The world premiere of Dirty God by Dutch filmmaker Sacha Polak will open the 48th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam.
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
NAME OF FESTIVAL: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
SINCE: 1988
WHERE: Amsterdam, Netherlands
WEBSITE: www.idfa.nl/industry
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: Since its launch in 1988 IDFA has been one of the world’s leading documentary film festivals, dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of ground-breaking creative documentaries.
2018 IDFA Awards – REASON Wins Top Award for Best Documentary
Reason by Anand Patwardhan won the Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the awards ceremony of the 31st International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
2018 IDFA to Open with Afghan Documentary KABUL, CITY IN THE WIND
Kabul, City in the Wind by Aboozar Amin, a sobering, intimate and warm account of daily life in Kabul during the silent intervals between suicide bombings, will open this year’s 31st International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Alex de Ronde’s DEAF CHILD Wins IDFA Audience Award
Deaf Child by Alex de Ronde has been voted the winner of the VPRO IDFA Audience Award – the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam’s big audience prize.
THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING Wins IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary
The Other Side of Everything wins the Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the 30th edition of IDFA in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam.
30th IDFA to Open with World Premiere of Egyptian Documentary AMAL
The 30th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) will open on November 15 with the world première of Amal by Egyptian director Mohamed Siam.
NAILA AND THE UPRISING, Story of the Role Women Played in First Intifada, Premieres at DOC NYC
Naila And The Uprising Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Julia Bacha (Budrus, My Neighbourhood), Naila And The Uprising tells the remarkable story of Naila Ayesh, who played a key role in the First Intifada
7 African Films Win Durban FilmMart Awards 2017
The Durban FilmMart (DFM), the industry development program of the Durban Film Office and Durban International Film Festival ended on a high note with the awards ceremony
LA CHANA by Lucija Stojevic Wins IDFA Audience Award
La Chana by Lucija Stojevic has won the VPRO IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Audience Award. La Chana is a portrait of flamenco queen ‘La Chana’, who returns to the stage after a 23-year absence.
Zaradasht Ahmed ‘s ‘NOWHERE TO HIDE’ Wins IDFA Award for Best Documentary
Nowhere to Hide by Zaradasht Ahmed won the IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary and Still Tomorrow by Jian Fan won the IDFA Special Jury Award for Feature-Length Documentary at the 29th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Peter Triest PARKED LIVES wins Mediafonds Documentary Award 2016 at Opening of IDFA
At the opening of the 2016 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the Mediafonds Documentary Award 2016 was presented to Peter Triest for his his film Parked Lives.
IDFA’s Paradocs To Present a Special Program Based Around the Work of Visual Artist Johan Grimonprez
During the upcoming IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, which starts on 16 November, IDFA’s Paradocs will present a special program based around the work of visual artist Johan Grimonprez.
IDFA to open with Dutch Director Guido Hendrikx’s STRANGER IN PARADISE
The 29th edition of IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam opens on November 16, with Stranger in Paradise by Dutch director Guido Hendrikx
60 Documentary Projects Selected for IDFA Forum 2016
From November 21 through 23, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA’s international co-finance and production market IDFA Forum will take place in the Compagnietheater in Amsterdam.
29th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Unveils Lineup of 297 Films
The lineup for the upcoming 29th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam taking place from November 16 to 27, will feature 297 titles
O.J.: Made in America Documentary Series to Screen at Upcoming IDFA
During the upcoming IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the festival will show the documentary series O.J.: Made in America by director Ezra Edelman.
2016 IDFA to Present Themed Program Focusing on Slow Documentary
At the upcoming 2016 IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the festival’s themed program The Quiet Eye will investigate slow documentary, presenting documentary projects that take as their starting point the experience of time in real life.
Rooftop Films + IDFA To Present 3 Nights Of Documentary Film
Rooftop Films and International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the world’s largest documentary film festival, will present three nights of documentary screenings in various locations across New York City from Wednesday, July 20 to Friday, July 22.
‘Sonita” “Boudewijn de Groot – Come Closer ” Win Audience Awards at IDFA
Sonita by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami is the winner of the IDFA Audience Award at the 2015 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Sonita – which was made with support from the IDFA Bertha Fund – also won the IDFA DOC U Award. Boudewijn de Groot – Come Closer by Suzanne Raes took the IDFA Music Audience Award. Sonita, tells the story of 18-year-old Afghan Sonita Alizadeh, who lives illegally in Iran and dreams of a career […]
Don Juan Wins Best Feature-Length Documentary Award at 28th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Jerzy Sladkowski’s Don Juan won the VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary and Ukrainian Sheriffs by Roman Bondarchuk won the IDFA Special Jury Award for Feature-Length Documentary at the 28th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA award ceremony. The prize for the best Dutch documentary went to Ester Gould for A Strange Love Affair with Ego. The festival’s opening film A Family Affair by Tom Fassaert was awarded the IDFA Special Jury Award for […]
Filmmakers Thomas Vroege and Tom Fassaert Win Awards at 2015 IDFA
The 2015 IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam just officially opened with the screening of A Family Affair directed by Tom Fassaert (pictured above) and presented awards to filmmakers Thomas Vroege and Tom Fassaert. The 2015 Dutch Cultural Media Fund Documentary Award of €125,000 went to Thomas Vroege to fund his film plan for Theater of the Crowd, and Tom Fassaert, director of A Family Affair, received The Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Documentary Award of €50,000. Theater of the […]
Benjamin Barber to Present Film Program at 2015 IDFA Reflecting on Jihad vs. McWorld
The 1995 book Jihad vs. McWorld by American political theorist Benjamin Barber forms the starting point for the special program Benjamin Barber: Jihad vs. McWorld 2015 at the upcoming 2015 IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. This year a new 20th anniversary edition of the book will be published with the subtitle ‘ISIS on the Internet’. At IDFA, Benjamin Barber, an internationally renowned political theorist and the author of eighteen books, will present his own […]
15 Documentary Films to Compete at 28th IDFA; Fest to Open with A FAMILY AFFAIR
15 films will compete in the feature-length documentary competition of the upcoming 28th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which takes place in Amsterdam from November 18 to 29, 2015. The 28th IDFA opens on 18 November with A Family Affair by Dutch director Tom Fassaert. In A Family Affair, Fassaert explores the delicate history of his own family, which is marked by conflict. This personal journey takes him through four generations, and becomes complicated […]
Documentary About American Iraq Veterans with PTSD Wins 2014 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Of Men and War by Laurent Bécue-Renard
Laurent Bécue-Renard won the VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the 2014 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), for Of Men and War (France / Switzerland). The film is about a group of American Iraq veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Director Bécue-Renard follows the group for many years during therapy sessions in a clinic for veterans. The jury presented the Special Jury Award to Something Better to Come (Denmark / Poland) by Hanna Polak, who for fourteen years followed young girl Yula and those who share her fate, living in the biggest waste tip in Europe, just outside Moscow.