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Whether they're festival favourites or hidden gems, DocHouse Recommends films are the core of our programme and you won't find them anywhere else.
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Three Films by Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman was one of cinema’s most original postwar auteurs, obsessively chronicling the legacy of her ancestors.
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Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: This is Ballroom

Rio de Janeiro's top ballroom houses convene in a sweaty, euphoric competition, in this electrifying portrait of contemporary queer Brazil.

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A World Not Ours

Showing on Sun 09 Feb

A refreshing look at the friendships, laughter, hope and despair that comprise daily life for those living in exile in Lebanon’s refugee camps.

Hiding Saddam Hussein

Showing from Fri 14 Feb

In 2003, the life of an Iraqi farmer changed dramatically when Saddam Hussein knocked on his door and demanded to be kept hidden.

Black Box Diaries

Now Showing

Journalist Shiori Ito documents her courageous investigation into her own sexual assault, after Japanese police refuse to help.

No Other Land

Now Showing

A Palestinian activist films his community being destroyed by Israel's occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist.

Chantal Akerman Season

No Home Movie

Showing on Sun 16 Feb

Chantal Akerman records her relationship with her mother over the course of the latter's last year of life.

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Silent House

Showing on Wed 19 Feb

The story of three generations of an Iranian family brought up in a 100-year-old house that has born witness to familial and societal changes.

I Am Martin Parr

Showing from Fri 21 Feb

The definitive portrait of an extraordinary photographer who invented a political, humanist and accessible photographic language.

Chantal Akerman Season

D’est (From the East)

Showing on Sat 22 Feb

Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chantal Akerman traces a journey to East Germany to Moscow, capturing the collapsing Soviet bloc.

Q&A

Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: This is Ballroom

Showing on Tue 25 Feb

Rio de Janeiro's top ballroom houses convene in a sweaty, euphoric competition, in this electrifying portrait of contemporary queer Brazil.