Key Festival Information Sheffield DocFest is the UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects. We champion and present the breadth of documentary form – film, television, immersive and art – in the vibrant city of Sheffield each June. We offer makers and audiences a place for inspiration, debate, development, learning and challenge. Booking Information All tickets and passes are available to buy online at sheffdocfest.com, or in person at our box office locations. Single Tickets You don’t need to buy a pass or ticket package to enjoy Sheffield DocFest; individual tickets are available for film screenings, talks, and special events: Standard in-cinema film screenings: £9.50 / £7.50 (conc) / £5 (off peak: screenings starting before 2pm on weekdays) Opening Night: £18 / £15 (conc) + booking fees Talks & Special Events: £12 / £10 (conc) Alternate Realities Summit (includes access to David Olusoga: StoryTrails – A Journey Through Time and Space): £40 / £32 (conc)
Alternate Realities Exhibition The Alternate Realities exhibition is free and open to all and is held in a number of different locations. Advance booking is possible, and advised, for the following: • Alternate Realities Exhibition @ Site Gallery • VR Library @ The Workstation Mezzanine •T he Sound Voice Project @ Sheffield Hallam University Performance Lab • Kubo Walks the City @ Kurious Arts, Kommune • Common Good #3 @ Site Gallery Square For booking times and reservations, please go to sheffdocfest.com Box Office Information During the festival a box office will operate at each of our partner cinemas: The Showroom, Curzon, The Light, and ODEON.
Alternate Realities Acquisitions Panel: £5
The Showroom will also operate a box office from 31 May to 23 June, 11:00-21:00 daily.
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For enquiries please email boxoffice@sheffdocfest.com or call 0330 122 8870
DocLover 5: £40 / £30 (conc) DocLover 10: £70 / £50 (conc) DocLover packages allow up to 2 tickets per screening.
Sheffield DocFest is made possible thanks to the support of our partners, funders and sponsors, including Principal Funders BFI, Arts Council England and Sheffield City Council.
We encourage card and contactless payments. Opening Night tickets are available from Sheffield City Hall All information is correct at the time of publication. Sheffield DocFest reserves the right to add and remove content and make changes and updates. Please visit sheffdocfest.com for the most up to date information.
Alternate Realities Highlights Alternate Reality showcases innovative non-fiction and immersive documentary in all forms. From virtual reality to artificial intelligence, sound art to performance. These works break the boundaries of traditional documentary practice and explore how both the digital and the physical can connect us.
Talks Highlights We’re honoured to welcome some of the world’s leading voices in film, immersive media and activism to Sheffield this June, to discuss their expansive careers and creative work. Our guest speakers are pushing the boundaries of storytelling with their unique approaches to form and style. Each of our Talks will take audiences on a journey of discovery, exploration and reflection. Prepare to be inspired.
Support by Arts Council England. Our commission, Feminist Economics Football: A Cooperative Game for Sheffield is a live three sided match, played on a hexagonal pitch and taking collaboration to a new level. Played during the festival and open to the public, the game will be filmed and edited into a work to be shown in Site Gallery - our main exhibition space. Our VR works sit in multiple venues across the city and include the multiplayer Gondwana, which allows you to roam the world’s oldest tropical rainforest with fellow audience members, and the full room installation Kubo Walks the City where you can explore 1930s Seoul in the footsteps of the Korean writer, Kubo. Site Studio offers a space for rest including Recharge by Dries Deporter which, through the magic of AI, powers your mobile phone when you close your eyes, whilst The Sound Voice Project features new co-created music by Hannah Conway who worked with medical professionals and people who experienced voice loss. Over in the Town Hall, The Acquisition Panel places you inside a committee where you collectively decide if a controversial colonial object will be allowed into the local museum. Our immersive installation, Escaping Gravity, fills the entirety of Event Space, highlighting human desire for progress through the story of Britain’s Imperial Airship programme. Come join us – play, rest and reconnect with us in this year’s Alternate Realities Exhibition.
Cutting the ‘Fame’ Trilogy: Asif Kapadia and Chris King Fri 24 June, 15:30, Showroom
Reflecting on his own past successes, our guest curator Kapadia will participate in a conversation with frequent collaborator, editor Chris King. ‘Cutting the ‘Fame’ Trilogy’ will be the first occasion in which Kapadia and King come together to discuss their decision-making about what scenes and sequences they chose to leave out of Amy, Senna, and Diego Maradona.
David Olusoga: StoryTrails – a Journey Through Time and Space Sun 26 June, 15:30, Memorial Hall
StoryTrails is a unique, immersive storytelling experience, using the latest multimedia technologies to bring untold stories to life where they happened. StoryTrails executive producer David Olusoga will launch the project at Sheffield DocFest before it begins a UK-wide summer tour, including Sheffield. StoryTrails is one of 10 projects commissioned for UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK.
Pratibha Parmar in Conversation Sun 26 June, 14:00, Pennine Theatre
Globally recognised filmmaker and human rights activist director Pratibha Parmar joins us for an in-depth conversation about her prolific career. Pratibha’s documentaries have showcased the work of iconic women throughout history, as well as contributing to the visibility of marginalized LGBTQIA+ communities. Pratibha will discuss the making of My Name is Andrea, her creative approach to filmmaking, and her inspirations.
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