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MAKE FILM HISTORY DOCFEST CHALLENGE

In May and June 2024, we ran an archive-inspired Filmmaker Challenge leading up to two industry sessions at Sheffield DocFest about archive-inspired filmmaking. We offered emerging filmmakers access to 40 films for creative reuse, challenging them to create a short film (up to three minutes) which reinterpreted the archive in new and imaginative ways. The collection below spanned a range of themes and included many films of local interest.

We were really impressed by the creativity and diversity of the thirty-three short films produced over a two-week period for the challenge. Seven of the films were screened during our Make Film History session at Sheffield DocFest and two shared a £1000 cash prize. You can watch some of the shortlisted films below.

This project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (part of UK Research and Innovation) and supported by our archive partners: BBC Archive, the British and Irish Film Institutes, Northern Ireland Screen, Yorkshire Film Archive and Villon Films, with thanks to Alex Wilson, Jackie Jones, Martin John Harris and David Falconer Rea.

© Blu Smith (2024)

© Susie Guy (2024)

© P1nk Poodle (2024)

© White Teeth (2024)

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Sheffield Peace March (1936)
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Listen to Britain (1942)
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Furnival and Son (1948)
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Park Hill Housing Project (1957)
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Travelling for a Living (1966)
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Community Builder (1968)
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Free for All (1974)
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From a Wheelchair (1977)
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Don't Talk to Me About Rates (1980)
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Life on Hyde Park Flats (1987)
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Ride a Cock Horse (1987)
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Dracula (1987)
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Football Artist (1987)
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Women and Leisure (1988)
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Springtime in an English Village (1944)
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I am a Mobile Librarian (1960)
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Top Deck (1962)
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The Flood (1963)
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The Colony (1964)
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Immigrants (1964)
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Dialectics Of Liberation - Anatomy of Violence (1967)
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Man Alive - Consenting Adults: The Men (1967)
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Man Alive - Consenting Adults: The Women (1967)
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Colour Separation Overlay (1970)
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Oisin: Son of Fionn Mac Cumhaill (1970)
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Tunde's Film (1973)
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East End Channel One (1973)
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Punk Rock (1977)
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Nebelung (1978)
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Something Else - Belfast Punk Scene (1980)
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Rudies Come Back (1980)
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The Drumlin (1980)
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Something Else - Newcastle (1981)
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Specimens (1982)
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Well Woman: Depression (1983)
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Scene: Takeaway Families (1985)
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Windrush: A New Generation (1998)
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Climate Chaos: Are We Changing Planet Earth? (2006)
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My Name is Muhammad (2010)
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Climate Change: The Facts (2019)