Skip to main content

Sheffield DocFest · 2023

Sheffield DocFest 2023

Debates

Programme

9 films · 1 review

Jump to a film

After The Bridge

Portrait of Valeria Collina, the mother of Youssef, one of the jihadists who took part in the 2017 London Bridge attack.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2023; Director: Davide Rizzo, Marzia Toscano)

European premiere

All The Flowers (Todas Las Flores)

A portrait of Tabaco y Ron, a small brothel in a Bogotá neighbourhood that’s home to many of the city’s trans sex workers.

(Country: Colombia, Puerto Rico; Year: 2023; Director: Carmen Oquendo-Villar)

World premiere

Citizen Sleuth

An examination of the ethics of the true crime genre and how the power of narrative can affect truth and communities.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Chris Kasick; Stars: Emily Nestor)

European premiere

Confessions Of A Good Samaritan

The filmmaker's decision to give one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a personal quest to understand the nature of altruism.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Penny Lane)

European premiere

Every Body

Three intersex people challenge a heteronormative system of secrecy and non-consensual surgery in the US.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Julie Cohen)

International premiere

The Invention Of The Other (Invenção do Outro)

A record of an attempt to contact the Korubo, a remote indigenous tribe that occupies territory deep inside the Amazonian rainforest.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2023; Director: Bruno Jorge)

UK premiere

Praying For Armageddon

Documentary about church pastors, congressmen and crusading bikers, who all believe we are on the precipice of a holy war.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2023; Director: Tonje Hessen Schei)

UK premiere

Razing Liberty Square

As rising sea-levels threaten the city of Miami, one local black community fight to save their neighbourhood from property developers and climate gentrification.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Katja Esson)

European premiere

White Nanny Black Child

Review preview for White Nanny Black Child

White Nanny Black Child strikes a reparative chord, but might leave the inquisitive viewer wondering about those at the periphery of the film

Sunil Chauhan · 3 out of 5
A group of adults find solace in sharing their experiences of growing up as the children of Black Nigerian immigrants who were fostered by white British families.

(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Andy Mundy-Castle)

Full review

UK premiere