Programme A-Z
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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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The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo + Good Intentions
Two short films about two very different journeys: intimate and deeply personal, but also epic in their scale.
  • Film Programme
Shorts programme
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Julie on line
Shot over five years, director Mia Ma follows her friend Julie as she tries to reinvent her future and find a way to live with schizophrenia.
  • Mia Ma
  • 2021
  • Film Programme
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Karaoke Paradise
From the land that introduced us to a screaming male voice choir comes Einari Paakkanen’s feel-good film about Finland’s passion for karaoke.
  • Einari Paakkanen
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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KidzWorks
An interactive audio story told through the customer service line of a deeply dysfunctional toy company.
  • 2021
  • Alternate Realities Programme
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Kubo Walks The City
Follow the footsteps of Kubo, a Korean urban flaneur, through an exquisitely illustrated three dimensional 1930s Seoul.
  • Hayoun KWON
  • 2021
  • Alternate Realities Programme
Artwork
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The Kurious Drinks
Sheffield's new creative hub welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around the world as they introduce their team, their new state-of-the-art post facilities and announce some exciting new projects with BAFTA winning and Oscar nominated talent.

  • Industry Programme
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La Jetée
Chris Marker’s legendary sci-fi short presents a past world and dystopian future through a series of still images, told from the perspective of a narrator.
  • Chris Marker
  • 1962
  • Film Programme
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Laboratory No. 2 + The Score
Two short films to ReConnect with Yourself.
  • Film Programme
Shorts programme
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Laboratory No.2
Having worked in the autopsy training department for 14 years and now nearing retirement, Hama reflects on his own mortality.
  • Edris Abdi, Awara Omar
  • 2021
  • Film Programme
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Ladies Only
In the women-only compartments of Mumbai’s complex local train network, passengers share their anger, aspirations and stories of womanhood.
  • Rebana Liz John
  • 2021
  • Film Programme
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Leaves of K.
In 2018, the Nicaraguan police brutally repressed anti-government protests organised by high school students. K., a 17-year-old girl who was arrested, recounts the horrors of her time in jail.
  • Gloria Carrión
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Lend Me Your Voice
Akili, a young refugee in Rwanda who has endured a long and painful journey, sits with strangers and invites them to read her story.
  • Claudine (Shenge) Ndimbira
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Letter From Eusapia
An Ecuadorian filmmaker investigates Brussels’ subterranean world. Meanwhile, phone conversations with his surgeon father reveal that a deadly pandemic is sweeping both countries.
  • Andrés Cornejo Pinto
  • 2021
  • Film Programme
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London
Patrick Keiller’s wholly original journey through the UK capital is both a paean to the city and a critique of what it has come to represent.
  • Patrick Keiller
  • 1994
  • Film Programme
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Love, Deutschmarks and Death
This vibrant film details the vast body of music produced by and for the Turkish diaspora in Germany from the 1960s to 1980s, and its influence on subsequent generations.
  • Cem Kaya
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Lyra
An intimate and uncompromising portrait of Lyra McKee, the 29-year-old Northern Irish investigative journalist who was murdered by the New IRA.
  • Alison Millar
  • 2021
  • Film Programme
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Making-With
The fungus that first facilitated life on earth, 470 million years ago, again inspires new worlds in this collaborative film by artist Gregory Herbert and mycologist Professor Katie J. Field.
  • Gregory Herbert
  • 2021
  • Film Programme
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Man on Earth
In this visceral, intensely intimate film, 65-year-old Bob has decided to end his own life after four years of living with Parkinson’s Disease.
  • Amiel Courtin-Wilson
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Marketplace Café
Grab a coffee, a bite to eat, and meet your latest collaborators in a relaxed and productive atmosphere.
  • Industry Programme
Marketplace Activity
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Marketplace Kick Off Drinks
The official open launch of the industry activities, our Marketplace Drinks offers an opportunity to get to know industry delegates, decision makers, artists, producers and filmmakers.

  • Industry Programme
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Marwan - Tomorrow's Freedom
Marwan Barghouti, often described as the ‘Palestinian Nelson Mandela’, is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison. This is his story.
  • Sophia Scott, Georgia Scott
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Marwan - Tomorrow's Freedom + Conversation
Rebellions Spotlight: Screening of Marwan - Tomorrow's Freedom followed by a conversation with directors Sophia Scott & Georgia Scott, producer Sawsan Asfari and Executive producer Brian Eno.
  • Film Programme
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Massaoke Paradise Sunday Night Party
In an ode to the UK premiere of Karaoke Paradise - the heartwarming Finnish film about karaoke culture, we welcome you to MASSaoke. Get ready to belt out great tunes for a mass karaoke session with the DocFest industry delegates.
  • Industry Programme
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Master of Light
After a decade in prison, artist George Anthony Morton returns home to reconcile with his family and grapple with past traumas by painting a series of portraits.
  • Rosa Ruth Boesten
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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