Sheffield DocFest announces collaborative Ukraine programme with Docudays UA
In solidarity with Ukraine, Sheffield DocFest unveils ‘Password: Palianytsia,’ a collaborative doc programme with Docudays UA which will launch the British Council and Ukrainian Institute’s UK/Ukraine Season of Culture with the world premiere of One Day in Ukraine by media activist and filmmaking collective Babylon 13. The co-created film focusses on a single day during the war in Ukraine: March 14 2022.
Bowie doc Moonage Daydream to open Sheffield
Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream will open this year’s Sheffield DocFest on 23 June. Written, directed, edited and produced by Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) the doc presents "a genre-defying immersion into the art and sounds of David Bowie." Moonage Daydream will world premiere as a Midnight Screening at Cannes 2022.
Sheffield unveils Kapadia’s ‘Documentary Journey’ selection
The films range from Leon Gast’s When We Were Kings to Martin Scorsese’s Italianamerican to Patrick Keiller’s London. “This selection is personal to me, as someone who grew up in Hackney in the 1970s and 1980s. I didn’t come from an art or film background. It was quite profound to know that it was possible for someone to make films like these,” says Kapadia.
BDE interview: Clare Stewart, Interim CEO of Sheffield Doc Fest
The former BFI London and Sydney FF director talks to BDE about her new role at Sheffield Doc Fest which sees a number of other new appointments in 2022, including Asif Kapadia as Guest Curator. “Fundamentally the real challenge (and it's quite different from approaching a festival pre-pandemic) is thinking about what the shape of the festival needs to be for the future,” says Stewart.
IDFA’s Zambrano heads to Sheffield, plus other senior DocFest appointments
Raul Niño Zambrano set to leave IDFA and join Sheffield DocFest (June 23-28) as head of programmes from the end of January. Other new appointments to the Sheffield senior leadership team are immersive director Francesca Panetta, who takes over as alternate realities curator, and Sarah Mosses and John-Paul Pierrot of Together Films (UK) who will head up the festival’s marketing and audience strategy and campaign in 2022.
Sheffield appoints Clare Stewart as Interim CEO and Asif Kapadia as Guest Curator for...
In addition to overseeing the 2022 event, former BFI London FF director Stewart will “work with the Board and senior team to forge a new, long-term strategy for Sheffield DocFest.” Oscar winner Kapadia will personally select some sections of the screenings programme and work with the Sheffield team on events, talks and other initiatives, say festival organisers.
