Film Festival
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Your Turn
Whilst in today’s enlightened society students often get tarnished as drunk, cannabis-smoking layabouts, there was a time in Europe when they were often seen as the group most likely to hold governments to account. One of the most famous examples was in France during the student strikes of 1968. However, in other areas of the …
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Midnight Family
Featuring car chases, high jinks and life-threatening situations, Midnight Family is a fascinating glimpse into a morally ambiguous industry.
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Searching Eva
Long gone are the days when you actually had to know someone to get a glimpse into their lives. The internet has allowed us to share our everyday existence with people around the world, regardless of how mundane or exciting it is. The strangest thing is, there’s an audience out there for this kind of …
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Hi, AI
The relationship between man and machine has always been a complex one. Humans seem to have an implicit need to create in our own image. Whilst at the same time, we’re profoundly suspicious that our designs will one day want to become our overlords. This love/hate relationship has been captured on the big screen many …
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: A Wild Stream
Today, time seems to fly by in a dazzling haze. There’s so much going on around us and life moves as such a fast pace that it’s easy to forget to stop and breathe every now and then. The modern workplace can be a high pressured and stressful environment. Some people chose to leave the …
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Once Aurora
The music industry is a brutal place. Whilst the rise of Youtube, Instagram and other social media provided another route to stardom, the same exploitative industry system of managers and agents still remains. Artists have stark choices to make between controlling their musical direction and being able to eat. Landing a contract can be akin …
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Brink
The Brink gives him space to breathe and in doing so affords the audience a glimpse into what makes him tick.
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Sound is Innocent
There seems to be a intrinsic need within the human psyche for music. Whether that is creating or listening depends very much on your talent. As Plato is often misquoted as saying, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Whilst electronic music is …
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Hail Satan?
One of the most amusing documentaries you’re liable to see this year.
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Kabul, City in the Wind
It’s a beautifully made and extremely thoughtful portrait of a city trying to move on.