The Sheffield DocFest has announced the first part of its 2026 lineup. The festival runs from June 10 to 15.
Maxine Peake will serve as the festival’s 2026 Guest of Honour, and she will travel to the festival for an in conversation session with filmmaker Paul Sng (Tish) about how working-class voices are represented in the media and on screen.
As this year’s Guest of Honour, Peake will also take on a curatorial role, selecting films to form part of the line-up, including some of her favourite documentaries.
“I feel very giddy about being this year’s guest of honour,” Peake said in a statement. “I adore Sheffield DocFest and the brilliant way it promotes and highlights documentary films and their makers. Documentary film is absolutely essential to human existence. It is able to mine and shine its focus on humanity and our lived experiences like no other
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