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10/06/2019
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019: One Child Nation review
★★★☆☆ As a first-time mother, documentarian Nanfu Wang takes on a behemoth task to reconcile the sins and legacy ofContinue Reading
Category: Sheffield Doc/Fest
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10/06/2019
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019: For Sama review
★★★★★ Waad al-Kateab moved to Aleppo, Syria, at the age of 18 to go to university. She fell in loveContinue Reading
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10/06/2019
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019: Property review
★★☆☆☆ For six years, director Matthias Lintner lived in one of Berlin’s last squatter communities with a handful of absurdContinue Reading
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10/06/2019
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019: Don’t Be A Dick About It review
★★★★★ Brotherhood takes a lot of patience. Such is the nature of masculinity as a collective construct that fraternity canContinue Reading
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08/06/2019
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019: Honeyland review
★★★★☆ Hatidze’s skinny middle-aged frame is almost swallowed up by the jagged expanse of rural Macedonia as she scrapes herContinue Reading
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05/06/2019
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019: Our programme highlights
This Thursday (6 June) the seven hills of Sheffield will once again open up to the innovators and icons ofContinue Reading
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04/06/2018
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018: Our programme highlights
This week sees the return of one of the highlights of the UK’s festival calendar in the form of SheffieldContinue Reading
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14/06/2016
Doc/Fest 2016: Unlocking the Cage review
★★★☆☆ A pioneering and hugely unlikely legal case might seem like an ideal focus for legendary filmmaking duo Chris HegedusContinue Reading
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14/06/2016
Doc/Fest 2016: Lobanovskiy Forever review
★★☆☆☆ Valeriy Lobanovskiy enjoyed a great deal of success during his 30-year career as a football manager, particularly for hisContinue Reading
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10/06/2016
Doc/Fest 2016: Programme highlights
One of the annual highlights of the documentary calendar, Sheffield Doc/Fest returns this June (10-15) with another reassuringly full programmeContinue Reading
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05/06/2015
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2015: Our picks
One of the annual highlights of the documentary calender, Sheffield Doc/Fest returns today (5-10 June) with another reassuringly full programmeContinue Reading
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12/06/2014
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014: ‘Life Itself’ review
★★★☆☆ The outpouring of emotion following the death of beloved American film critic Roger Ebert last year remains unparalleled inContinue Reading
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12/06/2014
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014: ‘How We Used to Live’ review
★★★☆☆ Unlike recent pioneering archive-led offerings such as Penny Woolcock’s British Sea Power collaboration From the Sea to the LandContinue Reading
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12/06/2014
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014: ‘112 Weddings’ review
★★☆☆☆ With approximately half of all marriages ending in divorce, what is it that still compels couples to take theContinue Reading
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10/06/2014
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014: ‘Slut Phobia?’ review
★★★☆☆ It’s a well-known double standard: women are labelled as ‘sluts’ for being sexually liberal, whilst promiscuous men get aContinue Reading