DocHouse Recommends

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

Relaxed Screening

This is Going to be Big

Now Showing

When their High School plans a grand production of a time-travelling musical, the neurodiverse students dig deep to take on the challenge.

Joan Baez: I Am A Noise

Now Showing

Legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez takes a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of both her public and her private story.

Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Showing from Fri 03 May

After the Beirut explosion in 2020, a local film crew must choose between fighting for their project or surrendering to the devastation.

Q&A

The Soil and the Sea

Showing on Thu 09 May

In Lebanon there are more than 100 untouched mass graves. The Soil and the Sea unveils the violence lying beneath the landscape.

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Showing from Sat 11 May

Martin Scorsese celebrates the legendary films of Powell and Pressburger in this intimate and personal doc.

Q&A

Mr Graversen

Showing on Sat 18 May

Mr. Graversen is a film full of heart and courage, about the human potential for change and the challenges it entails.

Flickering Lights

Showing from Fri 17 May

In a remote village on the India-Myanmar border, 70 years after Indian independence, news floats in that electricity may arrive.

Live Performance

Non-Aligned Newsreels: Fragments #4

Showing on Thu 23 May

Mila Turajlic's live documentary performance invites the audience to confront archival material which has fallen out of political narratives.

Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels

Showing on Sat 25 May

Serbian filmmaker Mila Turajlić delves into the archive of Stevan Labudović, a cameraman who documented the birth of the Non-Aligned Movement

Q&A

Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudovic Reels

Showing on Sat 25 May

A look into the the Algerian war for independence, where cinema was mobilized as a weapon against colonialism.

Q&A

Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: Long Distance Swimmer

Showing on Tue 28 May

The Syrian swimmer who pulled the boat that carried 18 refugees to Greece now copes with the consequences of becoming a famous activist.