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Film and VR Entries Open

Submit your film or VR project for the 32nd edition of Sheffield DocFest

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Film Screenings this October

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2025 Passes on Sale

Grab an Industry Pass for DocFest 2025 at the discounted Lightning rate of £195 + VAT

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2025 Film and VR Entries Open

Film and VR entries are now open for the 32nd edition of Sheffield DocFest

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Sheffield DocFest is the UK's leading documentary festival

Sheffield DocFest is the UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects. We champion and present the breadth of documentary form – film, television, immersive and art – in the vibrant city of Sheffield each June. We offer a place for inspiration, debate, development, learning and challenge. Our programming represents our core values – creativity, empathy, freedom, inclusivity and internationalism.

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2025 Film and VR Entries Open

Film and VR entries are now open for the 32nd Edition of Sheffield DocFest, which will take place from Wednesday 18 June - Monday 23 June 2025. 
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Published on October 2
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Announcing our Queer Realities Director's Lab cohort

We are delighted to announce the cohort for our inaugural Queer Realities Director’s Lab! Ten UK-based documentary directors have been selected to take part in this new and in-depth development programme.
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Published on September 2
2025 Passes on Sale Now

Announcing our 2025 dates

Following on from a successful 31st edition, we're delighted to announce our 2025 festival dates which will run from 18-23 June 2025. Industry Passes are now on sale at the discounted Lightning rate until 16 October 2024.
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Published on August 12
Queer Realities Director's Lab

Announcing our Queer Realities Director's Lab

Sheffield DocFest’s Queer Realities Director’s Lab is a development programme open to directors who are currently developing a queer documentary project.
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Published on July 4

Is it for me?

"All year round you work and try to find inspiration. Sheffield DocFest is 100% about inspiration. I come here to be reminded why I do what I do."

Industry Delegate

"The character of the festival extends further than the programme of films and talks, it’s imbued in the staff, volunteers and attendees, and through this community, soaked up into the city itself. I walked home every day buzzing with insight and brimming with new documentary recommendations for anyone who would listen."

Alaina Briggs, Sheffield DocFest Local Advisory Group

"DocFest is the best documentary festival in the UK. It offers access to film makers, fosters community and collaboration and showcases the best of the industry’s work. It is irreplaceable."

Industry Delegate

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