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    Selecting films and new media projects for the festival

    Selecting films and new media projects for the festival

      All festival submissions are reviewed thoroughly and carefully by our international programming team. At IDFA, selecting is a highly collaborative process that involves a dedicated team of experienced programmers, associate programmers, and program advisors. These experts from around the world join in the discussion that leads up to IDFA’s final selection. The selection process is overseen by IDFA’s artistic director.…

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      Urgent call for the release of Myanmar filmmaker Ma Aeint

      Urgent call for the release of Myanmar filmmaker Ma Aeint

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      • May 3, 2022

      The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR*) calls for the Myanmar authorities to immediately and unconditionally release filmmaker Ma Aeint. Film producer Ma Aeint has been sentenced to three years of jail, with hard labour, by a court in Yangon, Myanmar.…

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      Call for submissions: IDFA Bertha Fund Europe – Minority Co-production

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      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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