Past Screenings

Our full screening archive, featuring every documentary we've shown.

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Late at Night – Voices of Ordinary Madness

2024

Xiaolu Guo's film essay relentlessly focuses on Britain’s mean streets and its dwellers, each fighting their ground in their own way.

Harder Than the Rock

2024

The fascinating story of Cimarons, the first UK band to embrace the thrilling new sound coming out of Jamaica.

The Fisherman and the Banker

2024

The struggle of an Indian fishing community who take on one of the world’s most powerful institutions, The World Bank Group.

Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: Three Promises

2024

A Palestinian mother documents life under fire during the Second Intifada. Decades later, her son pieces together these video fragments.

The Battle for Laikipia

2024

A devastating drought raise the stakes in a generations-old conflict between indigenous farmers and white landowners in Laikipia, Kenya.

The Woman, the Orphan, and the Tiger

2024

The Woman, The Orphan, and The Tiger explores ways in which trauma is passed on from previous generations to the present.

Notes From Sheepland

2024

Dive into the world of Irish visual artist and shepherd, Orla Barry.

The Grab

2024

This global thriller reveals one of the world's biggest and least discussed threats - the grab for food and water resources.

Sugarcane

2024

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