Sheffield Doc/Fest programme announced

From 5 to 10 June Sheffield Doc/Fest 2015 will welcome 250+ decision makers from 30 countries, including representatives from ABC, Al Jazeera, ARTE, BBC Britdoc, Channel 4, Cinereach, Chicken and Egg, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, National Geographic, NDR, National Film Board of Canada, Wellcome Trust, PBS, POV, SXSW, SBS and Tribeca Film Institute. Nine delegations will attend: BFI Film Audience Network Delegation, Jordanian Delegation, Nordic Delegation, Northern Film & Media Delegation, Mexican Delegation, Scottish Delegation, South African Delegation, Ukrainian Delegation VPRO Dutch Delegation.

Between the Marketplace, Doc Campus Industry Sessions, Interactive at Sheffield and the international documentary programme festival delegates choose from over 280 special events, panels, films and projects as well as network, relax (or skate) at Doc/Fest's famous drinks and party events.

Opening and Closing Films:

The festival opens at the Sheffield Showroomwith Joshua Oppenheimer's hotly anticipated The Look of Silence(UK premiere), in which a family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers, andat the City Hall, the world premiere of Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson'sThe Greatest Shows on Earth: A Century of Funfairs, Circuses and Carnivals, a music and archive film with a brand new score by Georg H lm and Orri P ll D rason of Sigur R s and the Head of the Pagan Church in Iceland and godfather of Icelandic music, Hilmar rn Hilmarsson.A celebration of the lives of the travelling showpeople has been created with exclusive access to The University of Sheffield's National Fairground Archive who made this extraordinary footage available for the first time. A Sagafilm/Crossover Production in Association with The National Fairground Archive for BBC Storyville and RUV Iceland and SVT in Sweden, supported by the Icelandic Film Fund. Additional Archive material from Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center and North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University. The film will be followed by a Q&A from the director and musicians.

Doc/Fest closes on 10th June at the Crucible Theatre with Monty Python: The Meaning of Live(EU premiere) followed by a conversation with Michael Palin and directors Roger Graef and James Rogan hosted by comedian Josie Long.

Headline speakers:

Two In Conversation' events: filmmaker John Akomfrah, talking to BBC presenter Francine Stock on Saturday 6 June (Akomfrah as the subject of this year's retrospective in the film programme); filmmaker Nino Kirtadze who has directed five films which centre on issues related to Georgia And Russia and the relationship between the two will be in conversation on 7thJune. Her film Don't Breath is in the film programme.

Three filmmaker masterclasses are: BBC Film Programme's Danny Leigh will talk with Jeanie Finlay about her work and distribution strategies, and unpick methods and motivations with Joshua Oppenheimer whilst Brett Morgen will talk about his critically acclaimed work during a session with Chris Wilson, Head of Popular Factual at 7 Wonder.

Other headline speakers include: Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, stars of ITVs Long Lost Family, who will share insights into delivering some of the most emotionally powerful scenes on television; historian and BBC TV presenter Lucy Worsley (The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain (2014) and Dancing Cheek To Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance (2014)), who brings history to life; Jolyon Rubinstein, Heydon Prowse and Joe Wade, creators and presenters of BBC Threes The Revolution Will Be Televised will talk to Owen Jones about their BAFTA winning TV series. BUG, the BFI's ever-popular big screen extravaganza of music video and online creativity, returns to Sheffield Doc/Fest with another special show.

77 Documentary Campus' Conference Sessions:

BBC One ControllerCharlotte Moore will talk to Doc/Fest Chairman Alex Graham about her priorities for the channelfor theBBC Interview; filmmaker Dan Reed will talk to Deputy Chief Creative Officer Ralph Lee about his award-winning body of work including Escortsfor the Channel 4 Interview; Kim Shillinglawwill talk about her ambitions for the future of factual on BBC Two and BBC Four.

Commissioning Panels on Monday 8th include: Specialist Factual chaired by Emma Read (Emporium Productions); Documentary chaired by Ruth Pitt; Arts chaired by Will Gompertz (BBC); Factual Entertainment chaired by Alex Graham; and Alternative Platforms chaired by Charlie Phillips (The Guardian).

BBC Newsnight editor Ian Katz will discuss with Storyville editor Nick Fraser about his introduction of a short form documentary element to the programme and the relationship between nightly current affairs, short form content and documentary. The short form will also be scrutinised in Make It Short: The Rise of the Short Form Docwhich will look at how explore hownew funding and distribution opportunities are fuelling the success of short-form docs. In Documentaries for the Next Generationthe panel will consider how attention spans are shrinking and how many young people are choosing YouTube and games over traditional viewing on TV.

Women will take centre-stage in Women In Industrychaired by Cat Cooper with Deborah Zimmerman (Women Make Movies), Jeanie Finlay (director Orion: The Man Who Would Be King), Corrina Antrobu (Bechdel Test Fest) and Leslee Udwin (director India's Daughter).

Two sessions look at the future for the next generation of filmmakers: and the BFI session Getting A Foot in the Door: Next Steps for Young Filmmakers, chaired by Charlie Lyne will give insight into the lifecycle of a film from development to distribution, and top tips on how to help first time filmmakers to get noticed, and how to get a film seen an

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