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Sheffield DocFest · 2019

Sheffield DocFest 2019

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21 films · 1 review

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3OHA (Zona)

Examines the Soviet Union's dissolution up to the techno-feudalism of today.

(Country: United States, Russia; Year: 2019; Director: Clayton Vomero; Writer: Clayton Vomero; Stars: Alena, Amplituda, August, Misha Buster, Illya Chichkan, Dasha, Bogdan Demidov, Dima, Husky, Natasha Isupova, Irena Kendzerska, Yasya Khomenko, Misha Koptev, Sonya Mohova, Natalia Naprasnaya)

UK premiere

6 Gain

Documentary about two young men trying to pass the time in a post-industrial suburb

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Jorn Plucieniczak; Writer: Jorn Plucieniczak; Stars: Sam Houbregs, Symen Martens, Sam Houbregs, Symen Martens)

UK premiere

The Air Of The Earth In Your Lungs

Experimental short.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Ross Meckfessel)

UK premiere

Black To Techno

Exploring the radical musical movement that originated in Detroit in the 80s.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2019; Director: Jenn Nikiru)

UK premiere

Cool Daddio: The Second Life Of R Stevie Moore

Tracking down the man who has influenced a generation of musicians.

(Country: UK, Poland; Year: 2019; Director: Imogen Putler, Monika Baran)

World premiere

Distant Planet: The Six Chapters Of Simons

A trio of time-travelling Italo Disco stars reunite on a fantastic voyage through the genre.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Josh Blaaberg)

UK premiere

A Dog Called Money

A glimpse into the creative process of groundbreaking British musician PJ Harvey, filmed in a London recording studio and during their travels to Afghanistan, Kosovo and Washington DC.

(Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2019; Director: Seamus Murphy; Writer: Seamus Murphy; Stars: PJ Harvey)

UK premiere

Father Figure

The importance of voguing for a man's identity.

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2019; Director: Bibi Fadlalla)

International premiere

Here We Are

How music helps people in a community besieged by drug wars.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2019; Director: Viviana Zuñiga)

International premiere

Hey, Bro!

A pair of new friends head on holiday.

(Year: 2018; Director: Aleksander Elkan)

UK premiere

Hype Master

Shaun Lewis AKA Stormin was one of the pioneers of Grime. While sharing the story of his rise to mainstream fame, his battle with cancer returns.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Isaac Reeder)

UK premiere

Kate Nash: Underestimate The Girl

Story of the musician's rise to fame.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Amy Goldstein; Stars: Tom Biller, Linda Buratto, Kate Craig, Jeff Ellis, Emma Hughes, Jarrad Kritzstein, Kate Nash, Marie Nash, Frederik Thaae, Alicia Warrington)

World premiere

Lima Screams

Portrait of Lima, through an immersion into different alternative music scenes.

(Country: Peru; Year: 2018; Director: Dana Bonilla, Ximena Valdivia; Writer: Dana Bonilla, Ximena Valdivia)

International premiere

Lisbon Beat

A journey around Lisbon’s suburbs seen through the lives of a handful of musicians.

(Country: Portugal; Year: 2019; Director: Rita Maia, Vasco Viana)

International premiere

Marianne & Leonard: Words Of Love

Review preview for Marianne & Leonard: Words Of Love

There's a genuine beauty here - this is as much a love letter to love as it is the story of a complicated relationship and the branches (Broomfield included) that sprang from it.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
A story of enduring love between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. The film follows their relationship from the early days in Greece, a time of ‘free love’ and open marriage, to how their love evolved when Leonard became a successful musician.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Nick Broomfield)

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UK premiere

Once Aurora

Following a pop music sensation from a small town in western Norway as she begins to ask what she wants from life.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2018; Director: Benjamin Langeland, Stian Servoss; Writer: Benjamin Langeland, Stian Servoss; Stars: Aurora Aksnes, Aurora Aksnes)

UK premiere

The Revenge Of The Diva

Soprano Siv Wennberg - who was accused of being a diva in younger years - plots a comeback in her seventies.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2019; Director: Gustav Ahlgren, Emelie Jönsson)

UK premiere

Searching Eva

Eva shares everything about her nomadic life online. Staging her private life on Tumblr and Instagram, she reinvents herself again and again: sex worker, model, feminist, queer writer?

(Country: Germany; Year: 2019; Director: Pia Hellenthal; Writer: Pia Hellenthal, Giorgia Malatrasi; Stars: Eva Collé)

UK premiere

Shirley Temple

Documentary about two 17-year-old girls.

(Year: 2018; Director: Noah Applebaum, Greg Young; Writer: DP Davis, Alan Stephens)

UK premiere

The Sound Is Innocent

The story of electronic music.

(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2019; Director: Johana Ožvold)

UK premiere

Symphony Of The Ursus Factory

The largest producers of tractors in Europe , the Ursus Factory came to an end following the collapse of communism. Here the ex-workers of the Ursus Factory re-enact a day of work.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2018; Director: Jasmina Wojcik; Writer: Jasmina Wojcik)

UK premiere