Read all the latest news from the festival and IDFA's year-round programs here, in addition to in-depth articles.
The 5th DocLab Interactive Conference at IDFA 2017 brought together leading artists and thinkers from the world of art, technology, science and documentary for a day full of inspiring presentations, visions of the future and audience experiments. Watch the presentations on this page.
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A number of Doc Talks and Filmmaker Talks that were held during IDFA 2017, were recorded. You can listen to them here.
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The festival is already over, but the heads of our visitors are still filled with all the stories told. Have a look at some reactions to the festival by the audience!
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Last Wednesday Mila Turajlic won the award for Best Feature-Length Documentary during IDFA 2017 with her film The Other Side of Everything. In this interview Mila talks more about her role as a filmmaker trying to make a portrait of her own family.
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With a heavy heart, filmmakers delete scenes they love - because they don't fit the story or don't really add anything, for instance. Watch a deleted scene from Kojo.
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In her film Lenno & The Angelfish (winner IDFA Award for Best Children’s Documentary) Shamira Raphaëla follow ten year old Lenno, a boy with a behavioral disorder that is living with his father and twin brother. How did she find him and what does Lenno think of all the attention to his story during IDFA?
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With a heavy heart, filmmakers delete scenes they love - because they don't fit the story or don't really add anything for instance. Watch a deleted scene from Silence Is a Falling Body.
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How do you make a film while hanging 3000 feet high against a rock? Filmmakers Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer talk about their endeavors during the filming of The Dawn Wall.
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It goes without saying that you can't have a festival director's farewell without a great present. The parting gift for Ally Derks is a special relay film called The Present.
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With a heavy heart, filmmakers delete scenes they love - because they don't fit the story or don't really add anything for instance. Watch a deleted scene from Two.
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