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Sheffield DocFest · 2009

Sheffield DocFest 2009

European Features

A selection of feature length documentaries from across the continent.

Programme

15 films

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Arsy-Versy

A meeting with an individual who dreams of flying away from a troubled world.

(Country: Slovakia; Year: 2009; Director: Miro Remo)

Blood In The Mobile

A documentary looking at the way in which the demand for mobile phones is fuelling the Congolese civil war and sending young children down dangerous mines.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2009; Director: Frank Piasecki Poulsen)

Dealing With Time

The social consequences of our obsession with doing things quickly.

(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Xavier Marquis)

Disco & Atomic War

A look at how American music on Finnish radio affected Estonia during the Cold War.

(Country: Estonia, Finland; Year: 2009; Director: Jaak Kilmi)

Elli - The Cross Art Documentary

A woman communicates the claustrophobia and pain she experiences as a result of her paralysis, whose cause is still unknown.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2009; Director: Antti Haase)

Home From Home (Endstation der Sehnsüchte)

Three women in search of a home return to South Korea - after a 30-year absence.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2009; Director: Sung-Hyung Cho)

Horses

A chance to meet the equine stars of one of Ireland's most important and celebrated sports.

(Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2009; Director: Liz Mermin)

The Living Room Of The Nation

A look at many of the small, odd, unlikely things which ordinary people have in common.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2009; Director: Jukka Kärkkäinen)

Petition

A look at the community of people living around Beijing South Railway who have travelled from all across China to bring legal appeals turned down by local authorities.

(Country: France, China; Year: 2009; Director: Zhao Liang)

The Thorn In The Heart (L'épine dans le coeur)

Documentary tribute to the director's great aunt.

(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Michel Gondry; Writer: Michel Gondry; Stars: Suzette Gondry, Jean-Yves Gondry, Sasha Allard, Remi Andre, Lucas Andreo, Laura Arjailles, Sophie Balderelli, Viviane Bastide, Henri Bec, Gabrielle Bell, Denis Bertaux, Denis Bertavy, Berthezene Denise, Francis Bertot, Gerard Bertrand)

Time Within Time

A look at the small moments of peace and stillness to be found within busy modern lives.

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2009; Director: Menno Otten)

La Vida Loca

A documentary about violent Central American gangs made by a man who was subsequently murdered.

(Country: France, Spain, Mexico; Year: 2009; Director: Christian Poveda)

Videocracy

A dark documentary perspective on Silvio Berlusconi's Italy.

(Country: Sweden, Denmark; Year: 2009; Director: Erik Gandini)

Videomappings: Aida, Palestine

A portrait of life in Palestine's Aida refugee camp.

(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Till Roeskens)

Yodok Stories

Chronicles a group of North Korean concentration camp escapees and their contributions to a powerful musical based on their experiences.

(Country: Norway, Poland; Year: 2008; Director: Andrzej Fidyk; Writer: Andrzej Fidyk, Torstein Grude; Stars: Jung Sung San)