Sheffield International Documentary Festival

Date: October 22-28.

Location: The Showroom Cinema, 7 Paternoster Row, Sheffield,S1 2BX, Yorkshire.

Description: This festival is in the vanguard of modern documentary filmmaking. British director Nick Broomfield is giving this year's Channel 4 Interview.

Contact: +44 (0) 114 276 5141.

Email: info@sidf.co.uk.

Link: whatsonwhen.com

Crossing Border Festival

Date: October 25-27.

Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Description: The world's hippest literature and music event.

Contact: +31 (0) 20 627 4985.

Link: whatsonwhen.com

Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth

Date: October 20 - March 3.

Location: Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, US.

Description: An in-depth look at Eygpt's most famous monarch.

Contact: +1 312 922 9410.

Link: whatsonwhen.com

Sahara Festival

Date: November 8-11.

Location: Douz, Tunisia, Africa.

Description: More than 50,000 people are expected to attend what was originally a Bedouin marriage market.

Contact: +216 (0) 1 341 077.

Email: info@tourismtunisia .com.

Link: whatsonwhen.com