All IDFA articles – Page 3
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Reviews
‘Journey Through Our World’: IDFA Review
IDFA’s Best Dutch Documentary is an intimate portrait of the Covid-19 pandemic in which the directors turn the camera on themselves
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‘Notes On Displacement’: IDFA Review
Filmmaker Khaled Jarrar follows refugees on their arduous journey to Europe in 2015
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‘My Lost Country’: IDFA Review
Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez’s autobiographical essay film won IDFA Envision’s Outstanding Artistic Contribution prize
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Features
Orwa Nyrabia on how IDFA is trying to democratise the festival gatekeeping process
“I have to let go and share my power with others,” says Nyrabia.
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Features
A matter of factual: Do documentary festivals need to change their focus?
As docs struggle at cinemas, change may be needed.
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Features
My Screen Life: Esther van Messel on arriving first, wise women and maintaining a champagne-stocked fridge
The CEO of Swiss doc outfit FIrst Hand Films spent time on a kibbutz before studying film with Ari Folman and Hagi Levi.
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Reviews
‘Apolonia, Apolonia’: IDFA Review
IDFA’s International Competition winner is an intimate portrait of Danish-French artist Apolonia Sokol
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News
Danish director Lea Glob’s ‘Apolonia, Apolonia’ wins best film in IDFA international competition
Festival continues through Sunday.
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‘How Dare You Have Such A Rubbish Wish’: IDFA Review
Mania Akbari explores the depiction of women on screen through an archive of pre-Revlutionary Iranian cinema
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News
European film funding stifled by red tape, say industry experts
“When you use the word ‘Europe,’ you use the word ‘bureaucracy.’ They go together like carrots and peas.”
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Fears for future of ‘Ukrainian new wave’ as funding dries up and talent leaves country
IDFA is one of many festivals to have strong Ukrainian line-up - but can this continue?
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Producer of IDFA competition film ‘Silent House’ addresses ban on co-directors leaving Iran
“Increasingly hard for independent filmmakers in Iran to carry on working,” says Elaheh Nobakht.
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‘Personality Crisis: One Night Only’: IDFA Review
Former New York Dolls frontman David Johansen brings his Buster Poindexter persona to the Manhattan stage
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News
Virtual reality hubs to launch in three Dutch cinemas, supported by IDFA
The New Reality initiative is the brainchild of Cassette Stories’ Babette Wijntjes.
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‘My Name Is Happy’: IDFA Review
British co-production looks at femicide through the story of Turkish survivor Mutlu Kaya
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‘The Last Dolphin King’: IDFA Review
Netflix documentary takes on the case of controversial Spanish dolphin trainer Jose Luis Barbero
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News
‘Niñxs’, ‘The Tuba Thieves’, ‘We Speak Their Names In Hushed Tones’ win IDFA Forum awards
IDFA Forum runs until Wednesday (November 16) and IDFA itself continues until the weekend (November 20).
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‘Look What You Made Me Do’: IDFA Review
Coco Schrijber explores cases in which women have killed their abusive partners
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Features
HBO Max reaffirms commitment to European documentary making (exclusive)
Hanka Kastelicová, HBO Max’s VP of documentaries, talks busy European slate.
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News
First Hand Films’ swoops for performance dance doc ‘ A Way To B’ (exclusive)
The film is premiering in IDFA Masters this week.