The world premiere of Wham!
[See the program lineup below].
The program includes 122 films (86 features and 36 shorts), culled from almost 2,500 entries.
Sheffield DocFest
Fifty-four percent of the films in the program are directed by women, Sheffield notes.
Titles screen in three competition sections International Competition, International First Feature Competition and International Short Film Competition.
Winners will be revealed during an awards ceremony at Crucible Playhouse on June 18.
Novaya Gazeta newspaper editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov in Moscow October 8, 2021.Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Sheffields Talks section featuresJews.
International Competition
Honoring films that best display strong artistic vision and courageous storytelling.
This award is Academy Award accredited.
In the Rearview Ukraine, Poland Maciek Hamela 2023(International Premiere)One country.
This fly-on-the-wall film captures Ukrainians as they are forced to leave their homes and drive into the unknown.
Russias only independent newspaper and its editor fight against an ever-present threat to democracy.
She now asks him to tell her real stories about his past as a guerrilla fighter.
Can I Hug You?
At 87, she starts to question her role in the family.
Metabolism Netherlands Misho Antadze 2023(World Premiere)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.
This stone is the god of time, pointing out to man his relativity.
This experimental journey takes us back through her lineage of female ancestors.
Youth Jury Award
This award is selected by some of the UKs most passionate young documentary lovers.
Is There Anybody Out There?
This award recognizes films that best reflect his legacy.
Strands:
Debates
Films about the things we need to discuss.
First Impressions :
An opportunity to advance screenings of the first episodes of major upcoming documentary series.
For 30 people, his dream became a nightmare.
Rebellions:
Stories of people striving for social change and fighting for what matters.
Rhythms:
A dazzling collection of documentaries in which movement, bodies and music take centre stage.
Listening to recordings of his fathers voice, he longs for a place he never really knew.
Incident USA Bill Morrison 2023(UK Premiere)Chicago, 2018.
A man is shot dead in the street by the police.
Playing out in real-time, Incident reconstructs this traumatic event from a variety of synchronised viewpoints.
Recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she does her best to prepare for life as a new mother.
With honesty and vulnerability, they start the process of healing.
The words of a Yanomami shaman guide us through this poetic synergy of cinema and dreams.
Hunting walruses and whales, this community live in close relation to death.
Interviewing protestors, they confront the violence of the regime and imagine a new Sudan.
Their stories of love and friendship become the backdrop for a very different story.
The Alternate Realities Award honours the best innovative non-fiction work.
