Skip to main content

Sheffield DocFest · 2024

Sheffield DocFest 2024

Debates

Programme

8 films · 1 review

Jump to a film

Black Snow

A Siberian mother's discovery of a coal scandal thrusts her into conflict with Russian authorities.

(Country: Denmark, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Alina Simone)

Breaking The Cycle

(Country: Thailand; Year: 2024; Director: Thanakrit Duangmaneeporn, Aekaphong Saransate; Stars: Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, Pannika Wanich, Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, Panitaluck Manokhan, Yingcheep Atchanont, Kanokrat Lertchoosakul, Lalita Hanwong, Sulak Sivaraksa)

Britain's Forgotten Prisoners

Documentary about prisoners incarcerated indefinitely under public protection laws.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Martin Read)

Cyborg Generation

(Country: Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Miguel Morillo Vega; Writer: Miguel Morillo Vega; Stars: Manel de Aguas, Neil Harbisson, Kai Landre, Moon Ribas)

Eternal You

Review preview for Eternal You

If it sounds like an uncanny valley from the start, Block and Riesewieck illustrate just how bizarre and, sometimes, downright creepy this can be using genuine exchanges that have occurred.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Startups are using AI to create avatars that allow relatives to talk with their loved ones after they have died. An exploration of a profound human desire and the consequences of turning the dream of immortality into a product.

(Country: Germany, US; Year: 2024; Director: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck)

Full review See: Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck on Eternal You

Of Caravan And The Dogs

Chronicle of the erosion of press freedom in Russia in the run up to, and during, the invasion of Ukraine.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Askold Kurov; Writer: Askold Kurov; Stars: Vladimir Putin)

Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis Of Microplastics

One woman sets out on a daunting quest to understand just how much plastic has infused our environment, our bodies and our lives.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Ben Addelman, Ziya Tong)

Union

The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) - a group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City’s Staten Island - takes on one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionise.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Stephen Maing, Brett Story)