All IDFA articles
-
Features
Orwa Nyrabia reflects on his “rollercoaster” seven years at the head of IDFA
“One of the key problems with institutional work in culture is how institutions get so used to [doing] things,” says the Syrian filmmaker.
-
Features
Why the role of festival manager has become more significant for a successful film launch
Competition for festival slots is becoming fiercer than ever as filmmakers look to secure distribution.
-
News
FIAPF issues robust statement to defend film festivals from ‘unprecedented attacks’
EXCLUSIVE: Festival accrediation body publishes public statement to reaffirm artistic and operational independence of film festivals.
-
News
IDFA appoints Isabel Arrate Fernandez as artistic director
She succeeds Orwa Nyrabia whose seven-year term as artistic director ends on July 1.
-
News
Glasgow, Locarno, IDFA join European film market alliance
The F.A.M.E. Alliance also includes CPH: Dox, Les Arcs and Zurich.
-
Features
IDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia reflects on polarisation of the doc sector and the dangers of self-censorship
Festival admissions climbed back to pre-Covid levels.
-
Reviews
‘Trains’: IDFA Review
IDFA top prize-winner is a timeless train trip through black-and-white archive footage
-
News
Archive-based ‘Trains’ wins best film at IDFA 2024
The jury acclaimed the “bold and inventive” use of archive.
-
News
Sudan-Egyptian doc ‘Dry Sky’ awarded best pitch at IDFA Forum
Best rough cut was awarded to Do You Love Me, an archive-based movie about Beirut.
-
News
Mediawan Rights’ Arianna Castoldi on building an auteur-driven documentary slate
Castolid explains why Mediawan has created a doc strand at a tough time for the genre.
-
News
There’s a crisis in self-censorship by documentary institutions, says IDFA debate
Risk averse festivals and buyers are proving a major hurdle for political films, hears IDFA’s ’Finding the Compass’ session.
-
Reviews
‘Writing Hawa’: IDFA Review
IDFA breakout charts one Afghan mother’s quest to educate herself - just as the Taliban rolls into Kabul
-
News
Journeyman Pictures adds ‘Love & Trouble’ to its IDFA slate (exclusive)
Amy Hardie’s feature doc is about a couple who deal with past trauma when their baby’s cries trigger PTSD.
-
Features
The hot market titles to look out for at IDFA 2024
Screen profiles a selection of key titles available across IDFA.
-
Reviews
‘An American Pastoral’: IDFA Review
Timely documentary tracks small-town school board elections in Pennsylvania
-
Reviews
‘The Shadow Scholars’: IDFA Review
Steve McQueen-produced doc shines a light on Kenya’s academic ghostwriter-for-hire industry
-
Reviews
‘The Propagandist’: IDFA Review
Chilling portrait of Dutch filmmaker and Nazi propagandist Jan Teunissen
-
Reviews
‘A Want In Her’: IDFA Review
Affecting documentary sees Irish artist Myrid Carten turn her camera on her troubled mother
-
Reviews
‘The Shepherd And The Bear’: IDFA Review
Immersive documentary follows the controversial reintroduction of wild bears to the remote French Pyrenees
-
Reviews
‘About A Hero’: IDFA Review
IDFA opener is an uneven AI-generated hybrid murder mystery in the style of Werner Herzog