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Sheffield DocFest · 2013

Sheffield DocFest 2013

Euro/Doc

The best from our cousins on the Continent.

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13 films · 4 reviews

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17,000 Islands

In Jakarta, there is a mini-Indonesia park complete with an idealised image of the country’s 17.000 islands. Directors Thomas Østbye and Edwin invite you to rip apart the movie and remake it yourself.

(Country: Norway, Denmark, Indonesia; Year: 2013; Director: Thomas Østbye, Edwin)

The Act Of Killing

Review preview for The Act Of Killing

Unquestionably and understandably harrowing, in places unbearably so, this reflection upon acts of murder, genocide and torture, told by the perpetrators themselves, is a masterpiece.

Merlin Harries · 5 out of 5
People responsible for the mass murder of suspeced Communists at the onset of the military regime in 1965 are challenged to restage their actions and question the pride they still take in them.

(Country: Denmark, Norway, UK; Year: 2012; Director: Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn)

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Aguirre: The Wrath Of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)

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Breathtakingly visual and epic in its ambitions.

Gary Duncan · 3.5 out of 5
Klaus Kinski plays a mad conquistador searching for El Dorado.

(Country: Germany; Year: 1972; Director: Werner Herzog; Writer: Werner Herzog; Stars: Klaus Kinski, Daniel Ades, Peter Berling, Ruy Guerra, Del Negro, Armando Polanah, Alejandro Repulles, Cecilia Rivera, Helena Rojo)

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Alma, a Tale of Violence (Alma, une enfant de la violence)

Desperate to belong, Alma did what she had to do to join a Guatemalan gang: she killed someone. She was 15. This is her devastating confession, navigated via iPad.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Miquel Dewever-Plana, Isabelle Fougère)

Bravehearts (Til Ungdommen)

Review preview for Bravehearts

Though Moe elegantly and tactfully remains focused upon her protagonists after the Breivik attacks, the specific trauma of the latter inevitably overwhelms proceedings.

Michael Pattison · 3 out of 5
A documentary following the lives and thinking of four politically active young Norwegians before and after the massacre on Utøya Island.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2012; Director: Kari Anne Moe)

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Chimeras

Study of an artist and a photographer in modern China.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2013; Director: Mika Mattila)

Coffee Time (Elvakaffe)

Elderly ladies discuss everything from female empowerment to evolving attitudes to sexuality and desire.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2013; Director: Maria Fredriksson) , Trailer

F*ck For Forest (Fuck For Forest)

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This is diverting to a point but what you see is largely what you get - there's no real attempt from Marczak to dig deeper into the motivations of the people or the organisation.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
A look at an organisation whose members have sex in a bid to save the planet.

(Country: Poland, Germany; Year: 2012; Director: Michał Marczak)

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Google And The World Brain

In the most ambitious project ever conceived on the internet, Google has been scanning the world's books for 10 years. They said the intention was to build a giant digital library, but that involved scanning millions of copyrighted works.

(Country: Spain, UK; Year: 2013; Director: Ben Lewis)

Irish Folk Furniture

Stop motion animation exploring a local craftsman’s restoration of rural furniture in a small Irish community.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2012; Director: Tony Donoghue; Writer: Tony Donoghue)

The Lovely Month Of May (Le Joli Mai)

Snapshot of Paris in May 1962.

(Country: France; Year: 1963; Director: Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme; Writer: Chris Marker, Catherine Varlin; Stars: Chris Marker, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret)

My Best Fiend (Mein Liebster Fiend)

Herzog revisits his turbulent collaboration with Aguirre star Klaus Kinski.

(Country: Germany; Year: 1999; Director: Werner Herzog)

A Twist in the Fabric of Space

A radical journey through the sensory overload of modern life.

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2012; Director: Morgan Knibbe) , Trailer