IDFA Forum project selection
60 projects are selected for IDFA Forum 2022. Browse through the different project pages and presentation categories below.
The Anticipation of Rain-6DoF
The Anticipation of Rain is fine artist Naima Karim’s personal and moving reflection on creative inspiration and plea for global collaboration in a time of climate change.
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Breaking the Wall
An idealistic star architect, assertive low-income residents, and control-minded bureaucrats are shaping the outcome of a social housing experiment in Beijing that could redefine urban China for decades to come.
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The Castle
Having worked as a housekeeper all her life, Justina inherits from her former employer an enormous castle in the middle of the Argentine pampas. The only condition is that she must never leave.
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Catching Them Young
At a school for ancient Indian spiritual and philosophical learning, the new batch of students is forced to make a difficult choice between a liberal and radical form of their religion.
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The Chaos Simulator
The Chaos Simulator is an immersive smash room that exalts the positive nature of change.
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December
The arrival of December sweeps away the existing order and sends to Europe not only the snow and wind, also strangers. They are called refugees, migrants or even enemies. Winter starts to take control of the streets and hearts of some people, creating conflicts and divisions that lead to tragedies.
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Displaced
Displaced captures a collective portrait of Ukrainians fleeing the grindstones of war, and those who stayed and are forced to adapt to life under constant shelling.
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Dom ("Home" in Russian)
A lost generation of young Russians arrives in Tbilisi Georgia. Forced to leave their homeland by Putin’s war and repression, they live as digital dissidents searching for a new home.
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Don't Call Me Mad
After uncovering never-before-seen archive her psychologist father filmed decades ago, director Zora Kuettner discovers the impact of his radical treatment of mental illness, and how it holds up 30 years on.
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