All IDFA articles – Page 8
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Reviews‘Four Journeys’: IDFA Review (opening film)
Louis Hothothot turns the lens on his own childhood in this probingly autobiographical film
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FeaturesHow are producers making documentaries with real impact without preaching and turning off audiences?
Producers need to balance supporting a filmmaker’s vision while raising funding and finding an audience.
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FeaturesIDFA Bertha Fund head: “Whenever there is a rise in applications, it comes from Latin America”
Isabel Arrate Fernandez, head of the Bertha Fund, on why applications doubled in 2020.
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FeaturesLouis Hothothot on how IDFA opening film ‘Four Journeys’ brought him back to his family
The film tells the story off how China-born Hothothot was an illicit second child during China’s one-child era.
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NewsOrwa Nyrabia on the direction in which he is steering International Film Festival Amsterdam
The IDFA festival director talks projects, backers and the tyranny of the 90-minute film-making trope.
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NewsHow IDFA will go ahead as an in-person event despite Netherlands’ partial lockdown
Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia confirmed that less than 1% of the expected 2,000 industry delegates have cancelled their trips.
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NewsIDFA unveils main competition line-up; to open with Louis Hothothot’s ‘Four Journeys’
IDFA is taking place as a physical event in the Netherlands from November 17-28.
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NewsIDFA 2021 reveals Luminous, Frontlight titles, special screening of Dziga Vertov restoration
Vertov is best known for ’The Man With The Movie Camera’.
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NewsIDFA unveils jam-packed industry programme including Geeta Gandbhir’s Prince doc
IDFA Forum will take place from November 20-26.
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NewsFirst films, Hito Steyerl titles revealed by International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
IDFA is taking place as a physical event from November 17-28.
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NewsIDFA director teases new-look programme, honorees and Hito Steyerl collaboration
IDFA will present its lifetime achievement award to revered Armenian director Artavazd Peleshyan.
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NewsIDFA unveils major programming shake-up as festival director explains the changes
Orwa Nyrabia talks exclusively to Screen about shifting the focus to more experimental documentaries
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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.