Tilda Swinton’s directorial debut premieres at Sheffield DocFest

“The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze”

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Tilda Swinton’s directorial debut will be awarded at Sheffield DocFest, where it will receive its world premiere as part of a line-up of 48 world premieres from 56 different countries.

The UK Documentary Festival, which runs from June 12-17, revealed its full program on Wednesday. Its theme for this year’s 31st edition will be ‘Reflections on Realities’.

of Swinton debut with director Bartek Dziadosz, The hexagonal hive and a mouse in a mazewill have its world premiere at the event in England, following them as they “travel the world to understand what it means to learn and discover playful food for thought along the way.”

Notable music documentaries at Sheffield DocFest 2024 include the world premiere of the documentary about English rock band Blur, entitled fade: By the end, and the European premiere of Mogwai: If the stars had a sound.

The event’s film program totals 109 films (80 features and 29 shorts), drawn from over 2,700 entries, including 48 World Premieres, 14 International Premieres, 17 European Premieres and 29 UK Premieres from 56 countries production.

The titles are shown in three sections of the competition, the International Competition, the International Feature Competition and the International Short Film Competition.

The event will also feature industry guests including Idris Elba and sound designer Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English patient), who will participate in the conversations.

It was previously announced that the festival will open with the world premiere of Kevin Macdonald’s film Klitschko: More than a fight, screening in the international competition section, about former world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko and his brother Wladimir, who together dominated the sport for more than a decade. Now, Vitali Klitschko is the longest serving mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Other features include the story of an alliance between a Palestinian activist and an Israeli journalist amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza war, and a project on an insight into Croatia’s collective psyche as the population clamors for a vaccine against the COVID-19 virus.

“In planning this year’s edition of DocFest, we thought about where we can make a difference, how our programming can counter false narratives and oversimplification, and how we can sustain our ecosystem at a time when independent journalism, narratives -original and profound Reflective works are essential to help us make sense of the world,” said Annabel Grundy, CEO of Sheffield DocFest.