Programme A-Z

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Goodbye, Captain

The story of ‘Captain’ Krohokrenhum, leader of the Gavião indigenous people, from Pará state in northern Brazil, who died in 2016.

Vincent Carelli, Tatiana Soares de Almeida
2022
Film Programme

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Goodnight, Sleep Tight (Pilot)

ZU-UK explores the intimate and the epic, the interface between live and digital experiences with this work that exists between physical and virtual worlds.

2022
Alternate Realities Programme

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The Great Abandonment

Trapped without work, wages or food and facing the world’s strictest lockdown, 140 million migrant labourers begin to leave Mumbai, the city they toiled to build.

Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya
2021
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A Great Day in Harlem

Some 40 years after many of the greatest US jazz musicians posed for a photograph in Harlem, Jean Bach’s film lovingly gathers together the stories of their lives.

Jean Bach
1994
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Hafreiat

Whilst labouring on an archaeological dig in Jordan, a father excavates his troubled past. With another baby on the way, he ponders the possibility of a better future.

Alex Sardà
2022
Film Programme

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Happiness is £4 Million

An idealistic, young journalist is tasked with profiling China’s biggest real estate speculator. But how can she write a profile about a man whose money-obsessed worldview she despises?

Weixi Chen, Kai Wei
2022
Film Programme

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The Happy Worker – or How Work was Sabotaged

John Webster explores how the workplace has transformed to the point where the very idea of productive work appears to be the last thing on people’s minds.

John Webster
2022
Film Programme

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Hearts

While studying Rossini’s 1816 opera The Barber of Seville, a group of teenagers in Paris reflect on what love means to them.

François Barbier
2022
Film Programme

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How Screenskills Is Boosting Skills In An Unscripted TV Boom

ScreenSkills executive Sarah Joyce will be joined by industry colleagues to discuss the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Skills Fund.

Industry Programme

Industry Session

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How to Co-produce with the UK

Whether you’re a non-UK producer wanting to find out how to co-produce with UK producers and funders, or a UK producer wanting to understand global opportunities, this discussion and case study session will provide some of the answers.

Marketplace Activity

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How to See the Night

When a mysterious creature stalks the night, a group of rangers employ camera traps and radio frequencies to enter this animal’s secret world.

Maria Casas Castillo
2022
Film Programme

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I Didn't See You There

This unflinching first-person journey, seen from the perspective of disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport, highlights how differently the world appears to him.

Reid Davenport
2022
Film Programme

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Ikebana

This tranquil and inventive cinematic essay, focussing on the Japanese art of flower arranging, regards plants as a language of expression, channelling the past, present and future.

Rita Ferrando, Lily Jue Sheng
2021
Film Programme

Ikebana + Aunt, A Tricycle

Two short films to ReConnect with Passion.

Film Programme

Shorts programme

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In the Court of the Crimson King

Robert Fripp and the members of prog-rock giants King Crimson look back on 50 years of art, discipline and transcendence in this fascinating, funny and moving film.

Toby Amies
2021
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Infinity According to Florian

As this riveting portrait of the multi-hyphenate artist Florìan Jur’jev unfurls, the acclaimed architect is facing one of the greatest challenges of his storied career.

Oleksiy Radynski
2022
Film Programme

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Irish Delegation Reception

Screen Ireland is delighted to invite you to the Irish Reception at Sheffield DocFest. The event celebrates the Irish work screening at the festival and provides the opportunity to meet and reconnect with the Irish delegation of filmmakers in attendance.

Industry Programme

Italianamerican

Martin Scorsese’s portrait of his parents is warm, funny and affectionate – a simple film whose depth lies in the openness between subjects and maker.

Martin Scorsese
1974
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Italianamerican + La Jetée

A screening of Italianamerican followed by La Jetée.

Film Programme

Short + Feature

Ithaka

Julian Assange’s wife and father battle the British establishment on behalf of the WikiLeaks founder, who faces a 175-year prison sentence if extradited to the US.

Ben Lawrence
2022
Film Programme

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ITV Interview: Ellie Simmonds

Please note: due to unforeseen circumstances this event has moved venue, and will now take place in Sheffield Town Hall, at the slightly later time of 4:30pm.

Talks Programme

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ITV presents Fresh Cuts

Join us as ITV reveals the five filmmakers who have been commissioned to make five films as part of their newest initiative, ITV Presents Fresh Cuts.

Industry Programme

Industry Session

Jane

Brett Morgen employs unseen archive personal footage and an intimate recent interview to tell the extraordinary story of renowned British primatologist Jane Goodall.

Brett Morgen
2017
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Journalism & Creative Documentary

Presented by The Guardian, this session brings together filmmakers and funders at the intersection of journalism and creative documentary to share insights on how they can work together.

Industry Programme

Industry Session

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The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo

16-year-old Yuguo, who has a passion for Eastern European romantic poetry, makes a pilgrimage from his home in China to the foothills of Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.

Ilinca Calugareanu
2022
Film Programme

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