Fifth Column Filmmakers

03/09/2026

Delighted to announce that, following our sold-out screenings in competition at this year's Sheffield DocFest , THE ARCHIVIST will next be available for your viewing pleasure on October 24th, down in sunny Folkestone. Link to tickets here hare...

David "Doc" Rowe has spent 60 years documenting Britain's vibrant folk traditions, songs, dances and creatures. Now he needs a proper home for all the material he’s accumulated before it disappears.

15/06/2026

From Saturday's SOLD-OUT Premiere of THE ARCHIVIST at Light Cinema Sheffield 📽️. Ta to Sheffield DocFest...

12/06/2026

First Press Article on THE ARCHIVIST... Sheffield DocFest

There is hardly a corner of the UK that Doc Rowe, the man described as “Britain’s great folklorist,” hasn’t visited and chronicled.

05/06/2026

WORLD PREMIERE of THE ARCHIVIST incoming at Sheffield DocFest next week 🎥✨

Saturday, June 13 @ 18:00 (sold out)
+ Post-screening Conversation with directors Tim Plester and Rob Curry
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Sunday, June 14 @ 21:00 (a few tickets remaining)
+ Q&A with directors Tim Plester and Rob Curry

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Screening in competition and in a strand especially curated by Docfest’s Guest Of Honour, Maxine Peake - “Ideas of Britishness through the lens of working-class representation.”

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Tickets on sale now 🔗

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03/06/2026

WORLD PREMIERE incoming next week at Sheffield DocFest.
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Saturday June 13th @ 6pm (Sold Out)
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Sunday June 14th @ 9pm
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