Past Screenings
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Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: State of Silence
2025
Four Mexican journalists shine a light on the failings of the ‘War on Drugs’ in this urgent and timely film.
The Thinking Game
2025
Inside DeepMind HQ, founder Demis Hassabis and his team try to unravel the mysteries of Artificial General Intelligence.
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.
Antidote
2025
Antidote follows whistleblowers, journalists and activists working secretly to expose Russia's poison and assassination operations.
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2025
A beguiling portrait of legendary African-American poet and activist Nikki Giovanni.
Johatsu: Into Thin Air
2025
In Japan, thousands of people vanish without a trace every year. This doc paints a multifaceted portrait of this phenomenon.
Kamay
2025
A quietly emphatic depiction of persecution, loss and perseverance in the shadow of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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.
Silent Trees
2025
Caught in a forest between Belarus and Poland a Kurdish family becomes a geopolitical pawn.