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Wow! Emmy-Winning World Of Wonder Founders Fenton Bailey And Randy Barbato To Be Guests Of Honor At Sheffield DocFest


World Of Wonder Founders and 'RuPaul's Drag Race' producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato have been named Guests of Honor at Sheffield DocFest.

The Emmy-winning executive producers of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and directors of documentaries The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Inside Deep Throat, Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, fact-based drama Party Monster(starring Macauley Culkin and Seth Green), and many other films, will be honored at the cinematic event that runs from June 18-23 in the north of England. Raul Niño Zambrano, creative director of Sheffield DocFest, commented, “In a time when queer stories face growing resistance, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato remain fearless trailblazers—brilliantly expanding the reach of LGBTQ+ voices across screens big and small. As Sheffield DocFest’s 2025 Guests of Honour, Bailey and Barbato join us for a special in-conversation event, reflecting on their extraordinary creative partnership and determination to find new ways to tell stories that can cut through the ABCs – algorithms, bigotry and clutter.

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