All IDFA articles
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NewsIDFA head calls for a “gentler festival” as mysterious €50,000 prize awarded on opening night
“Reality isn’t simple,” said Isabel Arrate Fernandez.
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Reviews‘White Tiger Column’ review: IDFA opener is tender, eye-opening study of Myanmar resistance
The debut feature from Robert Mentov, Dwight Jantzi and Bryan Dickie explores a Myanmar People’s Defence Force training camp
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NewsFirst trailer for IDFA international competition selection ‘Mangabangabaka’
Michaël Andrianaly’s film follows a sex worker in Madagascar.
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FeaturesCo-directors of Myanmar doc ‘White Tiger Column’ explain why they were inspired by ‘The Zone Of Interest’ inspiration
The documentary world premieres as the opening night film at IDFA.
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FeaturesIDFA head Isabel Arrate Fernandez on the ‘You Can See Everything’ effect on the doc sector
Isabel Arrate Fernandez says the success of films such as ‘NAZA’ shows audiences should not be underestimated.
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FeaturesHow IDFA’s industry programme aims to help doc distributors find and target an audience
Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen explains there will be sessions on how to build and reach a community audience for films.
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NewsFirst trailer revealed for IDFA world premiere ‘Hazara Town’
EXCLUSIVE: It is the debut feature of Afghanistan-born filmmaker Khadim Dai.
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NewsUK’s Dogwoof lands key hire ahead of IDFA
EXCLUSIVE: The newly created role of sales and acquisitions manager has a focus on Asian markets and premium documentary series.
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News‘Where The Sun Is Born’ lands sales deal ahead of IDFA world premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Doc won awards at 2025 Ventana Sur.
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NewsWang Bing and Vitaly Mansky documentary projects among IDFA Forum 2026 line-up
Co-production and co-financing market runs during November’s International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
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NewsAva DuVernay’s ‘14th’ among first 100 docs selected for IDFA
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam takes place from November 12–22.
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NewsIDFA to honour Mexican-Salvadoran filmmaker Tatiana Huezo
The festival will also honour the late US filmmaker William Greaves.
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NewsIDFA wraps on an upbeat note with larger audiences
IDFA remains Europe’s preeminent documentary event.
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Reviews‘Mailin’ review: Lyrical Argentinian doc explores the nature of memory in the aftermath of abuse
Maria Silvia Esteve’s visceral second feature makes its bow in IDFA competition
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FeaturesDocumentary sellers and distributors at IDFA call for new ways to engage audiences
Maria Vera of Kino Rebelde and Martina Droandi of Odd Slice Films are energised by doing things differently.
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Reviews‘Past Future Continuous’ review: IDFA Envision winner is poignant, formally daring family portrait
Directors Firouzeh Khosrovani and Morteza Ahmadvand explore the link between a US-based woman and her parents in Tehran
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News‘A Fox Under A Pink Moon’ wins best international film at IDFA 2025
Iranian directors win the top two best film awards at IDFA 2025.
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Features"We enable filmmakers to tell creative stories on their own terms,” says IDFA Bertha Fund’s Selin Murat
Selin Murat, former IDFA markets manager, took over the IDFA Bertha Fund earlier this year.
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News‘All Fixed Up’, ‘Four Comrades, One Echo’ and ‘The Cord’ lead IDFA Forum winners
Projects win key prizes at IDFA’s international co-production and co-financing market for documentaries.
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FeaturesWhy Victor Kossakovsky wants ‘Trillion’, about a woman throwing tiny objects into the sea, to only be seen in cinemas
”Documentary as a form of art will exist only when we respect image, not story,” he says.