Doc/Fest Picks: MISS SHARON JONES!
On the eve of the release of her new album, internationally recognized soul singer Sharon Jones was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Tour dates were cancelled, the album pushed back and Sharon entered into a fight for her life and career.
Doc/Fest Picks: FLOTEL EUROPA
Vladimir Tomic boarded the Flotel Europa in Copenhagen in the early 1990s, along with thousands of other refugees from the former Yugoslavia. Through home movie footage Tomic reflects back on his experience in this timely and unusual coming of age film.
Doc/Fest Picks: MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE
Following a long fascination with the religion and with much experience dealing with eccentric behaviour, Louis Theroux delves into the murky world of Scientology.
Doc/Fest Picks: CAMERAPERSON + Dir. Q&A
A moving glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.
Doc/Fest Picks: CITY 40
Secret filming and a mother who risks her life, take us inside Russia's largest nuclear city, a place which has been closed to the outside world for decades.
Doc/Fest Picks: THE CONFESSION + Q&A
From supporting the Bosnian Mujahideen to being imprisoned in Bagram and Guantanamo, from the rebel training camps in Syria to the prison cells of Belmarsh in Britain, Begg has witnessed a generation of conflict...
DOC/FEST PICKS
6 FILMS. 3 DAYS. 1 CINEMA.
We're bringing some of the biggest and most compelling films from Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016 to London for one weekend in July.
The weekend kicks off on Friday 22nd July with a complimentary drinks reception at Curzon Bloomsbury from 18:30 followed by the London Premiere of The Confession in Curzon Bloomsbury's main Renoir screen. The rest of the weekend takes place in our Bertha DocHouse screen, also at Curzon Bloomsbury.