Sheffield International Documentary Festival

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Logo of the 2006 SIDF

The Sheffield International Documentary Festival (SIDF) is an annual film festival held in Sheffield, England. It is commonly abbreviated as the Sheffield Doc/Fest.

First held in 1994, the SIDF has grown to become the United Kingdom's leading event for the factual film and television industry. Each year it offers a forum for producers, distributors, commissioners, filmmakers and emerging talent. The festival aims to provide opportunities to build the creative and business relationships that drive the factual genre.

Sponsors of the festival include the EEC, Sheffield City Council, the UK Film Council, Arts Council England, the BBC, Channel 4, Sky One, Granada Television, and UKTV, among others. Annual events include the Channel 4 Sheffield Pitch - an opportunity for eight shortlisted documentary directors to bid for a £30,000 commission to make a 30-minute documentary.

Patrons include Joan Bakewell CBE, Melvyn Bragg, David Blunkett MP, Lorraine Heggessey and Michael Palin.

The 2006 SIDF runs from 30 October - 5 November.

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The 2005 SIDF featured:-

10th District Court: Moments Of Trials, Dir: Raymond Depardon, France 2004 102mins
The 3 Rooms Of Melancholia,Dir: Pirjo Honkasalo, Finland 2004 106mins
A Place To Be, Dir: Danilo Guidarelli, Italy 2005 8mins
A Sketchbook For The Library Van, Dir: Gideon Koppel, United Kingdom 2005 59mins
Afghantsi, Dir: Peter Kosminsky, United Kingdom 1988 54mins
Alimentation Générale, Dir: Chantal Briet, France 2005 84mins
Arlit, The Second Paris, Dir: Idrissou Mora-Kpai, France, Benin 2005 78mins
The Armwrestler From Solitude, Dir: Lisa Munthe , Helen Ahlsson, Sweden 2004 78mins
Asylum, Dir: Peter Gordon, United Kingdom 2005 89mins
Avenge But One Of My Two Eyes, Dir: Avi Mograbi, Israel, France 2005 100mins
Benigno, Farewell To A Revolution, Dir: Marlou van den Berge, Netherlands 2005 55mins
Bigger Than Hollywood, Dir: Anthony Wonke, United Kingdom 2005 59mins
Born In The USSR: 21UP, Dir: Sergei Miroshnichenko, United Kingdom 2005 71mins
Brasileirinho, Dir: Mika Kaurismäki ,Switzerland, Finland, Brazil 2005 90mins
Building Site, Dir: Li Rujian, China 2004 28mins
Child In Time, Dir: Kai Nordberg, Finland 2005 37mins
Claire’s Notebooks, Dir: Serge Lalou, France 2005 75mins
Cookie, Dir: Melissa Hodson, United Kingdom 2005 12mins
The Devil And Daniel Johnston, Dir: Jeff Feuerzeig, USA 2005 109mins
Displaced, Dir: Magdalena López-Baisson, Tanya Nelson, United Kingdom 2005 28mins
Dogumentary: Get A Life, Dir: Michael Klint, Denmark 2004 59mins
Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click., Dir: Canaan Brumley, USA 2005 95mins
East End Kids, Dir: Carole Laganière, Canada 2004 52mins
Enemy Image, Dir: Mark Daniels, France 2005 92mins
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, Dir: Alex Gibney, USA 2004 109mins
Face Off, Dir: Bryan Dixon, United Kingdom 2005 29mins
The Fall Of Fujimori, Dir: Ellen Perry, USA 2005 84mins
Fountain Of Youth, Dir: Daniel Vernon, United Kingdom 2005 18mins
Frozen Angels, Dir: Frauke Sandig, Eric Black, Finland, France, Germany, USA 2005 93mins
The Government Inspector, Dir: Peter Kosminsky, United Kingdom 2005 100mins
Hanoi,Tuesday 13th, Dir: Santiago Alvarez, Cuba 1967 38mins
Homeland, Dir: Hannah Skrinar, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Ukraine 2005 55mins
Homemade Hillbilly Jam, Dir: Rick Minnich, Germany 2005 80mins
The Immortal, Dir: Mercedes Moncada Rodríguez, Spain, Mexico 2005 80mins
Just For Kicks, Dir: Lisa Leone, Thibaut de Longeville, USA, France 2005 66mins
Last Men Standing, Dir: Sasha Maja Djurkovic, United Kingdom 2005 17mins
LBJ, Dir: Santiago Alvarez, Cuba 1967 18mins
Life In Peace, Dir: Pavel Kostomarov, Antoine Cattin, Russia, Switzerland 2000
Liquid Stones, Dir: Ninna Bohn Pedersen, United Kingdom 2004 8mins
Mad Hot Ballroom, Dir: Marilyn Agrelo, USA 2005 115mins
Milking The Desert, Dir: Yasmin Fedda, United Kingdom 2004 25mins
My Crazy Life, Dir: Jean-Pierre Gorin, USA, United Kingdom 1991 95mins