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Whether they're festival favourites or hidden gems, DocHouse Recommends films are the core of our programme and you won't find them anywhere else.
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Italian Doc Season 2026

Featuring three contemporary documentaries and three special archival presentations dedicated to the theme of family and familial legacies.

Two Films by Alan Berliner

We're excited to welcome director Alan Berliner for two Q&A screenings, BENITA and Letter to the Editor.

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Coup 53

Showing from Tue 09 Jun

Ten years in the making, Coup 53 tells the story of the Anglo-American coup that overthrew Iran's Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah.

Natchez

Showing from Tue 09 Jun

A brilliant, jaw-dropping and cinematic insight into a town built by plantation owners off the back of slavery - a reality glossed over in the town's sanitised historical narrative.

Ghost in the Machine

Showing from Tue 09 Jun

Ghost in the Machine reveals the fantasies behind the hype and explores the philosophical, cultural and political forces driving the AI boom.

Loving Karma

Showing from Tue 09 Jun

In the remote foothills of the Himalayas, former monk Lobsang Phuntsok has built a community for children who have endured abandonment and neglect.

Time and Water

Showing from Fri 12 Jun

Iceland's magnificent, ancient landscapes are changing, and for renowned author Andri Snær Magnason, the irreparable loss of his country's glaciers is about more than just ice.

A Last Big Story

Showing from Sat 13 Jun

Faced with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Jon Snow rediscovers his purpose in doing what he always done: exposing injustice; fighting for a Zambian community whose homes have been destroyed by a mine.

Q&A

Sheffield DocFest Spotlights: Disciples

Showing on Mon 15 Jun

On the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, two boys enter a revered Hindu school where lessons in ancient scripture blur into something more troubling.

Q&A

Arthur Erickson – Beauty Between the Lines

Showing on Thu 18 Jun

Beauty Between the Lines delves into the life and work of Arthur Erickson, a visionary architect first in Canada and ultimately throughout the world.

Killing Anna

Showing from Fri 19 Jun

A Syrian woman goes undercover online to track down a war criminal, an agents of one of the world's most brutal regimes.