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Sheffield DocFest · 2024

Sheffield DocFest 2024

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11 films · 2 reviews

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Atomic People

Documentary featuring testimony from the survivors of atomic bombs dropped on Japan.

(Country: Japan, UK, US; Year: 2024; Director: Benedict Sanderson, Megumi Inman)

Death Without Mercy

Documentary charting the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey in February 2023.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Waad Alkateab)

Don't Forget To Remember

A documentary which explores the fragility of memory and the lived experience of Alzheimer's whilst also celebrating a family's life lived together.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2024; Director: Ross Killeen)

The Flats

Review preview for The Flats

The Flats gives voice to people who have lived most of their lives feeling silenced, but it’s all the little details it captures in passing that speak loudest.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Joe and his Belfast neighbors reenact childhood memories from the violent Troubles era in their Catholic district, exploring the collective experiences that shaped their lives and community.

(Country: France, Belgium, Ireland, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Alessandra Celesia; Writer: Alessandra Celesia; Stars: Jolene Burns, Joe McNally, Sean Parker, Rita Overend, Angie B Campbell, Gerard Magee)

Full review See: Interview with Alessandra Celesia about The Flats

In The Shade Of The Hills (A l'ombre des collines)

An organisation founded by a survivor of the Rwandan genocide employs creativity and art to help children and vulnerable parents, and to prevent history repeating itself.

(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Anne Jochum, Laëtitia Gaudin Le Puil)

Life On The Edge

An Inuit educator navigates the stunning landscapes of Greenland as he seeks to help people in their struggles with mental health.

(Country: Greenland, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Sebastian Feehan, Johnny Langenheim)

The Mother Of All Lies

Review preview for The Mother Of All Lies

Everything about El Moudir’s film is unusual, from the structure to the mood.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
The filmmaker doesn’t have any pictures of herself as a child. This is the starting point of a documentary investigation that unfolds the secrets of a Casablanca family.

(Country: Morocco, France, Qatar; Year: 2023; Director: Asmae El Moudir)

Full review

Our Land, Our Freedom

Wanjugu Kimathi is on a mission to find the remains of her father, Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi, and to resettle his comrades, who were displaced by colonialists.

(Country: US, Kenya, Portugal, Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Zippy Kimundu, Meena Nanji; Writer: Zippy Kimundu, Meena Nanji)

Sugarcane

An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.

(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat)

Where Dragons Live (Waar Draken Wonen)

Following the death of their parents, Harriet and her siblings must unpack their childhood fears as they prepare to sell their dragon-filled Oxfordshire home.

(Country: Netherlands, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Suzanne Raes)

Witnesses. Captivity That Kills

This investigation into the explosion that killed Russian-held Ukrainian prisoners highlights the importance of recording atrocities as wars still rage

(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2024; Director: Maryna Roshchyna, Tetyana Symon)