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Sheffield DocFest · 2009

Sheffield DocFest 2009

UK Shorts

A diverse collection of short films by UK filmmakers.

Programme

14 films · 3 reviews

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1000 Voices

Review preview for 1000 Voices

With such powerful subject matter it would be difficult to make a film that didn't leave an impression.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
Dark animation which gathers together voices of detained asylum seekers.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Tim Travers Hawkins; Writer: Tim Travers Hawkins; Stars: Adam Buxton, Tamsin Clarke) , Official site

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Abundance

Meet a group of Sheffield-based environmentalists developing innovative ways to access healthy food.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Hannah Skrinar)

Ashes To Diamonds

A portrait of several UK residents who have chosen unusual ways to dispose of their loved ones' ashes.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: David Brindley)

Grandad...

A young man tries to identify the strangers appearing in his grandfather's old 8mm films.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Scott Dawe)

Into That Good Night

Three dying men come together to participate in a photography project.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: James Ross)

Lauren's Story

Review preview for Lauren's Story

Being blind isn't all about needing help, and the film deftly avoids patronising its subject.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A documentary about a visually impaired teenager determined to challenge others' perceptions of people like her.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Laura Hyde; Stars: Lauren Graves)

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On The Run With Abdul

A documentary looking at one man who is living in poverty on the French coast waiting to get a boat to England.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Kristian Hove, David Lalé, James Newton)

Peter In Radioland

Observational documentary about the filmmaker's father and his love of analogue technology.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Johanna Wagner)

The Poet Of Baghdad

A documentary following famous Iraqi poet Nabeel Yasin on his return home from exile.

(Country: UK, Iraq; Year: 2009; Director: Georgie Weedon)

A Regular Black: The Hidden Wuthering Heights

A documentary examining issues of class and race in Emily Bronte's classic novel.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Adam Low)

The Space You Leave

A teenager visiting Sicily befriends a stranger but experiences painful memories when visiting local ruins.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Theresa von Eltz; Writer: Theresa von Eltz; Stars: Kit Jackson, Robbie Jarvis, Carla Juri, Daniel Unwin)

Steel Homes

Self-storage units are windows into human histories: the silent cells with their discarded objects and dust-covered furniture are inscribed with past dreams, secret hopes and of lives we cannot let go.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Eva Weber)

This Is My Family

A documentary looking at what life is like for families where there are big age differences between the children.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Max Goldini)

Unearthing The Pen

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This gentle, observational film comes as close as is possible to exploring its subject's world without passing judgement.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A bold young Karimojong boy digs in the ground to unearth a curse his tribal elders once put on education.

(Country: UK, Uganda; Year: 2009; Director: Carol Salter; Stars: Locheng)

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