Director Armin Thalhammer and his crew risked their lives to make “Cerro Rico”, a haunting dive into the depths of the famed Bolivian silver mine, estimated to have cost the lives of up to 8 million men to date.
Director Armin Thalhammer and his crew risked their lives to make “Cerro Rico”, a haunting dive into the depths of the famed Bolivian silver mine, estimated to have cost the lives of up to 8 million men to date.
“It’s bigger than the World Cup, it’s bigger than the Champions League… it’s the Epinetzo Africa Cup of Nations”. With the backing and support of one of France’s most successful rappers, Niska, and countless footballing superstars such as Didier Drogba, Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, Riyad Mahrez and Benjamin Mendy, the tournament has exploded in popularity on social media and french news channels.
Soufra follows the unlikely and wildly inspirational story of intrepid social entrepreneur, Mariam Shaar – a generational refugee who has spent her entire life in the Burj El Barajneh refugee camp just south of Beirut, Lebanon.
CK Goldiing is a writer and filmmaker from Sheffield, UK who got in touch with Documentary Weekly to submit his rivetingly feel-good first short film, ‘61 HUGS’. After helplessly falling for this gem of a film, we set out to speak to the man himself.
Documentary Weekly met with musician and filmmaker Elizabeth Sankey to chat about her new film, ‘Romantic Comedy’, the day after it’s live-scored UK premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Few films following political upheaval successfully convey the conflicting emotions of their leaders as they struggle for empowerment and justice, but Chris Kelly’s Bafta-nominated ‘A Cambodian Spring’ is such a potent mixture of visual and auditive artistry that no viewer can possibly be left unmoved.
Documentary Weekly met with director Pia Hellenthal at Sheffield Doc/Fest 19 to talk about her new film, ‘Searching Eva’, ahead of its UK premiere.
“With Diego, I would go to the end of the world. But with Maradona… I wouldn’t take a step”
Documentary Weekly met up with Kristof Bilsen at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 to talk about his latest film, 'Mother', ahead of it’s international premiere.
2019 was another bumper year for the festival - here’s a summary of our best bits and films to look out for this year.
‘Who is William Onyeabor?’ - New York-based label Luaka Bop tried, and failed, to find this out in 2013 when they released an album of the same name which compiled the work of the mystery 70s and 80s Nigerian synthesizer musician.
It’s likely you couldn’t point out the Helveltica typeface if you were asked to, but walk down any given city street today with someone who can, and you’ll realise just how unbelievably influential it is.
Late last year, Documentary Weekly was approached by the Southern Documentary Project filmmaker John Rash, who submitted to us a premiere of his first feature film Negro Terror. Now, tragically, his film has taken on far greater importance.
Ted Bundy is not only America’s most notorious serial killer, he’s also one of it’s greatest obsessions. His story is now the subject of a blockbuster Hollywood film and Zac Efron is said to have based his surprisingly accurate character study on this particularly haunting mini-series.
You’ve never met an organic farmer quite as eccentric, entertaining, foul-mouthed or as heavy a drinker as Peter Dunning.
On November 13th 2015, Paris suffered it’s deadliest ever attack. This incredibly poignant and touching 3-part series is an intimate portrayal of 40 survivors’ stories, but also how deeply their lives have been affected by the experience.
This is the calming and affecting study of L’Arche, a community of people with learning disabilities in France, who despite common beliefs have a huge amount of knowledge to impart on the world.
This is a modern classic of the documentary genre and a deserved Oscar winner back in 2013.
Cancel your plans for tomorrow evening, there's a brand new David Attenborough nature doc series landing on Netflix that you're going to want to binge-watch instead.
We partnered with Fleishman Hillard Fishburn to host the Uk’s first ever screening of Social Animals. Find out how our audience reacted!
