For documentaries longer than 60 minutes / Formerly Joris Ivens Competition
In 2009, an international jury of five evaluated the films and announced its three nominations at the IDFA Media Talk Show on November 25. The VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary, which consists of a sculpture and a cash prize of €12,500, was presented at the IDFA Awards Ceremony on November 27. In addition, the jury granted a Special Jury Award.
Winner 2009: Last Train Home by Lixin Fan, China/Canada, 2009.
Special Jury Award 2009: The Most Dangerous Man in America by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, USA, 2009.
Jury 2009
Willeke van Ammelrooy (actress, Netherlands), Geoffrey Gilmore (Tribeca Film Festival, VS), Anders Østergaard (filmmaker, Denmark), Jean Marie Teno (filmmaker, France) and Jenny Westergård (commissioning editor YLE, Finland).
Award winners 1988-2009 / VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary
2009 Last Train Home, Lixin Fan, China/Canada, 2009
2008 Burma VJ - Reporting From a Closed Country, Anders Østergaard, Denmark/Sweden/UK/Norway, 2008
2007 Stranded, Gonzalo Arijon, France, 2007
2006 The Monastery - Mr. Vig & the Nun, Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Denmark, 2006
2005 My Grandmother's House, Adán Aliaga, Spain, 2004
2004 Stand van de maan, Leonard Retel Helmrich, The Netherlands, 2004
2003 Checkpoint, Yoav Shamir, Israel, 2003
2002 Stevie, Steve James, USA, 2002
2001 Family, Phie Ambo & Sami Saif, Denmark, 2001
2000 De zee die denkt, Gert de Graaff, The Netherlands, 2000
1999 André Hazes - Zij gelooft in mij, John Appel, The Netherlands, 1999
1998 Fotoamator / Photographer, Dariusz Jablonski, Poland, 1998
1997 Auf der Kippe, Andrei Schwartz, Germany, 1997
1996 Atman, Pirjo Honkasalo, Finland/Germany, 1996
1995 Délits Flagrants, Raymond Depardon, France, 1994
1994 Solo, de wet van de Favela, Jos de Putter, The Netherlands, 1994
1993 Belovy / The Belovs, Victor Kossakovsky, Russia, 1993
1992 La Memoria del Agua, Hector Faver, Spain, 1992
1991 Dreams and Silence, Omar Al-Quattan, Belgium, 1991
1990 Christo in Paris, D. Maysles, USA, 1990
1989 Skierskala, Ivars Seleckis, Latvia, 1988
1988 Birthplace Unknown, Karin Junger, The Netherlands, 1988 & Ksjsiner, Ruben Gevorksjanz, USSR/Armenia, 1988
Award winners 1988-2008 Special Jury Award
2009 The Most Dangerous Man in America, Judith Ehrlich & Rick Goldsmith, USA, 2009
2008 Forgetting Dad, Rick Minnich & Matthew Sweetwood, Germany, 2008
2007 Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go, Kim Longinotto, United Kingdom, 2007
2006 Tender’s Heat. Wild Wild beach, Alexander Rastorguev, Russia, 2006
2005 Our Daily Bread, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria, 2005
2004 Liberia: an Uncivil War, Jonathan Stack & James Brabazon, USA, 2004
2003 The Corporation, Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, Canada, 2003
2002 On Hitler's Highway, Lech Kowalski, France, 2002
2001 Elsewhere, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria, 2001
2000 Keep the River on Your Right: a Modern Cannibal Tale, Laurie Gwen Shapiro & David Shapiro, USA, 2000
1999 A Cry from the Grave, Leslie Woodhead, United Kingdom, 1999
1998 Pavel and Lyalya - A Jerusalem Romance, Victor Kossakovsky, Russia, 1998
1997 Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Werner Herzog, Germany, 1997
1996 The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera, Adam Simon, England, 1996
1995 Picasso Would Have Made a Glorious Waiter, Jonathan Schell, USA, 1994
1994 Choice and Destiny, Tsipi Reibenbach, Israel, 1993
1993 Mit Verlust ist zu Rechnen, Ulrich Seidl, Austria, 1992
1992 Black Harvest, Robin Anderson & Bob Connolly, Australia, 1992
1991 Djembéfola, Laurent Chevallier, France, 1991
1990 The Collector, E. Strömdahl, Sweden, 1989
1989 The Power of Solovki, Marina Goldovskaya, USSR, 1988
1988 Hotel Terminus: the Life and Times of Klaus Barbie, Marcel Ophüls, France/USA, 1988