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Sheffield DocFest · 2024

Sheffield DocFest 2024

International First Feature Competition

Programme

8 films · 3 reviews

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Bad Reputation (Mala reputación)

A sex worker campaigns for recognition by labour unions.

(Country: Argentina, Uruguay; Year: 2024; Director: Marta García, Sol Infante)

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)

Dreams Travel With The Wind (sueños viajan con el viento)

Chronicles of the filmmaker's Wayuu grandfather's history.

(Country: Colombia; Year: 2024; Director: Inti Jacanamijoy)

Kilometre

As Russia begins a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, video artist Roma Liubyi attempts to return home to be with his daughter, wife and parents.

(Year: 2024; Director: Hanna Tykha)

Made In Ethiopia

Review preview for Made In Ethiopia

As the directors patiently capture the lives of Workinesh, Motto and Beti, a shared theme of familial hardship emerges.

Sergiu Inizian · 3.5 out of 5
An exploration of the rapid industrialisation in modern-day Ethiopia and China's economic gamble in Africa, seen through the experiences of three women.

(Country: US, Denmark, Canada, UK, South Korea; Year: 2024; Director: Max Duncan, Xinyan Yu; Writer: Max Duncan, Xinyan Yu)

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My Sweet Land

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Hairabedian patiently captures all this with an intimacy that stems from trust, with Vrej viewing her and the camera increasingly as a confidante as time passes.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
For 11-year-old Vrej, life in his homeland Artsakh is like a paradise, but when war starts again, can he carry a nation’s hopes on his young shoulders?

(Country: Ireland, France, Jordan, US; Year: 2024; Director: Sareen Hairabedian; Writer: Sareen Hairabedian)

Full review See: Sareen Hairabedian on shooting her coming-of-age documentary My Sweet Land in the shadow of conflict

Yintah

How a group of land defenders took on the Canadian government, gas companies and armed police to fight the construction of a major pipeline.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano, Jennifer Wickham; Stars: Freda Huson, Molly Wickham)