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Sheffield DocFest


Genre: Documentary

Sheffield DocFest is an international documentary festival and marketplace for film, TV, immersive and art projects. In 2022 it hosted 25,424 in-person attendances plus further admissions online. It screened 135 films from 55 countries, and 39 projects were presented in the MeetMarket pitching program as part of the Industry Program. 2023 is its 30th edition.


Awards

2024 - Won - Perinatal Dreaming. Understanding Country - International Virtual Reality Competition

2019 - Won - Echo - Best Digital Experience Award

2017 - Nominated - Spookers - Illuminate Award

2017 - Nominated - Casa Antúnez - New Talent Award

2014 - Won - Assent - Interactive Audience Award

2013 - Nominated - Coral Rekindling Venus - The Sheffield Innovation Award

2012 - Won - Globe Collector, The - Audience Award

Screenings

2024 - Perinatal Dreaming. Understanding Country

2022 - Man on Earth

2022 - Ithaka: A Fight to Free Julian Assange

2022 - Age of Rage - The Australian Punk Revolution

2022 - Gondwana

2022 - Dreamlife of Georgie Stone, The

2021 - Firestarter - The Story of Bangarra

2021 - Windjarrameru, The Stealing C*nt$

2021 - Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams

2021 - Day in the Life

2018 - Ghosthunter

2018 - Have You Seen The Listers?

2018 - Every King Tide

2018 - Last Man Standing

2017 - Spookers

2017 - Wolfe

2017 - Casa Antúnez

2017 - My Grandmother's Lingo

2017 - These Memories Won't Last

2016 - Collisions

2016 - Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel

2016 - Snow Monkey

2016 - Miso Hungry

2015 - Scrum

2015 - Tyke Elephant Outlaw

2015 - Face of Ukraine, The: Casting Oksana Baiul

2015 - At Midnight

2015 - Ballsy

2014 - All This Mayhem

2014 - Girt By Sea

2014 - Brilliant Creatures

2014 - Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story

2014 - Assent

2014 - Search for Weng Weng, The

2013 - Coral Rekindling Venus

2013 - Network, The

2013 - Who Owns the Street?

2013 - Who Owns the Street?

2012 - Scarlet Road

2012 - Globe Collector, The

2012 - We Were Here

2010 - Mind

2010 - Mogadishu Dreaming

2010 - Miscreants of Taliwood, The

2010 - Mystery of Flying Kicks, The

2009 - Bastardy

2009 - Cicada

2009 - Shadow Play

2008 - Beyond Our Ken

2008 - Celebrity : Dominick Dunne

2008 - Heart

2008 - Northern Town, A

2008 - Solo

2007 - Forbidden Lie$

2007 - What The Future Sounded Like

2006 - Facing the Music

2006 - Jabe Babe - A Heightened Life

2006 - Bom Bali

2006 - Last Days of Yasser Arafat, The

2006 - Unfolding Florence - The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst

2004 - Molly and Mobarak

2002 - Wedding in Ramallah, A

2001 - Cunnamulla

1998 - Susie Is A Fish

1997 - Exposed

1997 - Kitty and the Cartwheelers' Shopping Jeep Bonanza

1997 - Christmas Cake, The

1997 - Generation

1996 - Rats in the Ranks

1996 - Miniskirted Dynamo, The

1996 - Video Fool For Love

Website:
https://sheffdocfest.com/
Email:
[email protected]
Start:
18/06/2025
End:
23/06/2025

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