Sheffield DocFest 2015

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The Circus Dynasty (Country: Denmark; Year: 2014; Director: Anders Riis-Hansen; Writer: Anders Riis-Hansen)
Love blossoms between two circus dynasties.
Claude Lanzman: Spectres Of The Shoah (Country: US, UK, Germany, Canada; Year: 2015; Director: Adam Benzine )
Explores the arduous 12‐year journey that led to the creation of one of the most important films of our time.
I Am Dublin (Country: David Aronowitsch, Ahmed Abdullahi, Anna Persson, Sharamarke Binyusuf; Year: 2015; Director: David Aronowitsch, Ahmed Abdullahi, Anna Persson, Sharamarke Binyusuf )
Ahmed gets a role playing a character whose life mirrors his own life as an illegal emigre.
Match Me! - How to Find Love in Modern Times (Country: Germany, Austria ; Year: 2014; Director: Lia Jaspers)
Three women make pilgrimages in search of love.
Pepe Mujica: Lessons from From The Flowerbed (Country: Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Heidi Specogna; Stars: Lucia Topolansky, José Mujica)
Documentary about the president of Uruguay.
Shades Of True (A mots couverts) (Country: France; Year: 2014; Director: Violaine Baraduc, Alexandre Westphal; Stars: Immaculée, Jérôme)
Women who helped perpetrate the genocide in Rwanda recall their stories.
The Storm Makers (Country: France, Cambodia; Year: 2014; Director: Guillaume Suon; Writer: Phally Ngoeum, Guillaume Suon)
The exploitation of Cambodian workers treated as slaves in Asia, Europe and across the US.
The Worlds Of Philip K Dick (Year: 2014; Director: Yann Coquart )
Documentary about the sci-fi writer.
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