IDFA 2019 in the media

Realscreen: IDFA reveals selections for 2019 Forum

See the coverage of the IDFA Forum 2019 selection in Realscreen.

Cineuropa: Interview with Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen - IDFA industry head

"If you want to develop a healthy documentary film ‘climate’, the key is thinking about ways to nurture talent"

Variety: Female-Focused Fest to Open With Mehrdad Oskouei’s Iranian Prison Doc ‘Sunless Shadows’

Read Variety's feature on our film selection, including the IDFA 2019 opening film.

Variety: IDFA Artistic Director Orwa Nyrabia on Documentary Cinema’s Bright Future

Read the Variety interview with our artistic director Orwa Nyrabia.

Screen Daily: IDFA gets off to a powerful start with Mehrdad Oskouei’s ‘Sunless Shadows’

Screen Daily reports on the first days of IDFA 2019.

Dokumentarni Net: “‘Govori da bih te video’ nudi rijedak pristup dokumentarnom filmu”

Croatia's leading documentary outlet covers the world premiere of Marija Stojnić's Speak So I Can See You.

Modern Times Review: The craft of documentary filmmaking

MTR interviews IDFA programmer Laura van Halsema.

Modern Times Review: A lifetime in film

MTR on our Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Jørgen Leth and Guest of Honor Patricio Guzmán.

Variety: IDFA on Stage brings documentary to life

Read the interview with IDFA on Stage programmer Jasper Hokken.

Le Point: « On ne pense pas assez à l'Algérie comme territoire de déracinés »

Le Point reviews Dorothee Myriam Kellou's In Mansourah, You Separated Us.

Variety: Edward Snowden on the Dangers of Mass Surveillance and Artificial General Intelligence

From our Doc Talk with Edward Snowden after screening iHuman.

Screen Daily: IDFA Forum: attendees pick out buzzy projects

Screen Daily's highlights from IDFA Forum 2019.

Euronews: Do deepfakes have the power to rewrite history?

On the DocLab project In Event of Moon Disaster by Francesca Panetta and Halsey Burgund.

Bianet: Sıddık ve Pars'a IDFA'dan Ödül

Istanbul's Bianet covers Reber Dosky's Sidik and the Panther

La Tercera: El festival más importante de Europa reconoce al documental chileno

Spanish-language paper La Tercera covers the Chilean presence at IDFA 2019.

Variety: Chris Hegedus on Her Partnership With D.A. Pennebaker

An interview with filmmaker Chris Hegedus in the context our special program A Tribute to Pennebaker and Hegedus.

Variety: Docs for Sale's Laurien ten Houten: 'Every film has to get attention'

Variety talks to Laurien ten Houten, manager of our premier sales market.

Variety: IDFA’s DocLab Explores How We Shape Technology, and Technology Shapes Us

Variety interviews Head of New Media Caspar Sonnen.

Tehran Times: IDFA honors Iranian documentary cinema with three awards

Iran's leading international daily does a roundup of the Iranian award winners at IDFA 2019.

TVXS: Η Carmen Aristegui στο Tvxs.gr: «Η Λατινική Αμερική δονείται ολόκληρη»

Greek outlet TVXS interviews Carmen Aristegui, protagonist of Juliana Fanjul's Radio Silence.

IDFA Tips from Filmkommentaren

Filmkommentaren navigates the 300+ documentaries at IDFA 2019.

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