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Sheffield DocFest 2015

Films that are the product of a world in crisis.

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All things Ablaze (Country: Ukraine; Year: 2014; Director: Oleksandr Techynskyi, Aleksey Solodunov, Dmitry Stoykov) , Official Site
First-person perspective of the uprising in Ukraine.
Chameleon (Country: US, Canada, Georgia; Year: 2015; Director: Ryan Mullins; Writer: Ryan Mullins)
A look at the life and work of Anas Aremeyaw, an investigative journalist who worked in Ghana.
Deep Web (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Alex Winter; Writer: Alex Winter; Stars: Cindy Cohn, Joshua L. Dratel, Andy Greenberg, Keanu Reeves, Todd Shipley, Christopher Soghoian, Kirk Ulbricht, Lyn Ulbricht, Ross Ulbricht, Cody Wilson) , Official Site
The inside story of the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the convicted 30-year-old entrepreneur accused to be 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' creator and operator of online black market Silk Road.
Democrats (Country: Denmark; Year: 2014; Director: Camilla Nielsson)
Documentary tracks power brokers in Zimbabwe who are trying to compose a new constitution.
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Drone (Country: Norway, US, Pakistan; Year: 2014; Director: Tonje Hessen Schei; Writer: Tonje Hessen Shei; Stars: Shahzad Akbar, Noor Behram, Brandon Bryant, Michael Haas, Clive Stafford Smith, Chris Woods)
Documentary about the CIA's covert drone war in Pakistan.
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Drone Drone
Drone and Maidan
Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks (Country: Spain, Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Ben Lewis ) , Official Site
The story of enigmatic whistle-blower Hervé Falciani, who stole highly sensitive client data from HSBC leading to the biggest banking scandal in history.
Generation Right (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Michelle Coomber; Writer: Michelle Coomber) , Official Site
An in-depth look at Margaret Thatcher - the politician and the person.
Incorruptible (Country: US, Senegal; Year: 2015; Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi)
The uprising in Senegal after President Abdoulaye Wade changed to constitution to allow himself a third term in office.
Maidan (Country: Ukraine, Netherlands; Year: 2014; Director: Sergei Loznitsa)
A documentary about the unrest in Ukraine in 2013 and 2014.
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Those Who Said No (Country: Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Iran; Year: 2014; Director: Nima Sarvestani; Writer: Nima Sarvestani)
The Hague's Court Of Justice probe into Iranian mass executions in the 1980s.
The Yes Men Are Revolting (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno; Stars: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno) , Official Site , Trailer
The political pranks by the Yes Men - and the toll it has taken on their relationship.
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