An interview with Taylor McCue about He Fucked the Girl out of Me and her views on Pride.

Pride special: He Fucked the Girl Out of Me

Having made a great impact as the director of IDFA’s 2021 opening film Four Journeys, we are delighted that Louis Hothothot is the multimedia artist behind this year’s festival campaign, which we can finally reveal today! With a visual language that combines archival material, playful animations and hand-drawn creatures, Hothothot has created a work celebrating the importance, beauty and presence of a filmmakers’ community in the city of Amsterdam.

Louis Hothothot is the multimedia artist behind this year’s festival campaign

IDFA is or was an important benchmark for you in the year. The many stories colored your life (or that of a loved one) and provided depth and connection. How wonderful it is if you can let your love for documentaries and stories live on by including IDFA in your will. You then make an important contribution to the activities and impact of the IDFA institute, which has existed for 35 years.

Legacies

There’s one thing that documentary producer Hasse van Nunen, filmmaker Niki Padidar, and director-duo Petra and Peter Lataster agree on wholeheartedly: IDFA's new Vondelpark home is the answer to filmmaker’s need for a documentary film meeting place. A space for filmmakers and audiences to get together, watch films, and swap experiences all year round. “This can unite us as a film world.”

“IDFA Vondelpark claims a prominent place for documentary film”

Mission statement

Kaur Chimuk reflects on his motivation for making A South Asian Queer Pamphlet, what impact the project had and what Pride means personally.

Pride special: A South Asian Queer Pamphlet

During the year, many films that premiered at IDFA get released in the Netherlands. The films listed below can now be streamed online via <a href="https://picl.nl/">Picl</a> (only available within the Netherlands).

IDFA films on Picl

Drona & Me

The winners of IDFA's 35th edition competition programs were announced at the Awards Ceremony taking place at ITA (Internationaal Theater Amsterdam) on Thursday November 17th. Apolonia, Apolonia by Lea Glob was the winner of the IDFA Award for Best Film. Angie Vinchito won the IDFA Award for Best Film in the Envision Competition for Manifesto(Russia).

Apolonia, Apolonia wins Best Film in the International Competition and Manifesto wins Best Film in the Envision Competition

Documentaries tell stories that are otherwise not told. They challenge you, encourage you to form an opinion and make you curious. Thanks to documentaries, we can empathize with people all over the world and start conversations. In this way, documentaries lead to dialogue and ultimately to mutual understanding. We need your support to enable filmmakers to tell their stories and bring their documentaries to Amsterdam.