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The Cycle of Love

Showing from Mon 21 Sep

In 1977, a young street artist from Delhi set off on a 6000-mile journey to find the woman who had captured his heart.

The Watergate Caper

Showing from Mon 21 Sep

This archival documentary traces the rise and fall of Richard Nixon from the presidential primaries of 1968 through the Watergate break-in of 1972 to…

Celtic Utopia (Útóipe Cheilteach)

Showing on Tue 22 Sep

Irish artists take us on a ballad tour around the island, telling stories and singing songs to try to understand their past and to…

LDNDOCS: How Deep is Your Love

Showing from Wed 23 Sep

How Deep is Your Love takes us way down below the surface exploring the deep sea, where 70% of our planet lies hidden.

Remake

Showing from Fri 25 Sep

In Remake, filmmaker Ross McElwee turns his lens on the passage of time and the uneasy space between documenting life and understanding it.

Sherman’s March

Showing on Sun 27 Sep

Armed with a 16mm camera and a grant to make a documentary about the aftermath of William Tecumseh Sherman’s 1864 march to the sea,…

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

Showing on Wed 30 Sep

Knife explores renowned author Salman Rushdie’s life, career and recovery following a harrowing attempt on his life in 2022.

The Last First: Winter K2

Showing from Fri 02 Oct

A complex, harrowing and moving story that takes an unflinching look at the industry of extreme mountain climbing and its changing culture.

Kikuyu Land

Showing on Sat 03 Oct

While investigating Kenya's global tea industry, Nairobi journalist Bea Wangondu stumbles upon her own family's concealed secrets, pushing her to peel back the layers…

Boorman and the Devil

Showing on Sun 04 Oct

Boorman and the Devil details how Academy Award-nominated director John Boorman took on the massive 1977 sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic.

Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea

Showing on Mon 05 Oct

When thousands of dead crabs wash ashore in a small North East fishing town, fisherman Stan Rennie becomes the unlikeliest of activists.

Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story

Showing from Fri 09 Oct

Black is Beautiful tells the story of photographer, freedom fighter and activist Kwame Brathwaite.

The Disciple

Showing from Fri 09 Oct

An outsider fueled by relentless determination works his way into the inner circle of the Wu-Tang Clan.

Christine Choy: Double Bill

Showing on Wed 14 Oct

A double bill of two short films reflecting Christine Choy's interest in the experience of East and Southeast Asian immigrants to the US.

Mississippi Triangle

Showing on Sat 17 Oct

Discover the work of pioneering Asian American filmmaker Christine Choy, whose camera tracked labour, incarceration, immigration and liberation for half a century. Oscar-nominated and…

Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: MKO

Showing on Tue 20 Oct

MKO unravels the cover-up behind one of Africa’s most consequential political crimes, the suspicious death of Nigeria’s 1993 election winner: Moshood Abiola.

What We Were and What We Are

Showing on Wed 21 Oct

First-time directors from the Sahrawi Refugee camps explore how their culture has changed after 50 years of enforced displacement.