[40], The 2016 event took place from 10 to 15 June. [38], 2017 also saw the use of new venue The Light Cinema on the Moor, offering 3 luxury cinema screens. [6], 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. [140] Each meeting is match-made and scheduled with relevant Decision Makers. [94], 2011 saw the Festival move from November to June, right off the back of the November 2010 Festival. The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington, POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, "Sheffield Doc/Fest names Liz McIntyre new festival director", Sheffield Doc/Fest director Heather Croall to step down, "Sheffield Doc/Fest Introduces Childcare for Delegates – Women in Film & TV", "Sheffield Doc/Fest: Sheffield International Documentary Festival", "June Events | Sheffield Hallam University", "Sheffield Doc/Fest appoints director of film programming", "Sheffield Doc/Fest appoints Patrick Hurley as head of marketplace", "Sheffield Doc/Fest names creative curation team", https://issuu.com/sheffielddocfest/docs/docfest_2019_festival_report_master, "Sheffield Doc/Fest Festival Report 2017", "Sheffield Doc/Fest unveils 2017 line-up", "Sheffield Doc/Fest looks to expand creative scope", "PREVIEW: Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017 from Joe Cocker to Jo Cox - 20 must things to see and do", "Announcing Realidades Alternativas in Latin America", "Sheffield Doc/Fest to Open With World Premiere of 'Queerama, "10 must-see films at the sheffield doc fest", "Sheffield Doc/Fest Unveils Music + Dance Films in Doc/Rythm Lineup", "Documentary Goes 'Alternate Reality' at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017 | Filmmaker Magazine", "Munduruku – Sheffield Doc|Fest, Sheffield UK", "Craft Summit: The Art of Documentary Filmmaking in partnership with Sheffield Doc/Fest : Documentary Campus e.V. Doc/Fest activities outside of the five-day festival include: Documentary festival in Sheffield, England. Film and Alternate Realities Submissions - Sheffield Doc/Fest Submission Manager Powered By Submittable - Accept and Curate Digital Content Sheffield Live! On Thursday 12 September there will be a special ’20 by 20×20’ Pecha Kucha event dedicated to celebrating the legacy of the Workstation in which notable tenants, past and present, will give snappy insightful presentations about their work using the Pecha Kucha format of 20 slides with 20 seconds per slide. The Alternate Realities Summit was a day-long event with a focus on virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and mixed reality. [5] The Festival has been voted one of the Top Five Coolest Documentary Film Festivals in the World by MovieMaker magazine. Sheffield Live! Among new films premiered at this year’s Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival is a hard hitting take on how freedom struggles are changing the world. Mark Perkins, 'The Unthanks: Songs from the Shipyards'. [12], Film submissions topped 2000 for the first time. Last month Van attended Sheffield Doc/Fest which “brings the international documentary family together to celebrate the art and business of documentary making for five intense days in June.”. Each year there are approximately 65 projects, which hold many one-to-one across two days. [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. Free outdoor screenings of U-rated documentaries. 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].