The world premiere of a documentary about a groundbreaking project inviting people to think about access and inclusion in the arts.
Access Cloaks - a film by Alfie Fox and Michael Godsall, funded by Arts Council England and supported by Pyramid.
Alfie Fox is a Yorkshire based established, award-winning multimedia artist. He was born with Cerebral Palsy and CVI (Cerebral Visual Impairment).
Premiering at Sheffield DocFest we're marking the 40th anniversary of The Battle of Orgreave with this incendiary new documentary.
Daniel Gordon’s feature documentary tells the story of the Battle of Orgreave, the most violent confrontation between miners and police during the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike in Great Britain.
A true classic of guerrilla filmmaking, Mapantsula is now available after years of suppression, marking the 30th anniversary of South African Freedom Day in April 2024.
Mapantsula tells the story of Panic, a small-time hood who believes he sees all the angles. But he is soon in the web of the authorities, pushed to betray the revolutionaries fighting for change.
Mathieu Kassovitz’s explosive 1995 classic La haine was something bracingly new for French cinema, showing a different side of Paris, the ‘banlieue’ in the concrete suburbs in a fraught 24 hours after the police shooting of a young Arab man. Three friends, Arab, Jew and Black, wander aimlessly about their home turf in the aftermath of the violence as they try to come to grips with their outrage over the brutal incident. Featuring dizzyingly effective black and white cinematography and a vibrant hip hop soundtrack that will come alive on the big screen in Millennium Square.
Join us at Cinema on the Square for this special outdoor Singalong version of the enchanting Disney animation, with an irresistible chart-topping soundtrack from Lin Manual Miranda. In the mystical mountains of Colombia lies the extraordinary Madrigal family, each blessed with a unique gift by the magic of the Encanto—every child except Mirabel. Despite being the sole family member without magical powers, Mirabel's life takes a pivotal turn when she discovers that the very magic safeguarding the Encanto is under threat.
Don’t miss the chance to see a 10th anniversary screening of Céline Sciamma’s powerful coming-of-age drama Girlhood, on the huge open-air screen on Millennium Square. The film follows Marieme (played brilliantly by Karidja Touré), a young girl navigating the challenges of adolescence in a tough Paris suburb. As she joins a gang of free-spirited girls, Marieme slowly comes out of her shell and experiences moments of shared joy and freedom.
Step into the streets of sixties Paris with a screening of Agnès Varda’s radical second feature on the big outdoor concert screen on Millennium Square. An exemplary film of the French New Wave, Cléo from 5 to 7 chronicles two hours in the life of pop singer Cléo (an iconic performance by Corrine Marchand), as she anxiously awaits the test results of a biopsy. Aimlessly roaming the Parisian streets, she encounters several friends and strangers, including a soldier on leave from the Algerian war.
Dance the night away this summer with Barbie on the giant outdoor screen at Millenium Square! Hot pink houses, fashionable wardrobes and all the beach-ing off you could wish for, Barbie (Margot Robbie) is living the dream in Barbie Land until an existential crisis, flat feet and thoughts of death hit. When her questions lead her on a path of discovery to the real world, Barbie (and a tag-along Ken) witness the dangers of humanity and learn about their very different places in it.
Brilliantly capturing a remarkable performer near the peak of her prodigious power, Amazing Grace is a thrilling concert film for Aretha Franklin fans and a must-see outdoors on the giant concert stage screen on Millennium Square. In January 1972, Aretha Franklin gave two days of gospel performances at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles, recording what would become her bestselling album, Amazing Grace.
Idealistic poet Christian (Ewan McGregor) escapes to Paris to join the Bohemian revolution of 1899. There he is drawn into the sultry underworld of the Moulin Rouge cabaret club, becoming infatuated with its star performer Satine (Nicole Kidman); who has been promised by the club manager to a Duke in return for funding his next production. As the star-crossed lovers continue their affair in secret, a deathly final curtain looms that will change the course of their lives and Paris forever.