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Sheffield DocFest · 2008

Sheffield DocFest 2008

Anti Docs

Documentaries that have garnered the label "controversial".

Programme

6 films · 1 review

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24 City (Er Si Si Cheng Ji, Er shi si cheng ji (24 city))

Review preview for 24 City

This blending of the truth and invention is a key plank of Chinese director Jia Zhang-Ke's work, which skates so close to documentary it is hard to spot the join.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Blend of fiction and documentary looks at a Chinese munitions plant scheduled for conversion into luxury apartments.

(Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Jia Zhang-Ke; Writer: Jia Zhang-Ke, Zhai Yongming; Stars: Jianbin Chen, Joan Chen, Liping Lu, Zhao Tao)

Full review See: Jia Zhang-Ke press conference on 24 City

Cyanosis (Sianoze)

Portrait of a Tehran street artist.

(Country: Iran, US; Year: 2008; Director: Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami) , Official site

Everything Is Relative (Alt Er Relativt)

Everything is Relative is a kaleidoscope journey through human emotions, showing that our reactions are relative to the conditions guiding our lives.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2008; Director: Mikala Krogh) , Official site

Lee Kern's Jackanories

An exploration into mind of a schizophrenic.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Lee Kern)

Patrasche A Dog Of Flanders - Made In Japan

Exploration of a 19th Century kids' book that went on to become an influential cult classic.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2008; Director: Didier Volckaert, An van Dienderen) , Official site

Peace With Seals (Mir S Tulein)

An investigation into declining seal populations in the Med.

(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2007; Director: Miloslav Novák) , Official site