International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

IDFA INDUSTRY

All of IDFA's professional activities including IDFA's Markets the Forum and Docs for Sale, IDFAcademy, the IDFA Bertha Fund and the festival's film program.

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. Read more.

Submit your film

Please fill in the entry form and submit your film for IDFA 2013.

Entry Regulations 2013

All requirements and procedures regarding film entry for IDFA 2013.

FAQ: Submitting your film

Questions about submitting your film and the entry fee.

Markets & Funding

Alongside the festival, two documentary markets take place during IDFA: Docs for Sale and the IDFA Forum. The IDFA Bertha Fund stimulates the documentary climate in developing countries.

Docs for Sale

The leading global market for creative documentaries, during the festival as well as online.

IDFA Forum

IDFA's international co-financing and co-production market, during the festival and online.

IDFA Bertha Fund

The IDFA Bertha Fund supports documentary filmmakers and festivals in developing countries.

IDFA Forum Online Selection 2013

Training & Education

To stimulate new talent and high level documentary production, IDFAcademy organizes workshops and training programs for both students and filmmakers. Read more.

IDFA WorldView Summer School

The IDFAcademy international summer program takes place July 1-6, 2013.

IDFAcademy

A four-day training program for emerging filmmakers, producers, and film students during IDFA.

IDFA-Mediafonds Workshop

A seven-month course in which aspiring Dutch documentary filmmakers develop a film plan.

Kids & Docs Workshop

In this Dutch workshop, participants develop a film plan for a 15-minute children’s documentary.

IDFA present at GRI Conference In collaboration with the Global Reporting Initiative, IDFA presents two films about sustainability at the Global Conference on Sustainability and Reporting, held May 22-24 in Amsterdam. The program includes Solar Mamas and Greenlit.

Rithy Panh to present Top 10 at IDFA Cambodian director Rithy Panh (1964, Phnom Penh) is to compile this year’s IDFA Top 10. Rithy Panh broke through in 2003 with his documentary S21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine. His new film, l’Image Manquante, features in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes film festival, which begins this week.

IDFA WorldView Summer School announces 2013 selection A total of 16 projects from participants all over the world have been selected for the sixth edition of the IDFA WorldView Summer School, which will take place July 1-6, 2013. The projects hail from 14 different countries and range from archive-driven narratives to stories shot in a cinema vérité style.

IDFA 2013 Film Entry now open! Submissions for IDFA 2013 can now be entered. Deadlines are May 1 (for documentaries completed before April 1) and August 1 (for documentaries completed after April 1).

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