Year-Round Screenings & Events

We Can Be Heroes at Arc Cinema

This life-affirming documentary, directed by Carina Mia Wong and Alex Simmons, explores a unique live-action role-playing (LARP) camp in upstate New York. It offers neurodivergent, queer, and ‘nerdy’ teenagers a safe space for self-discovery and expression.

Mother City at Bertha DocHouse

In Cape Town, a city as breathtakingly beautiful as it is brutal, a young man leads a daring urban revolution at the intersection of political and property power.

Cartoon image of four children stood in a line, the second one has the head of a chicken

George-Peterland at Grimm & Co

A group of 8-year-olds invent the shared fantasy world of George-Peterland – a dreamy forest land ruled over by the chicken god.

Upcoming screenings and events

Our Year-Round Screening & Events programme is dedicated to championing the work of documentary filmmakers, and bringing documentary cinema to audiences, all year-round.

DocNights - In this collaboration with Showroom Cinema, audiences are invited to enjoy a regular monthly screening of documentary films taking place on the last Monday of every month in Sheffield.

Sheffield DocFest Spotlights - In this joint curation with Bertha DocHouse, audiences are invited to discover the gems, highlights and new voices in non-fiction cinema which premiered in the past festival edition.