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The Sheffield DocFest has announced nan first portion of its 2026 lineup. The show runs from June 10 to 15.
Maxine Peake will service arsenic nan festival’s 2026 Guest of Honour, and she will recreation to nan show for an successful speech convention pinch filmmaker Paul Sng (Tish) about really working-class voices are represented successful nan media and connected screen.
As this year’s Guest of Honour, Peake will besides return connected a curatorial role, selecting films to shape portion of nan line-up, including immoderate of her favourite documentaries.
“I consciousness very giddy astir being this year’s impermanent of honour,” Peake said successful a statement. “I adore Sheffield DocFest and nan superb measurement it promotes and highlights documentary films and their makers. Documentary movie is perfectly basal to quality existence. It is capable to excavation and radiance its attraction connected humanity and our lived experiences for illustration nary different mean can.”
Miriam Margolyes will recreation to DocFest for nan first clip to return portion successful an successful speech convention pinch her long-time collaborator and head Simon Draper. Scroll down for nan afloat talks lineup announced this morning.
Elsewhere, nan show will big a tribute to David Attenborough, who turns 100 this year. Hosted by filmmaker Alice Aedy, nan show will equine an on-stage convention pinch wildlife filmmakers, on-screen voices, scientists, and activists, including Chris Packham, Gordon Buchanan, Nadeem Perera, Lizzie Daly, and Climate Justice Activist, Speaker, and Writer Dominique Palmer.
“I grew up pinch Sagan, Bronowski, Moore, and Attenborough… I liked doctors of subject and nan arts, not Dr Who’s,” Packham said successful a statement.
“I liked learning, I still for illustration learning, I’ll take a documentary complete play each time. As I type, I’m watch/listening to a doc astir nan history of nan Bauhaus movement… sorry, I’ve ne'er watched Mad Men, Baby Reindeer, aliases Casualty. I’m fortunate to play a domiciled successful making earthy subject programmes astir things I’m willing in, cognize a spot astir – but nan top joyousness is that I study much each time astatine work.”
LISTINGS
Andrea Arnold successful Conversation: Storytelling Without Scripts
Friday 12 June | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Lyceum Theatre | BSL interpreted and Live Captioned
A Thoroughly Horrible Morning!
Saturday 13 June | 10am-11:15am | Lyceum Theatre | BSL interpreted and Live Captioned
In business pinch Lion TV
In business pinch BBC
Sir David Attenborough astatine 100: A Living Legacy
Saturday 13 June | 12:30pm – 1:45pm | Lyceum Theatre | BSL interpreted and Live Captioned
In business pinch Wildscreen
In business pinch BBC Studios
Maxine Peake successful Conversation pinch Paul Sng
Saturday 13 June | 2:45pm-4pm | Lyceum Theatre | BSL interpreted and Live Captioned
The BBC Interview: In Conversation pinch Chris Packham
Saturday 13 June | 5pm – 6:15pm | Lyceum Theatre | BSL interpreted and Live Captioned
Supported by BBC
No Filter: In speech pinch Miriam Margolyes
Sunday 14 June | 3pm-4:15pm | Lyceum Theatre | BSL interpreted and Live Captioned
