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Sheffield DocFest · 2025

Sheffield DocFest 2025

International Competition

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8 films · 5 reviews

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Cuba & Alaska

Review preview for Cuba & Alaska

Troyanovsky also communicates the mental toll that comes with being away from the frontline, not just for those who have been in active service, like Alaska, but also parents and family.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Documentary following the friendship of two paramedics on the frontline in Ukraine.

(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2025; Director: Yegor Troyanovsky)

Factory (Gong Chang)

A journey into one of China’s vast factories around the time of the pandemic to detail the impact of global supply chains and coercive business practices on workers’ lives.

(Country: Macao; Year: 2025; Director: Hao Zhou)

The Gas Station Attendant

Review preview for The Gas Station Attendant

Universal ideas interlock with this personal and resonant story.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A daughter reflects on her South Asian father’s life, his never-ending pursuit of the American dream, and the human capacity to love and survive.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Karla Murthy)

North South Man Woman

North Korean women meet South Korean men in a look at love, business and geopolitics.

(Country: Norway, Latvia, South Korea; Year: 2025; Director: Sun Kim, Morten Traavik; Writer: Sun Kim, Morten Traavik)

Shards Of Light

Review preview for Shards Of Light

The sense of hopefulness in people’s urge to continue and to rebuild shines through but this film also looks the lasting more negative impact of war unflinchingly in the eye.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Documentary about the people living in war-ravaged Bucha.

(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2025; Director: Mila Teshaieva, Marcus Lenz)

Still Pushing Pineapples

Review preview for Still Pushing Pineapples

Full of engaging material yet sometimes stretched a little too thin, the film is less pop biopic, more a meditation on ageing, and over time it takes on an increasingly melancholic tone.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
The story of the former singer of pop band Black Lace and his journey on the road with his ageing mother and his partner, as he aims for a comeback.

(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Kim Hopkins; Writer: Kim Hopkins; Stars: Dene Michael Betteridge, Anne Betteridge)

Welded Together

Review preview for Welded Together

At times this is an achingly painful film, as Katya determinedly ploughs on hoping that love and stoicism can conquer all

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A young welder confronts her fractured past to protect her sister.

(Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France; Year: 2025; Director: Anastasiya Miroshnichenko)

Yanuni

Follows the fearless Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia, who has survived six assassination attempts as she leads a relentless fight to defend her people's land alongside her husband, Hugo Loss, a steely Special Forces Unit ranger.

(Country: Austria, Brazil, United States, Canada, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Richard Ladkani)