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Tish
A moving portrait of social documentary photographer and trailblazer Tish Murtha, who dedicated her life to documenting the lives of working-class communities in North East England.
  • Paul Sng
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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TLC Forever
In the run-up to their forthcoming tour, TLC look back at their groundbreaking yet tumultuous career as the biggest-selling American girl group of all time.
  • Matt Kay
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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TLC Forever + Conversation
Screening of TLC Forever, followed by a conversation with director Matt Kay and special guests.
  • Film Programme
    Talks Programme
Film
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Tokyo Uber Blues
Director Taku Aoyagi underwent a career change during the pandemic, becoming an Uber Eats rider. Will he survive?
  • Taku Aoyagi
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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Total Trust
Surveillance reaches new levels of invasiveness in China, where advances in technology allow the state increasing control over public, private and political life.
  • Jialing Zhang
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
Film
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Transition
Having covered the conflict in Afghanistan for years, genderqueer filmmaker Jordan Bryon finds himself at a moral crossroads when he is offered access to the Taliban.
  • Jordan Bryon, Monica Villamizar
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Twice Colonized
In the face of personal loss, a lawyer seeks to redress the injustice of colonisation through the establishment of an Indigenous forum at the European Union.
  • Lin Alluna
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
Film
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Uncharted
An account of the experiences of young artists attending Alicia Keys' songwriting camp offers a revealing insight into attitudes around race in the music industry.
  • Beth Aala
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
Film
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Under The Sky Of Damascus
A group of young Syrian women create a play that highlights the violence of patriarchy within their society.
  • Heba Khaled, Talal Derki, Ali Wajeeh
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Valerija
A filmmaker travels to the island where her grandmother is buried. This experimental journey takes us back through her lineage of female ancestors.
  • Sara Jurinčić
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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WAKE UP! Friday Night Party
  • Industry Programme
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We are Half of Iran's population
Rakhshan Banietemad gives voice to a multitude of Iranian women as they continue to fight for their rights and freedoms in the run up to the 2009 Presidential election.
  • Rakhshan Banietemad
  • 2009
  • Film Programme
Film
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West Lake IDF Networking Drinks
West Lake International Documentary Festival is delighted to invite you to join the networking drinks to meet the delegates from China.
  • Industry Programme
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Wham!
An intimate celebration of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s enduring friendship, from childhood and through their years together as one of the UK’s biggest bands.
  • Chris Smith
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Wham! + Conversation
Screening of Wham!, followed by a conversation with director Chris Smith and special guests.
  • Film Programme
    Talks Programme
Film
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What the Soil Remembers
Community elders use their collective wisdom, spirituality and patience to confront one of the many injustices of apartheid, in this energised portrayal of reconciliation.
  • José Cardoso
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Where God Is Not
Three former political prisoners of the Iranian regime re-enact their experiences of interrogation, torture and isolation in Mehran Tamadon’s visceral and confrontational film.
  • Mehran Tamadon
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
Film
The Whickers Jury Deliberation (Private)
  • Industry Programme
Industry Session
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The Whickers Pitch
Who will be awarded the coveted £100,000 Film & TV Funding Award to make their first feature-length documentary?
  • Industry Programme
Pitch
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While We Watched
Hindi-language journalist Ravish Kumar and filmmaker Vinay Shukla examine the rapidly deteriorating state of television reporting in India.
  • Vinay Shukla
  • 2022
  • Film Programme
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White Nanny Black Child
A group of adults find solace in sharing their experiences of growing up as children of Black Nigerian immigrants who were fostered by white British families.
  • Andy Mundy-Castle
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Wilderness
Explore the wonders of a forest ecosystem through augmented reality.  
  • Lisa Eder, Andrea Zimmermann, Rico Reitz, Bjoern Jensen
  • 2023
  • Alternate Realities Programme
Augmented Reality
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Within Touching Distance
This tender, one-on-one mixed reality experience combines human touch and virtual reality, where each audience member is gently put to bed.
  • 2023
  • Alternate Realities Programme
XR Live Performance Installation
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Women in Film & TV Drinks Reception
Women in Film and TV (WFTV) are delighted to invite all festival delegates to join them at a drinks reception to celebrate the women of Sheffield DocFest 2023.
  • Industry Programme
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Women Like You: Three Films from the Sheffield Film Co-op
This programme brings together three films spanning the Sheffield Film Co-op’s history, from their early DIY activist work to innovative hybrid experiments and compelling investigative documentaries.
  • Film Programme
Shorts programme

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