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The Cycle of Love
Showing from Mon 28 Sep
In 1977, a young street artist from Delhi set off on a 6000-mile journey to find the woman who had captured his heart.
The Watergate Caper
Showing from Mon 28 Sep
The rise and fall of Richard Nixon from the presidential primaries of 1968 through the Watergate break-in of 1972 to his resignation.
Remake
Showing from Mon 28 Sep
In Remake, filmmaker Ross McElwee turns his lens on the passage of time and the uneasy space between documenting life and understanding it.
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
Showing from Wed 30 Sep
Knife explores renowned author Salman Rushdie’s life, career and recovery following a harrowing attempt on his life in 2022.
The Last First: Winter K2
Showing from Fri 02 Oct
A complex, harrowing and moving story that takes an unflinching look at the industry of extreme mountain climbing and its changing culture.
Kikuyu Land
Showing from Sat 03 Oct
While investigating Kenya's global tea industry, Nairobi journalist Bea Wangondu stumbles upon her own family's secrets whilst peeling back Kenya's colonial legacy.
Boorman and the Devil
Showing on Sun 04 Oct
Boorman and the Devil details how Academy Award-nominated director John Boorman took on the massive 1977 sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic.
Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea
Showing on Mon 05 Oct
When thousands of dead crabs wash ashore in a small North East fishing town, fisherman Stan Rennie becomes the unlikeliest of activists.
Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
Showing from Fri 09 Oct
Black is Beautiful tells the story of photographer, freedom fighter and activist Kwame Brathwaite.
The Disciple
Showing from Fri 09 Oct
An outsider fueled by relentless determination works his way into the inner circle of the Wu-Tang Clan.
Christine Choy: Double Bill
Showing on Wed 14 Oct
A double bill of two short films reflecting Christine Choy's interest in the experience of East and Southeast Asian immigrants to the US.
Mississippi Triangle
Showing on Sat 17 Oct
An intimate portrait of the Mississippi Delta, where Chinese, African American and white locals live in a complex world of cotton, labour and racial…
How Deep is Your Love
Showing from Sat 17 Oct
How Deep is Your Love takes us way down below the surface exploring the deep sea, where 70% of our planet lies hidden.
Derek Vs Derek
Showing from Sun 18 Oct
The story of two neighbouring farmers who share the same name but take radically different approaches to land use.
Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: MKO
Showing on Tue 20 Oct
MKO unravels the cover-up behind one of Africa’s most consequential political crimes, the suspicious death of Nigeria’s 1993 election winner: Moshood Abiola.
What We Were and What We Are
Showing on Wed 21 Oct
First-time directors from the Sahrawi Refugee camps explore how their culture has changed after 50 years of enforced displacement.
The Eyes of Ghana
Showing from Fri 23 Oct
93-year-old cameraman Chris Hesse races to rescue a secret trove of film reels that uniquely captured the birth of African independence.
Memorial / Liquidation
Showing on Thu 29 Oct
This film traces the dismantling of Russian civil society through the people who lived it.
North Sea, Nature Untamed
Showing on Sat 31 Oct
Nature Untamed is a cinematic adventure and a voyage of discovery showing the North Sea in all its glory.
Steel on Film
Showing on Mon 09 Nov
Two films offer that offer contrasting perspectives on Britain's steel industry and the communities shaped by it.
