All IDFA articles – Page 10
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NewsThe films with international potential from the IDFA, Tallinn and Thessaloniki festivals
Screen’s chief film critic Fionnuala Halligan notes what stood out from the pack at three autumn festivals.
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News‘Radiograph Of A Family’ wins best feature documentary prize at IDFA
The festival has received over 62,000 online film views.
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FeaturesHow the UK’s Rise Films is balancing a slate of documentaries with feature comedies
Rise’s ‘Mayor’ has screened at IDFA and is about to open theatrically in the US.
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FeaturesVitaly Mansky says he wanted to show the human side of a Soviet leader in ‘Gorbachev. Heaven’
’Gorbachev. Heaven’ has played in competition at IDFA this month.
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FeaturesFirouzeh Khosrovani describes bringing her Iranian childhood to life in ’Radiograph Of A Family’
The documentary made its world premiere at IDFA this month.
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NewsIDFA title ‘El Father Plays Himself’ scores Dutch deal (exclusive)
Mo Scarpelli’s documentary follows a turbulent film shoot.
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Reviews‘Socks On Fire’: IDFA Review
A gay Southern film-maker comes to terms with a dramatic family rift
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NewsSticking to the script could be “death of documentary”, says Gianfranco Rosi
The ‘Notturno’ director talked about the discovery in his filmmaking process during an IDFA masterclass.
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NewsIDFA starts conversation about “decolonising” the documentary world
”One big issue that is hard to address is the position of the filmmakers themselves,” said Tessa Boerman.
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Features‘Til Kingdom Come’ director Maya Zinshtein on the odd connection between Kentucky, Trump and Israel
’Til Kingdom Come is produced by the Oscar-winning John Battsek.
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NewsWhy Neon is experimenting with different VoD models
“We’ve had to figure out ways to make our films just as exciting and vibrant,” Neon’s Elissa Federoff told an IDFA panel.
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Reviews‘Dormant’: IDFA Review
Natalia Labake’s film about the women in her family is haunted by lost souls and unfulfilled lives
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Reviews‘Inside The Red Brick Wall’: IDFA Review
A deep dive into the stand-off between police and protesters at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University last year
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Reviews‘Gorbachev. Heaven’: IDFA Review
A true Titan of history tells his story - or the parts of it he’s comfortable with - to a probing Vitaly Mansky
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Reviews‘White Noise’: IDFA Review
A deep-dive inside the Alt-Right movement with director Daniel Lombroso
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FeaturesWhy some Hong Kong documentary filmmakers are staying anonymous for safety
The collective behind two IDFA premieres – Inside The Red Brick Wall and Taking Back the Legislature – are staying anonymous.
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FeaturesIDFA’s DocLab is taking audiences to existential dance classes and online discos
Caspar Sonnen, IDFA’s head of new media, has been inspired by how interactive artists have been reacting to the pandemic.
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FeaturesIDFA filmmaker Diane Sara Bouzgarrou on ‘The Last Hillbilly’ about “a town not documented in tourism or art”
French direcrtors Diane Sara Bouzgarrou and Thomas Jenkoe offer an intimate portrait of a hillbilly poet.
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FeaturesHow IDFA is supporting new international documentary talent
The IDFAcademy has moved online to nurture the careers of 60 emerging and directors.