Many stories start with silence, before speaking follows. Does a story ever end with silence? When it comes to emancipatory tales – those portraying lgbtq+ experiences, for example – silence is always a start, never an end. How is silence told, without centralizing speech as progress?
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IDFA announced the winners of the IDFA 2020 competition programs on November 26, 2020. All award videos can be watched here.
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Last week, Lahore-born, Brooklyn-based filmmaker Saad Khan enjoyed the world premiere of his film Showgirls of Pakistan in the IDFA Competition for First Appearance. After the premiere, we spoke about everything from the making of the film and drawing inspiration from Pakistani culture to the fluidity of gender performativity and why mujra dancers deserve to have their story told in their own way.
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Throughout the festival, the IDFA programmers present their favorite hidden gems within the program. Today: Laura van Halsema, the senior programmer responsible for the Competition for Mid-Length Documentary, the Competition for Dutch Documentary and the Kids & Docs Competition this year. She recommends Green Bank Pastoral by Federico Urdaneta.
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Throughout the festival, the IDFA programmers present their favorite hidden gems from the festival program. Today: Raul Niño Zambrano, the senior programmer behind the IDFA Competition for First Appearance, the IDFA Competition for Student Documentary, and the Queer Day selection—picks The First Woman.
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Throughout the festival, the IDFA programmers will present their favourite hidden gems within the selection. Today: Joost Daamen, the senior programmer who's responsible for the Competition for Feature-Length Documentary and the Paradocs program this year. He recommends Odoriko by Yoichiro Okutani.
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Throughout the festival, the IDFA programmers present their favorite hidden gems within the program. Today: Wotienke Vermeer, New Media Program Manager and co-programmer of IDFA DocLab Spotlight. Her tip: The Leaked Recipes Cookbook by Demetria Glace.
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Throughout the festival, the IDFA programmers present their favorite hidden gems from the festival program. Today Annabel Troost, researcher & editor at IDFA DocLab, recommends Sylvia.
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Politicians present a picture of a world that they want to support or bring into being. What does that mean for documentary filmmakers, as they also try to paint a picture of the world?
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In Maria Alvarez’s Le temps perdu a group of elders meets regularly at a café in Buenos Aires to pore over the novels by Marcel Proust. Before long, someone notes that Proust barely left his bed. While confinement spells doldrums for some, it was clearly no match for this ardent mind.
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