music p.110
Crucible Adelphi
Channel 4 First Cut Pitch p.109
Netflix Crucible Studio
Art 50: Art in a Post Brexit Britain with Kirsty Wark p.108
ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Times Up: The Industry Response to Bullying & Harassment p.106
The ITV Interview: Sir Trevor p.107 McDonald
ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
Netflix Crucible Studio Crucible Adelphi ITV Town Hall Reception Room A ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
First Floor: Better Known Truths p.91
The Real Stories Special Relationship Pitch p.106
Trafalgar Warehouse
Alternate Realities: Meet the Makers p.35
Freedom to Play: Pros &Cons of Filmmaking as Research p.106
Other
Shirkers + Q&A p.69
DOUBLETHINK p.33
Best of Times, Worst of Times: The Future of Feature Documentaries p.106
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Ghosthunter + Q&A p.40
Other
Exchange on Tudor Square
Exchange Portal p.34
Trafalgar Warehouse
Sleep Has Her House + Q&A p.69
The Ballymurphy Precedent + Q&A p.45
Exchange on Tudor Square
On Her Shoulders + Q&A p.47
Esta Todo Bien + Q&A p.61
A Woman Captured + Q&A p.45
01:00
Curzon Cinema 1
The Proposal + Q&A p.63
Doc/Love Shorts + Q&A p.50
00:00
The Light Cinema 3
Lost Warrior + Q&A p.47
Central Airport THF + Q&A p.61
Schedule Monday 11 June
23:00
Laila at The Bridge + Q&A p.47
Infinite Football p.63
Obscuro Barocco + Q&A p.69
22:00
Rough/Ready p.74
I, Dolours + Q&A p.46
Ashes and Embers + Q&A p.55
The Congo Tribunal p.45
21:00
Grenfell + Q&A p.73
People’s Republic of Desire p.53
Panoptic + Q&A p.72
20:00
Whispering Truth to Power + Q&A p.49
The Waldheim Waltz + Q&A p.64
Disorder p.76
Horse of Mud / Sad Song of Touha / The Sandwich p.76
Antigone p.55
19:00
The Silence of Others + Q&A p.48
German Class + Q&A p.62
Wild Relatives p.72
18:00
The Light Cinema 6
Over The Limit + Short + Q&A p.42
17:00
The Light Cinema 8
Love Means Zero p.41
16:00
Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2
15:00
PBS America Showroom Cinema 3
14:00
Bertha Dochouse Showroom Cinema 4
13:00
Kino Bambino: Flow p.62
Commander Arian + Q&A p.45
Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4
PBS America Showroom Cinema 3
12:00
The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid p.41
Curzon Cinema 1 The Light Cinema 3
11:00
Under The Wire + Q&A p.48
The Light Cinema 8
The Light Cinema 6
10:00
Against the Tides + Q&A p.73
Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2
Showroom Cinema 1
09:00
Exchange Dome on Tudor Square
Schedule Monday 11 June
Talks & Sessions
Marketplace
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Ground Floor: The World Unknown to You p.86
The Drift + In The Ruins of Baalbeck Studios + Q&A p.71
This One’s For The Ladies + Q&A p.58
Game Girls + Q&A p.52
Boys Who Like Girls + Q&A p.60
Vienna Calling + Q&A p.43
The Man Who Stole Banksy + Q&A p.41
Minding The Gap p.53
Head Space VR p.35
The Pain of Others p.35
Ghosthunter + Q&A p.35
Inside National Geographic: Meet the Commissioners p.112
The Boiler Room Pitch p.112
p.113
The Whickers Pitch p.112 Battle of the Boxsets p.113
SOS Planet Earth: Ways for Docs to Save the World p.111
Original Documentaries Preview with Channel 5
Commissioning: Arts p.113
Sheffield City Hall Ballroom The BBC Interview: Mary Beard p.114
Industry Co-Work Space Doc/Player Lounge
Cutler’s Hall Reception Room Marketplace Switchboard & Surgeries
Films
Alternate Realities
Talks & Sessions
Marketplace
Plug Closing Night Party: Guilty Pleasures (ends at 02:00) p.126
Tamper Seller’s Wheel BBC Arts Drinks p.126
Cutler’s Hall Main Hall MeetMarket (p.118) and Alternate Realities Market (p.118)
Events
Sheffield City Hall Ballroom Awards Ceremony p.126
Key
Events
Films
Alternate Realities
Showroom Cinema 1 Other
Other
Howard Street The Moment p.77
Other
Cutlers’ Hall Old Banqueting Hall
Sky Arts Lounge
Key
Curzon Cinema 1 Crucible Adelphi
The Doc Makers Guide to Real Britain p.111
Doc/Question Time: Big Data, Dark PR & Whistleblowing p.113
Netflix Crucible Studio
Commissioning: Documentary for Broadcast p.112
IT Town Hall Reception Room A
IT Town Hall Reception Room B
Breaking Into Prisons p.110
Commissioning: Factual Entertainment p.111
IT Town Hall Reception Room B
Netflix Crucible Studio Crucible Adelphi IT Town Hall Reception Room A
BBC Northern Docs Pitch p.110
Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 Trafalgar Warehouse
Mim Shaikh (1Xtra) and Karen Gabay in conversation p.35
First Floor: Better Known Truths p.91
Algorithms & Discovery: Are Bots the Next Content Curators? p.110
The Light Cinema 3
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes p.56
DOUBLETHINK p.33
Commissioning: Specialist Factual p.111
Cutlers’ Hall Old Banqueting Hall
Last Year in Utopia + Q&A p.68
Audience Award Winner
01:00
Exchange on Tudor Square
Exchange on Tudor Square Exchange Dome on Tudor Square Trafalgar Warehouse
Our New President p.63
Doc/Adventure Shorts + Q&A p.39
00:00
Special Anniversary Screening: Grenfell + Extended Q&A p.73
Parallel Planes p.57 Radio Atlas: A Lunkhead Among the Stars p.64
Schedule Tuesday 12 June
23:00
Yellow Is Forbidden p.59
The Trial + Q&A p.64
Cocorico Monsieur Poulet p.75
22:00
Music When The Lights Go Out + Q&A p.69
Phantom Cowboys + Q&A p.42
When the War Comes p.49
One or Two Questions + Q&A p.48
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin + Q&A p.70
21:00
Tanzania Transit + Q&A p.42
Kinshasa Makambo + Q&A p.46
Going South + Short + Q&A p.67
20:00
Three Identical Strangers p.42
Too Beautiful: Our Right To Fight + Q&A p.43
Doel + Short p.67
What is Democracy? + Q&A p.64
19:00
The Light Cinema 6
Victory Day p.70
18:00
The Insufferable Groo + Q&A p.40
The Gospel of Eureka + Q&A p.62 Have You Seen The Listers? p.52
17:00
The Light Cinema 8
Into The Okavango + Q&A p.41 The Game + Short p.40
16:00
Bruce Lee & The Outlaw + Q&A p.39
Exchange Breakfast Reception p.126
Other
15:00
Out + Q&A p.53
Flow p.62
Exchange Portal p.34
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14:00
A Northern Soul + Q&A p.50
Central Bus Station + Q&A p.40
The Light Cinema 8
13:00
PBS America Showroom Cinema 3
Showroom Cinema 1 Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2
12:00
For the Birds + Q&A p.51
No Greater Law + Q&A p.74
PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 Curzon Cinema 1
11:00
The Ballymurphy Precedent + Q&A p.45
The Light Cinema 6
The Light Cinema 3
10:00
Bertha Dochouse Showroom Cinema 4
09:00
Exchange Dome on Tudor Square
Schedule Tuesday 12 June
Talks & Sessions
Marketplace
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Schedule The Light Free Screen on Howard Street Thu 07 June
09:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
Docsersise 2 p.79
Strolling 1 p.78
Tue 12 June
Irene Baque Retro p.79
Thee, Thyself and Thy p.80
Doc/Fest Mix 1 p.78
Nowness p.79
Resident Advisor: Beats 1 p.79
Human Rights, Human Wrongs p.80
Random Acts p.78
Ladies with a Lens 1 p.78
Ladies with a Lens 2 p.79
Mothers, Brothers and Others p.79
Fathers, Sisters and Misters p.80
Power Hour 1 p.78
Power Hour 2 p.78
Human Rights, Human Wrongs p.79
Random Acts p.79
Resident Advisor: Beats 2 p.80
Me, Myself and I p.78
Thee, Thyself and Thy p.78
Irene Baque Retro p.79
Doc/Fest Mix 1 p.79
Doc/Fest Mix 2 p.80
Spectrum p.78
Super Spectrum p.78
Struggle p.79
Strolling p.79
Nowness p.80
Mothers, Brothers and Others p.78
Fathers, Sisters and Misters p.78
Me, Myself and I p.79
Ladies with a Lens 1 p.79
Ladies with a Lens 2 p.80
On the Bench 1 p.78
Resident Advisor: Beats 2 p.78
#Soundtracks p.79
On the Bench 1 p.79
On the Bench 2 p.80
Resident Advisor: Beats 1 p.78
Festival Film! p.78
Festival Film! p.79
Spectrum p.79
Super Spectrum p.80
Power Hour 1 p.79
Power Hour 2 p.80
Festival Film! p.79
Festival Film! p.80
Struggle p.78
Festival Film! p.78
22:00
Key
Films
Festival Film! p.78
Festival Film! p.79
Arena: Night and Day p.79
Mon 11 June
On the Bench 2 p.79
21:00
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Docsersise 1 p.78
Sun 10 June
Docsersise 2 p.80
11:00
13:00
Sat 09 June
Docsersise 1 p.79
10:00
12:00
Fri 08 June
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Unforgettable live, interactive and immersive storytelling experiences. From our Opening Night celebration to musical performances, this is a roundup of your Doc/Fest Special Events.
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Special Events Opening Night
Special Events Desolation Center with live performance from Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) Rating TBC Fri 8 June / 18:00 / Abbeydale Picture House / £15/ £13
To open a vibrant weekend of cinema events at Abbeydale Picture House, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) will be performing live following the UK Premiere of Desolation Center. The film vividly portrays the untold story of a series of guerrilla desert gatherings now recognised as the inspiration for Burning Man and Coachella, with performances by Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Swans, and more. Special Events
Special Events
See Desolation Center (p.56) Part of the Doc/Rhythm Strand (p.55)
Reeps One presents: We Speak Music Live
Fri 8 June / 21:30 / Abbeydale Picture House / £15/ £13
A Northern Soul
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Thu 7 June / 18:45 / City Hall Oval Hall / £11/ £8
Following A Syrian Love Story’s Doc/Fest’s Grand Jury Award win in 2015, Sean McAllister returns to Sheffield to open the Festival’s 25th Edition with the World Premiere of A Northern Soul. With his signature vision and sense of rapport, Sean reflects on changes to his Yorkshire hometown: a city divided by Brexit that is simultaneously celebrated as UK City of Culture and hit by austerity. Drawn to the fringes of town, Sean encounters Steve, a struggling warehouse worker by day and hip-hop performer by night, with a dream…
World class beatboxer and vocal artist Reeps One presents the World Premiere of his new live show, blending the latest technology, stunning visuals, and unbelievable vocal performances. Featuring footage from the forthcoming docu-series collaboration with Nokia Bell Labs We Speak Music, Reeps will be joined for an AI duet with the ‘Reepsbot’ and will create mind-blowing visual and sonic spectacles through the power of the voice. Also see: We Speak Music doc-series + Q&A with Reeps One (p.34) Part of Alternate Realities (p.83)
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Special Events
Special Events
Nature’s Nickelodeons
The Dark Room
Experience the nature documentary, but as you’ve never seen or heard it before. Inspired by an abandoned idea of Walt Disney’s to build natural history cinemas in zoos, experimental composers, musicians and a sci-fi writer join filmmaker and Doctor of GeoHumanities Amy Cutler to re-invent the heroes, villains, sounds and spaces of nature broadcasts. We’ll travel through submerged volcanoes, bio-luminescence, flocking birds and swarming insects, accompanied by new performances, from live drone laments to the conducting of “feral singing” by the audience.
Comedian John Robertson’s smash-hit live-action adventure game is coming to Sheffield for a one-off Doc/Fest special at Trafalgar Warehouse. Look out for bespoke documentary and Sheffield references, as you awake to find yourself in a Dark Room. Stuck inside with your fellow audience members you must work together to escape. You, the audience, must choose-yourown adventure and select an option. Will you: A) Find the light switch? B) Go North? C) Cry for help?
Sat 9 June / 16:00 / The Leadmill / £10/ £8
Sat 9 June / 20:00 / Trafalgar Warehouse / £10/ £8
Part of Alternate Realities (p.83)
Special Events
Special Events
Threads: Redux Sat 9 June / 18:30 / The Leadmill / £5
In 1984, the BBC’s dystopic docudrama Threads depicted the nuclear Apocalypse in Sheffield, terrifying millions of viewers. The day before Sheffield Doc/Fest’s 25th Edition begins, artist Richard DeDomenici will remake several minutes of Threads in the very locations that the original show was shot, and he wants your help! Email redux@sidf.co.uk to be part of Threads: Redux, and join us for the World Premiere event of DeDomenici’s guerilla recreation on Saturday 9 June, featuring behind-the-scenes footage, the Redux screening itself, and all the unique absurdity and general hilarity that comes with DeDomenici’s live shows.
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Shirkers with live performance from Weish
PG
Sat 9 June / 21:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £13/ £11
In the Sundance award-winning Shirkers, filmmaker Sandi Tan sets out on a playful and revealing personal odyssey to solve the mystery behind her long lost first movie. This UK Premiere screening will be accompanied by a mesmerising live performance of music from the film’s soundtrack by Singaporean vocal loop artist Weish and a Q&A with director Sandi Tan in person. See Shirkers (p.69) Part of the Doc/Vision Strand (p.66)
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Special Events
Special Events
Tranny Fag with live performance from Linn da Quebrada 15
Black Mother with live score from Gaika 12
Sat 9 June / 21:15 / Abbeydale Picture House / £13/ £11
See Black Mother (p.66) Part of the Doc/Vision Strand (p.66)
See Tranny Fag (p.58) Part of the Doc/Rhythm Strand (p.55)
Tanzania Transit with uSiSTA live pop-up Rating TBC Sun 10 June / 18:30 / Abbeydale Picture House / £10/ £8
The European Premiere of Tanzania Transit will take you aboard a rolling microcosm of East African society. Three characters join on us in transit - Rukia, Isaya, and Peter, each individual tells a story of overcoming hardship, and resilient momentum. This special screening will be accompanied by an immersive celebration of music and food from East Africa. Join the uSiSTA crew before and after the screening for Tanzanian food, music, virtual reality and even a game of Swahili bingo. See Tanzania Transit (p.42) Part of the Doc/Adventure Strand (p.39) 30
Sheffield Doc/Fest, in partnership with Warp Records, is proud to present GAIKA’s newly commissioned hypnotic live score, performed for the first time, responding to Khalik Allah’s latest documentary Black Mother. Part film, part rhythmic baptism, this evening of beautiful live cinema will transport audiences to the shores and streets of Jamaica through a poetic tapestry of words, sounds, images and fervent energies.
Special Events
Special Events
A vibrant night of queer cinema and contemporary Brazilian electro-funk. São Paulo pop star Linn da Quebrada is a Black trans woman whose explicit anthems give voice to marginalised communities from the favelas, while also confronting the Brazilian music scene’s macho, heteronormative prejudices. Kiko Goifman and Claudia Priscilla’s candid profile of this radical performer will be followed by a special live performance from Linn and friends at Abbeydale Picture House.
Sun 10 June / 18:00 / Abbeydale Picture House / £15/ £13
The Incredible Playable Show Mon 11 June / 20:00 / Trafalgar Warehouse / £10/ £8
An award-winning live video game show where you, the audience, take to the stage. Become human buttons, zap each other with barcode scanners, and play Pac-Man using inflatable toys. Or sit back, and watch your friends literally become cogs in a hilarious machine. Interactive ringmaster Alistair Aitcheson brings the madcap hilarity of his theatrical gaming mashup to Sheffield for a special performance at Doc/Fest. Referencing iconic Sheffield landmarks, themes from the Alternate Realities programme like memory and data and lampooning the documentary world in its own unique idiom. The Sheffield chapter of Incredible Playable can only be experienced as part of Doc/Fest’s Alternate Realities programme in Trafalgar Warehouse. Part of the Alternate Realities (p.83)
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Special Events Exchange on Tudor Square: Head Space
Special Events Exchange on Tudor Square: Head Space
Supported by
Bringing together a specially curated programme of Talks, Films and Alternate Realities experiences, Exchange: Head Space is a hub for all on Tudor Square.
Celebrate the power of storytelling with film screenings including Awe Filled Vision of the World (p.34), On the Ground at Grenfell (p.35) and The Mighty Redcar (p.35).
Free and open to all during the day, kicking off at 10am with complimentary tea, coffee and pastries. The Exchange features daytime talks and other activities, and ticketed film screenings in the evening.
Escape to different realities by entering the Exchange Portal, our 360º projection venue which will transport you to virtual and alternate worlds. Join us at our Exchange Cafe, run by Ozone Coffee Roasters in collaboration with The Depot Bakery and licensed Bar offering alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks by Hop Box. There is also a line-up of quality street food traders curated by Peddler throughout the day and evenings. Special Events
Special Events
Guest speakers include SBTV founder Jamal Edwards, vocal artist Reeps One, BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Mim Shaikh, director Claire Simon, S-Town host and creator Brian Reed, actor George MacKay and the artists and filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. Join them to hear about the inspirations and experiences behind their work.
Welcome to Exchange: Head Space for special talks, films and activity, with a focus on your mental health. Come together for adventures through the mind, surprising new perspectives on life and inspiring conversation. 32
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DOUBLETHINK Festival Commission
Thu 7 June / 12:00–22:00 Fri 8 – Tue 12 June / 10:00–22:00
Experience DOUBLETHINK and be faced with a binary decision: enter the container marked HATE or the one marked HOPE. But choose wisely, because you can’t experience both...
DOUBLETHINK is a brand new immersive video installation by renowned artists and filmmakers Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard (20,000 Days on Earth), with music by Warren Ellis (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), written by Stuart Evers, and performed by George MacKay. Created specifically for Sheffield Doc/Fest with support from Wellcome and in consultation with mental health researchers.
Creators: Iain Forsyth Jane Pollard Producer: Phantoscopic Country: UK
Year: 2018 Duration: 15 mins Premiere: World
No need to book. Just head to Tudor Square to experience DOUBLETHINK. Runs on the hour and every half-past the hour. 33
Special Events Exchange on Tudor Square: Head Space What’s on Alternate Realities: Portal
Thu 7 – Tue 12 June / 10:00 - 17:00 / Exchange / Free
Head Space Shorts
Thu 7 June / 12:00 / Exchange Dome / Free Dip into our specially curated series of short films exploring mental health perspectives from all walks of life.
Awe Filled Vision of The World Fri 8 June / 11:00 / Exchange Dome / Free
Join producer Alex Usborne (104 Films) for a screening of extraordinary new short films from Neurodiverse filmmakers. Sheffield based 104 Films have been developing work from a new generation of neuro-diverse filmmakers. Neuro-diversity is the disability of the mind and these films show a very different way of seeing the world.
Romanian filmmaker Porumboiu focuses on Laurentiu Ginghina, a bureaucrat who dreams of revolutionising football. Yet when the director makes Ginghina’s alternative game reality, the bureaucrat can’t stop reworking his theories.
Social Chain’s Dominic McGregor in conversation
Sat 9 June / 11:00 / Exchange Dome / Free COO and Co-founder of The Social Chain Group, Dominic McGregor shares his story about how and why he became a mental health advocate.
We Speak Music docu-series + Q&A with Reeps One Sat 9 June / 12:00 / Exchange Dome / Free
Off the back of vocal artist, Reeps One’s unique live performance (p.27), this screening of the docu-series We Speak Music is made in collaboration with Nokia Bell. Reeps joins us after the screening to explore the links between self-expression, music and the mind.
Want to Work in Film?
Sat 9 June / 14:00 / Exchange / Free
Fri 8 June / 15:00 / Exchange Dome / Free
An opportunity for aspiring and new filmmakers, artists and animators to connect with Alice Ramsey, BFI NETWORK, to find out about the film industry and kick-start your career.
Step into the brave new world of Alternate Realities - hear from the creators of virtual and augmented reality experiences that help explore the inner workings of the mind.
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard and George Mackay talk DOUBLETHINK and more
Alternate Realities: Meet the Makers
The Task (dir. Leigh Ledare) Fri 8 June / 18:00 / Exchange Dome / £5
A conference unfolds. There is a tension between the observed and the observers; they have a task. Relations are tense as the group probes its dynamics and conflicting desires. 34
Fri 8 June / 21:00 / Exchange Dome / £5
Sat 9 June / 14:30 / Exchange Dome / Free Join artists Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and actor, George Mackay to explore the brave new world of DOUBLETHINK (p.33).
All Free Before 6pm Mind Games, Comedy Quiz Sat 9 June / 16:00 / Exchange Dome / Free
Come and take part in a comedy quiz all about the mind.
Milford Graves Full Mantis (dir. Jake Meginsky, Neil Young) Sat 9 June / 18:00 / Exchange Dome / £5
Celebrating the creativity of legendary American percussionist Milford Graves, this film is itself a kaleidoscope ode to the creative process, and a unique homage to the free jazz pioneer.
The Dread (dir. Pablo Aparo, Martín Benchimol) Sat 9 June / 21:00 / Exchange Dome / £5
A strange disease threatens the residents of “El Dorado”. Only an old man knows the antidote, however no one is encouraged to visit him.
Claire Simon in conversation Sun 10 June / 11:00 / Exchange Dome / Free Join director, Claire Simon (dir. Young Solitude p.54), discussing her film, which portrays the crucial time in life between 16 and 18 years old.
Jamal Edwards MBE: SBTV, Music & Mental Health
Sun 10 June / 13:00 / Exchange Dome / Free Jamal will discuss his recent documentary exploring mental health and his plans for SBTV and beyond.
Special Events Exchange on Tudor Square: Head Space On the Ground at Grenfell + Q&A
Alastair Campbell in conversation
Join filmmaker, Nendie PintoDuschinsky for a unique screening and conversation about On the Ground at Grenfell, which tells the stories of nine people - survivors, local residents and volunteers who have been affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
Alastair Campbell and filmmaker Peter Gauvain will talk to cultural observer and poet Naana Orleans and historian Dr Julie Gottlieb about their BBC documentary Alastair Campbell: Depression and Me.
Sun 10 June / 15:00 / Exchange Dome / Free
The Mighty Redcar + Q&A
Sun 10 June / 17:00 / Exchange Dome / Free Join filmmaker John Douglas and key characters for a unique screening of an episode from The Mighty Redcar.
Silvana (dir. Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring, Christina Tsiobanelis) Sun 10 June / 18:30 / Exchange Dome / £5
Crushing fascists, homophobes and the patriarchy with her lyrics, the Swedish rapper of Lithuanian and Syrian heritage meets her match in pop artist Beatrice Eli, sparking a heady love story.
América (dir. Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside)
Sun 10 June / 21:15 / Exchange Dome / £5
América (p.51) is a story of brothers confronting the chasm between adolescent yearning and adult realities when brought together to creatively care for their mentally ailing, but physically fit, 93-year-old grandmother.
Alternate Realities: Meet the Makers
Mon 11 June / 11:00 / Exchange Dome / Free Step into the brave new world of Alternate Realities - hear from the creators of virtual and augmented reality experiences that help explore the inner workings of the mind.
Mon 11 June / 14:00 / Exchange Dome / Free
Brian Reed (S-Town) and Richard Miron (For The Birds) in conversation Mon 11 June / 16:00 / Exchange Dome / Free Join host and co-creator of S-Town, Brian Reed, in conversation with Director/ Producer, Richard Miron to explore the real life mysteries and strange tales that inspired their work.
Time Trial (dir. Finlay Pretsell)
Mon 11 June / 18:00 / Exchange Dome / £5 First time feature director Pretsell captures the final career struggle of cyclist David Millar. An immersive, visceral experience inside Millar’s grueling attempt to qualify in the Tour de France.
Young Solitude (dir. Claire Simon)
Mon 11 June / 21:00 / Exchange Dome / £5 Claire Simon portrays an important time for any individual, from 16 to 18 years of age.
Head Space Virtual Reality
Supported by
Mim Shaikh (BBC Radio 1Xtra) and Karen Gabay in conversation Tue 12 June / 14:00 / Exchange Dome / Free
BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ and filmmaker Mim Shaikh joins Karen Gabay to put music, creativity and black mental health under the spotlight.
The Pain of Others (dir. Penny Lane)
Tue 12 June / 18:00 / Exchange Dome / £5 With the medical community failing to recognise their condition, a handful of women take to YouTube to broadcast every aspect of their bizarre disease to a sympathetic cyberspace.
Ghosthunter (dir. Ben Lawrence)
Tue 12 June / 21:00 / Exchange Dome / £5
Special Events
Special Events
Sheffield Doc/Fest welcomes Portal back to Tudor Square. This cutting edge 360º projection venue from our partners Igloo, hosts a selection of impactful 360º documentary experiences from the Alternate Realities exhibition Better Known Truths (p.91) and includes immersive experiences exploring the connections to health and well being.
Infinite Football (dir. Corneliu Porumboiu)
Supported by
A part-time Ghosthunter spent decades searching for his absent father. When his search converges with a police investigation, a family secret is exposed, forcing him to confront his brutal past.
Walking Tours with Magid
Fri 8 June – Mon 11 June / 10:00 & 14:00 / Exchange Box Office / Free Join Lord Mayor Magid Magid on his free tours to guide you through Doc/Fest. Each starting at the Box Office on Tudor Square, Magid will highlight key festival events and venues with his own local Sheffield knowledge.
Tue 12 June / 12:00 / Exchange Dome / Free Find out how immersive experiences such as virtual reality and provide insights into a healthy mind. Future media expert Andy Miah is joined by neuroscientist Hugo Spiers.
For further programme times, please go to www.sheffdocfest.com or visit the Doc/Fest Box Office on Tudor Square during the Festival.
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From short to longform storytelling, the Film programme presents bold and innovative non-fiction films made by some of the most authentic international filmmakers working today.
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Films Strand Titles p. 39
p. 66
Take a ride through thrilling tales, dramatic challenges, sports documentaries, and road trips.
Open your eyes to inspiring, radical artists, and bold cinematic visions of reality reimagined.
Doc/Adventure
Doc/Visions
p. 44
p. 71
Witness bold investigations exposing corruption, crime, and injustice, from frontlines to headlines.
See an insightful and poetic vision of Lebanon through the latest documentary films.
Doc/Expose
New/Lebanon p. 73
Follow pulsating, intimate stories celebrating the power of love, family, and friendship.
Catch a new wave of UK filmmakers and extraordinary contemporary UK stories.
Doc/Love
Doc/Rhythm
Move to the rhythm with energetic portraits of dance, music, and contemporary culture.
p. 60
Doc/Think
Encounter new ways of seeing and thinking about the world — from politics to science to philosophy.
New/UK
Strand Doc/Adventure
Take a ride through thrilling tales, dramatic challenges, sports documentaries, and road trips.
Doc/Adventures Shorts Various / 68 mins
From ringside action to waterslide attraction, youth, energy and precarious ambition combine in this parade of exuberantly cool short portraits. Tue 12 June / 15:30 / The Light Cinema 6 / £10/ £8
Films
Films
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Films
p. 75
Retro/Electric Avenues
Watch a curated collection of cult and classic documentaries and restored archive treasures.
Doc/Fest Meet Market Pitched
Before Father Gets Back
Rating TBC
Mari Gulbiani / Georgia, France, Germany / 2018 80 mins / World Premiere / [S]
In a Georgian village, from which many men have left for Syria, two girls escape a shared longing for their fathers through the magic of cinema. Fri 8 June / 16:15 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 11:30 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Bruce Lee & the Outlaw
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Joost Vandebrug / UK, Netherlands, Czech Republic / 2018 85 mins / World Premiere / [S]
Nicu, a young homeless boy, is adopted by Bruce Lee, the notorious “King of the Underworld” and goes to live with him in the tunnels underneath Bucharest. Fri 8 June / 21:30 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8 Tue 12 June / 12:15 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £5
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Films
Strand Doc/Adventure
Films
Take a ride through thrilling tales, dramatic challenges, sports documentaries, and road trips.
Doc/Fest New Talent Award Nominee
Central Bus Station
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Tomáš Elšík / Czech Republic / 2018 / 78 mins / World Premiere
Central Bus Station, a building which has turned from a great gift to a place for immigrants. Yonathan has learnt that it can reveal the essence of the society as well as one’s soul. Sat 9 June / 15:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Take a ride through thrilling tales, dramatic challenges, sports documentaries, and road trips.
Doc/Fest Environmental Award Nominee Rating TBC
Marine de Contes / France / 2018 / 53 mins / International Premiere / [S]
Into The Okavango
Rating TBC
Neil Gelinas / USA / 2018 / 94 min / International Premiere
From the view of their log cabin hut in the Landes region of France, men scour the autumnal skies. They listen to the rustling of the forest, eagerly awaiting the birds to pass overhead. Sun 10 June / 17:45 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
The Okavango River provides a vital source of water to about 1 million people. However, this once unspoiled oasis is now under siege due to increasing pressure from human activity.
Screening with: Skywards
Rating TBC
Feargal Ward / Ireland, Germany / 2017 / 77 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Thomas Reid lives a solitary life. But beside his 17th century farm looms a vast American factory. When the Irish State tries to take his farm, he vows to resist.
Fri 8 June / 11:15 / The Light Cinema 6 / £5 Tue 12 June / 9:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £5
Tue 12 June / 9:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £5
The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid
Fri 8 June / 11:30 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £5
Films
Films
Tue 12 June / 9:15 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £5
The Game
Strand Doc/Adventure
Mon 11 June / 9:00 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £5
Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee
Ghosthunter
Rating TBC
Ben Lawrence / Australia / 2018 / 100 mins / International Premiere / [S]
A part-time Ghosthunter spent decades searching for his absent father. When his search converges with a police investigation, a family secret is exposed, forcing him to confront his brutal past. Mon 11 June / 21:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8 Tue 12 June / 21:00 / Exchange Dome on Tudor Square / £5 40
The Insufferable Groo
Scott Christopherson / USA / 2017 / 98 mins / World Premiere
Having directed nearly 200 low-budget movies, Utah filmmaker Stephen Groo seeks Jack Black for his latest human/elf fantasy drama. This hilarious yet sincere portrait depicts an uphill production battle. Fri 8 June / 18:00 / Odeon Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 15:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
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Love Means Zero
Rating TBC
Jason Kohn / USA / 2018 / 89 mins / UK Premiere
At 86, famed tennis coach Nick Bollettieri is a living legend. At his academy in Florida, he raised a generation of champions. Early doors screening: Thu 7 June / 9:15 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £5 Mon 11 June / 13:45 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
The Man Who Stole Banksy
Rating TBC
Marco Proserpio / Italy / 2017 / 91 mins / European Premiere / [S]
A Palestinian taxi driver attempts to sell a Banksy mural on eBay. As we follow the artwork, we uncover a secret art market of stolen walls from around the world. Fri 8 June / 17:45 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 18:45 / The Light Cinema 8 / £10/ £8
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Films
Strand Doc/Adventure
Films
Take a ride through thrilling tales, dramatic challenges, sports documentaries, and road trips.
Doc/Fest Youth Jury Award Nominee
What does it take to build an Olympian? Russian gymnast Margarita floats in performances of effortlessness. But behind smiling scenes is an astonishing cocktail of maternal soothing and hissing fury.
Three boys in small town America find their hopes and dreams tempered by their circumstances. Moving back and forth over eight years, this is a moving, skilful exploration of adolescence.
First time feature director Pretsell captures the final career struggle of cyclist David Millar. An immersive, visceral experience inside Millar’s grueling attempt to qualify in the Tour de France.
Sat 9 June / 21:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 21:45 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8 Tue 12 June / 18:30 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Sat 9 June / 21:15 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
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Marta Prus / Poland, Germany, Finland / 2017 / 74 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Films
Mon 11 June / 11:45 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £5
Phantom Cowboys
15
Jeroen van Velzen / Netherlands / 2018 / 75 mins / European Premiere / [S]
On a train crossing Tanzania, a riding microcosm of East African society, we follow three main characters reflecting on the strength to survive. Sun 10 June / 18:00 / Abbeydale Picture House / £10/ £8 Tue 12 June / 19:00 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
See Tanzania Transit in Special Events (p.30)
Three Identical Strangers Tim Wardle / UK, USA / 2017 / 96 mins / European Premiere
In 1980, three New York identical triplets separated at birth discovered each other. But behind the remarkable story lurked a dark secret that questioned the notion of who we are. Sat 9 June / 15:15 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 18:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Finlay Pretsell / UK / 2017 / 81 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
PG
Vienna Calling
Too Beautiful: Our Right to Fight
PG
Maceo Frost / Netherlands, USA / 2017 / 77 mins / World Premiere / [S]
Cuba ranks highly at Olympic boxing, but women can’t compete. This immersive film follows Havana boxer Namibia, who’s hoping the ban is lifted. Fri 8 June / 18:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 18:00 / Exchange Dome on Tudor Square / £10/ £8
Screening with: Cheer
Rating TBC
U
Tue 12 June / 16:30 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8 Screening with: Hands Up, Chin Down
Films
Daniel Patrick Carbone / USA, UK / 2018 / 93 mins / International Premiere
Time Trial
Tanzania Transit
Take a ride through thrilling tales, dramatic challenges, sports documentaries, and road trips.
Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee
Over the Limit
42
Strand Doc/Adventure
15
Petr Šprincl / Czech Republic / 2018 / 67 mins / World Premiere / [S]
In this docufiction road movie, a graverobbing artist and his sidekicks journey to Vienna in a horse drawn caravan of death to return some famous teeth. Fri 8 June / 14:00 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8 Tue 12 June / 21:15 / The Light Cinema 6 / £10/ £8
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Films
Films
Strand Doc/Expose
Witness bold investigations exposing corruption, crime, and injustice, from frontlines to headlines.
Strand Doc/Expose
Witness bold investigations exposing corruption, crime, and injustice, from frontlines to headlines.
Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee
A Woman Captured
Bernadett Tuza-Ritter / Hungary / 2017 / 89 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
The Ballymurphy Precedent
Powerfully revealing stories from filmmakers who listen to the often unheard, exploring injustice, refuge and discrimination in the UK and afar.
Bernadett Tuza-Ritter enters the heart of darkness in Marish’s world. Living as a domestic slave in Hungary for 10 years, she is powerless without police protection or a support system.
Britain’s secret war crime. The unknown killing of eleven innocent civilians by British forces in one Belfast estate which led to Bloody Sunday and helped precipitate Northern Ireland’s 30 year war.
Fri 8 June / 11:30 / The Light Cinema 8 / £5
Mon 11 June / 18:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
Various / 94 mins
Sat 9 June / 18:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
15
Mon 11 June / 21:45 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Rating TBC
Callum Macrae / Ireland, UK / 2018 / 106 mins / World Premiere
Tue 12 June / 9:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £5
Films
Films
Doc/Expose Shorts
Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee
Doc/Dispatch
Rating TBC
Various / 2018 / World Premiere
A collection of urgent, embedded, and unfolding stories from around the world. Doc/Dispatch is a showcase for short documentary journalism from citizen reporters, investigative filmmakers and responsive news units. Fri 8 June / 13:45 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
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A Thousand Girls Like Me Sahra Mani / Afghanistan, France / 2018 / 76 mins / European Premiere / [S]
18
Commander Arian
Rating TBC
Alba Sotorra / Germany, Spain, Syria / 2018 / 105 mins / European Premiere / [S]
The Congo Tribunal
Milo Rau / Germany, Switzerland / 2017 / 100 mins / UK Premiere
A young Afghan woman confronts the will of her family and the traditions of her country to seek justice for years of sexual abuse from her father.
YPJ Commander Arian and her group of female fighters head into the heart of the Syrian War, on an epic mission to liberate their lands from ISIS.
Staged as a tribunal on-location in Bukavu and Berlin, director Milo Rau creates an unshrouded portrait of one of the biggest and bloodiest economic wars in human history.
Fri 8 June / 15:45 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Sat 9 June / 19:00 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Thu 7 June / 16:15 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 18:30 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 9:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £5
Rating TBC
Mon 11 June / 11:00 / The Light Cinema 6 / £5
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Films
Strand Doc/Expose
Witness bold investigations exposing corruption, crime, and injustice, from frontlines to headlines.
Doc/Fest New Talent Award Nominee
The Distant Barking of Dogs
12
Fake News Fairytale
18
Kate Stonehill / UK / 2018 / 14 mins / World Premiere
Once upon a time in Veles, Macedonia, a craze caught on for the lucrative activity of generating outrageous online stories. Fake news helped shift the course of history, or reality.
10-year-old Oleg’s Eastern Ukrainian village is caught in constant crossfire. In this beautifully crafted observational film, Oleg’s ordinary boyhood plays out against a continuously ominous landscape.
Fri 8 June / 20:30 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Laila At The Bridge
18
18
Maurice Sweeney / Ireland / 2017 / 82 mins / European Premiere / [S]
Dolours Price, bred to violent republicanism yet ultimately haunted by her actions, gave a filmed interview not to be broadcast until after her death. This is her shocking story.
Kinshasa Makambo
Self-titled ‘badass’ Laila Haidari fights to rescue heroin addicts in Afghanistan, a country plagued by opium-fuelled corruption. A child-marriage survivor, Laila continues to defy the violent and exploitative patriarchy.
Dieudo Hamadi / Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Switzerland, Germany, Norway / 2018 / 75 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Of Fathers and Sons
An ex al-Shabab member, Mohammed is not welcome in the UK. But with his young family in London, he is desperate to return and refuses to give up hope. Sun 10 June / 15:30 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8 /
Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee
18
Talal Derki / Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria / 2017 / 98 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
In a chaotic and often dangerous Kinshasa nothing is certain. Three activists risk everything trying to mobilise a rebel generation to unseat Joseph Kabila and his brutal police state.
Posing as a sympathetic war photographer, Syrian director Talai Derki gains access to the world of minesweeper Abu Osama, who is raising his many young sons to be Jihadi fighters.
Sun 10 June / 10:00 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £5
Fri 8 June / 19:00 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 16:00 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
12
Mon 11 June / 19:30 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee
12
Lost Warrior
Søren Steen Jespersen, Nasib Farah / Denmark / 2017 / 85 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Elissa Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei / Canada, Afghanistan / 2017 / 97 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Mon 11 June / 21:45 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee
46
Doc/Fest Youth Jury Award Nominee
Sat 9 June / 12:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 9:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £5
Mon 11 June / 14:30 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Witness bold investigations exposing corruption, crime, and injustice, from frontlines to headlines.
Films
Films
Screening with: Watching the Detectives (p.49)
Fri 8 June / 18:45 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Sat 9 June / 15:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Strand Doc/Expose
Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee
Simon Lereng Wilmont / Denmark, Finland, Sweden / 2017 / 91 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
I, Dolours
Films
On Her Shoulders
18
Alexandria Bombach / USA / 2018 / 94 mins / European Premiere
23-year-old Nadia Murad leads a harrowing but vital crusade: to speak out on behalf of the embattled Yazidi community who face mass extermination by ISIS militants. Sun 10 June / 15:00 / Odeon Cinema 3 / £10/ £8 Mon 11 June / 9:30 / The Light Cinema 8 / £5
Sun 10 June / 21:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8 47
Films
Strand Doc/Expose
Witness bold investigations exposing corruption, crime, and injustice, from frontlines to headlines.
Films
Strand Doc/Expose
Witness bold investigations exposing corruption, crime, and injustice, from frontlines to headlines.
Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee
One or Two Questions
Rating TBC
Kristina Konrad / Germany, Uruguay / 2018 / 237 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
18
Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar / Spain, USA / 2018 / 96 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Tue 12 June / 11:45 / The Light Cinema 3 / £5
Sat 9 June / 17:45 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
Matthew Heineman / USA / 2017 / 125 mins / European Premiere
In this revealing portrait of the drug trade, addicts and their families struggle in Atlanta, drug lords and poppy-seed farmers toil in Mexico, and narcotics units and dealers clash in Columbus.
A powerful film that tells the story of celebrated Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin and photographer Paul Conroy’s ill-fated trip to Syria in February 2012.
Sat 9 June / 12:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £5
Sat 9 June / 18:30 / Odeon Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Rating TBC
Chris Martin / UK / 2018 / 93 mins / World Premiere
Whispering Truth to Power
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A paramilitary group in Slovakia is recruiting hundreds of young men, aiming to create a model community based on military drill, obedience and fear. Sat 9 June / 11:45 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £5 Tue 12 June / 15:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
Screening with: Fake News Fairytale (p.46)
Under The Wire
When the War Comes
Jan Gebert / Czech Republic, Croatia / 2018 / 76 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Reddit and 4chan users unleash a flurry of wild speculation following the Boston Marathon Bombing. The trail of the amateur detectives observes the power of internet frenzies and crowd-sourcing culpability. Fri 8 June / 20:30 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 14:15 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 9:15 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £5
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Films
Films
Filmed over six years, The Silence of Others tells the story of the first attempt in history to prosecute crimes of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco.
Rating TBC
Watching the Detectives Chris Kennedy / Canada / 2017 / 37 mins / UK Premiere
At the end of the 1980s, Konrad collected opinions on the streets of Uruguay in relation to a referendum to be held on a law granting impunity human rights violations.
The Trade
48
The Silence of Others
18
Shameela Seedat / South Africa / 2018 / 87 mins / European Premiere / [S]
Having successfully fought against corruption amongst South Africa’s most powerful politicians, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela ends her last year in office with a dramatic final battle to safeguard her legacy. Sun 10 June / 15:00 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 17:00 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8 49
Films
Films
Strand Doc/Love
Follow pulsating, intimate stories celebrating the power of love, family, and friendship.
Strand Doc/Love
Follow pulsating, intimate stories celebrating the power of love, family, and friendship.
Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee
Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee
A Northern Soul
12
Sean McAllister returned to his hometown, Hull, as curator of its’ UK City of Culture opening. Living with his elderly parents and reflecting on changes to a city hit by austerity and divided by Brexit. Tue 12 June / 11:30 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £5
See special event: Opening Night screening of A Northern Soul (p.26) 50
Love, love changes everything. Intimate, deep and occasionally humorous: brothers, mothers and lovers combine in these universal tales of close relations.
A heart-warming story of three brothers confronting the chasm between adolescent yearning and adult realities when brought together to care for their ailing 93-year-old grandmother.
Ashore portrays the life of a singular fisherman in an ancient riverfront community near Lisbon as he drifts between ocean solitude and family anchors.
Mon 11 June / 22:00 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Sat 9 June / 15:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £5
Sat 9 June / 19:15 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Rating TBC
Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside / USA / 2018 / 76 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Amal
15
Filmed over six years, this is an intimate portrait of a politicised teenage girl in contemporary Egypt. Amal defies a patriarchal society to find her place in the revolution.
Sun 10 June / 16:45 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Rating TBC
Leonor Teles / Portugal / 2018 / 82 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Thu 7 June / 16:30 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Doc/Fest New Talent Award Nominee
Mohamed Siam / Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Lebanon, Norway / 2017 / 83 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Fri 8 June / 9:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £5
Ashore
Sun 10 June / 21:00 / Exchange Dome on Tudor Square / £5
Doc/Fest Youth Jury Award Nominee
Sean McAllister / UK / 2018 / 80 mins / World Premiere
Thu 7 June / 18:45 / Sheffield City Hall / £13/ £11
Various / 68 mins
América
Films
Films
Doc/Love Shorts
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Rating TBC
Mark Cousins / UK / 2018 / 110 mins / UK Premiere
Filmmaker Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of this legendary director and actor, to reveal a portrait of the artist as he’s never been seen before. Sat 9 June / 15:00 / Odeon Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 9:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8 Screening with: Last Man Standing
For the Birds
Rating TBC
Richard Miron / USA / 2018 / 90 mins / World Premiere
A woman’s love for her pet ducks and chickens – all 200 of them - begins to threaten her marriage and draw attention from local animal rescuers. Sun 10 June / 18:15 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 12:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £5
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Films
Strand Doc/Love
Films
Follow pulsating, intimate stories celebrating the power of love, family, and friendship.
Strand Doc/Love
Follow pulsating, intimate stories celebrating the power of love, family, and friendship.
Doc/Fest New Talent Award Nominee
Game Girls
Eddie Martin / Australia / 2017 / 86 mins / UK Premiere
Minding the Gap
This compassionate observational documentary charts the relationship between two homeless women in Los Angeles’ sprawling Skid Row. Tiahna seems resigned to street life, but girlfriend Teri wants to escape.
A candid and personal family portrait as young father Anthony Lister embarks on the rocky road to become the world’s greatest street artist.
A coming-of-age saga of three skateboarding friends in their Rust Belt hometown hit hard by decades of recession.
The first documentary to address LGBTQ+ coming out stories exclusively through social media footage.
Sat 9 June / 21:15 / Odeon Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 18:30 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Fri 8 June / 9:00 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £5
Tue 12 June / 11:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £5
Tue 12 June / 14:15 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
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Alina Skrzeszewska / France / 2018 / 90 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Home Games
Alisa Kovalenko / Ukraine, France, Poland / 2018 / 86 mins / World Premiere / [S]
A season in the life of Alina, a poor 20-year-old girl from Kyiv who has a chance to be saved by football. Fri 8 June / 16:30 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Sat 9 June / 9:30 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £5 52
Rating TBC
18
Bing Liu / USA / 2018 / 93 mins / UK Premiere
Out
Rating TBC
Denis Parrot / France / 2018 / 70 mins / World Premiere
Tue 12 June / 21:30 / The Light Cinema 8 / £10/ £8
Sat 9 June / 21:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Films
Films
Tue 12 June / 18:15 / The Light Cinema 6 / £10/ £8
Have You Seen The Listers?
18
Lovers of the Night
U
Anna Frances Ewert / Germany, Ireland / 2017 / 57 mins / European Premiere / [S]
Seven elderly monks reflect on faith, aging and the challenges of maintaining a monastery and farm in rural Ireland. Sacred rituals mingle with mundane pleasures in this contemplative portrait. Fri 8 June / 9:15 / The Light Cinema 6 / £5
Sun 10 June / 12:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £5 Screening with: Mountain
People’s Republic of Desire
Rating TBC
Hao Wu / China / 2018 / 95 mins / European Premiere / [S]
Turning 18
18
Ho Chao-ti / Taiwan / 2018 / 87 mins / World Premiere / [S]
In China’s popular live streaming showrooms, two internet celebrities seek fame, fortune and human connection, ultimately finding the same promises and perils online as in their real lives.
This is a story of abandonment, but also of love and courage. It asks a question pondered the world: how can an unloved life find a strength of her own?
Sun 10 June / 9:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £5
Sat 9 June / 14:00 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 12:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £5
Fri 8 June / 14:00 / The Light Cinema 6 / £10/ £8
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Films
Strand Doc/Love
Follow pulsating, intimate stories celebrating the power of love, family, and friendship.
Films Strand Doc/Rhythm
Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee
Young Solitude
Claire Simon / France / 2018 / 100 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Join the Conversation
Antigone
Films
Mon 11 June / 21:00 / Exchange Dome on Tudor Square / £5
#sheffdocfest @sheffdocfest
Doc/Rhythm Shorts Various / 75 mins
My body, your body, everybody, move your body. These perfectly playful and performative shorts ebb, flow, prance and glow with human soul. Sun 10 June / 13:00 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Films
Sun 10 June / 15:15 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
Claire Simon portrays an important time for any individual, from 16 to 18 years of age.
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Rating TBC
Move to the rhythm with energetic portraits of dance, music, and contemporary culture.
Rating TBC
Pedro González Rubio / Mexico, France / 2018 / 73 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Ashes and Embers
Rating TBC
Manon Ott / France / 2018 / 71 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
A group of theatre students prepare Antigone, injecting the same emotional commitment into their family and political lives as they do on stage.
A poetic and political portrait of a working-class suburb in the process of change, nourished with the speech of those who live there, be it soft, rebellious or sung.
Sat 9 June / 18:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 15:30 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 16:00 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 12:30 / The Light Cinema 3 / £5
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Films
Strand Doc/Rhythm
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Rating TBC
Move to the rhythm with energetic portraits of dance, music, and contemporary culture.
Films
Desolation Center
Milford Graves Full Mantis
Rating TBC
Stuart Swezey / USA / 2018 / 92 mins / UK Premiere
Sophie Huber / Switzerland, USA / 2018 / 85 mins / European Premiere
A revelatory, thrilling and emotional journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
U
Jake Meginsky, Neil Young (Co-Director) / USA / 2018 / 91 mins / UK Premiere
The untold story of Reagan-era guerrilla desert gatherings that are now recognised as being the inspiration for Burning Man, Lollapalooza and Coachella, with unseen performances by Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Swans, Einstürzende Neubauten and more. Sun 10 June / 14:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Parallel Planes
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Nicole Wegner / Germany / 2017 / 100 mins / European Premiere
A homage to DIY indie music. Parallel Planes features radical spirits Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi), Michael Gira (Swans) and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. On the Saturday screening, join us at Abbeydale Picture House for a record stall plus DJ from Spinning Discs Sheffield.
Celebrating the creativity of legendary American percussionist Milford Graves, this film is itself a kaleidoscope ode to the creative process, and a unique homage to the free jazz pioneer.
Fri 8 June / 18:00 / Abbeydale Picture House / £13/ £11
Tue 12 June / 21:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Move to the rhythm with energetic portraits of dance, music, and contemporary culture.
Sat 9 June / 18:00 / Exchange Dome on Tudor Square / £5
Sat 9 June / 15:00 / Abbeydale Picture House / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 21:30 / The Light Cinema 8 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 18:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Screening with: To The Front: Scenes From a Women’s Rock Camp
Films
Films
Fri 8 June / 21:00 / Odeon Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Strand Doc/Rhythm
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Generation Wealth
Rating TBC
Lauren Greenfield / USA / 2018 / 108 mins
Lauren Greenfield’s postcard from the edge of the American Empire captures a portrait of a materialistic, image-obsessed culture. Thu 7 June / 12:00 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £5
Fri 8 June / 15:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
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Harmony
Frederick Paxton / Russia, UK / 2018 / 71 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Punk Voyage
JP Passi, Jukka Kärkkäinen / Finland / 2017 / 97 mins / [S]
Shakedown
Bold city symphony reveals the terrible beauty in Siberia’s polluted Chelyabinsk. A mesmerizing mix of sound and image highlight the often punishing rituals inflicted on young Russian boys and girls.
PKN, a band of four mentally disabled men, is Europe’s no 1 punk-rock act. When the band’s leader decides to retire, Punk Voyage shows all the quarrels, tears and laughter.
Step into the world of Shakedown; Los Angeles’ African-American queer strip club. An erotic playground in the ‘90s and early 2000s, the club was a hub for the queer community.
Sat 9 June / 21:45 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 21:30 / Abbeydale Picture House / £13/ £11
Fri 8 June / 21:45 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 21:30 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
12
Rating TBC
Leilah Weinraub / USA / 2018 / 72 mins / UK Premiere
Sun 10 June / 13:15 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8 57
Films
Strand Doc/Rhythm
Silvana
18
Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring, Christina Tsiobanelis / Sweden / 2017 / 91 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Crushing fascists, homophobes and the patriarchy with her lyrics, the Swedish rapper of Lithuanian and Syrian heritage meets her match in pop artist Beatrice Eli, sparking a heady love story. Sun 10 June / 18:00 / Exchange Dome on Tudor Square / £5
Films
They Call Her Cleopatra Wong
Yellow Is Forbidden
Rating TBC
An inspiration for Shirkers director, Sandi Tan, fiction film They Call Her Cleopatra Wong follows Singapore’s top policewoman as she teams up with her Filipino counterpart to bust a counterfeit currency operation that threatens several Asian countries with bankruptcy.
Gene Graham / USA / 2018 / 83 mins / International Premiere
Newark strip club The Dojo is a microcosm of black American society. This affectionate portrait spotlights the men who dance there and the community of women who sustain it. Sun 10 June / 15:00 / Abbeydale Picture House / £10/ £8 Tue 12 June / 21:00 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
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Tranny Fag
São Paulo pop star Linn da Quebrada is a black trans woman whose explicit electro-funk gives voice to marginalised communities. This candid profile blends concert footage with offstage contemplation. Mon 11 June / 21:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
See special event: Tranny Fag with live performance from Linn da Quebrada (p.30)
Haute couture is the most exclusive club in the world: Mostly men. Exclusively European. Largely conglomerate-funded. Yet, Guo Pei, an independent Chinese designer has been invited to present a collection. Sun 10 June / 18:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
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Kiko Goifman, Claudia Priscilla / Brazil / 2018 / 75 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Sat 9 June/ 21:15 / Abbeydale Picture House / £13/ £11
Rating TBC
Tue 12 June / 21:30 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Doc/Fest Youth Jury Award Nominee
This One’s For The Ladies
Move to the rhythm with energetic portraits of dance, music, and contemporary culture.
Pietra Brettkelly / New Zealand / 2017 / 94 mins / European Premiere
Bobby A. Suarez / Phillipines / 1978 / 110 mins / / Premiere
Sat 9 June / 23:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £5
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Films
Films
Sat 9 June / 18:00 / Abbeydale Picture House / £10/ £8
Move to the rhythm with energetic portraits of dance, music, and contemporary culture.
The Light Cinema Free Screen on Howard Street
Enjoy the fresh air and watch one of our many free film screenings throughout the festival. See p.78 for listings.
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Films
Strand Doc/Think
Encounter new ways of seeing and thinking about the world — from politics to science to philosophy.
Strand Doc/Think
Encounter new ways of seeing and thinking about the world — from politics to science to philosophy.
Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee
Doc/Think Shorts
Central Airport THF
Various / 76 mins
Sun 10 June / 18:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Fri 8 June / 9:00 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £5 Sat 9 June / 12:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £5
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Berlin’s defunct Tempelhof Airport remains a place of arrivals and departures. Today it’s massive hangars are used as Germany’s largest emergency shelter for asylum seekers, like 18-year-old Syrian refugee Ibrahim.
When you post something online, can you be sure it stays there? Enter a hidden shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn’t like.
Sun 10 June / 18:00 / Odeon Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 21:00 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Fri 8 June / 11:30 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £5
Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee Rating TBC
Fernando Solanas / Argentina / 2018 / 97 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Veteran filmmaker Fernando Solanas creates a moving, humane, and urgently political vision of an environmental crisis in Argentina.
Rating TBC
Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck / Germany, Brazil / 2018 / 88 mins / UK Premiere
Mon 11 June / 14:45 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
Doc/Fest Environmental Award Nominee
A Journey to the Fumigated Towns
Karim Aïnouz / Germany, France, Brazil / 2018 / 97 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
The Cleaners
Films
Films
Art meets politics through a personal lens. This lyrical array of transportive documentaries look and think through rarely seen images of our world.
Rating TBC
Boys Who Like Girls
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Inka Achte / Finland, Norway, India / 2018 / 68 mins / World Premiere / [S]
The Dread
Rating TBC
Pablo Aparo, Martín Benchimol / Argentina / 2017 / 67 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Está Todo Bien
PG
Tuki Jencquel / Venezuela, Mexico, Germany / 2018 / 70 mins / World Premiere / [S]
A community club in India invites adolescents to think about masculinity in new ways, making the world safer for women - one boy at a time.
A strange disease threatens the residents of “El Dorado”. Only an old man knows the antidote, however no one is encouraged to visit him.
An activist delivers badly needed medicines in Venezuela where salaries peak at twelve dollars a month and 16,000 doctors have left the country.
Sat 9 June / 21:45 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Fri 8 June / 9:00 / The Light Cinema 3 / £5
Sat 9 June / 14:15 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 16:30 / The Light Cinema 8 / £10/ £8
Sat 9 June / 21:00 / Exchange Dome on Tudor Square / £5
Mon 11 June / 15:30 / The Light Cinema 6 / £10/ £8
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Strand Doc/Think
Doc/Fest Environmental Award Nominee
Ex-Shaman
Films
Encounter new ways of seeing and thinking about the world — from politics to science to philosophy.
Rating TBC
Flow
Doc/Fest Youth Jury Award Nominee Rating TBC
Nicolás Molina / Chile / 2018 / 82 mins / World Premiere / [S]
A former shaman forced to give up his ancestral practices by the evangelists considering him as evil. This is his fight to keep his traditions alive. Fri 8 June / 11:00 / The Light Cinema 3 / £5
Flow observes the human connection between two rivers: Ganges in India and Biobío in Chile. It proposes a poetic journey blending both civilisations through the flow of one great river.
Mon 11 June / 11:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £5
Florian Heinzen-Ziob / Germany / 2018 / 89 mins / World Premiere / [S]
German Class takes us back to school. Over the course of six months the film closely follows the daily ups and downs of a group of children from abroad as they take their first steps in the German school system. Sat 9 June / 16:15 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
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Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher / USA / 2018 / 75 mins / International Premiere
Eureka Springs, Arkansas is known for both its passion play and gospel drag shows, attracting Christian and queer audiences alike. This nuanced portrait blends colourful performances and contrasting opinions. Fri 8 June / 21:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8 Tue 12 June / 12:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £5
Romanian filmmaker Porumboiu focuses on Laurentiu Ginghina, a bureaucrat who dreams of revolutionising football. Yet when the director makes Ginghina’s alternative game reality, the bureaucrat can’t stop reworking his theories.
Maxim Pozdorovkin juxtaposes the outlandish and sinister efforts by Russians determined to sway the American election in this entertaining documentary made up entirely of Russian propoganda and user generated content.
Fri 8 June / 21:00 / Exchange Dome on Tudor Square / £5
Thu 7 June / 12:00 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £5
The Pain of Others
PG
With the medical community failing to recognise their condition, a handful of women take to YouTube to broadcast every aspect of their bizarre disease to a sympathetic cyberspace.
Tue 12 June / 18:00 / Exchange Dome on Tudor Square / £5
Maxim Pozdorovkin / USA / 2018 / 78 mins / UK Premiere
Doc/Fest New Talent Award Nominee
Penny Lane / USA / 2018 / 71 mins / UK Premiere
Sun 10 June / 9:00 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £5
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Tue 12 June / 11:45 / The Light Cinema 8 / £5
Doc/Fest Illuminate Award Nominee
Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee
The Gospel of Eureka
Corneliu Porumboiu / Romania / 2018 / 70 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Our New President
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Mon 11 June / 17:15 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 18:30 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3/ £10/ £8
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Infinite Football
Films
Films
Sun 10 June / 11:15 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / Kino Bambino (Parent & Baby) screening / £8/ £6
Sat 9 June / 9:15 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £5
Mon 11 June / 11:45 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £5
Encounter new ways of seeing and thinking about the world — from politics to science to philosophy.
Doc/Fest Environmental Award Nominee
Luiz Bolognesi / Brazil / 2018 / 82 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
German Class
Strand Doc/Think
The Proposal
Rating TBC
Jill Magid / USA, Mexico, Switzerland / 2018 / 83 mins / European Premiere
Conceptual artist Jill Magid grapples with the contested legacy of Luis Barragán, Mexico’s most famous architect. Sun 10 June / 21:15 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 15:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
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Strand Doc/Think
Films
Encounter new ways of seeing and thinking about the world — from politics to science to philosophy.
Strand Doc/Think
Encounter new ways of seeing and thinking about the world — from politics to science to philosophy.
Doc/Fest Environmental Award Nominee
Radio Atlas: A Lunkhead Among The Stars
Rating TBC
The Trial
Rating TBC
Maria Ramos / Brazil, Germany, Netherlands / 2018 / 139 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Gyrid Listuen / Norway / 2018 / 47 mins / [S]
A small-time ivory dealer struggles as forces mobilise to destroy his trade. Turning to his cousin, a wildlife ranger who hasn’t been paid in months, he sees a possible lifeline.
Sun 10 June / 19:15 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 18:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
Without Brutality: 25 Years of the Art and Design Research Centre
Rating TBC
Various Directors / UK / 1994–2018 / 91 mins
2018 marks the 25th year of the Art and Design Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam. This selection of creative films by alumni of the university, from 1969 to 1993, celebrates the anniversary. Thu 7 June / 12:00 / Showroom Cinema 4 /£5
Films
Films
Fri 8 June / 12:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £5
Sat 9 June / 11:15 / The Light Cinema 3 / £5
Tue 12 June / 16:45 / The Light Cinema 3 / £5
Rating TBC
Jon Kasbe / Kenya, USA / 2018 / 76 mins / International Premiere / [S]
A behind-the-scenes look at the impeachment trial of Brazil’s first female President. This film – a tale of betrayal and corruption – witnesses the profound political crisis and the collapse of the democratic institutions.
In this projected podcast event, Radio Atlas presents Gyrid Listuen’s Prix Europa-winning radio documentary from the nineties – exploring the internal world of a young man with Down’s Syndrome.
When Lambs Become Lions
Films Special Events The Waldheim Waltz
Rating TBC
Ruth Beckermann / Austria / 2018 / 93 mins / UK Premiere
Lies. Truth. Alternative Facts. The film analyses the uncovering of former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s wartime past. The Waldheim Waltz shows the successful use of anti-Semitism and populist propaganda. Sun 10 June / 21:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8 Mon 11 June / 12:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8 64
A Northern Soul (p.26)
Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee
Doc/Fest Tim Hetherington Award Nominee
What Is Democracy?
PG
Astra Taylor / Canada / 2018 / 117 mins / World Premiere
Featuring a range of big thinkers from Cornel West to Silvia Federici, Astra Taylor’s inquisitive film interweaves reflections on democratic ideals with evidence of its all too flawed implementation. Sat 9 June / 12:00 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £5
Tue 12 June / 9:15 / The Light Cinema 6 / £5
Desolation Centre with live performance from Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) (p.27) Thread: Redux (p.28) Shirkers with live performance from Weish (p.29)
Tranny Fag with live performance from Linn da Quebrada (p.30)
Tanzania Transit with uSiSTA Live Pop-Up (p.30) Black Mother with live score from GAIKA (p.31)
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Strand Doc/Visions
Open your eyes to inspiring, radical artists, and bold cinematic visions of reality reimagined.
Strand Doc/Visions
Open your eyes to inspiring, radical artists, and bold cinematic visions of reality reimagined.
Doc/Visions Shorts Various / 95 mins
Doel
A wild filmic combination of books, cops, landscapes and the Eurotunnel. Nothing can be more real than the imagination in these compact cornucopias.
Sølberg’s fun, quirky, and slow cinematic film about the outskirts of Europe is a portrait of a Belgian ghost town and it’s 26 inhabitants.
Rating TBC
Frederik Sølberg / Denmark, Belgium / 2018 / 67 mins / International Premiere / [S]
Mon 11 June / 18:45 / The Light Cinema 6 / £10/ £8
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Nathaniel Dorsky / USA / 2017 / 137 mins / International Premiere / [DF]
A magical collection of seven 16mm films by Nathaniel Dorsky explores the beauty of Californian nature in Spring light. Each silent film celebrates qualities of energy, joy, fullness, and rebirth. Sun 10 June/ 15:00 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
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When Chloe curates the Tate retrospective of Leonora Carrington, an elusive man seems to offer romance. But is she hunter or hunted? A docufictional psychothriller for our new sexual politics. Thu 7 June / 12:15 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £5
Tue 12 June / 13:15 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee
Arboretum Cycle
Rating TBC
Josh Appignanesi / UK / 2018 / 74 mins / European Premiere
Mon 11 June / 15:30 / The Light Cinema 8 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 21:15 / The Light Cinema 6 / £10/ £8
Female Human Animal
Films
Films
Doc/Fest New Talent Award Nominee
Black Mother
Doc/Fest Grand Jury Award Nominee
Khalik Allah / USA / 2018 / 77 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Going South
In this utterly original film, Khalik Allah interweaves voices and images of Jamaica to reflect the natural, spiritual and cultural fabric of the Caribbean island.
Going South is the second part of a tetralogy in which Dominic Gagnon intends to explore the cardinal points of the Internet in the post-truth era.
Fri 8 June / 14:15 / The Light Cinema 8 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 12:15 / The Light Cinema 6 / £5
Sun 10 June / 21:00 / Sheffield City Hall / £10/ £8 Screening with: Rebirth is Necessary
Associated talk: Khalik Allah: Exploring a New Film Language (p.104) See special event: Black Mother with live score by GAIKA (p.31)
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Rating TBC
Dominic Gagnon / Canada / 2018 / 104 mins / UK Premiere
Screening with: Maskirovka
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
PG
RaMell Ross / USA / 2018 / 76 mins / UK Premiere
Shot over five years, photographer RaMell Ross eschews traditional storytelling in favour of a series of luminous moments, creating an original portrait of black lives in the American South. Sat 9 June / 18:15 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
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Strand Doc/Visions
Films
Open your eyes to inspiring, radical artists, and bold cinematic visions of reality reimagined.
Strand Doc/Visions
Open your eyes to inspiring, radical artists, and bold cinematic visions of reality reimagined.
Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee
Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
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Peter Watkins / France / 2000 / 220 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
In this war drama blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the working class and the bourgeoisie of 19th century Paris are interviewed and covered on television, before and during a tragic workers’ class revolt.
Last Year in Utopia
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Jana Magdalena Keuchel, Katharina Knust / Germany / 2017 / 72 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
In this revealing and playful Brechtian recreation of events, six cast members from a cancelled German reality television programme make an emotional return to their show’s isolated forest location.
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A metamorphosis is taking place under the gaudy lights of the Rio de Janeiro carnival. Bodies shimmer with otherworldly luminosity, as transgender woman Luana Muniz dreams herself into being.
Music When the Lights Go Out is a documentary floating on this thin border between fiction and reality.
Fri 8 June / 9:30 / The Light Cinema 8 / £10/ £8
Films
Films
Tue 12 June / 21:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 14:00 / The Light Cinema 8 / £10/ £8
Obscuro Barroco
Evangelia Kranioti / France, Greece / 2018 / 60 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Ismael Caneppele / Brazil / 2017 / 70 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Sat 9 June / 9:00 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 11:00 / The Light Cinema 3 / £5
Fri 8 June / 22:00 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £5
Music When The Lights Go Out
Mon 11 June / 14:30 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Doc/Fest Youth Jury Award Nominee
Margaret Tait: A Century
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Margaret Tait / UK / 1918 / 64 mins / Premiere
A retrospective collection of films by pioneering female British filmmaker Margaret Tait: Colour Poems, A Portrait of Ga, Tailpiece, Aerial, Where I am is Here. Sun 10 June / 19:45 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
McQueen
Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui / UK, USA / 2017 / 111 mins / Special Preview
Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of revolutionary British fashion designer ‘Lee’ Alexander McQueen, the workingclass boy who became a global one-man fashion brand. Thu 7 June / 21:30 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
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Rating TBC
Shirkers
Sandi Tan / USA / 2018 / 96 mins / UK Premiere
Sleep Has Her House
When Sandi Tan made girl slasher flick Shirkers, she thought it would be a hit; instead, it was never finished. In this entertaining personal documentary she explores its painful history.
A hypnotic reverie in a dark forest, underneath waterfalls and shifting shapes in the night. Captured on an iPhone, this is a symphonic and haunting science fiction of nature.
Sat 9 June / 22:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £13/ £11
Mon 11 June / 12:30 / The Light Cinema 8 / £10/ £8
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Scott Barley / UK / 2016 / 90 mins / UK Premiere / [DF]
Mon 11 June / 18:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
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Strand Doc/Visions
Films
Open your eyes to inspiring, radical artists, and bold cinematic visions of reality reimagined.
Strand New/Lebanon Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee
The Task
A conference unfolds. There is a tension between the observed and the observers; they have a task. Relations are tense as the group probes its dynamics and conflicting desires.
Chinese director Xiao Xiao films the eponymous mountain village where he was raised. Shot in black and white, this beautiful slow cinema piece captures the rhythms of remote existence.
Fri 8 June / 18:00 / Exchange Dome on Tudor Square / £5
Sat 9 June / 9:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
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Xiao Xiao / China / 2017 / 101 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Mon 11 June / 15:45 / The Light Cinema 6 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 18:00 / The Light Cinema 8 / £10/ £8
Sergei Loznitsa / Germany / 2018 / 94 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
Sergei Loznitsa, Ukraine’s master of documentary observation, artfully captures the crowds who gather annually in Berlin’s Treptower Park to mark the anniversary of the 1945 Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
A trailblazing rebel who shook the world of literature, defying gender norms, societal expectations and patriarchal gatekeeping. Ursula K. Le Guin remains a peerless lightning bolt of imagination and political insight.
Fri 8 June / 11:00 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £5
Sun 10 June / 21:00 / Odeon Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Tue 12 June / 9:00 / The Light Cinema 3 / £5
PG
PG
Arwen Curry / USA, Canada / 2018 / 65 mins / World Premiere
Tue 12 June / 9:30 / The Light Cinema 8 / £10/ £8
Counting Tiles
Cynthia Choucair / Lebanon / 2018 / 86 mins / UK Premiere
The Drift
EU bureaucracy is preventing a clown troupe in Greece from entertaining refugees. As they wait, Lebanese director Cynthia Choucair muses about her own history as a child of war. Thu 7 June / 14:00 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Fri 8 June / 9:15 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Rating TBC
Maeve Brennan / Lebanon, UK / 2017 / 51 mins / UK Festival Premiere / [S]
Set amongst Lebanon’s densely layered archaeological and urban sites, The Drift documents three intertwining stories of a Roman temple guardian, an archaeological conservator and a young car mechanic. Tue 12 June / 18:30 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8 Screening with: In the Ruins of Baalbeck Studios
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In the Ruins of Baalbeck Studios
Films
Films
Leigh Ledare / USA / 2017 / 118 mins / International Premiere
Turtle Rock
Victory Day
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Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee
See an insightful and poetic vision of Lebanon through the latest documentary films.
PG
Siska / Lebanon, Germany / 2017 / 48 mins / International Premiere
Once the biggest production company in the Arab world, Baalbeck Studios did not survive Lebanon’s civil war. Interweaving audio with damaged archive, director Siska creatively revisits its heyday. Tue 12 June / 18:30 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8 Screening with: The Drift
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Strand New/Lebanon
Films
See an insightful and poetic vision of Lebanon through the latest documentary films.
Strand New/UK Panoptic
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Room for a Man
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Anthony Chidiac / Argentina, Lebanon, USA / 2017 / 77 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Rana Eid / Lebanon, United Arab Emirates / 2017 / 69 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
A young gay Lebanese filmmaker refurbishes the apartment he shares with his mother, then rebuilds paternal ties in Argentina. This artful, hypnotic personal essay explores identity, masculinity and sexuality.
Thu 7 June / 14:15 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Thu 7 June / 14:30 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 9:00 / The Light Cinema 6 / £5
Sat 9 June / 9:00 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £5
New/UK Shorts Various / 92 mins
Open your eyes and think of Britain, then think again. This collection of poignant, woke and vibrant shorts offer a new wave of UK storytelling. Sat 9 June / 16:30 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Films
Films
An evocative personal essay reflecting Beirut’s difficult recent past and uneasy present. Lebanese sound designer Rana Eid delves into her childhood memories, merging them with the landscapes of modern Beirut.
Catch a new wave of UK filmmakers and extraordinary contemporary UK stories.
Doc/Fest Art Doc Award Nominee
Wild Relatives
Rating TBC
Jumana Manna / Lebanon, Norway, Germany / 2018 / 66 mins / UK Premiere / [S]
Following a transportation of seeds between the Arctic and Lebanon, Wild Relatives unfolds a matrix of people and plant lives between two distant spots of the earth. Sun 10 June / 9:00 / The Light Cinema 3 / £5 Mon 11 June / 9:30 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £5
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Against the Tides
Rating TBC
Stefan Stuckert / UK / 2017 / 90 mins / World Premiere
British open water swimmer Beth French attempts to be the first person to complete ‘Oceans Seven’ - swimming seven of the world’s most dangerous sea crossings in a single calendar year. Fri 8 June / 13:45 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 9:00 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Grenfell
Rating TBC
Ben Anthony / UK / 2018 / 90 mins / World Premiere
Filmed across the year following the Grenfell tragedy, this documentary features accounts from the people whose lives were irrevocably changed by the most devastating tower block fire in British history. Mon 11 June / 19:45 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8 Tue 12 June / 21:00 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
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Films
Catch a new wave of UK filmmakers and extraordinary contemporary UK stories.
Strand Retro/Electric Avenues Doc/Fest Meet Market Pitched
Gun No. 6
Used in 11 shootings and three murders, this is the story of Britain’s deadliest illegal gun. This hybrid of documentary and drama uncovers the reality of gun crime in Britain.
Idaho law allows the Followers of Christ to withhold medical intervention and practice faith healing instead. As the bodies of children mount, the sheriff is determined to change the law.
Thu 7 June / 16:15 / PBS America Showroom Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 12:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
Sat 9 June / 9:00 / Bertha DocHouse Showroom Cinema 4 / £10/ £8
PG
Tom Dumican / USA / 2017 / 88 mins / EU Premiere
Tue 12 June / 9:00 / Yorkshire Building Society Showroom Cinema 2 / £10/ £8
Electric Avenues Shorts 1 Various / 59 mins
Who owns the street? Who has the right to be present? This roundabout of subversive documentaries reimagine surveillance, occupation, and living in the street. Fri 8 June / 13:45 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £10/ £8
Films
Films
James Newton / UK / 2018 / 75 mins / World Premiere
No Greater Law
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Watch a curated collection of cult and classic documentaries and restored archive treasures.
Rough/Ready
Electric Avenues Shorts 2
Cocorico Monsieur Poulet
An industry screening for UK and Irish films at rough cut and fine cut stages to engage with festival programmers, sales agents, distributors, and financiers. Rough/Ready is a platform to propel the best local talent to a global stage. Filmmakers, producers or editors will screen up to 20 minutes of their latest project for feedback and networking.
Radical roads into a recent history of street life, lit with the gaze of burning lights of international filmmaking. In these films the route is the destination.
The story follows three poultry sellers on a trip across the bush, attempting to deliver a load of chickens to a market in Niamey.
Various / UK / 2018 / 150 mins / World Premiere
Various / 113 mins
Mon 11 June / 19:00 / The Light Cinema 3 / £10/ £8
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Jean Rouch, Dalarou / France, Niger / 1974 / 93 mins / [S]
Tue 12 June / 15:30 / Curzon Cinema 1 / £5
Festival Pass holders only.
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Films
Catch a new wave of UK filmmakers and extraordinary contemporary UK stories.
AVA Library
AVA Library offers a free year-round programme of selected films from the Doc/Fest catalogue available at Sheffield Central Library and at home online with your Sheffield library membership details. On 9 June join us for a free launch event for Doc/Fest’s AVA Library Project. Enjoy a sneak preview of a Doc/Fest film followed by tea and coffee.
Disorder
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Huang Weikai / China / 2009 / 58 mins / [S]
Footage from a dozen amateur videographers becomes a symphony of urban social dysfunction in China. Mon 11 June / 10:30 / The Light Cinema 3 / £5
Horse of Mud / Sad Song of Touha / The Sandwich
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Launch event: Sat 9 June / 13:30 / Sheffield Central Library / Free
Attiyat El-Abnoudi / Egypt / 1971-75 / 36 mins
Films
Films
Three films by the esteemed Egyptian director, Attiyat El-Abnoudi whose work is one of few Arab directors to be consistently acclaimed in the Western world, having been awarded numerous prizes for her documentaries, while frequently displeasing the authorities. Fri 8 June / 15:45 / Showroom Cinema 1 / £5
Mon 11 June / 9:00 / The Light Cinema 3 / £5
The MOMENT
Rache Ramchurn / UK / 2018 / 45 mins / World Premiere
Imagine watching Black Mirror whilst using the very dystopian technology the narrative is based on. The MOMENT is a unique film-watching experience where your brain controls the cuts and the narrative. Don a headset connected to a Brain Computer Interface, and the rhythms of your brain data will create a new narrative edit through one of 1.1 trillion possible edit combinations.
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The MOMENT explores three narratives in a dystopian future where brain-computer interfaces are both a source of social threat and potential revelation with the narrative adapting to the subconscious responses of one viewer, selected as ‘The Controller’. Head to the caravan on Howard Street to reserve a slot to experience The MOMENT. Runs every 45 minutes. Thu 7 June / 12:00-17:30 / Howard Street / Free
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Outdoor Screen The Light Cinema Free Screen on Howard Street
Films
Outdoor Screen The Light Cinema Free Screen on Howard Street
Thu 7 June
Fri 8 June
Sat 9 June
Mon 11 June
13:00 Power Hour 1 These films focus on challenges to power, and the power to challenge.
10:00 Strolling A collection of retrospective episodes from Cecile Emeke’s Strolling series.
10:00 On the Bench 2 A collection of episodes of On The Bench by Harry Meadley. Commissioned by UP Projects.
10:00 Irena Baque Retro A retrospective collection of shorts from artist Irena Baque’s back catalogue.
14:00 Me, Myself and I A selection of short films depicting the identities of both communities and the self.
11:00 Doc/Fest Mix 1 A nostalgic look at past Festival trailers and other treats from the Doc/Fest archive.
11:00 Nowness A collections of shorts from global video channel Nowness.
11:00 Resident Advisor: Beats 1 A collection of shorts from online music magazine Resider Advisor.
15:00 Spectrum A prism through which to understant the diversity of experiences in our contemporary landscape.
12:00 Ladies with a Lens 1 A collection of shorts focusing on the remarkable work, stories and talents of women around the world.
12:00 Ladies with a Lens 2 A collection of shorts focusing on the remarkable work, stories and talents of women around the world.
12:00 Mothers, Brothers and Others A selection of shorts exploring the complexities of image and identity.
16:00 Mothers, Brothers and Others A selection of shorts exploring the complexities of image and identity.
13:00 Power Hour 2 These films focus on challenges to power, and the power to challenge.
13:00 Human Rights, Human Wrongs A collection of shorts exploring the current state of the world and humankind’s role within this.
17:00 On the Bench 1 A collection of episodes of On The Bench by Harry Meadley. Commissioned by UP Projects.
14:00 Thee, Thyself and Thy A selection of short films depicting the identities of both communities and the self.
14:00 Irena Baque Retro A retrospective collection of shorts from artist Irena Baque’s back catalogue.
18:00 Resident Advisor: Beats 1 A collection of shorts from online music magazine Resider Advisor.
15:00 Super Spectrum A prism through which to understant the diversity of experiences in our contemporary landscape.
15:00 Struggle A selection of shorts depicting a range of different human struggles.
12:00 Random Acts A collections of shorts from Channel 4’s Random Acts.
20:00 Festival Film! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.
09:00 Docsersise 1 Join us for our daily retro aerobics hour, preparing you for a more advanced reality.
16:00 Fathers, Sisters and Misters A selection of shorts exploring the complexities of image and identity.
09:00 Docsersise 2 Join us for our daily retro aerobics hour, preparing you for a more advanced reality.
16:00 Me, Myself and I A selection of short films depicting the identities of both communities and the self.
09:00 Docsersise 1 Join us for our daily retro aerobics hour, preparing you for a more advanced reality.
13:00 Random Acts A collections of shorts from Channel 4’s Random Acts. 14:00 Doc/Fest Mix 1 A nostalgic look at past Festival trailers and other treats from the Doc/Fest archive. 15:00 Strolling A collection of retrospective episodes from Cecile Emeke’s Strolling series. 16:00 Ladies with a Lens 1 A collection of shorts focusing on the remarkable work, stories and talents of women around the world. 17:00 On the Bench 1 A collection of episodes of On The Bench by Harry Meadley. Commissioned by UP Projects.
17:00 Resident Advisor: Beats 2 A collection of shorts from online music magazine Resider Advisor.
17:00 Soundtracks Sound and image intertwine beautifully here in this collection of shorts from filmmaker Tristan Anderson.
18:00 Festival Film! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.
18:00 Festival Film! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.
18:00 Spectrum A prism through which to understant the diversity of experiences in our contemporary landscape.
20:00 Festival Film! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.
20:00 Festival Film! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.
19:00 Power Hour 1 These films focus on challenges to power, and the power to challenge.
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09:00 Arena: Night and Day A 24 hour visual experience following the pattern of day and night, drawn exclusively from BBC Arena’s rich and varied archive. 78
Free Entry
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19:00 Struggle A selection of shorts depicting a range of different human struggles.
Free Entry
20:00 Festival Film! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.
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Films Tue 12 June
09:00 Docsersise 2 Join us for our daily retro aerobics hour, preparing you for a more advanced reality.
15:00 Nowness A collections of shorts from global video channel Nowness.
10:00 Thee, Thyself and Thy A selection of short films depicting the identities of both communities and the self.
16:00 Ladies with a Lens 2 A collection of shorts focusing on the remarkable work stories and talents of women around the world.
11:00 Human Rights, Human Wrongs A collection of shorts exploring the current state of the world and humankind’s role within this. 12:00 Fathers, Sisters and Misters A selection of shorts exploring the complexities of image and identity. 13:00 Resident Advisor: Beats 2 A collection of shorts from online music magazine Resider Advisor. Films 80
Outdoor Screen The Light Cinema Free Screen on Howard Street
14:00 Doc/Fest Mix 2 A nostalgic look at past Festival trailers and other treats from the Doc/Fest archive.
Free Entry
17:00 On the Bench 2 A collection of episodes of On The Bench by Harry Meadley. Commissioned by UP Projects. 18:00 Super Spectrum A prism through which to understant the diversity of experiences in our contemporary landscape. 19:00 Power Hour 2 These films focus on challenges to power, and the power to challenge. 20:00 Festival Film! A surprise free screening of one of the latest movies from the Doc/Fest programme.
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Doc/Fest’s programme of interactive and immersive story worlds. Experience out of your mind virtual reality and artistic artificial intelligence that challenge the documentary form.
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Alternate Realities Summit
Alternate Realities Summit
All events in the Alternate Realities Summit are available with a Festival Pass. Alternate Realities Summit tickets are available for £66/£55+VAT from www.sheffdocfest.com
All events in the Alternate Realities Summit are available with a Festival Pass. Alternate Realities Summit tickets are available for £66/£55+VAT from www.sheffdocfest.com
Sun 10 June / Crucible Theatre Morning Session Portrayals
Afternoon Session Union
Welcome to the new era of story. Technology is rapidly changing the way we experience documentary and our role as the audience. What is shaping the future of non-fiction and how are we depicted in a world of digital representation?
It is time to stand together. The world is divided and the discourse is scary. What do we want from our new worlds of digital exploration? As we see toxicity, corruption and division revealed in other creative industries, how can the emergent landscape of interactive and immersive bring us together? Meet the makers that want to unite us all.
Join the world’s leading interactive and immersive makers to discover how they are changing the way we see ourselves and others.
Welcome
Stories are Changing
Sun 10 Jun / 13:30 / Crucible Studio
Alternate Realities invite the audience to return and become cogs in a ridiculous machine. Interactive ringmaster, Alistair Aichenson brings the madcap hilarity of his live video game experience to the summit for 20 minutes of stupendous fun. Associated event: The Incredible Playable Show (p.31)
The World Unknown to You: Considering Creative Practice
Sun 10 Jun / 10:20 / Crucible Studio
Sun 10 Jun / 14:10 / Crucible Studio
Sun 10 Jun / 15:00 / Crucible Studio
Dan Tucker, Executive Producer & Curator of Alternate Realities welcomes you for a thought provoking day day of talks and discussions with the international digital storytelling community. Compered by Sharna Jackson and Emma Cooper, co-curators of CMC’s Playground.
There are few makers who have had such a political and creative impact as Gabo Arora, former head of UNVR. Recognised as one of virtual reality’s leading auteurs, his work includes Clouds Over Sidra and The Last Goodbye. A creative force, his immersive documentary works can be seen at all the major film festivals.
Stories that are a testament to the power of the human spirit. Join three artists that have powerful and personal stories in The World Unknown to You (p.86), Alternate Realities’ showcase of immersive and interactive installations.
Speaker
Dan Tucker (Sheffield Doc/Fest)
We had long understood stories as events that are re-told to us in a telling. Then along came the digital era, offering ways to stand that story form on its head. Go through the looking glass with William and discover another story revolution, this time, algorithmically enabled. These stories meld portrayals of the self with their portrayal of the world.
Comperes
Sharna Jackson & Emma Cooper (CMC Playground)
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Producer
Annabel Grundy
William Urricchio (Head of MiT Open DocLab)
Authenticity and Diversity in Storytelling
Chair
Katy Yudin (Future of Storytelling Festival)
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Gabo Arora (Co-Dir. The Day The World Changed p.87)
Making a New Reality
Chair
Sarah Ellis (Director of Digital Development RSC)
Speakers
Stu Campbell (Dir. Inside a Mind at War p.93), Michaela Holland (Dir. Face to Face p.87), Dan Hett (Dir. The Loss Levels p.88)
Closing Remarks
Sun 10 Jun / 11:10 / Crucible Studio
Sun 10 Jun / 12:00 / Crucible Studio
Sun 10 Jun / 15:55 / Crucible Studio
Sun 10 Jun / 16:45 / Crucible Studio
Stories of the present day that you need to see. Meet three exceptional makers who’s work is featured in Better Known Truths, Alternate Realities’ 360º documentary showcase. Featuring enlightening presentations and a group discussion with the artists about the importance of portrayal and representation to their work.
We are often presented with stories told about the developing world, rather than stories told with the developing world. Because of this, stories are often skewed and singular in how they represent some of the most critical issues of our time - and the communities in focus. Zahra Rasool, the head of Al Jazeera’s Contrast VR, presents an impassioned keynote about the path to authentic storytelling through diversity and collaboration.
What do we want the future to look like? Immersive media, artificial intelligence and other innovations promises to impact every aspect of our societies. The stakes are too high for limited inclusion in the design of the future of media. Ruthie Doyle shares the highlights of a year-long research project on this topic as a commission of Ford Foundation’s JustFilms programme.
Alternate Realities Curator Dan Tucker shares his closing remarks on the Summit and invites the attendees to meet the Alternate Realities artists for drinks.
Chair
Gaylene Gould (BFI Southbank)
Speakers
Jesse Ayala (Dir. Authentically Us: We’re Still Here p.91), Charlotte Mikkleborg (Dir. The Journey p.93), Gabriela Arp (Dir. Life After Hate p.92)
Speaker
Zahra Rasool, (Contrast VR, Al Jazeera / Exec Prod. Yemen’s Skies of Terror p.92)
Speaker
Ruthie Doyle (Sundance Institute)
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Artist Spotlight: Gabo Arora
Incredible Playable
Sun 10 Jun / 10:00 / Crucible Studio
Better Known Truths: Considering Creative Practice
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Speaker
Dan Tucker (Sheffield Doc/Fest)
Meet the Alternate Realities Artists Drinks follow from 7pm at Trafalgar Warehouse (p.125) supported by Immerse UK.
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Alternate Realities The World Unknown to You Trafalgar Warehouse Ground Floor Engage with the interface and cross into the unknown to reveal worlds anew. Thu 7 June 12:00–17:00
Fri 8 – Sat 9 June 10:00–20:00
Free Entry Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Sun 10 June 10:00–18:00
Mon 11 – Tues 12 June 10:00–20:00
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Face to Face (Festival Commission)
An intimate history and commemoration of the victims and survivors of atomic bombings and nuclear arms testing through first-hand testimonies.
A compelling installation based on the life of Michelle, who wears a facial prosthetic due to a near fatal gun injury.
Michelle Gabel, Michaela Holland / USA / 2018 / 45 mins / World Premiere / VR Installation
Contains content that some may find distressing.
A Sheffield Doc/Fest commission, supported by Arts Council England.
Associated talk: Artist Spotlight: Gabo Aurora (p.85)
Contains content that some may find distressing. Associated talk: Considering Creative Practice (p.85)
Belongings
John-Paul Marin Matt Smith, Tea Uglow, Kirstin Sillitoe Australia / 2018 / 20 mins / UK Premiere / Installation
Experience an intimate interaction with displaced people and their stories of identity, resilience and hope.
Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee
Cosmic Top Secret
Trine Laier / Denmark, Austria / 2018 / 60 mins / UK Premiere / Interactive Documentary
An autobiographical adventure game about T, who wants to find out what her dad did for the Danish Intelligence Service during the Cold War.
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Hold the World with David Attenborough
Dan Smith / UK / 2017 / 90 mins / European Premiere / VR Installation
A unique one-on-one encounter with a digitally realised Sir David Attenborough, in which he teaches you how to examine remarkable specimens from the Natural History Museum’s collection.
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The Day the World Changed Gabo Arora, Saschka Unseld / USA, Japan / 2018 10 mins / International Premiere / VR Installation
Some experiences require booking — See p.6 for more information
Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee
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Homo Machina
Marc Lustigman, Noam Roubah, Olivier Bonhomme France, Germany / 2018 / 90 mins / European Premiere / Interactive Documentary
Dive into a fantastic universe where the human body becomes a gigantic mechanised factory, inspired by Fritz Khan’s medical illustrations.
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Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Inside a Mind at War
Sutu / USA / 2017 / 22 mins / UK Premiere / VR Installation
Associated talk: Considering Creative Practice (p.85)
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Life in VR — California Coast
Charlotte Jones, Tom Burton, Phil Stuart UK / 2018 / 15 mins / World Premiere / VR Installation
Experience life in the ocean from the microscopic to the truly gigantic and prepare to encounter the unexpected in an underwater world bursting with life.
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Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Is Anna OK?
Manic VR
Porton Down
A true story of twins thrown apart by one night. Step into their shoes and a beautifully illustrated world, explore memories through objects, and uncover what happened from both perspectives.
Uncover an extraordinary exploration into the exuberant, frightening, chaotic – but also beautiful – worlds of a bipolar imagination.
Relive the experiences of an ex-serviceman who unwittingly found himself in a bizarre, mind-altering military trial that changed the course of his life.
Camila Ruz / UK / 2018 / 10 mins / UK Premiere / VR Installation
Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee
The Loss Levels
Dan Hett / UK / 2018 / 4 mins / Festival Premiere / Game
A deeply personal yet playful story of loss based on the artist's personal experience during the 2017 terrorist attack on Manchester Arena. Associated talk: Considering Creative Practice (p.85)
Kalina Bertin, Sandra Rodriguez, Fred Casia Canada / 2018 / 15 mins / World Premiere / VR Installation
Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee
Sensible Data / Mixed Emotions
Martin Hertig / Switzerland / 2018 / 5 mins / World Premiere / Installation
Discover how the machine sees you and decide whether that re-informs how you see yourself.
Don Webb, Callum Cooper, Sam Von Ehren, Anna Meller UK / 2018 / 15 mins / World Premiere / VR Installation Alternate Realities
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Explore Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the banal horrors of war through hand-drawn 3D illustrations of Scott England's memories.
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
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Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee
Terminal 3
Asad J. Malik / USA, Pakistan / 2018 / 12 mins European Premiere / Augmented Reality
Explore contemporary Muslim identities in the USA through the lens of an airport interrogation.
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Doc/Fest Alternate Realities Market Pitched Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee
The Voice of the Unicorn
Journey into the mind of Lisa as she remembers her lost love, Erik, through a series of fragmented memories.
A provocative exploration of the art of the non-verbal that challenges how we see and understand language, disability, art and alienation.
Aaron Bradbury, Paul Mowbray / UK, France, USA 2018 / 15 mins / European Premiere / VR Installation
Richard Butchins / Japan, UK / 2018 / Loop / World Premiere / Installation
Alternate Realities
Commissioned and supported by Unlimited, celebrating the work of disabled artists, with funding from Arts Council England and British Council.
Trafalgar Warehouse First Floor Coalesce and immerse yourself in stories of love, loss and hope. Thu 7 June 12:00–17:00
Fri 8 June 10:00–20:00
Free Entry
Sat 9 – Mon 11 June 10:00–18:00 Tues 12 June 10:00–20:00
Alternate Realities
Vestige
Alternate Realities Better Known Truths
All experiences require booking — See p.6 for more information
Doc/Fest Interactive Award Nominee
Where is Home
Ifeatu Nnaobi / Nigeria, Canada / 2017 / 30 mins / UK Premiere / Interactive Documentary
A journey through West Africa that asks the simple question: What is home?, revealing a complex range of thought provoking answers.
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Alternate Realities Special Events
Reeps One presents: We Speak Music Live (p.27)
The Dark Room (p.29) The Incredible Playable Show (p.31)
doublethink (p.33)
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Authentically Us: We're Still Here Jesse Ayala / USA / 2017 / 3 mins / European Premiere / Mobile VR
Step into the life of Aiden ShortCloud, a Two-Spirit artist and historian in Boise, Idaho, struggling to preserve and revive his heritage in a race against time.
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Berlin Paris Terror
Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Astrid Schult, Ricarda Saleh Germany / 2017 / 20 mins / UK Premiere / Mobile VR
Experience the memories of the first responders and surviving hostages of the major terrorist incidents in Germany and Paris.
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Doc/Fest Alternate Realities Market Pitched Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Every King Tide
Aaron Fa’Aoso, Craig Deeker, Greer Simpkin / Australia / 2018 / 10 mins / International Premiere / Mobile VR
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
The Journey
Charlotte Windle Mikkelborg / USA, Germany, Hong Kong 2018 / 10 mins / World Premiere / Mobile VR
Journey through childhood in three of the toughest environments on Earth. Associated talk: Considering Creative Practice (p.84)
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Grenfell: Our Home
Jonathan Rudd / UK / 2018 / 20 mins / World Premiere / Mobile VR
The Real Thing
Sanctuaries of Silence
An experience that combines powerful interviews with beautiful animation to visualise the memories of home still held by the survivors of the Grenfell fire of 14 June 2017.
Step into a copy of our world, exploring real-life stories inside China's replicas of Paris, Venice and London.
A mindful and thought-provoking film that highlights the impact of noise pollution on a journey into Olympic National Park, one of the quietest places in North America.
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Benoit Felici, Mathais Chelebourg / France / 2018 16 mins / International Premiere / Mobile VR
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Life After Hate: Meeting a Monster
This Is Climate Change: Feast & Famine
Witness Angela King relive the memories and motivations of the eight years she spent inside the white power movement and the path she took to get out.
Confront our new reality of catastrophic weather events that are displacing communities and transforming landscapes with alarming speed.
Gabriela Arp / USA / 2017 / 10 mins / International Premiere / Mobile VR
Danfung Dennis, Eric Strauss / USA, Somalia, Brazil, Greenland 2018 / 18 mins / International Premiere / Mobile VR
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Adam Loften / USA 2017 / 8 mins / European Premiere / Mobile VR
Alternate Realities
Alternate Realities
Poruma island in the Torres Strait of Australia is slowly being swallowed by the sea. Hear a first-person perspective of a community's spirit and passion for the island they call home.
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Doc/Fest VR Award Nominee
Yemen's Skies of Terror Viktorija Mickute, Joi Lee, Zahra Rasool / Yemen 2018 / 6 mins / World Premiere / Mobile VR
Witness a rare glimpse of life inside Yemen and learn about the reality of childhood in a country that has suffered three years of devastating air raids falling from the skies. Associated talk: Authenticity and Diversity in Storytelling (p.84)
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Talks and sessions with star filmmakers and on-screen talent from across the documentary world and beyond — to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Live Cinema Summit
Fri 8 – Sat 9 June / Crucible Theatre Venues All events in the Live Cinema Summit are available with a Festival Pass. Live Cinema Summit tickets are available for £88/£77+VAT from www.sheffdocfest.com
Introduction – Real Live
Fri 8 – Sat 9 June / Crucible Theatre Venues All events in the Live Cinema Summit are available with a Festival Pass. Live Cinema Summit tickets are available for £88/£77+VAT from www.sheffdocfest.com
Meet the Artists of Doc/Fest 2018
Round Tables – Concepts and Ideas
Fri 8 June / 16:15/ Netflix Crucible Studio
Sat 9 June / 11:00 / Crucible Adelphi
The Summit begins with an overview of the world of live cinema, its presence in the Doc/Fest 2018 programme and the potentials of ‘liveness’ for factual storytelling with Lisa Brook (Director, Live Cinema UK), Dr Sarah Atkinson (King’s College London) and Helen Kennedy (University of Brighton).
Artists including Jarvis Cocker and British Sea Power have premiered live scores to archive films at Doc/Fest. With more archive releases with big name artists being released each year including Asunder (Esther Johnson / score by Field Music and Warm Digits), we ask those making, including Jason Singh who will perform as part of Nature’s Nickelodeons (p.28) at the Festival and those exhibiting, what is the enduring appeal of the genre, how has it become a staple of live cinema internationally and how can filmmakers and producers get involved?
Artists from the 2018 Doc/Fest programme join journalist and live cinema producer Colm McAuliffe to take an exclusive look behind the scenes of their world premiere events including Reeps One on his new live show We Speak Music Live (p.27), Richard DeDomenici on his guerilla recreation of Threads: Redux (p.28), Amy Cutler on Nature’s Nickelodeons (p.28) and Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard on their Doc/Fest commissioned immersive video installation DOUBLETHINK (p.33).
What makes a great live cinema project? How and why should filmmakers, producers and artists be using ‘liveness’ in their work? Whether you have a fully formed idea or just want to find out more, explore it with our creatives and academics.
Chair
Joel Mills (British Council)
Speakers
Bryony Dixon (BFI), Esther Johnson (Artist/ Filmmaker Asunder), Jason Wood (HOME Mcr), Jason Singh (Artist Nature’s Nickelodeons p.28)
Audience Participation and Tech
Chair
Colm McAuliffe (Creative Producer/Writer)
Speakers
Amy Cutler (Artist Nature’s Nickelodeons p.28), Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard (Artists DOUBLETHINK p.33), Richard DeDomenici (Filmmaker Threads p.28), Reeps One (Musician We Speak Music Live p.27)
Round Tables – Funding and Exhibition
Speakers
Christopher Allen (Light Surgeons), Helen Kennedy (University of Brighton), Colm McAuliffe (Creative Producer/Writer), Dr Sarah Atkinson (King’s College London)
Expanded and Live – Audiovisual Performance
Fri 8 June / 13:30 / Netflix Crucible Studio
Fri 8 June / 14:30 / Netflix Crucible Studio
Sat 9 June / 12:00 / Crucible Adelphi
Sat 9 June / 13:30 / Crucible Adelphi
From one-night-only live score presentations to experiential launch events and virtual reality projects on tour with national releases, films can hugely benefit from the live experience as part of their launch strategy. In the age of VOD, why should you consider a live element in your film’s launch strategy and how can this work for factual releases, as well as fiction? Hear from industry leading live cinema event-makers, exhibitors and marketers, and discover how cinemas are changing to embrace the concept of liveness.
Mobile, virtual reality and interactive tech innovations have left cinema-going largely unchanged – phones remain (generally) on silent and collective cinematic VR experiences are not yet commonplace with a few exceptions. Meet the exhibitors and artists, including Richard Ramchurn whose brain-controlled film The MOMENT (p.77) is playing at the Festival, harnessing tech for in-cinema experiences, including user-controlled and multi-narrative films, and mobile interactivity.
How do you get your idea off the ground, and where can you exhibit? Funders, venues and tour bookers are here to give their advice on making a financially viable project with big audience appeal without jeopardising your creativity.
Artists Christopher Thomas Allen, Katharine Vega and Toby Harris have forged new forms of events, collaborated across the arts, and embraced cultures and technologies - old and new. Join them for an exploration of audio-visual performance, projection design and a whole lot of provocation about what the ‘live’ in Live Cinema can be.
Chair
Dr Sarah Atkinson (King’s College London)
Chair
Helen Kennedy (University of Brighton)
Speakers
Anthony Andrews (We Are Parable), Kiri Inglis (Mubi), Dorottya Székely (Dogwoof), Rebecca Ashdown (Together Films)
Speakers
Sam Smaïl (Choose Your Own Documentary), Erwin M. Schmidt (Cinemathon), Richard Ramchurn (Artist The Moment p.77), Kirsty Jennings (Blast Theory)
Speakers
Lisa Brook (Live Cinema UK), Stuart Brown (BFI), Sally Folkard (Film Hub North), Kate Murphy (Arts Council England)
Talks & Sessions
Fri 8 June / 11:30 / Netflix Crucible Studio
Talks & Sessions
Fri 8 June / 11:00 / Netflix Crucible Studio
Eventise! Experiential Events
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Archive and Live Scores
Live Cinema Summit
Speakers
Christopher Allen (The Light Surgeons), Toby Harris (Toby *spark), Katharine Vega (chome.space)
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Craft Summit
Craft Summit
A day dedicated to the craft of documentary; both the techniques and the technology that goes into non-fiction film and programme making, from shorts to features. The creative minds behind many of the films in this year’s programme will explore how they have developed their craft, the creative choices they make and the tools and workflows they use.
The Colourist – Making a Grade Great
Presented by Documentary Campus Sat 9 June / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Documentary Subjects – How Close Do You Go?
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Focus on Cinematography – New Ways of Seeing?
Why we Film – Directors and Their Story Choices
Sat 9 June / 12:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Sat 9 June / 14:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
As screens become more hi-res, colour grading has become an essential tool to work with raw camera images. How can you change the look of a shot, what effect does it have and are there cost-effective solutions? Hear from a colourist who specialises in bringing black and white archive to life and a colour grader at a leading post house. We’ll discuss apps and online tools as well as high-end kit.
How do documentary filmmakers choose the stories they tell? What does it mean to put your own story on screen? And how do you craft those stories to resonate with global audiences? Two Sundance-winning directors speak with critic and journalist Simran Hans about their filmmaking approach, and share insights into each other’s work.
Chair
Krishan Arora (SBS)
Chair
Simran Hans (Observer)
Speakers
Samuel Francois-Steininger (Composite Films), Katherine Jamieson (Halo)
Speakers
Sandi Tan (Dir. Shirkers p.69), Tim Wardle (Dir. Three Identical Strangers p.42)
Sound Design – The Art of Noise
Talks & Sessions
Talks & Sessions
All sessions in the Craft Summit are available with a Festival Pass.
Presented by Documentary Campus Sat 9 June / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Animated Documentary – Frame by Frame
Sat 9 June / 10:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Sat 9 June / 11:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Sat 9 June / 15:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Sat 9 June / 16:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
This interactive and probing session will use the experience of a psychologist to gain insight into the art of directing actuality, the portrayal of character and examine whether we can ever get too close to the subject in documentaries. Using clips from their films and some revealing tests, two filmmakers will put themselves ‘on the psychologist’s couch’ to explore how they engage with their subjects and whether and how they ever cross the line.
The choice of formats, cameras, lenses and workflows is ever increasing. Is the choice of lens ‘the new film stock’? How small can cameras get? What does the practice of stills photography add to the moving image? With the focus on a film’s story or issue, are we paying enough attention to what it actually looks like? Hear filmmakers and DoPs discuss what they use and their reasons for using it.
As advances in technology mean better sound in cinemas and from televisions and evermore focus on a films’ soundtrack, what can sound designers do for a film? We explore this question with a director whose debut feature creates a striking portrait of Beirut through sound and image and a sound designer working across documentary and fiction.
As the form evolves, documentary and animation are coming together in surprising ways. Some filmmakers are using the artistic scope of drawn or computer-generated images to create new visual languages. For others, it may be a way round the costs of dramatic reconstruction or lack of real footage. Animator Anna Humphries will lead us through a survey of the genre’s range and we will explore with other panelists the potential for filmmakers to use animation techniques in their work.
Chair
Krishan Arora (SBS)
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Krishan Arora (SBS)
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Krishan Arora (SBS)
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Krishan Arora (SBS)
Speakers
Geoffrey Beattie (Edge Hill University), Bernadette Tuza-Ritter (Dir. A Woman Captured p.45), Livvy Haydock (Presenter/Director)
Speakers
RaMell Ross (Dir. Hale County This Morning, This Evening p.67), Maceo Frost (Dir. Too Beautiful: Our Right to Fight p.43)
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Peter Albrechtsen (Dir. Distant Barking of Dogs p.46), Rana Eid (Dir. Panoptic p.72)
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Sales & Distribution Summit Sun 10 June / Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall
The Sales & Distribution Summit focuses on how documentaries get sold and then seen by audiences worldwide. Come to clue-up at the panels and case studies and then connect with international industry representatives at the networking sessions in the afternoon.
Sales & Distribution 101 Sun 10 June / 11:00 – 12:00 / Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall
Sun 10 June / 12:00 – 13:00 Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall
What’s a sales agent? What’s a distributor? How do I get my film sold and seen by audiences worldwide? If you’re new to documentary filmmaking and want to know more about the incredibly important stages of sales and distribution this session is for you. Doc/Fest’s Marketplace & Talent team will bring you up to speed with the current, need-to-know aspects of working with industry partners in a ‘no assumed knowledge’ and ‘no questions are silly’ spirit.
In this session, producer Lindsey Dryden will discuss in detail the creative distribution strategy for Unrest which was pitched in the MeetMarket in 2016, followed by a World Premiere at Sundance and UK premiere at Doc/Fest in 2017 where it won the Illuminate Award. The film has since screened at numerous international festivals, been released theatrically in the USA and UK, sold to PBS and Netflix and performed well in the home entertainment market via DVD and iTunes.
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Distribution Case Study: Unrest
Karolina Lidin (Doc/Fest), Patrick Hurley (Doc/Fest), Manon Euler (Doc/Fest)
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Sun 10 June / Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall
Distribution For VR
Meet the Distributors
Sun 10 June / 13:00 – 14:00 Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall
Sun 10 June / 16:00 – 17:00 Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall
For the past few years, virtual reality (VR) has been heralded as the “future of filmmaking” by the digital vanguard. While the medium has become a staple at forward-thinking film festivals, wider distribution for VR remains nascent. This session will explore the challenges and opportunities that VR faces in terms of reaching wider audiences.
A chance to find out more about how distributors handle a film’s delivery to the audience by managing and marketing its journey through the various exhibition platforms. In this session, we invite executives from different distribution companies to introduce themselves, explain how they work with filmmakers and comment on the kinds of documentaries they are seeking with reference to recent examples. Following the presentations, there will be time for filmmakers to connect with distributors and exchange business cards.
Chair
Tom Grater (Screen International)
Speakers
Lydia Penke (Curzon Cinemas), Tilman Scheel (Reelport / DDD60), Victoire Thevenin (MK2)
Meet the Sales Agents
Talks & Sessions
Talks & Sessions
All sessions in the Craft Summit are available with a Festival Pass.
Sales & Distribution Summit
Marketplace Drinks
Sun 10 June / 15:00 – 16:00 Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall
Sun 10 June / 17:00 – 19:00 Cutlers’ Hall, Hadfield Hall
International sales agents can help a film find distribution partners in markets worldwide, often inputting into marketing and festival strategy. In this session, executives from a range of international sales companies will introduce themselves, explain their approach to acquisitions – what they’re looking for – and share examples of films they have recently worked on. Following the presentations, there will be time for filmmakers to connect with sales agents and exchange business cards.
Rounding off the Sales & Distribution Summit and kicking off a new week of industry activity, Marketplace Drinks offers an opportunity to get to know Decision Makers and fellow filmmakers better. The event welcomes everyone involved in Sales & Distribution Summit, MeetMarket, Alternate Realities Market, Doc/Player and all Marketplace initiatives. The Marketplace & Talent team will be present so do come by for a drink, say hello and tell us about your documentary projects – we’re here to help get them made!
Lindsey Dryden (Pro. Unrest)
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Talks & Sessions My Big Break
Munroe Bergdorf: Women, Gender & Activism
Alternate Realities Summit
Sun 10 June
Chicken & Egg Pictures’ Accelerator Lab Pitch
Sat 9 June / 10:00 / Netflix Crucible Studio
Sat 9 June / 12:00 / Netflix Crucible Studio / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 10:00 / Netflix Crucible Studio / £66/ £55
Sun 10 June / 10:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Filmmakers at varying stages in their career discuss the successes (and challenges) that paved their way into the industry. With a panel made up of BAFTA Breakthrough Brits, the creative producer of an award-winning documentary, and a true innovator of short-form, this panel is a must for anyone looking for advice on how to get their work made, and seen. Festival Pass holders only.
As both an activist and international model, Munroe Bergdorf’s experiences as a transgender woman remain the driving force behind her work. Voted 8th in Pride Power’s Top 100 List 2017, Munroe uses her platform to campaign for the trans community worldwide, and for all those who define as women. Munroe will discuss her work, activism, and new documentary What Makes a Woman (Antidote Productions) for Channel 4.
A full day of thought-provoking talks, interactivity and illuminating presentations from the world’s leading digtial story tellers. See, hear and experience the latest developments in immersive and interactive technology.
Session Producer Oriana Franceschi
Speakers
The Accelerator Lab brings together ten nonfiction projects helmed by first- or second-time women directors, with a special focus on underrepresented voices. The participants will pitch their projects to a live audience and will receive feedback from international decision makers and buyers. This will be an opportunity for all delegates to hear from and meet filmmaking talent for future collaborations. Festival Pass holders only.
Ade Rawcliffe (Channel 4)
Speakers
Ed Perkins (Dir. Black Sheep p.44), Elhum Shakerifar (Pro. A Northern Soul p.50), Ayo Akingbade (Dir. Street 66 p.73), Lucy Cohen (Filmmaker)
Sat 9 June / 14:30 / Netflix Crucible Studio Thanks to digital platforms, filmmakers are embracing an experimental approach to the music promo, releasing formats that straddle fiction, documentary and music video. Brands are racing to engage with their consumers by creating compelling content - and music remains one their most powerful tools. Meet the filmmakers and platforms that are pushing the forms of storytelling. Festival Pass holders only. Session Producer Pegah Farahmand (Disney) Chair
Jennifer Byrne (Firepit, Warner Music)
Speakers
Rollo Jackson (Filmmaker), Robert Semmer, Alex Hoffman (Noisey / Vice), Jacqueline Edenbrow (Frieze)
For full details see p.84
Munroe Bergdorf, Laura Jones (Antidote Productions)
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Chair
Music Docs: New Forms & Platforms
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Sat 9 June
BAFTA Masterclass: Matthew Heineman
Whose Story? Authentic Voices in Storytelling
Sat 9 June / 16:30 / Netflix Crucible Studio / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 11:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
The BAFTA-and-Oscar-nominated director Matthew Heineman will discuss his films City of Ghosts (awarded Doc/Fest’s Grand Jury Award 2017) and Cartel Land (awarded Doc/Fest’s Tim Hetherington Award 2015) along with his new documentary series The Trade depicting the US heroin epidemic, two episodes of which are screening at the Festival. Chair
Mariayah Kaderbhai (BAFTA)
Now more than ever there is an urgency for stories told by less represented and authentic voices. Getting access to a community, to spend a few days filming on the ground, is widely considered ‘extractive’. Can extended integration with protagonists truly embed a filmmaker with their subject’s experience? A panel of filmmakers share their own experiences of extractive vs authentic storytelling. Festival Pass holders only.
Speakers
Matthew Heineman (Dir. The Trade p.48)
Session Producer Laura Gane (Frontline Club) Chair
Anca Dimofte (Frontline Club)
Speakers
Deeyah Khan (Filmmaker), Feras Fayyad (Filmmaker), Leon Oldstrong (Dir. That’s Not Ours p.73), Molly Dineen (Dir. Being Blacker)
Critics Forum: The Art of Writing About Non-Fiction Film
Sun 10 June / 11:00 / Crucible Adelphi
Much like documentary filmmaking, non-fiction film and TV criticism has both an artistic and journalistic impulse. Yet during an era when documentary films and series are evolving and progressing in new directions, has criticism risen to meet this? This open and participatory forum gathers contemporary international critics to discuss the challenges and opportunities confronting the nonfiction critic working across a range of platforms, and seeks to open a productive dialogue between filmmakers and film critics. Festival Pass holders only. Session Producer Eric Hynes (Film Comment) & Chair Speakers
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Talks & Sessions
Sun 10 June
Khalik Allah: Exploring a New Film Language
Documenting Grenfell: A Problem in Plain Sight
A Story on Every Corner: Images of America Today
Sun 10 June
New Devices & New Voices: Pan-African Experiences
Sun 10 June / 13:00 / Crucible Adelphi / £10/ £8
Sun 10 June / 13:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Sun 10 June / 15:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Khalik Allah’s work has been described as “street opera”: visceral, haunting and honest. Having worked with Wu-Tang Clan and Beyonce, Khalik’s feature debut, Field Niggas, garnered critical acclaim and his follow up Black Mother receives its UK Premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest. Khalik will talk about his work as an artist and the creation of a unique and daring film language.
In 2017 the Grenfell Tower tragedy shook the nation and the lack of action angered communities. The tragedy highlighted the deep divide in society, and a local story missed by the media elite. In the lead up to the first anniversary we examine the media and filmmakers response to the disaster. Festival Pass holders only.
Always a rich narrative vein for documentary stories, portrayals of the USA are continually in flux. How can filmmakers translate the complexities and nuances of this vast and divided country, particularly when looking in? We explore differing visions of the USA, that challenge and dispel stereotypes, attempting to show new and untold stories and approaches to America today. Festival Pass holders only.
Documentary makers are devising new ways to tell stories using affordable technology, widening access to potential filmmakers. We explore how filmmakers from the African continent are innovating and broadening the audience for nonfiction films. From made-for-mobile to branded content, and TV formats to features, meet the filmmakers who are transforming the way stories emerge from across Africa. Festival Pass holders only.
Session Producer Carol Nahra (Docs on Screen)
Session Producer Andy Jones (Radio Film) & Magenta Sharp
Ashley Clark (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
Session Producer Amy Richardson (True Vision)
Speakers
Khalik Allah (Dir. Black Mother p.66)
Chair
Siobhan Sinnerton (Channel 4)
Speakers
Nendie pinto-Duschinsky (Filmmaker On The Ground at Grenfell p.35), Jonathan Rudd (Creator Grenfell: My Home p.92), Simon Hattenstone (Guardian, Pro. The Tower Next Door p.73)
Jamal Edwards MBE: SBTV, Music & Mental Health
Sun 10 June / 15:00 / Crucible Adelphi
Chair
Alan Hayling (Renegade Pictures)
Chair
Patricia van Heerden (Media24)
Speakers
Sam Santana (Laguna Films Ltd), Alina Skrzeszewska (Dir. Games Girls p.52), Tom Dumican (Dir. No Greater Law p.74)
Speakers
Tulanana Bohela (BBC World Service/Ona Stories), Molatelo Maintje (Bolobatha Media), Shameela Seedat (Dir. Whispering Truth to Power p.49), Rita Ray (Sundog Pictures)
Korean Pitching Day
An Evening with Mark Cousins: 30 Images in the Dark
Sun 10 June / 13:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
Sun 10 June / 13:00 / Exchange Dome on Tudor Square
Sun 10 June / 15:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
Sun 10 June / 18:30 / Netflix Crucible Studio / £13/ £11
The film and TV industry remains an unlevel playing field. Still rife with nepotism and ‘Old Boys’ networks, women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and those from working class backgrounds are still sorely underrepresented. We discuss the obstacles faced to create a representative and diverse workforce, examine current schemes and explore what we can do together to deliver meaningful change. Festival Pass holders only.
Britain’s hottest young entrepreneur Jamal Edwards founded YouTube-based SBTV. Now on a mission to break the stigma around mental illness, Jamal will talk to Jolyon Rubinstein (The Revolution Will Be Televised) about his recent documentary exploring mental health, about his influential career, and his future plans for SBTV and beyond.
Korean Pitching Day returns, offering participants of the the chance to pitch documentary ideas to a host of international decision makers in front of a live audience. The event will feature seven projects in total, with each project receiving feedback from key international decision makers. Come and discover exciting new filmmaking talent. Festival Pass holders only.
Join the acclaimed filmmaker for an intimate lecture exploring the aesthetics and emotion of ‘looking’. Using 30 key cultural images, Mark will examine how our ‘looking selves’ develop and how our social and cultural surroundings shape what we see.
Session Producers Victoria Musguin-Rowe and Jemma Gander
Free and open to all.
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Chair
Not Another Diversity Panel!
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Speaker
Mark Cousins (Dir. The Eyes of Orson Welles p.51)
Session Producer Bianca Manu
Ramy El-Bergamy (Channel 4)
Chair
Jolyon Rubinstein (Satirist)
Chair
Anne Morrison (WFTV)
Speaker
Jamal Edwards MBE (SBTV)
Speakers
Rita Daniels (Channel 4), Jaimie D’Cruz (Acme Films), Tom McDonald (BBC)
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Talks & Sessions The Real Stories Special Relationship Pitch
Times Up: The Industry Response to Bullying & Harassment
Talks & Sessions The ITV Interview: Sir Trevor McDonald
Mon 11 June
The Naked Me: Personal Stories
Mon 11 June / 10:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Mon 11 June / 10:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
Mon 11 June / 12:00 / Netflix Crucible Studio / £13/ £11
Mon 11 June / 12:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
Real Stories is the home of compelling documentaries from the very best international storytellers. Real Stories are commissioning their next slate of films and selected filmmakers will pitch live for up to £20,000 to produce a 10-minute film. This will be an opportunity for all delegates to hear from and meet filmmaking talent for future collaborations. Festival Pass holders only.
Eight months since the Weinstein allegations and following the birth of the Times Up and #metoo movements we debate how the industry is responding. We explore the new initiatives implemented for much needed change, and listen to additional ideas for creating the safest work environments in an often fragmented industry. Festival Pass holders only.
The journalist and presenter will discuss what drives him to make some of the most gripping and inspiring crime documentaries seen on TV, including his two award-winning series Inside Death Row and Death Row 2018.
What drives a presenter to bare all? We explore the phenomenon of celebrity-led documentaries that tackle deeply personal - and sometimes painful - stories. A panel of well-known faces unpack the ethics, emotions, embarrassments and debates over editorial control involved in this kind of filmmaking. Festival Pass holders only.
Kat Chirnside
Panel
Adam Gee (Little Dot Studio), Alex Hryniewicz (Little Dot Studio), Kathryn Bonnici (Java Films), Carol Nahra (Docs on Screens)
Mon 11 June / 10:00 / Netflix Crucible Studio Are we entering a Golden Age for feature documentary and will new funding sources create a flurry of blockbusters? The rising power of SVOD platforms opens up new audiences but may be skewing the market towards towards sensationalist documentaries. We will explore who’s got the money and whether today’s market prioritises “Films that do Well” over “Films that do Good”. Festival Pass holders only. Session Producer
Lucy Baxter (Darkley Films)
Chair
Rajesh Thind (Pindu Production)
Speaker
Mandy Chang (BBC Storyville), Lisa Marie Russo (Doc Society), Elhum Shakerifar (Pro. A Northern Soul p.50)
Session Producers Stuart Cabb & Lisa Keane (Plum Pictures) Speaker
Sir Trevor McDonald
Session Producers Victoria Musguin-Rowe & Jemma Gander
Session Producers Jack Bootle (Raw)
Laura Adams (Directors UK)
Chair
Ali Bailey (Directors UK)
Speaker
Natasha Dack Ojumu (Tigerlily Productions), Fiona Campbell (BBC), Kelly Webb Lamb (Channel 4), Tim Hunter (BAFTA), Billie JD Porter (Filmmaker)
Freedom to Play: Pros & Cons of Filmmaking as Research
Poverty in the UK: New Approaches to Storytelling
Chair
Alison Kirkham (BBC)
Speaker
Mim Shaikh (BBC Radio 1Xtra), Anne Robinson (Presenter), Anita Rani (Presenter)
The University of Sheffield presents: How to Pitch Your Academic Idea
Mon 11 June / 10:00 / Crucible Adelphi
Mon 11 June / 12:00 / Crucible Adelphi
Mon 11 June / 12:30 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
A panel of filmmakers and academics explore the growing trend of straddling filmmaking and academic lives and discuss the pros and cons of making films as research. Academia can free filmmakers from conventional narratives and forms, allowing for experiments in creative storytelling. But does their work impact in academia as traditional ‘research’ and what influence have their films in the broadcast industry? Festival Pass holders only.
Poverty in the UK is increasing for the first time in two decades. We are seeing more people struggling to make ends meet. Does television set out accurately the complexities of living in poverty, or too crudely as either a deserving economic victim or undeserving ‘scrounger’? How can we tell more accurate stories of poverty to skeptical audiences, for a fuller debate and actions? Festival Pass holders only.
In this live pitch, producers and commissioners offer guidance to academics from the University of Sheffield. Shortlisted academics showcase their fields of expertise and receive feedback to determine whether they have potential as a possible TV format or segment. This will be a chance for all delegates to meet future on-screen talent and research experts. Festival Pass holders only.
Session Producer
John O’Rourke
Session Producer
David Alamouti (Inovi)
Chair
Hans Petch (Anglia Ruskin)
Chair
Poppy Noor (Guardian)
Speaker
Shreepali Patel (StoryLab and Eyeline Films), Joanna Callaghan (University of Sussex), Nicola Daley (Director of Photography)
Speaker
Campbell Robb (Joseph Rowntree Foundation), Jack Monroe (Food writer & vlogger), Daisy-May Hudson (Filmmaker), Mark Raphael (72 Films)
Talks & Sessions
Talks & Sessions
Pitch Producer
Best of Times, Worst of Times: The Future of Feature Documentaries
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Pitch Producer
Rebecca Coxon (True Vision Yorkshire)
Panel
Dan Korn (A&E), Carolyn Payne (National Geographic), Derren Lawford (Woodcut Media), Jago Lee (Antenna Pictures), Paul Windle (Development Producer, BBC), Lucy Vernall (Academic Ideas Lab) 107
Talks & Sessions Onwards and Upwards: The Future of Documentary Shorts
Art 50: Art in a Post Brexit Britain with Kirsty Wark
Talks & Sessions Goodness Gracious Me: Asian Representation from Grannies to Jihadis
Mon 11 June
Inside UKTV: Meet the Commissioners
Mon 11 June / 14:30 / Netflix Crucible Studio / £10/ £8
Mon 11 June / 16:30 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
Mon 11 June / 16:30 / Crucible Adelphi
Short form continues to offer a space to discover exciting new voices. The continued rise of digital platforms allows producers to connect directly with viewers, while broadcasters and brands continue to fund short form. Commissioners and filmmakers will explore ways and places where shorts are punching through and discuss the future for this innovative form of storytelling. Festival Pass holders only.
What will Britain look and feel like – both to Britons and to the rest of the world – when it is no longer a member of the European Union? Join BBC Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark to discuss Sky Arts Art 50 project, and hear from the commissioned artists whose work is examining a post brexit Britain.
Session Producer Meagan Tillock (Producer)
Chair
Kirsty Wark (BBC Newsnight)
Did Goodness Gracious Me represent a highpoint in British Asian representation on TV and can British Asian portrayal find new direction following what many see as the fallout from 9/11 and Rotherham, with continued ill-considered, and even biased coverage. How can broadcasters attract young audiences with fuller and fairer representations of British Asian culture in all its diversity? Festival Pass holders only.
Britain’s multichannel broadcaster UKTV reaches an average of 40m viewers every month through its eleven brands including Dave, W, Gold and Really and an innovative mix of factual entertainment, observational and investigative documentary and constructed reality. Commissioning editors explore what works for their channels, opportunities for filmmakers and offer a peek at UKTV’s new factual and factual entertainment shows. Festival Pass holders only.
Speakers
John Godber (Playwright), Jonathan Maitland (Playwright), Dreda Say Mitchell (Author)
Chair
Adam Gee (Little Dot Studio)
Speakers
Lindsey Crouse (New York Times Op Docs), Nasfim Haque (BBC3), Joe Alexander (Boiler Room), Andy Mundy Castle (DocHearts), Sam Barcroft (Barcroft Media)
Session Producer Danielle Graham (Story Vault TV)
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation x Guardian Pitch
Session Producer Fozia Khan (BBC) & Mahi Iftikhar
(Twenty Twenty Television)
Session Producer Kerry Goode & Ali Laurie (UKTV)
Chair
Nikki Bedi (Presenter)
Chair
Jes Wilkins (Firecracker)
Speakers
Anita Rani (Presenter), Mehreen Baig (The Trouble with Pakistani Men), Mobeen Azhar (BBC)
Speakers
Hilary Rosen, Helen Nightingale (UKTV)
Channel 4 First Cut Pitch
The Channel 4 Interview: Guy Martin
Mon 11 June / 14:30 / Crucible Adelphi
Mon 11 June / 15:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Mon 11 June / 16:30 / Netflix Crucible Studio
Mon 11 June / 18:00 / Sheffield City Hall Ballroom / £13/ £11
What does it take to work with Canadian producers, access Canadian funding, and get your documentary commissioned by Canadian broadcasters? This focused lightning session will focus on everything you need to know about working with Canada and feature some of the biggest names in Canadian documentary production. Festival Pass holders only.
Filmmakers will pitch their idea for a short documentary about poverty, that seeks to reframe the issue and engage a mainstream audience ‘beyond the choir’. A panel of representatives from JRF and the Guardian will award up to three £20,000 commissions and a global release via theguardian.com. Come to hear and meet exciting filmmaking talent for future collaborations. Festival Pass holders only.
Shortlisted directors vie to prove that they are ready to take on the challenge of an hour-long, post watershed documentary for Channel 4. Each director will introduce, show and discuss their films in front of a live audience and a panel of executive producers and filmmakers. Come and discover the next wave of exciting talent. Festival Pass holders only.
We welcome the Grimsby-born TV adventurer, motorcycle racer and lorry mechanic to the Festival for the first time. With inspirational documentaries, produced by North One, spanning world speed records, Formula 1 motor racing and his First World War tank build, this will be a rare opportunity to hear first hand about Guy’s passion for engineering and the thrill of speed.
Chair
Jane Mote (The Whickers)
Session Producer David Alamouti (Inovi)
Speakers
Charlotte Engel (CBC Television), Marin Lea (NFB. Pro. What Is Democracy p.64), Nathalie Clermont (Canada Media Fund)
Panel
Charlie Phillips (Guardian), Abigail Scott Paul (JRF), Lindsay Poulton (Guardian), Campbell Robb (JRF), Sean McAllister (Dir. A Northern Soul p.50)
Talks & Sessions
Talks & Sessions
Mon 11 June / 14:30 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
Collaborating with Canada: Creating, Commissioning and Funding
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Mon 11 June
Pitch Producer
Rita Daniels (Channel 4)
Session Producer Tom Porter (Channel 4)
Panel
Jonathan Smith (GMX), John Douglas (72 Films), Colette Cadman
Speaker
Guy Martin
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Talks & Sessions Vicky McClure talks Dementia & Music
BBC Northern Docs Pitch
Mon 11 June / 19:00 / Netflix Crucible Studio / £10/ £8
Tues 12 June / 10:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
The star of This is England and Broadchurch will discuss her new BBC series Vicky McClure: My Dementia Choir (Curve Media), which explores our understanding of how music therapy can help dementia sufferers.
The BBC is on a mission to create new collaborations with talented filmmakers from the north of England. Shortlisted directors will pitch in front of a live audience and panel of BBC commissioners and executives for a documentary commission for BBC Three. Meet exciting northern filmmaking talent looking for support and funding for their films. Festival Pass holders only.
This will be a Dementia Friendly event, with the lights a little brighter than usual and the sound lowered a touch. Attendees are welcome to come and go as they please. Craig Hunter (BBC)
Speakers
Vicky McClure, Camilla Lewis (Curve Media)
Tue 12 June / 10:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B The crisis facing British prisons is rarely out of the news. However, it remains challenging to tell this story, with almost no access granted in recent years. From piecing together narratives using illegal footage to sending undercover journalists into prisons, we’ll discuss how to capture the inside story of British prisons from the outside. And with the Ministry of Justice now opening their doors to cameras for two Channel 4 series, what are the opportunities and pitfalls when we are trusted with sensitive access in complex and challenging institutions? Festival Pass Holders only. Session Producers Alisa Pomeroy & Laila Bouromane (Channel 4) Speakers
Simon Ford (Exec Pro. The Secret Life of Prisons), Paddy Wivell (Dir. Durham Prison (WT)
Session Producer Oriana Franceschi (Sheffield Doc/Fest) Panel
Abigail Priddle (BBC), Damian Kavanagh (BBC), Fran Baker (Blakeway North)
Algorithms & Discovery: Are Bots the Next Content Curators?
Tues 12 June / 10:00 / Crucible Adelphi
As people increasingly create and discover content through social media and VOD and commissioning is increasingly data-driven, is human content curation doomed to be replaced by algorithms and bots? These issues are increasingly relevant not just commercially for documentary makers trying to reach an audience, but for audiences themselves trying to understand the authenticity of what they are watching. Festival Pass Holders only. Session Producer Nick Crossland (Joi Polloi) Speakers
Caitlin Meek-O’Connor (Little Dot Studios), Farida Viz (University of Sheffield), Max Gogarty (BBC3)
Talks & Sessions
Tue 12 June
Commissioning: Specialist Factual
Commissioning: Factual Entertainment
Tue 12 June / 10:00/ Netflix Crucible Studio
Tue 12 June / 12:00 / Netflix Crucible Studio
How do we keep specialist factual in the spotlight when the genre is facing more competition than ever? With budgets squeezed, are commissioners still investing in the genre and what are they doing to try and reach a broader audience? Can this genre of programming ever be binge-worthy? Festival Pass Holders only. Networks International)
Factual Entertainment programming aims to explore the world through broadest appeal. Our panel of commissioners discuss what works for their channels and approaches for creating the next big formats and series. Are the well known on-screen talent and super formats - available only to the super indies - necessary to draw large audiences? Or, can the smaller producers and new talent prevail? Festival Pass Holders only.
Chair
Kim Shillinglaw (Endemol Shine)
Session Producer Patricia Doherty (True Vision Yorkshire)
Speakers
Shaminder Nahal (Channel 4), Tom McDonald (BBC), Lucy Willis (Channel 5), Hamish Mykura (National Geographic)
Chair
Neil Smith (Boundless)
Speakers
Kelly Webb-Lamb (Channel 4), David Brindley (BBC), Kate Teckman (ITV), Adrian Padmore (Channel 5)
Session Producers Victoria Noble & Rob Holloway (Discovery
The Doc Makers Guide to Real Britain
SOS Planet Earth: Ways for Docs to Save the World
Tues 12 June / 12:00 / Crucible Adelphi
Tue 12 June / 12:00 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
How do we tell the story of everyday Britain? Can the television establishment, viewed by many as largely middle class, ever truly represent the nation on TV? How do we make these stories entertaining and authentic? And is class the final elephant in the room? As well as factual, this session will touch on other genres including comedy and drama. Festival Pass Holders only.
Broadcasters are often criticised for not doing enough to bring environmental issues to primetime television and with broadest appeal. With the success of Blue Planet II we debate what role television should play in raising awareness of environmental issues. Are blue chip series the only way to attract an audience or is there space to support lower budget, more nimble content? Festival Pass Holders only.
Session Producer Rich Turner (Channel 5)
Chair and speakers to be confirmed. Visit www.sheffdocfest.com for more information.
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Talks & Sessions
Chair
Breaking into Prisons
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Mon 11 – Tue 12 June
Session Producer Jane McMullen (BBC) Chair
Matt Baker (The One Show, BBC)
Speakers
Tom McDonald (BBC), Wendy Rattray (Hello Halo), Mark Galloway (IBT) 111
Talks & Sessions The Boiler Room Pitch
Inside National Geographic: Meet the Commissioners
Talks & Sessions Commissioning: Arts
Tue 12 June
Original Documentaries Preview with Channel 5
Tue 12 June / 12:15 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Tue 12 June / 14:30 / Crucible Adelphi
Tues 12 June / 14:30 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
Tue 12 June / 16:30 / Crucible Adelphi
Champion of music culture across the world, Boiler Room is looking to commission energetic films focused on dance music and hedonism. Selected filmmakers will pitch their short film ideas to win a £10,000 commission. This will be a chance to meet both emerging and established filmmaking talent. Festival Pass Holders only.
National Geographic is enjoying global success with its strategy of premium programming, and investing more than ever in innovative factual and drama content. Hear from Hamish Mykura, EVP of Programming and Development, and Commissioning Editors Carolyn Payne and Bernadette McDaid, along with recently commissioned producers and what it takes to work with National Geographic in the era of ‘fewer, bigger, better’. Festival Pass Holders only.
Art can celebrate the diverse range of a country’s culture and look outwards to reflect upon shifting global tensions. Arts commissioners will outline their ambitions for the future of Arts programming, discuss how their respective slates appeal to both broad and niche audiences, and explore whether or not broadcasters have a responsibility to nurture and preserve the Arts for future generations. Festival Pass Holders only.
Guy Davies, Commissioning Editor, Factual for Channel 5 introduces a sneak peak of exciting, upcoming Channel 5 documentary singles and series and Q&A with the programme makers, including a couple of special surprises. Festival Pass Holders only.
Kat Chirnside
Panel
Stephen Mai, Joe Walker, Anais Bremond, Joe Alexander - (Boiler Room)
Session Producer Carolyn Payne (National Geographic) Speakers
Tue 12 June / 14:30 / Netflix Crucible Studio The documentary heads from the major UK broadcasters outline their 2018/19 visions and strategies for documentary and factual programming. They will set out commissioning opportunities, discuss pertinent issues such as diversity and representation, discuss what is working (and not) for their respective channels and explore the continued pressure from the increasingly prolific digital platforms including Netflix and Amazon. Festival Pass Holders only. Session Producer Sally Ogden (True Vision Yorkshire) Chair
Narinder Minhas (Sugar Films)
Speakers
Alisa Pomeroy (Channel 4), Clare Sillery (BBC), Jo Clinton-Davis (ITV), Daniel Pearl (Channel 5)
Hamish Mykura, Carolyn Payne, Bernadette McDaid (National Geographic)
The Whickers Pitch
Session Producer Suzy Gregg (The Garden Productions) Chair
Celia Taylor (Mentorn Media)
Speakers
Emma Cahusac (BBC), Shaminder Nahal (Channel 4), Barbara Lee (Sky Arts)
Battle of the Boxsets
Talks & Sessions
Talks & Sessions
Pitch Producer
Commissioning: Documentary for Broadcast
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Tue 12 June
Doc/Question Time: Big Data, Dark PR & Whistleblowing
Tue 12 June / 14:30 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room A
Tue 12 June / 16:30 / ITV Town Hall Reception Room B
Tue 12 June / 16:30 / Netflix Crucible Studio
Who will be awarded £80,000 to make their first feature-length documentary? Five emerging directors pitch their non-fiction projects to a panel of industry judges and an audience of key decision-makers, all looking to meet future filmmaking talent. Come and bear witness as the legacy of pioneering broadcaster Alan Whicker brings another exceptional documentary idea to life. Festival Pass Holders only.
At a time when binge-watching has become the new guilty pleasure and when Netflix, Amazon and other streaming giants are leading in curating some of the best-in-show box sets - how are public service broadcasters responding? And how will filmmakers get their passion project box sets commissioned and on air today? Festival Pass Holders only. Charlotte Desai (Channel 4)
Documentary and journalism have a powerful tradition of exposing abuses of power. We examine how the pursuit of truth and justice is affected by the issues of dark PR and data mining, including a discussion about the Cambridge Analytica Facebook scandal. In the era of big data and the new social ‘arms race’, what legislation is needed to protect the individual, what are the best new ways for investigative stories, and when do the regulations go too far? Free and open to all.
David Glover (72 Films)
Session Producer Anna Hall (True Vision)
Pitch Producer
Phoebe Hall (The Whickers)
Panel
Paul Pauwels (EDN), Seyi Rhodes (Presenter & Journalist), Harriet Armston-Clarke (TVF International), Jane Mote (The Whickers), Klara Grunning (Swedish Film Institute)
Session Producers Madonna Benjamin & Chair
Speakers to be confirmed. Visit www.sheffdocfest.com for more information.
Chair
Prash Naik (media lawyer)
Speakers
Dorothy Byrne (Channel 4), Carole Cadwalladr (Guardian), Callum Macrae (Dir. The Ballymurphy Precedent p.45)
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Talks & Sessions The BBC Interview: Mary Beard Tues 12 June / 18:00 / Sheffield City Hall Ballroom / £13/ £11 Mary Beard; public intellectual, feminist and bestselling author, is one of TVs most popular presenters. In conversation with Charlotte Moore, Director of Content at the BBC, Mary will discuss her broadcasting career, which includes copresenting the documentary series Civilisations along with David Olusoga and Simon Schama as well as her most recent book, Women & Power: A Manifesto, hailed as a modern feminist classic. Session Producer Simon Young (BBC)
Talks & Sessions
Chair
Charlotte Moore (BBC)
Speaker
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Exchange on Tudor Square Everyone is welcome at Exchange: Head Space for special talks, films and activity, with a focus on your mental health. See p.32 114
Tue 12 June
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Hundreds of industry Decision Makers come to Sheffield every year seeking collaborations with established and emerging talent. Doc/Fest has a wide range of initiatives to support the creation of new documentaries.
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Marketplace & Talent Marketplace Sessions: Round Tables
Mon 11 June / 10:00 – 19:00 Tue 12 June / 10:00 – 15:30
You are invited to meet with Decision Makers through informal group discussions over the course of 90 minutes. Each session will reflect a contemporary theme in the industry. Open to all Festival Pass holders but places are limited. Apply via the Doc/Fest website. A standby queue will be in operation on the door.
Doc/Dinner is a special evening during the Festival for dinner & doc-chats between established industry leaders and emerging talent. A chance for mutual learning and connection. This year’s dinner will bring commissioners, producers and mentors, including Doc/Dinner founder Reggie Yates, together with 20 young filmmakers. The evening will be MC’d by BBC Radio 1Xtra Presenter Mim Shaikh. Places at Doc/Dinner are limited and filmmakers aged 18-25 can apply to take part on the Doc/Fest website. Marketplace & Talent
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Alternate Realities Market
Mon 11 – Tue 12 June / 9:00 – 18:00
Mon 11 – Tue 12 June / 9:00 – 18:00
MeetMarket is one of the world’s largest documentary pitching forums offering filmmakers the opportunity to meet with hundreds of international funders, broadcasters, distributors, and exhibitors. Doc/Fest offers a unique way to pitch your projects through matchmade meetings between filmmakers and Decision Makers for creative and financial discussions. Projects include features, series and formats in varying stages of development/production. Each year 65 projects are selected from over 500 submissions.
Alternate Realities Market, now in its fifth edition, is a forum for exploring the creation, funding, distribution, exhibition, and marketing of interactive, immersive and virtual reality projects. Run in tandem with the MeetMarket, 25 selected projects will be offered a chance to pitch their idea to commissioners, distributors, exhibitors, digital agencies, brands, third sector representatives and experienced digital producers.
Future Producer School Now in its fifth year, Future Producer School is a six-month training initiative delivered in association with Bungalow Town Productions supported by Creative Skillset, in which ambitious and dedicated emerging producers receive mentoring and training from some of the most exciting producers in the documentary industry today. The programme comprises of a three-day residential workshop with training from leading producers and experts, followed by bespoke one-to-one mentoring. The Future Producers then take their learning to Doc/Fest’s world-leading Marketplace and are hosted in a session of match-made meetings with international Decision Makers.
Meet the Execs Meet the Execs is a unique opportunity for new and emerging documentary filmmakers to connect with experienced Executive Producers for expert guidance and advice about a specific film project. Coordinated by the European Documentary Network (EDN), successful applicants will be given pitch-training and paired with an experienced industry EP for projectspecific feedback and pointers on development, where to go to next, and how to improve the chances of securing funding and distribution. Advance application via the Doc/Fest website required.
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Doc/Fest’s parties and receptions are the essential events in the industry calendar for bringing the documentary family together, with the chance to meet new collaborators over a drink and on the dance floor. You never know who you’ll meet...
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Indivdual tickets can be purchased for selected events where stated. All other events are available to Festival Pass holders.
Parties & Social
Indivdual tickets can be purchased for selected events where stated. All other events are available to Festival Pass holders.
Thursday 7 June
Live Cinema Summit Drinks
Party Like It’s 1994
Scottish Delegation Drinks
Alternate Realities Preview Drinks
Thu 7 June / 17:00–18:30 / Trafalgar Warehouse Join us for the opening of the Alternate Realities exhibition in our new home, Trafalgar Warehouse. Experience a specially curated selection of immersive and interactive works and meet some of the artists in our world leading showcase of digital storytelling.
Opening Night Drinks
Friday 8 June
Exchange Breakfast Reception
Fri 8 June / 10:00–11:00 / Exchange on Tudor Square / Free (Open to all) Breakfast is on us at the Exchange on Tudor Square. Fuel up for the day on great coffee, croissants, and connect with other Festival attendees – get there quick, whilst the pastries last!
Igloo Vision Reception
Fri 8 June / 17:00–18:00 / Exchange on Tudor Square Come and visit Exchange on Tudor Square for drinks courtesy of Igloo Vision. It’s a great opportunity to catch-up with people and trends from the world of immersive film and entertainment.
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University of Stirling Factual TV Drinks
Fri 8 June / 19:00–20:30 / Winter Garden Help the University of Stirling celebrate the launch of their new factual television Masters programme. To find out more about the course, their student film competition (cash prize) and festival of factual in October, come and join them for drinks and gentle networking at the beautiful Winter Garden.
Film Hub North Drinks Reception
Fri 8 June / 19:30–21:00 / The Holt Film Hub North is a members’ organisation that supports independent film exhibition and production in the North of England through funding schemes, network building and training opportunities. The Hub team invites you to join them for a drink to toast the vibrant future of film in the North and to meet-up with programmers and filmmakers from throughout the region.
Too Beautiful World Premiere Drinks: Cuban Evening
Fri 8 June / 20:30–22:00 / Tamper Seller’s Wheel Too Beautiful: Our Right to Fight (p.43) is a story about acceptance, female empowerment and boxing beautifully portrayed by internationally recognised director Maceo Frost. At the reception you will meet the main character Namibia the Cuban boxing star of Havana, Director Maceo Frost, the documentary team from Adidas as well as rest of the crew. Supported by Adidas and Revolver Films Amsterdam.
Fri 8 June / 22:00–02:00 / Theatre Deli ‘94 saw the first ever Edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest and to celebrate, we’re throwing it back with some classic club tracks and headbanging tunes. So whether you’re a rocker or a raver, hop into the Doc/Fest time machine and get ready to party like it’s 1994.
Saturday 9 June Exchange Breakfast Reception
Sat 9 June / 10:00–11:00 / Exchange on Tudor Square / Free (Open to all) Breakfast is on us at the Exchange on Tudor Square. Fuel up for the day on great coffee, croissants, and connect with other Festival attendees – get there quick, whilst the pastries last!
BFI Doc Society Fund: Meet the Team
Sat 9 June / 11:30–13:00 / Hadfield Hall Cutlers Hall Doc Society is the BFI’s delegate partner for the UK’s documentary funds and they are looking out for the most creative, diverse docmakers and doc-curious folk in the country, and they are keen to meet filmmakers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Join the BFI Doc Society Fund team for brunch and find out how we can collaborate and continue to build a thriving UK documentary community.
Craft Summit Drinks presented by Documentary Campus
Sat 9 June / 19:00–20:30 / Winter Garden To celebrate the UK Premiers of Mark Cousins’ The Eyes of Orson Welles (p.51) and Finlay Pretsell’s Time Trial (p.123) please join us and meet the Scottish Delegation of producers, filmmakers and screen executives present in Sheffield. Learn more about their films and about Scotland as a first-class place for documentary filmmaking and co-production. Creative Scotland is the national funder for film in Scotland.
Scottish Documentary Institute
Meet the Filmmakers Drinks supported by Molinare
Sat 9 June / 19:30–21:00 / Birdhouse Molinare and the Doc/Fest Film Programme team welcome you to raise a glass or two to the talented directors and producers behind this year’s Film Programme. Share stories over a drink and share the rest of your week with these awesome filmmakers.
Parties & Social
Parties & Social
Thu 7 June / 20:45–01:00 / City Hall Ballroom / £5 (open to all) Help us kick off the Festival in style, with drinks and dancing as we celebrate our 25th Edition.
Fri 8 June / 18:00–19:00 / Curzon Rooftop Join Live Cinema UK to celebrate the first day of the Live Cinema Summit at Doc/Fest. Meet with artists and practitioners over a drink to discuss the latest in immersive and experiential moving image.
Canon Drinks Reception
Sat 9 June / 20:00–21:30 / The Holt The team from Canon are delighted to welcome industry delegates attending Sheffield Doc/Fest for drinks at Holt on Saturday night, which follows the Canon supported cinematography session as part of the Festival’s Craft Summit. Come and meet the Canon team to discuss your forthcoming documentary projects.
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Indivdual tickets can be purchased for selected events where stated. All other events are available to Festival Pass holders.
Sunday 10 June Exchange Breakfast Reception
Sat 9 June / 21:00–02:00 / Doc Society Clubhouse at DINA Let me take you to the place where membership’s a smiling face… brush shoulders with the (documentary) stars. Where strangers take you by the hand and welcome you to their (British) wonderland from beneath their Panamas. Club Doc Soc drinks are cheap, fun and sunshine there’s enough for everyone. All delegates welcome, arrive early for a cocktail on the house. Suntan not included.
4:3 X Boiler Room Present: Shakedown After Party
Sat 9 June / 22:00–02:00 / Theatre Deli / £10 (open to all) Boiler Room’s new film channel 4:3 is proud to host the after party for Leilah Weinraub’s Shakedown (p.57). Vogue icon Ian Isiah aka Big Shugga will be flying in specially from NYC for an exclusive UK performance, alongside London’s queer POC collective. Turn up BBZ.
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Meet the Alternate Realities Artists Drinks supported by Immerse UK
Sun 10 June / 10:00–11:00 / Exchange on Tudor Square / Free (Open to all) Breakfast is on us at the Exchange on Tudor Square. Fuel up for the day on great coffee, croissants, and connect with other Festival attendees – get there quick, whilst the pastries last!
Sun 10 June / 19:00–21:00 / Trafalgar Warehouse Following the Alternate Realities Summit, join the Sheffield Doc/Fest team, Immerse UK and fellow delegates for a chance to meet the artists behind immersive, VR and interactive artworks in this year’s Alternate Realities Exhibition.
South African Delegation Drinks
British Council Drinks Reception
Sun 10 June / 16:30–18:00 / Curzon Rooftop Come and join the South African delegates who’ll be bringing sunshine and inspiration to the Curzon Rooftop Bar and Terrace. Before the drinks event the delegations are hosting a discussion panel New Devices – New Voices: Pan-African Experiences at Crucible Adelphi. Both events are supported by the DFA (Documentary Filmmakers’ Association of South Africa) in collaboration with the Department of Trade and Industry.
Marketplace & Talent Drinks
Sun 10 June / 17:00–19:00 / Hadfield Hall, Cutlers Hall Rounding off Sales & Distribution Summit, this reception offers a chance to get to know Decision Makers and fellow filmmakers better. We welcome everyone involved in the Sales & Distribution Summit, MeetMarket, Alternate Realities Market and all Marketplace & Talent initiatives. The team will be present so do come by for a drink, say hello and tell us about your documentary projects – we’re here to help get them made!
Sun 10 June / 18:00–19:30 / Tamper Seller’s Wheel Come and meet British Council Film and the leading international documentary film professionals they have brought from around the world to attend this year’s edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Grierson Trust New Talent Drinks
Sun 10 June / 18:30–20:00 / Winter Garden Come and join the members of The Grierson Trust board for a convivial get together and the opportunity to meet the talented young filmmakers who are part of the 2018 Grierson DocLab.
Warp Presents: Gaika + Friends
Sun 10 June / 22:00–02:00 / The Leadmill / £10 (open to all) Following Gaika’s electric live score to Khalik Allah’s Black Mother (p.66), come down to Sheffield’s iconic gig venue The Leadmill for some dancing and drinks soundtracked by Gaika and a slew of Warp DJs.
Indivdual tickets can be purchased for selected events where stated. All other events are available to Festival Pass holders.
Monday 11 June Exchange Breakfast Reception
Mon 11 Jun / 10:00–11:00 / Exchange on Tudor Square / Free (Open to all) Breakfast is on us at the Exchange on Tudor Square. Fuel up for the day on great coffee, croissants, and connect with other Festival attendees – get there quick, whilst the pastries last!
New Talent Drinks presented by The University of Hertfordshire
Mon 11 Jun / 17:00–18:30 / Curzon Rooftop Come and visit Curzon’s Rooftop Bar and Terrace and kick off your Monday night with drinks courtesy of University of Hertfordshire. It’s a fantastic chance to connect with new and upcoming talent, industry guests, local filmmakers and fellow documentary lovers.
UKTV Drinks Reception
Parties & Social
Parties & Social
WHAM! British Tropical Summer Party at the Doc Society Clubhouse
Parties & Social
Mon 11 Jun / 18:00–19:30 / Tamper Seller’s Wheel Join UKTV’s commissioners for an early evening drink at Tamper. It will be an opportunity to meet the team responsible for the broadcaster’s growing slate of factual and factual entertainment UKTV Originals and network with Festival delegates.
ITV Drinks
19:30–21:00 / The Holt The ITV Factual team invites delegates to raise a glass to documentaries at The Holt.
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Indivdual tickets can be purchased for selected events where stated. All other events are available to Festival Pass holders.
Tuesday 12 June
Funders, Sponsors & Partners Principal Funders, Sponsors and Partners
Exchange Breakfast Reception
Tue 12 Jun / 10:00–11:00 / Exchange on Tudor Square / Free (Open to all) Breakfast is on us at the Exchange on Tudor Square. Fuel up for the day on great coffee, croissants, and connect with other Festival attendees – get there quick, whilst the pastries last!
BBC Arts Drinks
Mon 11 Jun / 20:00–21:30 / Winter Garden The Irish Film Board (Bord Scannán na hÉireann) is delighted to invite you to the Irish Reception at Sheffield Doc/Fest to celebrate the Irish work screening, and allow you to meet and network with the large Irish delegation of filmmakers in attendance.
Channel 4 Party
Mon 11 Jun / 21:30–02:00 / Foundry The Channel 4 Party is back due to popular demand, this year at Sheffield’s Foundry. Come join the C4 team for a drink or three.
Awards Ceremony
Tue 12 Jun 20:00–21:00 / Sheffield City Hall Ballroom / £5 (open to all) As Doc/Fest’s 25th Edition draws to a close, we honour the very best of the Festival, including the reveal of our Audience Award winner as chosen by you. This year we’re thrilled to welcome back BBC Radio Sheffield’s Paulette Edwards as our host.
Closing Night Party: Guilty Pleasures
Tue 12 Jun 21:30–02:00 / Plug Our 25th Edition will come to a climax with our traditional Guilty Pleasures party. Celebrate the end of your Doc/Fest journey with wild dancing and join in with Nordisk Panorama and our Nordic filmmakers from 9:30pm for free vodka to kick the night off.
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Sponsors
Funders, Sponsors & Partners
Parties & Social
Irish Delegation Reception
Tue 12 Jun 18:30–20:00 / Tamper Seller’s Wheel A chance to meet the BBC Arts Commissioning team. Authored arts documentaries have flourished at the BBC for as long as they have existed, and the world’s longest running arts strand Arena is a byword for excellence, originality and maverick wit. BBC Arts invites you to celebrate this heritage and offers the chance for creative arts documentary makers to discuss ideas with its Commissioning team in a relaxed environment.
Major Sponsors
Media Partners
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Index 4:3 X Boiler Room Present: Shakedown After Party A Journey to the Fumigated Towns A Northern Soul A Story on Every Corner: Images of America Today
124 60 26, 50 105
Better Known Truths: Considering Creative Practice
Doc/Rhythm Shorts
55
Head Space Shorts
34
123
Doc/Think Shorts
60
Head Space Virtual Reality
35
Black Mother
66
Doc/Vision Shorts
66
Hold the World with David Attenborough
87
Black Mother with live score from Gaika
30
Docsersise 1
78, 79
Home Games
52
56
Docsersise 2
79, 80
Homo Machina
87
BFI Doc Society Fund: Meet the Team
84
A Thousand Girls Like Me
44
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
A Woman Captured
45
Boys Who Like Girls
60
Documentary Subjects: How Close Do You Go?
98
Against the Tides
73
Breaking into Prisons
110
Documenting Grenfell: a Problem in Plain Sight
104
35
Brian Reed and Richard Miron in conversation
Alastair Campbell in conversation
35
67
I, Dolours
33
39
Electric Avenue Shorts 1
75
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard and George Mackay talk DOUBLETHINK and more
123
Electric Avenue Shorts 2
75
British Council Drinks Reception
Alternate Realities Market
118
Bruce Lee & the Outlaw
Alternate Realities Preview Drinks
122
Canon Drinks Reception
Alternate Realities Summit
103
Central Airport THF
61
Está Todo Bien
61
Alternate Realities Summit Afternoon Session: Union
85
Central Bus Station
40
Eventise! Experiential Events
96
Alternate Realities Summit Closing Remarks
85
Channel 4 First Cut Pitch
109
Every King Tide
92
Alternate Realities Summit Morning Session: Portrayals
84
Channel 4 Party
126
Ex-Shaman
Alternate Realities Summit Welcome
84
Chicken & Egg Pictures’ Accelerator Lab Pitch
103
Exchange Breakfast Reception
Alternate Realities: Meet the Makers
34, 35
An Evening with Mark Cousins: 30 Images in the Dark
35, 51 105
Closing Night Party: Guilty Pleasures Cocorico Monsieur Poulet Collaborating with Canada: Creating, Commissioning and Funding
125
34 126 75 108
Exchange on Tudor Square: Head Space
97
Face to Face (Festival Commission)
87
Fake News Fairytale
46
99
Commander Arian
Antigone
55
Commissioning: Arts
113
Female Human Animal
Arboretum Cycle
66
Commissioning: Documentary for Broadcast
112
Festival Film!
Archive and Live Scores
96
Commissioning: Factual Entertainment
111
Film Hub North Drinks Reception
79
Commissioning: Specialist Factual
111
Arena: Night and Day Art 50: Art in a Post Brexit Britain with Kirsty Wark
108
62 98
71
For the Birds
51
123
Free Screen
78-80
55
Craft Summit Drinks presented by Documentary Campus
Ashore
51
Craft Summit presented by Documentary Campus
Audience Participation and Tech
96
Critics Forum: The Art of Writing About Non-Fiction Film
Authentically Us: We’re Still Here
91
Desolation Center
Authenticity and Diverstiy in Storytelling
84
AVA Library
77
Desolation Center with live performance from Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
27
Disorder
76
BAFTA Masterclass: Matthew Heineman
102
Battle of the Boxsets
113
BBC Arts Drinks
126
BBC Northern Docs Pitch
110
Before Father Gets Back
39
Belongings
86
Berlin Paris Terror
91
Best of Times, Worst of Times: The Future of Feature Documentaries
106
122
Focus on Cinematography - New Ways of Seeing?
Ashes and Embers
34
67 78, 79, 80
Flow
Counting Tiles
126
78, 80
86
85
Awe Filled Vision of The World
Fathers, Sisters and Misters
Cosmic Top Secret
Artist Spotlight: Gabo Arora
Awards Ceremony
32-35
Expanded and Live - Audiovisual Performance
Animated Documentary - Frame by Frame
45
62 122, 123, 124, 125, 126
98 103 56
Distribution Case Study: Unrest
100
Distribution for VR
101
Doc/Adventure Shorts Doc/Dinner
39 119
Freedom to Play: Pros & Cons of Filmmaking as Research
106
Future Producer School
119
Game Girls
52
Generation Wealth
56
German Class
62
Ghosthunter
35, 40
Going South
67
Goodness Gracious Me: Asian Representation from Grannies to Jihadis
109
Igloo Vision Reception In the Ruins of Baalbeck Studios Infinite Football Inside a Mind at War
76 79, 80 46 34 122 71 34, 63 88
Inside National Geographic: Meet the Commissioners
112
Inside UKTV: Meet the Commissioners
109
Into The Okavango
41
Irena Baque Retro
79
Irish Delegation Reception
126
Is Anna OK?
88
ITV Drinks
125
Jamal Edwards MBE: SBTV, Music & Mental Health Khalik Allah: Exploring a New Film Language
34, 104 104
Kinshasa Makambo
46
Korean Pitching Day
105
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
68
Ladies with a Lens 1
78, 79
Ladies with a Lens 2
79, 80
Laila At The Bridge
47
Last Year in Utopia
68
Life After Hate: Meeting a Monster
92
Life in VR - California Coast
88
Live Cinema Summit Live Cinema Summit Drinks Lost Warrior
96 122 47
Love Means Zero
41
Lovers of the Night
52 85
Grenfell
73
Making a New Reality
Doc/Dispatch
44
Grenfell: Our Home
92
Manic VR
89
Doc/Expose Shorts
44
Grierson Trust New Talent Drinks
Margaret Tait: A Century
68
125
Doc/Fest Mix 1
78, 79
Gun No. 6
74
Marketplace & Talent Drinks
124
Doc/Fest Mix 2
80
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
67
Marketplace Drinks
101
Doc/Love Shorts
50
Harmony
56
Marketplace Sessions: Round Tables
119
Have You Seen The Listers?
52
McQueen
Doc/Question Time: Big Data, Dark PR & Whistleblowing
113
Index
Index
América
Claire Simon in conversation
Human Rights, Human Wrongs
DOUBLETHINK
110
50
Horse of Mud
Doel
Algorithms & Discovery: Are Bots the Next Content Curators?
Amal
128
Index
68 129
Index Me, Myself and I Meet the Alternate Realities Artists Drinks supported by Immerse UK Meet the Artists of Doc/Fest 2018
78, 79 125 97
Meet the Distributors
101
Meet the Execs
119
Meet the Filmmakers Drinks supported by Molinare
123
Meet the Sales Agents
101
MeetMarket
118
Milford Graves Full Mantis
34, 57
Mim Shaikh (BBC Radio 1Xtra) and Karen Gabay in conversation
35
Mind Games, Comedy Quiz
34
Minding the Gap
53
Mothers, Brothers and Others
78, 79
Munroe Bergdorf: Women, Gender & Activism
102
Music Docs: New Forms & Platforms
102
Music When The Lights Go Out My Big Break
69 102 28
New Devices & New Voices: Pan-African Experiences
105
New Talent Drinks presented by The University of Hertfordshire
125
New/UK Shorts
72
No Greater Law
74
Nowness
104 79, 80
Obscuro Barroco
69
Of Fathers and Sons
47
On Her Shoulders
47
On the Bench 1
78, 79
On the Bench 2
79, 80
On the Ground at Grenfell + Q&A One or Two Questions
35 48
Onwards & Upwards: The Future of Documentary Shorts
108
Opening Night Drinks
122
Original Documentaries Preview with Channel 5
113
Our New President
63
Out
53
Over the Limit
42
Panoptic
72
Parallel Planes
57
Party Like It’s 1994
123
People’s Republic of Desire
53
Phantom Cowboys
42
Porton Down
89
Poverty in the UK: New Approaches to Storytelling
The Colourist - Making a Grade Great
99
Time Trial
Power Hour 1
78, 79
107
The Congo Tribunal
45
Times Up: The Industry Response to Bullying & Harassment
35, 43 106
Power Hour 2
78, 80
The Dark Room
29
Too Beautiful World Premiere Drinks: Cuban Evening
122
Punk Voyage
57
The Day the World Changed
87
Too Beautiful: Our Right to Fight
43
Radio Atlas: A Lunkhead Among The Stars
64
The Distant Barking of Dogs
46
Tranny Fag
58
Random Acts Real Live Reeps One presents: We Speak Music Live
78, 79
The Doc Makers Guide to Real Britain
96
The Dread
27
111
Tranny Fag with live performance from Linn da Quebrada
30
34, 61
Turning 18
53
The Drift
71
Turtle Rock
Resident Advisor: Beats 1
78, 79
The Eyes of Orson Welles
51
UKTV Drinks Reception
Resident Advisor: Beats 2
78, 80
70 125
The Game
40
Under The Wire
72
The Gospel of Eureka
62
University of Stirling Factual TV Drinks
Rough/Ready
74
The Incredible Playable Show
Round Tables - Concepts and Ideas
97
The Insufferable Groo
Round Tables - Funding and Exhibition
97
The ITV Interview: Sir Trevor McDonald
107
Victory Day
70
Sad Song of Touha
76
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation x Guardian Pitch
108
Vienna Calling
43
Room for a Man
30, 85 40
Vestige Vicky McClure talks Dementia & Music
Sales & Distribution 101
100
The Journey
92
Walking Tours with Magid
Sales & Distribution Summit
100
The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid
41
Warp Presents: Gaika + Friends
Sanctuaries of Silence
90 110
35 125
The Loss Levels
88
Watching the Detectives
49
123
The Man Who Stole Banksy
41
We Speak Music docu-series + Q&A with Reeps One
34
Sensible Data / Mixed Emotions
89
The Mighty Redcar + Q&A
35
Shakedown
57
The MOMENT
77
WHAM! British Tropical Summer Party at the Doc Society Clubhouse
Shirkers
69
The Naked Me: Personal Stories
Shirkers with live performance from Weish
29
The Pain of Others
Scottish Delegation Drinks
Silvana
93
48 122
35, 58
The Proposal
107 35, 63 63
Sleep Has Her House
69
The Real Stories Special Relationship Pitch
Social Chain’s Dominic McGregor in conversation
34
The Real Thing
106 92
SOS Planet Earth: Ways for Docs to Save the World
111
The Sandwich
76 48
Sound Design - The Art of Noise
99
The Silence of Others
Soundtracks
79
The Task
124
The Trade
48
The Trial
64
South African Delegation Drinks Spectrum Stories are Changing
78, 79 84
Strolling
78
Struggle
78, 79
Super Spectrum
78, 80
Tanzania Transit
42
Tanzania Transit with uSiSTA live pop-up
30
Terminal 3
89
The Ballymurphy Precedent
45
The BBC Interview: Mary Beard
114
The Boiler Room Pitch
112
The Channel 4 Interview: Guy Martin
109
The Cleaners
61
The University of Sheffield presents: How to Pitch Your Academic Idea
34, 70
107
The Voice of the Unicorn
89
The Waldheim Waltz
64
The Whickers Pitch
112
The World Unknown to You: Considering Creative Practice Thee, Thyself and Thy They Call Her Cleopatra Wong
124
What Is Democracy?
64
When Lambs Become Lions
65
When the War Comes
49
Where is Home?
90
Whispering Truth to Power Whose Story? Authentic Voices in Storytelling
49 103
Why we Film - Directors and Their Story Choices
99
Wild Relatives
72
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
70
Yellow Is Forbidden
59
Yemen’s Skies of Terror Young Solitude
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Index
Nature’s Nickelodeons
Not Another Diversity Panel!
130
Index
92 35, 54
85 78, 80 58
This Is Climate Change: Feast & Famine
92
This One’s For The Ladies
58
Threads: Redux
28
Three Identical Strangers
42 131
Notes
Notes 132
Si’thi soon! (See you soon)
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Pinstone Street
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PBS America Showroom Cinema 3
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