Programme A-Z
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Meet the Funds Roundtable
Meet international funders to discover how they can support your next project.
  • Industry Programme
Industry Marketplace Activity
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Meet the Sales Agents Roundtable
Meet sales agents to learn how they build distribution strategies.
  • Industry Programme
Industry Marketplace Activity
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MeetMarket
Selected projects have the opportunity to meet with international and UK industry representatives in one of the world's largest documentary markets.
  • Industry Programme
Industry Marketplace Activity
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Mental Health & Wellbeing Support for Festival Attendees
In response to the urgent need to address the wider industry's responsibility, to support the mental health of those people who work in our industry, and to address the underlying causes, Sheffield DocFest has partnered with experienced Mental Health Practitioners to provide free wellbeing checks during this year's festival.
  • Industry Programme
Event
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Molinare Craft Focus Drinks
Join Molinare in celebrating the storytellers and visionaries who turn real-life moments into unforgettable films.
  • Industry Programme
Industry Social
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Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
A celebration of the new sound that emerged from the underground clubs of Chicago’s South Side, which sparked a global movement of joy, freedom and radical togetherness.
  • Elegance Bratton
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Move Ya Body: The Global Groove Party
Get ready to sweat, slay, and serve - Freedom Principle's throwing the ultimate house party. Good vibes only. Big beats, high energy. Bring ya dancing shoes, boo!
  • Industry Programme
Industry Social
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Mr. Nobody Against Putin
A primary school teacher in Russia becomes an unlikely whistleblower as he goes undercover to document propaganda and militarisation inside Russia’s school system.
  • David Borenstein
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
Film
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Murder in Glitterball City
Louisville, Kentucky is the home of the glitterball, and after a body is found in a basement of a Victorian mansion, two lovers accuse each other of committing murder.
  • Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Murder in Glitterball City + Conversation
Join us for a special screening of Murder in Glitterball City, plus a discussion with directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato.
  • Film Programme
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My Dear Théo
A mother, filmmaker and volunteer Ukrainian soldier offers up a testament to the power of love in a time of war, conveyed through letters to her young son.
  • Alisa Kovalenko
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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My Name is Oil
On a platform in the middle of the sea, the industrial machinery of an oil rig attempts to send out a warning of an impending catastrophe.
  • Igor Smola
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
Film
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Natchez
Caught between contested narratives on the history of Natchez, Mississippi, elaborate antebellum homes foreground a confrontation between historians, tour guides and cultural groups over the region’s past record on slavery.
  • Suzannah Herbert
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
Film
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National Geographic Happy Hour
Join National Geographic for Happy Hour with a night of festivities and merrymaking.
  • Industry Programme
Industry Social
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New Generation Europe Foundation Reception
Come and meet the New Generation Europe Foundation team and our delegation of filmmakers. 
  • Industry Programme
Industry Social
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A Night with Adam and Joe
Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish reunite with Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato to revisit their TV origin story: The Adam and Joe Show.
  • Talks Programme
Talk
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NIÑXS
Boldly co-authored with its protagonist, NIÑXS follows the journey of teenager Karla, who navigates adolescence as a young transgender person.
  • Kani Lapuerta
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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No Mean City
Three workmen drive through the city at night, replacing old sodium streetlights with LEDs. Beneath their glow, the city grapples with change.
  • Ross McClean
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
Film
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Norma Percy & Lucy Hetherington in Conversation with Nina Hossain
Award-winning documentary producers Norma Percy and Lucy Hetherington talk to Nina Hossain, sharing insights into how they bring world-shaping political stories to life on screen.
  • Talks Programme
Talk
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North South Man Woman
North Korean women meet South Korean men in a fascinating and often surprising look at love, business and geopolitics.
  • Morten Traavik, Sun Kim
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Opening Night at the Crucible: Still Pushing Pineapples
This year's opening film is the melancholic yet heartfelt story of Dene Michael, the former singer of pop band Black Lace, as he aims for a comeback.
  • Film Programme
    Industry Programme
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Opening Night Drinks
Join us at the Cathedral following our opening night film, Still Pushing Pineapples for drinks and to celebrate the opening of the festival!
  • Industry Programme
Industry Social
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Opening Night: Still Pushing Pineapples - Public Premiere
This year's opening film is the melancholic yet heartfelt story of Dene Michael, the former singer of pop band Black Lace, as he aims for a comeback.
  • Film Programme
Film
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Orbits
Through a constellation of analogue images and soothing sounds, Orbits journeys into the sensorial depths of Marie-Christine, a woman who has lost her sight.
  • Sarah Seené
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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Oscurana
When darkness falls, the walking begins in this vital, visceral evocation of the experience of migrants undertaking a hazardous journey on foot across the US border.
  • Violeta Mora
  • 2025
  • Film Programme
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