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    School screenings

      Every year IDFA produces special screenings for schools during the festival. The screenings are non-profit and can only be visited by schools. …

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      IDFA’s markets open for submissions

      IDFA’s markets open for submissions

      • Industry
      • June 13, 2022

      We are pleased to announce that IDFA’s markets are now open for all project and film submissions. As of today, project teams can submit their entries for IDFA Forum—including the Producers Connection, Forum Pitches, and Rough Cut Presentations—as well as for IDFA DocLab Forum and Docs for Sale.…

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      New films to watch at home

      Eritrea Stars

      • The Dutch city of Gorinchem welcomes Eritrea’s soccer team with open arms. Will the refugee players make their dreams come true?

      The Earth is Blue as an Orange

      • With bombs falling all around their home in Ukraine, Anna and her four children manage to keep the chaos of war at bay by making a film about their experiences.

      Art and Craft

      • Landis has been producing fake works of art for 30 years and has never earned a penny for it. He donates them to museums, which accept them with gratitude.

      The Lifeguard

      • Oscar-nominated director Maite Alberdi’s first feature film: an observational portrait of a young lifeguard at odds with the rest of the beach. What happens when emergency strikes?

      The Specialist

      • Revered director Eyal Sivan’s archival film on the Adolf Eichmann trial. Taking a cue from Hannah Arendt, Sivan hones his gaze on Eichmann the person. Who was he really?

      Classics to watch at home

      Anniversary of the Revolution

      • Possibly the first feature-length documentary ever made, Dziga Vertov's long lost film portrays the Russian Revolution first-hand.

      Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty

      • Artist Renzo Martens launches a project in Congo where he enlists the locals to document their own poverty.

      The Other Man - F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid

      • A reconstruction of the end of apartheid in South Africa, viewed from the perspective of former President de Klerk.

      Public Housing

      • Frederick Wiseman, master of the direct cinema tradition, closely follows life in a dreary Chicago suburb.

      Return to Homs

      • An intimate portrait of a group of young battling revolutionary friends in the Syrian city of Homs, which is slowly turning into a ghost town.

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