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Sheffield DocFest

2020

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Doc/Fest has gone virtual for its 2020 edition. Full details of what films are showing and how to watch them can be found in our news story.

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  • The Filmmaker's House
    Review preview for The Filmmaker's House

    In an overlap of documentary convention and semi-scripted faux-realism that offers a playful, frivolous edge to proceedings, even if the aim of its hybrid make-up isn’t always obvious, we have a defiant rejoinder to narrative and crime-led docs

    Sunil Chauhan · 3 out of 5
    When the Filmmaker is told his next film must be about crime, sex or celebrity to get funded, he takes matters into his own hands and begins shooting in his home with a cast of characters connected to his own life.
  • My Wonderful Wanda
    Review preview for My Wonderful Wanda

    My Wonderful Wanda picks just the right moments to introduce real emotion into the mix.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Wanda nurses the patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor family. When an unexpected complication arises, family secrets come to light.
  • Film About A Father Who
    Review preview for Film About A Father Who

    While there's no doubting the director's commitment and connection to what is happening here, it's more difficult to engage with it as an outside audience.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The director turns her camera on her father, as she and her siblings find out an increasing number of family secrets.
  • The Metamorphosis Of Birds
    Review preview for The Metamorphosis Of Birds

    For a short time, this cinematic jewel lets us travel back to when the migration of birds was a mystery to man.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Beatriz and Henrique fall in love and get married. He goes to sea while she raises their inquisitive children. The director brings her family's story to the screen.
  • Karabash
    Review preview for Karabash

    The director digs into the psychogeography of the city with verve.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Portrait of life in a city often branded "one of the most polluted" on Earth.
  • Brigitte
    Review preview for Brigitte

    The revelations may not be earth shattering on either side of the camera, but they are honest are delivered with the intimacy of a secret.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Portrait of photographer Brigitte Lacombe.
  • Isle Of Us
    Review preview for Isle Of Us

    An emotionally intelligent film that captures the contours of a life transplanted.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Portrait of a Syrian barber and his family who now live on the Isle of Bute.
  • Breadline
    Review preview for Breadline

    A conversation about whether if you're hungry "you'll eat anything" hangs in the air as something for us all to chew on.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    The day-to-day workings of a food bank.
  • Galena
    Review preview for Galena

    Cinematographer Ebrahim Moradi (who also edited the film with Parvazeh) captures the great and small of this community, showing a painterly and patient eye for faces.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A snapshot of the life of an elderly woman in a largely empty village near a lead mine.
  • The Viewing Booth
    Review preview for The Viewing Booth

    The relationship between what is viewed and the viewer really come to the fore along with some troubling considerations of the way that fiction film and reality television may have an impact on the way people filter factual footage.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    The filmmaker chooses an American student - an enthusiastic supporter of Israel - to comment on a range of films made about the Occupied Territories.

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