Sheffield DocFest — A–Z of films

This is a deeply personal account of life in Palestine, and also one which sends out a strong political message.

Weiwei is such a fascinating subject that even a documentary that never seems to stray into the experimental is compelling, but white text on a black screen does not a revolution make.

If [Al Gore] was a school-teacher, no-one would have ever skipped class.

The talking heads from the media world - PR execs, former journalists, other filmmakers - provide some of the more troubling yet fascinating insights in the documentary as to how modern corporate entities can react when they come under the spotlight.

You'd have to be a real Grouch not to enjoy it.

The character of the players, the vibrant energy of the music, the faded grandeur of a city spared the vanity of restoration gives the film a unique quality.

Despite its grim subject, this is a film full of fight, with all the energy you'd expect from that.

If there is anybody who can provide insight into the lives of those long-vanished it must be Herzog.

The arguments are persuasive, and Balog is a charismatic presence at all times.

Showing a remarkably firm hand for a first-time director, Gray skilfully guides us through a sea of statistics concerning those dying from the disease and archive footage and recollections of the time, while building a cast-iron case against Big Pharma.

DeRoche has created a documentary that's both heart-warming and illuminating.

Sigríður is the kind of spontaneous interviewee documentarians dream of.

There have been bands-on-tour films before, but nothing can compare to the unbearable beauty of Heima.

Jarecki, as always, does a good job of presenting a huge amount of information in bite-size chunks.

This is not just a piece of history, it's a how-to guide with lasting relevance.

Argues that what is needed is not a change in the law but a change in the way of thinking.

One of the best documentaries I’ve seen in a long time.

Shenk gets almost unfettered acccess to Nasheed, who is refreshingly honest about the tactics he is employing to get other countries onside

This is really just a humorous device to examine a serious subject, the multiple problems of modern Italy.

The children tell us in their words and in their silence all we need to know.

Matthew Akers’ all-seeing documentary cleverly mimics the form of the museum’s retrospective by saving the most revealing facts about Abramovic until professional and personal context is established.

With no hard endorsement from any sort of doctor or a counter-argument to kick against, the assertions regarding psychiatric drugs feel dangerously flimsy.

Almost certainly one of the year's best films.

A real slam dunk.

This might not seem like the most exciting piece of cinema but you'll be surprised by how quickly you find yourself rooting for its vivacious heroes.

Yi proves adept at documenting the tactile nature of Young-Chan's relationship with the world

There are complex machinations at work here - but there's always a sense of the surface being skimmed in favour of telling Drokova's story.

This is a deserving Oscar winner and I urge you to see it.

The fact that the director is a long-time friend of Rachel means that there was a lot of trust involved when filming her work.

The joke soon wears thin.

A delightful experience for musos and the uninitiated alike, Searching For Sugar Man deserves to reach as wide an audience as its underdog hero eventually did himself.

The product of around four years’ filming, Town Of Runners is impressive on several levels.

There are fights between players, season-threatening injuries, bashful romance and inspirational team talks, but none of it feels false.

Kossakovsky takes his time to drink in the visuals and uses his camera creatively to transport us from place to place.