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A Century in Sound
The history of Japan is told through their unique music cafés, where audiophiles meet to listen to the music they love.
  • Nick Dwyer, Tuataroa Rapana Neill
  • 2024
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Coexistence, My Ass!
Comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi turns satire into resistance, employing humour to expose hard truths about the relationship between Israel and Palestine – where coexistence feels like a bad joke.
  • Amber Fares
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Colossal
When a young filmmaker investigates her grandfather’s work on the 1990 Dominican elections, she uncovers a web of secrets that still ensnares her family.
  • Nayibe Tavares-Abel
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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A Colour I Named Blue
Two Japanese indigo dyers embark on an inner journey: one finding his own shade of blue, the other discovering new meaning through his colour blindness.
  • Sybilla Patrizia
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Come See Me in the Good Light
A joyful and lyrical love story of two queer poets navigating life, love and mortality in the face of a terminal cancer diagnosis.
  • Ryan White
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Comparsa
From the shadows of a Guatemalan neighbourhood scared into silence, two sisters lead a luminous rebellion – unleashing joy, art, and radical truth in a fight for survival.
  • Vickie Curtis, Doug Anderson
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Creatures of the Mind
In this hypnotic cinematic journey through dreams, sleep and the unconscious, science meets myth and ancient rituals illuminate the mysteries of the mind.
  • Marcelo Gomes
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Cuba & Alaska
Two female medics in Ukraine's army, whose lives are captured via phone and body cam footage, navigate the chaos of war with bravery, humour and friendship.
  • Yegor Troyanovsky
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Cuba & Alaska + Conversation
Join us for a special screening of the film, plus a conversation with producers Olga Bregman, Christian Popp, Hanne Phlypo, protagonists Cuba and Alaska, and editor Joelle Alexis. Moderated by Alexandre Marionneau.
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The Dam
A mysterious fish, rumoured to be three metres long, swims behind a dam. Tingo is obsessed with catching this shadowy creature and proving everyone wrong.
  • Manuel Ojeda
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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The Dating Game
The set-up might sound like a reality game show, but Violet Du Feng’s portrait of three Chinese bachelors seeking a relationship is also a startling account of gender imbalance.
  • Violet Du Feng
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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December
Amid December’s festive glow, refugees remain hidden in forests along the Poland-Belarus border. This powerful documentary gives voice to their silent cries.
  • Grzegorz Paprzycki
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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DocFest Monday School Screening – POWER STATION
Sheffield DocFest, in partnership with Showroom Cinema, presents docs for schools. Available to book by emailing: boxoffice@sheffdocfest.com
  • Film Programme
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Dreamers: People of Light
The surreal and the everyday intersect when two visitors from space land in rural Azerbaijan observe a coach trying to form the country's first all-female football team.
  • Imam Hasanov
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Dreaming of You
Emerging from a wild, working-class dreamscape of friendship, fame and fuzzy guitars, this is the story of six Wirral teens who became The Coral and shook the British indie scene.
  • James Slater
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Factory
Acclaimed director Hao Zhou journeys into one of China’s vast factories around the time of the pandemic to detail the impact of global supply chains and coercive business practices on workers’ lives.
  • Hao Zhou
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Faith
According to an ancient Neapolitan proverb, ‘More things happen in a day than in an entire century’. For the city of Naples, that day is today.
  • Antonio Napoli
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Fear Nothing
A night ride into the fears and anxieties of Johannesburg’s wealthy inhabitants, seen through the work of the private security guards hired to protect them.
  • Tuva Björk
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Film Hub North - DIY Challenge: People & Place
Sheffield DocFest, in partnership with Film Hub North, is proud to present films as part of the DIY Challenge: People and Place
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Filmmaker Challenge: 6 Short Films on Sheffield
Our Filmmaker Challenge returns for 2025, bringing 6 exciting voices to Sheffield to make a short micro documentary under the guidance of their mentor. Principal supporter Prime Video.
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The Footnote
In 2023, as China gradually lifts its COVID-19 restrictions, a female pharmacist navigates the desolate city in this pivotal post-pandemic moment.
  • Xiang Fu
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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From the Mountain We See the Mountain
In the mist of the Patagonian Andes, an indigenous forest is recovering from a fire, with animals and humans emerging from a landscape scarred by colonisation.
  • Julian Garcia Long
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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A Frown Gone Mad
In a beauty salon in Beirut, clients of all ages rush in to get their Botox injections, while outside its doors, bombings are intensifying.
  • Omar Mismar
  • 2024
  • Film Programme
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The Gas Station Attendant
A daughter reflects on her South Asian father’s life, his never-ending pursuit of the American dream, and the human capacity to love and survive.
  • Karla Murthy
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Gaza Sound Man
Through a series of immersive soundscapes, Mohammad Yaghi captures the realities of life on the ground in Palestine before and after 7 October 2023.
  • Hosam Abu Dan
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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