International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam

IDFA Bertha Fund announces spring selection for IBF Classic

Industry
March 14, 2023

Kicking off the 2023 season, the IDFA Bertha Fund is delighted to support 10 documentary projects with a total of €149,000 in development and (post-)production financing, alongside tailor-made support for the filmmaking teams. The new selection, completed as part of the IBF Classic funding scheme, includes highly anticipated titles by Karim Kassem, Carolina Arias Ortiz, and Fan Jian, in addition to up-and-comers such as Zahraa Ghandour.…

A Way to B now in Dutch cinemas

Lots of IDFA-selected films are getting a cinema release! Check out the overview of the films now playing in local theaters, including All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and Shangri-La, Paradise Under Construction. Also Best of IDFA on Tour 2023 has started, with a selection of documentary films that received an IDFA award.…

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Announcing Jenni Tuovinen as new Head of Operations at IDFA DocLab

Industry
March 14, 2023
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IDFA Bertha Fund announces spring selection for IBF Classic

Industry
March 14, 2023
The staff

Call for submissions: IDFA Bertha Fund Europe – Minority Co-production

Filmmakers
February 16, 2023
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New films to watch at home

Zinder

Returning to her home city of Zinder in Niger, Aicha Macky shows how her young compatriots are faring there. A powerful, candid, and surprisingly hopeful glimpse into the world of the local gangs.

In Flow of Words

What does translating gruesome court testimony do to you? Three interpreters at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague discuss the disconnect between professionalism and the intense emotion generated by their work.

Mr. Landsbergis

Singing even a peaceful song can unleash a revolution. Lithuanian politician Vytautas Landsbergis looks back on his country’s independence struggle in this captivating masterclass on the collapse of the Soviet Union by the great chronicler Sergei Loznitsa.

Herd

A thoughtful father-daughter portrait in which 10-year-old Na’ama considers her father’s business—he’s a livestock farmer supplying the meat industry. Na’ama loves animals and has questions about their fate. Is it possible to do business differently?

Showgirls of Pakistan

People may regard the way Afreen, Uzma, and Reema earn their living as vulgar, but these Pakistani dancers hold their heads high despite the threats, censorship, and prejudice. An energy-packed, taboo-busting record of a dynamic subculture.

Classics to watch at home

Anniversary of the Revolution

Possibly the first feature-length documentary ever made, Dziga Vertov's long lost film portrays the Russian Revolution first-hand.

Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty

Artist Renzo Martens launches a project in Congo where he enlists the locals to document their own poverty.

The Other Man - F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid

A reconstruction of the end of apartheid in South Africa, viewed from the perspective of former President de Klerk.

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IDFA Bertha Fund announces spring selection for IBF Classic

A Way to B now in Dutch cinemas

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Announcing Jenni Tuovinen as new Head of Operations at IDFA DocLab

IDFA Bertha Fund announces spring selection for IBF Classic

Call for submissions: IDFA Bertha Fund Europe – Minority Co-production

New films to watch at home

Zinder

In Flow of Words

Mr. Landsbergis

Herd

Showgirls of Pakistan

Classics to watch at home

Anniversary of the Revolution

Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty

The Other Man - F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid

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