Programme A-Z
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Peace and Tranquility + Boney Piles + Extended Discussion
An extended discussion on the impact of war and the very real challenges both the Ukraine and the wider world currently face will follow the screening of two films.
  • Talks Programme
    Film Programme
Talk
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Pitch Your Short
Making a short documentary? This session is for you.
  • Industry Programme
Marketplace Activity
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Plai. A Mountain Path
Eva Dzhyshyashvili’s contemplative film details rural life for a couple whose world is irrevocably impacted by conflict but whose resilience perseveres.
  • Eva Dzhyshyashvili
  • 2021
  • Film Programme
Film
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Pongo Calling
From his truck, rising online star Štefan Pongo streams his political rants and creates social media movements that go viral, in support of Romani people across Europe.
  • Tomáš Kratochvíl
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
Film
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Prairie Flowers
After one of their community is killed by her husband, the cotton weavers of the Prairie Flowers co-operative come together to mourn, heal, dream and resist.
  • Mariana X. Rivera
  • 2021
  • Film Programme
Film
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Pratibha Parmar in Conversation
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 2:15pm. 
  • Talks Programme
Event
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Producers Meet Producers
Calling all producers! Looking to broaden your network or meet international collaborators? Get yourself to this producers mixer.
  • Industry Programme
Marketplace Activity
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Pryvoz
Eva Neymann documents everyday life in Odessa’s vast market, recording the thoughts of its traders and visitors, and highlighting its role as a vital artery in the city.
  • Eva Neymann
  • 2021
  • Film Programme
Film
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Ramble On
Right to Roam campaigner Terry Howard journeys across the Sheffield moorlands in this gentle cinematic ramble, which tells the story of the fight to reclaim England’s stolen ground.
  • Charlie Thorne
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
Film
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Ravi and Emma
A world-first webdoc experience that celebrates diversity and inclusiveness through humour and a unique take on love.
  • Kylie Boltin, Ella Rubeli
  • 2021
  • Alternate Realities Programme
Artwork
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Recharge
An interactive installation where your phone will only charge when your eyes are closed. Charge your phone while charging yourself.
  • Dries Depoorter
  • 2022
  • Alternate Realities Programme
Artwork
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Rendezvous
Claude Lelouch takes us on a high-velocity thrill ride through the streets of Paris, speeding past cars and ignoring traffic signs, just to be on time for a date.
  • Claude Lelouch
  • 1976
  • Film Programme
Film
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Rendezvous + A Great Day in Harlem
A screening of A Great Day in Harlem preceded by the short film Rendezvous.
  • Film Programme
Short + Feature
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A Rest Guide for a Tired Nigerian Artist
This selection of printed guides and podcasts asks what happens when we shift attention from the artwork to the people for whom art is their work?
  • Rahima Gambo, Innocent Ekejuiba
  • 2021
  • Alternate Realities Programme
Artwork
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The Rightful
For decades the landless workers of Guapiaçu, Brazil have been fighting for their right to farm the land. Now they must fight a dam project that threatens to flood their entire community.
  • Ana Galizia
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
Film
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The Rise of the Celebrity Documentary

We hear from a panel of filmmakers, commissioners and celebrities themselves, who talk about their experience of working on celebrity issue documentaries and what the future might hold for the authored single doc.
With Roman Kemp, Anton Ferdinand and Christine McGuinness.

  • Industry Programme
Industry Session
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Rising Sun Blues
An actress asks a sex worker to help her create a film in which they share secrets of their professions, and they become both filmmakers and characters.
  • Renata Ferraz, Maria Roxo
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
Film
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Roger Graef Memorial Tea and Cake
We welcome friends and colleagues as we pay tribute to Roger Graef - as creative force, documentary ambassador and champion of emerging voices.

  • Industry Programme
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Roger Graef Tribute
A screening of A Complaint of Rape in memoriam of documentary legend and dear friend, Roger Graef followed by tea and cake at the Curzon's Roof Terrace.
  • Film Programme
Event
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ROZSYPNE
A VR piece set in east Ukraine in 2014, where war raged - elderly Nina tries to preserve her everyday life in her small village, Rozspyne.
  • Nienke Huitenga, Lisa Weeda
  • 2019
  • Alternate Realities Programme
Artwork
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Safe Space
A film illustrating the digital and physical resistance of ballroom cultures over the last thirty years showing their plight and resilience.
  • Mirelle Borra
  • 2021
  • Alternate Realities Programme
Artwork
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Sansón and Me
Rodrigo Reyes reconnects with Sansón, a Mexican migrant sentenced to life in prison, who he met when the director was a translator at his trial.
  • Rodrigo Reyes
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
Film
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Santa Barbara
Inspired by the artist’s mother, who travelled to the US in search of the American Dream, this single-screen work is an exploration of sacrifice and aspiration.
  • Diana Markosian
  • 2020
  • Alternate Realities Programme
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The Score
For 30 years Maja’s piano has sat silent. Now she is returning to the dream she lost when, fleeing the conflict that consumed Sarajevo, she stopped composing.
  • Aleksandra Bilic
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
Film
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ScreenSkills Drinks
Join ScreenSkills to raise a glass in celebration of the first year of the Unscripted TV Skills Fund and its vital work in supporting the unscripted television workforce across the UK.

  • Industry Programme

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