All IDFA articles – Page 6
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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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Reviews‘Notes On Displacement’: IDFA Review
Filmmaker Khaled Jarrar follows refugees on their arduous journey to Europe in 2015
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Reviews‘My Lost Country’: IDFA Review
Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez’s autobiographical essay film won IDFA Envision’s Outstanding Artistic Contribution prize
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FeaturesOrwa 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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FeaturesA matter of factual: Do documentary festivals need to change their focus?
As docs struggle at cinemas, change may be needed.
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FeaturesMy 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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NewsDanish director Lea Glob’s ‘Apolonia, Apolonia’ wins best film in IDFA international competition
Festival continues through Sunday.
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Reviews‘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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NewsEuropean 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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NewsFears 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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NewsProducer 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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Reviews‘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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NewsVirtual 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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Reviews‘My Name Is Happy’: IDFA Review
British co-production looks at femicide through the story of Turkish survivor Mutlu Kaya
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Reviews‘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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Reviews‘Look What You Made Me Do’: IDFA Review
Coco Schrijber explores cases in which women have killed their abusive partners
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FeaturesHBO Max reaffirms commitment to European documentary making (exclusive)
Hanka Kastelicová, HBO Max’s VP of documentaries, talks busy European slate.
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NewsFirst Hand Films’ swoops for performance dance doc ‘ A Way To B’ (exclusive)
The film is premiering in IDFA Masters this week.