In these turbulent times, our thoughts and sympathy go out to everyone whose health is at stake and to their loved ones. In addition, we stand in solidarity with our colleagues and friends from film festivals and cultural institutions in the Netherlands and worldwide, as well as with all filmmakers and film professionals, who have been hard hit by this pandemic and the additional economic instability.
The European Film Academy, The Cannes Film Festival, the Deutsche Filmakademie, the Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, the Filmfest Hamburg, the IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), the Netherlands Film Fund and the Accademia del cinema italiano-Premi David di Donatello wish to express their deepest concern about the imminent incarceration of the Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof.
Marry de Gaay Fortman is the new chairperson of the IDFA board. She succeeds former chairman Derk Sauer, who departs from the position after two terms. De Gaay Fortman is well known to the organization as a board member of the IDFA Bertha Fund, the film fund affiliated with IDFA.
Next month we join forces with Frame, the Amsterdam-born publishing house and now world-leading spatial design media brand, for the upcoming edition of the Frame Awards. From February 19 to 20, the event will showcase the biggest spatial design talent, address today’s most pressing design questions, and provoke creative inspiration.
