Top 10 things you must see at Sheffield Doc/Fest

Guest speakers range from wildlife king Sir Richard Attenborough, to Academy Award winners - including actress Tilda Swinton - and snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan.

Michael Moore, famed for his 2003 Oscar winning documentary Bowling for Columbine, about the high school massacre and challenging American gun law, gets the six-day festival underway tomorrow (Friday, June 10).

He will talk about his latest work Where To Invade Next and looking back over his successful career. It will be transmitted live by satellite to more than 100 cinemas nationwide.

Also at the festival, June 10 to 15, will be Lord David Puttnam, Absolutely Fabulous TV star and now documentaries queen Joanna Lumley, Kes director Ken Loach, TV documentary star Louis Theroux, Doctor Who actor and presenter Reggie Yates and cricket legend Freddie Flintoff.

Doncaster born film producer Mark Herbert, head of the Sheffield-based production company Warp Films, who studied at Sheffield Hallam University and went on to produced Four Lions, Dead Man’s Shoes, and TV comedy Phoenix Nights, will be another highlight guest speaker.

Doc/Fest will showcase the world’s best new documentaries, with workshops, talks and a meeting place for film-makers to funding. around 30,000 film fans - including 27,000 members of the public.

The festival will screen 160 international and UK documentaries, 27 world premiers, 15 international, 19 European and 52 UK premiers.

There will be a world-leading programme of interactive media and virtual reality exhibitions and talks, as film-makers embrace new innovative ways of immersive story-telling, including 360 degree videos, photos and animations.

Many events have sold out, like the Sir David Attenborough talk at the Crucible on Monday, June 13.

Bit with so much do do and see we asked for a top 10 things to do at Sheffield DocFest 2016 no better to tell us is Claire Aguilar, the festival’s Director of Programming and Industry Engagement.