10 YEARS ON THE 83 / SHEFFIELD DOCFEST
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
APRIL 2025
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Comissioned by Sheffield DocFest Filmmaker Challenge 2025
The film follows Fran Batin, a veteran bus driver who has worked across Sheffield but spent many years on Route 83—a journey that links the city’s most affluent neighbourhoods with its most disadvantaged. Along this single bus route, a stark health inequality exists: residents in the more deprived areas can expect to live up to 10 years less than those at the affluent end of the line, as highlighted by a local study. This documentary was my way of giving that statistic a human face, told through Fran’s lived experience behind the wheel.
Director/DOP/Sound Design – Darshan Gajjar
Tape Cam – Elliott Beeton
Runner – Luke Green
Editor – Jashan Walton
Producer – Chim’Di Ugada
Mentor - Waad Al-Katead
Colourist – Summer Vascare Piscikaite
Editing Facility – Sticks and Glass
Dubbing Mixer – Douglas North
Lens Rental – Not Another Rental Company (NARCo)
Special thanks to Stagecoach Buses & Fran Batin
Film Lab - @kodak_shootfilm
Lab Technician - @the_filmlab_guy + @mitchellmartin7398
Scan - @digital_orchard