Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Oil Machine
In 1969, after years of exploration, oil was discovered in the North Sea. The 1970s saw the discovery of the two biggest fields on the UK continental shelf. Clair, which…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Delikado
On the face of it, Palawan appears to be the epitome of an island paradise. The archipelago, located at the western reaches of the Philippines, is the home to beautiful…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: My Name Is Andrea
The #MeToo movement highlighted a horrendous truth that many women already knew. However, this public wave of anger created an environment where people felt able to speak out for the…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The New Greatness Case
The war in Ukraine has once against shone a light of the oppressive and authoritarian regime in Russia. While Putin might allow a few people to vote for someone else…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Alis
While Columbia has some of the more progressive women’s rights legislation in South America, that doesn’t mean to say that being a girl or woman in the country is easy.…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Beneath the Surface
The Sámi are indigenous to the region formerly known as Lapland (Sápmi) which covers northern areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Murmansk Oblast. Like all aboriginal groups, they’ve been…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Mountains and Heaven in Between
While Ukraine is a country with a lot of history, it has come a long way since the collapse of the USSR at the beginning of the 1990s. Before Putin…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: A Bunch of Amateurs
Filmmaking clubs used to be very popular in most European countries, including the UK. Most cities had one. Made up of enthusiastic amateurs brought together by a shared passion, these…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Electric Malady
It might not be a condition you’ve heard of, and arguments still rage across the medical community about whether it is actually an illness in its own right, but electrosensitivity…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Eat Your Catfish
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), aka Motor Neuron Disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a terrible neurodegenerative condition which eventually leads to the loss of muscle control. There is no…
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