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Sheffield DocFest · 2021

Sheffield DocFest 2021

Into The World

In addition to the feature films listed below, short films are also screening

Programme

14 films · 2 reviews

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Alvorada Palace

Documentary follows Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and her closest members of staff over the days that lead up to the impeachment trial that resulted in her downfall.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2021; Director: Anna Muylaert, Lo Politi)

Borderland

Three decades after making his first film about the region, one of the pivotal East German documentarians returns to the borderlands where the outer limits of Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic intersect.

(Country: Germany, Poland; Year: 2020; Director: Andreas Voigt)

Carlos Ghosn The Last Flight

Carlos Ghosn – the former CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, charged with financial crimes – stunned the world with his escape from Japan to Lebanon. What triggered Ghosn’s spectacular downfall from industry leader to international fugitive? Is there any truth to Ghosn’s claims of a corporate conspiracy?

(Country: France, UK, Lebanon, Japan; Year: 2021; Director: Nick Green)

Delphine's Prayers

Portrait of a young Cameroonian - and her life in Belgium.

(Country: Cameroon, Belgium; Year: 2021; Director: Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam; Writer: Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam)

Final Account

Portrait of the last living generation of everyday citizens who participated in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2020; Director: Luke Holland)

The First 54 Years - An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation

The Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian territories has lasted 54 years, and there is seemingly no end in sight. Working with testimonies given by soldiers in the Israeli army, Avi Mograbi provides insights on how a colonialist occupation functions.

(Country: Israel, France, Finland, Germany; Year: 2021; Director: Avi Mograbi; Writer: Avi Mograbi; Stars: Zvi Barel, Shlomo Gazit, Avi Mograbi)

If God Were A Woman

Laura lives with her parents in L’Alfàz del Pi, in Valencia. Three years ago, she started her transition. Laura now faces adolescence, and with it, a series of changes that will mean a new chapter for her and her family.

(Country: Colombia; Year: 2021; Director: Angélica Cervera)

In The Shadow Of 9/11

The story of a post-9/11 real-life thriller fabricated by the FBI in which seven innocent young black men from Miami were accused of plotting mass murder with Al Qaeda.

(Country: US, Haiti, Dominican Republic; Year: 2021; Director: Dan Reed)

Minimata Mandala

As early as 1937, the Chisso Corporation began dumping toxic waste into the waters of a fishing village in Minamata, Japan, initiating a form of methylmercury poisoning in the local population now known as Minamata disease. Kazuo Hara’s documentary tracks the legal struggles of several long-term sufferers.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2020; Director: Kazuo Hara)

My Name Is Pauli Murray

Review preview for My Name Is Pauli Murray

Cohen and West draw on the rich archive of Murray's own work further illustrating it with archive footage and photographs of the periods the film refers to in order to paint a picture of quiet but firm activism.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Profile of the legal trailblazer.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Julie Cohen, Betsy West; Writer: Talleah Bridges McMahon, Julie Cohen, Cinque Northern, Betsy West; Stars: Dylan Raffin, Dylan Raffin)

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The Return: Life After ISIS

Review preview for The Return: Life After ISIS

Clua's compassionate stance offers a counterweight to the way their stories are often presented by the populist press.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A documentary about women who left their countries to join ISIS and their fight for repatriation.

(Country: Spain, UK; Director: Alba Sotorra Clua; Stars: Shamima Begum, Hoda Muthana)

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The Savior For Sale: The Story of the Salvator Mundi

Exploring the story of the Salvator Mundi (The Savior of the World), The Savior for Sale asks a question: is this really the work of Leonardo da Vinci, or one of the greatest scams in the history of art?

(Country: France; Year: 2021; Director: Antoine Vitkine)

Splinters

On November 3rd, 1995, in filmmaker Natalia Garayalde’s hometown, the Río Tercero Military Munitions Factory exploded. Thousands of shells dispersed against the city that had produced them. Aged 12, while trying to escape from the explosions, Garayalde recorded the devastation of her hometown with a video camera. Finding these tapes 25 years later, the filmmaker observes continuities in the footage.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2020; Director: Natalia Garayalde)

Who We Are: A Chronicle Of Racism In America

ACLU lawyer Jeffery Robinson’s shattering talk on the history of US anti-Black racism is interwoven with archival footage, interviews and Robinson’s own story, exploring the legacy of white supremacy.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler; Writer: Jeffery Robinson)