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Indivisible: the 360 Igloo as prism/portal/potential – DocFest, 13 June 2026

15/05/2026

Sheffield Creative Industries Institute at Docfest Alternate Realities Programme Indivisible explores the unfolding opportunities afforded by the technology, physical experience, and connectedness of the Sheffield Hallam University Igloo 360 immersive space – extending participation beyond static exhibition site and into creative, embodied and critical, multi-sensory encounters. Each selected piece explores the potential for immersive place-inspired storytelling: centering research, innovation, […]

Sheffield DocFest 2023 Exhibition mentioned in Exposed magazine

08/06/2023

An exhibition charting the 30-year history of Sheffield DocFest 2023 and its links with Sheffield – created by Hallam researchers Anna Richards, James Fenwick, and Rinella Cere – is mentioned in Exposed magazine. To read the article in Exposed magazine, please click here.

Sheffield DocFest 30th Anniversary exhibition – 10th-19th June 2023

11/05/2023

Update: James has also been quoted in a BBC article and how his research has formed the basis of the exhibition on DocFest’s history. Read it on the BBC here. To coincide with the 30th Edition of Sheffield DocFest, and based on the ongoing research of Sheffield Hallam University researchers, this exhibition opens up the DocFest archive to take visitors on […]

Professor Esther Johnson’s DUST & METAL to screen at Leeds International Film Festival 2022

02/11/2022

Professor Esther Johnson‘s new poetic documentary feature film DUST & METAL which received its world premiere at this year’s Sheffield DocFest will screen on 9 November at the 36th Leeds International Film Festival. Esther has also been invited as a member of the jury for the drama feature film competition. Tickets for the film are available HERE Further information on the film can be found here and […]

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Professor Esther Johnson’s new feature film DUST & METAL will receive its world premiere at this year’s Sheffield DocFest (2022)

24/06/2022

Professor Esther Johnson‘s new feature film DUST & METAL will receive its world premiere at this year’s Sheffield DocFest with a live soundtrack performance on Monday 27 June from 8pm at the magnificent Memorial Hall in Sheffield City Hall. The film will screen in the form of a “cine-concert” with the film’s new electronic score performed live by Vietnamese artist Xo Xinh. Tickets and passes are available here. DUST & METAL (CAT […]

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