Gallant Indies / Indes Galantes by Philippe Béziat
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2021 announced April 30 the films that will premiere in its Rhyme & Rhythm strand. “Rhyme & Rhythm is where cinema and other artforms meet. Through music and performance, visual art and sport, each film offers encounters and inspirations to a different beat,” say organisers.
Twenty films will screen as part of the section, over half of which will be world, international or European premieres.
Among other selections, the programme will feature:
● pop star Charli XCX in Alone Together by Bradley Bell & Pablo Jones-Soler
● Blondie: Vivir en La Habana by Rob Roth
● poet Joséphine Bacon in Call Me Human by Kim O’Bomsawin
● singer Robert Lloyd of The Nightingales and comedian/writer Stewart Lee in King Rocker by Michael Cumming
● counter culture icon Lydia Lunch – The War is Never Over by Beth B;
● singer Raymonde El Bidaouia by Yaël Abecassis;
● filmmaker Chantal Akerman in Son chant by Vivian Ostrovsky;
● cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton in Avec Sonia Wieder-Atherton by Chantal Akerman;
● and artists Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Camper, Rupert Kinnard, Howard Cruse and Mary Wings in No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics by Vivian Kleiman.
“Through the Rhyme & Rhythm programme, audiences can enjoy everything from Afro-Cuban music, chaâbi, choral singing, classical, new wave, no wave, pop, post-punk and spoken word, via cabaret and drag to comics books, drawing, opera, poetry, skating, sports and street dance,” writes the festival.
Singer, poet, writer, and actress Lydia Lunch will also give a talk as part of the festival: So Real It Hurts. Having collaborated with a number of filmmakers over the years, Lydia will speak about being the star of Beth B’s Lydia Lunch – The War Is Never Over, how she documents her reality through multiple mediums, and what success looks like as a fiercely anti-commercial artist.
Melanie Iredale, Deputy Director comments: “Film has such a rich history of interacting and interweaving with other practices, and we couldn’t be more proud to announce a programme which does exactly that; and in a city in which music, theatre and art is our touchstone. We want to welcome audiences to watch – sing and dance – along with us in June, in Sheffield and online.”
Full details here of the Rhyme & Rhythm programme.
Sheffield Doc/Fest runs from 4-13 June 2021, in cinemas in Sheffield and online. The full Artistic and Industry programmes will be announced on Wednesday 12 May 2021.
