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.

The Echo

Showing from Fri 26 Jul

An exquisite portrait of life in Mexican village El Eco, encompassing nature, family, illness and death.

The Accidental President

Now Showing

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was a housewife from Belarus when she decided to run for President against the country's authoritarian leader.

Bushman

Now Showing

A time capsule of the late 1960s, Bushman is a rare sort of film portrait; part documentary, part imagined - poetic in its approach…

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Life is Beautiful

Showing on Sun 04 Aug

Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly charts his years stranded in Norway as he fights for his rights with unwavering courage.

Elephant Mother

Showing from Fri 02 Aug

Tribal Thai woman Lek Chailert takes on the tourism industry in a bid to save the iconic and once-sacred elephants.

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Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story

Showing from Fri 09 Aug

For 50 years, Chinese American photographer Corky Lee documented the daily lives of Asian Americans with epic focus.

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Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: Of Caravan and the Dogs

Showing from Tue 30 Jul

Follow a group of independent journalists and activists in Russia whose criticism of the war in Ukraine leads to their censorship and exile.

Q&A

Radical Love

Showing on Thu 05 Sep

This intimate portrait follows Satish Kumar, Indian pacifist, activist, author and educator who has been inspiring global change for almost 70 years.