Full programme announced for Sheffield DocFest 2022

The full programme for Sheffield DocFest, held from 23-28 June 2022, has been revealed.

The film programme will include 38 world premieres, 22 international premieres, 11 European premieres in the film programme including new works by Emma Davie, Werner Herzog and Rodrigo Reyes.

The Alternate Realities programme of technologically innovative non-fiction and immersive documentaries will include 5 world premieres, 6 international premieres, 3 European premieres and new works by Jad Abumrad, Dries Depoorter and Rachel Briscoe.

There will be headline talks from Guest Curator Asif Kapadia with editor Chris King; Brett Morgen (Moonage Daydream), Pratibha Parmar (My Name is Andrea) and David Olusoga: (StoryTrails). Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream will open the festival in its UK premiere.

Among the key broadcaster talks will be the BBC Interview with Clive Myrie; the Channel 4 Interview with Will Young; and the ITV interview with Ellie Simmonds.

Alex Cooke, Chair of the Board of Trustees, said: “There has never been a more important time for documentaries. They take us into worlds and lives and help us understand, they let us empathise, and they hold those in power to account. This special Festival affords us a community, one to find real comfort in.”

Clare Stewart, Interim CEO Sheffield DocFest, added: “Sheffield DocFest has an extraordinary legacy of connecting the global documentary ecosystem with the people of Sheffield and South Yorkshire. As one of the world’s leading documentary festivals, and the UK’s only film marketplace, we create opportunities for business through our industry programme, for creativity by bringing filmmakers and artists together, and for exchange between makers and audiences through our screening programmes, exhibitions and talks & sessions. We can’t wait to bring everyone back together again at this year’s Festival.”

Sheffield DocFest, now in its 29^th year returns as a fully in-person event, is the UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects. It champions and presents the breadth of documentary form – film, television, immersive and art – in the vibrant city of Sheffield each June. Find more details of programme on Sheffield DocFest’s website.