Screen and sister publication Broadcast will be media partners of the UK’s leading documentary festival in 2016.

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Sheffield Doc/Fest and Screen’s parent company Media Business Insight have struck a deal for Screen International and Broadcast to become the festival’s official media partners in 2016.

Screen and Broadcast will jointly publish a series of e-dailies at the event, to be delivered to our readers and festival delegates.

Screendaily.com and broadcastnow.co.uk will also host dedicated Sheffield pages during the festival.

This year’s Doc/Fest will open with the UK premiere on Michael Moore’s Where To Invade Next, with the director attending the festival for the first time since 1998.

Last year’s Doc/Fest attracted 3,422 industry and 27,917 public visitors.