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    Call for submissions: IDFA Bertha Fund Classic

      The IDFA Bertha Fund is now accepting submissions for IBF Classic, the flagship grant program that supports documentary projects in development or (post-)production with up to €7,500 and €25,000 per project respectively. Additionally, selected filmmakers will receive tailored support from IDFA’s Filmmaker Support department and opportunities for connecting with IDFA’s professional network year-round. The submission deadline is June 10, 2023.…

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      Call for applications: IDFA Project Space NL 2023

        IDFA Project Space NL is now open for applications! During the annual training program, six documentary talents are professionally guided to develop a film plan with accompanying visual material. This several-month workshop aims to assist talented filmmakers in their development and contribute to the creation of an artistic, high-quality development plan for a short documentary, a 55-minute documentary, or longer. The workshop is enriched with several international components, but participants must have command of the Dutch language in both speaking in writing. IDFA Project Space NL is supported by the NPO Fund.…

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

          The IDFA Bertha Fund is now accepting project submissions to the IBF Europe – Minority Co-production funding scheme. Read more about the grant program and apply by April 1, 2023.…

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          Fragments of a generation: Making Company of Steel

            How do you make a documentary film about a war that just won’t end? For director Yuliia Hontaruk and producer Ivanna Khitsinska of Ukrainian documentary collective Babylon’13, the question is an open-ended one, but their journey in answering it has been deliberate and whole-hearted. It started eight years ago, when the war in Ukraine first began—long before what is now considered Russia’s full-scale invasion.…

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            A close up of an overnight country: In conversation with Abbas Rezaie and Zaki Daryabi from The Etilaat Roz

              On the 13th of August 2021, Editor in Chief Zaki Daryabi gathered his team for a meeting to prepare for a nation-wide collapse that was under way. He was not yet ready to abandon the newspaper he had built from scratch a decade ago. “First of all, Etilaat Roz here by no means would stop anyone if they individually chose to save themselves, their families, and friends and [decided] not to be a journalist anymore,” Zaki told his staff. Nevertheless, he insisted on keeping the newspaper active, even if it would be forced to operate outside Kabul.…

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              ‘Beauty is the right light for this story’: Roberta Torre on The Fabulous Ones

                The vocation of Roberta Torre (Milan, 1962) embraces cinema and theater, fiction and documentary, fantasy and reality alike. Visionary, iconoclast, and eclectic: these are some of the adjectives that come to my mind to describe her voice and take on art.…

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                Call for applications: IDFA Project Space 2023

                  IDFA Project Space is now open for applications! Launched in 2020 by IDFA’s Filmmaker Support department, this innovative talent development program offers first- or second-time documentary directors the opportunity to work on their project with highly esteemed filmmakers and film professionals who are willing to share their knowledge and experience with emerging talent.…

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                  Call for submissions: IDFA Bertha Fund Classic 2023

                    The IDFA Bertha Fund is now accepting submissions for IBF Classic, the flagship grant program that supports documentary projects in development or (post-)production with €7,500 and €25,000 per project respectively. Additionally, selected filmmakers will receive tailored support from IDFA’s Filmmaker Support department and opportunities for connecting with IDFA’s professional network year-round. The submission deadline is December 10, 2022.…

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                    IDFA Bertha Fund announces new IBF Europe – Minority Co-production selection

                      The IDFA Bertha Fund is delighted to support six new documentary projects through the IDFA Bertha Fund Europe – Minority Co-production funding scheme. This round marks a new departure point for this category, as the co-production scheme has turned into a minority co-production scheme, which means that the Fund only accepted applications from producers that are involved as minority co-producers on the project. The Fund is awarding an amount of 40,000 euro to each selected project, in addition to offering year-round opportunities for connecting with IDFA’s professional network.…

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                      Special call for submissions: IDFA Bertha Fund Classic – Ukraine Support

                        With support from the Open Society Foundation, the IDFA Bertha Fund is launching a special call for documentary projects from Ukraine. The application deadline is August 1.…

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