Iranian Docs Dominate IDFA Awards, Festival Head Talks Political Films
Two Iranian films have been crowned the main winners of the 38th edition of IDFA, with Mehrdad Oskouei’s “A Fox…
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‘All Fixed Up,’ ‘Four Comrades, One Echo’ Win IDFA Forum Awards
Forum, the prestigious industry section of leading documentary festival IDFA, crowned Hao Zhou’s “All Fixed Up” as Best Pitch Project,…
‘Silent Flood’ Boarded by Filmotor Ahead of IDFA Premiere
Prague-based sales outlet Filmotor has secured international sales rights to Ukrainian filmmaker Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s documentary “Silent Flood,” ahead of its…
IDFA Stands for ‘Artistic, Bold Filmmaking,’ Festival Chiefs Say
As Forum, the industry program of documentary festival IDFA, launches today, Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen, the festival’s head of industry, and…
Directors Talk Importance of Short Docs Ahead of IDFA Opening Night
This year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), taking place in the Dutch city between Nov. 13-23, will open with…
Armenia Documentary Film Gets IDFA Trailer
To be, or not to be? That is the question echoing through a derelict Soviet-era retirement home in Armenia, where a…
IDFA Bertha Fund Head Talks Supporting Documentary Filmmakers
At the beginning of the year, Selin Murat left her role as markets manager at IDFA to take on the…
IDFA 2025 Film ‘Synthetic Sincerity’ on AI Characters, Authenticity
“Film begins with the human face,” Ingmar Bergman famously said. But that may be changing in the age of generative…
‘an open field’ Is Teboho Edkins Film I Didn’t Want to Make: IDFA Clip
an open field, a 38-minute short film from director Teboho Edkins and his father and producer Don Edkins, which will…
‘Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me’ Film Gets IDFA 2025 Clips
Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me, a new documentary from Mohammed Sawwaf (Eleven Days in May) tells one of the…