Sheffield DocFest today announced the full industry program for its 31st edition, a lineup of panel discussions, marketplace sessions, live pitch forums, the annual Filmmaker Challenge, marketplace rough cuts and more.
The industry program runs concurrently with the festival from June 12-17. DocFest last week revealed a slate of 109 films that will be showcased in the 2024 event, including 49 world premieres.
“The Industry program dives into the business of documentary in all its many forms,” a release noted, “complimenting the previously announced film program, exploring the skills and techniques behind many of this year’s films…” [Scroll for the full lineup].
‘Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice’
Among the intriguing panel discussions is one set for Thursday, June 13 titled “Women in the Frame: Representing Women in Crime Documentaries,” which will include the participation of Kirsty Cunningham, creative director of the documentary Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice. That BBC Studios film, which premiered in the U.
The industry program runs concurrently with the festival from June 12-17. DocFest last week revealed a slate of 109 films that will be showcased in the 2024 event, including 49 world premieres.
“The Industry program dives into the business of documentary in all its many forms,” a release noted, “complimenting the previously announced film program, exploring the skills and techniques behind many of this year’s films…” [Scroll for the full lineup].
‘Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice’
Among the intriguing panel discussions is one set for Thursday, June 13 titled “Women in the Frame: Representing Women in Crime Documentaries,” which will include the participation of Kirsty Cunningham, creative director of the documentary Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice. That BBC Studios film, which premiered in the U.
- 5/15/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Ahead of a July 2 premiere in Japan, the upcoming My Wife Has No Emotion anime revealed a new key visual today, along with voice actors for Takuma's younger sister with an interspecies romance fetish and a high-grade robot that "does everything perfectly." Key Visual The newly announced cast members joining leads Toshiyuki Toyonaga and Konomi Inagaki are as follows: Akari Kosugi voiced by Yoshino Aoyama (Hitori in Bocchi The Rock! ) Super Mina voiced by Yu Serizawa (Rae in I'm in Love with the Villainess ) Akari Kosugi Super Mina It was also revealed that Jiro Kono ( Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun ) serves as art director for the series, joined by Yoshie Ito as director of photography and Takumi Ito ( My Home Hero ) as sound director. Related: My Wife Has No Emotion TV Anime Cooks up Some Omurice in 1st Teaser Trailer Based on the manga by Jiro Sugiura, Fumihiro Yoshimura ( Endo and Kobayashi Live!
- 5/2/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
In Her Perfect Life, Onajite Johnson-Ibrahim (played by Pearl Thusi) appears to have it all. She’s a 39-year-old entrepreneur with the perfect Instagram profile — a fantastic career, a loving husband (played by Ahmed Ibrahim), and two bright and beautiful children — but Onajite is secretly suffering from depression. She’s contemplating suicide.
Iyawo Mi (My Wife) follows the story of Eniola (Bolaji Ogunmola). Economically, she’s on the other end of the scale to Onajite, living in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Lagos. Her husband, Kunle (Lateef Adedimeji) works as a driver. One night he returns home to find his wife in the throes of madness, hallucinating, screaming at their children and threatening to kill them. With little understanding of mental illness and no access to a support system, he decides to take matters into his own hands, with tragic results.
These are two stories of women on the edge.
Iyawo Mi (My Wife) follows the story of Eniola (Bolaji Ogunmola). Economically, she’s on the other end of the scale to Onajite, living in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Lagos. Her husband, Kunle (Lateef Adedimeji) works as a driver. One night he returns home to find his wife in the throes of madness, hallucinating, screaming at their children and threatening to kill them. With little understanding of mental illness and no access to a support system, he decides to take matters into his own hands, with tragic results.
These are two stories of women on the edge.
- 12/16/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
EbonyLife’s Mo Abudu Makes Directorial Debut With Short Films About Nigerian Women and Mental Health
Nigerian producer Mo Abudu, CEO of EbonyLife Media, has been helping to share the stories of African people through film and television for years — but never one written by her own hand. Until now, that is.
Abudu made her screenwriting and directorial debut with the release of two short films honing in on mental health issues in Nigeria: “Her Perfect Life” and “Iyawo Mi” (“My Wife”). Her films have recently toured the festival circuit with stops at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, the HollyShorts Film Festival, the Rhode Island Film Festival and the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival.
“These two stories are dealing with very, very sensitive issues in Nigerian society when it comes to mental health challenges,” Abudu tells Variety. “And this is a topic that we continue to underplay. And there’s so much stigmatization attached to it within our society — not just Nigeria alone,...
Abudu made her screenwriting and directorial debut with the release of two short films honing in on mental health issues in Nigeria: “Her Perfect Life” and “Iyawo Mi” (“My Wife”). Her films have recently toured the festival circuit with stops at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, the HollyShorts Film Festival, the Rhode Island Film Festival and the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival.
“These two stories are dealing with very, very sensitive issues in Nigerian society when it comes to mental health challenges,” Abudu tells Variety. “And this is a topic that we continue to underplay. And there’s so much stigmatization attached to it within our society — not just Nigeria alone,...
- 11/24/2023
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
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