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Sheffield DocFest · 2015

Sheffield DocFest 2015

Instigators & Agitators

Films that are the product of a world in crisis.

Programme

11 films · 4 reviews

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All things Ablaze

First-person perspective of the uprising in Ukraine.

(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2014; Director: Oleksandr Techynskyi, Aleksey Solodunov, Dmitry Stoykov) , Official site

Chameleon

A look at the life and work of Anas Aremeyaw, an investigative journalist who worked in Ghana.

(Country: US, Canada, Georgia; Year: 2015; Director: Ryan Mullins; Writer: Ryan Mullins)

Deep Web

The inside story of the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the convicted 30-year-old entrepreneur accused to be 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' creator and operator of online black market Silk Road.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Alex Winter; Writer: Alex Winter; Stars: Cindy Cohn, Joshua L. Dratel, Andy Greenberg, Keanu Reeves, Todd Shipley, Christopher Soghoian, Kirk Ulbricht, Lyn Ulbricht, Ross Ulbricht, Cody Wilson) , Official site

Democrats

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At turns inspiring and troubling, Democrats is ultimately a fascinating study of the dangerous grassroots work that changing a harsh political system requires.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
Documentary tracks power brokers in Zimbabwe who are trying to compose a new constitution.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2014; Director: Camilla Nielsson)

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Drone

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An unsettling primer on a new type of warfare that is being developed much more quickly than the legal restrictions to control it.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary about the CIA's covert drone war in Pakistan.

(Country: Norway, US, Pakistan; Year: 2014; Director: Tonje Hessen Schei; Writer: Tonje Hessen Shei; Stars: Shahzad Akbar, Noor Behram, Brandon Bryant, Michael Haas, Clive Stafford Smith, Chris Woods)

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Falciani's Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks

The story of enigmatic whistle-blower Hervé Falciani, who stole highly sensitive client data from HSBC leading to the biggest banking scandal in history.

(Country: Spain, Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Ben Lewis ) , Official site

Generation Right

An in-depth look at Margaret Thatcher - the politician and the person.

(Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Michelle Coomber; Writer: Michelle Coomber) , Official site

Incorruptible

The uprising in Senegal after President Abdoulaye Wade changed to constitution to allow himself a third term in office.

(Country: US, Senegal; Year: 2015; Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi)

Maidan

Review preview for Maidan

Purely observational though it is, this is a film that becomes devastating in its intensity.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A documentary about the unrest in Ukraine in 2013 and 2014.

(Country: Ukraine, Netherlands; Year: 2014; Director: Sergei Loznitsa)

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Those Who Said No

The Hague's Court Of Justice probe into Iranian mass executions in the 1980s.

(Country: Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Iran; Year: 2014; Director: Nima Sarvestani; Writer: Nima Sarvestani)

The Yes Men Are Revolting

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Charming and heartfelt.

Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
The political pranks by the Yes Men - and the toll it has taken on their relationship.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno; Stars: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno) , Official site , Trailer

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