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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.

Subterranea: Tales from Below the Surface

Journey below ground with a season of films exploring subterranean spaces, from hidden lives to obscured memories.
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D is for Distance

D is for Distance tells the story of the filmmakers’ son Louis, and his debilitating epilepsy, through an extraordinary archive of personal footage.

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Broken English

Now Showing

Broken English is a genre-defying act of resilience and rebellion. Marianne Faithfull’s final fearless declaration - her defiant swan song.

Subterranea

Underland

Now Showing

Based on Robert Macfarlane’s bestselling book, this mesmerizing documentary journeys into worlds seldom seen by human eyes, beneath the surface of the earth.

Subterranea

Dark Days

Showing from Sun 29 Mar

This cult classic from 2000 journeys through the underground train tunnels of 1990s New York, meeting the elusive community who live there.

Trains

Now Showing

Elegantly crafted entirely from black and white archive footage, Trains is a mesmerising portrait of Europe in the first half of the 20th Century.

Orwell: 2+2=5

Now Showing

In this ambitious, electrifying film Raoul Peck channels George Orwell's prescient text into a powerful, cinematic reflection on our times. 

Everybody to Kenmure Street

Now Showing

In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggered one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory.

Q&A

Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: Comparsa

Showing on Tue 31 Mar

From the shadows of a neighborhood scared into silence, Guatemalan sisters lead a luminous rebellion - unleashing joy, art, and radical truth in a fight for survival.

Q&A

D is for Distance

Showing from Wed 01 Apr

D is for Distance tells the story of the filmmakers’ son Louis, and his debilitating epilepsy, through an extraordinary archive of personal footage.

Letters From Wolf Street   

Showing from Fri 03 Apr

Arjun Talwar sets out to explore the Warsaw street where he lives, seeking to understand his neighbours and offer a personal view on his adopted country.