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Sheffield DocFest 2026

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A City In The Forest (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Lev Omelchenko, Nolan Huber)
When a police unit in Atlanta moves to raze an urban forest for the country's largest police training facility, a grassroots movement fights to defend the land.
World premiere
Hope Is A Word (Country: Norway, Italy, Nigeria; Year: 2026; Director: Maria Galliani Dyrvik)
In Nigeria's Niger Delta, where oil extraction has poisoned the land for decades, poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey nurtures a new generation of writers to fight back.
World premiere
Magma (Country: France, Algeria, Qatar; Year: 2026; Director: Mia Bendrimia; Writer: Mia Bendrimia)
Searching for answers about her Algerian family's ties to both sides of the Independence war, a filmmaker uncovers a tangle of contradicting buried histories.
World premiere
Matininó (Country: Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic; Year: 2026; Director: Gabriela Diaz Arp; Writer: Gabriela Diaz Arp, Wendy Muñiz, Tatiana Monge Herrera, Claudia Calderón)
In Puerto Rico, a multi-generational group of women confront violence and abuse through a shared creative fantasy rich in colour, mythology and play.
International premiere
The Way You See Me (Como tú me ves) (Country: Mexico, Argentina; Year: 2026; Director: M Sin Título)
An intimate story about the construction of identity and the consequences of defying gender norms within Mexico's conservative upper-middle-class society.
World premiere
The Wind's Thirst (Country: Canada, Colombia; Year: 2026; Director: Alejandro Valbuena)
In Colombia's La Guajira desert, three Wayuu guardians fight corporate powers exploiting their ancestral land, as green energy projects and a vital reservoir serve everyone but them.
World premiere
Wolf (Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Christian Cargill)
Tilda Swinton guides us through the life of British musician Patrick Wolf.
World premiere
The Wolf (Director: Wancheng Gu, Prasad Sudhakar Shetty)
Yuan, a 60 year old former village mayor in Shanghai, seeks freedom through heartbreak, marriage and LGBTQ+ repression in modern China.
World premiere
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