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Sheffield DocFest · 2022

Sheffield DocFest 2022

Debates

Programme

12 films · 3 reviews

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As Prescribed

Detailing multiple cases of the damage wreaked bybenzodiazepines.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Holly Hardman)

Beneath The Surface

Exploration of suffering, racism and abuse suffered by indigenous Sámi women, men and children.

(Country: Norway, UK; Year: 2022; Director: Alexander Irvine-Cox)

The Business Of Birth Control (Sweetening the Pill)

Considering the sometimes dark history of the development of the pill.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Abby Epstein; Writer: Holly Grigg-Spall)

Children Of Las Brisas

Nine years in the lives of young, musically talented Venezuelans.

(Country: Venezuela, UK; Year: 2022; Director: Marianela Maldonado; Writer: Marianela Maldonado)

Garçonnières

A group of men talk about their notions of masculinity.

(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2022; Director: Céline Pernet)

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.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2022; Director: John Webster; Writer: Eveliina Kantola, John Webster; Stars: David Graeber, James Harter, Christina Maslach, André Spicer)

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Ithaka

Review preview for Ithaka

Lawrence knows his film’s real strength lies in simply putting the man and his relatives fully back into the heart of this equation.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Julian Assange’s wife and father battle the British establishment on behalf of the WikiLeaks founder, who faces a 175-year prison sentence if extradited to the US.

(Country: Australia, UK; Year: 2021; Director: Ben Lawrence; Writer: Ben Lawrence; Stars: Stella Moris, John Pilger, John Shipton, Ai Weiwei, Vivienne Westwood)

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My Name Is Andrea

Portrait of feminist writer Andrea Dworkin, one of the most controversial and misunderstood figures of the 20th century, who fought passionately for justice and equality for women.

(Year: 2022; Director: Pratibha Parmar; Writer: Andrea Dworkin, Pratibha Parmar; Stars: Andrea Dworkin, Amandla Stenberg, Soko, Andrea Riseborough, Ashley Judd, Christine Lahti, Michael Selle)

The New Greatness Case

Anya was an ordinary teenager, discussing Russian politics and social issues on the internet with a group of friends, when a secret agent joined their chat group and rented them a meeting space – pushing them toward direct physical action. Police stormed their homes to arrest and jail the teens, accusing them of plotting to overthrow the government and fabricating charges of extremism.

(Country: Finland, Croatia, Norway; Year: 2022; Director: Anna Sishova)

The Oil Machine

Exploration of our complex relationship with the oil industry.

(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Emma Davie)

Rising Sun Blues

An actress asks a sex worker to help her create a film in which they share secrets of their professions, and they become both filmmakers and characters.

(Country: Portugal; Year: 2022; Director: Renata Ferraz, Maria Roxo)