All IDFA articles – Page 2
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Reviews‘Gaza’s Twins, Come Back To Me’ review: Impassioned doc follows a family trying to reunite in Gaza
Mohammed Sawwaf’s emotional second feature premieres at IDFA
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Reviews‘Flood’ review: Impactful exploration of family and faith is exec produced by Laura Poitras
Debut director Katy Scoggin’s emotional study of her relationship with her fundamentalist father now plays IDFA
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Features“No one stands alone,” says IDFA’s industry head of the festival’s sense of community
Source: Courtesy of IDFA Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen Ask Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen, head of industry at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), about the mood among professionals on the eve of this year’s industry programme (November 15-19) and she says there is some wariness but also ” incredible ...
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Reviews‘The Prince Of Nanawa’ review: Rich, rewarding doc follows a Paraguayan boy from adolescence to adulthood
Clarisa Navas’s fascinating feature plays IDFA following its Visions du Reel Grand Jury prize win
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FeaturesIDFA’s Isabel Arrate Fernandez talks about her first edition, opening with three short films and her first controversy
Arrate Fernandez explains the decision not to accredit members of Israeli state organisations.
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Reviews‘Steal This Story, Please!’ review: Energetic doc follows dogged US journalist Amy Goodman
Feature from ’Trouble The Water’ filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin makes its international bow at IDFA
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Reviews‘Remake’ review: Ross McElwee’s extraordinary, profound documentary looks back at a life behind the camera
The latest film from the ‘Sherman’s March’ director plays Stockholm and IDFA following its Venice premiere
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NewsIDFA 2025 lineup includes Victor Kossakovsky’s ‘Trillion’
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam runs November 13-23.
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NewsIDFA title ‘Amilcar’, about African anti-colonialist leader, boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Documentary traces life of anti-colonialist leader Amilcar Cabral.
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NewsIDFA sexual abuse film ‘Mailin’ acquired for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film documents Mailin Gobbo’s story of overcoming sexual abuse.
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NewsIDFA title ‘The Shepherd And The Bear’ acquired for UK-Ireland distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Film follows an ageing shepherd struggling to find a successor.
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NewsGianfranco Rosi, Laura Poitras films among first IDFA selections
Festival makes selections in Signed and Best of Fest strands.
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NewsIDFA to honour Portuguese filmmaker Susana de Sousa Dias
IDFA 2025 will be the first edition under Isabel Arrate Fernandez.
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FeaturesOrwa 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.
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FeaturesWhy 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.
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NewsFIAPF 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.
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NewsIDFA appoints Isabel Arrate Fernandez as artistic director
She succeeds Orwa Nyrabia whose seven-year term as artistic director ends on July 1.
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NewsGlasgow, Locarno, IDFA join European film market alliance
The F.A.M.E. Alliance also includes CPH: Dox, Les Arcs and Zurich.
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FeaturesIDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia reflects on polarisation of the doc sector and the dangers of self-censorship
Festival admissions climbed back to pre-Covid levels.
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Reviews‘Trains’: IDFA Review
IDFA top prize-winner is a timeless train trip through black-and-white archive footage