Sheffield Doc/Fest

Sheffield Doc/Fest, short for Sheffield International Documentary Festival (SIDF), is an international documentary festival and Marketplace held annually in Sheffield, England.

Sheffield Doc/Fest
LocationSheffield, England
Founded1994
AwardsSheffield Doc/Fest Awards
Festival date4 June 2020 (2020-06-04) to 9 June 2020 (2020-06-09)
Websitesheffdocfest.com

The Festival includes film screenings, interactive and virtual reality exhibitions, talks & sessions, Marketplace & Talent for the funding and distribution of documentaries and development of filmmakers, unmissable live events, and its own awards.

Since beginning in 1994,[1] Doc/Fest has become the UK's biggest documentary festival and the third largest in the world.[2][3] The BBC have called it "one of the leading showcases of documentary films".[4]

Sheffield Doc/Fest is now widely recognised as one of the top three documentary festivals in the world, and "the most significant documentary festival in Britain".[5] The Festival has been voted one of the Top Five Coolest Documentary Film Festivals in the World by MovieMaker magazine.[6]

About Sheffield Doc/Fest

The Festival is held at over 20 other venues across Sheffield and the surrounding area, including the Showroom Workstation, Light Cinema, Sheffield Town Hall, Sheffield City Hall, and the Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square developed with Wellcome. Fun is a key element, and the festival holds many parties.[7] The festival has grown steadily over recent years.[8] Doc/Fest screenings help many films to achieve a wider audience by attracting distribution and further screening opportunities for the films it shows.[9]

Sheffield Doc/Fest's Marketplace & Talent is a major part of the Festival, which includes the MeetMarket for films and series to achieve funding and distribution, Alternate Realities Market for interactive and virtual reality projects, live pitches, and other training initiatives.

Interactive, immersive and virtual reality documentary is also a central element of the Festival with interactive exhibitions and commissioned works scattered across the city, and the Alternate Realities Summit taking place throughout an entire day of the Festival.

It has the traditional film festival element in that it screens exciting new documentaries, but it's also a place where buyers, film distributors and producers come to meet documentary makers and find the next big thing.

— Alex Graham, Festival Chairman, [7]

Sheffield Doc/Fest is the perfect platform for anyone with an interest in interactive, virtual reality and factual content. Doc/Fest prides itself in supporting and nurturing new talent: in addition to the Festival days in June, Sheffield Doc/Fest presents All Year workshops, screenings, labs and mentoring opportunities both in the UK and internationally.

Doc/Fest is the beating heart of the documentary and non-fiction content business across all platforms, and it is an absolute privilege to have the opportunity now to build on its impressive UK and international success.

— Liz McIntyre, CEO & Festival Director

[10]

History

In 1990, Peter Symes of BBC TV Features Bristol had the idea of creating a forum for British documentary filmmakers to debate and discuss their craft. In 1993, he set up a festival board which included representatives from Channel 4, United Artists, Discovery Channel, Central Independent Television and Granada Television. They chose to hold the festival in Sheffield, an English industrial town which was just beginning to develop a media and cultural sector.[11]

The first Sheffield International Documentary Festival was held in 1994, formatted as an international film festival and conference for documentary professionals.[12] It included a film programme, one or two masterclasses, and a party.[13] It lasted two days and mainly attracted London-based filmmakers and producers, plus several international commissioners and distributors.

Over the next eight years, the Festival continued with around 475-700 delegates attending, and total audiences reaching around 2000. The Festival became an opportunity for London-based independent filmmakers to talk to commissioners at the BBC and Channel 4, who were otherwise difficult to reach. Success at the Festival might mean landing a job for the coming year.[11]

In 2005 Doc/Fest was struggling to survive, with around 500 mostly-UK delegates and 2000 visitors. The chairman at the time, Steve Hewlett, visited the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) where he met its director Heather Croall, who had a background in filmmaking and had founded the cross-platform storytelling event DigiDocs. He invited Croall to come and work for the festival, where she was subsequently Festival Director & CEO until early 2015, turning around the Festival's fortunes.[8]

The 1990s rise in international co-productions meant that British producers could no longer rely solely on one big broadcaster for their entire budget, and instead had to look abroad to piece together financing for their films. To internationalise the Festival and help filmmakers achieve this financing, Croall introduced the MeetMarket pitching forum, where filmmakers pitch their ideas to funders in one-to-one meetings. MeetMarket was developed with the help Karolina Lidin, Marketplace Executive Producer since 2008. In 2003, she developed the very first MeetMarket with Croall at AIDC, which was later brought to Sheffield in 2006.

Croall also introduced the digital-focused Summit and Crossover Market, now Alternate Realities Market, which – like the MeetMarket – pairs buyers and commissioners with game designers, technologists, producers, digital agencies and filmmakers, all looking to tell stories in the interactive realm.

In 2007, Hussain Currimbhoy joined as programmer.[14]

In 2011 the Festival moved from November to June, to better fit into the industry calendar and ensure better weather and lighter evenings for visitors.

Doc/Fest was an early advocate of crowdfunding as a source of finance for documentary filmmakers, and in 2010 staged its first festival-based crowdfunding pitching event, which was also an industry first.[15][16] The campaign was launched on Indiegogo with a goal to raise $25k for the Festival to help stage special events.[17] They exceeded their target.[18]

From 2012, selected highlights from the Festival have often played at the BFI Southbank in London.[19] The Festival began producing its own film projects, including From the Sea to the Land Beyond in 2012 and The Big Melt in 2013.

From 2014, the Festival became recognised by the Academy Awards as an Oscar-qualifying festival in the Best Documentary (Short Subject) category[20] with the Doc/Fest Short Doc Award Winner eligible to enter for consideration. Many Doc/Fest Short Doc Award-winning films have gone on to be shortlisted for Oscars.

In 2014 Doc/Fest presented films including Beyond Clueless and Love Is All at Latitude Festival,[21] with Sigur Ros scored archive film The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals, Montage of Heck, Sounds of the Cosmos and a number of shorts also featured in 2015. This partnership has continued, and in 2017 Doc/Fest brought a selection of virtual reality projects to Latitude for the first time, alongside a curated programme of shorts.[22]

In 2014 there were some high level staff changes. Deputy Director Charlie Phillips left to head up the documentary arm of The Guardian, with director of Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival Melanie Iredale taking up the position.[23] Director of Programming Hussain Currimbhoy left for Sundance Festival with former Executive Content Adviser at Independent Television Service (ITVS) Claire Aguilar becoming Head of Programming & Industry Engagement.[24] Croall returned to Australia to direct the Adelaide Fringe.[25]

Following Heather's departure, Crossover Labs Director Mark Atkin stepped in as Acting Director for the 2015 Festival, before Liz McIntyre of Discovery Networks joined as CEO & Festival Director from 1 September 2015.[26]

Since McIntyre's appointment, the CEO & Festival Director has championed diverse and pluralist voices, inclusiveness and accessibility, for example creating a crèche service and introducing British Sign Language interpreted talks,[27] Dementia-friendly screenings,[28] Doc/Dinner for championing diverse talent within the industry,[29] and a From Door to Doc, affording reduced rate entry to screenings for hard-to-reach areas of Sheffield.[30]

I'm a realist. I want these things to happen for the good of the festival, but they are also the way to make the best of the industry – they get the best ideas to the table and empower the best talent

— Liz McIntyre, https://wftv.org.uk/sheffield-docfest-introduces-childcare-for-delegates/

In 2016 there were high-level staff appointments. Luke W Moody, formerly of BRITDOC (now Doc Society) joined as Director of Film Programming, replacing Head of Programming & Industry Engagement Claire Aguilar.[31] Former Dogwoof Distribution Manager Patrick Hurley joined as Head of Marketplace & Talent, replacing Marketplace Manager Anna Parker.[32] From BBC, Dan Tucker joined as Curator of Alternate Realities.[33] And in 2017, Lisa Brook joined as Marketing & Events Consultant.

The effect of the Festival on Sheffield's economy is worth millions of pounds. Outside of the annual Festival, there is now also a year-round programme, called Doc/Fest All Year, providing training, educational and cultural activities across the UK, including a training initiative for aspiring feature documentary producers called Future Producer School launched in 2014.[34]

2020

The 27th Sheffield Doc/Fest was due to take place between 4–9 June 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was cancelled in its original form. In November 2019 Cíntia Gil became the new festival director at Sheffield Doc/Fest. Her vision and film programme strands for the 27th edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest were announced in "A letter to Sheffield and to those who will join Doc/Fest in 2020".

2019

The 26th Sheffield Doc/Fest was held between 6–11 June 2019, and attracted 28,098 public admissions, up 9% from the previous year, along with 3,489 industry delegates from 59 countries.[35]

The Festival opened at Sheffield City Hall with a UK premiere of "Diego Maradona" by Asif Kapadia. The programme featured over 200 documentaries with 36 world premieres, 19 international, 12 European and 91 UK premieres.[35] The films were chosen from a submission pool of 2548 from 52 countries around the world.[35] Programme included "The Rest" by Ai Weiwei, "Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin" by Werner Herzog, "Midnight Family" by Luke Lorentzen, "Earth" by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, "One Child Nation" by Nanfu Wang, "About Love" by Archana Atul Phadke, and "For Sama" by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts.

Alternate Realities programme featured 28 projects[35] and included "Subconscious Sensibilities" - an exhibition of virtual and augmented reality, games, interactive documentaries and large scale digital installations at Site Gallery. "Converging Sensibilities" at the Hallam Performance Lab was a collection of 360° documentaries presented as a VR Cinema. VR experiences at the festival included: "Echo" by Georgie Pinn, "Le Lac" by Nyasha Kadandara, "Algorithmic Perfumery" by Frederik Duerinck, and "Spectre" by Bill Posters and dr. Daniel Howe – a Sheffield Doc/Fest commission, in partnership with Site Gallery, British Council and MUTEK, with support from Arts Council England.

Over 200 speakers shared their own experiences at the 26th Sheffield Doc/Fest.[35] The Talks & Sessions programme included: Werner Herzog, Paul Greengrass, Jenn Nkiru, Asif Kapadia, Chidera Eggerue, Stacey Dooley, Rodney P, Michael Dapaah, Jeremy Deller and Paddy Wivell. Industry sessions programme included "My Big Break" featuring Roxy Rezvany, Ellie Flynn and Eliza Capai discussing their career highs and lows; and "Breaking the Class Ceiling" with Danny Leigh, Fiona Campbell, Kieran Yates, Billy Porter, Mia Bays and Paul Sng exploring barriers for entry to the industry.

Over 300 Decision Makers from over 30 countries attended the 2019 Festival,[35] including executives from Netflix, Arte, BBC, Channel 4, Cinereach, Doc Society, Dogwoof, Altitude, Submarine Entertainment, ESPN, National Geographic, POV, RYOT, Artangel, Passion Pictures and Pulse Films. Over two days 87 teams took approximately 1,650 match-made meetings with the Decision Makers in the MeetMarket and Alternate Realities Talent Market.[35]

2018

The 25th Edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest was held between 7–12 June 2018.

2017

The 2017 event took place from 9 to 14 June. A record total of 72,146 audiences attended, including 3,397 industry delegates who travelled from 54 countries, 36,008 public audiences, and virtual audiences experiencing the Festival through livestream.[36]

The film programme hosted a record 182 films with 35 world premieres, 21 international, 24 European and 73 UK premieres. The film programme boasted premieres including: Daisy Asquith's Queerama, the Opening Night Film, scored by John Grant; Laura Poitras' new Julian Assange documentary Risk; Whitney 'Can I Be Me' from Nick Broomfield; and Winnie from Pascale Lamche, which originated in Doc/Fest's MeetMarket.[37]

The Alternate Realities programme featured 26 projects, 12 of which had world premieres, 1 international, 5 European and 8 UK. VR experiences at the festival included: Chasing Coral: The VR Experience, presented in a 360 dome, which accompanied the feature documentary in the film programme; Unrest VR, which accompanied the feature film Unrest; and Future Aleppo by Alex Pearson and Marshmallow Laser Feast, a commission by Doc/Fest, in partnership with FACT, and with support from Arts Council England.[37]

The Talks & Sessions programme included big-name speakers Lenny Henry, Peter Greenaway, Ian Hislop, Stacey Dooley, Nick Broomfield and Louis Theroux. Industry sessions included: a panel about making your film Oscar-ready, featuring Tom Oyer from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; a sessions with God's Own Country director Francis Lee for the Northern Talent Talk; a free public interview with YouTube sensation Elijah Quashie aka The Chicken Connoisseur; and two sessions with editor Walter Murch.[37]

2017 saw the reinvention of all film strands to concisely represent the creative vision of the Festival. The new strands featured in 2017 were: Doc/Vision, Doc/Adventure, Doc/Expose, Doc/Love, Doc/Think, Doc/Rhythm, Focus/Industry, featuring work-in-progress pieces, and Focus/India, featuring a collection of documentaries from that year's focus country of choice, to mark 70 years after Partition.[38]

2017 also saw the use of new venue The Light Cinema on the Moor, offering 3 luxury cinema screens.[39]

Following the 2017 Festival, 9 virtual reality works from the Alternate Realities exhibition were chosen to tour Latin America as part of Doc/Fest's Realidades Alternativas tour with support from British Council. The tour visited festivals DocMontevideo in Uruguay, DocSP in Brazil, and Noviembre Electrónico in Argentina.[40]

Notable screenings and events included:

  • The world premiere Opening Night Film Queerama from director Daisy Asquith and with a soundtrack from John Grant, Alison Goldfrapp, and Hercules & Love Affair, chronicling 50 years after the decriminalization of homosexuality in the UK through the BFI archive. The Opening Night event included a Q&A with Asquith and Grant, hosted by Campbell X, and a performance from Grant[41]
  • Closing Night honoured MP Jo Cox with Closing Night Film Jo Cox: Death of an MP by director Toby Paxton, a discussion about her legacy, and a Great Get Together held on Tudor Square to encourage Festival-goers and the public to unite and remember[39]
  • A livestream of the UK Premiere of Nick Broomfield's Whitney 'Can I Be Me', featuring a Q&A with Broomfield and radio presenter Sarah-Jane Crawford, and a live tribute performance by Michele John, all broadcast live to 130 cinemas across the UK[39]
  • The return of Desert Island Docs, featuring Northern film star Maxine Peake as she discussed her favourite documentaries and the influence they hold on her life and work[39]
  • Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul saw a sold-out screening in the iconic Leadmill, where Joe Cocker frequently performed[39]
  • The introduction of Docs 'til Dawn, showcasing rare cult documentaries after midnight. 2017's Docs 'til Dawn programme included Adam Curtis' HyperNormalisation, with an introduction from Curtis himself[39]
  • A retrospective looking back 50 years at 1967: The Summer of Love and Discontent, featuring films such as Allan King's Warrendale, Far from Vietnam produced by Chris Marker and directed by French New Wave filmmakers Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda, Joris Ivens, William Klein and Claude Lelouch, and a rare screening of Edouard 'Yves' de Laurot's Silent Revolution/Black Liberation[41]
  • Immersive live cinema for the European premiere of Florian Habicht's Spookers, shown in the 1920s Abbeydale Picture House and featuring a fright-night cast of performers staged in the building[42]
  • The world premiere of Jamaican Dancehall competition film Bruk Out! from director Cori Wapnowski, including a follow-up dancehall dance class held by the film's protagonist Ale Camara at the Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square and the Channel 4 Party at Code featuring a performance from dancers featured in the film[43]
  • A work-in-progress special preview of 8 Minutes from the Alexander Whitley Dance Company, combining contemporary dance with NASA visuals from BAFTA-winning artist Tal Rosner, ahead of the Sadler Wells premiere in July[39]
  • The Alternate Realities Summit returned with a full day of panel sessions and keynote speakers, featuring Google's Jessica Brillhart, The Guardian's VR Deputy Editor Nicole Jackson, Amnesty International UK's Che Ramsden, and Robin McNicholas from Marshmallow Laser Feast on using the latest technology to create projects like Future Aleppo and including a surprise Skype from Future Aleppo's 13-year-old inspiration Syrian refugee Mohammed Kteish[44]
  • The European premiere of VR installation Munduruku: The Fight to Defend the Heart of the Amazon by Grace Boyle (The Feelies), James Manisty (Alchemy VR) and Pete Speller (Greenpeace), which went on to win the Alternate Realities Audience Award at Doc/Fest 2017, and then further tour Latin America with Doc/Fest's international VR tour 'Realidades Alternativas' with support from British Council[45]
  • Live VR experience DOOM ROOM hosted in Theatre Delicatessen mixed performance art with virtual reality in a UK premiere from Danish artist Mads Damsbo (source)
  • The return of Doc/Fest Exchange developed with Wellcome, offering elements of the film, Alternate Realities, and talks programmes for free to the public[44]
  • Years and Years frontman Olly Alexander on his new documentary Growing Up Gay and his personal struggle with mental health in the LGBTQ+ community[39]
  • Nick Broomfield in conversation with Louis Theroux for The BBC Interview, held at the sold-out Crucible Theatre[39]
  • The introduction of the Craft Summit presented by Documentary Campus, featuring industry heavyweights that dissect the art of documentary filmmaking. Speakers included editor Walter Murch, Field of Vision's Charlotte Cook and Ben Steele on serialised documentaries, Balz Bachmann and Nainita Desai on composing, and directors from the 2017 film programme Julia Dahr (Thank You for the Rain), Shaul Schwarz (Trophy) and Egil Håskjold Larsen (69 Minutes of 86 Days) on directing and cinematography[46]

2016

The 2016 event took place from 10 to 15 June. A total of 32,769 audiences attended, including 3,534 industry delegates who travelled from 60 countries, and 29,235 public audiences, both figures a record increase on 2015.[47]

The film programme hosted a record 160 films with 27 world premieres, 15 international, 19 European and a whopping 52 UK premieres from 49 different countries. Audiences were attracted to big filmmaking names from the documentary world including US director Michael Moore – whose film Where to Invade Next opened the Festival – Louis Theroux, Palme d'Or winning director Ken Loach, and legendary filmmakers D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.[48]

Women and LGBT+ subjects feature prominently throughout the Festival's selection, making up two of the festival's strands, plus a retrospective honouring Chantal Akerman.[48] The speakers represented in the Talks & Sessions programme were 45% female.[47]

The newly renamed Alternate Realities programme featured 14 immersive media experiences in Millennium Gallery, and 12 virtual reality documentaries in Site Gallery, The Space and Union Street. The Alternate Realities Summit was a day-long event with a focus on virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and mixed reality. The morning session saw a keynote from Ramona Pringle and Bina48, an artificially intelligent robot, while the afternoon session saw a keynote from Google's Jessica Brillhart.[49] 2016 also saw the inaugural Alternate Realities Commission, supported by site Gallery and Arts Council England.[50] Darren Emerson's Indefinite (previously Invisible) won the £5,000 prize and had its World Premiere at the Festival.[51] Indefinite, about the detention of immigrants in Britain, was later featured by The New York Times.[52]

2016 saw the introduction of the Doc/Fest Exchange on Tudor Square developed with Wellcome, which hosted a series of public talks, including an interview with This is England director Shane Meadows.[53]

Notable screening and events included:

  • The UK Premiere of Michael Moore's Where to Invade Next opened the Festival at Sheffield City Hall, attended by Moore for a post-screening Q&A which was live streamed to more than 120 cinemas nationwide.[54]
  • The UK Premiere of The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger closed the Festival with a sell-out screening at Showroom Cinema, attended by directors Tilda Swinton and Bartek Dziadosz[55]
  • Live performances accompanied film screenings including: a performance by protagonist and famous street dancer Storyboard P following the World Premiere of Storyboard P, a stranger in Sweden;[56] a solo set by Princess Shaw following the UK Premiere of Presenting Princess Shaw;[57] and Where You're Meant to Be was screened in Abbeydale Picture House, followed by a set from Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat and the Bothy Ballad singers.[58]
  • Following the UK Premieres of Strike a Pose and Kiki, the Vogue, Strike a Pose Party invited Madonna backup dancer Kevin Stea, New York ballroom leader Twiggy Pucci Garcon, and a house of voguers to O2 Academy[59]
  • USC Shoah Foundations' New Dimensions in Testimony had its World Premiere as part of the Alternate Realities Exhibition, showcasing groundbreaking technology in natural language processing software through a hologram of Holocaust Survivor Pinchas Gutter.[60] The project was awarded both the Alternate Realities Interactive Award and Audience Award for Interactive Project. It was also featured in the Alternate Realities Summit, with creator Dr Stephen Smith presenting a keynote, joined by Gutter himself on stage[61]
  • Sir David Attenborough came to the Festival for the first time, seeing a sold-out talk at the Crucible Theatre, which was live broadcast to the Outdoor Screen on Tudor Square[62]
  • Ken Loach held a packed Q&A following Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach[63]
  • D. A. Pennebaker was honoured with a retrospective, and also attended the UK Premiere of his film Unlocking the Cage. The legendary documentary maker was also featured in conversation with collaborator Chris Hegedus at the Crucible Theatre[48]
  • Joanna Lumley delivered a packed talk at Crucible Theatre[64]
  • Snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan returned to the Crucible Theatre, where he has won five World Championship titles, to discuss his favourite documentaries[65]

2015

The 22nd Festival ran for six days 5–10 June. Over 20 venues were used to host films, sessions, interactive exhibitions and networking events, with the full programme announced on the morning of the general election on 7 May.[66] A record number of audiences attended the festival, with 3,422 festival delegates and 27,917 members of the public.

148 films were shown, of which a record breaking 31 were world premieres, including Sean McAllister's hotly anticipated A Syrian Love Story, Brian Hill's The Confessions of Thomas Quick, and Jake Witzenfeld's Oriented, 41 UK premieres, 13 international premieres, and 19 European premieres.[67] Nearly 50% of the film programming was headed up by female filmmakers, with 73 of the films either produced or directed by women filmmakers.[68]

Notable screenings and events included:

There were 83 sessions, talks and masterclasses,[66] with speakers including Davina McCall, Nicky Campbell, Jon Snow, Lucy Worsley, Philippa Perry, Ian Katz, Charlotte Moore, and Robin Ince.[69]

2014

The Festival expanded from five days to six and for the first time began on a Saturday. Screenings took place across a wider range of more unusual venues in Sheffield and the Peak District.[72] 130 films were shown, of which 21 were world premieres, 24 UK premieres, and 12 European premieres.[20][73][74]

World premieres included Martin Scorsese's documentary about The New York Review of Books, The 50 Year Argument; Alex Holmes' Stop At Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story; The Last Man On The Moon, about former astronaut Eugene Cernan who also attended the Festival; One Rogue Reporter, written and directed by former 'Daily Star' reporter Rich Peppiatt;[4] and Brilliant Creatures: Rebels of Oz.[75]

Notable screenings and events included:

Speakers included Peter Bazalgette, Jeremy Deller, Brian Eno, Sue Perkins, Grayson Perry, John Pilger, Jon Snow, and Ondi Timoner.[4][20][73][76]

There were 82 conference sessions and masterclasses,[20] and a record number of pitch opportunities for filmmakers worth £200,000.[34]

2013

2013 saw a record number of films and delegates.[82] Delegate numbers rose by 18% to 3,129.[83] There were a record 18 international delegations including representatives from Armenia, Canada, Jordan, Morocco, the Netherlands, the State of Palestine, Russia, South Africa, and South Sudan, attending the Festival with a special focus on factual filmmaking in their regions.[84]

250 buyers and Decision Makers from over 20 countries attended.[12]

Film submissions topped 2000 for the first time.[85] 120 films were shown, of which there were 77 feature length documentaries,[86] 33 shorts, 10 interactive projects and one art installation.[14] There were 18 world premieres,[5] 12 UK premieres, and 5 European premieres. A record 14 films screening at Doc/Fest were developed and funded through MeetMarket,[87] including Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing which went on to win the Audience Award.[8]

World premieres included Basically, Johnny Moped, Emptying The Skies, Everybody's Child, A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power & Jayson Blair at the New York Times, Here Was Cuba, Mirage Men, Notes from the Inside with James Rhodes, Particle fever, Plot for Peace, Project Wild Thing, Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic, The Big Melt, Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington, The Man Whose Mind Exploded, The Road to Fame, The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy?, Thin Ice, and To Let The World In.

European premieres included After Tiller, Dirty Wars, and Pandora's Promise.

UK premieres included The Act of Killing and The Crash Reel.[88] The Act of Killing went on to win a Bafta and was named best film of 2013 by The Guardian.[89]

Film strands included Behind the Beats, Best of British, Cross-Platform, Euro/Doc, First Cut, Global Encounters, New York Times Op-Docs, Queer Screen, Resistance, Shorts, The Habit of Art, and This Sporting Life.

A new strand, Films on Film, screened a notable film with a documentary about it, for example The Exorcist (Director's Cut) with The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist, and John Waters' Female Trouble with I Am Divine.[19] This strand aimed to attract a wider mix of people, and was supported by Lottery funding through the BFI's Film Festival Fund which provides extra resources to help grow film festival audiences.[90]

The Doc/Fest Retrospective strand celebrated the work of Japanese filmmaker Shōhei Imamura.[88]

More than 75 directors were present and took part in Q&A sessions.[91]

Notable screenings and events included:

There were 80 conference sessions and masterclasses,[87] and 300 speakers.[12] Notable speakers included Adam Buxton, Melvyn Bragg, Jonathan Franzen, Uri Geller, Ira Glass, Alex Graham, Janice Hadlow, Jay Hunt, Ross Kemp, Mark Kermode, Sir Trevor McDonald, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Walter Murch, Miranda Sawyer interviewing Michael Palin, Sue Perkins, Captain Sensible, and Alan Yentob.[5][103][104][105][106][107][108][109]

2012

2,657 delegates from 67 countries attended the Festival, and general admissions were 20,079.

Notable screenings and events included:

Speakers included Gareth Malone and Tim Pool.[94]

2011

2011 saw the Festival move from November to June, right off the back of the November 2010 Festival. The Festival opened with Morgan Spurlocks' POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and featured box-office hit Senna, Alma Har'el's debut Bombay Beach, an Albert Maysels retrospective, and Oscar-winning director Barbara Kopple's Gun Fight.[111][112]

Awards

The Sheffield Doc/Fest Awards honour the best documentaries from the Doc/Fest programme, and are judged by industry professionals.

Current categories
  • Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Award voted for by audiences, for both Films and Alternate Realities projects.
  • Grand Jury Prize for excellence in style, substance and approach. The jury is made up of UK and international documentary specialists.
  • Environmental Award given to the documentary that best addresses or raises awareness of the environmental challenges faces by the world.
  • Interactive Award for a project that exhibits originality in approach to form, storytelling and delivery. The jury is made up of international film and interactive industry experts.
  • Tim Hetherington Award presented by Dogwoof. This was introduced in 2013 to honour war photographer Tim Hetherington. It includes a cash prize and is decided by a jury including Tim's mother, Judith Hetherington.
  • Illuminate Award supported by Wellcome. This award explores the screen chemistry between vibrant storytelling and innovative filmmaking inspired by science.
  • Art Doc Award for new forms of documentary storytelling and bold, innovative non-fiction films.
  • New Talent Award to discover the future of documentary film.
  • Youth Jury Award for the film that is most engaging for young audiences. The winner is chosen by a jury of five young people aged 18–22, who take part in a series of workshops and screenings with industry professionals ahead of the festival.[113]
  • Short Doc Award, introduced in 2013,[109] these films are made by new and established filmmakers from around the world and automatically qualifies the winner for consideration for the Academy Awards.
  • Student Doc Award for films made as part of tertiary course work at UK and international universities, judged by a panel of industry experts.
  • Alternate Realities Virtual Reality Award, celebrating virtual reality documentary as a flourishing creative genre awarding the project that displays excellence in factual storytelling as well as technical ingenuity.
  • Alternate Realities Interactive Award, honouring the project that exhibits originality in its approach to form, storytelling and delivery.

Previous categories
  • Inspiration Award, introduced in 2009, which celebrates a figure in the industry who has championed documentary and helped get great work into the public eye.[87]
  • The In The Dark Sheffield International Audio Award introduced in 2014 to highlight the best in audio documentaries.[114]
  • Interactive Award
  • Student Doc Award
  • Sheffield Innovation Award
  • EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Film
  • The Wintonick Award
  • Short Doc Audience Award
  • Creative Leadership Award
  • Award for Unsung Hero in Factual TV
  • Storytelling and Innovation Award

Winners

2019

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Award Winner
Grand Jury award Midnight Family by Luke Lorentzen

(Special Mention: For Sama, Midnight Traveller)

International award Earth by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Art award No Data Plan by Miko Revereza
Tim Hetherington award One Child Nation by Nanfu Wang And Jialing Zhang
New Talent award About Love by Archana Atul Phadke
Youth award Baracoa Directed by Pablo Briones And The Moving Picture Boys

(Special Mention: Jawline)

Short award America by Garrett Bradley
Best Digital Experience award Echo by Georgie Pinn, Kendyl Rossi
Best Digital Narrative award Le Lac created by Nyasha Kadandara
Doc Audience award For Sama by Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Alternate Realities Audience award Algorithmic Perfumery by Frederik Duerinck
The Whickers Film & TV Funding award All That Remains by Amanda Mustard
The BBC Three pitch Rebecca Southworth, Ashley Turner
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation X Guardian pitch Edwin Mingard And Elizabeth Benjamin (Stoke Film) And Hazel Falck - United Voices Of The World
The Channel 4 First Cut pitch Ashley Francis-Roy

2018

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Award Winner
Grand Jury Award The Silence of Others

(Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar - Spain/USA)

Environmental Award Wild Relatives

(Jumana Manna - Lebanon/Norway/Germany)

To, Hetherington Award Kinshasa Makambo

(Dieudo Hamadi - DRC/France/Switzerland/Germany/Norway)

IlluminateAward América

(Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside - USA)

Art Doc Award Music When The Lights Go Out

(Ismael - Caneppele Brazil)

New Tallent Award Minding the Gap

(Bing Liu - USA)

Youth jury Award Amal

(Mohamed Siam - Denmark/Egypt/France/Germany)

Short Doc Award Black Sheep

(Ed Perkins - UK)

Alternative Reality Virtual Reality Awards Face to Face

(Michelle Gabel and Michaela Holland - UK)

Alternative Realities Interactive Award The Voice of the Unicorn

(Richard Butchins - Japan/UK)

Doc Audience Award Minding the Gap

(Bing Liu - USA)

Alternative Realities Audience Award Grenfell: our Home

(Jonathan Rudd - UK)

The Whickers Film & TV Funding Award Mirror Mirror On the Wall

(Sascha Schöberl - Germany/China)

Doc/Dispatch Award Notes from Dunblane: Lessons From A School Shooting

(Kim Snyder - UK)

2017

[117]

Award Winner
Grand Jury Award supported by Screen International & Broadcast City of Ghosts

Special mention: The Work and The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Environment Award supported by Discovery Communications A River Below

Special mention: The Last Animals

Tim Hetherington Award supported by Dogwoof Strong Island
Illuminate Award developed with Wellcome Unrest
Art Doc Award City of the Sun

Special mention: Brimstone and Glory

New Talent Award Artemio

Special mention: Übermensch

Youth Jury Award 69 Minutes of 86 Days

Special mention: Rat Film

Short Doc Award supported by Virgin Money Sheffield Lounge The Rabbit Hunt

Special mention: Edith+Eddie

Doc Audience Award supported by Curzon Home Cinema The Work
Alternate Realities Virtual Reality Award Unrest VR
Alternate Realities Interactive Award My Grandmother's Lingo
Alternate Realities Audience Award Munduruku: The Fight to Defend the Heart of the Amazong
Whicker's World Foundation Awards Funding Award Winner: Pailin Wedel for Hope Frozen

Funding Award Runner Up: Duncan Cowles for Silent Men

The Sage Award Winner: Steven Carne for My NHS: Voices from the Grassroots

The Sage Award Runner Up: Roy Delaney for The Bard's Wife

Doc/Dispatch Prize supported by Deutsche Welle The Fight

2016

[118]

Award Winner
Grand Jury Award Cameraperson

Special mention: The Settlers

Interactive Award New Dimensions in Testimony

Special mention: Walden, a Game

Environmental Award SEED: The Untold Story

Special mention: Death By Design

Short Doc Award I'm Not From Here
Youth Jury Award Sonita
Student Doc Award My Aleppo
Tim Hetherington Award Tempestad

Special mention: Hooligan Sparrow

VR Award Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness

Special mention: Home – An Immersive Spacewalk Experience

Dr Clifford Shaw Feature Doc Audience Award Presenting Princess Shaw
Audience Award for Short Doc Tarikat
Audience Award for Alternate Realities Interactive Project New Dimensions in Testimony
Audience Award for Alternate Realities VR Project Home – An Immersive Spacewalk Experience
Creative Leadership Award Sheila Nevins
Award for Unsung Hero in Factual TV Jan Tomalin
Storytelling and Innovation Award Notes on Blindness
Whicker's World Funding Award Burma's Lost Royals

Runner up: Americaville

Whicker's World Vet Award Fluechtlinge
Whicker's World Audio Award Little Volcanoes

Runner up: The Dhamazzedi Bell

2015

The awards were held on 10 June 2015 at the Crucible Theatre.[20]

Award Winner
Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Award The Look of Silence (feature doc), Dear Araucaria (short doc), Disney Animated (interactive project)
Grand Jury Award A Syrian Love Story
Interactive Award Clouds Over Sidra

Special mention: Do Not Track

Environmental Award How to Change the World

Special mention: Landfill Harmonic

Short Doc Award Starting Point
Youth Jury Award 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets
Student Doc Award sponsored by London Film Academy The Archipelago
Tim Hetherington Award Cartel Land
Inspiration Award Heather Croall
In The Dark Audio Award The Woman on Ice

2014

The awards were held on 12 June 2014. For the first time, the award-winning documentary short automatically qualifies for consideration for the Academy Awards.[20]

Award Winner
Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Award Still The Enemy Within
Special Jury Prize Attacking The Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime

Special mention: Night Will Fall

Sheffield Innovation Award sponsored by BT Vision Highrise (documentary)
Sheffield Green Award Unearthed
Sheffield Shorts Award Amanda F***ing Palmer on the Rocks
The Wintonick Award Vessel
Sheffield Youth Jury Award The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Student Doc Award Our Curse
Tim Hetherington Award Profession: Documentarist
Inspiration Award Laura Poitras

A Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Roger Graef.[119]

2013

The awards were held on 16 June 2013, and presented by Jeremy Hardy.

Award Winner
Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Award Joint winners: The Act of Killing and Particle Fever
Special Jury Prize The Act of Killing

Special mention: Mothers

Sheffield Innovation Award sponsored by BT Vision Alma, a Tale of Violence
Sheffield Green Award Pandora's Promise
Sheffield Shorts Award Slomo
Sheffield Youth Jury Award God Loves Uganda
Student Doc Award Boys
Tim Hetherington Award The Square
EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Film Rafea Solar Mama
Inspiration Award Nick Fraser, editor of the BBC's Storyville

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists also presented a Special EDA Award to Sheffield Doc/Fest's Festival Director, Heather Croall, naming her 2013's Ambassador of Women's Films.[120][121]

2012

The awards were held on 17 June 2012.

Award Winner
Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Award 5 Broken Cameras
Special Jury Prize Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
Sheffield Innovation Award sponsored by BT Vision Bear 71
Sheffield Green Award Law of the Jungle
Sheffield Shorts Award The Globe Collector
Sheffield Youth Jury Award Photographic Memory
Student Doc Award The Betrayal – Nerakhoon
EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Film Going Up The Stairs
Inspiration Award Penny Woolcock

2011
Award Winner
Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Award Give Up Tomorrow
Special Jury Prize The Interrupters
Sheffield Innovation Award sponsored by BT Vision Welcome to Pine Point
Sheffield Green Award You've Been Trumped
Sheffield Youth Jury Award We Are Poets
Student Doc Award Eighty Eight
Inspiration Award Nick Broomfield

A Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Albert Maysles.

2010
Award Winner
Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Award Joint winners: Father, Son and the Holy War and Scenes from a Teenage Killing
Special Jury Prize Pink Saris

Special mention: Nostalgia for the Light

Sheffield Innovation Award The Arbor

Special mention: Prison Valley

Sheffield Green Award Rainmakers

Special mention: Into Eternity

Sheffield Youth Jury Award The Battle for Barking

Special mention: Marathon Boy

Student Doc Award No Easy Time
Inspiration Award Kim Longinotto

2009
Award Winner
Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Award Junior
Special Jury Prize Videocracy
Sheffield Innovation Award LoopLoop

Special mention: The Big Issue

Sheffield Green Award Blood of the Rose
Sheffield Youth Jury Award Sons of Cuba
Student Doc Award Arsey Versey
Inspiration Award Adam Curtis

Films

Sheffield Doc/Fest's film programme showcases international documentaries and new works of non-fiction.

The Film programme includes:

  • Over 150 screenings of feature, mid-length and short documentaries and works of non-fiction each year.
  • Q&As with the filmmakers and protagonists of the films.
  • A strand of panels corresponding to the main programme, featuring filmmakers and protagonists of the films, including sessions, workshops, and pitching competitions.[122]
  • Free outdoor screenings of U-rated documentaries.[123]
  • A series of films In Competition for prestigious awards.[124]

Alternate Realities

Sheffield Doc/Fest runs a number of programmes focused on new media development in interactive and immersive projects and virtual reality, titled Alternate Realities.

The Alternate Realities programme includes:

  • The Alternative Realities Summit, which is a full day of sessions exploring the digital revolution in broadcasting.[5] Delegates can network with representatives from the film and TV industry, which have included keynote speakers such as Google's Jessica Brillhart,[125] BBC North's Richard Deverell, Frank Rose, Steven Johnson and Katerina Cizek from Highrise. The day includes breakout sessions and round table discussions.[19][95]
  • The Alternative Realities Market, which is a pitching event for interactive and digital projects[87] run in a similar way to the festival's MeetMarket. It took place for the first time in 2013, when 27 project teams pitched to 85 cross-platform decision makers.[126]
  • A strand of Alternative Realities panels during the main Festival conference programme, which includes sessions, commissioning editor panels, workshops, project showcasing, and cross-platform pitching competitions.
  • The Alternative Realities Exhibition, which shows and hosts interactive and VR including those commissioned especially for the Festival. This is also a space where delegates can meet and network.[88]
  • Meet the Maker sessions, which allow audiences to meet the artists behind the projects featured in the exhibition for informal Q&As.[127]

In 2017, Alternate Realities at Sheffield Doc/Fest was awarded Arts Council England NPO status, helping the programme to grow even further.[128]

Talks & Sessions

Sheffield Doc/Fest's Talks & Sessions programme features high-profile speakers, industry creatives, and documentary talent in a variety of discussions, large public talks, commissioning question panels, interviews, and showcasing sessions.

Past high-profile speakers include Sir David Attenborough,[129] Louis Theroux,[130] Nick Broomfield,[130] Stacey Dooley,[131] Joanna Lumley,[132] Reggie Yates,[29] Walter Murch,[133] Michael Moore,[132] Kim Longinotto,[134] Tilda Swinton,[135] D. A. Pennebaker,[135] John Akomfrah,[136] Brett Morgan,[137] Sue Perkins,[138] and Joan Rivers.[139]

Marketplace & Talent
Meetmarket

MeetMarket & Alternate Realities Market

MeetMarket & Alternate Realities Market is a documentary pitching event held at Sheffield Doc/Fest, where filmmakers pitch their project ideas one-on-one to UK and international broadcasters, funders and distributors.

Former Festival Director Heather Croall introduced MeetMarket to Doc/Fest in 2006 and developed it as an alternative to public pitching (where filmmakers pitch to a large audience).[140] Each meeting is match-made and scheduled with relevant Decision Makers. Each year there are approximately 65 projects, which hold many one-to-one across two days.[141] In 2017, the event was attended by 330 Decision Makers.

Since its introduction, nearly 10,800 meetings have taken place for 609 documentary and digital projects (as of July 2017).

All meetings held at MeetMarket have been requested by both parties, meaning it's more likely for a deal to be made. While the focus is on achieving funding and distribution, participants also benefit from advice on production, distribution, exhibition, marketing and outreach. Filmmaker Guy Davidi said "Pitching in intimate round-table sessions was a big comfort. It reduces tension and competitiveness and makes the whole thing much more relaxed and fun. We have created important connections and in one case it led directly to an investment."[142]

In 2017, 63 projects from 22 countries, including new films from Michael Moore, Mark Cousins, Kim Longinotto, Dionne Walker, Laura Poitras, and Jerry Rothwell, and 24 Alternate Realities projects were selected, including works from Charlotte Mikkelborg, Richard Nockles, and INK Stories. 330 Decision Makers took part, including representatives from Submarine, BBC Earth VR, Royal Shakespeare Company, The National Film Board of Canada, VICE, and Pulse Films.[143]

In 2016, 64 projects from 27 countries were chosen to participate, including new films from Orlando von Einsiedel, Jennifer Brea, Mike Lerner, Stefan Kloos, Nick Fraser, Christoph Jorg, David Letterman, Al Morrow, Jeanie Finlay, Andre Singer, Amir Amiriani, and Catherine Allen. 25 Alternate Realities Market projects were chosen, including works from Katharine Round, Alex Pearson, Darren Emerson, and Jennifer Brea. 313 Decision Makers took part in the MeetMarket, Alternate Realities Market and various other Marketplace initiatives from organisations including Red Bull, Canal+, Al Jazeera, Discovery, National Geographic, Google, and Netflix.[144]

In 2015, 64 projects from 19 countries were chosen to participate in MeetMarket from 600 submissions,[73] including new films from John Akomfrah, Lindsey Dryden and Maheen Zia. 300 executives, distributors, commissioners, funders, advisors and buyers across documentary and digital media took part in the MeetMarket and Marketplace activity including The Guardian, BBC, Arte, Dogwoof and Channel 4.

In 2014, 64 projects were chosen to participate in MeetMarket,[73] including new films from Franny Armstrong, William Karel, and Stanley Nelson Jr.. 290 investors, commissioners and production partners took part including commissioners from Netflix, Dazed, Vice, Vimeo and Nowness and distributors Oscilloscope Laboratories, Dogwoof and PBS.[20]

In 2013 MeetMarket attracted over 600 applications. Over 60 projects from 18 countries were chosen to participate. Filmmakers included Franny Armstrong, Marshall Curry, Jeanie Finlay, Alex Gibney, Phil Grabsky, Brian Hill, Victor Kossakovsky and Joshua Oppenheimer.[11] The selection also included six cross-platform projects.

MeetMarket films and Alternate Realities Market projects are tracked for success across awards and other film festivals. Films and projects have gone on to win awards at Sundance, Tribeca, IDFA, Hot Docs and Doc/Fest.[142]

Notable films to achieve funding through MeetMarket include Unrest and Unrest VR,[145] Notes on Blindness and Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness,[146] Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing[8] and The Look of Silence, Searching for Sugarman, Jeanie Finlay's The Great Hip Hop Hoax,[147] Ping Pong, 5 Broken Cameras, and God Loves Uganda.[148]

Pitches

The Marketplace plays host to further initiatives, such as pitches and prize competitions. Pitched projects are selected from an open call, cover a range of topics, and offer funding, in-kind support and Festival Pass prizes.

Previous pitches include:

  • The BFI Film Fund
  • The Whicker's World Foundation Film & TV Award, offering £80,000 to the winning pitch
  • BBC Northern Docs Pitch
  • The Guardian Pitch
  • VICE Rule Britannia Pitch
  • The Channel 4 First Cut Pitch
  • Virgin Money Shorts Competition[149]

Training Initiatives

The Marketplace also holds All Year training initiatives, including Future Producer School. Future Producer School, created by Sheffield Doc/Fest and Bungalow Town Productions, has successfully run every year since its launch in 2014. Aimed at emerging producers currently working in the industry, the primary outcome of Future Producer School is to develop industry partnerships and provide industry knowledge and experience to up-and-coming producers that have the ambition to become international feature documentary producers.[150] Notable alumni include Eloise King, Julia Nottingham, Lindsey Dryden, and Sky Neal.[151]

On-Screen Talent Market is a Sheffield Doc/Fest initiative to connect charismatic subject-specialists with producers, commissioners, and other Decision Makers looking for fresh faces for their programmes. The programme includes an intensive morning training programme giving insight into the industry via first-hand encounters with established professionals, and is designed for the experts to hone their skills in presenting themselves to the media. This is followed by an afternoon of match-made one-to-one meetings between the talent and television executives. The programme is designed and delivered in collaboration with the Academic Ideas Lab.[152]

Doc/Dinner allows a group of emerging filmmakers to dine with industry executives to exchange ideas and expertise, hosted by Yates. In 2017, execs from the BBC, Channel 4, VICE, Pulse Films and The Guardian met with 20 young filmmakers.[153]

Delegations

Doc/Fest hosts a number of international and national delegations each year, including delegations from Norway,[154] Scotland,[155] Palestine,[156] Indonesia, Jordan, Cuba and Wider Europe.[157]

Social Events & Networking

Each year, Doc/Fest hosts parties and drinks events during the Festival and year-round, including the annual Guilty Pleasures Party held at both Doc/Fest[158][159] and in Amsterdam at IDFA.[160]

Nightly parties are themed around the programme and in 2017 included: the I Will Always Love Docs Party, celebrating the premiere of Whitney "Can I Be Me";[161] a Great Get Together lunchtime picnic celebrating the life and legacy of Jo Cox MP, before the premiere of Closing Night Film Jo Cox: Death of an MP;[162] and in 2016, and the Vogue, Strike a Pose Party, celebrating the premieres of Strike a Pose and Kiki.[163]

Each year also sees the Award Ceremony hosted at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, honouring the best films of the Festival.[124] Each Festival sees dozens of networking drinks hosted by sponsors and supporters, including Image Nation Abu Dhabi, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Shooting People, and more.[164]

All Year programme

Doc/Fest activities outside of the five-day festival include:

  • Films, for example Doc/Fest presents which takes a selection of the Festival's film programme around the UK, and screenings at Latitude Festival.[165]
  • Alternate Realities Tours across the UK to various venues and Latitude Festival[22] and internationally. In 2017, Doc/Fest toured Latin America with the 'Realidades Alternativas' exhibition.[166]
  • Talks & Sessions across various film festivals, featuring members of the Doc/Fest staff.[167]
  • Marketplace & Talent, including ongoing mentoring programme for filmmakers.[94]
  • Networking events for filmmakers.
  • A structured internship and volunteer programme for young people.

Festival directors

Festival chairpersons

Board Members
  • Peter Armstrong
  • Patrick Holland
  • Ralph Lee
  • Shirani Sabaratnam
  • Helen Scott
  • Ian Wild[173]
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