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Sheffield DocFest · 2022

Sheffield DocFest 2022

International Competition

Programme

9 films · 1 review

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After The End Of The World

Considering Beirut in the 30 years since the civil war

(Country: Lebanon; Year: 2022; Director: Nadim Mishlawi)

A Bunch Of Amateurs

A group of ageing cinephiles attempt to save their film club.

(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Kim Hopkins; Writer: Kim Hopkins; Stars: Colin Egglestone, Harry Nicholls, Joe Ogden, Philip Wainman, Marie McCahery, Edmund Davies, Keith Wilcock, Ian Egglestone, Andrew Cockerill, Jeanette Wilson, David Marshall, Judith Simpson, Ian J. Simpson, Jim Walker)

Man On Earth

A man with Parkinson's decides to end his own life via Death with Dignity laws in Washington State

(Country: Australia, US; Year: 2022; Director: Amiel Courtin-Wilson)

The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons

Portrait of the African American artist.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Harold Crooks, Judd Tully; Writer: Harold Crooks)

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)

One Day In Ukraine

A film playing out on a single day, March 22, 2022, the 2,944th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

(Country: Ukraine, Poland; Year: 2022; Director: Volodymyr Tykhyy; Writer: Volodymyr Tykhyy)

Sansón And Me (Sansón y Yo)

Review preview for Sansón And Me

There’s an inherent sadness to this, not least because this film is taking a much more sobering sweep than more frequently made films about jail time, which tend to end with exoneration or freedom, which Reyes notes from the start is not within this documentary’s gift.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary tracing a young immigrant’s path from coastal Mexico to a life sentence for murder in California.

(Country: Mexico, US; Year: 2022; Director: Rodrigo Reyes; Stars: Antonio González Andrade, Miguel Andrade, Noé Andrade, Gerardo Reyes)

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Singing On The Rooftops

The life of a nonagenarian drag queen in Barcelona.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Enric Ribes; Writer: Isa Campo, Xènia Puiggrós, Enric Ribes; Stars: Gilda Love, Chloe Romero)

Swing And Sway

A series of video letters inspired by experimental female filmmakers.

(Country: US, Brazil; Year: 2022; Director: Adriana Barbosa, Fernanda Pessoa)