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    IDFAcademy & NPO Fund Workshop kicks off 2021 edition

    IDFAcademy & NPO Fund Workshop kicks off 2021 edition

    • Industry
    • September 6, 2021

    The IDFAcademy & NPO Fund Workshop, the annual training program for emerging documentary talent in the Netherlands, is officially underway. Read on for all the details of the program, including what’s new this year and the full lineup of selected participants and tutors.…

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    IDFA Bertha Fund selects Zinder by Aicha Macky for distribution support

    IDFA Bertha Fund selects Zinder by Aicha Macky for distribution support

    • Industry
    • September 3, 2021

    The IDFA Bertha Fund is pleased to announce its support of Zinder, the new feature film by Nigerien director Aicha Macky. Selected for the IBF Europe – Distribution track, the French-Niger-German co-production will receive a grant of €30,000 for distribution in France, Niger, Switzerland, and Denmark. …

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    IDFA Bertha Fund selects 12 projects for IBF Classic

    • Industry
    • September 16, 2021
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    Film Fund DocLab Interactive Grant 2021 goes to [Posthuman Wombs] and Disarmed

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    • September 8, 2021
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    IDFAcademy & NPO Fund Workshop kicks off 2021 edition

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    News overview

    New films to watch at home

    Wintopia

    • A loving homage to Canadian filmmaker Peter Wintonick by his daughter Mira, carefully crafted through home movies, phone conversations, and film fragments.

    Dinners

    • This humbling and sometimes surprising VR experience invites viewers to intimate household dinners around the world, traveling across cultures, classes, and family models.

    Mundo

    • A portrait of Matilde, the aging alpaca herder in the mountains of Chile. Although she’s a member of the Indigenous Aymara community, she’s completely devoted to the bible.

    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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