Documentaries

Explore all films and interactive documentaries that have been shown at IDFA over the years. Many are available to watch online (by using the filter Watch Online), some for free! We're working hard to keep the selection as broad and accessible as possible, but unfortunately, some titles are available to stream within the Netherlands only.

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Big Stories, Small Towns

Jeni Lee, Sieh Mchawala
Australia
2009
45 min

IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling, DocLab Program

A heartwarming portrait of the care organizations in Port Augusta, Australia: the Men's Shed, the Wami Kata home for the elderly, and the Young Fathers group.…

Bilal

Sourav Sarangi
India, Finland
2008
92 min

India - East Side Stories

An intimate glimpse into the world of a three-year-old boy who lives with his blind parents in a poor neighbourhood of Calcutta.…

The Birds Are Silent in the Forest

Tim De Keersmaecker
Belgium
2007
18 min

IDFA Competition for Student Documentary

Subdued circular narration about a warehouseman escaping everyday life by taking his hunting rifle and going to the woods.…

Bistro in Vitro

Koert van Mensvoort
Netherlands
2015

DocLab: Seamless Reality, DocLab Program

Blurring the boundaries between born and made, the futuristic menu of this fictional restaurant includes knitted steak and 3D-printed marrow eggs.…

Bla Bla

Vincent Morisset for AATOAA
Canada
2014

DocLab Program

An interactive tale by Vincent Morisset that explores a new vision of human communication and reflects on the challenges of storytelling in the digital age.…

Black against White

Wagner Morales
Brazil
2004
78 min

Jan Vrijman Fund

On the soccer field of a southern suburb of São Paulo, a match between blacks and whites has been played for thirty years.…

Blind Light

Pola Rapaport
United States
1998
58 min

IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary

Three characters are seized by the mysterious light on the Italian island of Capri.…

The Block: Stories from a Meeting Place

Matt Smith, Alicia Hamilton, Poppy Stockell
Australia
2012

IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling, DocLab Program

Three-dimensional web installation about the turbulent history of The Block, an aboriginal district in the heart of Sydney. Forty years on, it's about to make way for a new development.…