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Sheffield Doc/Fest
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10.08.10Sheffield Doc/Fest programme announcedSheffield Doc/Fest is something I look forward a huge amount every year. Today, someone described it to me as 'not only a festival, it's the party everyone wants to go to', which is entirely appropriate. What makes the festival special is that, in addition to its incredible 130+ films programme, there are 60+ industry sessions which always leave you with invaluable knowledge and advice and absolutely no free time. There is also the huge MeetMarket, for projects looking for co-production. The atmosphere, in general, is inclusive and, ultimately, a lot of fun. Oh, and you can even see the Cinema ...
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11.06.09Sheffield Doc/Fest: A Time Comes – The Story of the Kingsnorth SixScreening today and Saturday at the festival with Shelter in Place is Nick Broomfield’s new film A Time Comes - The Story of the Kingsnorth Six In this nineteen minute short Nick Broomfield goes back to look at a group of Greenpeace activists who decided to climb the chimney of Kingsnorth power station in protest of government plans for the first new coal-fired power station in Britain for three decades. The protest made national news and the activists were arrested. The resulting court case gained support from the world's leading scientists and their subsequent acquittal was historic and changed government policy. Nick ...
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11.04.09Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: P-Star RisingThe Documentary Blog's Sheffield Doc/Fest coverage comes to us thanks to our new UK correspondent Charlotte Cook. On paper P-Star Rising raises certain expectations. It is a story about a 9 year old rapper and you'd be forgiven for thinking this was a standard performance driven music documentary. What actually happens is that all your expectations are turned on their head and you are presented with one of the most intimate insights into poor, struggling America seen on screen. Director Gabriel Noble shows the highs and lows of success through the innocent eyes of Priscilla “P-Star” Diaz. She's supported and led by ...
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11.04.09Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Presumed GuiltyThe Documentary Blog's Sheffield Doc/Fest coverage comes to us thanks to our new UK correspondent Charlotte Cook. Presumed Guilty is the new film from Geoffrey Smith who made last year’s outstanding documentary, The English Surgeon. This time around he's sharing the director credit with lawyer Roberto Hernández who shot the majority of the footage. Geoffrey’s role in this film was to shape and construct a feature documentary from over forty hours of courtroom footage provided by the legal team of Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete who had felt compelled to document a court case they were fighting in Mexico. The Mexico judicial ...