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Sheffield DocFest 2026

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Birds Of War (Country: United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon; Year: 2026; Director: Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak)
The love story of a London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist and cameraman as told through 13 years of personal archives across revolutions, war, and exile.
UK premiere
Life Support (Year: 2026; Director: Daniele Rugo)
A group of international doctors breach the blockade of Gaza. What they find is the calculated dismantling of life itself.
World premiere
The Long Cuban Night (Cuba y la Noche) (Country: Spain, Colombia, Cuba; Year: 2026; Director: Sergio Fernandez Borras)
Captured entirely on phone footage, a group of Cuban artists risk everything to document their uprising against a government trying to silence them.
European premiere
Saigon Story: Two Shootings In The Forest Kingdom (Country: Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Kim Nguyen)
Two families, one photograph. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kim Nguyen unpicks the wartime secrets hidden behind Eddie Adams' infamous Saigon Execution image.
International premiere
TCB - The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing (Year: 2025; Director: Louis Massiah, Monica Henriquez)
Friends of Black feminist writer, filmmaker and cultural worker Toni Cade Bambara come together to share her lessons on art, community and resistance.
European premiere
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