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Mãri Hi - The Tree of Dream

When the flowers of the Mãri tree blossom, dreams arise. The words of a Yanomami shaman guide us through this poetic synergy of cinema and dreams.

Morzaniel Ɨramari
2023
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

A celebratory showcase of the life, music and activism of a trailblazing artist who employed his talents to challenge the status quo and inspire change.

Sam Pollard, Ben Shapiro
2023
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Metabolism

Machines milk cows and robots serve diners. In this quiet observation on the mechanisation of labour, humans feel increasingly irrelevant. Empathy passes to the machines.

Misho Antadze
2023
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Milisuthando

Artist-turned-filmmaker Milisuthando Bongela offers up a personal and visually striking self-portrait of a life that grapples with the legacy of South Africa’s past.

Milisuthando Bongela
2023
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The Mineral Dreams

A rock dreams of a man. A fleeting thought. This stone is the god of time, pointing out to man his relativity.

Timofei Zubrov-Andreev
2023
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Money, Freedom, a story of CFA Franc

A searing account of a contentious currency, inherited from the French colonial system, which exposes the complex realities of economic imperialism in Africa.

Katy Lena Ndiaye
2022
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The Mountains

Two decades after the tragedy that dramatically disrupted his family’s life, Christian Einshøj records their attempts at reconciliation.

Christian Einshøj
2023
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Much Ado About Dying

When filmmaker Simon Chambers cuts short a shoot in India to tend to his dying uncle, he has no idea of the journey they’re about to embark on together.

Simon Chambers
2022
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My Blonde GF

An awful discovery turns Helen’s life upside down. Sexually explicit deepfake images appear on a porn site, with her own face edited onto another woman’s body.

Rosie Morris
2023
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My Friend Lanre

Acclaimed filmmaker Leo Regan draws on decades of footage to create a portrait of the complex life of friend and photographer Lanre Fehintola.

Leo Regan
2023
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My Worst Enemy

Mehran Tamadon explores what it was like being interrogated by the Iranian regime by asking prisoners to reconstruct their experiences.

Mehran Tamadon
2023
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Narratives ad hominem

We are honoured to screen the world premiere of Rakhshan Banietemad’s latest film.

Rakhshan Banietemad
2023
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Narratives ad hominem + We are Half of Iran's Population

A screening of We Are Half of Iran's Population, preceded by the World Premiere of Rakhshan Banietemad's short film Narratives ad hominem.

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Short + Feature

No Winter Holidays

A poetic and intimate portrait of two lifelong rivals, who are forced to share an empty village during the dead of winter.

Rajan Kathet, Sunir Pandey
2023
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Not a Bedtime Story

Lila Penagos has fond childhood memories of her father telling her bedtime stories. She now asks him to tell her real stories about his past as a guerrilla fighter.

Lila Penagos
2023
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On The Line: The Richard Williams Story

A compelling story of determination and resilience against oppression, focussing on the man who raised Venus and Serena to change the course of tennis history.

Stuart McClave
2022
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Opening Night: Tish

The Opening Night film of Sheffield DocFest 30th edition is the world premiere of Paul Sng's 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.

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Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story

We follow Otto Baxter, a 35-year-old man with Down Syndrome, over six years, as he writes and directs a foul-mouthed, autobiographical comedy-horror-musical set in Victorian London.

Peter Beard, Bruce Fletcher, Otto Baxter
2023
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Our Times

After a seven-year hiatus from documentary filmmaking Rakhshan Banietemad set out to capture the hopes of a generation during the 2001 Iranian Presidential election.

Rakhshan Banietemad
2002
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Out Loud

With a cast of one hundred people making the street their home, a temporary community transforms a public square into a great stage.

Jonathas de Andrade
2023
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Phantom Parrot

When a human rights activist, returning to the UK, has his electronic devices confiscated by border authorities, it highlights an unsettling programme of state surveillance.

Kate Stonehill
2023
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Phobos

With place as the main character, this film builds an ominous picture of a city constantly threatened by war, caught in a never-ending nightmare.

Mina Keshavarz
2023
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Piblokto

In an isolated village in the Arctic Circle, life is often brutal. Hunting walruses and whales, this community lives in close relation to death.

Anastasia Shubina, Timofey Glinin
2023
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Praying for Armageddon

Tonje Hessen Schei’s film highlights the alarming political influence of American Evangelical Christians and their quest to bring on the Apocalypse.

Tonje Hessen Schei
2023
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The Price of Truth

How far would you go to defend the idea of a free press? Russia’s only independent newspaper and its editor fight for democracy.

Patrick Forbes
2023
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