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Sheffield DocFest

23 June – 28 June 2022

This year's edition will return to having in-person events and run in the city from June 23 to 28. It will open with David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream.

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  • Delikado
    Review preview for Delikado

    After we see the extent of the problem, the documentarian begins to illustrate that the illegal logging is not just one or two rogue operators but intricately connected with a political chain.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Bobby, Tata and Nieves – a charismatic lawyer, a former illegal logger and a fearless politician – are three magnetic leaders fighting to stop corporations and governments seeking to plunder increasingly valuable natural resources from the island of Palawan.
  • Electric Malady
    Review preview for Electric Malady

    Lidén isn’t interested in rehashing controversies which it’s easy to explore elsewhere. Her interest is in William’s lived experience of what is happening to him.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    An intimate portrait of a chronically ill man who ascribes his symptoms to electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome.
  • Moonage Daydream
    Review preview for Moonage Daydream

    In this kaleidoscope life, montage becomes an essential tool, illustrating not only the artist’s own work but his many influences, along with the immediate context in which he was living.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Documentary featuring a wealth of David Bowie archive.
  • I Didn't See You There
    Review preview for I Didn't See You There

    An important film.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into a meditative journey exploring the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility.
  • The Territory
    Review preview for The Territory

    The message is clear - the world needs to pay much closer attention to what is happening in Brazil, before it's too late.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    When a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, a young Indigenous leader and his mentor must fight back in defense of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest.
  • Midwives
    Review preview for Midwives

    While it’s important to bring attention to the wider-spread government actions against the minority group, the film’s truly valuable observations are of how the prejudice impacts normal life.

    Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
    Two midwives work side-by-side in a makeshift clinic in Myanmar.
  • Fashion Reimagined
    Review preview for Fashion Reimagined

    Amy and Chloe’s odyssey, filmed by Daniel Götz, is an adventure tale, which includes a visit to the cutest llamas in Peru.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Follows fashion designer Amy Powney in her bid to create a collection that’s sustainable on every level.
  • All Man: The International Male Story
    Review preview for All Man: The International Male Story

    There are a lot of interesting ideas swirling around in this film.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A peek behind the pages and personalities of International Male, one of the most ubiquitous and sought-after US mail-order catalogues of the Eighties and Nineties.
  • Nelly & Nadine
    Review preview for Nelly & Nadine

    The love story is remarkable in its own right but the film also shows the way these sorts of histories could be hidden in plain sight.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    The story of two women who fell in love whilst imprisoned in Ravensbrück concentration camp.
  • The Happy Worker - Or How Work Was Sabotaged
    Review preview for The Happy Worker - Or How Work Was Sabotaged

    The film ends up becoming tonally unresolved, stuck a little awkwardly between heart-on-sleeve candour, humour and attempts at creating a rollicking, carefree air of cool knowingness.

    Sunil Chauhan · 3 out of 5
    Exploring the transformation of the workplace.

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