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Sheffield DocFest · 2020

Sheffield DocFest 2020

Ghosts And Apparitions

Programme

9 films · 4 reviews

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Everything That Is Forgotten In An Instant (Todo lo que se olvida en un instante)

A bilingual documentary essay about the construction and illusions of American identity from an intimate, biographical and anecdotal perspective.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2019; Director: Richard Shpuntoff)

Screening in autumn 2020

Frem

A reaction to the wave of post-humanist thinking caused by the development of technology and artificial intelligence and the climate crisis.

(Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia; Year: 2019; Director: Viera Cákanyová; Writer: Viera Cákanyová; Stars: Martin Kovacík, Martin Kovacík)

Screening in autumn 2020

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.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2019; Director: Ilya Komarov)

Full review

Screening in June

The Metamorphosis Of Birds (A metamorfose dos pássaros)

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.

(Country: Portugal; Year: 2020; Director: Catarina Vasconcelos; Writer: Catarina Vasconcelos; Stars: Manuel Rosa, João Móra, Ana Vasconcelos, Henrique Vasconcelos, Inês Campos, Catarina Vasconcelos, José Manuel Mendes, João Pedro Mamede, Cláudia Varejão, Luísa Ministro, José Maria Rosa, João Vasconcelos, Nuno Vasconcelos)

Full review

Screening in autumn 2020

Me And The Cult Leader (Aganai, The Atonement, AGANAI: The Cult Leader And Me)

Review preview for Me And The Cult Leader

There are huge struggles going on here, with far reaching relevance, yet everything is conducted in a very quiet, polite, downbeat way.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Atsushi Sakahara, a victim of the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo's subway system, travels with Hiroshi Araki, an executive of Aleph (formerly Aum Shinrikyo), the attack's perpetrators, visiting their respective hometowns and the university they both attended.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2020; Director: Atsushi Sakahara; Stars: Shoko Asahara, Hiroshi Araki, Atsushi Sakahara, Takako Sakahara, Takeshi Sakahara, Shoko Asahara, Hiroshi Araki, Atsushi Sakahara, Takako Sakahara, Takeshi Sakahara)

Full review

Screening in June

Mon Amour

A man sets out to the very far end of Siberia seeking answers by asking villagers to share their own experience of love.

(Year: 2019; Director: David Teboul)

Screening in autumn 2020

My Wonderful Wanda (Wanda, mein Wunder)

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.

(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2020; Director: Bettina Oberli; Writer: Bettina Oberli, Cooky Ziesche; Stars: Marthe Keller, Anatole Taubman, Birgit Minichmayr, Jacob Matschenz, Agnieszka Grochowska, André Jung, Gottfried Breitfuss, Iwo Rajski, Bruno Rajski, Marthe Keller, Anatole Taubman, Birgit Minichmayr, Jacob Matschenz, Agnieszka Grochowska, André Jung)

Full review

Screening in autumn 2020

Truth Or Consequences

Set in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, the film takes place in the shadow of the world's first commercial Spaceport. Subtly set in a near future when space travel has begun, the film follows five residents in the town.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Hannah Jayanti)

Screening in autumn 2020

Yãmīyhex: The Women-Spirit (Yãmīyhex: Mulheres Espírito)

After some months in the Verde village, in Ladainha (Minas Gerais), the yãmiyhex (women-spirit) are getting ready to leave. The filmmakers Sueli and Isael Maxakali record the preparations and the big farewell party.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2019; Director: Sueli Maxakali, Isael Maxakali)

Screening in June