Past Screenings
Our full screening archive, featuring every documentary we've shown.
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Kamay
2025
A quietly emphatic depiction of persecution, loss and perseverance in the shadow of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
The Calvary of Serbia
2025
The most important documentary film made in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia documents the Great War in this 85th anniversary of the film.
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
2025
Ernest Cole, a South African photographer was the first to expose the horrors of apartheid to a world audience.
Guardian Documentaries – March 2025: Showcase
2025
Join us for a collection of short films, curated in collaboration with Guardian Documentaries, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Sud (South)
2025
Sud paints a picture of racism in the South and the legacy of slavery - as searingly relevant today as when released in 1999.
Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: This is Ballroom
2025
Rio de Janeiro's top ballroom houses convene in a sweaty, euphoric competition, in this electrifying portrait of contemporary queer Brazil.
D’Est (From the East)
2025
Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chantal Akerman traces a journey to East Germany to Moscow, capturing the collapsing Soviet bloc.
Intercepted
2025
Intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families set up a shocking parallel world to the destroyed Ukraine.
I Am Martin Parr
2025
The definitive portrait of an extraordinary photographer who invented a political, humanist and accessible photographic language.