Eye For Film >> Festivals >> Doc/Fest >> 2021 >> Opening and Closing Galas

Sheffield DocFest 2021

View other Sheffield DocFest Films by strand: DocFest Exchange, Ghosts And Apparitions, International Competition, Into The World, Rebellions, Rhyme & Rhythm, Special Screenings

The Story Of Looking (Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Mark Cousins)
Exploring the role that visual experience plays in our individual and collective lives.
Closing film
Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Questlove; Stars: Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, Nina Simone, Moms Mabley, Mavis Staples, Abbey Lincoln, Mahalia Jackson, Jesse Jackson, David Ruffin, Sly and Stone the Family, Cal Tjader, Max Roach, Brothers The Chambers, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Hugh Masekela)
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America’s history lost – until now.
Full Review
Opening film
News

59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground

More news and features

Playing Now
Festival Image

Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:

Visions du Réel
Swiss documentary showcase

Overlook Film Festival

New Directors/New Films
New York's celebration of new voices

Glasgow Short Film Festival

Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Showcase of films with a humanitarian focus

In the Archive
Competition Picture


Archive of festival coverage.

Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.

Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.