
Stronger than a Bullet
Former war photographer Saeid Sadeghi looks back remorsefully at how the heroic images he produced lured countless, often very young soldiers to the battlefields of the Iran–Iraq War.
More infoAs we expand our online collection, we invite you to explore a selection of our most recent additions. The following documentary films and new media projects are now available to stream on IDFA.nl. Happy watching!
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Former war photographer Saeid Sadeghi looks back remorsefully at how the heroic images he produced lured countless, often very young soldiers to the battlefields of the Iran–Iraq War.
More infoCrimes committed by the Franco regime have gone unpunished for years, but a group of victims and family members are determined to change that.
More infoLike most young adults in Israel, Atalya is required to join the army. She refuses, though, because there’s no way she’s going to participate in the oppression of Palestinians. We watch closely as she grows into a staunch human rights activist.
More infoA Serbian filmmaker in a midlife crisis documents his attempt to start a new life by training for a marathon.
More infoThe Yugoslav Wars echo on in Croatia, behind the scenes of a controversial play telling the true story of an ethnically-motivated murder.
More infoA dance film set in stark, deserted offices. Some of the dancers have a disability. Exhilarating, energetic and moving.
More infoA graceful and intimate story about a 10-year-old girl grappling with the loss of her father and the fear that he’ll be forgotten.
More infoA compelling and empathetic investigative documentary about the passengers of a ship that sank off the Libyan coast during the 2015 refugee crisis. Through a variety of methods, researchers try to discover the identity of the victims.
More infoIn a remote area in Turkey, a Syrian couple shares grief, loss and mourning with their family who decided tot stay behind in Aleppo.
More infoIn the magnificent Langtang Valley in Nepal, survivors of the devastating 2015 earthquake attempt to rebuild their lives.
More infoA rich historical documentary about the rise of fascism in the Netherlands. Initially fragmented, the struggle for power between fascist movements was eventually won by the radical, populist and anti-Semitic NSB, the Dutch Nazi party.
More infoA group of drag queens and trans cabaret artists bid farewell after a world tour and return to their everyday lives, where their search for love and happiness continues.
More infoA playful ode to the female orgasm in Rwanda from the perspective of a radio deejay with a mission.
More infoThe camera follows three Syrian children over the course of four years in a refugee camp in Jordan. Despite traumatic memories and primitive living conditions, they remain resilient and high-spirited.
More infoA finely-balanced portrait of contemporary Afghanistan, featuring recollections, misgivings and ambitions expressed in a variety of voices.
More infoIn five chapters, we see socially-defined Chinese groups of people during their labour-intensive attempts to join in with the growing prosperity in China.
More infoThese three narrative augmented reality filters rely on people’s customary willingness on social media to cast themselves as the visual subject. At the same time, they put this self-centeredness firmly into perspective.
More infoA moving portrait of a young drifter from Utah, who offers to show his Chinese contemporary the meaning of freedom.
More infoAn Argentine mother describes the death of her criminal son. Footage from different sources combines to complete the puzzle of a complex society.
More infoThis website and installation literally transforms the increasingly urgent discussions surrounding automated face analysis into a game. Can you fool the neural network as it searches for sunglasses, your smile, or your criminal disposition?
More infoA disturbing but beautiful visual meditation on “swatting,” a gaming phenomenon in the borderland between virtuality and reality.
More infoA boat sinks off the coast of Lesbos with Syrian artist Amel Alzakout onboard. She shoots dizzying footage from the water: dangling legs and almost nothing to cling onto. An utterly gripping experience.
More infoAn intimate interactive story that explores the relationship between a daughter and her father growing up on a remote island off the coast of Canada, and the extraordinary steps families take to thrive in the face of massive change in the fishing industry.
More infoA love-filled portrait of a family in Bhutan. The daughter wants be a soccer pro, while the son has doubts about becoming a monk.
More infoSix dead, 43 missing, no convictions: that’s the final tally of the 2014 attack on a group of buses in Mexico packed with students. Ai Weiwei’s record of the broken lives of the families they left behind is an indictment of a corrupt narco-state.
More infoWhat does Greenland sound like at temperatures well below freezing? Electronic musician Molécule went on a journey with his microphone and translated the surroundings into this partly realistic, partly hallucinatory short VR-film.
More infoWe follow the story of two girls in a village in southeastern France that is preparing for the annual, disruptive invasion of the box tree moth. Lou develops feelings for her childhood friend Sam, in a sultry mix of documentary and fiction.
More infoFive women talk about about their relationship with their own body and how they experience the gaze of others. Their stories are strikingly visualized with the aid of various animation techniques.
More infoBy inviting you into an alternative history about the moon landing, this immersive installation asks us all to consider how deepfake technologies can bend, redirect and obfuscate the truth around us.
More infoWith sardonic humor, filmmaker Avi Mograbi takes stock of his personal situation and that of his country, as Israel marks its 50th anniversary.
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