In partnership with Stichting Audiovisual Toegankelijkheid (The Audiovisual Accessibility Foundation), the following IDFA films are available with closed captions for visitors who are Deaf or hard of hearing. Simply install the free Subcatch app on your smartphone or tablet. Select the film you are going to watch and download the closed captions. As soon as the film starts, click "play." Subcatch makes sure that the closed captions are in sync with what you see on screen. For a list of films without dialogue, click here.
Watch these films with closed captions
The teenage girls who live in a shelter in Bogotá have already been through a lot in their young lives. They talk about it through the perspective of a fictional friend: Alis. Their soulful narrative reveals an amazing strength to embrace a brighter future.
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Nan Goldin earned fame for her intimate and often intense photos of subcultures she was part of. Now she's fighting the Sackler family, whose wealth comes from selling the addictive painkiller OxyContin. A moving, visual story about love and pain.
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The Black Mambas combat poaching in Kruger National Park. It’s a dream job that empowers women, or so it seems. A multilayered observational portrait about post-colonialism and the shady side of tourism and nature conservation.
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An affectionate portrait of this Cape Verdean singer with a deep, melancholic voice, using archived footage, live recordings, and interviews to capture the life of a woman who never betrayed her humble origins and always held on to her independence.
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Theater maker Roza Sarkisian is united with five young Ukrainians to create a performance in which Shakespeare’s Hamlet and their reality come together. The depiction of this intense process is complemented by impressive portraits of the protagonists.
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Almost no one would dare to call it “liquid gold” any more, but oil is still the fuel that drives our society. Activists, investors and most of all the planet itself are demanding change. But how to dismantle a machine that we are so dependent on?
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A tragicomic portrait of a struggling pawnshop in a working class neighborhood in Poland. It’s difficult to run a business where people find it so difficult to keep their heads above water. But the charismatic store owners aren’t about to give up.
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While Hayat captains a boat sailing over the Arctic Ocean, her younger sister Leila gives birth to a baby daughter. Perhaps this new life has the power to break the cycle of neglect and absence in their family.
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The right to spend the final years of your life in dignity is threatening to become unaffordable. This unorthodox combination of classic documentary and musical is a sharp indictment of market forces in the care for the elderly in Finland.
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A nimble portrait following the lives of students Aaron, Benjamin, Nestor, and Rafiki in the Central African Republic. In this poverty-stricken country, the friends focus their hopes on the future. An award winner at IndieLisboa and Cinéma du Réel.
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art wants to become more diverse and inclusive. But how to go about that? An honest look behind the scenes into the sometimes-fraught process taking place in many public institutions.
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