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DocHouse Recommends

Whether they're festival favourites or hidden gems, DocHouse Recommends films are the core of our programme and you won't find them anywhere else.

Newsreel Retrospective (1968–1972): Power to the People

The first of our two programmes from the Newsreel Retrospective (1968-1972) focuses on late 60s urban organising in New York.
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Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: Runa Simi

This joyful and engaging film highlights how meaningful it is to transform a language of the oppressed into a language of power.

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LDNDOCS: To the West, In Zapata

Showing on Thu 21 May

Landi and Mercedes live in Cuba’s Zapata swamp. To feed their sick child, Landi must secretly hunt crocodiles, leaving his wife and son behind for days on end.

Our Land

Showing from Thu 21 May

Our Land asks the timely question of who has the right to roam in the English countryside?

True North

Showing from Fri 22 May

Montreal, 1969: As the civil rights movement gathers momentum, student protesters take over a University building in a challenge to institutional racism.

The Balloonists

Showing from Fri 22 May

An unlikely duo try (and try again) to fly nonstop around the world in a hot air balloon, in  John Dower's thrilling film about adventure and adversity.

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Showing on Sat 23 May

One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. A Life on our Planet is David Attenborough's witness statement.

Northern Soul: Still Burning 

Showing from Sat 23 May

Leap onto the dancefloor and discover the enduring legacy of the cultural phenomenon that is Northern Soul. 

Newsreel Retrospective (1968–1972): Power to the People

Showing on Sun 24 May

The first of our two programmes from the Newsreel Retrospective (1968-1972) focuses on late 60s urban organising in New York.

Coup 53

Showing from Sun 24 May

Ten years in the making, Coup 53 tells the story of the Anglo-American coup that overthrew Iran's Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah.

Ultras

Showing on Mon 25 May

Ultras takes you inside the passionate world of football’s most devoted fans.