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Kikuyu Land
When a landmark ruling lets Kenyan families reclaim stolen ancestral land, a journalist's investigation uncovers corporate exploitation, family secrets and a government fighting back.
  • Bea Wangondu, Andrew H. Brown
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Killing Anna
When footage of a massacre is smuggled out of Syria, one researcher risks everything to expose the truth about those responsible.
  • Sam Benstead
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Landscapes of Memory
An American filmmaker travels to Berlin to confront her family's Holocaust history, only to be detained at a pro-Palestinian demonstration and charged with antisemitism.
  • Leah Galant
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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A Last Big Story
Jon Snow comes out of retirement for one last investigation, travelling to Zambia to uncover a mining disaster being covered up by officials.
  • Laura Warner
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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A Last Big Story + Conversation
Join us for a special screening of this film, followed by a discussion with the director, Laura Warner and protagonist Jon Snow. Moderated by Ben De Pear.
  • Film Programme
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Lesbian Lines
An intimate portrait of a network of underground telephone helplines established by a small community of Irish lesbians in 1979.
  • Cara Holmes
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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The Lie That Exposed The Truth
When Ellie Williams' grooming allegations went viral, they triggered national outrage and tore the town of Barrow apart. But was there a truth beneath the lies? 
  • Ceri Isfryn , Katie Hindley
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Life Support
A group of international doctors breach the blockade of Gaza. What they find is the calculated dismantling of life itself.
  • Daniele Rugo
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Life Support + Conversation
Join us for a special screening of this film, plus a discussion with the director, Daniele Rugo and two protagonists from the film, Prof. Nick Maynard and Dr. Ana Jeelani.
  • Film Programme
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The Long Cuban Night
Captured entirely on phone footage, a group of Cuban artists risk everything to document their uprising against a government trying to silence them.
  • Sergio Fernandez Borras
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Looking Out of a Window - in partnership with ArtWorks Together Festival
Looking Out of a Window - in partnership with ArtWorks Together Festival, a new artwork from Sheffield resident Jodie Cooper.
  • Participation & Engagement Programme
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Magma
Searching for answers about her Algerian family's ties to both sides of the Independence war, a filmmaker uncovers a tangle of contradicting buried histories.
  • Mia Bendrimia
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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The Man Will Burn
Drawing on extraordinary archive footage and unforgettable first-hand stories, a series tracing the origins and wild evolution of the iconic Burning Man festival.
  • Jehane Noujaim, Vikram Gandhi
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Manhood
A Dallas businessman sets out to make penis enlargement as commonplace as Botox, pulling back the curtain on shame, sex and American masculinity.
  • Daniel Lombroso
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Matininó
In Puerto Rico, a multi-generational group of women confront violence and abuse through a shared creative fantasy rich in colour, mythology and play.
  • Gabriela Díaz Arp
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Maxine Peake in Conversation with Paul Sng
Actor Maxine Peake and filmmaker Paul Sng discuss how working class voices are represented in the media and on screen in the age of populism.
  • Talks Programme
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Maybe Tomorrow
When activist Wafa Mustafa's father disappears under Assad's regime, her search for answers becomes a story of memory, identity and resilience.
  • Waad Al-Kateab, Wafa Mustafa
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Mini Doc: Something I Want You To Know Showcase
Join us for a showcase at Sheffield DocFest, celebrating films made by filmmakers with learning disabilities and/or autism as part of the ArtWorks Together partnership Mini Doc: Something I Want You To Know.
  • Film Programme
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Mini Doc: Something I Want You To Know... Relaxed Networking Drinks
Following the Mini Doc, Something I Want You To Know showcase, audiences are invited to join the teams behind the films for a networking drinks.
  • Participation & Engagement Programme
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MKO
Moshood Abiola wins Nigeria's freest election, only for the military to jail him. When U.S. diplomats arrive to negotiate his release, he is served tea, and dies.
  • Ose Oyamendan
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Neighbourhood Voices Choir Performance
Join us for a live performance from Neighbourhood Voices Choir
  • Participation & Engagement Programme
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Nightcleaners
A groundbreaking record of the early 1970s campaign to unionize the women who cleaned London's office blocks at night, exploited and invisible.
  • Marc Karlin, Mary Kelly, James Scott, Humphery Trevelyan
  • 1975
  • Film Programme
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No Filter: In Conversation with Miriam Margolyes
Alongside long-standing collaborator Simon Draper, Miriam Margolyes reflects on truth-telling and humour, exploring why bold storytelling matters in an increasingly polarised and fragile public sphere.
  • Talks Programme
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Notes from the Underground
A cross-generational oral history of Cape Town, told through the underground hip-hop scene that turned rhythm, resistance and mentorship into a living education system.
  • Adrian Van Wyk, Chris Kets
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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One In A Million
Filmed over ten years, a Syrian family's journey from a shelled apartment in Aleppo to a new life in Germany reveals the hidden costs of survival.
  • Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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