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Colophon Design Sjoukje van Gool and Gerald Zevenboom Production Joost Daamen, Pieter-Jan Van Damme, Karin Flierman, Jasper Hokken, Sterre de Jong, Marthe Jongmans, Caspar Sonnen, Martijn te Pas, Jonna Platje, Rosemarie Strengholt, Cathalijne de Wilde, Raul Ni単o Zambrano Staff Photography Pieter-Jan Van Damme Printmanagement Indrukwerk, Ben Hagen International Sales Nick Cunningham International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Frederiksplein 52 1017 XN Amsterdam info@idfa.nl www.idfa.nl
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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Partners of IDFA Main partners of the 26th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Partners
IDFA is subsidized and funded by
M U N D U S
The festival program is supported by
IDFA-Mediafonds Workshop / Kids & Docs Workshop / IDFA Media Talks are supported by
IDFA Forum is supported by
Club IDFA ABN AMRO Bank NV, Anthos, De Breij Evers Boon, De Nederlandsche Bank, DTZ Zadelhoff, Houthoff Buruma, JBR, Jean Mineur Mediavision, M.N. Léons BV, PwC, Rabobank Amsterdam, Rotaform Document Services, TBWA\NEBOKO
Donations to IDFA Ambassade de France aux Pays-Bas, ASEF, AVRO, De Gijselaar-Hintzenfonds, EYE International, Goethe Institut, HUMAN, IKON, NCRV, NPO/RNW Sales, P.W. Janssen’s Friesche Stichting, Rabobank Amsterdam, Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds, Stichting Rotarkids CCJA, VEVAM
Suppliers
IDFA Bertha Fund is supported by
M U N D U S
3PO, Arti et Amicitiae, Art Support BV Theaterproductie bureau, Bijlmer Parktheater, Brasserie Harkema, Brasserie Schiller, Café Schiller, De Kleine Komedie, De Kroon, DeLaMar Theater, EYE Film Institute, FestivalTickets, Het Compagnietheater, Het Ketelhuis, Lichtwerk, MacBike, Melkweg, MeneM Systemen/Datasein, Nedcipro-NCP Holland, NH Caransa, Podium Mozaïek, Rex, Toomler, VBVB Cultuurautomatisering, Videodock, Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond
Festival Trailer Cape Rock, Jean Mineur Mediavision
IDFA would like to thank all friends of the festival.
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Ally Derks Director
Cees van ‘t Hullenaar Managing Director
Dirk Blikkendaal Head of Production / ICT
Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen Head of Industry Office
Annabet Langkamp Festival Production Coordinator
Yorinde Segal Coordinator IDFA Forum / Producer IDFAcademy
Malka Jonas Coordinator IDFA Forum ad interim
Liselot Verbrugge Producer IDFA Forum
Dewi Staal Producer IDFA Forum
Charlotte Reekers Producer IDFA Forum
Laurien ten Houten Coordinator Docs for Sale
Rudolf Kats Coordinator Docs for Sale ad interim
Maire Haverkort Producer Docs for Sale
Dana Duijn Matchmaker Docs for Sale
Fred de Haas Executive Producer Docs for Sale
Meike Statema Head of Education
Eva Laurillard Coordinator IDFAcademy
Maartje van Merwijk Assistant producer IDFAcademy
Dymme Plomp Coordinator Guest Services
David Leenders Assistant Guest Services
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Hanna Mattes Assistant Guest Services
Evelien Frenkel Assistant Guest Services
Martijn te Pas Coordinator Program Department
Joost Daamen Program Department
Raul Nino Zambrano Program Department
Jasper Hokken Program Department & Producer IDFA.tv
Caspar Sonnen Program Department DocLab
Laura van Halsema Press & Publicity
Cathalijne de Wilde Coordinator Communication
Isabel Arrate Fernandez Manager IDFA Bertha Fund
MĂŠlanie de Vocht Producer IDFA Bertha Fund
Marthe Jongmans Coordinator Sponsoring & Fundraising
Nathalie Scholten Coordinator World Documentary Exchange
Stien Meesters Industry Talks & Delegations
Andrea Manneke Coordinator Talks
Clarissa Riemersma Finance
Rada Sesic Jury Coordinator
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Duygu Ă–zer-de Kruijf Assistant Guest Services
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H INDUSTRY VENUES INDUSTRY VENUES FESTIVAL CAFE FESTIVAL CAFE International Documentary Film Festival AmsterdamHOTELS 15. Compagnietheater 50 – Kloveniersburgwal 20. Hotel NH Schiller 50 – Rem 1. De Kroon – Rembrandtplein 1. De17 Kroon – Rembrandtplein 15 17. Compagnietheater – Kloveniersburgwal IDFA Forum / IDFAcademy IDFA / Awards Forum Ceremony / IDFAcademy / Awards 1017 CV Ceremony Amsterdam T. 2. Brasserie Schiller – Rembrandtplein 2. Brasserie Schiller 26 – Rembrandtplein 26 16. Arti 16.112 Arti et Amicitiae – Rokin 11221. Hotel NH City Centre – 3. Café Schiller – Rembrandtplein 3. Café Schiller 24 – Rembrandtplein 24 et Amicitiae – Rokin Docs for Sale Docs for Sale 1012 VX Amsterdam T. 22. Hotel NH 17. Hotel NH Caransa – Rembrandtplein 17. Hotel NH Caransa 19 – Rembrandtplein 19 Carlton – Vijz CINEMAS/THEATERS CINEMAS/THEATERS
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Festival Cafés 1. De Kroon – Rembrandtplein 17 Guests Meet Guests / IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast 2. Brasserie Schiller – Rembrandtplein 26 Guests Meet Guests 3. Café Schiller – Rembrandtplein 24
Cinemas/Theaters 4. Pathé Tuschinski – Reguliersbreestraat 26 5. Pathé De Munt – Vijzelstraat 15 6. EYE – IJpromenade 1 , take Buiksloterweg ferry 7. Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond – Nes 45 8. Melkweg – Lijnbaansgracht 234a 9. De Kleine Komedie – Amstel 56 - 58 10. Toomler – Breitnerstraat 2 11. Het Ketelhuis – Pazzanistraat 4 12. DeLaMar Theater – Marnixstraat 402 13. Bijlmer Parktheater – Anton de Komplein 240 14. Podium Mozaïek – Bos en Lommerweg 191
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15. Compagnietheater – Kloveniersburgwal 50 IDFA Forum / IDFAcademy / Awards Ceremony 16. Arti et Amicitiae – Rokin 112 Docs for Sale 17. Hotel NH Caransa – Rembrandtplein 19 Guest Desk / Guest Box Office 18. Bierfabriek – Nes 92 IDFA Forum kick-off Drinks 19. Brasserie Harkema – Nes 67 IDFA Forum Lunches
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HOTELS Program Guide elrgwal NH Schiller 50 – Rembrandtplein 20. Hotel NH Schiller 26 – Rembrandtplein 26 sCV Ceremony Amsterdam T. +31(0)205540700 1017 CV Amsterdam T. +31(0)205540700 el NH City Centre –2Spuistraat 1. Hotel NH 288-292 City Centre – Spuistraat 288-292 VX Amsterdam T. +31 1012 (0)204204545 VX Amsterdam T. +31 (0)204204545 22. Hotel4NH Carlton – Vijzelstraat 4 elinNH 19 Carlton – Vijzelstraat
20. Hotel NH Schiller – Rembrandtplein 26 1017 CV Amsterdam T. +31(0)205540700 21. Hotel NH City Centre – Spuistraat 288-292 1012 VX Amsterdam T. +31 (0)204204545 22. Hotel NH Carlton – Vijzelstraat 4 1017 HK Amsterdam T. +31(0)206222266 23. Hotel NH Tropen – Linnaeusstraat 2C 1092 CK Amsterdam T. +31 (0)206925111 24. IDFA Office – Frederiksplein 52
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MOMENT FILM PRESENTS
TWIN SISTERS
A FILM BY MONA FRIIS BERTHEUSSEN
Screening days: Thursday 21. nov 13.45 Munt 12 Industry Sunday 24. nov 15:00 Munt 09 World premiere! Tuesday 26. nov 14:15 Munt 09
Thursday Saturday Sunday
28. nov 20:00 Tuschinski 3 30. nov 22:30 EYE Cinema 2 1. dec 12:15 Tuschinski 3
25th May – 1st June 2014 Deadlines for international submissions: 30th November 2013 for films completed before 31st October 2013 31st January 2014 for films completed after 31st October 2013 www.krakowfilmfestival.pl 8
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The Melkweg
Hotel NH Tropen
Walk from Rembrandt Square to the Reguliersdwarsstraat, follow the Reguliersdwarsstraat all the way to the end until you reach Koningsplein ( 2 min) . From here take tram 1 (direction Osdorp de Aker), 2 (direction Nieuw Sloten) or 5 (direction Amstelveen Binnenhof ) and get off at tram stop Leidseplein. When you reach Leidseplein, walk towards the Municipal Theatre and keep going, with the Municipal Theatre on your left hand side. In approximately two minutes you will reach the Melkweg, also located on your left hand side. It takes about 15 minutes if you walk the entire distance and 12 minutes if you take the tram.
Take tram 9 (direction Diemen Sniep) at Rembrandt Square and get off at tram stop Eerste van Swindenstraat. Directly across the road you will see Hotel NH Tropen. This takes about 10 minutes in total.
EYE Take tram 4, 9 or 25 (direction Centraal Station) from Rembrandt Square to Central Station. When you get off at Central Station, walk all the way through the station until you reach the back entrance/exit. When you cross the road you will see ferries on your left hand side. Take one of the two ferries in the middle to Buiksloterweg, this takes less than five minutes. When you get off the ferry it’s a two minute walk to EYE, the large white building on your left hand side. It takes about 30 minutes in total from Rembrandt Square to EYE, provided you catch the ferry right away. If you miss the ferry, it could take up to 40 minutes.
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Ketelhuis Take tram 14 ( direction Slotermeer)Â from the Rembrandtsquare, get off at stop Marnixstraat/Rozengracht and take Tram 10 ( direction Van Hallstraat) and get off at Stop Van Limburg Stirumstraat. From there walk along the Van Limburg Stirumstraat, cross the canal and enter the Westergas area. Continue walking for 100 meters and turn left, the Ketelhuis is on your left hand (after 100 meters). It takes about 35 min. with public transport from Rembrandtsquare. Trams ride until approximately 00:30 at night. The ferry in between Central Station and EYE goes all night long.
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Festival information Guest Desk & Guest Box Office The Guest Desk & Guest Box Office are located at NH Hotel Caransa, Rembrandtplein 19. At the Guest Desk, you can pick up your Guest Pass, Guest Pass Light, Special Guest Pass, Special Friend of IDFA Pass, IDFA Forum Pass, Docs for Sale Pass, IDFAcademy Pass or Press Pass, as well as get general festival information.
Guest Desk Hours of Operation • Tuesday November 19 12:00 – 21:00 • Wednesday November 20 – Saturday November 30 9:00 – 21:00 • Sunday December 1 10:00 – 14:00
Guest Box Office Hours of Operation • Tuesday November 19 12:00 – 20:00 • Wednesday November 20 - Saturday November 30 9:00 – 21:00 • Sunday December 1 9:00 – 16:30
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How to obtain tickets • With a Guest Pass Light, Guest Pass, IDFA Forum Pass, Docs for Sale Acquisition Pass, Press Pass or IDFAcademy Pass, you can attend the Industry Screenings without a ticket (on a first come, first served basis). You will need tickets for all other screenings and the master class. • Tickets can be obtained from the Guest Box Office at NH Hotel Caransa, Rembrandtplein 19. • With your pass, you can get free tickets for screenings for the same day or the following day. • If you want tickets for any day thereafter, there is a charge of €5.00 per ticket. • For holders of the Guest Pass Light, there is a charge of €7.50 per ticket. • Tickets for music documentaries plus concert can be obtained at the discount price. • Your tickets will be uploaded to your pass. Please have your pass ready when entering a screening. • At sold-out screenings, pass holders (except Guest Pass Light and Docs For Sale pass holders) can line up at the entrance to fill the “no show” seats (no ticket needed: first come, first served). • There will be no admission after the starting time stated on the ticket. • Telephone reservations are not possible. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The Silence of the Flies
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Your Pass also provides access to • the Industry Talks and other offscreen activities • the services of the First Aid Doc Clinic, on the first floor of the Hotel NH Schiller, Rembrandtplein 26 • the writing room with laptops and Internet access, located at Hotel NH Schiller, Rembrandtplein 26
IDFA app for iPad, iPhone and Android Download the free IDFA app on your iPhone, iPad or Android smart phone and you’ll have the latest festival information at your fingertips. Look at the complete film program, trailers and the latest festival news. What’s more, the app offers an upto-date overview of all the films and events that aren’t sold out yet. New this year! If you log in with your MyIDFA account, the app will also show you all the Industry screenings and events. Go to www.idfa.nl/app-english.
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Press Press Desk The Press Desk is located at Hotel NH Caransa, Rembrandtplein 19. At the Press Desk, you can submit interview requests and inquire about all other festival information.
Press Desk Hours of Operation • Tuesday November 19 12:00 – 21:00 • Wednesday November 20 – Saturday November 30 9:00 – 21:00 • Sunday December 1 9:00 – 16:30
Viewing booths At Docs for Sale, located in Arti et Amicitiae (Rokin 112), there will be six viewing booths available for holders of Press Passes.
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Mission Congo
Services IDFA Writing Room
First Aid Doc Clinic
Workspace for all accredited guests. WiFi connection and computers are available.
How can I find a distributor for my film? Which festivals should I submit my film to? Which documentary slot might my film fit into? How can I finance my film? For a filmmaker who is just starting out, attending film festivals can be quite a daunting experience. With everything going on, it’s hard to see the forest for the trees. And if you’re a seasoned documentary pro, you might be hungry for new insight and direction. This is why IDFA is offering the First Aid Doc Clinic again this year. The Doc Clinic is a service desk where you can come for the very best in documentary doctoring. Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek and Marijke Rawie are on hand to answer your questions about all aspects of the documentary industry, from distribution to financing, and from co-productions to festival strategy.
November 20 – 30, 10:00 – 23:00 |
Hotel NH Schiller (Rembrandtplein 26-36)
Screening Room Both Forum and Docs for Sale guests have the opportunity to reserve a screening room for groups of up to 10 people. Reservations can be made one day in advance at the Docs for Sale information desk or IDFA Forum Desk, for a maximum of three consecutive hours. November 22 – 29, 10:00 - 17:00 | Arti et Amicitiae (Rokin 112)
November 21 – 29, 10:00 – 17:00 |
Hotel NH Schiller, Kleine Salon (Rembrandtplein 26-36) | Phone: +31 (0)20 422 7389 For all passholders.
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Pandora’s Promise
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Marijke Rawie
Jannie Langbroek
Marijke Rawie (ExpertDocs) is an independent documentary consultant. ExpertDocs specializes in international documentary training and consultancy, and works for various documentary festivals and pitching forums like IDFA, HotDocs, EBU, EDN, Ex Oriente, DragonForum, MiradasDoc, IstanbulDocs and Sunny Side of the Doc. Rawie is currently head tutor of the Ex Oriente Documentary Training and tutor at IstanbulDocs. From 1990-2006, Rawie served as Head of Art & Documentary at AVRO Television, the first public broadcaster in the Netherlands. In 1991, she founded the documentary slot “AVRO Close Up,” which became one of the leading international co-producers and co-financiers of documentaries in Europe.
Jannie Langbroek worked for years as a buyer and commissioning editor for VPRO, one of the Dutch public broadcasters, both for documentary and fiction. She is part of the selection committees for IDFA, CineMart and the Hubert Bals Fund, and works for the Industry Office at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival and the Dubai International Film Festival.
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Program Sections IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary Documentaries longer than 60 minutes.
IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary Documentaries
Best of Fests Documentaries that have made an impact on this year’s international festival circuit.
Masters New works from renowned documentary auteurs.
between 45-60 minutes.
Panorama ThoughtIDFA Competition for First Appearance Documentaries by first-time filmmakers.
IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary Dutch Documentaries.
Music Documentary Capturing a band, an orchestra or an musician, these documentaries live for music. In cooperation with cultural center de Melkweg.
provoking films about urgent and current topics.
Top 10 and Rithy Panh Retrospective This year’s guest of honor, Panh presents his favorite top 10 documentaries. IDFA is also screening a retrospective of his work.
Kids & Docs The best documentaries for children 9-13 years old. Niek Koppen in Focus With a retrospective, the premiere of his newest film Dutch Darlings, the present1ation of the DVD collection “Niek Koppen IN FOCUS,” and a lecture entitled “The Hand of the Maker,” Niek Koppen is this year’s Filmmaker in Focus.
Paradocs IDFA Competition for Student Documentary Student documentaries from film academies around the world.
IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling New media program presenting emerging forms of documentary.
Documentaries on the border between film and art, truth and fiction, and narrative and design.
DocLab: Interactive Reality A special program of interactive installations, live cinema events and a conference about the future of documentary storytelling in the age of the interface, initiated by IDFA DocLab and De Brakke Grond.
Based on the Same Story A program of seven documentaries accompanied by seven fiction films on the same subjects. Screenings of the documentaries will be followed by in-depth discussions with the filmmaker.
IDFA DOC U Competition A selection from the IDFA program by a jury of young people (15-18).
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Emerging Voices from South East Asia
Stand-Up Documentary
14 recent documentaries from Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Seven documentaries on standup comedy and stand-up comedians on documentary, in collaboration with the Toomler comedy club.
Treasures - Restored Oscar速-nominated and Oscar速-winning films
The First World War: The First War on Screen Unique film footage
Four restored films that were either nominated for an Oscar速 or actually won one. These treasures exhibit the richness of Dutch cinema culture.
on the First World War. The films were all made between 1917 and 1928 and come from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and England.
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IDFAcademy Results
The results of the IDFAcademy workshops. Public Broadcaster Nederland 2 - Films screened on the Dutch Public Broadcaster. Films from developing countries that were made possible with a grant from the IDFA Bertha Fund. - Films about sustainability and environment.
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IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary
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Ai Weiwei The Fake Case Alphabet Coach Zoran and His African Tigers Displaced Perssons Farewell to Hollywood An Inconsolable Memory A Letter to Nelson Mandela Life Almost Wonderful Ne Me Quitte Pas Putin’s Games Return to Homs Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars Shado’man Song from the Forest Stream of Love The Wild Years
IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary
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American Arab Blood Ecopolis China Everything Is Possible Father Figures The Good Son Killing Time Kismet Olga – To My Friends Playing with Shadows Pussy Versus Putin Soul Food Stories Sound of Torture Twin Sisters Voices of El Alto
IDFA Competition for First Appearance 82 82 83 84 84 85 87 89 89 93 94
Ariel Ashes Barre’s Silence Broadcasting the End – A Tale About a Magic Mountain #chicagoGirl -- The Social Network Takes on a Dictator The Coal Miner’s Day Documented First to Fall Forest of the Dancing Spirits I, Afrikaner Judgment in Hungary
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Index by Program Section Light Fly, Fly High Men with Balls My Name is Salt Nora Noh
IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary 81 81 82 83 83 84
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15 Attempts 69: Love Sex Senior Ana Ana Awake in a Bad Dream Borders Broadcasting the End – A Tale About a Magic Mountain Days at the Lennon Park FC Rwanda Killing Time Land of Promise Misha and So On Moving Stills – Kadir van Lohuizen Ne Me Quitte Pas Photo-Eddy Shado’man
IDFA Competition for Student Documentary
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The Call Carl & Niels Celebration Final Destination Medulla Our Curse Rings of Life Santra and the Talking Trees Shrove Sunday The Task Tiger Mountain Two at the Border Tyres White Soldier Zelim’s Confession
IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling 81 17000 Islands 84 Burn Out 87 Dream Homes Property Consultants 88 The Faces of Facebook 89 Fort McMoney 91 Hidden Wounds Interactive 91 Hollow 93 I Love Your Work
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Just a Reflektor The Last Hunt Out of Sight, Out of Mind. A Short History of the Highrise The Sochi Project Type:Rider Unspeak
DOC U 81 69: Love Sex Senior 84 #chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator 85 Consider 85 The Crash Reel 89 The Ghosts in Our Machine 97 Light Fly, Fly High 99 The Missing Picture 103 Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars 108 Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War
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As Time Goes By in Shanghai The Condemned Cutie and the Boxer Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus Desert Runners The Devil’s Lair Dirty Wars Drill Baby Drill The Ghosts in Our Machine InRealLife The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne Master of the Universe Menstrual Man Mission Congo Mothers Pandora’s Promise Powerless Salinger The Special Need The Trials of Muhammad Ali Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
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Happiness Human Geography Impressions of Time The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi Just the Right Amount of Violence The Last of the Unjust Pipeline The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy? Sex My British Job The Unknown Known
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Aim High in Creation Barbaric Land Crustaceans The Death of Jaime Roldós dinosaurs The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts Everyday Rebellion Facing Fear The Fourth Brother Hidden Wounds The Horses of Fukushima Houses for All The Human Experiment In God We Trust In the Wake of Stalin KINK Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine Minerita Monk with a Camera The Mulberry House No Land No Food No Life No Man’s Land The Queen Recollections The River The Silence of the Flies Super Jews Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon Temptation Torre David: The World’s Tallest Squat The Trouble with Aid The Undertaker The Visit
Top 10 Masters 81 Ain’t Misbehavin 81 American Vagabond 82 The Armstrong Lie 82 The Art of Observing Life 82 At Berkeley 84 Capitalism at Crossroad Street 85 The Crash Reel 86 Death Row II 86 Demonstration
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Alone Dont Look Back Farrebique – The Four Seasons The Football Incident I Am Cuba In Vanda’s Room A Man Vanishes Milestones A Tale of the Wind Touki Bouki – Journey of the Hyena
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The Burnt Theatre Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell The Land of the Wandering Souls The Missing Picture Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers S21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Paradocs Ashura The Bed Is Broken Castles in Spain Dust Breeding Journal Natpwe, the Feast of the Spirits Nothing Is Going to Happen Patio The Private Life of Fenfen The Questioning Via Dolorosa
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA
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Los Andes Anima As Long as You Are Not Reminded Too Often The Blank Stare Brilliant Punitive Raids Doll Parts Gonda Jack Montmartre Mr. President Pareidolia Pee on Presidents Staging Silence II Tactica
Music Documentary
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As the Palaces Burn Basically, Johnny Moped Europe in 8 Bits Jingle Bell Rocks! Journey to Jah Mattanja Joy Mercedes Sosa, the Voice of Latin America Muscle Shoals Narco Cultura One Minute for Conductors Rêve Kakudji The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Twenty Feet from Stardom Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob Los Wild Ones
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Paradocs: Barbara Visser – The Making of Movies 81 A.K. 84 Burden of Dreams 91 Henri-George Clouzot’s Inferno 93 The Humiliated 106 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
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Rithy Panh Retrospective
The Barrel Chikara – The Sumo Wrestler’s Son Farewell My School Hear This! A Home for Lydia Layla’s Melody Leaders Little Miss Piggy Louis the Ferris Wheel Kid Once Upon a Tree The Red Carpet Shanne and Her Friends Sunflower Seeds Through the Fire Through the Looking Glass To Be a B-Girl Tonight We’ll Become Women
IDFA Junior A Home for Lydia Layla’s Melody Once Upon a Tree The Red Carpet To Be a B-Girl Tonight We’ll Become Women
DocLab: Interactive Reality 81 #Alleman 88 Emotional Arcade 89 Fort McMoney 105 Street Ghosts
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Niek Koppen in Focus 83 The Battle of the Java Sea 87 Dutch Darlings 89 Gold 105 Siki
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Based on the Same Story
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Blind Spot. Hitler’s Secretary Dont Look Back Downfall Everybody Dies, But Me General Idi Amin Dada Girls I’m Not There The Last King of Scotland Little Dieter Needs to Fly Manhunt Munich One Day in September Rescue Dawn Zero Dark Thirty
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia
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400WORDS Behind the Screen Boundary The Brick Chocolate Comedy Consider Gaddafi Grandfather House/Grandparent The Mangoes Two Girls Against the Rain Tyres Where I Go Wukan: The Flame of Democracy
Stand-Up Documentary
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Chocolate Comedy Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor The Happy Sad Route (and a Comedian) Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic The Tunnel Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Treasures – Restored Oscar® Films 89 Glass 91 High Stakes in the East 105 Sky Over Holland 106 This Tiny World
The First World War: the First War on Screen
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A Day in the Life of a Munition Worker Friedensverhandlungen in Brest-Litowsk Hochseefischerei der Deutschen Marine Holland neutraal, de leger- en vlootfilm Lille im dritten Kriegsjahr Der Magische Gürtel Met onze jongens aan den IJzer Mrs. John Bull Prepared
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World Premieres, International Premieres & European Premieres in the selection of IDFA 2013 World Premieres
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Attempts 15 17000 Islands 400WORDS 69: Love Sex Senior Ai Weiwei The Fake Case #Alleman American Arab Ana Ana The Art of Observing Life As the Palaces Burn Ashes Awake in a Bad Dream Barre’s Silence Behind the Screen Blood Borders Broadcasting the End – A Tale About a Magic Mountain Burn Out Castles in Spain #chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator Chikara – The Sumo Wrestler’s Son Coach Zoran and His African Tigers The Coal Miner’s Day Crustaceans Days at the Lennon Park Demonstration Dream Homes Property Consultants Dutch Darlings Ecopolis China Emotional Arcade Europe in 8 Bits The Faces of Facebook Farewell to Hollywood FC Rwanda Final Destination First to Fall Fort McMoney The Fourth Brother The Good Son Happiness The Happy Sad Route (and a Comedian) Hidden Wounds
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lphabet A Ariel The Bed Is Broken The Brick Capitalism at Crossroad Street Carl & Niels Celebration Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor The Condemned The Death of Jaime Roldós Displaced Perssons Documented Everything Is Possible Facing Fear Father Figures Gaddafi Grandfather Hollow The Human Experiment Impressions of Time In the Wake of Stalin An Inconsolable Memory Journey to Jah No Land No Food No Life Rêve Kakudji The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy? Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars
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8 1 A im High in Creation 82 As Time Goes By in Shanghai 83 The Barrel 85 Consider 85 Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus 86 The Devil’s Lair 86 dinosaurs 86 The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts 89 Forest of the Dancing Spirits 93 The Horses of Fukushima 97 The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne 98 The Mangoes 98 Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine 98 Menstrual Man 98 Mercedes Sosa, the Voice of Latin America 99 Minerita 99 Mission Congo 100 Nora Noh 102 The Queen 105 Soul Food Stories 106 Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon 107 The Trials of Muhammad Ali 107 Type:Rider 108 Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War 108 Where I Go 109 Los Wild Ones
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A MODERN MAN A FILM BY EVA MULVAD
IDFA winner 2006 Eva Mulvad’s next film A Modern Man will be pitched at IDFA FORUM Nov. 25-27. This film is an invitation to let yourself flow away to the tones of Mozart and Beethoven. We are inviting you to look at beautiful pictures while you follow an ambitious guy struggling to build a career in the world of classical music. A documentary you can watch without feeling bad about yourself or the world, instead you might be inspired to consider existential questions like: what inspires us? What are old European values all about? And how do we make the best of our lives?
www.danishdocumentary.com Photo: Bruce Weber
AI WEIWEI THE FAKE CASE A FILM BY ANDREAS JOHNSEN IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH ROSFORTH The Chinese authorities threaten Ai Weiwei to keep his mouth shut. But to Ai Weiwei a life lived in silence is not a life. It is death. After 81 days of solitary detention Ai Weiwei is released to house arrest. He suffers from sleeping disorder and memory loss, 18 cameras are monitoring his home, and police agents follow his every move. Ai Weiwei is shaken, but he strongly believes that China is ready for change. And he will do everything to make it happen. Contact/ press: Freddy Neumann, neumann@mail.dk executive producer: Sigrid Dyekjær, sigrid@danishdocumentary.com
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Program
IDFA Bertha Fund Harvest
I, Afrikaner
included in the selection of IDFA 2013
IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary
Best of Fests
The River
The Devil’s Lair
by Abdenour Zahzah, Algeria
Return to Homs
by Riaan Hendricks, South Africa
The Silence of the Flies
by Talal Derki, Syria/Germany IDFA 2013 Opening Film
Powerless
by Eliezer Arias, Venezuela
by Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar, India
Temptation
I, Afrikaner
Panorama
Music Documentary
by Annalet Steenkamp, South Africa
The Death of Jaime Roldos
Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America
My Name is Salt
by Manolo Sarmiento and Lisandra I. Rivera, Ecuador/ Argentina
by Rodrigo H. Vila, Argentina
IDFA Competition for First Appearance
by Farida Pacha, Switzerland/India
by Viktar Dashuk, Belarus
The Mulberry House by Sara Ishaq, Yemen/Syria/ Egypt/Scotland/UAE
Program Guide
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Former IDFA Forum projects included in the selection of IDFA 2013 IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary
IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary
Masters
Land of Promise
Return to Homs
René Roelofs, Paul Scheffer The Netherlands (Pitched as Cities of Arrival in 2011)
Lucy Walker, USA (Pitched in 2012)
Talal Derki, Syria (Pitched in 2012)
Sepideh - Reaching for the Stars
Happiness Thomas Balmès, Finland/France (Pitched in 2011)
The Sochi Project
Panorama
Arnold van Bruggen, Rob Hornstra, The Netherlands (Pitched in 2010)
In the Wake of Stalin
Unspeak
The Mulberry House Sara Ishaq, Egypt/Scotland/ Serbia/Yemen/UAE (Pitched as Fatherland in 2012)
Kismet
Menno Otten, Tommy Pallotta, Geert van de Wetering, Rob Schröder, Benoit Detalle, Marija Jaćimović, Jennifer Abbott, The Netherlands (Pitched in 2011)
Nina Maria Paschalidou, Cyprus (Pitched in 2012)
Best of Fests
Berit Madsen, Denmark (Pitched as Break of Dawn in 2011)
Song from the Forest Michael Obert, Germany (Pitched as Samedi in 2012)
IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary
Sound of Torture Keren Shayo, Israel (Pitched as Journey Story in 2012)
IDFA Competition for First Appearance Ariel
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The Crash Reel
Thomas Johnson, France (Pitched in 2012)
The Undertaker Dragan Nikolic, Serbia (Pitched in 2011)
Cutie and the Boxer Zachary Heinzerling, USA (Pitched in 2011)
Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus
Laura Bari, Canada (Pitched in 2011)
Madeleine Sackler, USA (Pitched as Unstable Elements in 2011)
I, Afrikaner
The Devil’s Lair
Annalet Steenkamp, South-Africa (Pitched in 2009)
Riaan Hendricks, South-Africa (Pitched in 2012)
Judgment in Hungary
Powerless
Eszter Hajdú, Germany/ Hungary/The Netherlands (Pitched as The Trial in 2012)
Fahad Mustafa, Deepti Kakkar, India (Pitched in 2012)
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Program
IDFAcademy Results
Jingle Bell Rocks
included in the selection of IDFA 2013
IDFA-Mediafonds Workshop Super Jews Nirit Peled, The Netherlands
IDFA WorldView Summer School The Death of Jaime Roldós Lisandra I. Rivera/Manolo Sarmiento, Ecuador/Argentina
Jingle Bell Rocks
Mitchell Kezin, Canada
I, Afrikaner
Hear This!
Annalet Steenkamp, South Africa
Soulaima El Khaldi, The Netherlands
Judgment in Hungary
A Home for Lydia
Eszter Hajdú, Hungary
Eline Helena Schellekens, The Netherlands
The Mulberry House Sara Ishaq, Yemen/Egypt/ Syria/Scotland/UAE
Little Miss Piggy
The Silence of the Flies
Louis the Ferris Wheel Kid
Ellen Vloet, The Netherlands
Eliezer Arias, Venezuela
Tara Fallaux, The Netherlands
Kids & Docs Workshop
Once Upon a Tree
My Name is Salt
Through the Fire
Farida Pacha, India/Switzerland
Miguel Narings, The Netherlands
Marleen van der Werf, The Netherlands
Ecopolis China Anna-Karin Grönroos, Finland
Tonight We’ll Become Women
The Devil’s Lair
Josefien Hendriks, The Netherlands
Riaan Hendricks, South Africa
Program Guide
Through the LookingGlass Martijn Blekendaal, The Netherlands
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Industry Screenings November 21 – 25 | Tuschinski 3, Munt 12, Munt 13 Films from the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary, IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary, IDFA Competition for First Appearance and IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary are screening during the Industry Screenings. To attend these Industry Screenings, you do not need to make any advance reservations, nor do we require any special ticket. All you need to do is present your pass at the door (first come, first served). For the program, please see the day-to-day schedule in this program guide or the IDFA app. Dutch Competition
Dutch Competition
First Appearance Competition
15 Attempts WP
Ana Ana WP
Barre’s Silence WP
15 pogingen Aliona van der Horst
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 50 min A visual artwork in which artist Suchan Kinoshita makes 15 attempts to place aspects of her oeuvre in a new context. su 24 14:30 Munt 13
Petr Lom, Corinne van Egeraat
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 75 min Immediately following the 2011 revolution, four young Egyptian women share their experiences. fr 22 17:00 Tuschinski 3
Sokoote Barre Morvarid Peyda, Mehrdad Ahmadpour
First Appearance Competition
Iran, 2013, DCP, 68 min Inhabitants of a remote Iranian village speculate and argue about the performance of their local pride and joy, Barre the fighting bull. mo 25 09:45 Munt 13
69: Love Sex Senior WP
Ariel IP
id-Length Competition
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 90 min Elderly people talk candidly about their love lives and the role sexuality plays in them. fr 22 13:30 Munt 12
Canada, 2013, DCP, 95 min When Ariel from Argentina loses both lower legs in an accident, he immediately decides that he will walk again – on self-made prosthetic legs. su 24 12:45 Tuschinski 3
Feature-Length Competition
First Appearance Competition
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case WP
Ashes WP
IDutch Competition
69: Liefde seks senior Menna Laura Meijer
Andreas Johnsen
Denmark, 2013, DCP, 86 min After three months of solitary confinement, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei wonders about the toll his activism is taking. th 21 13:45 Tuschinski 3
Laura Bari
Cendres Idrissa Guiro, Mélanie Pavy
Feature-Length Competition
France, Senegal, 2013, DCP, 74 min Following the death of her mother Kyoko in Paris, Akiko returns her ashes to the land of her birth, in line with Japanese tradition. fr 22 18:00 Munt 13
Alphabet IP
Dutch Competition
Erwin Wagenhofer
Austria, Germany, 2013, DCP, 107 min Should you sit in class with your arms folded or paint whatever you like? An indictment of competitive education and an ode to the individual imagination. fr 22 17:15 Munt 12
Mid-Length Competition
American Arab WP Usama Alshaibi
USA, 2013, DCP, 56 min Just what is an American Arab? This is a personal film about identity, nationality and racism – and the right to be complicated. th 21 15:15 Munt 12
Program Guide
Awake in a Bad Dream WP
Wakker in een boze droom Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 114 min Three women’s lives are turned upside down as they struggle with the physical and emotional aftermath of a breast cancer diagnosis. sa 23 13:00 Munt 13
Blood WP
Krov Alina Rudnitskaya
Russia, 2013, DCP, 59 min This vivid black-and-white film centers around a mobile blood bank in Russia, where each day many Russians donate their valuable blood for 850 rubles($26). fr 22 09:30 Tuschinski 3
Dutch Competition
Borders WP
Grenzen Jacqueline van Vugt
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 85 min Africans migrating to Europe have to make their way through brutal border areas where violence, extortion and exhaustion are all commonplace. fr 22 12:15 Tuschinski 3
First Appearance Competition, Dutch Competition
Broadcasting the End – A Tale About a Magic Mountain WP Verslag van het einde – een verhaal over een magische berg Martijn Payens
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 47 min A story about a magic mountain in the South of France, and even more about what a media hype can do to a sleepy village. fr 22 12:45 Munt 13
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First Appearance Competition
Dutch Competition
#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator WP
Documented IP
FC Rwanda WP
Jose Antonio Vargas
Joris Postema
USA, Syria, 2013, DCP, 74 min An 19-year-old American student has been helping to coordinate the Syrian revolution from a suburb of Chicago since 2011, armed with all imaginable social networks. sa 23 09:30 Tuschinski 3
USA, 2013, DCP, 90 min In 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas publicly announced that he is an illegal immigrant, and started fighting for the legal recognition of others like him in the United States. fr 22 16:00 Munt 13
Feature-Length Competition
Mid-Length Competition
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers WP
IDFAcademy Results
Joe Piscatella
Sam Benstead
England, 2013, HDcam, 75 min The newly formed nation of South Sudan employs a Serbian coach to get its national soccer team up and running. su 24 15:45 Munt 13
First Appearance Competition
The Coal Miner’s Day WP Le jour du mineur Gaël Mocaër
France, 2013, DCP, 80 min An oppressive and revealing impression of work in a coal mine in Ukraine. th 21 14:15 Munt 13
Dutch Competition
Days at the Lennon Park WP Los dias del Parque Lennon Annelies Kruk
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 45 min A bronze John Lennon sits on a park bench in Havana, and his regular visitors talk about how he inspires them. th 21 18:00 Munt 12
Feature-Length Competition
Displaced Perssons IP
Familjen Persson i främmande land Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren
Sweden, 2013, DCP, 81 min Pelle Persson left Sweden 40 years ago, and ended up in Pakistan. Now he is returning, with a family he started far from his country of birth. su 24 12:15 Munt 13
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The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 57 min Twenty years after the genocide, the government contends that ethnicity no longer plays a role Rwanda, and the army soccer team sets out to prove it. sa 23 18:15 Munt 13
First Appearance Competition
First to Fall WP Rachel Beth Anderson
Ecopolis China WP Ekopolis Anna-Karin Grönroos
Finland, 2013, DCP, 59 min A Finnish engineer and a Chinese multimillionaire share a dream of a hyper-sustainable Silicon Valley in China, but there is a clash of visions. su 24 10:00 Munt 12
Mid-Length Competition
Everything Is Possible IP Wszystko jest mozliwe Lidia Duda
Poland, 2013, DCP, 54 min The husband tells the story while his wife travels. Elderly but full of life, a Polish couple exposes the anatomy of an unorthodox marriage. su 24 15:00 Munt 12
Feature-Length Competition
Farewell to Hollywood WP Henry Corra, Regina Nicholson
USA, 2013, DCP, 123 min A heartwarming yet heartbreaking and controversial ode to 17-year-old Reggie, who is struggling with cancer, her family and the realization of her cinematic dream. sa 23 09:30 Munt 12
Mid-Length Competition
Father Figures IP Gillian Hrankowski, April Butler
Canada, 2013, DCP, 58 min Canadian filmmaker April Butler presents her personal struggle with her 73-year-old father’s relationship with a Filipino woman 50 years his junior. sa 23 15:15 Munt 13
England, USA, 2013, DCP, 80 min Two Libyans studying in Canada return to their birth country with cameras and guns, and join the war against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. mo 25 14:00 Munt 12
First Appearance Competition
Forest of the Dancing Spirits EP De dansande andarnas skog Linda Västrik
Sweden, Canada, 2013, DCP, 104 min Ancient myths and personal drama feature in this portrait of the Aka, a tribe of pygmies in Central Africa. sa 23 15:00 Tuschinski 3
Mid-Length Competition
The Good Son WP Shirly Berkovitz
Israel, 2013, DCP, 52 min Twenty-two year old Or tricks his parents into financing his sex change operation, and then returns to Tel Aviv to face her family. fr 22 15:45 Tuschinski 3
First Appearance Competition
I, Afrikaner WP
IDFAcademy Results Ek, Afrikaner Annalet Steenkamp
South Africa, 2013, DCP, 93 min An intimate portrait of documentary filmmaker Annalet Steenkamp’s white farming family, which has to redefine itself in violent, post-apartheid South Africa. su 24 10:30 Tuschinski 3
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Feature-Length Competition
Dutch Competition
An Inconsolable Memory IP
A Letter to Nelson Mandela WP
Moving Stills – Kadir van Lohuizen WP
Khalo Matabane
Tinus Kramer
Aryan Kaganof
South Africa, 2013, DCP, 109 min A reconstruction of the history of South Africa’s first opera company, Eoan, and an exercise in getting at the truth of what it was to be “a colored.” su 24 17:30 Munt 13
First Appearance Competition
Judgment in Hungary WP IDFAcademy Results Eszter Hajdú
Hungary, Germany, 2013, DCP, 104 min Proceedings of the trial against Hungarian right-wing extremists who murdered six Roma, including a fiveyear old. Claustrophobic, confusing and unsettling. fr 22 10:30 Munt 13
Mid-Length & Dutch Competition
Killing Time WP Jaap van Hoewijk
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 55 min While convicted killer Elroy Chester awaits his execution, director Jaap van Hoewijk talks to Chester’s own family and those of his victims. sa 23 16:45 Munt 13
Mid-Length Competition
Kismet WP Nina Maria Paschalidou
Greece, Cyprus, 2013, DCP, 52 min What makes Turkish soap operas so incredibly popular? Kismet gets answers from the people who make them, as well as sociologists and loyal fans from all over the world. fr 22 11:00 Tuschinski 3
Dutch Competition
Land of Promise WP
Land van aankomst René Roelofs, Paul Scheffer
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 102 min Powerful and revealing archive footage illustrates how immigration has affected European societies over the last 60 years. su 24 18:00 Munt 12
Program Guide
South Africa, Germany, 2013, DCP, 85 min In an open letter to Nelson Mandela, South African filmmaker Khalo Matabane examines the leader’s status and role in the reforms that took place in South Africa in the 1990s. mo 25 13:30 Munt 13
Feature-Length Competition
Life Almost Wonderful WP Jivot pochti prekrasen Svetoslav Draganov
Bulgaria, Belgium, 2013, DCP, 80 min An observational portrait of three Bulgarian brothers and their grandmother. Despite many setbacks, they have a hopeful outlook on life. sa 23 12:00 Munt 12
First Appearance Competition
Light Fly, Fly High WP Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
Norway, 2013, DCP, 80 min A casteless Indian woman tries to box her way out of poverty, but her struggle for an independent life is hardest outside the ring. sa 23 17:15 Tuschinski 3
First Appearance Competition
Men with Balls WP Kristóf Kovács
Hungary, 2013, DCP, 68 min The arrival of a tennis court in the impoverished Hungarian village of Besence initially meets with enthusiasm, but tensions soon emerge. mo 25 11:15 Munt 13
Dutch Competition
Misha and So On WP Misha enzovoort Cherry Duyns
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 66 min European jazz icon Misha Mengelberg is suffering from dementia. Cherry Duyns follows him during his last foreign performances, in London’s Vortex jazz club. sa 23 14:00 Munt 12
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 60 min A portrait of Kadir van Lohuizen, a passionate photojournalist who travels from the oil fields of Alaska to a submerged atoll near Papua, New Guinea. fr 22 14:15 Munt 13
Program
Feature-Length Competition
First Appearance Competition
My Name is Salt WP IDFAcademy Results
Farida Pacha
Switzerland, India, 2013, DCP, 92 min A careful observation of the labor-intensive process of salt production in an Indian desert, where repetitive operations and events take on a ritualistic character. th 21 16:15 Munt 13
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition
Ne Me Quitte Pas WP Sabine Lubbe Bakker, Niels van Koevorden
The Netherlands, Belgium, 2013, DCP, 106 min A Direct Cinema portrait of the Flemish Bob and the Walloon Marcel, two Belgian friends who share loneliness, humor, alcoholism and suicide plans with great élan. fr 22 09:30 Munt 12
First Appearance Competition
Nora Noh EP Sung-hee Kim
South Korea, 2013, DCP, 93 min She is 84 and she still wears false eyelashes. Nora Noh, the Coco Chanel of South Korean fashion, looks back on a remarkable career. sa 23 11:15 Tuschinski 3
Mid-Length Competition
Olga – To My Friends WP Olga – Till mine venner Paul Anders Simma
Finland, Sweden, Norway, 2013, DCP, 58 min Lying some 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) north of Moscow, the Russian part of Lapland is a cold and lonely place, but Olga feels right at home there. su 24 16:30 Munt 12
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Feature-Length Competition
Mid-Length Competition
Photo-Eddy WP
Return to Homs WP
Sound of Torture WP
Foto-Eddy David de Jongh
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 83 min The son of photographer Eddy de Jongh made this highly personal and painful portrait of his father, using archive material, interviews and archive audio recordings. su 24 13:00 Munt 12
Mid-Length Competition
Playing with Shadows WP Xiaoyu Niu
China, 2013, DCP, 52 min In a final attempt to turn his hobby into a job, passionate shadow puppeteer Li Zi signs up for a TV talent pageant. sa 23 10:00 Munt 13
Mid-Length Competition
Pussy Versus Putin WP Gogol’s Wives Productions,
Russia, 2013, HDcam, 60 min A bleak record of the battle fought against Putin by the wild and anarchist female band Pussy Riot, from their first disruptive performances to scenes behind bars. sa 23 11:30 Munt 13
Feature-Length Competition
Putin’s Games WP Putins Spiele Alexander Gentelev
Germany, Israel, Austria, 2013, DCP, 90 min The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia are breaking all records when it comes to corruption and megalomania. This investigative documentary uncovers the hidden story behind Putin’s Games. sa 23 17:45 Munt 12
Talal Derki
Syria, Germany, 2013, DCP, 87 min A remarkably intimate portrait of the unequal struggle of a group of young revolutionaries in Homs, Syria, against the national army destroying their city. mo 25 11:45 Munt 12
Feature-Length Competition
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars IP Berit Madsen
Denmark, 2013, DCP, 88 min A portrait of a courageous young Iranian woman who refuses to conform to expectations and dreams of a future as an astronaut. su 24 10:15 Munt 13
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition
Shado’man WP Boris Gerrets
The Netherlands, France, 2013, DCP, 86 min A cinematic portrait of the nocturnal street life of the disabled in Sierra Leone, in which a group of friends reflects on their complex existences. th 21 15:45 Tuschinski 3
Feature-Length Competition
Song from the Forest WP Michael Obert
Germany, 2013, DCP, 97 min An American named Louis Sarno has been living in the jungle for 25 years, among the pygmies of central Africa. Now he’s taking his pygmy son to see the States for the first time. sa 23 15:45 Munt 12
Mid-Length Competition
Soul Food Stories EP
Istoria Za Hranata i Dushata Tonislav Hristov
Bulgaria, Finland, 2013, DCP, 60 min There are as many philosophies of life as there are inhabitants in the Bulgarian village of Satovchka. An observational documentary about seven friends and their environment. su 24 11:30 Munt 12
Program Guide
Sipour masa Keren Shayo
Israel, 2013, DCP, 60 min Radio host Meron Estefanos uses her program Voices of Eritreans to offer help to hundreds of Eritrean hostages in the Egyptian Sinai desert. fr 22 14:15 Tuschinski 3
Feature-Length Competition
Stream of Love WP Szerelem patak Agnes Sós
Hungary, 2013, DCP, 70 min Love and desire still fill the hearts and thoughts of elderly villagers in Transylvania. Their spirits are young, despite their years. fr 22 11:45 Munt 12
Mid-Length Competition
Twin Sisters WP
Tvillingsøstrene Mona Friis Bertheussen
Norway, 2013, DCP, 58 min The remarkable story of Chinese twin sisters who were adopted in two completely different parts of the world but who are bound to one another by fate. th 21 13:45 Munt 12
Mid-Length Competition
Voices of El Alto WP Benjamin Oroza
Finland, South Africa, 2013, DCP, 49 min In a tent in the Bolivian mountain city of El Alto, random passersby share their most intimate tales of personal joy and woe. th 21 16:45 Munt 12
Feature-Length Competition
The Wild Years WP Els anys salvatges Ventura Durall
Spain, 2013, DCP, 73 min Living without money or adult involvement, three street children struggle to survive in the capital of Ethiopia. fr 22 15:30 Munt 12
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Boundary
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Nontawat Numbenchapol
The Land of the Wandering Souls Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 102’
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Pipeline
Vitaly Mansky Masters, 121’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 96’
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Gold
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Niek Koppen
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Pandora’s Promise Robert Stone Best of Fests, 87’
Niek Koppen in Focus, 106’
The Call
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The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi Thierry Michel
Reber Dosky
Masters, 83’
Student Competition, 25’
White Soldier Danielle Zini
Student Competition, 55’
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The Battle of the Java Sea Niek Koppen
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Niek Koppen in Focus, 135’
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Narco Cultura
19:00
Salinger
Shane Salerno Best of Fests, 120’
Manhunt 19:00
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Greg Barker
Based on the Same Story, 103’
Shaul Schwarz
Music Documentary, 103’
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20:00 IDFA Opening Night By invitation
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IDFA Opening Night By invitation
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Girls 21:00
Human Geography
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Claire Simon
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Masters, 101’
Valeriya Gaï Germanika Based on the Same Story, 46’
Everybody Dies, But Me Valeriya Gaï Germanika Based on the Same Story, 81’
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Shane Meadows
Music Documentary, 96’
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The Crash Reel Lucy Walker
Masters, DOC U, 108’
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A Man Vanishes 12:30
The Land of the Wandering Souls Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 102’
12:30
Pipeline
Shohei Imamura
Dirty Wars
Richard Rowley Best of Fests, 86’
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 130’
Deepti Kakkar, Fahad Mustafa
Vitaly Mansky Masters, 121’
12:30
Blind Spot. Hitler’s Secretary André Heller, Othmar Schmiderer
Based on the Same Story, 90’
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Desert Runners
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Marc Bauder
The Riahi Brothers
Best of Fests, 90’
Panorama, 118’
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Best of Fests, 95’
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Everyday Rebellion
Jennifer Steinman
Gold
Niek Koppen in Focus, 106’
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Powerless Best of Fests, 82’
Master of the Universe
Niek Koppen
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S21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine Rithy Panh
15:00
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 101’
The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi Thierry Michel
16:00
Masters, 83’
16:45 17:15
Cutie and the Boxer
17:30
The Battle of the Java Sea Niek Koppen
Niek Koppen in Focus, 135’
Zachary Heinzerling
18:00
In God We Trust
17:00
Panorama, 83’
Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci-Lucchi
Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek
Barbaric Land Panorama, 65’
Best of Fests, 82’
17:00 17:30
The Burnt Theatre Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 83’
Salinger
Shane Salerno
18:00
Best of Fests, 120’
19:00
19:15 19:30
Alone
Wang Bing
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 89’
Valeriya Gaï Germanika Based on the Same Story, 46’
Everybody Dies, But Me Valeriya Gaï Germanika Based on the Same Story, 81’
The Special Need Carlo Zoratti
Yoju Matsubayashi Panorama, 74’
Best of Fests, 84’
20:30
Girls
19:45
The Horses of Fukushima
19:45
Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 87’
20:00
20:45
The Crash Reel Lucy Walker
Masters, DOC U, 108’
21:00 21:30
Touki Bouki – Journey of the Hyena Djibril Diop Mambety Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 88’
21:30
Celebration 22:00
Return to Homs Talal Derki
Feature-Length Competition, 87’
Dajan Javorac
Student Competition, 10’
Houses for All Gereon Wetzel Panorama, 56’
22:00
Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell
22:00
Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 110’
23:00
24:00
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10:00
10:00 VPRO Preview
Compilation program put up by main partner VPRO.
10:00
10:00
The Ghosts in Our Machine
Marcel Ophüls Masters, 106’
Liz Marshall
Best of Fests, DOC U, 92’
11:00
10:00
Ain’t Misbehavin
The Burnt Theatre 10:30
Muscle Shoals
Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 83’
Greg Camalier
Music Documentary, 111’
11:15
11:15
The Call
The Last of the Unjust
Reber Dosky
Claude Lanzmann
Student Competition, 25’
12:00
12:15
The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts
White Soldier
12:00
Student Competition, 55’
12:30
Rithy Panh
Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine
Christina Voros Panorama, 95’
Michele Josue
13:00
Panorama, 89’
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 101’
13:15
American Vagabond Susanna Helke
13:45 Industry Screening
Masters, 85’
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case Andreas Johnsen
14:00
14:30
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
14:30
The Art of Observing Life
dinosaurs
14:45
Terra Long
Capitalism at Crossroad Street
Marina Goldovskaya
15:00
Masters, 71’
Panorama, 12’
Zelim’s Confession
Ivars Seleckis
Natalia Mikhaylova
Masters, 102’
15:45 Industry Screening
15:45
Boris Gerrets
David Turner, Lara Zizic
Shado’man
16:00
16:30
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 86’
Best of Fests, 65’
The Crash Reel Lucy Walker
Masters, DOC U, 108’
18:00
Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob
19:00
Linda Hakeboom, Rolf Hartogensis
Music Documentary, 46’
20:00
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers Sam Benstead
21:00
Feature-Length Competition, 75’
Where I Go Kavich Neang
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 55’
23:00
Jon Bang Carlsen
Bart Barendregt professor of Popular and Digital culture at Leiden University speaks with director Nontawat Numbenchapol after the screening.
Masters, 83’
22:30
Sopheak Sao
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 11’
Menstrual Man Amit Virmani
16:30
Tiger Mountain Jie Wu
Student Competition, 60’
Dina Barinova
Paul Anders Simma
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
18:00 18:30
Paradocs 2
Beyond the Frame docs: Journal, Dust Breeding, 75’’
Men with Balls Kristóf Kovács
First Appearance Competition, 68’
Joe Piscatella
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 74’
19:45
First to Fall
Rachel Beth Anderson
First Appearance Competition, 80’
20:15
20:15
Jason Cohen
Michael Obert
Facing Fear Panorama, 23’
Pussy Versus Putin
Song from the Forest Feature-Length Competition, 97’
Gogol’s Wives Productions Mid-Length Competition, 60’
21:30
As Time Goes By in Shanghai Uli Gaulke
Best of Fests, 90’
21:45
Mothers
Huijing Xu
Best of Fests, 70’
22:45
The Horses of Fukushima
22:30 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One William Greaves
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 75’
Yoju Matsubayashi Panorama, 74’
Best of Fests, 63’
24:00
1:00
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#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
19:30
Boundary with Extended Q&A
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 96’
Two Girls Against the Rain
Shrove Sunday
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 23’
Nontawat Numbenchapol
Just the Right Amount of Violence
17:30
Gaddafi, Various directors
Boundary
22:30
Best of Fests, 120’
Student Competition, 13’
Olga – To My Friends
After the screening, filmmakers and experts discuss the film.
20:15 20:30
Shane Salerno
Student Competition, 32’
Gaddafi & Where I Go with Extended Q&A 18:45
Salinger
Ida Lindgren
17:00
Masters, 75’
18:00
15:30
Rings of Life
Thomas Balmès
17:00
Student Competition, 60’
Mission Congo
Happiness
22:00
Masters, 210’
S21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Danielle Zini
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
DONDERDAG 21 NOVEMBER
22:30
Dirty Wars
Richard Rowley Best of Fests, 86’
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10:00
10:00
10:00
Rithy Panh
Shaul Schwarz
Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek
The Burnt Theatre
Narco Cultura 10:30
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 83’
Human Geography
Music Documentary, 103’
Claire Simon
11:15
10:00
In God We Trust Panorama, 83’
Masters, 101’
10:30
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Marina Zenovich
Stand-Up Documentary, 85’
The Last of the Unjust
10:30
In Vanda’s Room Pedro Costa
10:0
Pap Up
Rith
Rithy
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 179’
11:00
Claude Lanzmann
12:00
Masters, 210’
12:00
S21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
12:15
Barbaric Land
Alex Gibney
Panorama, 65’
The Armstrong Lie
Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 101’
12:45
In the Wake of Stalin
Masters, 122’
Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci-Lucchi
12:00 12:30
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley Whoopi Goldberg
Thomas Johnson
Stand-Up Documentary, 72’
Panorama, 90’
12:1
Duc Forg
Rith
Rithy
13:00
13:45 Industry Screening
Twin Sisters
Mona Friis Bertheussen Mid-Length Competition, 58’
14:30
Terra Long Panorama, 12’
15:00
Natalia Mikhaylova
Nina Hedenius
Student Competition, 60’
Impressions of Time 15:30
Salinger
Masters, 95’
Shane Salerno
15:15
Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus
American Arab
16:15 Industry Screening 16:45 Industry Screening
Ida Lindgren
Voices of El Alto
Tiger Mountain
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Jie Wu
Student Competition, 60’
18:00
#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
Bill Siegel
Best of Fests, 94’
17:30
Niek Koppen in Focus: Premiere Dutch Darlings
Premiere & presentation of the DVD collection Niek Koppen in Focus. Dutch spoken.
Dutch Darlings
Joe Piscatella
20:15
20:15
Jason Cohen
Michael Obert
Facing Fear Panorama, 23’
Pussy Versus Putin
Song from the Forest
Annalet Steenkamp
First Appearance Competition, 94’
20:00
Borders
Jacqueline van Vugt
Vitaly Mansky Masters, 121’
17:0
Mu
Stev
18:00
Days at the Lennon Park Annelies Kruk
Dutch Competition, 45’
18:30
Chocolate Comedy Chairun Nissa
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, Stand-Up Documentary, 13’
Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor
Soul Food Stories Tonislav Hristov
19:00 19:15 At Berkeley
Frederick Wiseman
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
John Wager
Masters, 244’
20:00
Stand-Up Documentary, 74’
20:30
Dutch Competition, 85’
Best of Fests, 84’
InR
Best o
Lech Kowalski
Gogol’s Wives Productions
20:1
Beeb
Drill Baby Drill
Feature-Length Competition, 97’
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
Based
Pipeline 17:00
18:00 Industry Screening
19:30
I, Afrikaner
Kevi
Based
Niek Koppen in Focus, 55’
19:45
One
16:30
First Appearance Competition, 92’
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
Niek Koppen
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 74’
14:4
16:00
Farida Pacha
Benjamin Oroza
17:15
Top 10, Based on the Same Story, 96’
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
My Name is Salt
Student Competition, 13’
D.A. Pennebaker
Usama Alshaibi
Best of Fests, 76’
Rings of Life
Beyond the Frame docs: Journal, Dust Breeding, 75’’
Dont Look Back
15:00
15:15 Industry Screening
16:30
Paradocs 2
14:00 14:15
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Madeleine Sackler
Best of Fests, 120’
18:30
The Coal Miner’s Day Gaël Mocaër
dinosaurs Zelim’s Confession
14:15 Industry Screening
21:00
21:30
Crustaceans
Vicente Perez Herrero
22:00
400WORDS 22:30 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One William Greaves
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 75’
22:30
Dirty Wars
Richard Rowley Best of Fests, 86’
Ismail Basbeth
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 13’
Sex My British Job Nick Broomfield Masters, 63’
22:15
Twenty Feet from Stardom Morgan Neville
Music Documentary, 90’
Panorama, 90’
22:00 22:30
22:3
Basically, Johnny Moped
Cut
Fred Burns
Music Documentary, 77’
Zach
23:00
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1:00
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Thursday 21 November MELKWEG RABOZAAL8:00
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RODE ZAAL
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Brakke Grond
Exhibition: In
IDFA’s new media Grond present an in the age of the and interactive st
9:00
Brakke Grond
10:00
10:30
In Vanda’s Room Pedro Costa
11:00
Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 87’
Reflecting on Sym picks for the Mak an investigation principles behind
The Unknown Known Errol Morris Masters, 104’
12:15
Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell Rithy Panh
ley
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 110’
13:00
12:30
Aim High in Creation Anna Broinowski Panorama, 96’
14:00
IDFAcademy Welcome & Introduction
14:15
Dont Look Back D.A. Pennebaker
Top 10, Based on the Same Story, 96’
15:00
16:00
10:15
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 179’
12:00
14:00
Barbara Visse of Symbiopsy
10:00
14:45
14:45
Kevin MacDonald
Sung-hee Kim
One Day in September Based on the Same Story, 91’
Nora Noh
First Appearance Competition, 93’
IDFAcademy pass holders only
15:00 Industry Talk
15:00 Kleine Komedie
The Future of Creative Documentary: Hubert Sauper on his Highly Anticipated New Film
Leo Blokhuis about Muscle Shoals
On the basis of excerpts from the film and with the band Ocobar and singer Ricky Koole, Leo Blokhuis illustrates how special Muscle Shoals is. In English. In English.
An insight on this challenging production. See page 121. Admission for all pass holders
16:30
Pipeline
Vitaly Mansky
17:00
Masters, 121’
17:00
17:00
Steven Spielberg
Riaan Hendricks
Munich
The Devil’s Lair
Based on the Same Story, 164’
Best of Fests, 82’
17:00
IDFAcademy Welcome Drinks & Meet the Participants
IDFAcademy pass holders only
18:00
19:00
Brakke Grond W Opening Intera Paradocs & Doc
19:15
Festive opening o exhibtion, initiate the Paradocs inst
At Berkeley
Frederick Wiseman Masters, 244’
20:00
20:15
20:15
Beeban Kidron
Raúl de la Fuente
InRealLife
Minerita
Best of Fests, 86’
ped
Futuristic installa games against ot robots, facial reco data. The Emotio November.
Best of Fests, 82’
Voices of El Alto Benjamin Oroza
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
22:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal 22:30
22:30
Zachary Heinzerling
Jose Antonio Vargas
Cutie and the Boxer 23:00
Brakke Grond
Deepti Kakkar, Fahad Mustafa
Powerless
Panorama, 28’
21:00
22:00
20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal
Best of Fests, 82’
Documented
The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy? Vikram Jayanti Masters, 90’
First Appearance Competition, 90’
24:00
1:00
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
DONDERDAG 21 NOVEMBER
Emotional Ar
ES
Brakke Grond Witte Zaal & Foyer 10:00 - 23:00
De Kroon 8:30 – 10:00
IDFA’s new media program DocLab and arts centre De Brakke Grond present an exhibition about documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With installations, digital street art and interactive stories you can touch.
Kickstart your day at the IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast. Meet your fellow filmmakers and IDFA staff over coffee and croissants. The IDFA Filmmakers Breakfasts are presented by Gaiam TV. Filmmakers and producers with IDFA selected films and accredited press are invited.
Exhibition: Interactive Reality
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal 10:00 – 23:00
8:00
IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast
9:00
Barbara Visser Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
10:00
Reflecting on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, one of Visser’s picks for the Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this rediscovered documentary classic.
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
Kleine Komedie
okhuis about e Shoals
15:00
asis of excerpts from and with the band and singer Ricky Koole, huis illustrates how Muscle Shoals is. In h.
16:00
DAILY SERVICES Schiller Kleine Salon 10:00 – 17:00
First Aid Doc Clinic Schiller Brasserie 18:00 – 19:30
Guests Meet Guests Brakke Grond Witte Zaal, Tuinzaal & Foyer 19:00 – 20:00 Opening Interactive Reality Exhibition, Paradocs & DocLab
Exchange ideas at the daily cocktail hour! See page 123. Admission for all pass holders
Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek and Marijke Rawie answer your questions about all aspects of the documentary industry, from distribution to financing, and from co-productions to festival strategy. See page 12. Admission for all pass holders
Brakke Grond Witte Zaal 20:00 – 22:00 Futuristic installation that enables you to play emotional games against other festivalgoers - using brain scanners, robots, facial recognition software and other biometric data. The Emotional Arcade will only be available from 21-24 November.
18:00
19:00
Festive opening of the Interactive Reality program and exhibtion, initiated by IDFA DocLab and De Brakke Grond, and the Paradocs installation by Barbara Visser.
Emotional Arcade Installation
17:00
Schiller Salon 10:00 – 23:00
IDFA Writing Room
Workspace for all accredited guests. WiFi connection and computers available. Admission for all pass holders
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:00
24:00
1:00
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Friday 22 November 8:00
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9:00 09:30 Industry Screening
Blood 10:00
10:00
Errol Morris
Anna Broinowski
10:00 The Unknown Known Masters, 104’
Aim High in Creation
Alina Rudnitskaya
10:00
Mid-Length Competition, 59’
The Call
Reber Dosky
Panorama, 96’
Student Competition, 25’
White Soldier Danielle Zini
11:00 Industry Screening
Kismet
11:00
Nina Maria Paschalidou Mid-Length Competition, 52’
11:15
10:15
Gold
Niek Koppen
Niek Koppen in Focus, 106’
Student Competition, 55’
At Berkeley
11:30
Frederick Wiseman
InRealLife
Masters, 244’
12:00
12:30
Mission Congo 13:00
14:00
13:00
Masterclass Rithy Panh
David Turner, Lara Zizic
12:15
Jacqueline van Vugt
Ricardas Marcinkus
Borders
Student Competition, 65’
Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh Retrospective, DOC U, 90’
16:00
Dutch Darlings Niek Koppen
14:00
15:00
Robert Stone Best of Fests, 87’
15:30
I Am Cuba
15:45 Industry Screening
The Good Son Shirly Berkovitz
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
16:00 16:15
Mattanja Joy
Ellen van Kempen
17:00 Industry Screening
18:00
Music Documentary, 50’
Paradocs 4
Dutch Competition, 60’
The Coal Miner’s Day Gaël Mocaër
18:45
Panorama, 90’
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Ida Lindgren
20:00
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Return to Homs
Jie Wu
Student Competition, 60’
20:00
Thomas Johnson Panorama, 90’
Medulla
Melisa Miranda
20:00
Displaced Perssons
Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren Feature-Length Competition, 81’
With an introduction and extended Q&A. Moderator Jelle Brandt Corstius.
Christina Voros Panorama, 79’
Berit Madsen
Feature-Length Competition, DOC U, 88’
Anna-Karin Grönroos Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Music Documentary, 53’
22:15 22:30
Gaddafi
Panu Aree, Kaweenipon Ketprasit, Kong Rithdee
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 23’
Where I Go Kavich Neang
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 55’
Burden of Dreams Les Blank
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 94’
22:30 22:45
400WORDS Ismail Basbeth
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 13’
Sex My British Job Nick Broomfield Masters, 63’
24:00
1:00
40
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars
Ecopolis China
Ibbe Daniëls, Koen Vidal
KINK
Torre David: The World’s Tallest Squat Panorama, 23’
Rêve Kakudji 22:15
20:15 20:30
Markus Kneer, Daniel Schwartz
Student Competition, 25’
22:00
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 80’
Tiger Mountain
VPRO Extra: In the Wake of Stalin 21:00
21:00
Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
Student Competition, 13’
Usama Alshaibi
Feature-Length Competition, 87’
23:00
Riaan Hendricks
Light Fly, Fly High 18:30
Rings of Life
The Queen
Talal Derki
Feature-Length Competition, 123’
The Devil’s Lair
18:00
Vicente Perez Herrero
American Arab
69: Love Sex Senior
Henry Corra, Regina Nicholson
15:45
Best of Fests, 82’
Crustaceans
Panorama, 19’
19:30
22:00 Farewell to Hollywood
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 141’
Beyond the Frame docs: The Questioning, Patio, The Bed is Broken, 75’
Manuel Abramovich
19:00
Dutch Competition, DOC U, 90’
Mikheil Kalatozishvili
17:45 18:00
Moving Stills – Kadir van Lohuizen Tinus Kramer
20:00
Best of Fests, 70’
Stand-Up Documentary, 74’
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
Dutch Competition, 75’
Victor Kossakovsky, 32 Students
Menna Laura Meijer
Huijing Xu
Petr Lom, Corinne van Egeraat
Demonstration
18:00
Mothers
Ana Ana
17:15
Masters, 70’
13:45
John Wager
Pandora’s Promise with Extended Q&A
Science journalist Martijn van Calmthout from the daily Volkskrant speaks with director Robert Stone and professor and energy expert Wim Turkenburg about the promise of nuclear power
Niek Koppen in Focus, 55’
Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor
14:15 Industry Screening
Pandora’s Promise 17:00
Siki
Niek Koppen in Focus, 60’
Sound of Torture
The Missing Picture
12:45 Niek Koppen
Keren Shayo
15:00
Best of Fests, 86’
Final Destination
Dutch Competition, 85’
Best of Fests, 65’
Rithy Panh discusses his own work and his Top 10 selection in a masterclass chaired by film journalist Dana Linssen (NRC Handelsblad, de Filmkrant)
15:00
Beeban Kidron
12:15 Industry Screening
VRIJDAG 22 NOVEMBER
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus Madeleine Sackler Best of Fests, 76’
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DEMUNT MUNT 10 10 DE
DEMUNT MUNT 11 11 DE
DEMUNT MUNT 12 12 DE
DEMUNT MUNT 13 13 DE
MELKWEG RABOZAAL
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9:00 09:30 Industry Screening
Ne Me Quitte Pas Sabine Lubbe Bakker, Niels van Koevorden
10:00
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 106’
10:15
Gold
Niek Koppen
10:30
10:30 Industry Screening
Marcel Ophüls
Eszter Hajdú
Ain’t Misbehavin
Niek Koppen in Focus, 106’
11:00 11:30
InRealLife
Beeban Kidron
Wukan: The Flame of Democracy
Judgment in Hungary
Masters, 106’
Lynn Lee, James Leong Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 90’
First Appearance Competition, 104’
11:45 Industry Screening
Stream of Love
Best of Fests, 86’
Agnes Sós
12:00
Feature-Length Competition, 70’
12:45
12:45 Industry Screening
Siki
Niek Koppen
13:15
Niek Koppen in Focus, 60’
Dutch Darlings Niek Koppen
Niek Koppen in Focus, 55’
13:45
Mothers
Huijing Xu
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers Sam Benstead
Feature-Length Competition, 75’
13:15
Desert Runners Jennifer Steinman Best of Fests, 95’
13:30 Industry Screening
69: Love Sex Senior
Broadcasting the End - A Tale About a Magic Mountain Martijn Payens
Dutch Competition, DOC U, 90’
14:15 Industry Screening Tinus Kramer
Dutch Competition, 60’
15:15
I Am Cuba
Mikheil Kalatozishvili Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 141’
15:45
The Devil’s Lair
Nina Hedenius Masters, 95’
15:30
15:30 Industry Screening
Thomas Balmès
Ventura Durall
Happiness Masters, 75’
Riaan Hendricks
Alone Wang Bing 13:00 Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 89’
First Appearance & Dutch Competition, 47’
Moving Stills - Kadir van Lohuizen
Impressions of Time
12:45
14:00
Feature-Length Competition, 73’
16:00 Industry Screening
Documented
Jose Antonio Vargas
Human Geography Claire Simon 15:00 Masters, 101’
17:30
Ariel 18:00
Light Fly, Fly High 18:30
Rings of Life Ida Lindgren
Laura Bari
First Appearance Competition, 93’
17:30
Muscle Shoals Greg Camalier
17:30
Erwin Wagenhofer
Feature-Length Competition, 107’
Music Documentary, 111’
Everyday Rebellion 18:00 Industry Screening
Ashes
Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
Idrissa Guiro, Mélanie Pavy
Student Competition, 13’
Jie Wu
20:30
19:45
Torre David: The World’s Tallest Squat Markus Kneer, Daniel Schwartz
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars
Minerita
Kirk Marcolina, Matthew Pond 20:15 Best of Fests, 74’
Shado’man Boris Gerrets
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 86’
Feature-Length Competition, DOC U, 88’
Raúl de la Fuente Panorama, 28’
Voices of El Alto Benjamin Oroza
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
The Death of Jaime Roldós
22:30
400WORDS Ismail Basbeth
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 13’
Sex My British Job
Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus
17:0
Dirt
Rich
Best o
Dajan Javorac
Student Competition, 10’
Houses for All
Lisandra I. Rivera, Manolo Sarmiento Panorama, 123’
Gereon Wetzel Panorama, 56’
21:00
Student Competition, 30’
Sound of Torture Keren Shayo
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
Madeleine Sackler Best of Fests, 76’
Nick Broomfield
22:00
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Powerless 22:30
Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon Mike Myers Panorama, 84’
Deepti Kakkar, Fahad Mustafa
#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
Best of Fests, 82’
23:00
Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work
Joe Piscatella
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 74’
23:00
Ricki Stern
Stand-Up Documentary, 84’
Masters, 63’
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Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla
22:45
Celebration 20:00
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Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Ami
Panorama, 118’
20:00
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Panorama, 23’
Anna-Karin Grönroos
Me
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The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Berit Madsen
Ecopolis China
Emerg
The Riahi Brothers
19:00
Tiger Mountain
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Two the
First Appearance Competition, 74’
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 80’
Student Competition, 60’
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17:15 Industry Screening
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The Wild Years
Best of Fests, 82’
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Best of Fests, 70’
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As Time Goes By in Shanghai Uli Gaulke
Best of Fests, 90’
11:00
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Seminar: Making History, Everyday Life and Shifting Morality in Southeast Asia
12:30
Wang Bing
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 89’
13:15
This session focuses on how to develop your leadership capacities for social change by Chai Locher.
Feature-Length Competition, 97’
Sustainable Film Production
Farrebique – The Four Seasons
Identifying priorities and challenges to decrease the footprint of your film’s production process. Session led by Wiendelt Hooijer.
Georges Rouquier
Crowdfunding and Hybrid Distribution
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 90’
14:00
Presentation on the most effective crowdfunding techniques and the latest distribution tactics with Peter Broderick (Paradigm Consulting).
Grassroots Campaigning 14:45
14:45
Human Geography Claire Simon Masters, 101’
American Vagabond 15:15
Two Girls Against the Rain
Susanna Helke Masters, 85’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 11’
Menstrual Man
16:00
15:00 Industry Talk
The Future of the Art of Pitching
Danish Producer Sigrid Dyekjær reveals her best practice experiences. See page 121. Admission for all pass holders
Sopheak Sao
Amit Virmani
Session on the successful campaign around I am Breathing and the documentary’s topic ALS. IDFAcademy pass holders only
Compagnie - Grote Zaal & Foyer Upstairs 15:30 – 17:30
IDFAcademy Meet the Professionals
Round table meetings and one on one meetings with renowned professionals. IDFAcademy pass holders only
Best of Fests, 63’
17:00
Dirty Wars
17:00 17:30
Everyday Rebellion
Richard Rowley Best of Fests, 86’
Don Argott
19:15
Blind Spot. Hitler’s Secretary 20:00
20:00 Celebration Dajan Javorac
Student Competition, 10’
Houses for All Gereon Wetzel Panorama, 56’
André Heller, Othmar Schmiderer
Based on the Same Story, 90’
Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks with director Othmar Schmiderer about his protagonist, her memories, his film and Downfall Downfall.
21:45
23:00
As the Palaces Burn
Panorama, 118’
19:00
22:00
17:15
Music Documentary, 88’
The Riahi Brothers
21:00
20:00
Treasures – Restored Oscar®-Nominated and Winning Films
Four restored films that were either nominated for an Oscar® or actually won one. High Stakes in the East, Glass, This Tiny World, Sky Over Holland, 105’
Downfall 22:15
#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator Joe Piscatella
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 74’
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Based on the Same Story, 156’
20:00
DocLab Live: firestarters presents Emotional Arcade
One-off live cinema event that goes beyond the future of documentary storytelling. Expect biometric manipulations, facial recognition games and thought-provoking challenges with the audience live on stage.
20:00 Toomler
Chocolate Comedy Chairun Nissa & The Tunnel
Emerging from S.E. Asia, With anVoices introduction and Q&A. Stand-Up Documentary, 13’
Carlo Zoratti Best of Fests, 84’
Drill Baby Drill Lech Kowalski Best of Fests, 84’
The Tunnel
Domenico Favata, Jody VandenBurg
Stand-Up Documentary, 35’
With an introduction and Q&A.
22:15
The Special Need
20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal
22:15 Compagnie – Grote Zaal 22:30 Toomler
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Basically, Johnny Moped Fred Burns
Music Documentary, 77’
Marina Zenovich
Stand-Up Documentary, 85’
Followed by a Q&A and a late night talkshow.
24:00
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IDFAcademy Small Sessions: Sustainable Leadership
Michael Obert
Alone
on, 47’
18:00
Barbara Visse of Symbiopsy
Compagnie 12:30 – 15:00
Song from the Forest
12:45
15:00
A session is about creating awareness around the topic of your documentary by developing outreach campaigns and using alternative media. With Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men and Emily Verellen (The Fledgling Fund). IDFAcademy pass holders & invitees
On the occasion of the Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia program, directors and academics debate.
12:00
13:00
IDFAcademy Plenary Session: Docs for Change
10:15
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Brakke Grond Witte Zaal & Foyer 10:00 - 23:00
De Kroon 8:30 – 10:00
IDFA’s new media program DocLab and arts centre De Brakke Grond present an exhibition about documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With installations, digital street art and interactive stories you can touch.
Kickstart your day at the IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast. Meet your fellow filmmakers and IDFA staff over coffee and croissants. The IDFA Filmmakers Breakfasts are presented by Gaiam TV. Filmmakers and producers with IDFA selected films and accredited press are invited.
Exhibition: Interactive Reality
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal 10:00 – 23:00
Barbara Visser Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Reflecting on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, one of Visser’s picks for the Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this rediscovered documentary classic.
8:00
IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast
9:00
De Kroon 10:00 - 10:30
10:00
Breakfast Talk
From November 22-27, breakfast will end at 10:00 to allow time for a short informal presentation introducing various sales agents, commissioning editors, film funds and festival programmers. This is an opportunity to meet and greet your fellow documentary professionals. Admission for all pass holders
11:00
12:00
eadership capacities for
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Mediafonds 14:00 – 15:30
am Breathing and the
South African Executive Producers Neil Brandt and Marc Schwinges, in conversation with Kgomotso Matsunyane discuss why South Africa is the place to do Documentary with this year. At Souterrain Mediafonds, Herengracht 609 Admission free
South Africa: The country to produce documentary with
stairs 15:30 – 17:30
14:00
15:00
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Brakke Grond Witte Zaal 16:00 – 18:00
Tuschinski VIP Lounge 16:00 – 16:30
Futuristic installation that enables you to play emotional games against other festivalgoers - using brain scanners, robots, facial recognition software and other biometric data. The Emotional Arcade will only be available from 21-24 November.
An extended daily discussion with a special or secret guest, hosted by IDFA director Ally Derks and friends of filmmaker Peter Wintonick.
Emotional Arcade Installation
16:00
Hi-TEA with Ally & Peter’s Friends
Arti et Amicitiae 17:00 – 18:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
On behalf of NPO/RNW Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs, Rise and Shine and South African Delegation IDFA has the pleasure of inviting all Docs for Sale and IDFA Forum attendees to the Docs for Sale Happy Hour in the Docs for Sale Lounge in Arti et Amicitiae.
Schiller Brasserie 18:00 – 19:30
Guests Meet Guests
Exchange ideas at the daily cocktail hour! See page 123. Admission for all pass holders
DAILY SERVICES Schiller Kleine Salon 10:00 – 17:00
First Aid Doc Clinic
Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek and Marijke Rawie answer your questions about all aspects of the documentary industry, from distribution to financing, and from co-productions to festival strategy. See page 12. Admission for all pass holders
Schiller Salon 10:00 – 23:00
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IDFA Writing Room
ts, 84’
Workspace for all accredited guests. WiFi connection and computers available. Admission for all pass holders
Schiller Brasserie 22:00 – 01:00
IDFA Lounge
Compagnie – Grote Zaal
Get your weekend started at the IDFA lounge with drinks and music! IDFA Lounge is supported by the European Commission Directorate General for Enlargement. Admission free
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#chicagoGirl -- The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
10:00
10:00 Salinger
Joe Piscatella
Shane Salerno
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 74’
Best of Fests, 120’
10:30
Documented
Jose Antonio Vargas
11:00
11:15
The Missing Picture Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh Retrospective, DOC U, 90’
11:15 Industry Screening
First Appearance Competition, 90’
Nora Noh
10:30
The Horses of Fukushima
Yoju Matsubayashi Panorama, 74’
10:45 11:00
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
The Devil’s Lair Riaan Hendricks Best of Fests, 82’
Marina Zenovich
Sung-hee Kim
Stand-Up Documentary, 85’
First Appearance Competition, 93’
12:00 12:45
13:00
14:00
Master of the Universe with Extended Q&A
Dutch journalist Joris Luyendijk talks with Master of the Universe director Marc Bauder and the film’s protagonist about the world of high finance.
Master of the Universe Marc Bauder Best of Fests, 90’
18:00
World Premieres of children’s documentaries: Through the Fire, Once Upon a Tree, Little Miss Piggy and Through the Looking Glass, 105
Lech Kowalski
Nontawat Numbenchapol Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 96’
16:15
Misha and So On
18:30
Andreas Johnsen
Arnold van Bruggen, Tomas Kaan Panorama, 8’
Killing Time
Dutch & Mid-Lengt Mid-Length Competition, 55’
Paradocs 1
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars
Behind the Screen Aung Nwai Htway
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 35’
Kismet
Best of Fests, 90’
First Appearance Competition, 74’
Lucy Walker
Masters, DOC U, 108’
With an introduction and extended Q&A.
20:15
The Condemned
Lidia Duda
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
19:00
The Wild Years Feature-Length Competition, 73’
Chris Marker
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 75’
Nick Read
Best of Fests, 80’
21:00
Pandora’s Promise Robert Stone
21:30
21:45
Best of Fests, 87’
In the Wake of Stalin Thomas Johnson
22:30
Masters, 90’
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 74’
A.K.
20:00
Panorama, 92’
Vikram Jayanti
Joe Piscatella
Everything Is Possible
19:45
Eliezer Arias
The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy?
#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
Ventura Durall
Idrissa Guiro, Mélanie Pavy
The Silence of the Flies
22:45
Panorama, 11’
Ashes
Svetoslav Draganov
22:00
Matej Bobrik
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
19:15
Life Almost Wonderful
Dutch Competition, 102’
18:00
Nina Maria Paschalidou
VPRO Extra: The Crash Reel
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
The Visit
17:45
Feature-Length Competition, DOC U, 88’
20:45
22:45
Our Curse
Tomasz Sliwinski
Student Competition, 27’
Panorama, 90’
The Ghosts in Our Machine Liz Marshall
Best of Fests, DOC U, 92’
Blood
Alina Rudnitskaya
Mid-Length Competition, 59’
Thomas Balmès Masters, 75’
1:00
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Uli Gaulke
Beyond the Frame docs: Ashura, Via Dolorosa, Natpwe, The Feast of the Spirits, 90’
17:30
Berit Madsen
20:00
24:00
15:30
17:00
Light Fly, Fly High
18:30
Happiness
As Time Goes By in Shanghai
Dutch Competition, 66’
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 80’
23:45
Best of Fests, 82’
Cherry Duyns
Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
23:00
Deepti Kakkar, Fahad Mustafa
Best of Fests, 84’
Boundary
First Appearance Competition, 104’
Feature-Length Competition, 107’
René Roelofs, Paul Scheffer
Drill Baby Drill
15:00
Linda Västrik
Erwin Wagenhofer
Land of Promise
Powerless
14:45 15:00 Industry Screening
17:15 Industry Screening
21:00
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 23’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 55’
Forest of the Dancing Spirits
Jaap van Hoewijk
21:00
12:45
Gaddafi
Kavich Neang
Alphabet
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
Where I Go
Kids & Docs 1
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case Hidden Wounds 19:00
13:15
13:45
Alphabet with Extended Q&A
17:00
Panu Aree, Kaweenipon Ketprasit, Kong Rithdee
Masters, 244’
15:30
Twan Huys discusses creativity in education with Alphabet director Erwin Wagenhofer, principal of the Dutch Superschool Eric van ‘t Zelfde, and Pieter Hilhorst, Alderman of Education in Amsterdam
12:45
Frederick Wiseman
At Berkeley
15:00
16:00
12:45
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
23:15
In God We Trust Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek Panorama, 83’
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Farewell to Hollywood
Henry Corra, Regina Nicholson
10:00
Feature-Length Competition, 123’
400WORDS Ismail Basbeth
10:45 11:00
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
The Devil’s Lair Riaan Hendricks Best of Fests, 82’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 13’
10:45
Masters, 63’
Vicente Perez Herrero
Deepti Kakkar, Fahad Mustafa
Ecopolis China
Powerless Drill Baby Drill
Best of Fests, 82’
11:30 Industry Screening 12:00 Industry Screening
Life Almost Wonderful Svetoslav Draganov
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Lech Kowalski Best of Fests, 84’
Paradocs 1
Uli Gaulke
Best of Fests, 90’
Misha and So On
17:30
The Visit
Matej Bobrik Panorama, 11’
Houses for All Gereon Wetzel
16:15
Ne Me Quitte Pas
Sam Benstead
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 106’
Feature-Length Competition, 75’
Niels van Koevorden, Sabine Lubbe Bakker
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
Azharr Rudin
Ventura Durall
Feature-Length Competition, 73’
16:45 Industry Screening
Killing Time
Putin’s Games House/Grandparent Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
The Mulberry House Sara Ishaq
Panorama, 65’
Alexander Gentelev
18:30
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
FC Rwanda
Dutch Competition, 57’
Christina Voros
Mattanja Joy and Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob + Live: Mattanja Joy / Douwe Bob After the films, a live performance from both Mattanja Joy Bradley, and Douwe Bob. Ellen van Kempen Music Documentary, 50’
21:00
Robert Stone
Masters, 70’
Corinne van Egeraat, Petr Lom
Pandora’s Promise Best of Fests, 87’
Victor Kossakovsky, 32 Students
In the Wake of Stalin
Linda Hakeboom, Rolf Hartogensis
20:15
Phuong Thao Dong
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
Father Figures
April Butler, Gillian Hrankowski
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
21:45
Carlo Zoratti
Panorama, 90’
Best of Fests, 84’
As the Palaces Burn 23:15
In God We Trust
Don Argott
Music Documentary, 88’
Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek Panorama, 83’
Impressions of Time Nina Hedenius
22:45
23:00
The Unknown Known Errol Morris Masters, 104’
20:30
Europe in 8 Bits + Live: Men of Mega / Ralp + Culomono / EINDBAAS DJ’s
Europe in 8 Bits Javier Polo
17:00 17:15 Death Row II Part 3 & 4
Masters, 95’
Rêv
Ibbe
Music
18:00
19:00
20:00 Panorama, 90’
IDFA Dance Night
After the screening of Europe in 8 Bits, EINDBAAS offers us a two-hour Chiptune Party with some real gems from the European scene: the Dutch duo Men of Mega, Spanish DJs Ralp and Culomono with their audiovisual project Distortled Box, and the EINDBAAS DJs. Admission for all pass holders
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The Art of Observing Life
Marina Goldovskaya Masters, 71’
23:00
24:00
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Program Guide
Intro Kay Mus pian A Da Wor Deut Bull
Werner Herzog’s follow-up to the successful series On Death Row (2012)
Music Documentary, 75’
22:00 22:15
WW
16:4
Don Hardy, Dana Nachman
Grandfather
14:1
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The Human Experiment
The Special Need
Thomas Johnson
Row (2012)
Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci-Lucchi
Ana Ana
Dutch Competition, 75’
Death Row II Part 1 & 2 Werner Herzog’s follow-up to 15:00 the successful series On Death
19:45
20:45
Demonstration
14:45
19:45
Panorama, 65’
21:00
14:00
Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob
Barbaric Land
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 75’
Rithy
13:00
16:45
Music Documentary, 46’
Panorama, 95’
Chris Marker
21:45
Music Documentary, 90’
Mattanja Joy 18:15 Industry Screening Joris Postema
The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts
A.K.
John
Introduction and Q&A with Bert Hogenkamp (The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). With live music of Martin de Ruiter (organ 12:00 & piano) & the Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter Kwintet (MAR V).
Journey to Jah
Feature-Length Competition, 97’
17:45 Industry Screening 18:15
The Wild Years
Michael Obert
Jaap van Hoewijk
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 74’
19:00
Song from the Forest
Gillian Hrankowski, April Butler
Mid-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 55’
Everything Is Possible
19:45
15:15 Industry Screening
Panorama, 56’
Joe Piscatella
Lidia Duda
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Noël Dernesch, Moritz Springer
Student Competition, 10’
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers #chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
Father Figures
Journey To Jah + Live: Ziggi Recado After the film, Ziggi Recado, the biggest reggae singer in the Netherlands, brings some sun to the Rabozaal with an acoustic set.
Dutch Competition, 66’
16:00
17:00
14:15
Cherry Duyns
Dajan Javorac
Greg Camalier
14:00 Industry Screening
15:45 Industry Screening
Beyond the Frame docs: Ashura, Via Dolorosa, Natpwe, The Feast of the Spirits, 90’
Music Documentary, 111’
Dutch Competition, 114’
Celebration
15:30
Muscle Shoals
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren
14:15
As Time Goes By in Shanghai
13:00 Industry Screening
Awake in a Bad Dream
Feature-Length Competition, 81’
14:45
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
Gogol’s Wives Productions, Anonymous Anonymous
13:15
Displaced Perssons
11:30
Muscle Shoals with Leo Blokhuis Music expert Leo Blokhuis introduces the film Muscle Shoals, about the epicenter of soul music in Alabama. In English.
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
Panorama, 23’
Anna-Karin Grönroos
Mil
Willy Mullens
Pussy Versus Putin Torre David: The World’s Tallest Squat
10:0
WWI: the First War on Screen, 165’ 11:00
Panorama, 90’
12:00
13:15
Holland neutraal, de leger- en vlootfilm
Crustaceans
Stand-Up Documentary, 85’
12:45
10:30
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Marina Zenovich
Markus Kneer, Daniel Schwartz
10:00
Playing with Shadows Xiaoyu Niu
Sex My British Job Nick Broomfield
10:00 Industry Screening
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Milestones 10:30
Holland neutraal, de leger- en vlootfilm 11:00 11:30
Muscle Shoals with Leo Blokhuis Music expert Leo Blokhuis introduces the film Muscle 12:00 Shoals, about the epicenter of soul music in Alabama. In English.
Muscle Shoals
John Douglas, Robert Kramer Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 195’
Compagnie - Grote Zaal 10:00 – 12:00
IDFAcademy Plenary Session: Producing Harsh Reality
10:15
Cutie and the Boxer Zachary Heinzerling Best of Fests, 82’
Willy Mullens
11:00
Introduction and Q&A with Bert Hogenkamp (The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). With live music of Martin de Ruiter (organ & piano) & the Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter Kwintet (MAR V).
A group of archive experts from EYE present some practical cases of reusing archive footage. See page 115. Admission for all pass holders
Industry Talk
The Quest for Archival Footage: Treasure Trove or Mission Impossible?
WWI: the First War on Screen, 165’
12:15
Dirty Wars
Richard Rowley
Music Documentary, 111’
Reflecting on Sym picks for the Mak an investigation principles behind
Stedelijk Muse
Stedelijk@ID
IDFA guided tour the question how of reality. Tickets
Compagnie 12:30 – 15:00
IDFAcademy Small Sessions:
Best of Fests, 86’
Compagnie - Grote Zaal
Pitch & Trailer Workshop
The Pitch & Trailer Workshop, one of last year’s biggest hits at IDFAcademy, by Mikael Opstrup (EDN) and Jesper Osmund (editor).
13:00
Greg Camalier
Producers Orwa Nyrabia (Proaction Film) and Hans Robert Eisenhauer (Ventana Film) talk about producing independent documentaries in difficult situations. How does one manage expectations from broadcasters on a topic that is so newsworthy and still make independent cinema? Moderator: Over Rishøj Jensen (EDN) IDFAcademy pass holders & invitees
Barbara Visse of Symbiopsy
Compagnie - Kleine Zaal
Cross Media, Present Platforms
14:00
14:15
Journey To Jah + Live: Ziggi Recado After the film, Ziggi Recado, the biggest reggae singer in the Netherlands, brings some sun to the Rabozaal with an 15:00 acoustic set.
Journey to Jah
14:15
WWI – Daily Life 14:45
Death Row II Part 1 & 2
Werner Herzog’s follow-up to the successful series On Death Row (2012)
Noël Dernesch, Moritz Springer
Music Documentary, 90’
16:00
Mattanja Joy and Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob + Live: Mattanja Joy / Douwe Bob17:00 After the films, a live performance from both Mattanja Joy Bradley, and Douwe Bob.
Mattanja Joy
Ellen van Kempen
18:00
16:45
Rêve Kakudji 17:15
Death Row II Part 3 & 4
Ibbe Daniëls, Koen Vidal
Music Documentary, 46’
Javier Polo
19:00
Manhunt
IDFA Dance Night
IDFAcademy Meet the Professionals
Round table meetings and one on one meetings with renowned professionals. IDFAcademy pass holders only
David Turner, Lara Zizic Best of Fests, 65’
Emotional Ar
Futuristic installa games against ot robots, facial reco data. The Emotio November.
Borders
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 90’
Jacqueline van Vugt Dutch Competition, 85’
The Human Experiment Don Hardy, Dana Nachman Panorama, 90’
Based on the Same Story, 103’
Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks with Manhunt director Greg Barker and compares his documentary about the hunt for Bin Laden with Hollywood blockbuster Zero Dark Thirty.
20:00 20:15
One Minute for Conductors
Angel Esteban, Elena Goatelli Music Documentary, 87’
Zero Dark Thirty 22:15
The Art of Observing Life
Marina Goldovskaya Masters, 71’
Kathryn Bigelow
Based on the Same Story, 157’
22:30
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel Kitty Green
Best of Fests, 78’
DocLab Live: Jonathan Harris and the Slow Web
A delicious live screening of digital masterpieces by Jonathan Harris served with small culinary creations designed by chef Gilbert Kolff (Food Film Festival) and introduced by Hans Maarten van den Brink (Mediafonds).
20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal
KINK
Christina Voros Panorama, 79’
20:00 Toomler
Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor John Wager
Stand-Up Documentary, 74’
21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
69: Love Sex Senior Menna Laura Meijer
22:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal
The Trials of Muhammad Ali Bill Siegel
Best of Fests, 94’
Dutch Competition, DOC U, 90’
22:30 Toomler
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley Whoopi Goldberg
Stand-Up Documentary, 72’
The film is followed by a late night talkshow about female comedy and emancipation.
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Lynn Lee, James Leong
21:45
After the screening of Europe in 8 Bits, EINDBAAS offers us a two-hour Chiptune Party with some real gems from the European scene: the Dutch duo Men of Mega, Spanish DJs 23:00 Ralp and Culomono with their audiovisual project Distortled Box, and the EINDBAAS DJs. Admission for all pass holders
Compagnie - Grote Zaal & Foyer Upstairs 15:30 – 17:30
Mission Congo
21:00
22:00
Peter Broderick & Jan Röfekamp, thinking forward on distribution. See page 121. Admission for all pass holders
Greg Barker
Music Documentary, 75’
22:00
The Future of Distribution: What You Need to Know
Wukan: The Flame of Democracy
Europe in 8 Bits + Live: Men of Mega / Ralp + Culomono / EINDBAAS DJ’s
Europe in 8 Bits
15:00 Industry Talk
18:15
19:45
20:30
Panorama, 89’
Werner Herzog’s follow-up to the successful series On Death Row (2012)
19:00
20:00
Michele Josue
Music Documentary, 53’
Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob Linda Hakeboom, Rolf Hartogensis
Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine
16:30
16:45
Music Documentary, 50’
Introduction and Q&A with Kay Gladstone (Imperial War Museum). Screening with live piano (Wim van Tuyl). A Day in the Life of a Munition Worker, Hochseefischerei der Deutschen Marine, Mrs. John Bull Prepared, 120’
Ingrid Kopp (Director Digital Initiatives, Tribeca Film Insitute) and renowned expert Loc Dao (Executive Producer, Creative Technologist at National Film Board of Canada) answer questions about different platforms for digital storytelling. IDFAcademy pass holders only
14:15
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Brakke Grond
Emotional Ar
Futuristic installa games against ot robots, facial reco data. The Emotio November.
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Brakke Grond Witte Zaal & Foyer 10:00 - 23:00
De Kroon 8:30 – 10:00
IDFA’s new media program DocLab and arts centre De Brakke Grond present an exhibition about documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With installations, digital street art and interactive stories you can touch.
Kickstart your day at the IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast. Meet your fellow filmmakers and IDFA staff over coffee and croissants. The IDFA Filmmakers Breakfasts are presented by Gaiam TV. Filmmakers and producers with IDFA selected films and accredited press are invited.
Exhibition: Interactive Reality
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal 10:00 – 23:00
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Barbara Visser Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Reflecting on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, one of Visser’s picks for the Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this rediscovered documentary classic.
Stedelijk Museum 11:00 – 12:30
Stedelijk@IDFA
IDFA guided tour (90 minutes) in Stedelijk Museum focuses on the question how other art forms deal with the representation of reality. Tickets only via www.idfa.nl or IDFA Box Office.
8:00
IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast
9:00
De Kroon 10:00 - 10:30
10:00
Breakfast Talk
From November 22-27, breakfast will end at 10:00 to allow time for a short informal presentation introducing various sales agents, commissioning editors, film funds and festival programmers. This is an opportunity to meet and greet your fellow documentary professionals. Admission for all pass holders
Arti et Amicitiae 10:30 – 12:00
Docs for Sale Meet the Professionals
For the third year in a row, Docs for Sale is organizing “Meet the Pros,” which allows Docs for Sale participants to register for 15-minute meetings with various professionals. These experts offer advice on general matters and answer specific questions. Participants can book meetings with sales agents, festival programmers and TV buyers. Docs for Sale pass holders only Docs for Sale pass holders only.
11:00
12:00
13:00
ar’s biggest hits at Jesper Osmund (editor).
eca Film Insitute) and cer, Creative Technoswer questions about
14:00
15:00
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tings with renowned
Brakke Grond Witte Zaal 16:00 – 18:00
Tuschinski VIP Lounge 16:00 – 16:30
Futuristic installation that enables you to play emotional games against other festivalgoers - using brain scanners, robots, facial recognition software and other biometric data. The Emotional Arcade will only be available from 21-24 November.
An extended daily discussion with a special or secret guest, hosted by IDFA director Ally Derks and friends of filmmaker Peter Wintonick.
Emotional Arcade Installation
Arti et Amicitiae 17:00 – 18:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
On behalf of NPO/RNW Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs, Rise and Shine and South African Delegation IDFA has the pleasure of inviting all Docs for Sale and IDFA Forum attendees to the Docs for Sale Happy Hour in the Docs for Sale Lounge in Arti et Amicitiae.
Schiller Brasserie 18:00 – 19:30
Guests Meet Guests
Exchange ideas at the daily cocktail hour! Hosted by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. See page 123. Admission for all pass holders
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
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ne van Vugt
petition, 85’
Toomler
dy Warriors: g Through Humor
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Documentary, 74’
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
16:00
Hi-TEA with Ally & Peter’s Friends
DAILY SERVICES Schiller Kleine Salon 10:00 – 17:00
First Aid Doc Clinic
Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek and Marijke Rawie answer your questions about all aspects of the documentary industry, from distribution to financing, and from co-productions to festival strategy. See page 12. Admission for all pass holders
Schiller Salon 10:00 – 23:00
Futuristic installation that enables you to play emotional games against other festivalgoers - using brain scanners, robots, facial recognition software and other biometric data. The Emotional Arcade will only be available from 21-24 November.
IDFA Writing Room
Workspace for all accredited guests. WiFi connection and computers available. Admission for all pass holders
ve Sex Senior
18:00
19:00
Brakke Grond Witte Zaal 20:00 – 22:00
Emotional Arcade Installation
17:00
20:00
21:00
Laura Meijer
petition, DOC U, 90’
Melkweg Rabozaal 22:00 – 3:00
IDFA Dance Night
Prepare to dance the night away with festival guests, IDFA Friends and co-workers. Ear plugs and a quiet room will be provided! Admission for all pass holders
Toomler
pi Goldberg nts Moms Mabley Goldberg
22:00
23:00
Documentary, 72’
is followed by a late kshow about female and emancipation.
24:00
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11:00
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After the screening, Dutch newsman and cycling fanatic Herman van der Zandt talks with cyclist Thomas Dekker, Mark Misérus, sports journalist from the Dutch daily Volkskrant, and Dutch director Kees Jongkind
The Armstrong Lie
10:00
The Art of Observing Life
Marina Goldovskaya Masters, 71’
13:15
Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus
12:45
Melisa Miranda
First Appearance Competition, 95’
Kids & Docs 3 13:30 Alysson Muritiba Paradocs, 17’
Superjews Nirit Peled
15:00
Ida Lindgren
Alexander Lind
Rings of Life 15:30
Kids & Docs 2
Children’s documentaries: A Home for Lydia, Hear This!, Louis the Ferris Wheel Kid and Tonight We’ll Become Women, 105’
16:30 Movies that Matter@IDFA
Deepti Kakkar, Fahad Mustafa
15 Attempts
Aliona van der Horst
20:00
17:45
17:45
Michael Obert
Panu Saeng-Xuto
Song from the Forest
Twin Sisters
Mona Friis Bertheussen Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Consider
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, DOC U, 20’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
The Mulberry House Sara Ishaq
17:15
First to Fall
Rachel Beth Anderson
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Panorama, 65’
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
19:15
Two at the Border
The Mangoes with Extended Q&A
Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla Keren Shayo
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
20:00
VPRO Extra: Manhunt Greg Barker
With an introduction and extended Q&A. Moderator Gerhard Busch.
21:00
The Brick
Various directors, 15’
Broadcasting the End – A Tale About a Magic Mountain
21:45
Dutch & First App Appearance Competition, 47’
Masters, 75’
Martijn Payens
20:00
Tyres
Kyaw Myo Lwin
Student Competition & Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, 30’
Playing with Shadows Xiaoyu Niu
After the screening, senior researcher at KITLV Fridus Steijlen speaks with director Tonny Trimarsanto.
22:15 22:30
Agnes Sós
Feature-Length Competition, 70’
Tonny Trimarsanto Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 98’
The Devil’s Lair Riaan Hendricks Best of Fests, 82’
Henri-George Clouzot’s Inferno Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 102’
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
24:00
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Stream of Love
The Mangoes
21:45
Thomas Balmès
19:30
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Happiness
Svetoslav Draganov
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Student Competition, 29’
Shirly Berkovitz
Life Almost Wonderful 23:00
Student Competition, 60’
Azharr Rudin
Based on the Same Story, 103’
22:00
Jie Wu
House/Grandparent
19:15
Sound of Torture
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
Tiger Mountain
Carl & Niels
The Good Son
Student Competition, 30’
Khalo Matabane
Beyond the Frame docs: Nothing Is Going to Happen, The Private Life of Fenfen, Castles in Spain, 90’
Powerless
19:00
Dutch Competition, 50’
A Letter to Nelson Mandela
Paradocs 3
Student Competition, 13’
17:00
18:45
21:00
15:45
17:15
Feature-Length Competition, 97’
21:00
Music Documentary, 53’
Best of Fests, 80’
15:00
18:00
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
Ibbe Daniëls, Koen Vidal
Javier Polo
Best of Fests, 82’
Alexander Gentelev
Rêve Kakudji
Nick Read
Europe in 8 Bits
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case
19:00
The Condemned
Student Competition, 25’
Panorama, 55’
Peter Lataster, Petra Lataster-Czisch
Putin’s Games
13:45
Medulla
15:00
Music Documentary, 75’
Andreas Johnsen Feature-Length Competition, 86’ Film screening with Extended Q&A by Movies that Matter.
Eliezer Arias
International children’s documentaries: Layla’s Melody, To Be a B-Girl and Shanne and Her Friends, 105’
Awake in a Bad Dream
17:00
The Silence of the Flies
12:45
First Appearance Competition, 104’
Dutch Competition, 114’
Best of Fests, 95’
Laura Bari
Eszter Hajdú
16:00
Jennifer Steinman
11:30
Ariel
14:00 Movies that Matter@IDFA
15:45
Desert Runners
12:45 Industry Screening
Patio
Film screening with Extended Q&A by Movies that Matter.
10:30
Panorama, 92’
Judgment in Hungary
15:00
11:15
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Tina Mascara, Guido Santi
14:00
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 102’
Gaël Mocaër
Madeleine Sackler Film screening with Extended Q&A by Movies that Matter.
Panorama, 90’
Rithy Panh
Annalet Steenkamp
The Coal Miner’s Day
Masters, 122’
Monk with a Camera
The Land of the Wandering Souls
I, Afrikaner
First Appearance Competition, 93’
12:00 Movies that Matter@IDFA
Alex Gibney
10:15 10:30 Industry Screening
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
21:45
Pipeline
Vitaly Mansky Masters, 121’
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The Land of the Wandering Souls Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh Retrospective, 102’
10:00
10:00 Industry Screening
Compilation program put up by editors of Vrij Nederland.
Anna-Karin Grönroos
Vrij Nederland day
10:15
10:30
Desert Runners
Ecopolis China
Mid-Length Competition, 59’
11:00
11:15
11:30 Industry Screening
11:30
Soul Food Stories
Mike Myers
Tonislav Hristov
Panorama, 84’
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
12:15 Industry Screening
Displaced Perssons 12:45
International children’s documentaries: Layla’s Melody, To Be a B-Girl and Shanne and Her Friends, 105’
Melisa Miranda
Kids & Docs 3
Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren
Medulla
13:00 Industry Screening
Student Competition, 25’
13:15
Ibbe Daniëls, Koen Vidal
Dina Barinova
Rêve Kakudji
Shrove Sunday
Music Documentary, 53’
Student Competition, 32’
Feature-Length Competition, 81’
Photo-Eddy
Olga – To My Friends
15:00
15:00
15:00 Industry Screening
Ida Lindgren
Alexander Lind
Lidia Duda
Tiger Mountain Jie Wu
Student Competition, 60’
Carl & Niels
Everything Is Possible 15:30
Mona Friis Bertheussen
Phuong Thao Dong
Twin Sisters
Grandfather
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
Father Figures
16:30 Industry Screening
Olga - To My Friends
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
The Mulberry House Sara Ishaq
First to Fall
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Panorama, 65’
15:45 Industry Screening
My Name is Salt
18:00 Industry Screening
Farida Pacha
Land of Promise
First Appearance Competition, 92’
René Roelofs, Paul Scheffer
After the screening, Shirma Rouse, shows us that she actually deserves center stage.
Twenty Feet from Stardom Music Documentary, 90’
An Inconsolable Memory Aryan Kaganof
Feature-Length Competition, 109’
Jingle Bell Rocks! + Live: Fay Lovsky, Florian Friedrich & Laurens Joensen
Immediately following the film, Fay Lovsky, Florian Friedrich & Laurens Joensen treat us to a special Christmas performance.
Jingle Bell Rocks! Mitchell Kezin
Agnes Sós
14:30
Alphabet
Erwin Wagenhofer
Feature-Length Competition, 107’
15:00
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17:00
Capitalism at 17:00 Crossroad Street Ivars Seleckis Masters, 102’
18:00
17:3
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Rith
Rithy
19:30
Feature-Length Competition, 70’
The Football Incident 20:00
20:00
Nathanael Carton
Michael Graversen
Recollections
20:30
Panorama, 13’
Men with Balls
Moving Stills – Kadir van Lohuizen
Kristóf Kovács
First Appearance Competition, 68’
Tinus Kramer
Panorama, 29’
The Undertaker Dragan Nikolic Panorama, 52’
21:45
Pipeline
Vitaly Mansky Masters, 121’
22:15
Torre David: The World’s Tallest Squat Markus Kneer, Daniel Schwartz Panorama, 23’
Ecopolis China
Anna-Karin Grönroos
Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 20’ 20:00
No Man’s Land
Dutch Competition, 60’
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 102’
14:00
Stream of Love
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 98’
Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea
13:00
Mo Tren from Col
19:00
Tonny Trimarsanto
Henri-George Clouzot’s Inferno
Masters, 83’
19:30
The Mangoes
21:45
Thierry Michel
10:3
Music Documentary, 83’
19:15
After the screening, senior researcher at KITLV Fridus Steijlen speaks with director Tonny Trimarsanto.
The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi
16:45
Dutch Competition, 102’
The Mangoes with Extended Q&A
12:00 12:15
Morgan Neville
Feature-Length Competition, 75’
17:30 Industry Screening 17:45
Twenty Feet from Stardom + Live: Shirma Rouse
Sam Benstead
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
17:15
Rachel Beth Anderson
Dutch Competition, 50’
Paul Anders Simma
17:00
Azharr Rudin
Aliona van der Horst
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers
April Butler, Gillian Hrankowski
House/Grandparent
Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America
14:15 14:30 Industry Screening
15 Attempts
Student Competition, 29’
A screening attended by Sosa’s son Fabian Mates, followed by a live performance by Macarena Paz.
Music Documentary, 93’
Dutch Competition, 83’
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Student Competition, 13’
Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America + Live: Macarena Paz Trio
Rodrigo H. Vila
David de Jongh
Paul Anders Simma
Rings of Life
Best of Fests, 90’
Feature-Length Competition, DOC U, 88’
Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon
12:45
Marc Bauder
Sepideh - Reaching for the Stars Berit Madsen
Jennifer Steinman Best of Fests, 95’
10:00
Master of the Universe 10:00
10:15 Industry Screening
22:15
Aim High in Creation 22:45
22:45
David Turner, Lara Zizic
Idrissa Guiro, Mélanie Pavy
Mission Congo Best of Fests, 65’
Ashes
First Appearance Competition, 74’
A Tale of the Wind
20:30
Los Wild Ones + Live: Luis Wildfire / Carl & The Rhythm Allstars
After the film, Wild Record artists Luis Wildfire with Carl & The Rhythm All Stars ensure that we stay in the rockabilly mood.
Los Wild Ones Elise Salomon
Music Documentary, 77’
Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Litt Nee
Wer
Based
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 78’
21:00
21:4
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Just the Right Amount of Violence
Anna Broinowski Panorama, 96’
Jon Bang Carlsen Masters, 83’
23:00
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
24:00
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Exhibition: In
IDFA’s new media Grond present an in the age of the and interactive st
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10:00 Master of the Universe Marc Bauder Best of Fests, 90’
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EYE CINEMA 2 3 TUSCHINSKI
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Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America + Live: Macarena Paz Trio
A screening attended by Sosa’s 12:00 son Fabian Mates, followed by a live performance by Macarena Paz.
Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America 13:00 Rodrigo H. Vila
12:15
The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi Thierry Michel Masters, 83’
Music Documentary, 93’
14:00
14:15
Twenty Feet from Stardom + Live: Shirma Rouse
14:30
Alphabet
After the screening, Shirma Rouse, shows us that she 15:00 actually deserves center stage.
Erwin Wagenhofer
Feature-Length Competition, 107’
Twenty Feet from Stardom
Moving Tales from the Trenches: Highlights from the WWI Collections of EYE
Surprising discoveries and unexpected gems from the EYE archives consisting of WW1 films. Introduced by EYE’s curator Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi
16:45
Jingle Bell Rocks! + Live: Fay Lovsky, Florian Friedrich & Laurens Joensen
17:00
Immediately following the film, Fay Lovsky, Florian Friedrich & Laurens Joensen treat us to a special Christmas performance.
Sales and distribution expert Peter Jäger (Autlook Filmsales) talks with Tinatin Gurchiani and Heino Deckert about developing a successful festival strategy. IDFAcademy pass holders and invitees only
Ivars Seleckis Masters, 102’
Compagnie - Grote Zaal
IDFAcademy Small Session: Marketing Matters
WWI – Contested Conquests
Thousands of films come out every year. Enable audiences, sales people, broadcasters and festivals to find you! With Freddy Neumann.
Introduction and Q&A with David Barnouw (NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies). Screening with live piano (Wim van Tuyl). Friedensverhandlungen in Brest-Litowsk, Lille im dritten Kriegsjahr, Der Magische Gürtel, 105’
Compagnie - Kleine Zaal
IDFAcademy Small Session: Rights for Sale
Distribution rights are all linked to each other. How can you make sure you do not miss an opportunity to sell any of these rights? With Peter Jäger (Autlook Filmsales). IDFAcademy pass holders only
15:00
15:00 Industry Talk
Met onze jongens aan den IJzer
The Future of VOD: What’s in it for the Filmmaker?
Expert Brian Newman will lead you through the jungle of VOD companies. See page 121. Admission for all pass holders
Compagnie - Grote Zaal & Foyer Upstairs 15:30 – 17:00
IDFAcademy Meet the Professionals
Round table meetings and one on one meetings with renowned professionals. IDFAcademy pass holders only
Compagnie - Café 17:00 – 18:00
IDFAcademy Closing Drinks & WorldView Award Ceremony
17:30
IDFAcademy pass holders only
The Missing Picture Rithy Panh
Music Documentary, 83’
18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Shado’man
19:00 19:30
20:30
20:00
Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 20’
A Tale of the Wind Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Los Wild Ones + Live: Luis Wildfire / Carl & The Rhythm Allstars
Elise Salomon
Music Documentary, 77’
19:45
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Menna Laura Meijer
Dutch Competition, DOC U, 90’
Werner Herzog
Based on the Same Story, 80’
22:00
21:30 21:45
Rescue Dawn 22:15
Just the Right Amount of Violence Jon Bang Carlsen Masters, 83’
23:00
Werner Herzog
Based on the Same Story, 126’
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 86’
69: Love Sex Senior
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 78’
After the film, Wild Record 21:00 artists Luis Wildfire with Carl & The Rhythm All Stars ensure that we stay in the rockabilly mood.
Los Wild Ones
Boris Gerrets
19:15
The Football Incident
The Human Experiment Don Hardy, Dana Nachman Panorama, 90’
20:00
20:00 Toomler
Multimedia theatre premiere and present-day remake of Bert Haanstra’s 50 year old portrait of Dutch society, created inside Google Street View. Presented together with Street Ghosts by Paolo Cirio.
Ricki Stern
DocLab Live: #Alleman & Street Ghosts
Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work Stand-Up Documentary, 84’
Followed by a discussion about senior comedians who still work in comedy (spoken in Dutch).
Multimedia theatre premiere and present-day remake of Bert Haanstra’s 50 year old portrait of Dutch society, created inside Google Street View. Presented together with Street Ghosts by Paolo Cirio.
Ne Me Quitte Pas Niels van Koevorden, Sabine Lubbe Bakker Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 106’
22:00
DocLab Live: #Alleman & Street Ghosts
21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
22:30 Toomler
The Happy Sad Route (and a Comedian) Linda Hakeboom
Stand-Up Documentary, 50’
World Premiere with Linda Hakeboom and Jan Jaap van der Wal.
24:00
1:00
50
Stedelijk Muse
Compagnie 12:30 – 15:00
Rithy Panh Retrospective, DOC U, 90’
18:00
Reflecting on Sym picks for the Mak an investigation principles behind
IDFA guided tour the question how of reality. Tickets
17:00
Capitalism at Crossroad Street
Barbara Visse of Symbiopsy
Stedelijk@ID
12:45
Introduction and Q&A with Leen Engelen & Roel Vande Winkel (Institute for Media Studies KU Leuven). Screening with live piano (Yvo Verschoor).
16:00
IDFAcademy Plenary Session: Festival Strategies
One-day festival conference about the future of interactive media and documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With keynotes by Jonathan Harris, Vincent Morisset, NFB Interactive, MIT and many more.
WWI: the First War on Screen, 83’
Music Documentary, 90’
Mitchell Kezin
10:30
Compagnie - Grote Zaal 10:00 – 12:00
Interactive Reality Conference
Clemens De Landtsheer
Morgan Neville
Jingle Bell Rocks!
10:00
ZONDAG 24 NOVEMBER
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Brakke Grond
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Brakke Grond Witte Zaal & Foyer 10:00 - 23:00
De Kroon 8:30 – 10:00
IDFA’s new media program DocLab and arts centre De Brakke Grond present an exhibition about documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With installations, digital street art and interactive stories you can touch.
Kickstart your day at the IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast. Meet your fellow filmmakers and IDFA staff over coffee and croissants. The IDFA Filmmakers Breakfasts are presented by Gaiam TV. Filmmakers and producers with IDFA selected films and accredited press are invited.
Exhibition: Interactive Reality
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal 10:00 – 23:00
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Barbara Visser Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Reflecting on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, one of Visser’s picks for the Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this rediscovered documentary classic.
Stedelijk Museum 11:00 – 12:30
Stedelijk@IDFA
IDFA guided tour (90 minutes) in Stedelijk Museum focuses on the question how other art forms deal with the representation of reality. Tickets only via www.idfa.nl or IDFA Box Office.
8:00
IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast
9:00
De Kroon 10:00 - 10:30
10:00
Breakfast Talk
From November 22-27, breakfast will end at 10:00 to allow time for a short informal presentation introducing various sales agents, commissioning editors, film funds and festival programmers. This is an opportunity to meet and greet your fellow documentary professionals. Admission for all pass holders
Arti et Amicitiae 10:30 – 12:00
Docs for Sale Meet the Professionals
For the third year in a row, Docs for Sale is organizing “Meet the Pros,” which allows Docs for Sale participants to register for 15-minute meetings with various professionals. These experts offer advice on general matters and answer specific questions. Participants can book meetings with sales agents, festival programmers and TV buyers. Docs for Sale pass holders only
11:00
12:00
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able audiences, sales ou! With Freddy
13:00
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her. How can you make any of these rights?
14:00
15:00
stairs 15:30 – 17:00
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tings with renowned
Brakke Grond Witte Zaal 16:00 – 19:00
Tuschinski VIP Lounge 16:00 – 16:30
Futuristic installation that enables you to play emotional games against other festivalgoers - using brain scanners, robots, facial recognition software and other biometric data. The Emotional Arcade will only be available from 21-24 November.
An extended daily discussion with a special or secret guest, hosted by IDFA director Ally Derks and friends of filmmaker Peter Wintonick.
Emotional Arcade Installation
Arti et Amicitiae 17:00 – 18:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
On behalf of NPO/RNW Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs, Rise and Shine and South African Delegation IDFA has the pleasure of inviting all Docs for Sale and IDFA Forum attendees to the Docs for Sale Happy Hour in the Docs for Sale Lounge in Arti et Amicitiae.
De Kroon 18:00 – 19:30
Guests Meet Guests
Exchange ideas at the daily cocktail hour! Hosted by Catalan Films & TV and DocsBarcelona. See page 124. Admission for all pass holders
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
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errets
ngth & Dutch on, 86’
16:00
Hi-TEA with Ally & Peter’s Friends
DAILY SERVICES Schiller Kleine Salon 10:00 – 17:00
First Aid Doc Clinic
Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek and Marijke Rawie answer your questions about all aspects of the documentary industry, from distribution to financing, and from co-productions to festival strategy. See page 12. Admission for all pass holders
IDFA Forum Kick-off Drinks
The IDFA Forum will start off this year’s edition with an informal meet and greet for Forum delegates only. No pitching allowed! Hosted by BCPF / RAPA IDFA Forum pass holders only
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Quitte Pas
n Koevorden, Lubbe Bakker
ngth & Dutch on, 106’
18:00
19:00
Schiller Salon 10:00 – 23:00
Bierfabriek 20:30
17:00
IDFA Writing Room
Workspace for all accredited guests. WiFi connection and computers available. Admission for all pass holders
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:00
24:00
1:00
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10:00 Manhunt
Greg Barker
Based on the Same Story, 103’
11:00
11:00
12:00
11:15
Putin’s Games with Extended Q&A 12:15
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Kirk Marcolina, Matthew Pond Best of Fests, 74’
13:00
Publisher Derk Sauer, with years of experience in Russia speaks with director Alexander Gentelev about corruption and megalomania in Russia under Putin
Carlo Zoratti Best of Fests, 84’
14:30
Marina Goldovskaya Masters, 71’
First Appearance Competition, 93’
Thomas Balmès
Ne Me Quitte Pas Niels van Koevorden, Sabine Lubbe Bakker Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 106’
18:00
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 78’
13:45
Tyres
Kyaw Myo Lwin
13:30
13:30
Corinne van Egeraat, Petr Lom
Agnes Sós
Ana Ana
Dutch Competition, 75’
Stream of Love
19:00 19:30
Oxfam Novib Selection Light Fly, Fly High
Jon Bang Carlsen Masters, 83’
Playing with Shadows
14:45
Kids & Docs 4 15:30
15:30
16:00
Panu Aree, Kaweenipon Ketprasit, Kong Rithdee
Angel Esteban, Elena Goatelli
Jose Antonio Vargas
Where I Go
Gaddafi Documented
First Appearance Competition, 90’
Film screening with Extended Q&A by Oxfam Novib.
21:00
Student Competition, 21’
Annelies Kruk
Dutch Competition, 45’
Desert Runners Jennifer Steinman
18:15
Music Documentary, 90’
Best of Fests, 95’
17:45
Forest of the Dancing Spirits Linda Västrik
Capitalism at Crossroad Street
First Appearance Competition, 104’
Ivars Seleckis
Panu Saeng-Xuto
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, DOC U, 20’
#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi Thierry Michel Masters, 83’
19:45
House/Grandparent
20:30
Santra and the Talking Trees Miia Tervo
Student Competition, 25’
15 Attempts
Aliona van der Horst
VPRO Extra: Grandfather
20:15
Father Figures
First Appearance Competition, 93’
Phuong Thao Dong, 10’ April Butler, Gillian Hrankowski
Nora Noh
Sung-hee Kim
Azharr Rudin
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
The Mulberry House
20:30
Panorama, 65’
Henry Corra, Regina Nicholson
Sara Ishaq
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Introduction and extended Q&A by Sunny Bergman.
Dutch Competition, 50’
22:00
The Wild Years Ventura Durall
22:30
Demonstration
22:45
Masters, 70’
Ricardas Marcinkus
Final Destination Student Competition, 65’
Feature-Length Competition, 73’
The Humiliated 22:30
Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon
Jesper Jargil
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 83’
Mike Myers Panorama, 84’
24:00
1:00
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18:00
First Appearance Competition Competition, DOC U, 74’
22:00
Victor Kossakovsky, 32 Students
Consider
Joe Piscatella
Masters, 102’
22:00
Noël Dernesch, Moritz Springer
Panorama, 92’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 55’
20:00
Rhiannon Stevens O’Sullivan
Eliezer Arias
Kavich Neang
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
The Task
15:45
The Silence of the Flies
Music Documentary, 87’
Khalo Matabane
20:30
International children’s documentaries: Farewell My School, The Barrel, The Red Carpet and The Sumo Wrestler’s Son, 105’
17:15
17:45
Days at the Lennon Park
22:00 Journey to Jah
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 23’
One Minute for Conductors
17:30
Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 80’
Just the Right Amount of Violence
Student Competition & Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, 30’
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
A Letter to Nelson Mandela
13:45
Feature-Length Competition, 70’
Nina Maria Paschalidou
Journalist and film critic Gawie Keyser speaks with director Khalo Matabane about the mythical Nelson Mandela.
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Kismet
A Letter to Nelson Mandela with Extended Q&A
Svetoslav Draganov
Life Almost Wonderful
A Tale of the Wind
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Daphne Bunskoek speaks with director Nina Maria Paschalidou and Joke Hermes.
11:45
Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 20’
Music Documentary, DOC U, 74’
Kismet with Extended Q&A
11:45
The Football Incident
Xiaoyu Niu
Jesse Acevedo
16:45
23:00
Laura Bari
Alexander Gentelev
The Art of Observing Life
16:00
20:00
Happiness Masters, 75’
15:45
17:00
11:30
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War 15:00
The Special Need
Putin’s Games
13:45
14:00
Ariel
11:15
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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Farewell to Hollywood Feature-Length Competition, 123’
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Barre’s Silence
Morvarid Peyda, Mehrdad Ahmadpour
First Appearance Competition, 68’
11:15
11:15
11:15 Industry Screening
Idrissa Guiro, Mélanie Pavy
Beeban Kidron
Kristóf Kovács
Ashes 11:45
11:45
Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Svetoslav Draganov
The Football Incident Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 20’
Life Almost Wonderful
First Appearance Competition, 74’
InRealLife
Best of Fests, 86’
Men with Balls 11:45 Industry Screening
Return to Homs
11:00
First Appearance Competition, 68’
Talal Derki
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
10:00
12:00
Feature-Length Competition, 87’
A Tale of the Wind Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 78’
13:15
13:15
Various directors, 15’
Kitty Green
The Brick 13:45
Just the Right Amount of Violence Jon Bang Carlsen Masters, 83’
14:45
Broadcasting the End – A Tale About a Magic Mountain
13:00
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel Best of Fests, 78’
13:30 Industry Screening 14:00 Industry Screening
First to Fall
Martijn Payens
Rachel Beth Anderson
Dutch & First App Appearance Competition, 47’
Khalo Matabane
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
15:15
15:15
Jason Cohen
Robert Stone
Facing Fear 15:45
The Silence of the Flies Eliezer Arias Panorama, 92’
Panorama, 23’
Pussy Versus Putin
The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts Christina Voros
Panorama, 95’ 14:00
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Kids & Docs 4
International children’s documentaries: Farewell My School, The Barrel, The Red Carpet and The Sumo Wrestler’s Son, 105’
13:30
A Letter to Nelson Mandela
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
The Mangoes 16:00
15:45
Tonny Trimarsanto Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 98’
Terra Long
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case Andreas Johnsen
16:00 Feature-Length Competition, 86’
Panorama, 12’
17:15 17:30
Panu Saeng-Xuto
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, DOC U, 20’
#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator Joe Piscatella
18:00
The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi
An Inconsolable Memory
Student Competition, 60’
17:00
Master of the Universe Marc Bauder Best of Fests, 90’
Aryan Kaganof
18:00
The Horses of Fukushima
Feature-Length Competition, 109’
Thierry Michel
Yoju Matsubayashi
Masters, 83’
Panorama, 74’
First Appearance Competition Competition, DOC U, 74’
18:00
The Condemned 18:00
Menstrual Man
20:00
Azharr Rudin
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
FC Rwanda
The Mulberry House
20:30
Panorama, 65’
Henry Corra, Regina Nicholson
Sara Ishaq
Farewell to Hollywood
Erwin Wagenhofer
Feature-Length Competition, 107’
Joris Postema
20:00
Feature-Length Competition, 123’
20:00
The Visit 20:00
The Queen Panorama, 19’
20:30
Usama Alshaibi
Chairun Nissa
American Arab
Chocolate Comedy
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, Stand-Up Documentary, 13’
Soul Food Stories
The Humiliated Jesper Jargil
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 83’
Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America Rodrigo H. Vila
Music Documentary, 93’
Matej Bobrik Panorama, 11’
Everything Is Possible
Judgment in Hungary Eszter Hajdú
First Appearance Competition, 104’
Shrove Sunday Dina Barinova
Student Competition, 32’
22:45
Paul Anders Simma
Huijing Xu
Olga – To My Friends
Mothers
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Best of Fests, 70’
21:4
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars Berit Madsen
Feature-Length Competition, DOC U, 88’
23:00
24:00
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Program Guide
Film with abou dicta Gene Last
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
22:00 22:15
22:15
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Lidia Duda
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
22:00
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21:00
Tonislav Hristov
21:45 22:00
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Based
Best of Fests, 63’
Manuel Abramovich
Dutch Competition, 57’
19:00
Amit Virmani
Alphabet
House/Grandparent
Best of Fests, 80’
Two Girls Against the Rain Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 11’
19:30
Nick Read
18:30
Sopheak Sao
19:45
One
Based
Natalia Mikhaylova
Consider
16:1
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Zelim’s Confession 17:15
Inter docu and
15:30
dinosaurs
Gogol’s Wives Productions
Kid
15:00
Pandora’s Promise Best of Fests, 87’
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Exhibition: In 09:00
09:00 Compagnie - Grote Zaal
A unique networking event bringing together some of the worlds leading experts in interactive documentary storytelling, as well as a selection of new media talents from the Netherlands and Belgium. The Interactive Talent Summit is part of the Interactive Reality Lab, initiated by De Brakke Grond, iDrops and IDFA DocLab, in collaboration with the Netherlands Film Fund. See page 141.
9 Projects will be pitched for the gathered financiers and other delegates. IDFA Forum pass holders only
Interactive Talent Summit
9:00
10:00
11:00 11:30
Two at the Border
Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla
IDFA’s new media Grond present an in the age of the and interactive st
IDFA Forum Central Pitch
Brakke Grond
Barbara Visse of Symbiopsy
Reflecting on Sym picks for the Mak an investigation principles behind
Stedelijk Muse
Stedelijk@ID
IDFA guided tour the question how of reality. Tickets
Student Competition, 30’
12:00
Sound of Torture Keren Shayo
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
13:00 13:30
The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts
14:00
Christina Voros Panorama, 95’
14:00
14:00
Kids & Docs 5
Displaced Perssons
International children’s Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren documentaries: Sunflower Seeds Feature-Length Competition, 81’ and Leaders, 105’
15:00 Industry Talk
The Future of Outreach and Engagement
15:00 15:45
16:00
14:30 Compagnie - Kleine Zaal
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case Andreas Johnsen
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
16:00 16:15
One Day in September Kevin MacDonald
Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor
Best practices from social issue documentary film campaigns. See page 122. Admission for all pass holders
IDFA Forum Cross-media Round Table Pitch
In this genre specific pitch session, 5 cross-media projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers. IDFA Forum pass holders only
17:00 Compagnie - Kleine Zaal
IDFA Forum Work in Progress Screening 18:00
A 45 min rough cut of Ballet Boys will be presented. See page 135. Docs for Sale Acq. & IDFA Forum pass holders only
18:00
18:00 The Condemned
The Death of Jaime Roldós
Nick Read
Best of Fests, 80’
Lisandra I. Rivera, Manolo Sarmiento
18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Panorama, 123’
19:00
Awake in a Bad Dream Peter Lataster, Petra Lataster-Czisch
General Idi Amin Dada
19:00
Barbet Schroeder
Dutch Competition, 114’
Based on the Same Story, 92’
20:00
20:00 The Visit
Matej Bobrik Panorama, 11’
Everything Is Possible
Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks with director Kevin Macdonald about the portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, in both General Idi Amin Dada and The Last King of Scotland Scotland.
20:00
DocLab Live: Playing with Reality 20:45
The Coal Miner’s Day
Lidia Duda
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
Gaël Mocaër
First Appearance Competition, 80’
21:45 22:15
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars Berit Madsen
Feature-Length Competition, DOC U, 88’
23:00
5 projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers. IDFA Forum pass holders only
John Wager
17:00
22:00
IDFA Forum Round Table Pitch
Stand-Up Documentary, 74’
Based on the Same Story, 91’
21:00
14:30 Compagnie - Zuilen Zaal
The Last King of Scotland
Interactieve showcase of three game-changing, playable documentaries, including 17000 Islands, Type:Rider and the NFB’s Fort McMoney, one of the most ambitious documentary games ever made. Part of Interactive Reality organized with De Brakke Grond.
21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Land of Promise
René Roelofs, Paul Scheffer Dutch Competition, 102’
Kevin MacDonald
Based on the Same Story, 121’
22:45
Europe in 8 Bits Javier Polo
Music Documentary, 75’
24:00
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Brakke Grond Witte Zaal & Foyer 10:00 - 23:00
De Kroon 8:30 – 10:00
IDFA’s new media program DocLab and arts centre De Brakke Grond present an exhibition about documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With installations, digital street art and interactive stories you can touch.
Kickstart your day at the IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast. Meet your fellow filmmakers and IDFA staff over coffee and croissants. The IDFA Filmmakers Breakfasts are presented by Gaiam TV. Filmmakers and producers with IDFA selected films and accredited press are invited.
Exhibition: Interactive Reality
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal 10:00 – 23:00
Barbara Visser Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Reflecting on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, one of Visser’s picks for the Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this rediscovered documentary classic.
Stedelijk Museum 11:00 – 12:30
Stedelijk@IDFA
IDFA guided tour (90 minutes) in Stedelijk Museum focuses on the question how other art forms deal with the representation of reality. Tickets only via www.idfa.nl or IDFA Box Office.
8:00
IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast
9:00
De Kroon 10:00 - 10:30
10:00
Breakfast Talk
From November 22-27, breakfast will end at 10:00 to allow time for a short informal presentation introducing various sales agents, commissioning editors, film funds and festival programmers. This is an opportunity to meet and greet your fellow documentary professionals. Admission for all pass holders
Arti et Amicitiae 12:00 – 14:00
Arti et Amicitiae 10:30 – 12:00
Docs for Sale Meet the Professionals
For the third year in a row, Docs for Sale is organizing “Meet the Pros,” which allows Docs for Sale participants to register for 15-minute meetings with various professionals. These experts offer advice on general matters and answer specific questions. Participants can book meetings with sales agents, festival programmers and TV buyers. Docs for Sale pass holders only
11:00
12:00
Docs for Sale Lunch
EYE International is pleased to offer lunch for all Docs for Sale pass holders. Docs for Sale pass holders only
13:00
14:00
ompagnie - Zuilen Zaal
orum Table Pitch
s will be pitched imate setting for nce of potential rs. um pass holders only
15:00
Tuschinski VIP Lounge 16:00 – 16:30
16:00
Hi-TEA with Ally & Peter’s Friends
An extended daily discussion with a special or secret guest, hosted by IDFA director Ally Derks and friends of filmmaker Peter Wintonick.
Arti et Amicitiae 17:00 – 18:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
On behalf of NPO/RNW Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs, Rise and Shine and South African Delegation IDFA has the pleasure of inviting all Docs for Sale and IDFA Forum attendees to the Docs for Sale Happy Hour in the Docs for Sale Lounge in Arti et Amicitiae.
De Kroon 18:00 – 19:30
Guests Meet Guests
Exchange ideas at the daily cocktail hour! Hosted by ARTE. During this Guests Meet Guests reception, ARTE will be treating you to drinks. See page 124. Admission for all pass holders
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
e in a Bad Dream
taster, Petra -Czisch
petition, 114’
DAILY SERVICES Schiller Kleine Salon 10:00 – 17:00
First Aid Doc Clinic
Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek and Marijke Rawie answer your questions about all aspects of the documentary industry, from distribution to financing, and from co-productions to festival strategy. See page 12. Admission for all pass holders
Schiller Salon 10:00 – 23:00
Workspace for all accredited guests. WiFi connection and computers available. Admission for all pass holders
f Promise
18:00
19:00
IDFA Writing Room
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
17:00
20:00
21:00
elofs, Paul Scheffer
petition, 102’
22:00
23:00
24:00
1:00
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10:00
10:00 Pandora’s Promise Robert Stone Best of Fests, 87’
11:00
11:00
11:15
The Horses of Fukushima 12:00
12:00 The Crash Reel
Nora Noh
Sung-hee Kim
First Appearance Competition, 93’
Yoju Matsubayashi
11:15
American Vagabond Susanna Helke
Panorama, 74’
Demonstration
11:30
Masters, 85’
11:45
Celebration Dajan Javorac
13:15
The Human Experiment with Extended Q&A TV and documentary maker Marijn Frank speaks with directors Dana Nachman and Don Hardy and experts about the safety of our products.
14:45
15:00
16:00
Return to Homs with Extended Q&A
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 35’
The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts Christina Voros Panorama, 95’
13:30
Nothing Is Going to Happen Roeland van Doorn Paradocs, 12’
FC Rwanda
Joris Postema
The Human Experiment
Dutch Competition, 57’
Don Hardy, Dana Nachman
13:00
No Man’s Land
13:15
13:30
Our Curse
Tomasz Sliwinski
Student Competition, 27’
Blood
Editor of the magazine Vrij Nederland Harm Ede Botje speaks with director Talal Derki 15:45 and producer Orwa Nyrabia about the battle being fought The Trials of by young revolutionaries in Syria Muhammad Ali Bill Siegel Return to Homs Best of Fests, 94’ Talal Derki
Dragan Nikolic Panorama, 52’
Alexander Lind
Student Competition, 29’
Kids & Docs 3
Jon Bang Carlsen Masters, 83’
15:45
Beeban Kidron
Raúl de la Fuente
InRealLife
Best of Fests, 86’
Minerita Panorama, 28’
Benjamin Oroza
17:30
18:00
17:45 18:00
Temptation Viktar Dashuk
Human Geography Claire Simon Masters, 101’
Panorama, 83’
Facing Fear
17:45
Wukan: The Flame of Democracy
18:00
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 90’
Panorama, 86’
Lynn Lee, James Leong
The River
Abdenour Zahzah
Jason Cohen Panorama, 23’
Pussy Versus Putin
Aliona van der Horst Dutch Competition, 50’
Consider
Ricardo Pollack Panorama, 119’
Film screening with Extended Q&A by Oxfam Novib.
19:45
The Devil’s Lair
20:00 20:15
20:15
David de Jongh
Terra Long
Photo-Eddy
Dutch Competition, 83’
dinosaurs Panorama, 12’
Zelim’s Confession Natalia Mikhaylova
21:00
Student Competition, 60’
VPRO Extra: Narco Cultura Shaul Schwarz
Music Documentary, 103’
With an introduction and extended Q&A. Moderator Atze de Vrieze.
20:15
Barre’s Silence
Riaan Hendricks Best of Fests, 82’
Mehrdad Ahmadpour, Morvarid Peyda
22:15
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel Kitty Green
Best of Fests, 78’
22:30
The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi Thierry Michel Masters, 83’
22:15
Shado’man Boris Gerrets
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 86’
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, DOC U, 20’
The Good Son Shirly Berkovitz
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
21:30
Paradocs 1 22:30
Panu Saeng-Xuto
First Appearance Competition, 68’
21:45
My Name is Salt 22:45
Barbaric Land
Farida Pacha
Beyond the Frame docs: Ashura, Via Dolorosa, Natpwe, The Feast of the Spirits, 90’
First Appearance Competition, 92’
Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci-Lucchi Panorama, 65’
24:00
1:00
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15 Attempts
19:15
Oxfam Novib Selection The Trouble with Aid
23:00
Student Competition, 25’
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
19:30
22:00
Miia Tervo
Gogol’s Wives Productions
19:00
20:00
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Santra and the Talking Trees
17:15
Feature-Length Competition, 73’
Mona Friis Bertheussen
16:45
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
Ventura Durall
Twin Sisters
International children’s documentaries: Layla’s Melody, To Be a B-Girl and Shanne and Her Friends, 105’
Voices of El Alto
The Wild Years
14:15
Carl & Niels
Mid-Length Competition, 59’
15:45
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
The Undertaker
15:15
Just the Right Amount of Violence
Nina Maria Paschalidou
Panorama, 29’
Alina Rudnitskaya
15:30
Kismet
Michael Graversen
Panorama, 90’
Feature-Length Competition, 87’
17:00
Aung Nwai Htway
Gereon Wetzel Panorama, 56’
12:00
Behind the Screen
Houses for All
Masters, DOC U, 108’
14:00
Masters, 70’
Student Competition, 10’
Lucy Walker
13:00
Victor Kossakovsky, 32 Students
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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Awake in a Bad Dream Peter Lataster, Petra Lataster-Czisch Dutch Competition, 114’
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Farewell to Hollywood
11:15
Demonstration
11:30
Victor Kossakovsky, 32 Students Masters, 70’
12:00
Behind the Screen Aung Nwai Htway
The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy?
Henry Corra, Regina Nicholson Feature-Length Competition, 123’
Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine Michele Josue Panorama, 89’
Vikram Jayanti Masters, 90’
No Man’s Land
Nina Maria Paschalidou
Stand-Up Documentary, 50’
Panorama, 29’
13:30
Dragan Nikolic
Rhiannon Stevens O’Sullivan
The Task
Panorama, 52’
Student Competition, 21’
14:00
Annelies Kruk
Claude Lanzmann
Alexander Lind
Student Competition, 29’
15:15
Kids & Docs 3
Days at the Lennon Park The Last of the Unjust Dutch Competition, 45’
Vitaly Mansky Masters, 121’
Masters, 210’
13:4 14:00
Two Girls Against the Rain Menstrual Man Amit Virmani Best of Fests, 63’
15:4
Best of Fests, 84’
16:00 16:15
16:15
Cherry Duyns
Dutch Competition, 66’
Panorama, 23’
Pussy Versus Putin
Dutch Competition, 50’
Putin’s Games
18:00
Alexander Gentelev
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
Ariel 18:30
Land of Promise
The Devil’s Lair Riaan Hendricks Best of Fests, 82’
The Good Son Shirly Berkovitz
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
The Fourth Brother
20:00
Forest of the Dancing Spirits
Ashes
Beyond the Frame docs: Ashura, Via Dolorosa, Natpwe, The Feast of the Spirits, 90’
Mike Myers
Panorama, 84’ 19:00
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
22:30
First to Fall
Rachel Beth Anderson
First Appearance Competition, 80’
22:15
Final Destination
Everything Is Possible
Film with Lach diffe refer Bob
I’m
Lidia Duda
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
Todd
22:00 22:30
Ricardas Marcinkus
Light Fly, Fly High
Student Competition, 65’
Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
First Appearance Competition, 23:00 DOC U, 80’
24:00
1:00
Program Guide
Top 10
21:3
Panorama, 11’
Keren Shayo
D.A.
Panorama, 83’ 21:00
Matej Bobrik
Sound of Torture
Don
Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek
The Visit
Student Competition, 30’
18:4
In God We Trust 21:15
Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla
Dutch Competition, 114’
20:30
First Appearance Competition, 74’
Two at the Border
Paradocs 1
Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon
Idrissa Guiro, Mélanie Pavy
21:00
Peter Lataster, Petra Lataster-Czisch
Based
18:00
20:00
20:15
Linda Västrik
Awake in a Bad Dream
Vale
17:00
Panorama, 86’
21:30
Eve
18:30
Tong Xu
First Appearance Competition, 104’
21:45
Dutch Competition, 60’
19:00
Dutch Competition, 102’
Panu Saeng-Xuto
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, DOC U, 20’
Based
Best of Fests, DOC U, 92’
First Appearance Competition, 93’
Consider 19:45
Vale
Tinus Kramer
Laura Bari
René Roelofs, Paul Scheffer
19:15
Liz Marshall
Girl
Moving Stills – Kadir van Lohuizen
17:45
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
Gogol’s Wives Productions
Recollections Panorama, 13’
Student Competition, 25’
The Ghosts in Our Machine
16:45
Nathanael Carton
Miia Tervo
Aliona van der Horst
Rithy
15:00
Lech Kowalski
15 Attempts
Geo
First Appearance Competition, 68’
Drill Baby Drill
Santra and the Talking Trees
Jason Cohen
Kristóf Kovács
Farr Fou
15:30
16:45
Facing Fear
Men with Balls
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 11’
Misha and So On
17:30
14:00 14:15
Sopheak Sao
Mona Friis Bertheussen
International children’s documentaries: Layla’s Melody, To Be a B-Girl and Shanne and Her Friends, 105’
13:00
Pipeline
Twin Sisters
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
12:00
13:30
The Undertaker Carl & Niels
Domenico Favata, Jody VandenBurg
Linda Hakeboom
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
14:15
The Tunnel
The Happy Sad Route (and a Comedian)
Kismet
Michael Graversen
11:45
Stand-Up Documentary, 35’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 35’
13:00
11:00
11:15
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IDFA Forum Central Pitch
9:00
8 Projects will be pitched for the gathered financiers and other delegates. IDFA Forum pass holders only
10:00
Brakke Grond
Barbara Visse of Symbiopsy
11:00 Kleine Komedie
Claude Lanzmann about The Last of the Unjust
11:00 11:30
A chat led by Dutch public radio host Chris Kijne Kline with Claude Lanzmann about his new film, his documentary masterpiece Shoah and his memoires. In English. In English.
Henri-George Clouzot’s Inferno Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea
12:00
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Men with Balls Kristóf Kovács
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Farrebique – The Four Seasons Georges Rouquier Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 90’
13:45
The Queen
Manuel Abramovich Panorama, 19’
American Arab Mid-Length Competition, 56’
15:45
Girls 16:15
The Ghosts in Our Machine 17:00
18:00
Liz Marshall
20:00
Based on the Same Story, 46’
Everybody Dies, But Me Valeriya Gaï Germanika Based on the Same Story, 81’
A Letter to Nelson Mandela
Panorama, 84’
20:30
17:00 Compagnie - Kleine Zaal
Dont Look Back Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks with cinematographer Ed Lachman (I’m Not There) about different visual approaches and references in the depiction of Bob Dylan.
Various directors, 15’
Broadcasting the End – A Tale About a Magic Mountain 20:15
Monk with a Camera
Tina Mascara, Guido Santi Panorama, 90’
Based on the Same Story, 135’
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 80’
The Brick
Top 10, Based on the Same Story, 96’
Todd Haynes
Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Music Documentary, 77’
D.A. Pennebaker
I’m not There
23:00
A 45 min rough cut of Around My Family Table. See page 135. Docs for Sale Acq. & IDFA Forum pass holders only
Elise Salomon
Panorama, 83’
Light Fly, Fly High
6 Projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers. IDFA Forum pass holders only
Los Wild Ones 18:45
Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek
22:30
IDFA Forum Round Table Pitch
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
18:15 18:30
Mike Myers
In this genre specific pitch session, 5 arts & culture projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers. IDFA Forum pass holders only
14:30 Compagnie - Zuilen Zaal
Khalo Matabane
21:30
22:00
Where will it be in 5 years? See page 122. Admission for all pass holders
IDFA Forum Arts & Culture Round Table Pitch
IDFA Forum Work in Progress Screening
In God We Trust 21:00
16:00
Best of Fests, DOC U, 92’
Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon 19:00
Valeriya Gaï Germanika
15:00 Industry Talk
The Future of Interactive Storytelling: an Art Form or Add-on?
15:00
16:00
14:30 Compagnie - Kleine Zaal
Usama Alshaibi
First Appearance Competition, 68’
22:30
Jingle Bell Rocks! Mitchell Kezin
20:00
20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal
A live cinema celebration of storytelling the age of the interface. With internet pioneers Vincent Morisset and Moniker, cardboard interfaces, connected smartphones, interactive music videos and edible cameras. Part of Interactive Reality organised with De Brakke Grond.
Whoopi Goldberg
DocLab Live: The Age of the Interface
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Martijn Payens
Dutch & First App Appearance Competition, 47’
Stand-Up Documentary, 72’
21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Hidden Wounds
Arnold van Bruggen, Tomas Kaan
22:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Marina Zenovich
Panorama, 8’
Killing Time
Jaap van Hoewijk
Dutch & Mid-Lengt Mid-Length Competition, 55’
Stand-Up Documentary, 85’
Music Documentary, 83’
24:00
1:00
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Reflecting on Sym picks for the Mak an investigation principles behind
Stedelijk Muse
Stedelijk@ID
IDFA guided tour the question how of reality. Tickets
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Brakke Grond Witte Zaal & Foyer 10:00 - 23:00
De Kroon 8:30 – 10:00
IDFA’s new media program DocLab and arts centre De Brakke Grond present an exhibition about documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With installations, digital street art and interactive stories you can touch.
Kickstart your day at the IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast. Meet your fellow filmmakers and IDFA staff over coffee and croissants. The IDFA Filmmakers Breakfasts are presented by Gaiam TV. Filmmakers and producers with IDFA selected films and accredited press are invited.
Exhibition: Interactive Reality
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal 10:00 – 23:00
Barbara Visser Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Kleine Komedie
e Lanzmann about st of the Unjust
d by Dutch public radio is Kijne Kline with Claude nn about his new film, mentary masterpiece nd his memoires. In h.
Reflecting on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, one of Visser’s picks for the Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this rediscovered documentary classic.
Stedelijk Museum 11:00 – 12:30
Stedelijk@IDFA
IDFA guided tour (90 minutes) in Stedelijk Museum focuses on the question how other art forms deal with the representation of reality. Tickets only via www.idfa.nl or IDFA Box Office.
8:00
IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast
9:00
De Kroon 10:00 - 10:30
10:00
Breakfast Talk
From November 22-27, breakfast will end at 10:00 to allow time for a short informal presentation introducing various sales agents, commissioning editors, film funds and festival programmers. This is an opportunity to meet and greet your fellow documentary professionals. Admission for all pass holders
Arti et Amicitiae 12:00 – 14:00
Arti et Amicitiae 10:30 – 12:00
Docs for Sale Meet the Professionals
For the third year in a row, Docs for Sale is organizing “Meet the Pros,” which allows Docs for Sale participants to register for 15-minute meetings with various professionals. These experts offer advice on general matters and answer specific questions. Participants can book meetings with sales agents, festival programmers and TV buyers. Docs for Sale pass holders only
11:00
12:00
Docs for Sale Lunch
EYE International is pleased to offer lunch for all Docs for Sale pass holders. Docs for Sale pass holders only
13:00
14:00
ompagnie - Zuilen Zaal
orum Table Pitch
ts will be pitched imate setting for nce of potential rs. um pass holders only
15:00
Tuschinski VIP Lounge 16:00 – 16:30
16:00
Hi-TEA with Ally & Peter’s Friends
An extended daily discussion with a special or secret guest, hosted by IDFA director Ally Derks and friends of filmmaker Peter Wintonick.
Arti et Amicitiae 17:00 – 18:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
On behalf of NPO/RNW Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs, Rise and Shine and South African Delegation IDFA has the pleasure of inviting all Docs for Sale and IDFA Forum attendees to the Docs for Sale Happy Hour in the Docs for Sale Lounge in Arti et Amicitiae.
De Kroon 18:00 – 19:30
Guests Meet Guests
Exchange ideas at the daily cocktail hour! Hosted by CinemaChile. See page 124. Admission for all pass holders
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
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directors, 15’
casting the A Tale About ic Mountain
DAILY SERVICES Schiller Kleine Salon 10:00 – 17:00
First Aid Doc Clinic
Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek and Marijke Rawie answer your questions about all aspects of the documentary industry, from distribution to financing, and from co-productions to festival strategy. See page 12. Admission for all pass holders
17:00
18:00
19:00
Payens
rst App Appearance on, 47’
Schiller Salon 10:00 – 23:00
IDFA Writing Room
Workspace for all accredited guests. WiFi connection and computers available. Admission for all pass holders
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
n Wounds
20:00
21:00
van Bruggen, Kaan
8’
Time
22:00
n Hoewijk
id-Length Competition, 55’ id-Lengt
23:00
24:00
1:00
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10:00 InRealLife
Beeban Kidron
11:15
Barbaric Land
Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci-Lucchi
12:00
The Last of the Unjust
Niek Koppen in Focus, 135’
Marcel Ophüls Masters, 106’
Claude Lanzmann
11:15
Shrove Sunday
15 Attempts
Olga – To My Friends
Aliona van der Horst
Paul Anders Simma
Dutch Competition, 50’
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Music Documentary, 87’
13:00
13:00
13:15
13:15
In the Extended Q&A, Dutch newsman Twan Huys speaks with directors René Roelofs and Paul Scheffer about their film
Children’s documentaries: A Home for Lydia, Hear This!, Louis the Ferris Wheel Kid and Tonight We’ll Become Women, 105’
Land of Promise with Extended Q&A 14:15
Shado’man Boris Gerrets
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 86’
Torre David: The World’s Tallest Squat
Kids & Docs 2
Land of Promise
Ricardo Pollack Panorama, 119’
16:15
Farewell to Hollywood with Extended Q&A
14:15
I, Afrikaner
18:00
Broadcasting the End – A Tale About a Magic Mountain
Anna-Karin Grönroos Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Various directors, 15’
Martijn Payens
Dutch & First Appearance Competition, 47’
Consider
Panu Saeng-Xuto
Kids & Docs 1
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, DOC U, 20’
World Premieres of children’s documentaries: Through the Fire, Once Upon a Tree, Little Miss Piggy and Through the Looking Glass, 105’
17:45
Henry Corra, Regina Nicholson
Marc Bauder
The Good Son Shirly Berkovitz
15:30
As Time Goes By in Shanghai Uli Gaulke
Best of Fests, 90’
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
17:15
Celebration Master of the Universe 18:15
My Name is Salt
Best of Fests, 90’
Dajan Javorac
Student Competition, 10’
Houses for All Gereon Wetzel Panorama, 56’
Farida Pacha
17:30 17:45
Two Girls Against the Rain Sopheak Sao
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 11’
Menstrual Man
First Appearance Competition, 92’
Amit Virmani
Tyres
Kyaw Myo Lwin
Student Competition & Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, 30’
Playing with Shadows Xiaoyu Niu
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Best of Fests, 63’
19:00
19:15
Our Curse
19:30
Tomasz Sliwinski
Oxfam Novib Selection 19:45 No Land No Food No Life Ukraine Is Not a Brothel Amy Miller with Extended Q&A Panorama, 75’ Film screening with Extended Q&A by Oxfam Novib.
Editor of the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland Harm Ede Botje chats with director Kitty Green and Femen activists Inna and Sasha Shevchenko.
Ukraine Is Not ot a Brothel
21:00
Kitty Green
Best of Fests, 78’
22:15
Desert Runners Jennifer Steinman Best of Fests, 95’
20:00 20:30
Alphabet
Erwin Wagenhofer
Feature-Length Competition, 107’
VPRO Extra: The Unknown Known Errol Morris
Agnes Sós
Alina Rudnitskaya
Mid-Length Competition, 59’
20:30
Beyond the Frame docs: Journal, Dust Breeding, 75’’
With an introduction and extended Q&A. Moderator Chris Kijne.
22:00
Aryan Kaganof
Beyond the Frame docs: Nothing Is Going to Happen, The Private Life of Fenfen, Castles in Spain, 105’
22:00
Paradocs 3 22:45
#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
Feature-Length Competition, 70’
Paradocs 2
22:00
Feature-Length Competition, 109’
Stream of Love
Blood
Masters, 104’
An Inconsolable Memory
19:45
Student Competition, 27’
Joe Piscatella
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 74’
American Vagabond 22:30
The Visit
Matej Bobrik Panorama, 11’
Everything Is Possible Lidia Duda
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
24:00
1:00
60
The Brick
15:15 15:30
Professor and journalist Brian Winston speaks with director Henry Corra about his emotional relationship with Farewell to Hollywood’s protagonist and its consequences for those around her.
Farewell to Hollywood
Ecopolis China
First Appearance Competition, 94’
Dutch Competition, 102’
The Trouble with Aid
17:00
13:30
Panorama, 23’
15:15
16:00
Markus Kneer, Daniel Schwartz
Annalet Steenkamp
René Roelofs, Paul Scheffer
15:00
23:00
Student Competition, 25’
Student Competition, 32’
Angel Esteban, Elena Goatelli
22:00
Miia Tervo
Dina Barinova
Panorama, 65’
Conductors
20:00
Santra and the Talking Trees
11:30
Masters, 210’
12:00 One Minute for
14:00
Niek Koppen
Ain’t Misbehavin 11:00
11:00
The Battle of the Java Sea
10:30
Best of Fests, 86’
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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Susanna Helke Masters, 85’
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The Battle of the Java Sea
10:00
10:00
Terra Long
Elise Salomon
dinosaurs Panorama, 12’
Niek Koppen
Niek Koppen in Focus, 135’
Zelim’s Confession
Los Wild Ones Music Documentary, 77’
10:00
Forest of the Dancing Spirits Linda Västrik
First Appearance Competition, 104’
Natalia Mikhaylova
11:15
Santra and the Talking Trees Miia Tervo
Dutch Competition, 50’
Best of Fests, 94’
Bill Siegel
Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America Rodrigo H. Vila
13:30
Ecopolis China
Broadcasting the End – A Tale About a Magic Mountain
Panorama, 23’
Music Documentary, 93’
Anna-Karin Grönroos Mid-Length Competition, 56’
12:00 Barre’s Silence
Mehrdad Ahmadpour, Morvarid Peyda
Martijn Payens
Dutch & First Appearance Competition, 47’
Panu Saeng-Xuto
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, DOC U, 20’
The Good Son Shirly Berkovitz
Dragan Nikolic
14:00
Drill Baby Drill Lech Kowalski Best of Fests, 84’
14:15
14:15
Lucy Walker
Michael Obert
The Crash Reel Masters, DOC U, 108’
Best of Fests, 90’
Sopheak Sao
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 11’
Menstrual Man Amit Virmani
Kyaw Myo Lwin
Student Competition & Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, 30’
Playing with Shadows Xiaoyu Niu
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Best of Fests, 63’
13:00
Rêve Kakudji
13:30
Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus
Ibbe Daniëls, Koen Vidal Music Documentary, 53’
Madeleine Sackler 14:00
15:00
Tonny Trimarsanto
Narco Cultura Shaul Schwarz
Music Documentary, 103’
16:00
Grandfather
April Butler, Gillian Hrankowski
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
16:30 16:45
Everyday Rebellion The Riahi Brothers Panorama, 118’
Paradocs, 17’
Panorama, 55’
17:30
400WORDS Ismail Basbeth
18:00
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 13’
Chocolate Comedy Chairun Nissa
18:30
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, Stand-Up Documentary, 13’
Final Destination
Soul Food Stories
Sex My British Job
17:30
Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War Jesse Acevedo
Music Documentary, DOC U, 74’
Nick Broomfield
17:00 17:15 Manhunt
Greg Barker
Based on the Same Story, 103’
18:00
20:30
Feature-Length Competition, 70’
Facing Fear Jason Cohen
Paradocs 2
Panorama, 23’
Beyond the Frame docs: Journal, Dust Breeding, 75’’
Pussy Versus Putin
Jason Cohen Panorama, 23’
Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine Michele Josue Panorama, 89’
Gogol’s Wives Productions Mid-Length Competition, 60’
19:45 20:15
Nothing Is Going to Happen
Matej Bobrik Panorama, 11’
Everything Is Possible
Susanna Helke Masters, 85’
Ricki Stern
Stand-Up Documentary, 84’
As the Palaces Burn Don Argott
Music Documentary, 88’
KINK
Christina Voros Panorama, 79’
Lidia Duda
Werner Herzog’s follow-up to the successful series On Death
Row (2012) 20:00
20:3
Mo
Tina
FC Rwanda
21:00
Joris Postema
Panor
Dutch Competition, 57’
22:00 22:30
Death Row II Part 1 & 2
Paradocs, 12’
American Vagabond The Visit
Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work
19:45
Roeland van Doorn
22:00 22:30
Clair
19:30
IDFA Gay Night: Facing Fear 20:15
Hum
19:00
19:30
Agnes Sós
18:0
Maste
Masters, 63’
Student Competition, 65’
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
Stream of Love
Tou of t
Ricardas Marcinkus
Tonislav Hristov
19:45
16:0
Rithy
Alysson Muritiba Nirit Peled
Inter men Lead
Djib
Patio
Superjews
Kid
Vicente Perez Herrero Panorama, 90’
16:15
13:4
15:00 15:15 Crustaceans
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 98’
Father Figures Tyres
Student Competition, 25’
Best of Fests, 76’
The Mangoes
Phuong Thao Dong
17:30
Melisa Miranda
Panorama, 52’
Feature-Length Competition, 97’
As Time Goes By in Shanghai Uli Gaulke
Medulla
Song from the Forest
15:30
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
Two Girls Against the Rain
Michael Graversen
15:15
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
17:45
No Man’s Land
The Undertaker
15:15
Consider
12:45 13:00
Panorama, 29’
The Brick
Various directors, 15’
11:00
12:30
First Appearance Competition, 68’
Markus Kneer, Daniel Schwartz
Music Documentary, 111’
12:00
13:00
Torre David: The World’s Tallest Squat
Abdenour Zahzah
10:00
Greg Camalier
11:45
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Aliona van der Horst
The River
Muscle Shoals
Panorama, 86’
Student Competition, 60’
15 Attempts
Student Competition, 25’
10:15 10:30
22:30
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars Berit Madsen
Feature-Length Competition Competition, DOC U, 88’
22:30
Jingle Bell Rocks! Mitchell Kezin
Music Documentary, 83’
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Shane Meadows
Music Documentary, 96’
22:00
22:15
Journey to Jah
Death Row II Part 3 & 4 22:00
Werner Herzog’s follow-up to the successful series On Death Row (2012)
Noël Dernesch, Moritz Springer
Music Documentary, 90’
23:00
22:4
Com Hea
John
Stand
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
24:00
1:00
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10:00
10:15
Muscle Shoals
4 Projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers.
Greg Camalier
Music Documentary, 111’
IDFA Forum pass holders only
11:00
09:50 Compagnie - Kleine Zaal
IDFA Forum WIP Screening
A 45 min rough cut of Yula’s Dream. See page 135.
10:40 Compagnie - Kleine Zaal
IDFA Forum WIP Screening
A 45 min rough cut of Evolution of a Criminal. See page 135.
11:30 Compagnie - Kleine Zaal
IDFA Forum WIP Screening
11:45
A 45 min rough cut of The Yes Men Are Revolting. See page 135
Ana Ana
Corinne van Egeraat, Petr Lom
12:00
Docs for Sale Acq. & IDFA Forum pass holders only
Dutch Competition, 75’
12:45
Medulla
Melisa Miranda
13:00
Student Competition, 25’
Rêve Kakudji
13:30
Ibbe Daniëls, Koen Vidal Music Documentary, 53’
14:00 15:00
Narco Cultura
15:00
Shaul Schwarz
Music Documentary, 103’
Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus Madeleine Sackler Best of Fests, 76’
13:45
13:45
International children’s documentaries: Sunflower Seeds and Leaders, 105’
Les Blank
Kids & Docs 5
Burden of Dreams Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 94’
15:00 Industry Talk
The Future of Upcoming Markets
15:15
Crustaceans
Vicente Perez Herrero Panorama, 90’
16:00
16:00
16:00
Djibril Diop Mambety
Arnold van Bruggen, Tomas Kaan
Touki Bouki – Journey of the Hyena Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 88’
17:00 17:30
Hidden Wounds
Experts on the regional markets of Africa, Asia and the Arab speaking world. See page 122. Admission for all pass holders
Panorama, 8’
Killing Time
Jaap van Hoewijk
Dutch & Mid-Length Competition, 55’
17:15
Manhunt
Greg Barker
Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War
Based on the Same Story, 103’
Jesse Acevedo
Music Documentary, DOC U, 74’
18:00
18:00
18:00
Claire Simon
David de Jongh
Human Geography Masters, 101’
Photo-Eddy
Dutch Competition, 83’
18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Misha and So On Cherry Duyns
19:00
Dutch Competition, 66’
19:30
Death Row II Part 1 & 2
19:45
As the Palaces Burn Don Argott
Music Documentary, 88’
20:00
Werner Herzog’s follow-up to the successful series On Death Row (2012)
20:00
20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal
Talal Derki
Tong Xu
Return to Homs 20:30
Monk with a Camera
Feature-Length Competition, 87’
The Fourth Brother Panorama, 86’
Tina Mascara, Guido Santi Panorama, 90’
21:00
21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
The Task
Rhiannon Stevens O’Sullivan
22:00
22:15
Journey to Jah
22:00 Death Row II Part 3 & 4
Werner Herzog’s follow-up to the successful series On Death Row (2012)
Noël Dernesch, Moritz Springer
Music Documentary, 90’
23:00
Student Competition, 21’
22:00
Ne Me Quitte Pas
22:15 Compagnie – Grote Zaal
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 106’
Victor Kossakovsky, 32 Students
Niels van Koevorden, Sabine Lubbe Bakker
22:45
Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor
Demonstration
Days at the Lennon Park Annelies Kruk
Dutch Competition, 45’
Masters, 70’
John Wager
Stand-Up Documentary, 74’
24:00
1:00
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Brakke Grond
Barbara Visse of Symbiopsy
Reflecting on Sym picks for the Mak an investigation principles behind
Stedelijk Muse
Stedelijk@ID
IDFA guided tour the question how of reality. Tickets
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WIP Screening
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WIP Screening
cut of Evolution of a ge 135.
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WIP Screening
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Brakke Grond Witte Zaal & Foyer 10:00 - 23:00
De Kroon 8:30 – 10:00
IDFA’s new media program DocLab and arts centre De Brakke Grond present an exhibition about documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With installations, digital street art and interactive stories you can touch.
Kickstart your day at the IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast. Meet your fellow filmmakers and IDFA staff over coffee and croissants. The IDFA Filmmakers Breakfasts are presented by Gaiam TV. Filmmakers and producers with IDFA selected films and accredited press are invited.
Exhibition: Interactive Reality
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal 10:00 – 23:00
Barbara Visser Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Reflecting on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, one of Visser’s picks for the Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this rediscovered documentary classic.
Stedelijk Museum 11:00 – 12:30
Stedelijk@IDFA
IDFA guided tour (90 minutes) in Stedelijk Museum focuses on the question how other art forms deal with the representation of reality. Tickets only via www.idfa.nl or IDFA Box Office.
8:00
IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast
9:00
De Kroon 10:00 - 10:30
10:00
Breakfast Talk
From November 22-27, breakfast will end at 10:00 to allow time for a short informal presentation introducing various sales agents, commissioning editors, film funds and festival programmers. This is an opportunity to meet and greet your fellow documentary professionals. Admission for all pass holders
Arti et Amicitiae 10:30 – 12:00
Docs for Sale Meet the Professionals
For the third year in a row, Docs for Sale is organizing “Meet the Pros,” which allows Docs for Sale participants to register for 15-minute meetings with various professionals. These experts offer advice on general matters and answer specific questions. Participants can book meetings with sales agents, festival programmers and TV buyers. Docs for Sale pass holders only
11:00
12:00
IDFA Forum pass holders only
13:00
14:00
15:00
Tuschinski VIP Lounge 16:00 – 16:30
16:00
Hi-TEA with Ally & Peter’s Friends
An extended daily discussion with a special or secret guest, hosted by IDFA director Ally Derks and friends of filmmaker Peter Wintonick.
Arti et Amicitiae 17:00 – 18:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
On behalf of NPO/RNW Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs, Rise and Shine and South African Delegation IDFA has the pleasure of inviting all Docs for Sale and IDFA Forum attendees to the Docs for Sale Happy Hour in the Docs for Sale Lounge in Arti et Amicitiae.
Schiller Brasserie 18:00 – 19:30
Guests Meet Guests
Exchange ideas at the daily cocktail hour! Hosted by FOCUS on Doc/italy. During this Guests Meet Guests reception, Doc/italy will be treating you to drinks. See page 124. Admission for all pass holders
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
and So On
Duyns
petition, 66’
DAILY SERVICES Schiller Kleine Salon 10:00 – 17:00
First Aid Doc Clinic
Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek and Marijke Rawie answer your questions about all aspects of the documentary industry, from distribution to financing, and from co-productions to festival strategy. See page 12. Admission for all pass holders
Schiller Salon 10:00 – 23:00
Workspace for all accredited guests. WiFi connection and computers available. Admission for all pass holders
sk
18:00
19:00
IDFA Writing Room
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
17:00
20:00
21:00
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mpetition, 21’
t the Lennon Park
De Kroon 22:00 – 23:30
petition, 45’
And the nominees are... Come to Café De Kroon and find out who this year’s nominees for the IDFA Competitions are! Admission free
Nominees Night
s Kruk
22:00
23:00
24:00
1:00
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Thursday 28 November 8:00
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9:00
10:00
10:15
Dirty Wars
10:30
Richard Rowley
Patio
Best of Fests, 86’
Alysson Muritiba Paradocs, 17’
11:00
Superjews Nirit Peled
11:45
12:00
12:15
The Crash Reel Lucy Walker
Masters, DOC U, 108’
Shado’man with Extended Q&A
After the screening, journalist Dana Linssen talks with director Boris Gerrets about his intimate portraits of the nocturnal street life in Sierra Leone
14:30 14:45
The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy? Vikram Jayanti Masters, 90’
Everyday Rebellion with Extended Q&A
After the screening directors Arash and Arman Riahi and experts talk about the success of non-violent resistance
Everyday Rebellion The Riahi Brothers Panorama, 118’
16:00
18:00
Carlo Zoratti Best of Fests, 84’
12:45
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 90’
Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek
Henry Corra, Regina Nicholson Feature-Length Competition, 123’
Arnold van Bruggen, Tomas Kaan
14:15
Kids & Docs 3
14:30
Human Geography Masters, 101’
14:45
Judgment in Hungary Eszter Hajdú
First Appearance Competition, 104’
Nora Noh
Sung-hee Kim
First Appearance Competition, 93’
Liz Marshall
Dutch & Mid-Length Competition, 55’
Best of Fests, 70’
16:30
Drill Baby Drill Lech Kowalski
WinnerNovib Selection 17:15 Oxfam X Oxfam Global Capitalism at Na afloopAward van de prijsuitreiking Justice Crossroad Street wordtthe de award winnaar van de the After ceremony, Oxfam Novib Global Justice film will be screened. winning Award vertoond. The following films are eligible for the Oxfam Global Justice Award: No Land No Food No Life; The Trouble with Aid and Light Fly, Fly High High.
Best of Fests, 84’
17:15
Coolpolitics Talk@IDFA Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War
Ivars Seleckis Masters, 102’
Jesse Acevedo
Music Documentary, DOC U, 74’
18:45
Ain’t Misbehavin Marcel Ophüls Masters, 106’
19:30
Narco Cultura 20:00
Music Documentary, 103’
Carl & Niels
Alexander Lind
Student Competition, 29’
Twin Sisters
Mona Friis Bertheussen Mid-Length Competition, 58’
21:00
20:00
VPRO Extra: Misha and So On Cherry Duyns
19:30
Hivos Presents: The Mulberry House
19:45
Shaul Schwarz
Paradocs 4
Followed by an in-depth Q&A moderated by Hivos with film makers about the resistance against the authoritarian regime in Yemen.
Beyond the Frame docs: The Questioning, Patio, The Bed is Broken, 105’
Dutch Competition, 66’
The Mulberry House
With an introduction and extended Q&A. Moderator Melchior Huurdeman.
21:15
Two at the Border
Sara Ishaq
Panorama, 65’
Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla
21:45
A Letter to Nelson Mandela
22:00 22:15
Khalo Matabane
Consider
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
22:45
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers Sam Benstead
Feature-Length Competition, 75’
Panu Saeng-Xuto
InRealLife
Beeban Kidron Best of Fests, 86’
22:00
Documented
Jose Antonio Vargas
First Appearance Competition, 90’
Student Competition, 30’
Sound of Torture Keren Shayo
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, DOC U, 20’
The Good Son Shirly Berkovitz
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
24:00
1:00
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Jaap van Hoewijk
Huijing Xu
Best of Fests, DOC U, 92’
23:00
Killing Time
Mothers
Thierry Michel
17:45
Panorama, 8’
15:30
The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi
19:00
22:00
International children’s documentaries: Layla’s Melody, To Be a B-Girl and Shanne and Her Friends, 105’
15:45
The Ghosts in Our Machine
20:00
13:30
Hidden Wounds
Claire Simon
17:30
Masters, 83’
Based on the Same Story, 92’
Panorama, 83’
Lynn Lee, James Leong
Jon Bang Carlsen
In God We Trust
17:00
Farewell to Hollywood
General Idi Amin Dada
13:45
17:00
Maarten Reesink, speaks with director Liz Marshall, protagonist Jo-Anne McArthur and lawyer Antoine Goetschel about animal rights.
12:00
Barbet Schroeder
Masters, 83’
The Ghosts in Our Machine with Extended Q&A
Just the Right Amount of Violence
Moving Stills – Kadir van Lohuizen
Wukan: The Flame of Democracy
14:00
17:00
The Special Need
11:15
Panorama, 13’
12:30
Boris Gerrets
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 86’
Nathanael Carton
Dutch Competition, 60’
Gaël Mocaër
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Recollections
Tinus Kramer
The Coal Miner’s Day
Shado’man
13:00
15:00
11:45
Panorama, 55’
10:45
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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22:00
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Kirk Marcolina, Matthew Pond Best of Fests, 74’
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10:15
10:15
The Devil’s Lair
One Minute for Conductors
Riaan Hendricks Best of Fests, 82’
11:15
Just the Right Amount of Violence 12:00
General Idi Amin Dada
Jon Bang Carlsen Masters, 83’
At Berkeley
11:30
Kristóf Kovács
The Art of Observing Life
First Appearance Competition, 68’
Frederick Wiseman
12:15
The Trouble with Aid
Based on the Same Story, 92’
13:30
Music Documentary, 83’
Feature-Length Competition, 107’
Feature-Length Competition, 109’
14:00
Killing Time
Jaap van Hoewijk
Dutch & Mid-Length Competition, 55’
14:45 15:00
15:00
Berit Madsen
Mehrdad Ahmadpour, Morvarid Peyda
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars
Mothers
Feature-Length Competition, DOC U, 88’
Huijing Xu
First Appearance Competition, 68’
17:15
Christina Voros Panorama, 95’
Coolpolitics Talk@IDFA Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War
17:00
Niels van Koevorden, Sabine Lubbe Bakker
Viktar Dashuk
Ne Me Quitte Pas Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 106’
15:45
Return to Homs Talal Derki
16:00 Feature-Length Competition, 87’
Temptation
17:15
Los Wild Ones
Panorama, 83’
18:00
17:00
Music Documentary, 77’
18:00
The Last of the Unjust 18:00
Don Hardy, Dana Nachman
18:45
19:00
Hivos Presents: The Mulberry House
Bill Siegel
Best of Fests, 94’
Followed by an in-depth Q&A moderated by Hivos with film makers about the resistance against the authoritarian regime in Yemen.
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Elise Salomon
Claude Lanzmann
Panorama, 90’
19:30
16:1
Best o
The Human Experiment
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Inter docu Scho Carp Son,
Kitty
17:00
Music Documentary, DOC U, 74’
Marcel Ophüls
Kid
15:00
15:45
Panorama, 86’
Jesse Acevedo
Ain’t Misbehavin
13:4
Music Documentary, 93’
Abdenour Zahzah
The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts
Lech Kowalski
Rodrigo H. Vila
The River
16:30
Drill Baby Drill
Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America
Barre’s Silence
Best of Fests, 70’
16:30
13:00 13:15 An Inconsolable Memory Aryan Kaganof
Panorama, 8’
15:30
Masters, 106’
Mitchell Kezin
Erwin Wagenhofer
Arnold van Bruggen, Tomas Kaan
Best of Fests, 84’
Jingle Bell Rocks!
Alphabet
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
Hidden Wounds
International children’s documentaries: Layla’s Melody, To Be a B-Girl and Shanne and Her Friends, 105’
12:30
13:15
Alexander Gentelev
12:00
Masters, 71’
Panorama, 119’
Putin’s Games
Kids & Docs 3
Marina Goldovskaya
Ricardo Pollack
13:00
14:15
Music Documentary, 87’
11:00
Men with Balls
Masters, 244’
Barbet Schroeder
Angel Esteban, Elena Goatelli
11:15 11:45
10:00
Masters, 210’
I, Afrikaner Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon
19:30
First Appearance Competition, 94’
Basically, Johnny Moped 20:00
Happiness
Panorama, 84’
Dav
19:00
Annalet Steenkamp
Mike Myers
Mis
Best o
19:00 19:30
18:1
Fred Burns
Music Documentary, 77’
Thomas Balmès
20:00
Masters, 75’
20:0
The
Nick
Best o
The Mulberry House 21:15
Two at the Border
Sara Ishaq
Panorama, 65’
Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla Student Competition, 30’
Sound of Torture Keren Shayo
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
21:30
Tyres
Amy Miller
Andreas Johnsen
Student Competition & Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, 30’
No Land No Food No Life Ai Weiwei The Fake Case 22:00
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
21:00
21:15 21:30
Panorama, 75’
Kirk Marcolina, Matthew Pond Best of Fests, 74’
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
Kyaw Myo Lwin
Playing with Shadows Xiaoyu Niu
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
21:45 22:00
Muscle Shoals Greg Camalier
Music Documentary, 111’
Mattanja Joy
Ellen van Kempen Music Documentary, 50’
Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob Linda Hakeboom, Rolf Hartogensis
Music Documentary, 46’
22:00 22:30
Cutie and the Boxer Zachary Heinzerling Best of Fests, 82’
23:00
24:00
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Brakke Grond
Exhibition: In
IDFA’s new media Grond present an in the age of the and interactive st
9:00
Brakke Grond
Barbara Visse of Symbiopsy
10:00
10:15
One Minute for Conductors
10:45
Angel Esteban, Elena Goatelli
Borders
Music Documentary, 87’
Stedelijk Muse
Jacqueline van Vugt
11:00
Stedelijk@ID
Dutch Competition, 85’
12:00
12:30
Reflecting on Sym picks for the Mak an investigation principles behind
IDFA guided tour the question how of reality. Tickets
12:15
The Mangoes
Tonny Trimarsanto
Jingle Bell Rocks! Mitchell Kezin
Music Documentary, 83’
13:00
13:00
Aryan Kaganof
14:00
Light Fly, Fly High
13:15
An Inconsolable Memory Feature-Length Competition, 109’
14:45
Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America15:00
Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
13:45
Kids & Docs 4
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 80’
International children’s documentaries: Farewell My School, The Barrel, The Red Carpet and The Sumo Wrestler’s Son, 105’
15:15
Rodrigo H. Vila
Our Curse
Music Documentary, 93’
Tomasz Sliwinski
15:45
16:00
Student Competition, 27’
Return to Homs Talal Derki
Feature-Length Competition, 87’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 98’
Blood
Alina Rudnitskaya
16:15
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
15:00 KeyTalk Nick Fraser: Why Documentaries Matter Nick Fraser’s views on the future and importance of documentaries. See page 122.
Mid-Length Competition, 59’
Kitty Green
Best of Fests, 78’
17:00
17:15
Los Wild Ones
17:15
Crustaceans
Elise Salomon
Vicente Perez Herrero
Music Documentary, 77’
Panorama, 90’
18:00
18:00 The Last of the Unjust
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Claude Lanzmann Masters, 210’
17:45
The Humiliated Jesper Jargil
18:15
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 83’
Mission Congo
David Turner, Lara Zizic
18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Best of Fests, 65’
Nothing Is Going to Happen
19:00 19:30
19:30
19:30 Podium Mozaïek
Fred Burns
Dina Barinova
Phuong Thao Dong
Basically, Johnny Moped Music Documentary, 77’
Shrove Sunday 20:00
20:00
The Condemned Nick Read
Best of Fests, 80’
Grandfather
Student Competition, 32’
20:00
Paul Anders Simma
Tong Xu
Olga – To My Friends
The Fourth Brother
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Panorama, 86’
Music Documentary, 50’
20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal
Amit Virmani
Nick Broomfield
Sex My British Job
Best of Fests, 63’
Masters, 63’
House/Grandparent
Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob Linda Hakeboom, Rolf Hartogensis
Music Documentary, 46’
22:00
Behind the Screen 22:30
Cutie and the Boxer Zachary Heinzerling
23:00
Dutch Competition, 57’
21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
21:45
22:00
Joris Postema
Menstrual Man
21:30 Podium Mozaïek Ellen van Kempen
FC Rwanda
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
21:00
Mattanja Joy
Roeland van Doorn Paradocs, 12’
Best of Fests, 82’
Aung Nwai Htway
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 35’
Kismet
Nina Maria Paschalidou Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Azharr Rudin
22:00
Desert Runners Jennifer Steinman Best of Fests, 95’
22:30
Natpwe, The Feast of the Spirits
Photo-Eddy
David de Jongh
Dutch Competition, 83’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
22:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal
Dragan Nikolic
Deepti Kakkar, Fahad Mustafa
The Undertaker
Powerless
Panorama, 52’
Best of Fests, 82’
Tiane Doan na Champassak, Jean Dubrel Paradocs, 31’
Tiger Mountain Jie Wu
Student Competition, 60’
24:00
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Brakke Grond Witte Zaal & Foyer 10:00 - 23:00
De Kroon 8:30 – 10:00
IDFA’s new media program DocLab and arts centre De Brakke Grond present an exhibition about documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With installations, digital street art and interactive stories you can touch.
Kickstart your day at the IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast. Meet your fellow filmmakers and IDFA staff over coffee and croissants. The IDFA Filmmakers Breakfasts are presented by Gaiam TV. Filmmakers and producers with IDFA selected films and accredited press are invited.
Exhibition: Interactive Reality
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal 10:00 – 23:00
8:00
IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast
9:00
Barbara Visser Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
10:00
Reflecting on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, one of Visser’s picks for the Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this rediscovered documentary classic.
Stedelijk Museum 11:00 – 12:30
Stedelijk@IDFA
11:00
IDFA guided tour (90 minutes) in Stedelijk Museum focuses on the question how other art forms deal with the representation of reality. Tickets only via www.idfa.nl or IDFA Box Office.
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00 Arti et Amicitiae 17:00 – 18:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
On behalf of NPO/RNW Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs, Rise and Shine and South African Delegation IDFA has the pleasure of inviting all Docs for Sale and IDFA Forum attendees to the Docs for Sale Happy Hour in the Docs for Sale Lounge in Arti et Amicitiae.
Schiller Brasserie 18:00 – 19:30
Guests Meet Guests
Exchange ideas at the daily cocktail hour! Hosted by IMCINE. See page 125. Admission for all pass holders
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
ng Is Going ppen
DAILY SERVICES Schiller Kleine Salon 10:00 – 17:00
First Aid Doc Clinic
Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek and Marijke Rawie answer your questions about all aspects of the documentary industry, from distribution to financing, and from co-productions to festival strategy. See page 12. Admission for all pass holders
17:00
18:00
19:00
van Doorn Paradocs, 12’
anda
stema
petition, 57’ Compagnie – Grote Zaal
y British Job
Schiller Salon 10:00 – 23:00
oomfield
IDFA Writing Room
3’
Workspace for all accredited guests. WiFi connection and computers available. Admission for all pass holders
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
-Eddy
20:00
21:00
e Jongh
petition, 83’
Compagnie – Grote Zaal
22:00
less
Kakkar, Fahad Mustafa
ts, 82’
23:00
24:00
1:00
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Friday 29 November 8:00
TUSCHINSKI 1
TUSCHINSKI 2
TUSCHINSKI 3
TUSCHINSKI 4
TUSCHINSKI 5
TUSCHINSKI 6
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9
9:00
10:00
10:00
10:00 VPRO Review
Impressions of Time
10:15
Compilation program put up by main partner VPRO.
Nina Hedenius
The Trouble with Aid
Masters, 95’
Ricardo Pollack Panorama, 119’
11:00
11:00
Our Curse
11:15
Master of the Universe 11:45
12:15
Sam Benstead
At Berkeley
Feature-Length Competition, 75’
The Horses of Fukushima
Yoju Matsubayashi Panorama, 74’
13:45
Frits van Exter, editor-in-chief of the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland,, speaks with director David de Jongh about his father, the photographer Eddy de Jongh.
15:00
Photo-Eddy
First Appearance Competition, 104’
14:00
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Speechless
Video art compilation program in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Montmartre, The Blank Stare, Tactica, Anima, Brilliant Punitive Raids, 120’
15:15
Behind the Screen
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
16:30 17:00
17:15
The Death of Jaime Roldós
The One Minutes Jr Awards: Nominees 2013 & Light Fly, Fly High
Panorama, 123’
Light Fly, Fly High
Lisandra I. Rivera, Manolo Sarmiento
Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 80’
The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy? 20:00
The Call 20:30
The River
22:00
23:00
Abdenour Zahzah Panorama, 86’
A documentary marathon for film buffs featuring those films rating highest in the Audience Award Competition. Until 9.00am, with breakfast for the diehards.
Morgan Neville
Music Documentary, 90’
Based on the Same Story, 103’
18:15
Facing Fear Jason Cohen Panorama, 23’
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
Chairun Nissa
Danielle Zini
21:15
Viktar Dashuk Panorama, 83’
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, Stand-Up Documentary, 13’
Soul Food Stories Tonislav Hristov
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
21:15
Salinger
Shane Salerno Best of Fests, 120’
22:15
I, Afrikaner
22:30
Annalet Steenkamp
23:00
Shrove Sunday
First Appearance Competition, 94’
Minerita
Dina Barinova
23:15
Raúl de la Fuente Panorama, 28’
Demonstration
Benjamin Oroza
Masters, 70’
Victor Kossakovsky, 32 Students
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
Student Competition, 32’
Olga – To My Friends Paul Anders Simma
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
23:45
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Kirk Marcolina, Matthew Pond Best of Fests, 74’
1:00
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First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 74’
Chocolate Comedy
White Soldier
Student Competition, 55’
Joe Piscatella
20:30
Student Competition, 25’
19:30
#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
Best of Fests, 65’
Reber Dosky
Voices of El Alto
24:00
Greg Barker
David Turner, Lara Zizic
Temptation
22:30
Twenty Feet from Stardom
Manhunt
Mission Congo
Masters, 90’
Docs around the Clock
17:15
Gogol’s Wives Productions
19:30
Vikram Jayanti
21:00
Beyond the Frame docs: Journal, Dust Breeding, 75’
Pussy Versus Putin
19:00
21:00
Zachary Heinzerling
Paradocs 2
Panorama, 118’
20:00
Cutie and the Boxer
Nina Maria Paschalidou
The Riahi Brothers
19:00
15:15
Best of Fests, 82’
Kismet
Everyday Rebellion
18:00
Mid-Length Competition, 59’
Dutch Competition, 85’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 35’
16:15
17:00
Alina Rudnitskaya
Jacqueline van Vugt
Gaël Mocaër
Aung Nwai Htway
Dutch Competition, 83’
Blood
Borders
The Coal Miner’s Day
Judgment in Hungary Eszter Hajdú
Student Competition, 27’
13:00
13:15
14:45
David de Jongh
16:00
Masters, 244’
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Photo-Eddy with Extended Q&A
14:00
International children’s documentaries: Sunflower Seeds and Leaders, 105’
Tomasz Sliwinski
Frederick Wiseman
12:45
13:00
Kids & Docs 5
Best of Fests, 90’
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers
12:00
11:30
Marc Bauder
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Kyaw Myo Lwin
Student Competition & Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, 30’
Playing with Shadows
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Xiaoyu Niu
Our Curse 11:30
Kids & Docs 5
International children’s documentaries: Sunflower Seeds and Leaders, 105’
Tomasz Sliwinski
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Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Student Competition, 27’
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Alina Rudnitskaya
Amy Miller
Peter Lataster, Petra Lataster-Czisch
Blood
No Land No Food No Life Awake in a Bad Dream
Mid-Length Competition, 59’
Panorama, 75’
Dutch Competition, 114’
11:30
The Fourth Brother Tong Xu
12:15
Panorama, 86’
Barre’s Silence
12:00
An Inconsolable Memory Feature-Length Competition, 109’
First Appearance Competition, 68’
13:00
Borders
Jacqueline van Vugt Dutch Competition, 85’
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Speechless
Video art compilation program in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Montmartre, The Blank Stare, Tactica, Anima, Brilliant Punitive Raids, 120’
13:00 13:30
No Man’s Land
Michael Graversen
14:00
14:00
Dragan Nikolic
Svetoslav Draganov
The Undertaker
Life Almost Wonderful
Panorama, 52’
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
14:15
Consider
Panu Saeng-Xuto
15:45
69: Love Sex Senior
Stream of Love Agnes Sós
16:00
Forest of the Dancing Spirits Linda Västrik
First Appearance Competition, 92’
Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus Madeleine Sackler Best of Fests, 76’
Pussy Versus Putin
Gogol’s Wives Productions
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 74’
Panorama, 12’
Masters, 71’
Ventura Durall
Feature-Length Competition, 73’
20:15
Nora Noh
Khalo Matabane
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
17:00
Rings of Life
Kirk Marcolina, Matthew Pond Best of Fests, 74’
Shane Meadows
Music Documentary, 96’
Tiger Mountain
Putin’s Games
Alexander Gentelev
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
19:00
Student Competition, 60’
20:30
The Unknown Known 21:00
Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War
Errol Morris Masters, 104’
21:00
Jesse Acevedo
21:0
Hap
Thom
Maste
Music Documentary, DOC U, 74’
22:00 22:45
23:00
Panorama, 90’
Europe in 8 Bits
23:30
23:30
Nick Read
Huijing Xu
The Condemned Best of Fests, 80’
Mothers
Best of Fests, 70’
Javier Polo
The Trials of Muhammad Ali 23:00 Bill Siegel Best of Fests, 94’
Music Documentary, 75’
23:0
Jou
Noë Mor
Music
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1:00
Program Guide
Rithy
20:00
Jie Wu
Tina Mascara, Guido Santi
Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
John
18:30
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
Monk with a Camera
Music Documentary, 50’
Music Documentary, 46’
Mil
22:30
Ellen van Kempen
Linda Hakeboom, Rolf Hartogensis
16:4
18:00 18:30
Panorama, 90’
Mattanja Joy
23:45
19:15
First Appearance Competition, 93’
Don Hardy, Dana Nachman
22:15
Paul Anders Simma
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
Laura Bari
The Human Experiment
Best of Fests, 120’
Olga – To My Friends
Lidia Duda
Ariel
21:30
Shane Salerno
Student Competition, 32’
Everything Is Possible
21:15
Salinger
Dina Barinova
Panorama, 11’
First Appearance Competition, 93’
21:15
Shrove Sunday
A Letter to Nelson Mandela
As Time Goes By in Shanghai
Sung-hee Kim
Music Documentary, 88’
22:30
16:00 16:15 16:30
Student Competition, 13’
The Wild Years As the Palaces Burn
Inter docu Scho Carp Son,
Ida Lindgren
19:45
Don Argott
Chairun Nissa
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Terra Long
Student Competition, 60’
19:30
Chocolate Comedy
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
dinosaurs
Natalia Mikhaylova
20:15
Kid
Matej Bobrik
18:15
Zelim’s Confession
Joe Piscatella
14:1
The Visit
17:45 18:00
Farida Pacha
#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
15:00
17:30
Panorama, 23’
Tonislav Hristov
Marina Goldovskaya
Best of Fests, 90’
My Name is Salt
Jason Cohen
Dutch Competition, 66’
The Art of Observing Life
17:15
Facing Fear
Soul Food Stories
Cherry Duyns
Misha and So On
Uli Gaulke
Greg Barker
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, Stand-Up Documentary, 13’
Panorama, 65’
Sara Ishaq
First Appearance Competition, 104’
Manhunt
20:30
14:30
15:45 16:00
Feature-Length Competition, 70’
18:15
Marcel Ophüls
The Mulberry House
14:00 Masters, 106’
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Paradocs 2
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
Shirly Berkovitz
Dutch Competition, DOC U, 90’
Based on the Same Story, 103’
Ain’t Misbehavin
Azharr Rudin
The Good Son
Menna Laura Meijer
16:30
13:45
House/Grandparent
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, DOC U, 20’
Cutie and the Boxer Best of Fests, 82’
Beyond the Frame docs: Journal, Dust Breeding, 75’
13:45
Panorama, 29’
15:15
Zachary Heinzerling
12:00
Aryan Kaganof
Mehrdad Ahmadpour, Morvarid Peyda
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Barbara Visse of Symbiopsy
10:00
Reflecting on Sym picks for the Mak an investigation principles behind
Green Screen Day!
Stedelijk Muse
Stedelijk@ID
11:00
IDFA guided tour the question how of reality. Tickets
11:30
Grandfather
Phuong Thao Dong
12:00
12:00
An Inconsolable Memory
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
12:15
The Ghosts in Our Machine
Aryan Kaganof
Feature-Length Competition, 109’
Liz Marshall met uitgebreide Filmvertoning Best Fests,specialist DOC U, 92’ op het Q&Aofmet gebied van de relatie mens-dier. Film screening with extended Q&A by the Green Film Making Project.
13:00
Menstrual Man Amit Virmani Best of Fests, 63’
13:45
14:00
14:30
Ain’t Misbehavin Marcel Ophüls Masters, 106’
Kids & Docs 4
International children’s documentaries: Farewell My School, The Barrel, The Red Carpet and The Sumo Wrestler’s Son, 105’
Misha and So On Cherry Duyns
Dutch Competition, 66’
14:00
15:00
GREEN SCREEN
14:15
14:45 Torre David: The World’sTallest Squat
In the Wake of Stalin Thomas Johnson Panorama, 90’
M. Kneer, D. Schwartz Panorama, 23’
Ecopolis China
Anna-Karin Grönroos Mid-Length Competition, 56’
16:00
16:30
As Time Goes By in Shanghai
A Letter to Nelson Mandela Khalo Matabane
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
Uli Gaulke
17:00
Best of Fests, 90’
Film screening with extended Q&A by the Green Film Making Project.
16:15
GREEN SCREEN
16:45
Milestones
John Douglas, Robert Kramer Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 195’
16:30
Basically, Johnny Moped Fred Burns
17:00
Pandora’s Promise
Music Documentary, 77’
Robert Stone Best of Fests, 87’
18:00
18:30
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
Film screening with extended Q&A by the Green Film Making Project.
18:30
18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Putin’s Games
Alexander Gentelev
Shane Meadows
19:00
Music Documentary, 96’
GREEN SCREEN
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
Aim High in Creation
Errol Morris
21:00
Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War
21:00
Masters, 104’
Film screening with an inspiring introduction by the Green Film Making Project.
Europe in 8 Bits Javier Polo
23:00
GREEN SCREEN
Panorama, 79’
The Trials of Muhammad Ali Bill Siegel
21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 21:30 Podium Mozaïek
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Masters, 121’
Ana Ana
Corinne van Egeraat, Petr Lom Dutch Competition, 75’
Marina Zenovich
Vitaly Mansky
Best of Fests, 94’
Music Documentary, 75’
Stand-Up Documentary, 72’
Pipeline 22:45
23:00
Whoopi Goldberg
20:45
22:00
22:00
Panorama, 55’
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Christina Voros
Happiness Masters, 75’
Music Documentary, DOC U, 74’
Nirit Peled
KINK
21:00
Thomas Balmès
Jesse Acevedo
Superjews 19:30 Podium Mozaïek
Panorama, 96’
The Unknown Known
Paradocs, 17’
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 75’
Anna Broinowski
20:30
Alysson Muritiba
William Greaves
19:30
20:00
Patio
18:45 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Stand-Up Documentary, 85’
22:45
Sex My British Job
23:00
Nick Broomfield
Journey to Jah
Masters, 63’
Noël Dernesch, Moritz Springer
Music Documentary, 90’
24:00
GREEN SCREEN
1:00
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De Kroon 8:30 – 10:00
IDFA’s new media program DocLab and arts centre De Brakke Grond present an exhibition about documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With installations, digital street art and interactive stories you can touch.
Kickstart your day at the IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast. Meet your fellow filmmakers and IDFA staff over coffee and croissants. The IDFA Filmmakers Breakfasts are presented by Gaiam TV. Filmmakers and producers with IDFA selected films and accredited press are invited.
Exhibition: Interactive Reality
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal 10:00 – 23:00
8:00
IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast
9:00
Barbara Visser Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
10:00
Reflecting on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, one of Visser’s picks for the Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this rediscovered documentary classic.
Stedelijk Museum 11:00 – 12:30
Stedelijk@IDFA
11:00
IDFA guided tour (90 minutes) in Stedelijk Museum focuses on the question how other art forms deal with the representation of reality. Tickets only via www.idfa.nl or IDFA Box Office.
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
DAILY SERVICES Schiller Kleine Salon 10:00 – 17:00
First Aid Doc Clinic
Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek and Marijke Rawie answer your questions about all aspects of the documentary industry, from distribution to financing, and from co-productions to festival strategy. See page 12. Admission for all pass holders
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Muritiba
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Compagnie - Grote Zaal 20:00
Awards Ceremony
On Friday, November 29, the highly anticipated IDFA Awards Ceremony will start at 8:00 p.m. As of 22:00 we can toast to the winners. Guest- and Forum Pass holders can pick up a ticket for the Awards Ceremony at the Guest Box Office starting on Thursday 28 November.
By invitation
Schiller Salon 10:00 – 23:00
IDFA Writing Room
Workspace for all accredited guests. WiFi connection and computers available. Admission for all pass holders
20:00
21:00
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van Egeraat, Petr Lom
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Compilation program put up by editors of de Volkskrant. Tickets available on www.idfa.nl/volkskrant
Compilation program put up by editors of de Volkskrant. Tickets available on www.idfa.nl/volkskrant
10:00 Volkskrant IDFA day
Volkskrant IDFA day
10:00 10:15
Ariel
Laura Bari
10:00
Alphabet
Erwin Wagenhofer
Feature-Length Competition, 107’
First Appearance Competition, 93’
10:30
The Task
Rhiannon Stevens O’Sullivan
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Werner Herzog
Based on the Same Story, 80’
Student Competition, 21’
11:00
10:30
A Letter to Nelson Mandela Khalo Matabane
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
Days at the Lennon Park Annelies Kruk
Dutch Competition, 45’
12:00
12:00
A.K. 12:30
12:30
12:30
Michael Obert
Svetoslav Draganov
Mehrdad Ahmadpour, Morvarid Peyda
Song from the Forest Feature-Length Competition, 97’
13:00
Life Almost Wonderful Feature-Length Competition, 80’
Barre’s Silence
Chris Marker
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 75’
12:30
Documented
Jose Antonio Vargas
First Appearance Competition, 90’
First Appearance Competition, 68’
14:00
14:00
14:30 14:45
The Ghosts in Our Machine
15:00
Liz Marshall
Best of Fests, DOC U, 92’
16:00
Kids & Docs 2
Children’s documentaries: A Home for Lydia, Hear This!, Louis the Ferris Wheel Kid and Tonight We’ll Become Women, 90’
14:30
Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus Madeleine Sackler Best of Fests, 76’
16:30 17:00
Aim High in Creation
17:00
First Appearance Competition, 68’
Anna Broinowski Panorama, 96’
Video art compilation program in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Pee on Presidents Presidents, Doll Parts, Gonda Gonda, Jack, 120’
14:30
Judgment in Hungary Eszter Hajdú
First Appearance Competition, 104’
16:30
Men with Balls Kristóf Kovács
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: The Clash
17:00
The Death of Jaime Roldós
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley Whoopi Goldberg
Stand-Up Documentary, 72’
Lisandra I. Rivera, Manolo Sarmiento
16:45
Light Fly, Fly High Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 80’
Panorama, 123’
18:00
19:00
18:15
18:15
Mitchell Kezin
Amy Miller
Jingle Bell Rocks! 18:45
18:45
Shane Salerno
Alexander Gentelev
Salinger
Best of Fests, 120’
Putin’s Games
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
Houses for All Gereon Wetzel Panorama, 56’
Nick Read
21:00
21:15
In God We Trust Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek
Christina Voros Panorama, 95’
21:00
Paradocs 3 20:15
Nora Noh
First Appearance Competition, 93’
22:00
24:00
Panorama, 79’
Music Documentary, 111’
Beyond the Frame docs: The Questioning, Patio, The Bed is Broken, 90’
22:15
Forest of the Dancing Spirits Linda Västrik
First Appearance Competition, 104’
Panorama, 118’
23:30 23:45
Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War Jesse Acevedo
Music Documentary, DOC U, 74’
23:45
The Queen
Manuel Abramovich Panorama, 19’
American Arab Usama Alshaibi
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
1:00
72
21:00
Paradocs 4
The Riahi Brothers
23:00
23:15
Best of Fests, 94’
Christina Voros
Greg Camalier
Everyday Rebellion
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
KINK
21:45
22:30
Andreas Johnsen
20:15
Muscle Shoals
Aryan Kaganof
Feature-Length Competition, 109’
The Trials of Ali Ai Weiwei The Fake Case Muhammad Bill Siegel
Beyond the Frame docs: Nothing Is Going to Happen, The Private Life of Fenfen, Castles in Spain, 90’
An Inconsolable Memory
Panorama, 83’
23:00
Best of Fests, 80’
19:45
Sung-hee Kim
20:45
19:00
The Condemned
Celebration Student Competition, 10’
The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts
Panorama, 75’
19:15
Dajan Javorac
20:00
No Land No Food No Life
Music Documentary, 83’
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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Europe in 8 Bits Javier Polo
Music Documentary, 75’
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9:00
10:00
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Werner Herzog
Based on the Same Story, 80’
10:00 10:30
A Letter to Nelson Mandela
Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon Mike Myers Panorama, 84’
10:00
10:00
10:00
Nontawat Numbenchapol
Raúl de la Fuente
At least four price winners in one continuous program
Boundary
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 96’
Minerita Panorama, 28’
Voices of El Alto Benjamin Oroza
Khalo Matabane
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
The Best of IDFA 10:30
Torre David: The World’s Tallest Squat Markus Kneer, Daniel Schwartz Panorama, 23’
10:00 10:30
Stream of Love
10:0
I Am
Mikh
Rithy
Agnes Sós
Feature-Length Competition, 70’
11:00
Ecopolis China
Anna-Karin Grönroos
12:00
12:00
A.K.
Chris Marker
Paradocs: Barbara Visser, 75’
The Human Experiment 12:30
Documented
Don Hardy, Dana Nachman Panorama, 90’
12:00 12:15
Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America
Huijing Xu
Best of Fests, 70’
Rodrigo H. Vila
Jose Antonio Vargas
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: The Clash
Father Figures
Video art compilation program in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Pee on Presidents Presidents, Doll Parts, Gonda Gonda, Jack, 120’
Temptation
14:00
Viktar Dashuk
World Documentaries 14:30
Judgment in Hungary Eszter Hajdú
First Appearance Competition, 104’
Compilation program consisting of two films supported by the IDFA Bertha Fund. 210’
I, Afrikaner
Annalet Steenkamp
14:30
Ashes
First Appearance Competition, 74’
Eliezer Arias Panorama, 92’
16:15
In the Wake of Stalin
No Land No Food No Life
18:00
Carlo Zoratti
The Condemned
Best of Fests, 84’
Nina Hedenius
Niels van Koevorden, Sabine Lubbe Bakker
Masters, 95’
Christina Voros Panorama, 79’
20:30
20:30
Elise Salomon
Alex Gibney
Los Wild Ones 21:00
Muscle Shoals
Music Documentary, 77’
The Armstrong Lie Masters, 122’
Claude Lanzmann Masters, 210’
Ne Me Quitte Pas
18:0
The
Erro
Maste
Feature-Length & Dutch 19:00 Competition, 106’
20:3
400
20:45
Basically, Johnny Moped Fred Burns
Music Documentary, 77’
Greg Camalier
Maste
20:00
The Last of the Unjust
KINK
Susa
Rachel Beth Anderson
Impressions of Time
20:00 20:15
Am
First to Fall
18:30
Best of Fests, 74’
Best of Fests, 80’
16:30
18:30
Kirk Marcolina, Matthew Pond
Nick Read
16:00
18:00
The Special Need
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
19:00
The Wild Years Ventura Durall 15:00 Feature-Length Competition, 73’
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Ricardo Pollack
18:45
Rithy
17:00
18:00
Panorama, 119’
Amy Miller
Shoh
14:45
Panorama, 90’
First Appearance Competition, DOC U, 80’
The Trouble with Aid
AM
14:00
Thomas Johnson
Panorama, 90’
Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
13:0
15:4
The Silence of the Flies
Tina Mascara, Guido Santi
Light Fly, Fly High
either nominated for an Oscar® or actually won one. High Stakes in the East, Glass, This Tiny World, Sky Over Holland, 105’
Idrissa Guiro, Mélanie Pavy
Monk with a Camera
16:45
Treasures – Restored Oscar®-Nominated and Winning Films 13:00 Four restored films that were
15:45
16:30
18:15
Panorama, 75’
14:15
First Appearance Competition, 94’
16:30
12:30
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Music Documentary, 87’
First Appearance Competition, 92’
Stand-Up Documentary, 72’
April Butler, Gillian Hrankowski
Angel Esteban, Elena Goatelli
Farida Pacha
Whoopi Goldberg
Panorama, 83’
One Minute for Conductors
My Name is Salt
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Grandfather
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 10’
13:45 14:00
12:00 12:30
Phuong Thao Dong
Music Documentary, 93’
First Appearance Competition, 90’
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Mothers
Music Documentary, 111’
21:00
Matt Shepard Is a 21:00 Friend of Mine Michele Josue Panorama, 89’
Isma
Emerg
Sex
Nick
Maste
22:00
22:15
Forest of the Dancing Spirits
22:30
22:3
Journey to Jah
Linda Västrik
Noël Dernesch, Moritz Springer
First Appearance Competition, 104’
Music Documentary, 90’
23:30
Europe in 8 Bits Javier Polo
Music Documentary, 75’
Car
22:45 23:15
Just the Right Amount of Violence
Capitalism at Crossroad Street Ivars Seleckis
23:00
Displaced Perssons 23:00
Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren
Masters, 102’
Feature-Length Competition, 81’
Jon Bang Carlsen Masters, 83’
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Brakke Grond
Exhibition: In
IDFA’s new media Grond present an in the age of the and interactive st
9:00
Brakke Grond 10:00
The Best of IDFA
10:00
At least four price winners in one continuous program
10:00
10:00
Mikheil Kalatozishvili
Lech Kowalski
I Am Cuba 10:30
Stream of Love
Barbara Visse of Symbiopsy
Drill Baby Drill
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 141’
Reflecting on Sym picks for the Mak an investigation principles behind
Best of Fests, 84’
Agnes Sós
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15:00
Stedelijk Muse
Feature-Length Competition, 70’
Stedelijk@ID
IDFA guided tour the question how of reality. Tickets
12:15
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers
12:30
Treasures – Restored Oscar®-Nominated and Winning Films
Four restored films that were either nominated for an Oscar® or actually won one. High Stakes in the East, Glass, This Tiny World, Sky Over Holland, 105’
Sam Benstead
Feature-Length Competition, 75’
13:00
A Man Vanishes Shohei Imamura
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 130’
14:00
Natpwe, The Feast of the Spirits
14:45
Tiane Doan na Champassak, Jean Dubrel
Ventura Durall
The Undertaker
Paradocs, 31’
The Wild Years
Dragan Nikolic
Feature-Length Competition, 73’
Panorama, 52’
15:45
16:00
American Vagabond Susanna Helke
16:30
First to Fall
18:00
Marina Goldovskaya
Miia Tervo
Santra and the Talking Trees
Student Competition, 25’
15 Attempts
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Aliona van der Horst Dutch Competition, 50’
18:00
The Unknown Known 18:30
Ne Me Quitte Pas 19:00
16:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Masters, 71’
Rachel Beth Anderson
17:00
16:00
The Art of Observing Life
Masters, 85’
Errol Morris Masters, 104’
18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Niels van Koevorden, Sabine Lubbe Bakker
Recollections
19:00
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 106’
Nathanael Carton
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars Berit Madsen
Feature-Length Competition, DOC U, 88’
20:00
Panorama, 13’
The Crash Reel
Moving Stills – Kadir van Lohuizen
Masters, DOC U, 108’
Dutch Competition, 60’
19:30 Podium Mozaïek Lucy Walker
Tinus Kramer
20:30
400WORDS 21:00
21:00
Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine Michele Josue Panorama, 89’
Ismail Basbeth
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, 13’
Sex My British Job Nick Broomfield Masters, 63’
22:30
Carl & Niels 23:00
Displaced Perssons
Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren Feature-Length Competition, 81’
Alexander Lind
21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Shane Meadows
Music Documentary, 96’
22:00
23:00
21:15
The Tunnel
Domenico Favata, Jody VandenBurg
22:00
22:00 Podium Mozaïek
The laatste Het last party feestje of IDFA van2013! IDFA 2013! Admission free
Vikram Jayanti
IDFA Closing Party
Stand-Up Documentary, 35’
The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy?
The Happy Sad Route (and a Comedian)
Masters, 90’
Stand-Up Documentary, 50’
Linda Hakeboom
Student Competition, 29’
Twin Sisters
Mona Friis Bertheussen Mid-Length Competition, 58’
24:00
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8:00
Brakke Grond Witte Zaal & Foyer 10:00 - 23:00
Exhibition: Interactive Reality
IDFA’s new media program DocLab and arts centre De Brakke Grond present an exhibition about documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With installations, digital street art and interactive stories you can touch.
9:00
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal 10:00 – 23:00
Barbara Visser Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
10:00
Reflecting on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, one of Visser’s picks for the Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this rediscovered documentary classic.
Stedelijk Museum 11:00 – 12:30
Stedelijk@IDFA
11:00
IDFA guided tour (90 minutes) in Stedelijk Museum focuses on the question how other art forms deal with the representation of reality. Tickets only via www.idfa.nl or IDFA Box Office.
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
16:00
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Schiller Salon 10:00 – 23:00
petition, 50’
IDFA Writing Room
Workspace for all accredited guests. WiFi connection and computers available. Admission for all pass holders
17:00
18:00
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
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19:00
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Brakke Grond 22:00 – 4:00
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The last party of IDFA 2013!
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22:00
Admission free
Documentary, 50’
23:00
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Sunday 1 December 8:00
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A program consisting of IDFA 2013 Audience Favorites.
Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren
10:00 IDFA Audience Favorites Displaced Perssons
Feature-Length Competition, 81’
10:00 10:15
First to Fall
Rachel Beth Anderson
First Appearance Competition, 80’
11:00
10:00
The Queen
Manuel Abramovich
Patio
Panorama, 19’
10:30
Usama Alshaibi
Claude Lanzmann
American Arab
The Last of the Unjust
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Masters, 210’
Alysson Muritiba Paradocs, 17’
Superjews Nirit Peled Panorama, 55’
11:15
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel Kitty Green
12:00
12:00
In the Wake of Stalin Thomas Johnson Panorama, 90’
12:15
Carl & Niels
Alexander Lind
12:00
12:00
Greg Camalier
Tong Xu
Muscle Shoals
Best of Fests, 78’
The Fourth Brother
Music Documentary, 111’
Panorama, 86’
Student Competition, 29’
Twin Sisters
Mona Friis Bertheussen
13:00
13:15
Mid-Length Competition, 58’
Ain’t Misbehavin Marcel Ophüls
14:00
14:00
The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy? Vikram Jayanti Masters, 90’
14:00 14:15
Land of Promise
René Roelofs, Paul Scheffer Dutch Competition, 102’
15:00
16:00
14:30
World Premieres of children’s documentaries: Through the Fire, Once Upon a Tree, Little Miss Piggy and Through the Looking Glass, 105’
Melisa Miranda
Kids & Docs 1
Medulla
Student Competition, 25’
Rêve Kakudji
Ibbe Daniëls, Koen Vidal Music Documentary, 53’
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Staged Reality
Video art compilation program in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Mr. President President, As Long as You Are Not Reminded Too Often Often, Los Andes Andes, Pareidolia, Staging Silence II, 105’
16:00
Awake in a Bad Dream Peter Lataster, Petra Lataster-Czisch Dutch Competition, 114’
17:00
14:30
16:15
Paradocs 1
16:30
The Brick
Various directors, 15’
Broadcasting the End – A Tale About a Magic Mountain Martijn Payens
Dutch & First Appearance Competition, 47’
16:45
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Kirk Marcolina, Matthew Pond Best of Fests, 74’
16:45
The Task
Rhiannon Stevens O’Sullivan
Beyond the Frame docs: Ashura, Via Dolorosa, Natpwe, The Feast of the Spirits, 90’
Student Competition, 21’
Days at the Lennon Park Annelies Kruk
Dutch Competition, 45’
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:00
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As the Palaces Burn Don Argott
Music Documentary, 88’
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10:00
Patio
10:15
Alysson Muritiba
Ana Ana
Paradocs, 17’
Corinne van Egeraat, Petr Lom
Superjews
10:00
Zachary Heinzerling
Arnold van Bruggen, Tomas Kaan
Cutie and the Boxer Best of Fests, 82’
Dutch Competition, 75’
Nirit Peled Panorama, 55’
10:00
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
10:30
Killing Time
As Time Goes By in Shanghai
Dutch & Mid-Length Competition, 55’
Best of Fests, 90’
Panorama, 8’
Jaap van Hoewijk
11:15
10:00
Hidden Wounds
Uli Gaulke
10:3
Alp
Erw
11:00
Featu
Kitty Green
12:00
Best of Fests, 78’
The Fourth Brother Tong Xu
12:00
Boris Gerrets
Richard Rowley
Shado’man
David de Jongh
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition, 86’
Photo-Eddy
Panorama, 86’
12:00 12:15
Dutch Competition, 83’
12:00
Dirty Wars Best of Fests, 86’
12:45
No Land No Food No Life Amy Miller
13:15
Panorama, 75’
Ain’t Misbehavin
13:00
Masters, 106’
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Staged Reality
Video art compilation program in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Mr. President President, As Long as You Are Not Reminded Too Often Often, Los Andes Andes, Pareidolia, Staging Silence II, 105’
16:15
Paradocs 1
Beyond the Frame docs: Ashura, Via Dolorosa, Natpwe, The Feast of the Spirits, 90’
In V
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Rithy
Marcel Ophüls
14:00
13:0
14:00 14:15
Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine Michele Josue Panorama, 89’
14:15
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
14:00
Narco Cultura Shaul Schwarz
Music Documentary, 103’
Shane Meadows
14:45
Nothing Is Going to Happen
Music Documentary, 96’
Roeland van Doorn
15:00
Paradocs, 12’
FC Rwanda
15:45
Joris Postema
As the Palaces Burn Don Argott
Music Documentary, 88’
Dutch Competition, 57’
16:15
Borders
Jacqueline van Vugt Dutch Competition, 85’
16:15 16:30
69: Love Sex Senior Menna Laura Meijer
Dutch Competition, DOC U, 90’
Mattanja Joy
Ellen van Kempen Music Documentary, 50’
Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob Linda Hakeboom, Rolf Hartogensis
Music Documentary, 46’
16:00
16:3
Ret
16:45
Chocolate Comedy Chairun Nissa
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, Stand-Up Documentary, 13’
Tala
17:00
Soul Food Stories Tonislav Hristov
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:00
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EYE TUSCHINSKI CINEMA 2
BRAKKE GROND TUSCHINSKI 3 EXPOZAAL
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RODE ZAAL
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Brakke Grond
Exhibition: In
IDFA’s new media Grond present an in the age of the and interactive st
9:00
Brakke Grond
10:00
Barbara Visse of Symbiopsy
Reflecting on Sym picks for the Mak an investigation principles behind
10:30
Alphabet
Erwin Wagenhofer
11:00
Feature-Length Competition, 107’
11:00
Stedelijk Muse
Farewell to Hollywood
Stedelijk@ID
IDFA guided tour the question how of reality. Tickets
Henry Corra, Regina Nicholson Feature-Length Competition, 123’
12:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
12:00
13:00
Dutch Competition – Nominee 1
12:15
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley Whoopi Goldberg
Stand-Up Documentary, 72’
13:00
In Vanda’s Room Pedro Costa
Rithy Panh’s Top 10, 179’
13:45
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case Andreas Johnsen
14:00
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
14:00 Podium Mozaïek 14:15
Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work Ricki Stern
Demonstration
Victor Kossakovsky, 32 Students Masters, 70’
Stand-Up Documentary, 84’
14:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Dutch Competition – Nominee 2
15:00
16:00
16:00 16:30
Return to Homs Talal Derki
17:00
16:00 Podium Mozaïek
The Call
Feature-Length Competition, 87’
Reber Dosky
Student Competition, 25’
White Soldier Danielle Zini
Student Competition, 55’
16:30
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Marina Zenovich
Stand-Up Documentary, 85’
The Trials of Muhammad Ali Bill Siegel
Best of Fests, 94’
17:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Dutch Competition – Winner
18:00
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Brakke Grond Witte Zaal & Foyer 10:00 - 23:00
8:00
Exhibition: Interactive Reality
IDFA’s new media program DocLab and arts centre De Brakke Grond present an exhibition about documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With installations, digital street art and interactive stories you can touch.
9:00
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal 10:00 – 23:00
Barbara Visser Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Reflecting on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, one of Visser’s picks for the Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this rediscovered documentary classic.
Stedelijk Museum 11:00 – 12:30
Stedelijk@IDFA
IDFA guided tour (90 minutes) in Stedelijk Museum focuses on the question how other art forms deal with the representation of reality. Tickets only via www.idfa.nl or IDFA Box Office.
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
10:00
11:00
12:00
Competition inee 1
13:00
14:00
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Competition inee 2 15:00
16:00
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
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Dutch Competition
Feature-Length Competition
Feature-Length Competition
15 Attempts WP
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case WP
Alphabet IP
Andreas Johnsen
Erwin Wagenhofer
15 pogingen Aliona van der Horst
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 50 min A visual artwork in which artist Suchan Kinoshita makes 15 attempts to place aspects of her oeuvre in a new context. su 24 14:30 Munt 13 [ I.S.] su 24 19:00 Tuschinski 2 mo 25 20:30 Tuschinski 3 tu 26 16:45 Munt 9 we 27 11:15 Munt 9 sa 30 16:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
IDFA DocLab Competition
17000 Islands WP Thomas A. Østbye, Edwin
Norway, Indonesia, 2013, cross-platform A crowdsourcing project on the propagandistic “Taman Mini” amusement park, in which the films made by visitors lead to a dialogue about Indonesian history. mo 25 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia
400WORDS WP 400KATA Ismail Basbeth
Indonesia, 2013, DCP, 13 min Between the lines, scenes from a happy wedding video show how young people in Indonesia are struggling with their parents’ cultural legacy. th 21 22:00 Munt 10 fr 22 22:45 Tuschinski 6 sa 23 10:00 Munt 10 we 27 17:30 Munt 13 sa 30 20:30 EYE Cinema 2
Denmark, 2013, DCP, 86 min After three months of solitary confinement, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei wonders about the toll his activism is taking. th 21 13:45 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] sa 23 18:30 Tuschinski 1 su 24 16:30 Tuschinski 2 [ Movies that Matter] mo 25 15:45 EYE Cinema 1 th 28 21:30 Munt 11 sa 30 23:15 Tuschinski 1 su 1 13:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Panorama
Austria, Germany, 2013, DCP, 107 min Should you sit in class with your arms folded or paint whatever you like? An indictment of competitive education and an ode to the individual imagination. fr 22 17:15 Munt 12 [ I.S.] sa 23 15:30 Tuschinski 1 [Extended Q&A] su 24 14:30 EYE Cinema 1 mo 25 19:30 Munt 11 we 27 20:30 Tuschinski 3 th 28 13:15 Munt 13 sa 30 10:00 Tuschinski 4 su 1 10:30 EYE Cinema 2
Aim High in Creation EP
Mid-Length Competition
Anna Broinowski
Australia, 2013, DCP, 96 min An Australian filmmaker goes to North Korea to learn to make a propaganda film that will stop gas drilling in her village. th 21 12:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 22 10:00 Tuschinski 2 su 24 22:15 Munt 13 fr 29 19:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 30 17:00 Tuschinski 3
Masters
Ain’t Misbehavin Un voyageur Marcel Ophüls
France, 2013, DCP, 106 min A look back at a life in cinema, at the locations where it was lived, by documentary maestro Marcel Ophüls. th 21 10:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 22 10:30 Munt 11 we 27 10:30 Tuschinski 4 th 28 18:45 Tuschinski 6 fr 29 13:45 EYE Cinema 1 su 1 13:15 Munt 9
American Arab WP Usama Alshaibi
USA, 2013, DCP, 56 min Just what is an American Arab? This is a personal film about identity, nationality and racism – and the right to be complicated. th 21 15:15 Munt 12 [ I.S.] fr 22 18:45 Tuschinski 3 mo 25 20:00 Munt 12 tu 26 13:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 30 23:45 Tuschinski 5 su 1 10:00 Tuschinski 4
Masters
American Vagabond Susanna Helke
DocLab: Interactive Reality
Finland, Denmark, 2013, DCP, 85 min James is 18 and gay, and his parents have rejected him. He moves to San Francisco, the “gayest city in the world,” but ends up on the street. th 21 13:15 Tuschinski 5 fr 22 14:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal tu 26 11:30 Tuschinski 4 we 27 22:00 Munt 9 sa 30 15:45 EYE Cinema 2
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 90 min Elderly people talk candidly about their love lives and the role sexuality plays in them. fr 22 13:30 Munt 12 [ I.S.] fr 22 19:30 Tuschinski 1 sa 23 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 24 19:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal [DOC U] fr 29 15:45 Munt 10 su 1 16:30 Munt 11
#Alleman WP
Paradocs
Paradocs: Barbara Visser
Rithy Panh’s Top 10
A.K.
Alone
Paradocs
Hong Kong, France, 2012, DCP, 89 min A poignant portrait of three Chinese sisters aged four, six and ten, who live in the mountains without parents. we 20 19:30 Munt 10 fr 22 12:45 EYE Cinema 1
Video art compilation program in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Pee on Presidents, Doll Parts, Gonda, Jack, 120’ sa 30 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Dutch Competition
69: Love Sex Senior WP 69: Liefde seks senior Menna Laura Meijer
Chris Marker
France, 1985, 35mm, 75 min A behind-the-scenes portrait of great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa shot on the set of Ran: a work of art on the making of a work of art. sa 23 19:45 Tuschinski 6 sa 30 12:00 Tuschinski 6
Program Guide
Bert Hana
The Netherlands, 2013, cross-platform Fifty years after Alleman, theater director Bert Hana leads us through the streets of the Netherlands, digitally captured through Google Street View. su 24 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal su 24 22:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Gudu Wang Bing
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Staged Reality Video art compilation program in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Mr. President, As Long as You Are Not Reminded Too Often, Los Andes, Pareidolia, Staging Silence II, 105’ su 1 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: The Clash
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Masters
Best of Fests
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Speechless
The Armstrong Lie
As Time Goes By in Shanghai EP
Video art compilation program in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Montmartre, The Blank Stare, Tactica, Anima, Brilliant Punitive Raids, 120’ fr 29 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Dutch Competition
Ana Ana WP Petr Lom, Corinne van Egeraat
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 75 min Immediately following the 2011 revolution, four young Egyptian women share their experiences. fr 22 17:00 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] sa 23 21:00 Munt 11 mo 25 13:30 Tuschinski 4 we 27 11:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 29 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 1 10:15 Munt 10
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Los Andes
The Andes Cristobal León, Joaquín Cociña
Chile, 2012, DCP, 4 min A restless primal spirit takes possession of an office: drawings appear on the walls and plant-like forms sprout from the computer. su 1 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Anima Charlotte Dumas
The Netherlands, 2012, DCP, 14 min The muscular horses of the Arlington National Cemetery, the military cemetary near Washington, D.C., are filmed in their vulnerable moments of rest. fr 29 14:00 Tuschinski 6
First Appearance Competition
Ariel IP Laura Bari
Canada, 2013, DCP, 95 min When Ariel from Argentina loses both lower legs in an accident, he immediately decides that he will walk again – on self-made prosthetic legs. fr 22 17:30 Munt 10 su 24 12:45 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] mo 25 11:00 Tuschinski 5 tu 26 18:00 Munt 12 fr 29 21:15 Munt 13 sa 30 10:15 Tuschinski 3
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Alex Gibney
USA, 2013, DCP, 122 min Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour victories, and his years of lying and intimidation will continue to haunt him. An exhaustive reconstruction. th 21 12:15 Munt 11 su 24 10:00 Tuschinski 1 [Extended Q&A] sa 30 20:30 Munt 11
Masters
The Art of Observing Life WP Marina Goldovskaya
USA, Russia, 2013, HDcam, 71 min In this film and master class, pioneers of American documentary making discuss the realization of milestones in the genre’s history. th 21 14:30 Tuschinski 2 sa 23 22:15 EYE Cinema 1 su 24 10:00 Tuschinski 2 mo 25 13:45 Tuschinski 2 th 28 11:30 Munt 13 fr 29 15:45 Munt 13 sa 30 16:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
As Long as You Are Not Reminded Too Often Feiko Beckers
The Netherlands, 2012, DCP, 5 min A red dinner table turns from round to square to triangular in this short artistic film about battling loneliness. su 1 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Music Documentary
As the Palaces Burn WP Don Argott
USA, 2013, DCP, 88 min This portrait of heavy metal band Lamb of God takes a bizarre turn when singer Randy Blythe gets indicted on manslaughter charges. fr 22 17:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 23 22:45 Munt 10 we 27 19:45 Melkweg – Rabozaal fr 29 20:15 Munt 10 su 1 15:45 Munt 9
Uli Gaulke
Germany, The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 90 min A passion for music has protected the oldest jazz band in the world from the ravages of time, but it has also left its mark on them. th 21 21:30 Tuschinski 4 fr 22 10:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 23 14:45 Munt 9 we 27 15:30 Munt 9 fr 29 16:30 Melkweg – Rabozaal su 1 10:30 Munt 13
First Appearance Competition
Ashes WP
Cendres Idrissa Guiro, Mélanie Pavy
France, Senegal, 2013, DCP, 74 min Following the death of her mother Kyoko in Paris, Akiko returns her ashes to the land of her birth, in line with Japanese tradition. fr 22 18:00 Munt 13 [ I.S.] sa 23 19:15 Tuschinski 3 su 24 22:45 Munt 12 mo 25 11:15 Munt 10 tu 26 20:15 Munt 12 sa 30 14:15 Munt 13
Paradocs
Ashura
Asura Köken Ergun
Turkey, 2013, DCP, 24 min Shiite Muslim boys take part in a commemoration of Hussein, Mohammed’s grandson. They understand the tradition’s gravity, but they are too young to stay serious the whole time. sa 23 15:30 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 21:45 Tuschinski 6 su 1 16:15 Tuschinski 6
Masters
At Berkeley Frederick Wiseman
USA, 2013, DCP, 244 min An extensive portrait of the prestigious University of California, Berkeley as it strives to provide independent, high-quality public education in the face of financial deficits. th 21 19:15 EYE Cinema 1 fr 22 11:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 23 12:45 Tuschinski 4 th 28 11:45 Munt 10 fr 29 12:15 Tuschinski 5
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Dutch Competition
Music Documentary
Based on the Same Story
Awake in a Bad Dream WP
Basically, Johnny Moped
Blind Spot. Hitler’s Secretary
Wakker in een boze droom Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 114 min Three women’s lives are turned upside down as they struggle with the physical and emotional aftermath of a breast cancer diagnosis. sa 23 13:00 Munt 13 [ I.S.] su 24 15:45 Tuschinski 1 mo 25 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 tu 26 21:30 Munt 9 fr 29 11:30 Munt 11 su 1 16:00 Tuschinski 2
Panorama
Barbaric Land
Pays barbare Angela Ricci-Lucchi, Yervant Gianikian France, 2013, DCP, 65 min A hallucinatory trip through archives of material from the Italian imperialist period of the 1920s and 1930s. This journey into history helps us better understand our own times. we 20 17:00 Munt 12 th 21 12:00 Munt 12 sa 23 19:45 Munt 12 tu 26 22:45 Tuschinski 4 we 27 11:15 Tuschinski 2
First Appearance Competition
Barre’s Silence WP
Sokoote Barre Morvarid Peyda, Mehrdad Ahmadpour
Iran, 2013, DCP, 68 min Inhabitants of a remote Iranian village speculate and argue about the performance of their local pride and joy, Barre the fighting bull. mo 25 09:45 Munt 13 [ I.S.] tu 26 20:15 Tuschinski 5 we 27 12:30 Munt 12 th 28 15:00 Munt 12 fr 29 12:15 Munt 12 sa 30 12:30 Tuschinski 5
Kids & Docs
The Barrel EP
El galón Anabel Cristina Rodríguez
England, Venezuela, 2013, DCP, 11 min Luis David lives in Congo Mirador, literally in Lake Maracaibo – the biggest oil field in Venezuela. He is looking for an oil drum to race in. mo 25 14:45 Tuschinski 6 th 28 13:45 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 14:15 EYE Cinema 2
Program Guide
Fred Burns
England, 2013, HDcam, 77 min A nostalgic portrait of the peculiar London-based punk band Johnny Moped, consigned to oblivion following initial success in the 1970s. th 21 22:30 Munt 13 fr 22 22:15 Compagnie – Grote Zaal th 28 19:30 Melkweg – Rabozaal fr 29 16:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 30 20:45 Munt 13
Niek Koppen in Focus
The Battle of the Java Sea De slag in de Javazee Niek Koppen
The Netherlands, 1995, 35mm, 135 min An intriguing investigation into the confrontation between Japanese and Allied naval forces in 1942, during which the old and the new age came to blows. we 20 17:30 Tuschinski 6 we 27 10:00 Tuschinski 6
Paradocs
The Bed Is Broken IP Raluca Racean Gorgos
Romania, 2013, DCP, 24 min Two Romanian boys roam around an abandoned building, looking for metal to sell to the scrap dealer. fr 22 16:00 Tuschinski 5 th 28 19:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 21:45 Tuschinski 5
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia
Behind the Screen WP Aung Nwai Htway
Myanmar, 2013, DCP, 35 min The heartrending scenes that two Burmese film icons acted out onscreen in the 1960s are eerily reminiscent of their real lives. sa 23 18:00 Tuschinski 5 tu 26 12:00 Munt 9 th 28 22:00 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 15:15 Tuschinski 4
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
The Blank Stare Gabriel Lester
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 15 min In a seamless fashion, this silent film moves through five rooms, from the everyday to infinity. fr 29 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Im toten Winkel. Hitler’s sekretärin André Heller, Othmar Schmiderer
Austria, 2001, video, 90 min Eighty-one-year-old Traudl Junge looks back on her naïve younger years as Hitler’s private secretary, from the end of 1942 to his final days in the Berlin bunker. we 20 12:30 Munt 13 fr 22 19:15 EYE Cinema 2
Mid-Length Competition
Blood WP
Krov Alina Rudnitskaya
Russia, 2013, DCP, 59 min This vivid black-and-white film centers around a mobile blood bank in Russia, where each day many Russians donate their valuable blood for 850 rubles($26). fr 22 09:30 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] sa 23 22:45 Tuschinski 4 tu 26 13:30 Tuschinski 5 we 27 19:15 Tuschinski 5 th 28 15:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 29 11:00 Munt 9
Dutch Competition
Borders WP
Grenzen Jacqueline van Vugt
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 85 min Africans migrating to Europe have to make their way through brutal border areas where violence, extortion and exhaustion are all commonplace. th 21 20:00 Munt 11 fr 22 12:15 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] sa 23 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 th 28 10:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 29 13:00 Munt 9 su 1 16:15 Munt 10
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia
Boundary
Fahtum Pandinsoong Nontawat Numbenchapol
Thailand, France, Cambodia, 2013, DCP, 96 min This unorthodox road movie unravels the tangled border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over the Preah Vihear Hindu temple. we 20 13:00 Tuschinski 5 th 21 20:15 Tuschinski 3 [Extended Q&A] sa 23 15:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 10:00 Munt 11
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Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia
IDFA DocLab Competition
Student Competition
The Brick IP
Burn Out WP
Carl & Niels IP
Htoo Tay Zar, Htuu Lou Rae, Min Thu Aung, Yan Naing Ko, Zin No No Zaw
Myanmar, Poland, 2013, DCP, 15 min The repetitive actions of the inhabitants of a Burmese village, all working towards a common goal: the production of huge quantities of bricks. su 24 21:00 Tuschinski 2 mo 25 13:15 Munt 10 tu 26 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 we 27 13:30 Munt 9 su 1 16:30 Tuschinski 3
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Brilliant Punitive Raids Juul Hondius
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 12 min An artistic reconstruction of the assassination of PLO leader Abu Jihad in 1988, which zooms in on the personal experience of two Israeli soldiers. fr 29 14:00 Tuschinski 6
First Appearance Competition, Dutch Competition
Broadcasting the End – A Tale About a Magic Mountain WP Verslag van het einde – een verhaal over een magische berg Martijn Payens
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 47 min A story about a magic mountain in the South of France, and even more about what a media hype can do to a sleepy village. fr 22 12:45 Munt 13 [ I.S.] su 24 21:00 Tuschinski 2 mo 25 13:15 Munt 10 tu 26 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 we 27 13:30 Munt 9 su 1 16:30 Tuschinski 3
Paradocs: Barbara Visser
Burden of Dreams Les Blank
USA, 1982, DCP, 94 min A disconcerting account of the insane circumstances surrounding the filming of Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo. fr 22 22:15 Tuschinski 5 we 27 13:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal
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Le grand incendie Samuel Bollendorff, Olivia Colo
Alexander Lind
France, 2013, cross-platform This shocking web documentary captures the recent wave of suicides in France, which is on the verge of a collective burnout. On display at the Interactive Reality exhibition at De Brakke Grond throughout the festival.
Denmark, 2013, DCP, 29 min Twin brothers Carl and Niels were inseparable as children, but now that they have grown up they face losing one another. su 24 15:00 Munt 9 tu 26 14:15 Munt 9 th 28 20:00 Tuschinski 3 sa 30 22:30 EYE Cinema 2 su 1 12:15 Tuschinski 3
Rithy Panh Retrospective
Paradocs
The Burnt Theatre
Castles in Spain WP
Rithy Panh
Cambodia, France, 2005, video, 83 min A tribute to the eradicated national theater tradition in Cambodia, set against the backdrop of the burned down National Theater in Phnom Penh. we 20 17:30 Munt 13 th 21 10:00 Tuschinski 6
Des châteaux en Espagne Pauline Horovitz
Student Competition
France, 2013, DCP, 26 min A wry portrait of a Jewish father whose suitcase is always packed to leave to Spain, the El Dorado for favorable conditions for survival. su 24 15:45 Tuschinski 5 we 27 22:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 19:45 Tuschinski 5
The Call
Student Competition
Lokroep Reber Dosky
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 25 min Can a goatherd manage to persuade his son to abandon life in Istanbul and return to his ancestral Kurdish home? we 20 15:45 Tuschinski 5 th 21 11:15 Tuschinski 3 fr 22 10:00 Tuschinski 5 fr 29 20:00 Tuschinski 4 su 1 16:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Masters
Capitalism at Crossroad Street IP Kapitalisms Skersiela Ivars Seleckis
Celebration IP Praznovanje Dajan Javorac
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013, DCP, 10 min In the icy cold, a mother and son make preparations for their Christmas celebrations on Mount Manjaca, far away from the inhabited world. we 20 21:30 Munt 12 fr 22 20:00 EYE Cinema 1 sa 23 14:15 Munt 10 tu 26 11:45 Tuschinski 5 we 27 17:15 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 19:15 Tuschinski 3
First Appearance Competition
Latvia, 2013, DCP, 102 min A sensitive, mildly ironic portrait of Crossroad Street in the Latvian capital of Riga. How are the residents faring in these uncertain times? th 21 14:45 Tuschinski 4 su 24 17:00 EYE Cinema 1 mo 25 18:15 Tuschinski 3 th 28 17:15 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 22:45 Munt 13
#chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator WP Joe Piscatella
USA, Syria, 2013, DCP, 74 min An 19-year-old American student has been helping to coordinate the Syrian revolution from a suburb of Chicago since 2011, armed with all imaginable social networks. th 21 18:00 Munt 9 fr 22 22:15 EYE Cinema 1 sa 23 09:30 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] sa 23 17:00 Munt 9 mo 25 17:15 Tuschinski 6 [DOC U] we 27 22:45 Tuschinski 4 fr 29 19:30 Munt 9
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Kids & Docs
Stand-Up Documentary
Panorama
Chikara – The Sumo Wrestler’s Son WP
Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor IP
Crustaceans WP
Sumobryderens søn Simon Lereng Wilmont
Denmark, 2013, DCP, 32 min Chikara is a 10-year-old sumo wrestler hoping to win an important match and make his father proud, but he is beset by feelings of insecurity. mo 25 14:45 Tuschinski 6 th 28 13:45 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 14:15 EYE Cinema 2
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia, Stand-Up Documentary
Chocolate Comedy Komedi coklat Chairun Nissa
Indonesia, 2013, video, 13 min A seven-year-old Indonesian stand-up comedian knows precisely how to milk the parent-child relationship onstage. th 21 18:30 Munt 13 fr 22 20:00 Toomler mo 25 20:30 Munt 13 we 27 18:00 Munt 10 fr 29 20:30 Tuschinski 6 su 1 16:45 Munt 13
Feature-Length Competition
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers WP Sam Benstead
England, 2013, HDcam, 75 min The newly formed nation of South Sudan employs a Serbian coach to get its national soccer team up and running. th 21 20:30 Tuschinski 2 fr 22 13:15 Munt 10 sa 23 16:15 Munt 10 su 24 15:45 Munt 13 [ I.S.] th 28 22:45 Tuschinski 2 fr 29 11:45 Tuschinski 2 sa 30 12:15 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
First Appearance Competition
The Coal Miner’s Day WP Le jour du mineur Gaël Mocaër
France, 2013, DCP, 80 min An oppressive and revealing impression of work in a coal mine in Ukraine. th 21 14:15 Munt 13 [ I.S.] fr 22 18:00 Tuschinski 4 su 24 11:15 Tuschinski 4 mo 25 20:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 28 11:45 Tuschinski 3 fr 29 13:15 Tuschinski 4
Program Guide
John Wager
USA, 2013, DCP, 74 min Don’t whine, laugh! That’s the motto of five American veterans who were disabled in Iraq or Afghanistan and are now trying to make it in stand-up comedy. th 21 19:30 Munt 12 fr 22 14:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 23 20:00 Toomler mo 25 16:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal we 27 22:45 EYE Cinema 2
Best of Fests
The Condemned IP Nick Read
Russia, England, 2013, DCP, 80 min In one of the most remote places in the world, Russian prisoners talk candidly about their crimes and serving their time in Federal Penal Colony No. 56. sa 23 20:15 Tuschinski 5 su 24 13:45 Tuschinski 5 mo 25 18:00 EYE Cinema 1 th 28 20:00 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 23:30 Munt 11 sa 30 19:00 Munt 9
Emerging Voices from S.E. Asia
Consider EP Panu Saeng-Xuto
Thailand, 2013, DCP, 20 min Having survived a suicide attempt, Thai transgender Tay is once again proudly walking around at school in a red dress. su 24 17:45 Tuschinski 5 mo 25 17:15 Tuschinski 6 [DOC U] tu 26 19:15 Munt 9 we 27 15:15 Tuschinski 6 th 28 22:15 Tuschinski 3 fr 29 14:15 Munt 12
Masters
The Crash Reel Lucy Walker
USA, 2013, HDcam, 108 min After an accident that left him with a brain injury, snowboarding champion Kevin Pearce can’t wait to return to the slopes, and his family can’t believe what they’re hearing. we 20 20:45 Munt 9 th 21 17:00 Tuschinski 4 [DOC U] sa 23 20:00 Tuschinski 4 [ VPRO Extra] tu 26 12:00 Tuschinski 1 we 27 14:15 Munt 11 th 28 12:15 Tuschinski 1 sa 30 19:30 Podium Mozaïek
Crustáceos Vicente Perez Herrero
Spain, 2013, DCP, 90 min An ode to love in the time of crisis, set against the backdrop of massive protests against the dismantling of social rights in Spain. th 21 21:30 Munt 12 fr 22 17:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 23 10:45 Munt 11 we 27 15:15 EYE Cinema 1 th 28 17:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Best of Fests
Cutie and the Boxer Zachary Heinzerling
USA, 2013, DCP, 82 min Humor and tragedy take turns in this tender portrait of Japanese artists Noriko Shinohara and her “boxing artist” husband Ushio. we 20 17:15 Munt 10 th 21 22:30 EYE Cinema 2 sa 23 10:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 28 22:30 EYE Cinema 1 fr 29 15:15 Munt 9 su 1 10:00 Munt 11
Best of Fests
Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus EP Madeleine Sackler
USA, 2013, DCP, 76 min A portrait of the underground theater company Belarus Free Theatre, filmed before and in the year after the elections won by dictator Alexander Lukashenko. th 21 15:15 Munt 11 fr 22 22:30 Munt 9 su 24 12:00 Tuschinski 2 [ Movies that Matter] we 27 13:30 EYE Cinema 1 fr 29 17:45 Munt 11 sa 30 14:30 Tuschinski 5
WWI: the First War on Screen
A Day in the Life of a Munition Worker
England, 1917, 35mm, 12 min The dangerous work done by women in wartime is documented in a unique way in this reconstruction of a typical day at an arms factory. sa 23 14:15 EYE Cinema 3
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Dutch Competition
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
Days at the Lennon Park WP
Desert Runners
Dirty Wars
Jennifer Steinman
Richard Rowley
Los dias del Parque Lennon Annelies Kruk
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 45 min A bronze John Lennon sits on a park bench in Havana, and his regular visitors talk about how he inspires them. th 21 18:00 Munt 12 [ I.S.] mo 25 20:30 Tuschinski 2 tu 26 13:30 Munt 10 we 27 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 sa 30 10:30 Tuschinski 5 su 1 16:45 Tuschinski 5
Panorama
USA, 2013, DCP, 95 min Every year, running events are organized in the most inhospitable deserts of the world. In just five days, the competitors have to slog their way through sand for 250 kilometers (155 miles). we 20 14:45 Munt 10 fr 22 13:15 Munt 11 su 24 10:30 Munt 9 mo 25 17:30 Tuschinski 4 we 27 22:15 Tuschinski 1 th 28 22:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
The Death of Jaime Roldós IP
Best of Fests
La Muerte de Jaime Roldós Lisandra I. Rivera, Manolo Sarmiento
IDFAcademy Results
IDFAcademy Results
Ecuador, Argentina, 2013, DCP, 123 min Was it an accident in 1981 that killed Jaime Roldós, the first democratically elected president of Ecuador, or was it a brutal attack? fr 22 20:15 Munt 13 mo 25 18:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 29 17:15 Tuschinski 3 sa 30 17:00 Tuschinski 5
Masters
Death Row II Werner Herzog
USA, 2012, DCP, 208 min Werner Herzog speaks to four death row inmates in candid interviews about their crimes and life behind bars. sa 23 14:45 EYE Cinema 1 [ Part 1 & 2] sa 23 17:15 EYE Cinema 1 [ Part 3 & 4] we 27 19:30 EYE Cinema 1 [ Part 1 & 2] we 27 22:00 EYE Cinema 1 [ Part 3 & 4]
Masters
Demonstration WP Victor Kossakovsky, 32 Students
Russia, Spain, 2013, HDcam, 70 min A “film ballet” in which footage of violent protests in Barcelona in March 2012 enters into a special relationship with classical music. fr 22 17:15 Tuschinski 1 sa 23 20:45 Munt 10 mo 25 22:30 Tuschinski 2 tu 26 11:15 Tuschinski 6 we 27 22:15 Compagnie – Grote Zaal fr 29 23:15 Tuschinski 5 su 1 14:00 Podium Mozaïek
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Feature-Length Competition
Displaced Perssons IP
The Devil’s Lair EP
Familjen Persson i främmande land Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren
Riaan Hendricks
South Africa, 2013, DCP, 82 min A confronting and intimate cinema verité portrait of the aging South African drug dealer Braaim, who must face a turf dispute with rival gangs and a marital crisis. th 21 17:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 22 15:45 Munt 9 sa 23 10:45 Munt 9 su 24 22:15 Tuschinski 5 tu 26 19:45 Tuschinski 6 th 28 10:15 Munt 12
Panorama
dinosaurs EP Terra Long
Canada, 2013, DCP, 12 min The apparently innocuous drawings by the five-year-old Morgan in fact reflect the traumas he suffered at the hands of his monstrous father th 21 14:30 Tuschinski 6 mo 25 16:00 Munt 12 tu 26 20:15 Tuschinski 3 we 27 10:00 Munt 10 fr 29 18:15 Munt 12
Panorama
The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts EP Christina Voros
USA, 2013, DCP, 86 min A terrifying, revealing journey through the world of covert operations, which are lurking behind more than 10 years of the War on Terror. we 20 11:45 Munt 11 th 21 22:30 Munt 9 fr 22 17:00 EYE Cinema 2 sa 23 12:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 28 10:15 Tuschinski 1 su 1 12:00 Munt 12
USA, Italy, 2013, DCP, 95 min A year in the professional life of Frida Gianni, the levelheaded creative director of Italian fashion house Gucci. th 21 12:15 Tuschinski 2 sa 23 18:30 Munt 11 mo 25 13:30 EYE Cinema 1 tu 26 13:15 Tuschinski 3 th 28 16:30 Munt 10 sa 30 20:45 Tuschinski 2
Sweden, 2013, DCP, 81 min Pelle Persson left Sweden 40 years ago, and ended up in Pakistan. Now he is returning, with a family he started far from his country of birth. fr 22 20:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 23 13:15 Munt 11 su 24 12:15 Munt 13 [ I.S.] mo 25 14:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 30 23:00 EYE Cinema 1 su 1 10:00 Tuschinski 2
DocLab: Interactive Reality
DocLab Live: #Alleman & Street Ghosts Multimedia theatre premiere and present-day remake of Bert Haanstra’s 50 year old portrait of Dutch society, created inside Google Street View. Presented together with Street Ghosts by Paolo Cirio. Part of Interactive Reality organized with De Brakke Grond. su 24 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal su 24 22:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab: Interactive Reality
DocLab Live: firestarters presents Emotional Arcade A live cinema event on the intersection of science, human emotion and documentary storytelling. Expect thought-provoking challenges with the audience and biometric data collected live on stage. Hosted by Brent Hoff and Alexander Reben (Emotional Arcade), William Uricchio (MIT) and organized in collaboration with firestarters by Vodafone. Part of Interactive Reality organized with De Brakke Grond. fr 22 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
DocLab
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Rithy Panh Retrospective
DocLab Live: Jonathan Harris and the Slow Web
Doll Parts
Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell
A delicious live screening of digital masterpieces by Jonathan Harris including We Feel Fine and I Love Your Work - served with small culinary creations designed by chef Gilbert Kolff (Food Film Festival) and introduced by Hans Maarten van den Brink (Mediafonds). Part of Interactive Reality organized with Brakke Grond. sa 23 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab: Interactive Reality
DocLab Live: Playing with Reality Interactive showcase of three game-changing, playable documentaries, including 17000 Islands, Type:Rider and the NFB’s Fort McMoney, one of the most ambitious documentary games ever made. Part of Interactive Reality organized with De Brakke Grond. mo 25 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab: Interactive Reality
DocLab Live: The Age of the Interface A live cinema celebration of storytelling the age of the interface. With internet pioneers Vincent Morisset and Moniker, cardboard interfaces, connected smartphones, interactive music videos and edible cameras. Part of Interactive Reality organised with De Brakke Grond. tu 26 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
First Appearance Competition
Documented IP Jose Antonio Vargas
USA, 2013, DCP, 90 min In 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas publicly announced that he is an illegal immigrant, and started fighting for the legal recognition of others like him in the United States. th 21 22:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 22 16:00 Munt 13 [ I.S.] sa 23 10:30 Tuschinski 4 mo 25 16:00 Tuschinski 3 th 28 22:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 12:30 Munt 9
Program Guide
Muzi Quawson
USA, 2012, DCP, 10 min The daily lives of two young musicians in Los Angeles show how traces of Americana are alive and kicking in the fringes of modern culture. sa 30 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Top 10, Based on the Same Story
Dont Look Back D.A. Pennebaker
USA, 1967, 35mm, 96 min This classic documentary of Bob Dylan’s 1965 British tour is an undeniable masterpiece of Direct Cinema. th 21 14:15 EYE Cinema 1 tu 26 18:45 EYE Cinema 2
Based on the Same Story
Downfall
Der Untergang Oliver Hirschbiegel
Germany, Austria, Italy, 2004, 35mm, 156 min A narrative film about Hitler’s last days, as seen through the eyes of his secretary, Traudl Junge. fr 22 21:45 EYE Cinema 2
IDFA DocLab Competition
Dream Homes Property Consultants WP Alexandra Handal
England, 2013, cross-platform Presenting itself as a high-end real estate agency’s website, this labyrinthine web-documentary uses expropriated houses to uncover Palestinian stories of displacement from West Jerusalem.
Best of Fests
Drill Baby Drill Lech Kowalski
France, 2013, HDcam, 84 min The residents of a village in the fertile east of Poland oppose plans by power company Chevron to drill for shale gas in their region. th 21 20:30 Munt 13 fr 22 20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal sa 23 13:15 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 15:30 Munt 10 we 27 14:00 Munt 10 th 28 16:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 30 10:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Duch, le maître des forges de l’enfer Rithy Panh
Cambodia, France, 2011, video, 110 min A disturbing and remarkably candid interview with a Khmer Rouge camp commander that reveals the banality of mass murderers. we 20 22:00 Munt 13 th 21 12:15 EYE Cinema 2
Paradocs
Dust Breeding
Élevage de poussière Sarah Vanagt
Belgium, 2013, video, 47 min During the trial of Radovan Karadzic, artist Sarah Vanagt examines the courtroom using a sheet of paper and a pencil. th 21 18:30 Tuschinski 6 we 27 20:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 29 16:30 Tuschinski 6
Niek Koppen in Focus
Dutch Darlings WP Levende klederdracht Niek Koppen
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 55 min You don’t only find traditional costumes in museums, as we see from this shrinking group of Dutch women who wear traditional costumes in everyday life. th 21 17:30 Munt 11 fr 22 12:45 Tuschinski 6
Mid-Length Competition
Ecopolis China WP IDFAcademy Results Ekopolis Anna-Karin Grönroos
Finland, 2013, DCP, 59 min A Finnish engineer and a Chinese multimillionaire share a dream of a hyper-sustainable Silicon Valley in China, but there is a clash of visions. fr 22 20:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 23 12:00 Munt 10 su 24 10:00 Munt 12 [ I.S.] su 24 22:15 Munt 10 we 27 13:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 29 14:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 30 10:30 Munt 13
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DocLab: Interactive Reality
Mid-Length Competition
Feature-Length Competition
Emotional Arcade WP
Everything Is Possible IP
Farewell to Hollywood WP
Brent Hoff, Alexander Reben
USA, 2013, cross-platform This interactive installation invites you to compete in “emotional competitions” using modified EEG headsets, biometric sensors and carnivalesque props. th 21 20:00 Brakke Grond Witte Zaal fr 22 16:00 Brakke Grond Witte Zaal fr 22 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 23 16:00 Brakke Grond Witte Zaal sa 23 20:00 Brakke Grond Witte Zaal su 24 16:00 Brakke Grond Witte Zaal
Music Documentary
Europe in 8 Bits WP Javier Polo
Spain, 2013, DCP, 75 min In the 1990s, they were playing Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. on their Gameboys, and now they’re using the same devices to thrill audiences with exciting chip music. sa 23 20:30 Melkweg – Rabozaal [With Live Performance]
su 24 15:00 Tuschinski 3 mo 25 22:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 29 23:00 Melkweg – Rabozaal sa 30 23:30 Munt 9
Based on the Same Story
Everybody Dies, But Me Vse umrut, a ya ostanus Valeriya Gaï Germanika
Russia, 2008, video, 81 min Russian teenage girls Janka, Katya and Vika are best friends forever, but as the night of the big dance approaches, opportunism proves stronger than loyalty. we 20 20:30 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 15:45 EYE Cinema 2
Panorama
Everyday Rebellion The Riahi Brothers
Austria, Switzerland, Germany, 2013, DCP, 118 min A kaleidoscopic look at alternative and creative forms of protest in the world, showing that nonviolent resistance is more effective than the violent version. we 20 14:15 Munt 12 fr 22 17:30 EYE Cinema 1 we 27 16:45 Munt 11 th 28 14:30 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] fr 29 16:15 Tuschinski 2 sa 30 22:30 Tuschinski 4
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Wszystko jest mozliwe Lidia Duda
Henry Corra, Regina Nicholson
Poland, 2013, DCP, 54 min The husband tells the story while his wife travels. Elderly but full of life, a Polish couple exposes the anatomy of an unorthodox marriage. sa 23 17:30 Tuschinski 6 su 24 15:00 Munt 12 [ I.S.] mo 25 20:00 EYE Cinema 1 tu 26 21:15 Munt 13 we 27 22:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 29 17:30 Munt 13
IDFA DocLab Competition
The Faces of Facebook WP Natalia Rojas
USA, Argentina, 2013, cross-platform This website compresses 1.2 billion Facebook profile photos into a fullscreen mosaic, and a remarkable world atlas. On display at the Interactive Reality exhibition at De Brakke Grond throughout the festival.
Panorama
Facing Fear IP Jason Cohen
USA, 2013, DCP, 23 min Twenty-five years after being savagely beaten for being gay, Matthew Boger and one of his assailants, Tim Zaal, are brought together by fate. th 21 20:15 Tuschinski 6 mo 25 15:15 Munt 10 tu 26 17:30 Tuschinski 6 we 27 19:30 Munt 11 we 27 20:15 Munt 10 fr 29 18:15 Tuschinski 6
Kids & Docs
Farewell My School
Selamat tinggal sekolahku Ucu Agustin
Indonesia, 2013, video, 13 min Lintang will go to a regular school, leaving his friends at a school for children with a visual handicap. With his buddies, he practices for a spectacular farewell performance. mo 25 14:45 Tuschinski 6 th 28 13:45 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 14:15 EYE Cinema 2
USA, 2013, DCP, 123 min A heartwarming yet heartbreaking and controversial ode to 17-year-old Reggie, who is struggling with cancer, her family and the realization of her cinematic dream. fr 22 22:00 Tuschinski 1 sa 23 09:30 Munt 12 [ I.S.] mo 25 20:30 Munt 9 tu 26 11:00 Munt 11 we 27 16:15 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] th 28 17:30 Tuschinski 2 su 1 11:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Rithy Panh’s Top 10
Farrebique – The Four Seasons
Farrebique – les quatres saisons Georges Rouquier
France, 1946, 35mm, 90 min Over the course of four seasons, this partly fictional documentary from 1946 shows life on farmstead Farrebique, which has been owned by the same family for generations. fr 22 13:15 EYE Cinema 2 tu 26 13:45 EYE Cinema 2
Mid-Length Competition
Father Figures IP Gillian Hrankowski, April Butler
Canada, 2013, DCP, 58 min Canadian filmmaker April Butler presents her personal struggle with her 73-year-old father’s relationship with a Filipino woman 50 years his junior. sa 23 15:15 Munt 13 [ I.S.] sa 23 20:15 Munt 13 su 24 15:30 Munt 10 mo 25 20:00 Tuschinski 4 [ VPRO Extra] we 27 16:15 Munt 10 sa 30 12:30 Munt 13
Dutch Competition
FC Rwanda WP Joris Postema
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 57 min Twenty years after the genocide, the government contends that ethnicity no longer plays a role Rwanda, and the army soccer team sets out to prove it. sa 23 18:15 Munt 13 [ I.S.] mo 25 20:00 Munt 10 tu 26 13:30 Tuschinski 4 we 27 20:15 Munt 12 th 28 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 1 14:45 Munt 13
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Student Competition
IDFA DocLab Competition
Best of Fests
Final Destination WP
Fort McMoney WP
The Ghosts in Our Machine
David Dufresne
Liz Marshall
First Appearance Competition
Canada, 2013, cross-platform A groundbreaking fusion of documentary and video game in which visitors play the detective, unraveling the interests that lurk behind the Canadian oil industry. On display at the Interactive Reality exhibition at De Brakke Grond throughout the festival. mo 25 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
First to Fall WP
Panorama
Based on the Same Story
Galutinis Tikslas Ricardas Marcinkus
Lithuania, 2013, DCP, 65 min A Lithuanian prisoner is released after 28 years, but soon returns to a drugfuelled life on the streets. fr 22 12:15 Tuschinski 5 mo 25 22:45 Tuschinski 3 tu 26 22:15 Munt 12 we 27 18:30 Munt 12
Rachel Beth Anderson
England, USA, 2013, DCP, 80 min Two Libyans studying in Canada return to their birth country with cameras and guns, and join the war against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. th 21 19:45 Tuschinski 5 su 24 17:15 Munt 9 mo 25 14:00 Munt 12 [ I.S.] tu 26 22:30 Munt 10 sa 30 16:30 EYE Cinema 1 su 1 10:15 Tuschinski 3
Rithy Panh’s Top 10
The Football Incident
Une histoire de ballon, lycée no. 3: Pékin Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens France, 1976, video, 20 min A report on an ideological debate between a teacher and students at a Chinese high school, prompted by an incident with a ball at the end of breaktime. su 24 19:30 EYE Cinema 1 mo 25 11:45 Tuschinski 6
First Appearance Competition
Forest of the Dancing Spirits EP De dansande andarnas skog Linda Västrik
Sweden, Canada, 2013, DCP, 104 min Ancient myths and personal drama feature in this portrait of the Aka, a tribe of pygmies in Central Africa. sa 23 15:00 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] mo 25 17:45 Tuschinski 5 tu 26 20:00 Munt 10 we 27 10:00 Munt 12 fr 29 16:00 Munt 12 sa 30 22:15 Tuschinski 6
The Fourth Brother WP Si ge Tong Xu
China, 2013, HDcam, 86 min An intimate black-and-white portrait of an ex-con getting back to his old tricks after spending half his life in jail. tu 26 19:00 Munt 13 we 27 20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal th 28 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal fr 29 11:30 Munt 13 su 1 12:00 Tuschinski 6
Girls
Devochki Valeriya Gaï Germanika
Russia, 2006, video, 46 min A candid, unpolished window into the lives of marginalized teenagers, trying with and in spite of one another to find a place and a purpose in a society that doesn’t care. we 20 20:30 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 15:45 EYE Cinema 2
WWI: the First War on Screen
Treasures – Restored Oscar® Films
Friedensverhandlungen in Brest-Litowsk
Glas Bert Haanstra
Germany, 1918, 35mm, 9 min A short documentary about the 1917 peace negotiations between Germany and the Soviets in Brest-Litovsk, now Brest, in Belarus. su 24 12:45 EYE Cinema 3
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia
Gaddafi IP Panu Aree, Kong Rithdee, Kaweenipon Ketprasit
Thailand, 2013, DCP, 23 min A Thai Muslim still thinks his choice to name his son Gaddafi was a good one, but the boy’s mother isn’t so sure anymore. th 21 18:00 Tuschinski 3 [Extended Q&A] fr 22 22:30 Tuschinski 4 sa 23 12:45 Tuschinski 5 mo 25 15:30 Tuschinski 4
Based on the Same Story
General Idi Amin Dada
Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait Barbet Schroeder
France, 1974, 35mm, 92 min Filmed as an exercise in propaganda, this 1974 portrait of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin provides a nuanced impression of a dangerous man. mo 25 19:00 EYE Cinema 2 th 28 12:00 Tuschinski 6
Program Guide
Canada, 2013, DCP, 92 min A plea for animal rights seen through the lens of photographer Jo-Anne McArthur, whom we follow on her mission to raise animal awareness. th 21 10:00 Tuschinski 2 sa 23 22:30 Tuschinski 5 tu 26 16:15 EYE Cinema 1 [DOC U] th 28 17:00 Tuschinski 1 [Extended Q&A] fr 29 12:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 30 14:45 Tuschinski 3
Glass
The Netherlands, 1958, DCP, 10 min Oscar®-winning short, artistic film on the art of glassblowing: a rhythmical ballet between hot glass and the precise timing of the craftsman. fr 22 20:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 30 12:30 EYE Cinema 1
Niek Koppen in Focus
Gold
Goud Niek Koppen
The Netherlands, 2007, video, 106 min An insider’s view of the intensive preparations for the 2006 Women’s Hockey World Cup, which the Dutch team won that year for the first time in 16 years. we 20 15:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 22 10:15 Tuschinski 6
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Gonda Ursula Mayer
England, 2012, DCP, 31 min This critical reading of Ayn Rand’s play “Ideal” (1934) offers a counterpoint to its stubbornly anti-altruistic and individualistic philosophical position. sa 30 14:00 Tuschinski 6
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Mid-Length Competition
Kids & Docs
Treasures – Restored Oscar® Films
The Good Son WP
Hear This!
High Stakes in the East
Shirly Berkovitz
Israel, 2013, DCP, 52 min Twenty-two year old Or tricks his parents into financing his sex change operation, and then returns to Tel Aviv to face her family. fr 22 15:45 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] su 24 17:45 Tuschinski 5 tu 26 19:15 Munt 9 we 27 15:15 Tuschinski 6 th 28 22:15 Tuschinski 3 fr 29 14:15 Munt 12
IDFAcademy Results Moet je horen! Soulaima El Khaldi
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 16 min Tristan would like his father to be the coach for his soccer team. But his dad is deaf, and Tristan’s club isn’t keen on that. su 24 15:30 Tuschinski 4 we 27 13:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 30 14:30 Tuschinski 4
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia
Paradocs: Barbara Visser
Grandfather IP
Henri-George Clouzot’s Inferno
Phuong Thao Dong
Vietnam, 2012, video, 10 min This intimate portrait of the slow fading away of a grandfather teaches us that listening is just as valuable as looking. sa 23 20:15 Munt 13 su 24 15:30 Munt 10 mo 25 20:00 Tuschinski 4 [ VPRO Extra] we 27 16:15 Munt 10 th 28 19:30 Podium Mozaïek fr 29 11:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 30 12:30 Munt 13
Masters
Happiness WP Thomas Balmès
France, Finland, 2013, DCP, 75 min In Bhutan, the advent of TV in 1999 brought a revolution to the mountain villages, where Buddhist monasteries were now competing with the modern window on the world. th 21 16:30 Tuschinski 2 fr 22 15:30 Munt 11 sa 23 23:45 Tuschinski 1 su 24 21:45 Tuschinski 3 mo 25 11:30 Tuschinski 4 th 28 20:00 Munt 13 fr 29 21:00 EYE Cinema 2
Stand-Up Documentary
The Happy Sad Route (and a Comedian) WP Linda Hakeboom
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 50 min Dutch comedian Jan Jaap van der Wal travels to the former Yugoslavia, where a fledgling comedy scene attempts to get past the traumas of its recent history. su 24 22:30 Toomler tu 26 11:45 Munt 13 sa 30 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Program Guide
L’enfer de Henri-Georges Clouzot Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea
France, 2009, DCP, 102 min Playing with the editing and lighting of the original footage, Serge Bromberg exposes the bizarre story behind the failure of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s megalomaniac film project Inferno. su 24 21:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 11:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Panorama
Hidden Wounds WP Tomas Kaan, Arnold van Bruggen
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 8 min Subdued video clip for a song by the Belgian band band dEUS, showing sober portraits of war veterans suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. On display at the Interactive Reality exhibition at De Brakke Grond throughout the festival. sa 23 18:30 Tuschinski 2 tu 26 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 we 27 16:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 28 13:30 Munt 9 su 1 10:00 Munt 12
IDFA DocLab Competition
Hidden Wounds Interactive WP Tomas Kaan, Prospektor
The Netherlands, 2013, cross-platform An interactive version of a subdued video about the lives of war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. On display at the Interactive Reality exhibition at De Brakke Grond throughout the festival.
John Fernhout
The Netherlands, 1942, DCP, 10 min Nominated for an Oscar® during World War II, this propaganda film (commisioned by the Dutch government in exile) tells the American people why the Dutch East Indies matter to them as well. fr 22 20:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 30 12:30 EYE Cinema 1
WWI: the First War on Screen
Hochseefischerei der Deutschen Marine
Germany, 1918, 35mm, 21 min Food scarcity during World War I meant that fish sorting took place under the supervision of German military officers. sa 23 14:15 EYE Cinema 3
WWI: the First War on Screen
Holland neutraal, de leger- en vlootfilm Willy Mullens
The Netherlands, 1917, 35mm, 165 min The wide-ranging activities of the Dutch armed forces are presented in meticulous detail, as proof of their readiness to defend the country’s neutrality. sa 23 10:30 EYE Cinema 1
IDFA DocLab Competition
Hollow IP Elaine McMillion
USA, 2013, cross-platform This multimedia collage is a morale booster for the residents of McDowell County, who keep hope alive in their shrinking region. On display at the Interactive Reality exhibition at De Brakke Grond throughout the festival.
Kids & Docs, IDFA Junior
A Home for Lydia
IDFAcademy Results
Lydia blijft Eline Helena Schellekens
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 17 min Lydia was born in the Netherlands but is still waiting on a residence permit. She tells her story, partly in songs she wrote herself. su 24 15:30 Tuschinski 4 we 27 13:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 30 14:30 Tuschinski 4
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Panorama
Masters
Based on the Same Story
The Horses of Fukushima EP
Human Geography
I’m Not There
Japan, 2013, DCP, 74 min After the disaster at Fukushima, a centuries-old tradition is the only bit of luck for 23 horses that survived the tsunami. we 20 19:15 Munt 12 th 21 22:45 Tuschinski 3 sa 23 10:30 Tuschinski 5 mo 25 18:00 Munt 12 tu 26 11:15 Tuschinski 2 fr 29 12:45 Tuschinski 3
France, 2013, DCP, 101 min A documentary portrait both of a train station and its reflection of a society touched by globalization. we 20 21:00 Tuschinski 5 th 21 10:30 Munt 10 fr 22 14:45 EYE Cinema 1 tu 26 17:45 Tuschinski 3 we 27 18:00 EYE Cinema 2 th 28 14:30 Tuschinski 4
Matsurino uma Yoju Matsubayashi
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia
House/Grandparent WP Rumah/Tok Azharr Rudin
Malaysia, 2013, HDcam, 10 min Step into the life of this Malaysian grandmother, who is much better preserved than the house she shares with her numerous offspring, cats and termites sa 23 18:15 Munt 10 su 24 17:00 Tuschinski 6 mo 25 19:45 Tuschinski 6 th 28 21:30 Podium Mozaïek fr 29 13:45 Munt 13
Panorama
Houses for All Casas para todos Gereon Wetzel
Germany, 2013, DCP, 56 min Bleak but beautiful images of a real estate megaproject, whose unoccupied apartment complexes reveal the desperate state of the Spanish real estate market. we 20 21:30 Munt 12 fr 22 20:00 EYE Cinema 1 sa 23 14:15 Munt 10 tu 26 11:45 Tuschinski 5 we 27 17:15 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 19:15 Tuschinski 3
Panorama
The Human Experiment IP Dana Nachman, Don Hardy
USA, 2013, DCP, 90 min Scientists and activists fight against the invisible chemical additives in cosmetics, food and everyday products, many of which can lead to epidemics. sa 23 19:45 EYE Cinema 1 su 24 21:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal tu 26 13:15 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] th 28 18:00 Munt 13 fr 29 21:30 Munt 11 sa 30 12:00 Munt 10
Program Guide
Géographie humaine Claire Simon
Paradocs: Barbara Visser
The Humiliated Jesper Jargil
Denmark, 1998, video, 83 min A candid portrait of director Lars von Trier and the making of his controversial film The Idiots. mo 25 22:00 Tuschinski 6 th 28 17:45 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Rithy Panh’s Top 10
I Am Cuba
Soy Cuba Mikheil Kalatozov
Cuba, Russia, 1964, 35mm, 141 min This lyrical Russian-Cuban masterpiece about the Cuban Revolution languished in a vault for decades thanks to Soviet censorship, but was rediscovered in 1992. fr 22 15:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 30 10:00 EYE Cinema 2
IDFA DocLab Competition
I Love Your Work Jonathan Harris
USA, 2013, cross-platform In this web documentary, nine women working in the lesbian porn industry reveal all – their bodies and their innermost thoughts. Or do they? sa 23 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
First Appearance Competition
I, Afrikaner WP
IDFAcademy Results Ek, Afrikaner Annalet Steenkamp
South Africa, 2013, DCP, 93 min An intimate portrait of documentary filmmaker Annalet Steenkamp’s white farming family, which has to redefine itself in violent, post-apartheid South Africa. th 21 19:45 Munt 10 su 24 10:30 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] we 27 14:15 Tuschinski 5 th 28 19:00 Munt 12 fr 29 22:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 30 14:00 Munt 10 [ World Documentaries]
Todd Haynes
USA, Germany, Canada, 2007, 35mm, 135 min A daring mix of fiction and fictionalized documentary in which five actors and an actress portray the complex personality of Bob Dylan. tu 26 21:30 EYE Cinema 2
Masters
Impressions of Time IP Lakttagelser i tiden Nina Hedenius
Sweden, 2012, DCP, 95 min In this film essay blending the poetic and the quotidian, Nina Hedenius uses excerpts from her own work to examine some fundamental issues. What is the meaning of our existence? th 21 15:00 Munt 10 fr 22 15:15 Munt 10 sa 23 22:15 Munt 13 fr 29 10:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 18:30 Munt 13
Panorama
In God We Trust Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek
USA, 2013, DCP, 83 min The woman who worked as Bernie Madoff’s secretary for 25 years only found out about his illegal dealings and his true nature after he got arrested. we 20 16:45 Munt 11 th 21 10:00 Munt 12 sa 23 23:15 Munt 9 tu 26 20:30 EYE Cinema 1 th 28 12:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 21:15 Tuschinski 1
Panorama
In the Wake of Stalin IP L’ombre de Staline Thomas Johnson
France, 2013, HDcam, 90 min A well-researched film that shows how Russians are suffering from a form of collective amnesia that makes them susceptible to Stalin’s ideologies. th 21 12:45 Munt 10 fr 22 20:00 Tuschinski 4 [ VPRO Extra] sa 23 21:45 Tuschinski 6 fr 29 14:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 30 16:15 Munt 13 su 1 12:00 Tuschinski 2
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Rithy Panh’s Top 10
Masters
Paradocs
In Vanda’s Room
The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi
Journal
No quarto da Vanda Pedro Costa
Portugal, 2000, 35mm, 179 min Down and out in Fontainhas. Thanks to Pedro Costa’s rigorous formalism, the viewer penetrates a Portuguese slum that has withdrawn from the eyes of the world. th 21 10:30 EYE Cinema 1 su 1 13:00 EYE Cinema 2
Feature-Length Competition
An Inconsolable Memory IP Aryan Kaganof
South Africa, 2013, DCP, 109 min A reconstruction of the history of South Africa’s first opera company, Eoan, and an exercise in getting at the truth of what it was to be “a colored.” su 24 17:30 Munt 13 [ I.S.] mo 25 17:30 Munt 10 we 27 22:00 Tuschinski 2 th 28 13:15 EYE Cinema 1 fr 29 12:00 Melkweg – Rabozaal sa 30 21:00 Tuschinski 3
Best of Fests
InRealLife Beeban Kidron
L’irrésistible ascension de Moïse Katumbi Thierry Michel
Belgium, 2012, DCP, 83 min Soccer, populism, self-love and entrepreneurship are the cornerstones of Moïse Katumbi’s inexorable political rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo. we 20 15:30 Munt 9 su 24 12:15 EYE Cinema 1 mo 25 18:00 Munt 9 tu 26 22:30 Tuschinski 2 th 28 15:45 Tuschinski 3
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Jack Emile Zile
The Netherlands, Australia, 2012, DCP, 12 min A lone figure wanders through a nondescript, semi-industrial suburb and reacts to this environment through vocalized sound effects and bodily interventions. sa 30 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Music Documentary
England, 2013, DCP, 86 min A crash course in Internet awareness through interviews with candid teenagers and concerned experts. th 21 20:15 EYE Cinema 2 fr 22 11:30 Munt 9 mo 25 11:15 Munt 11 tu 26 15:45 Tuschinski 4 we 27 10:00 Tuschinski 1 th 28 22:00 Tuschinski 4
Jingle Bell Rocks! WP
DocLab: Interactive Reality
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Interactive Reality Conference One-day festival conference about the future of interactive media and documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. With keynotes by Jonathan Harris, Vincent Morisset, Time Magazine, NFB, MIT and many more. Part of Interactive Reality initiated by IDFA DocLab and De Brakke Grond. su 24 10:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
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IDFAcademy Results Mitchell Kezin
Canada, 2013, DCP, 93 min A personal cinematic trip through the alternative Christmas music universe, featuring Run DMC, The Flaming Lips and many more. su 24 16:45 Melkweg – Rabozaal [With Live Performance]
Belgium, 2013, HDcam, 16 min As the camera moves along photos of dignitaries looking at the iconic image that sums up the Holocaust, we experience three layers of time in a single shot. th 21 18:30 Tuschinski 6 we 27 20:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 29 16:30 Tuschinski 6
Music Documentary
Journey to Jah IP Noël Dernesch, Moritz Springer
Germany, Switzerland, 2013, DCP, 90 min Two European reggae artists flee Western consumerism to Jamaica, where they embark on a search for reggae’s spiritual meaning. sa 23 14:15 Melkweg – Rabozaal [With Live Performance]
mo 25 22:00 Tuschinski 1 we 27 22:15 Melkweg – Rabozaal fr 29 23:00 EYE Cinema 2 sa 30 22:30 Munt 10
First Appearance Competition
Judgment in Hungary WP IDFAcademy Results Eszter Hajdú
Hungary, Germany, 2013, DCP, 104 min Proceedings of the trial against Hungarian right-wing extremists who murdered six Roma, including a fiveyear old. Claustrophobic, confusing and unsettling. fr 22 10:30 Munt 13 [ I.S.] su 24 14:00 Tuschinski 2 [ Movies that Matter] mo 25 22:00 Munt 11 th 28 14:45 Tuschinski 5 fr 29 14:45 Tuschinski 3 sa 30 14:30 Munt 9
IDFA DocLab Competition
Just a Reflektor WP
Stand-Up Documentary
Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work Ricki Stern
Sirah Foighel Brutmann, Eitan Efrat
Vincent Morisset, Aaron Koblin
USA, Scotland, England, 2010, HDcam, 84 min It’s 2009, and the career of American comedian Joan Rivers has almost hit rock bottom. But this funny lady is still out there going after more ‘face time.’ fr 22 23:00 Munt 13 su 24 20:00 Toomler we 27 19:45 Munt 13 su 1 14:15 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
USA, Canada, England, 2013, cross-platform This collaboration between Vincent Morisset and art rockers Arcade Fire is a fascinating experiment with interactivity, in which you the viewer get to build your own video installation at home. tu 26 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Masters
Kids & Docs
Dutch Competition
Just the Right Amount of Violence
Kids & Docs 5
Land of Promise WP
Jon Bang Carlsen
Denmark, 2013, DCP, 83 min Danish director Jon Bang Carlsen follows “interventionists” in Los Angeles who take wealthy “problem teenagers” away to be “reeducated” at their parents’ request. th 21 22:30 Tuschinski 1 su 24 22:15 EYE Cinema 1 mo 25 13:45 Munt 9 tu 26 15:30 Tuschinski 3 th 28 11:15 Munt 9 sa 30 23:15 Munt 11
KeyTalk
KeyTalk Nick Fraser: Why Documentaries Matter Nick Fraser’s views on the future and importance of documentaries. th 28 15:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Kids & Docs
Kids & Docs 1
International children’s documentaries: Sunflower Seeds and Leaders, 105’ mo 25 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 we 27 13:45 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 11:30 Tuschinski 6
Mid-Length & Dutch Competition
Killing Time WP Jaap van Hoewijk
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 55 min While convicted killer Elroy Chester awaits his execution, director Jaap van Hoewijk talks to Chester’s own family and those of his victims. sa 23 16:45 Munt 13 [ I.S.] sa 23 18:30 Tuschinski 2 tu 26 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 we 27 16:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 28 13:30 Munt 9 su 1 10:00 Munt 12
Panorama
KINK Christina Voros
Kids & Docs
USA, 2013, HDcam, 79 min A revealing, explicit glimpse behind the scenes at Kink.com, the world’s biggest producer of S&M web porn. It’s a surprisingly loving experience. fr 22 22:15 Tuschinski 2 sa 23 20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal we 27 22:30 Munt 10 fr 29 20:45 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 30 20:15 Tuschinski 6
Kids & Docs 2
Mid-Length Competition
World Premieres of children’s documentaries: Through the Fire, Once Upon a Tree, Little Miss Piggy and Through the Looking Glass, 105’ sa 23 13:45 Tuschinski 2 we 27 15:30 Tuschinski 4 su 1 14:30 Tuschinski 4
Children’s documentaries: A Home for Lydia, Hear This!, Louis the Ferris Wheel Kid and Tonight We’ll Become Women, 105’ su 24 15:30 Tuschinski 4 we 27 13:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 30 14:30 Tuschinski 4
Kids & Docs
Kids & Docs 3 International children’s documentaries: Layla’s Melody, To Be a B-Girl and Shanne and Her Friends, 105’ su 24 12:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 15:15 Tuschinski 6 th 28 14:15 Tuschinski 6
Kismet WP Nina Maria Paschalidou
Greece, Cyprus, 2013, DCP, 52 min What makes Turkish soap operas so incredibly popular? Kismet gets answers from the people who make them, as well as sociologists and loyal fans from all over the world. fr 22 11:00 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] sa 23 18:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 25 15:45 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] tu 26 12:00 Munt 9 th 28 22:00 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 15:15 Tuschinski 4
Land van aankomst René Roelofs, Paul Scheffer
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 102 min Powerful and revealing archive footage illustrates how immigration has affected European societies over the last 60 years. sa 23 21:00 Tuschinski 1 su 24 18:00 Munt 12 [ I.S.] mo 25 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 tu 26 18:30 Munt 11 we 27 13:15 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] su 1 14:15 Tuschinski 3
Rithy Panh Retrospective
The Land of the Wandering Souls
La terre des âmes errantes Rithy Panh
Cambodia, France, 2000, video, 102 min It’s 1999, and penniless Cambodian workers are digging trenches for Southeast Asia’s first fiber-optic cable, an advancement that will never be theirs. we 20 12:30 Tuschinski 6 su 24 10:15 Tuschinski 6
IDFA DocLab Competition
The Last Hunt WP
Canada, 2013, cross-platform This interactive photo book tells the story of Antonio “Pit” Allard, who retreats for the very last time into the Canadian wilderness to hunt. On display at the Interactive Reality exhibition at De Brakke Grond throughout the festival.
Based on the Same Story
The Last King of Scotland Kevin Macdonald
England, USA, Germany, 2006, 35mm, 121 min A fiction film about the early days of General Idi Amin’s dictatorship in Uganda, seen through the eyes of young Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan. mo 25 21:45 EYE Cinema 2
Kids & Docs
Kids & Docs 4 International children’s documentaries: Farewell My School, The Barrel, The Red Carpet and The Sumo Wrestler’s Son, 105’ mo 25 14:45 Tuschinski 6 th 28 13:45 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 14:15 EYE Cinema 2
Program Guide
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Masters
Feature-Length Competition
Based on the Same Story
The Last of the Unjust
Life Almost Wonderful WP
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
France, 2013, DCP, 210 min A monumental work about Benjamin Murmelstein, from the director of Shoah. The former chair of the Jewish Council in Theresienstadt concentration camp describes his confrontations with Eichmann. th 21 11:15 Munt 9 tu 26 14:00 Munt 11 we 27 11:00 Tuschinski 3 th 28 18:00 EYE Cinema 1 sa 30 20:00 Munt 12 su 1 10:30 Tuschinski 5
Bulgaria, Belgium, 2013, DCP, 80 min An observational portrait of three Bulgarian brothers and their grandmother. Despite many setbacks, they have a hopeful outlook on life. sa 23 12:00 Munt 12 [ I.S.] sa 23 20:45 Tuschinski 2 su 24 22:30 Tuschinski 4 mo 25 11:45 Munt 9 fr 29 14:00 Munt 11 sa 30 12:30 Tuschinski 4
Le dernier des injustes Claude Lanzmann
Kids & Docs, IDFA Junior
Layla’s Melody WP Laylas melodi Jens Pedersen, Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Jivot pochti prekrasen Svetoslav Draganov
Best of Fests
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne EP Matthew Pond, Kirk Marcolina
Denmark, 2013, DCP, 17 min Eleven-year-old Layla leads a happy life in an orphanage in Kabul, but she’s scared that the sudden arrival of her mother means she will be married off. su 24 12:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 15:15 Tuschinski 6 th 28 14:15 Tuschinski 6
USA, 2013, DCP, 74 min This notorious jewel thief stole her first gems as a young black girl in segregated America – she may be elderly now, but she’s lost none of her skills. fr 22 19:45 Munt 10 mo 25 12:15 Tuschinski 1 th 28 22:00 Munt 9 fr 29 23:45 Munt 9 sa 30 18:45 Munt 11 su 1 16:45 Tuschinski 4
Kids & Docs
First Appearance Competition
Leaders WP Przywodcy Pawel Ferdek
Poland, 2013, HDcam, 50 min Children at a Polish primary school are running for Student Council. Will content triumph over popularity? mo 25 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 we 27 13:45 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 11:30 Tuschinski 6
Feature-Length Competition
A Letter to Nelson Mandela WP Khalo Matabane
South Africa, Germany, 2013, DCP, 85 min In an open letter to Nelson Mandela, South African filmmaker Khalo Matabane examines the leader’s status and role in the reforms that took place in South Africa in the 1990s. su 24 21:00 Tuschinski 1 mo 25 13:30 Munt 13 [ I.S.] mo 25 17:45 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] tu 26 16:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 28 21:45 Tuschinski 1 fr 29 16:15 EYE Cinema 1 sa 30 10:30 Munt 9
Program Guide
Light Fly, Fly High WP Beathe Hofseth, Susann Østigaard
Norway, 2013, DCP, 80 min A casteless Indian woman tries to box her way out of poverty, but her struggle for an independent life is hardest outside the ring. fr 22 18:00 Munt 9 sa 23 17:15 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] mo 25 19:30 Tuschinski 1[Oxfam-Novib Selection] tu 26 22:30 EYE Cinema 1 th 28 13:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 29 17:00 Tuschinski 5 [DOC U] sa 30 16:45 Munt 9
WWI: the First War on Screen
Lille im dritten Kriegsjahr
Germany, 1917, 35mm, 17 min A short documentary about the city of Lille during wartime, with everyday scenes and troops marching through town. su 24 12:45 EYE Cinema 3
Werner Herzog
Germany, 1997, 35mm, 80 min The life story of German pilot Dieter Dengler, who was shot down and captured by the Vietcong while fighting for the Americans in Vietnam. su 24 19:45 EYE Cinema 3 sa 30 10:00 Tuschinski 6
Kids & Docs
Little Miss Piggy WP IDFAcademy Results Of je worst lust Ellen Vloet
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 18 min Eleven-year-old Brechtje lives on a pig farm, but she dreams of life in the big city. sa 23 13:45 Tuschinski 2 we 27 15:30 Tuschinski 4 su 1 14:30 Tuschinski 4
Kids & Docs
Louis the Ferris Wheel Kid IDFAcademy Results
Louis van het reuzenrad Tara Fallaux
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 17 min The move from elementary school to high school is even more life-changing for Louis than for his peers, as he’ll have to trade in his life at the travelling funfair for a home. su 24 15:30 Tuschinski 4 we 27 13:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 30 14:30 Tuschinski 4
WWI: the First War on Screen
Der Magische Gürtel Hans Brennert
Germany, 1917, 35mm, 45 min The German submarine U-35 sinks 10 ships during a five-week tour of the Mediterranean in the spring of 1917. su 24 12:45 EYE Cinema 3
Rithy Panh’s Top 10
A Man Vanishes Ningen johatsu Shohei Imamura
Japan, 1967, HDcam, 130 min This Japanese New Wave classic is a brilliant, sardonic reflection on the subjectivity of filmmaking and Japanese culture in general. we 20 12:00 Munt 10 sa 30 13:00 EYE Cinema 2
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Best of Fests
The Mangoes EP
Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine EP
Menstrual Man EP
Mangga golek matang di pohon Tonny Trimarsanto
Indonesia, 2012, video, 98 min An intimate look at the complicated life of a transgender named Renita, who returns to her home village after 20 years in Jakarta.<B></B> su 24 19:15 Tuschinski 6 [Extended Q&A] mo 25 15:30 Munt 13 we 27 15:15 Munt 13 th 28 12:15 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Based on the Same Story
Manhunt Greg Barker
USA, England, 2013, DCP, 103 min A group of female CIA agents describe how they mapped out Al Qaeda’s structure, right up to the discovery of Bin Laden. we 20 18:30 Tuschinski 5 sa 23 19:00 EYE Cinema 3 su 24 20:00 Tuschinski 4 [ VPRO Extra] mo 25 10:00 Tuschinski 1 we 27 17:15 EYE Cinema 1 fr 29 17:15 Munt 9
Best of Fests
Master of the Universe Marc Bauder
Germany, Austria, 2013, DCP, 90 min A laid-off investment banker provides a frank and disheartening glimpse into the world of trading megalomania in the financial sector. we 20 14:15 Munt 11 sa 23 12:45 Tuschinski 1 [Extended Q&A] su 24 10:00 EYE Cinema 1 mo 25 17:15 Munt 11 we 27 17:45 Tuschinski 4 fr 29 11:15 Tuschinski 4
Masterclass
Masterclass Rithy Panh Rithy Panh discusses his own work and his Top 10 selection in a masterclass chaired by film journalist Dana Linssen (NRC Handelsblad, de Filmkrant) fr 22 13:00 Tuschinski 1
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Amit Virmani
Michele Josue
USA, 2013, DCP, 89 min Michele Josue made this film portrait of her friend Matthew Shepard, who was brutally murdered in 1998 for being gay. th 21 12:30 Tuschinski 4 sa 23 14:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal tu 26 11:15 Munt 12 we 27 19:30 Munt 11 sa 30 21:00 EYE Cinema 1 su 1 14:15 Munt 10
Music Documentary
Music Documentary
Mattanja Joy WP Ellen van Kempen
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 50 min After her turbulent teenage years in London, singer-songwriter Mattanja Joy Bradley tries to make her way in a new life. fr 22 16:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 23 16:45 Melkweg – Rabozaal [With Live Performance]
th 28 21:45 Melkweg – Rabozaal fr 29 22:15 Munt 10 su 1 16:15 Munt 12
Mercedes Sosa, the Voice of Latin America EP Mercedes Sosa, la voz de Latinoamérica Rodrigo H. Vila
Argentina, 2013, DCP, 93 min A portrait of the Argentine folksinger Mercedes Sosa (1935-2009), with a wide range of archive footage and conversations between her son and those who knew her. su 24 11:30 Melkweg – Rabozaal [With Live Performance]
mo 25 21:45 Munt 10 we 27 12:00 Munt 11 th 28 14:45 Melkweg – Rabozaal sa 30 12:15 Munt 11
Student Competition
Medulla WP
Médula Melisa Miranda
Chile, 2013, DCP, 25 min A brain hemorrhage caused a personality change in Melisa Miranda’s mother. The already withdrawn woman became a stranger, more of an enigma than ever. fr 22 21:00 Tuschinski 3 su 24 12:45 Munt 9 we 27 12:45 Melkweg – Rabozaal su 1 14:30 Tuschinski 5
First Appearance Competition
Men with Balls WP Kristóf Kovács
India, Singapore, 2012, HDcam, 63 min In this unlikely success story, poor, uneducated Muruganantham helps supply sanitary napkins to rural Indian women, in a country with inadequate menstrual hygiene. th 21 22:30 Tuschinski 2 fr 22 15:15 EYE Cinema 2 mo 25 18:30 Munt 13 tu 26 14:00 Munt 13 we 27 17:45 Tuschinski 6 th 28 19:30 Podium Mozaïek fr 29 11:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
WWI: the First War on Screen
Met onze jongens aan den IJzer Clemens De Landtsheer
Belgium, 1928, 35mm, 83 min Flemish war veterans used this propaganda documentary about the annual Pilgrimage of the Yser River to keep alive the memory of World War I. su 24 15:00 EYE Cinema 3
Rithy Panh’s Top 10
Hungary, 2013, DCP, 68 min The arrival of a tennis court in the impoverished Hungarian village of Besence initially meets with enthusiasm, but tensions soon emerge. th 21 19:30 Tuschinski 4 su 24 20:30 Munt 12 mo 25 11:15 Munt 13 [ I.S.] tu 26 14:15 EYE Cinema 1 th 28 11:15 Munt 11 sa 30 16:30 Tuschinski 4
Milestones Robert Kramer, John Douglas
USA, 1975, 35mm, 195 min A must-see period piece about the members of the 1970s radical group called The Movement, who reflected on a view of the future that turned out to be a utopia. sa 23 10:00 EYE Cinema 3 fr 29 16:45 EYE Cinema 2
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Panorama
Panorama
WWI: the First War on Screen
Minerita EP
Monk with a Camera WP
Raúl de la Fuente
Guido Santi, Tina Mascara
Moving Tales from the Trenches: Highlights from the WWI Collections of EYE
Spain, 2013, DCP, 28 min Three women in an inhospitable Bolivian mining area try to survive the ubiquitous sexual violence with courage and dynamite. th 21 20:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 22 19:45 Munt 12 tu 26 15:45 Tuschinski 5 fr 29 23:00 Tuschinski 3 sa 30 10:00 Munt 12
USA, 2013, DCP, 90 min The grandson of former Vogue editor Diana Vreeland became a Buddhist monk, but returns just once to his glamorous former life for a good cause. su 24 13:15 Tuschinski 1 tu 26 20:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal we 27 20:30 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 22:30 Munt 12 sa 30 16:30 Munt 11
Dutch Competition
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Misha and So On WP
Montmartre
Misha enzovoort Cherry Duyns
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 66 min European jazz icon Misha Mengelberg is suffering from dementia. Cherry Duyns follows him during his last foreign performances, in London’s Vortex jazz club. sa 23 14:00 Munt 12 [ I.S.] sa 23 16:15 Tuschinski 2 tu 26 16:15 Munt 12 we 27 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 th 28 20:00 Tuschinski 4 [ VPRO Extra] fr 29 14:30 Melkweg – Rabozaal
Rithy Panh Retrospective
The Missing Picture L’image manquante Rithy Panh
Cambodia, France, 2013, DCP, 90 min Using clay figures and found footage, Rithy Panh recounts his own history during the Khmer Rouge dictatorship for the very first time. fr 22 15:00 Tuschinski 1 [DOC U] sa 23 11:15 Tuschinski 2 su 24 17:30 EYE Cinema 3
Best of Fests
Mission Congo EP David Turner, Lara Zizic
USA, 2013, DCP, 65 min In 1994, wily American TV televangelist Pat Roberston tried to capitalize on the massive flood of refugees from Rwanda th 21 15:45 Tuschinski 5 fr 22 12:30 Tuschinski 2 sa 23 16:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal su 24 22:45 Munt 11 th 28 18:15 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 19:30 Tuschinski 5
Emma van der Put
The Netherlands, 2011, DCP, 4 min A portrait (or caricature) of Montmartre in Paris by artist Emma van der Put, who finds a new perspective on seemingly mundane events. fr 29 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Best of Fests
Mothers Huijing Xu
China, 2013, DCP, 70 min Woman’s Care, the birth control center in a small Chinese village, starts cracking down on women required to undergo sterilization. th 21 21:45 Tuschinski 5 fr 22 13:45 Munt 9 mo 25 22:45 Munt 13 th 28 15:30 Munt 9 fr 29 23:30 Munt 13 sa 30 12:00 Munt 12
Dutch Competition
Moving Stills – Kadir van Lohuizen WP Tinus Kramer
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 60 min A portrait of Kadir van Lohuizen, a passionate photojournalist who travels from the oil fields of Alaska to a submerged atoll near Papua, New Guinea. fr 22 14:15 Munt 13 [ I.S.] fr 22 18:00 Tuschinski 2 su 24 20:00 Munt 10 tu 26 16:45 Munt 13 th 28 10:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Surprising discoveries and unexpected gems from the EYE archives consisting of WW1 films that EYE will make available through the European Film Gateway 1914 website (EFG1914. eu). Introduced by EYE’s curator Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi. su 24 10:30 EYE Cinema 3
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Mr. President Nina Yuen
USA, 2012, DCP, 5 min Excerpts of children’s letters to past presidents are reread within the framework of the 2012 U.S. presidential election. su 1 14:00 Tuschinski 6
WWI: the First War on Screen
Mrs. John Bull Prepared
England, 1918, 35mm, 45 min A sketch of the potential conflicts caused during World War I when women started working in almost every line of work to free up men for the front. sa 23 14:15 EYE Cinema 3
Panorama
The Mulberry House WP IDFAcademy Results Bayt al toot Sara Ishaq
Yemen, Syria, Egypt, Scotland, United Arab Emirates, 2013, DCP, 65 min Sara is half Scottish, half Yemeni. In 2011, she moved back to Yemen, where protests against President Saleh’s authoritarian rule strengthened family bonds. sa 23 18:15 Munt 10 su 24 17:00 Tuschinski 6 mo 25 19:45 Tuschinski 6 th 28 19:30 Munt 9 fr 29 13:45 Munt 13
Based on the Same Story
Munich Steven Spielberg
USA, Canada, France, 2005, 35mm, 164 min In the wake of the bloodbath during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Israel organizes a retaliatory action, leaving considerable scars on a young Mossad agent. th 21 17:00 EYE Cinema 2
Program Guide
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Music Documentary
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition
Paradocs
Muscle Shoals
Ne Me Quitte Pas WP
Greg Camalier
Sabine Lubbe Bakker, Niels van Koevorden
Nothing Is Going to Happen WP
USA, 2013, DCP, 111 min Mick Jagger, Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge and many others talk about the magnetic attraction of the remote city of Muscle Shoals, birthplace of the FAME Studios. th 21 10:30 Tuschinski 5 fr 22 17:30 Munt 11 sa 23 11:30 Melkweg – Rabozaal we 27 10:15 Melkweg – Rabozaal th 28 22:00 Munt 13 sa 30 21:00 Munt 9 su 1 12:00 Tuschinski 4
First Appearance Competition
My Name is Salt WP IDFAcademy Results Farida Pacha
Switzerland, India, 2013, DCP, 92 min A careful observation of the labor-intensive process of salt production in an Indian desert, where repetitive operations and events take on a ritualistic character. th 21 16:15 Munt 13 [ I.S.] su 24 17:45 Munt 10 tu 26 22:15 Tuschinski 5 we 27 18:15 Tuschinski 3 fr 29 18:00 Munt 10 sa 30 14:00 Munt 10 [ World Documentaries]
Music Documentary
Narco Cultura Shaul Schwarz
USA, Israel, 2013, DCP, 103 min The Mexican drug war is spiraling out of control, and meanwhile a musical subculture that glorifies that same war is blossoming in the United States. we 20 19:00 Tuschinski 4 th 21 10:00 Munt 11 tu 26 20:00 Tuschinski 4 [ VPRO Extra] we 27 15:00 Melkweg – Rabozaal th 28 19:30 Tuschinski 1 su 1 14:00 Munt 12
Paradocs
Natpwe, the Feast of the Spirits
Natpwe, le festin des esprits Tiane Doan na Champassak, Jean Dubrel
France, 2012, HDcam, 31 min This recording of a religious festival in Myanmar juxtaposes the experiences of unknowing visitors – chaos and madness – with the serene transcendence of the locals. sa 23 15:30 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 21:45 Tuschinski 6 th 28 22:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 30 14:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal su 1 16:15 Tuschinski 6
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The Netherlands, Belgium, 2013, DCP, 106 min A Direct Cinema portrait of the Flemish Bob and the Walloon Marcel, two Belgian friends who share loneliness, humor, alcoholism and suicide plans with great élan. fr 22 09:30 Munt 12 [ I.S.] sa 23 16:00 Munt 11 su 24 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 mo 25 16:45 Tuschinski 1 we 27 22:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 28 17:00 Munt 11 sa 30 18:30 EYE Cinema 1
Panorama
No Land No Food No Life IP Amy Miller
Canada, 2013, DCP, 75 min This socio-critical documentary shows how farmers in Mali, Uganda and Cambodia were forced from their land by international agribusinesses. we 27 19:30 Tuschinski 1 [Oxfam-Novib Selection] th 28 21:30 Munt 10 fr 29 11:30 Munt 10 sa 30 18:15 Tuschinski 6 su 1 12:45 Munt 13
Panorama
No Man’s Land Michael Graversen
England, 2013, DCP, 29 min For three intense days, we observe the frustrations of life in the no man’s land of Center Jægerspris, a reception center for young refugees. su 24 20:00 Munt 13 tu 26 13:00 Tuschinski 6 we 27 13:00 Munt 13 fr 29 13:30 Munt 10
First Appearance Competition
Nora Noh EP Sung-hee Kim
South Korea, 2013, DCP, 93 min She is 84 and she still wears false eyelashes. Nora Noh, the Coco Chanel of South Korean fashion, looks back on a remarkable career. th 21 14:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 23 11:15 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] mo 25 20:15 Tuschinski 5 tu 26 11:00 Tuschinski 3 th 28 17:45 Tuschinski 3 fr 29 20:15 Munt 12 sa 30 20:15 Tuschinski 4
Er gaat niets gebeuren Roeland van Doorn
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 12 min The artist Roeland van Doorn plucks unencrypted signals from security cameras and uses them to create an impression of clandestine surveillance in the Netherlands. su 24 15:45 Tuschinski 5 tu 26 13:30 Tuschinski 4 we 27 20:15 Munt 12 we 27 22:00 Tuschinski 5 th 28 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 sa 30 19:45 Tuschinski 5 su 1 14:45 Munt 13
Mid-Length Competition
Olga – To My Friends WP Olga – Till mine venner Paul Anders Simma
Finland, Sweden, Norway, 2013, DCP, 58 min Lying some 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) north of Moscow, the Russian part of Lapland is a cold and lonely place, but Olga feels right at home there. th 21 17:30 Tuschinski 5 su 24 13:15 Munt 10 su 24 16:30 Munt 12 [ I.S.] mo 25 22:15 Munt 12 we 27 11:30 Tuschinski 5 th 28 19:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 29 22:30 Tuschinski 6
Kids & Docs, IDFA Junior
Once Upon a Tree WP IDFAcademy Results Het meisje en de boom Marleen van der Werf
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 15 min When trees start getting cut down nearby Filine’s favorite tree, she comes up with a creative way of saving the woods from destruction. sa 23 13:45 Tuschinski 2 we 27 15:30 Tuschinski 4 su 1 14:30 Tuschinski 4
Based on the Same Story
One Day in September Kevin Macdonald
England, 1999, video, 91 min A reconstruction of the Munich bloodbath in 1972, when Palestinian terrorists took 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage. th 21 14:45 EYE Cinema 2 mo 25 16:15 EYE Cinema 2
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Music Documentary
Rithy Panh Retrospective
Paradocs
One Minute for Conductors WP
Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
Patio
Elena Goatelli, Angel Esteban
Spain, Italy, 2013, DCP, 87 min Who is the best conductor? In Italy, more than 130 international participants take part in a nerve-wracking competition. sa 23 20:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal mo 25 15:30 Tuschinski 5 we 27 12:00 Tuschinski 1 th 28 10:15 Melkweg – Rabozaal sa 30 14:30 Munt 11
Student Competition
Our Curse
Nasza klatwa Tomasz Sliwinski
Poland, 2013, DCP, 27 min A moving autobiographical account of a couple whose newborn son suffers from a rare disease called Ondine’s curse, which causes him to stop breathing when he’s asleep. sa 23 22:45 Tuschinski 4 tu 26 13:30 Tuschinski 5 we 27 19:15 Tuschinski 5 th 28 15:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 29 11:00 Munt 9
IDFA DocLab Competition
Out of Sight, Out of Mind. Wesley Grubbs
USA, 2013, cross-platform This animated infographic shows that clandestine drone attacks carried out in Pakistan by the American military claim almost exclusively innocent victims. On display at the Interactive Reality exhibition at De Brakke Grond throughout the festival.
Best of Fests
Pandora’s Promise Robert Stone
USA, 2013, DCP, 87 min How justified is our collective fear of nuclear power? And is a climate-safe future possible without it? we 20 16:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 22 15:00 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] sa 23 21:00 Munt 9 mo 25 15:15 Munt 11 tu 26 10:00 Tuschinski 1 fr 29 17:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Program Guide
Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise Rithy Panh
Cambodia, France, 2007, video, 87 min Through interviews with a group of prostitutes, this film delicately captures modern slavery in the Cambodian sex industry. we 20 19:45 Munt 13 th 21 10:00 EYE Cinema 2
Paradocs
Paradocs 1 Beyond the Frame docs: Ashura, Via Dolorosa, Natpwe, The Feast of the Spirits, 90’ sa 23 15:30 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 21:45 Tuschinski 6 su 1 16:15 Tuschinski 6
Paradocs
Pátio Alysson Muritiba
Brazil, 2013, DCP, 17 min In the exercise yard of a Brazilian jail, prisoners pray, play football, sing and practice capoeira. fr 22 16:00 Tuschinski 5 we 27 16:30 Munt 12 th 28 10:30 Tuschinski 4 th 28 19:45 Tuschinski 5 fr 29 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 sa 30 21:45 Tuschinski 5 su 1 10:00 Tuschinski 6
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Pee on Presidents Melanie Bonajo
The Netherlands, 2012, DCP, 4 min A collection of over 500 photographs of urinating girls, taken by Melanie Bonajo between 1998 and 2013. sa 30 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Paradocs 2
Dutch Competition
Beyond the Frame docs: Journal, Dust Breeding, 75’ th 21 18:30 Tuschinski 6 we 27 20:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 29 16:30 Tuschinski 6
Foto-Eddy David de Jongh
Photo-Eddy WP
Beyond the Frame docs: Nothing Is Going to Happen, The Private Life of Fenfen, Castles in Spain, 90’ su 24 15:45 Tuschinski 5 we 27 22:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 19:45 Tuschinski 5
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 83 min The son of photographer Eddy de Jongh made this highly personal and painful portrait of his father, using archive material, interviews and archive audio recordings. su 24 13:00 Munt 12 [ I.S.] tu 26 20:15 Tuschinski 2 we 27 18:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 28 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 fr 29 13:45 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] su 1 12:15 Munt 10
Paradocs
Masters
Paradocs 4
Pipeline
Paradocs
Paradocs 3
Beyond the Frame docs: The Questioning, Patio, The Bed is Broken, 90’ fr 22 16:00 Tuschinski 5 th 28 19:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 21:45 Tuschinski 5
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Pareidolia Saskia Olde Wolbers
The Netherlands, 2011, DCP, 13 min A reflection on subjectivity, translation and faith based on the (mis)interpretation of Zen archery by the German writer Eugen Herrigel. su 1 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Truba Vitaly Mansky
Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, 2013, DCP, 121 min This beautifully filmed road movie follows Russia’s main economic artery, the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline, which provides half of Russia’s income. we 20 12:30 Munt 9 th 21 16:30 EYE Cinema 1 su 24 21:45 Munt 9 tu 26 13:30 Munt 12 fr 29 22:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
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Mid-Length Competition
Feature-Length Competition
Kids & Docs, IDFA Junior
Playing with Shadows WP
Putin’s Games WP
The Red Carpet
Germany, Israel, Austria, 2013, DCP, 90 min The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia are breaking all records when it comes to corruption and megalomania. This investigative documentary uncovers the hidden story behind Putin’s Games. sa 23 17:45 Munt 12 [ I.S.] su 24 18:45 Tuschinski 1 mo 25 11:15 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] tu 26 17:45 Munt 10 th 28 13:00 Munt 11 fr 29 18:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 30 18:45 Tuschinski 2
Spain, 2012, DCP, 12 min A cheerful portrait of 12-year-old Rubina, the little Indian star from the box-office hit Slumdog Millionaire, who lives in a slum outside of Mumbai. mo 25 14:45 Tuschinski 6 th 28 13:45 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 14:15 EYE Cinema 2
Xiaoyu Niu
China, 2013, DCP, 52 min In a final attempt to turn his hobby into a job, passionate shadow puppeteer Li Zi signs up for a TV talent pageant. sa 23 10:00 Munt 13 [ I.S.] su 24 20:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 25 13:45 Tuschinski 3 we 27 17:30 Munt 9 th 28 21:15 Munt 12 fr 29 10:00 Munt 12
Best of Fests
Powerless
Katiyabaaz Fahad Mustafa, Deepti Kakkar
India, 2013, DCP, 82 min The struggle between power thief Loha Singh and an ambitious official from the electricity company offers us a peek into the socioeconomic and political affairs in Kanpur, India. we 20 12:00 Munt 12 th 21 20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal fr 22 22:00 Munt 12 sa 23 12:45 Munt 9 su 24 17:15 Tuschinski 3 th 28 22:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal
Paradocs
The Private Life of Fenfen WP Leslie Tai
USA, 2013, DCP, 29 min Three years in the life of Fenfen, an independently minded young Chinese woman. Her self-made video diary captures her living in the shadow of love. su 24 15:45 Tuschinski 5 we 27 22:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 19:45 Tuschinski 5
Mid-Length Competition
Pussy Versus Putin WP Gogol’s Wives Productions,
Russia, 2013, HDcam, 60 min A bleak record of the battle fought against Putin by the wild and anarchist female band Pussy Riot, from their first disruptive performances to scenes behind bars. th 21 20:15 Tuschinski 6 sa 23 11:30 Munt 13 [ I.S.] mo 25 15:15 Munt 10 tu 26 17:30 Tuschinski 6 we 27 20:15 Munt 10 fr 29 18:15 Tuschinski 6
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Putins Spiele Alexander Gentelev
Panorama
The Queen EP
La reina Manuel Abramovich
Argentina, 2013, DCP, 19 min Memi is around 11 years old, and she’s going to be Queen of the Carnival. It’s a dazzling honor, but you have to suffer to be beautiful. fr 22 18:45 Tuschinski 3 mo 25 20:00 Munt 12 tu 26 13:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 30 23:45 Tuschinski 5 su 1 10:00 Tuschinski 4
Paradocs
The Questioning Cha Fang Rikun Zhu
China, 2013, DCP, 21 min The human rights activist Rikun Zhu opens his door and is confronted by a horde of policemen – luckily he has a camera running, which they don’t notice. fr 22 16:00 Tuschinski 5 th 28 19:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 21:45 Tuschinski 5
Panorama
Recollections Nathanael Carton
Japan, 2013, DCP, 13 min Hundreds of thousands of photographs were found in the debris left by Japan’s 2011 tsunami. Project Salvage Memory is restoring them to give survivors a memento of their lost loved ones. su 24 20:00 Munt 10 tu 26 16:45 Munt 13 th 28 10:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
La alfombra roja Manuel Fernández, Iosu López
Based on the Same Story
Rescue Dawn Werner Herzog
USA, Luxembourg, 2006, 35mm, 126 min Air Force pilot Dieter Dengler finds himself in a prison camp during the Vietnam War. His remarkable personality saves both his own life and those of his fellow prisoners. su 24 21:45 EYE Cinema 3
Feature-Length Competition
Return to Homs WP Talal Derki
Syria, Germany, 2013, DCP, 87 min A remarkably intimate portrait of the unequal struggle of a group of young revolutionaries in Homs, Syria, against the national army destroying their city. we 20 22:00 Munt 11 fr 22 20:00 Tuschinski 2 mo 25 11:45 Munt 12 [ I.S.] tu 26 14:45 Tuschinski 1 [Extended Q&A] we 27 20:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 28 15:45 EYE Cinema 1 su 1 16:30 EYE Cinema 2
Music Documentary
Rêve Kakudji IP Koen Vidal, Ibbe Daniëls
Belgium, 2013, DCP, 53 min Will young Congolese Serge Kakudji be able to realize his dream of becoming an opera singer in the white, elitist jungle that is Europe? fr 22 21:00 Tuschinski 3 sa 23 16:45 EYE Cinema 3 su 24 12:45 Munt 9 we 27 12:45 Melkweg – Rabozaal su 1 14:30 Tuschinski 5
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Stand-Up Documentary
Best of Fests
Feature-Length Competition
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Salinger
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars IP
Marina Zenovich
USA, England, 2013, HDcam, 85 min Interviews and a plethora of archive footage form this multifaceted portrait of the controversial black stand-up comic Richard Pryor (1940-2005), who found comedy in every personal misfortune. th 21 10:30 Munt 13 fr 22 22:30 Toomler sa 23 11:00 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 22:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal fr 29 21:30 Podium Mozaïek su 1 16:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Student Competition
Rings of Life WP Årsringar Ida Lindgren
Sweden, 2013, DCP, 13 min This experimental documentary reflects the experiences of a young Swedish girl who lost her five-year-old sister at the age of seven. th 21 16:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 22 18:30 Tuschinski 6 su 24 15:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 29 19:15 Munt 13
Panorama
The River WP
El oued, l’oued Abdenour Zahzah
Algeria, 2013, DCP, 86 min A journey on foot along a river in Algeria, from the man who is worried about the Nestle factory to homeless kids who drink aftershave. tu 26 18:00 Tuschinski 5 we 27 10:30 Munt 13 th 28 15:45 Munt 13 fr 29 20:30 Tuschinski 3
Rithy Panh Retrospective
S21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
S21, la machine de mort khmère rouge Rithy Panh Cambodia, France, 2003, video, 101 min Accounts by former detainees of a prison camp and their captors under the Cambodian Khmer Rouge. we 20 14:45 Munt 13 th 21 12:00 Tuschinski 6
Program Guide
Shane Salerno
USA, 2013, DCP, 120 min An unprecedented look inside the private world of J. D. Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye. we 20 18:00 Munt 9 th 21 15:30 Munt 9 sa 23 10:00 Tuschinski 1 fr 29 21:15 Munt 9 sa 30 18:45 Tuschinski 1
Student Competition
Santra and the Talking Trees WP
Santra ja puhuvat puut Miia Tervo
Finland, 2013, DCP, 25 min Set in the Finnish region where she grew up, a young, modern world traveler offers us this portrait of an old storyteller who keeps a treasure trove of traditional stories. mo 25 20:30 Tuschinski 3 tu 26 16:45 Munt 9 we 27 11:15 Munt 9 sa 30 16:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Masters
The Secret Life of Uri Geller – Psychic Spy? IP Vikram Jayanti
England, 2013, video, 90 min This unbelievable journey into the life of Uri Geller asks if the spoon-bending entertainer is really a psychic spy. th 21 22:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal sa 23 22:45 Tuschinski 2 tu 26 11:30 Munt 10 th 28 14:45 Tuschinski 1 fr 29 19:00 Tuschinski 2 sa 30 22:00 Podium Mozaïek su 1 14:00 Tuschinski 2
Seminar
Seminar: Making History, Everyday Life and Shifting Morality in Southeast Asia On the occasion of the Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia program, directors and academics debate. fr 22 10:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Berit Madsen
Denmark, 2013, DCP, 88 min A portrait of a courageous young Iranian woman who refuses to conform to expectations and dreams of a future as an astronaut. fr 22 20:15 Munt 9 sa 23 17:45 Tuschinski 4 [DOC U] su 24 10:15 Munt 13 [ I.S.] mo 25 22:15 EYE Cinema 1 we 27 22:30 Munt 11 th 28 15:00 Munt 11 sa 30 19:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Masters
Sex My British Job IP Nick Broomfield
England, 2013, video, 63 min An intimate and shocking glimpse into the disenfranchised lives of undocumented Asian immigrants in London’s brothels, seen through the eyes of an undercover reporter wearing spy camera glasses. th 21 22:00 Munt 10 fr 22 22:45 Tuschinski 6 sa 23 10:00 Munt 10 we 27 17:30 Munt 13 th 28 20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal fr 29 22:45 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 30 20:30 EYE Cinema 2
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition
Shado’man WP Boris Gerrets
The Netherlands, France, 2013, DCP, 86 min A cinematic portrait of the nocturnal street life of the disabled in Sierra Leone, in which a group of friends reflects on their complex existences. th 21 15:45 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] fr 22 20:15 Munt 11 su 24 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 tu 26 22:15 Tuschinski 3 we 27 14:15 Tuschinski 1 th 28 11:45 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] su 1 12:00 Munt 11
Kids & Docs
Shanne and Her Friends IP Shanne og veninderne Ulla Søe, Sussie Weinold
Denmark, 2012, DCP, 38 min Thirteen-year-old Shanne is struggling to find a new friend after her old one left school, and the new school year brings new opportunities. su 24 12:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 15:15 Tuschinski 6 th 28 14:15 Tuschinski 6
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Sepideh â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Reaching for the Stars
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IDFA DocLab Competition
IDFA DocLab Competition
Best of Fests
A Short History of the Highrise IP
The Sochi Project WP
The Special Need
Arnold van Bruggen, Rob Hornstra
Canada, 2013, cross-platform This latest episode in a multi-annual documentary project highlights the history of the vertical living, from the Tower of Babel to the skyscrapers in New York. On display at the Interactive Reality exhibition at De Brakke Grond throughout the festival.
The Netherlands, 2013, cross-platform This multimedia slow journalism project tells the shadow narrative to the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, which is surrounded by conflict zones. It brings together long reads, photo series and TV reports. On display at the Interactive Reality exhibition at De Brakke Grond throughout the festival.
Carlo Zoratti
Katerina Cizek
Student Competition
Feature-Length Competition
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Song from the Forest WP
Staging Silence II
Shrove Sunday WP Dina Barinova
Michael Obert
Niek Koppen in Focus
Germany, 2013, DCP, 97 min An American named Louis Sarno has been living in the jungle for 25 years, among the pygmies of central Africa. Now he’s taking his pygmy son to see the States for the first time. th 21 20:15 Munt 9 fr 22 12:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 23 15:45 Munt 12 [ I.S.] su 24 17:45 Tuschinski 4 we 27 14:15 Munt 12 sa 30 12:30 Tuschinski 3
Siki
Mid-Length Competition
Russia, 2013, DCP, 32 min A family portrait about a day in the life of a blind woman named Shura, and her two brothers who are blind as well. th 21 17:30 Tuschinski 5 su 24 13:15 Munt 10 mo 25 22:15 Munt 12 we 27 11:30 Tuschinski 5 th 28 19:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 29 22:30 Tuschinski 6
Niek Koppen
The Netherlands, 1992, video, 60 min A portrait of the short but remarkable life of Senegalese boxer M’Barick “Battling Siki” Fall, who became the world’s first black light-heavyweight boxing champion in 1922. fr 22 12:45 Tuschinski 6
Panorama
The Silence of the Flies WP IDFAcademy Results
El silencio de las moscas Eliezer Arias
Venezuela, 2013, DCP, 92 min Two mothers living in the Venezuelan Andes recount the heartrending events surrounding the deaths of their daughters, who took their lives at 15 years old. sa 23 21:30 Tuschinski 3 su 24 11:30 Tuschinski 5 mo 25 15:45 Munt 9 sa 30 15:45 Munt 12
Treasures – Restored Oscar® Films
Sky Over Holland John Fernhout
The Netherlands, 1969, DCP 4K, 22 min This dynamic Dutch documentary, scanned, restored and now screened at 4K resolution, connects the country’s celebrated cloudscapes with the work of artists from its Golden Age. fr 22 20:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 30 12:30 EYE Cinema 1
Program Guide
Soul Food Stories EP
Istoria Za Hranata i Dushata Tonislav Hristov
Bulgaria, Finland, 2013, DCP, 60 min There are as many philosophies of life as there are inhabitants in the Bulgarian village of Satovchka. An observational documentary about seven friends and their environment. th 21 18:30 Munt 13 su 24 11:30 Munt 12 [ I.S.] mo 25 20:30 Munt 13 we 27 18:00 Munt 10 fr 29 20:30 Tuschinski 6 su 1 16:45 Munt 13
Mid-Length Competition
Sound of Torture WP Sipour masa Keren Shayo
Israel, 2013, DCP, 60 min Radio host Meron Estefanos uses her program Voices of Eritreans to offer help to hundreds of Eritrean hostages in the Egyptian Sinai desert. fr 22 14:15 Tuschinski 3 [ I.S.] fr 22 21:45 Munt 10 su 24 19:15 Tuschinski 3 mo 25 11:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal tu 26 21:00 Munt 11 th 28 21:15 Tuschinski 6
Germany, Italy, Austria, 2013, DCP, 84 min “Super-mega-duper smart and handsome,” the autistic 29-year-old Enea sets out on a European road trip looking for sex. we 20 19:45 Munt 11 fr 22 22:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 23 21:45 Munt 12 mo 25 11:15 Tuschinski 3 th 28 12:30 Tuschinski 4 sa 30 18:00 Munt 12
Hans Op de Beeck
Belgium, 2013, DCP, 22 min Anonymous hands improvise the staging of dormant decors in which the spectator can project himself as the lone protagonist. su 1 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Music Documentary
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Shane Meadows
England, 2013, DCP, 96 min Shane Meadows follows his idols the Stone Roses during their historic return to the British and European pop stage. we 20 21:45 Tuschinski 4 we 27 22:00 Munt 13 fr 29 18:30 Melkweg – Rabozaal sa 30 21:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal su 1 14:15 Munt 11
Feature-Length Competition
Stream of Love WP Szerelem patak Agnes Sós
Hungary, 2013, DCP, 70 min Love and desire still fill the hearts and thoughts of elderly villagers in Transylvania. Their spirits are young, despite their years. fr 22 11:45 Munt 12 [ I.S.] su 24 19:30 Munt 9 mo 25 13:30 Tuschinski 5 we 27 19:45 Munt 9 fr 29 16:00 Munt 11 sa 30 10:30 EYE Cinema 1
DocLab: Interactive Reality
Street Ghosts Paolo Cirio
Italy, USA, 2013, cross-platform The artist Paolo Cirio prints life-sized pictures of people found on Google’s Street View, and posts them at the exact spot where they were taken. su 24 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal su 24 22:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Treasures – Restored Oscar® Films
Sunflower Seeds WP
Tactica
This Tiny World
Antonis Tolakis
Fernando Sanchez Castillo
Greece, 2013, DCP, 27 min Refugee children in Greece don’t have the chance to just be children. A group of boys pull together a few euros for their families on the streets. mo 25 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 we 27 13:45 EYE Cinema 2 fr 29 11:30 Tuschinski 6
Panorama
Superjews WP
IDFAcademy Results Superjoden Nirit Peled
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 66 min An Israeli woman living in Amsterdam investigates why fans of the Ajax soccer team have appropriated the nickname “Superjews.” su 24 13:30 Tuschinski 4 we 27 16:30 Munt 12 th 28 10:30 Tuschinski 4 fr 29 18:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 1 10:00 Tuschinski 6
Panorama
Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon EP Mike Myers
USA, 2013, DCP, 84 min A portrait of legendary music manager Shep Gordon, Supermensch features celebrity friends and the man himself talking about his wildest days and greatest successes. fr 22 22:30 Munt 11 su 24 11:15 Munt 10 mo 25 22:30 Tuschinski 5 tu 26 18:30 EYE Cinema 1 th 28 19:30 Munt 11 sa 30 10:00 Munt 10
Paradocs: Barbara Visser
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One William Greaves
USA, 1968, video, 75 min In this experimental docudrama from 1968, director William Greaves films how he films how he films, blurring the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction in the process. th 21 22:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 29 18:45 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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Spain, 2012, DCP, 17 min The artist Fernando Sanchez Castillo invited a group of blind people to feel, and thereby to “see,” monuments and portraits of the Spanish dictator Franco. fr 29 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Die kleine wereld Charles Huguenot van der Linden
Rithy Panh’s Top 10
The Netherlands, 1973, DCP, 15 min Lovingly restored old toys from private collections and museums are brought to life with an equal amount of love in the fancyful universe of this Oscar®-winning short film. fr 22 20:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 30 12:30 EYE Cinema 1
A Tale of the Wind
Kids & Docs
Une histoire de vent Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens France, The Netherlands, 1988, 35mm, 78 min Ninety-year-old Joris Ivens travels to China with the unfeasible plan of filming the invisible wind in this allegorical fairytale. su 24 19:30 EYE Cinema 1 mo 25 11:45 Tuschinski 6
Student Competition
The Task WP
La tarea Rhiannon Stevens O’Sullivan
Australia, Cuba, Brazil, 2013, DCP, 21 min It’s a regular workday for an elderly Cuban guard, and there’s not much going on until a young filmmaker points her camera at him. mo 25 20:30 Tuschinski 2 tu 26 13:30 Munt 10 we 27 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 sa 30 10:30 Tuschinski 5 su 1 16:45 Tuschinski 5
Panorama
Temptation WP Viktar Dashuk
Belarus, 2013, DCP, 83 min The Belorussian Victar Dashuk attempts to make himself immortal with a film about his life, and President Alexander Lukashenko shows up as the story’s main antagonist. tu 26 18:00 Tuschinski 2 th 28 17:00 Munt 12 fr 29 21:15 Tuschinski 5 sa 30 13:45 Munt 12
Through the Fire WP IDFAcademy Results Door het vuur Miguel Narings
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 16 min Armando’s stuntman father has come up with a fantastic stunt for his son. Will Armando dare to go through fire? sa 23 13:45 Tuschinski 2 we 27 15:30 Tuschinski 4 su 1 14:30 Tuschinski 4
Kids & Docs
Through the Looking Glass WP IDFAcademy Results De ietsnut Martijn Blekendaal
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 20 min Twelve-year-old Marijn has enrolled in the art academy and is working on his first exhibition, which will be judged by an adult jury. sa 23 13:45 Tuschinski 2 we 27 15:30 Tuschinski 4 su 1 14:30 Tuschinski 4
Student Competition
Tiger Mountain WP Hu tou shan Jie Wu
China, 2013, HDcam, 60 min This moving film gives a voice to the residents of a village in the Chinese countryside that has been polluted by the coal mining industry and now receives no attention whatsoever from the authorities. th 21 16:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 22 18:30 Tuschinski 6 su 24 15:00 Tuschinski 6 th 28 22:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal fr 29 19:15 Munt 13
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Kids & Docs, IDFA Junior
Best of Fests
Mid-Length Competition
To Be a B-Girl IP
The Trials of Muhammad Ali EP
Twin Sisters WP
Yasmin Angel
Germany, 2013, HDcam, 20 min You think break dancing is a man’s world? Jildou and other girls from all over Germany have set up their own crew called How I Met A B-Girl. su 24 12:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 15:15 Tuschinski 6 th 28 14:15 Tuschinski 6
Kids & Docs, IDFA Junior
Tonight We’ll Become Women
IDFAcademy Results
Vannacht worden we vrouwen Josefien Hendriks
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 15 min Two teenage girls have a sleepover and discuss the things that are vitally important to them: love, friendship and periods. su 24 15:30 Tuschinski 4 we 27 13:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 30 14:30 Tuschinski 4
Panorama
Torre David: The World’s Tallest Squat WP Daniel Schwartz, Markus Kneer
Venezuela, Switzerland, 2013, DCP, 23 min The world’s tallest squat, an uncompleted skyscraper in the center of Caracas, is now occupied by 750 families from the slums. fr 22 20:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 23 12:00 Munt 10 su 24 22:15 Munt 10 we 27 13:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 29 14:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 30 10:30 Munt 13
Rithy Panh’s Top 10
Touki Bouki – Journey of the Hyena Djibril Diop Mambety
Senegal, 1973, video, 88 min This Senegalese debut about two young people who dream of going to Paris became a hit in 1973 thanks to its inventive dream sequences and darkly comic tone we 20 21:30 Munt 10 we 27 16:00 EYE Cinema 2
Program Guide
Bill Siegel
USA, 2013, HDcam, 94 min Old footage and new interviews make world history palpable through the personal drama of Muhammad Ali’s life. th 21 17:15 Munt 10 sa 23 22:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal tu 26 15:45 Tuschinski 2 we 27 11:45 Munt 10 th 28 19:00 Munt 10 fr 29 22:45 EYE Cinema 1 sa 30 23:00 Tuschinski 2 su 1 16:00 Podium Mozaïek
Panorama
The Trouble with Aid IP
Tvillingsøstrene Mona Friis Bertheussen
Norway, 2013, DCP, 58 min The remarkable story of Chinese twin sisters who were adopted in two completely different parts of the world but who are bound to one another by fate. th 21 13:45 Munt 12[ I.S.] su 24 15:00 Munt 9 tu 26 14:15 Munt 9 th 28 20:00 Tuschinski 3 sa 30 22:30 EYE Cinema 2 su 1 12:15 Tuschinski 3
Student Competition
Two at the Border IP
Ricardo Pollack
Nacht Grenze Morgen Tuna Kaptan, Felicitas Sonvilla
3 th 28 12:15 Munt 12 fr 29 10:15 Tuschinski 3 sa 30 18:00 Munt 10
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia
England, 2012, DCP, 119 min This investigative documentary featuring iconic footage shines a critical light on the foreign aid sector, using seven recent humanitarian disasters as examples. tu 26 19:30 Tuschinski 1 [Oxfam-Novib Selection] we 27 15:15 Tuschinski
Stand-Up Documentary
The Tunnel IP Jody VandenBurg, Domenico Favata
England, 2012, HDcam, 35 min A look back at the tumultuous years of The Tunnel, the alternative comedy club in London with the eccentric Malcolm Hardee at its helm. fr 22 20:00 Toomler tu 26 11:45 Munt 13 sa 30 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Music Documentary
Twenty Feet from Stardom Morgan Neville
USA, 2012, DCP, 90 min The background singers for superstars talk about life in the shadow of fame, and their true love of music. th 21 22:15 Munt 11 su 24 14:15 Melkweg – Rabozaal
Germany, 2013, DCP, 30 min A portrait of two men who help refugees cross the border between Turkey and Greece, under increasingly difficult circumstances. fr 22 21:45 Munt 10 su 24 19:15 Tuschinski 3 mo 25 11:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal tu 26 21:00 Munt 11 th 28 21:15 Tuschinski 6
Two Girls Against the Rain Sopheak Sao
Cambodia, 2012, DCP, 11 min A little jewel of a film about the love between two Cambodian women who have been together since the days of the Khmer Rouge, despite community and family opposition. th 21 22:30 Tuschinski 2 fr 22 15:15 EYE Cinema 2 mo 25 18:30 Munt 13 tu 26 14:00 Munt 13 we 27 17:45 Tuschinski 6
IDFA DocLab Competition
Type:Rider EP Théo Le Du Fuentes
France, 2013, cross-platform This surprising combination of video game and book maps out the multifaceted history of typography. mo 25 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
[With Live Performance]
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IDFA DocLab Competition
Mid-Length Competition
Tyres WP
Unspeak
Voices of El Alto WP
Menno Otten, Tommy Pallotta, Geert van de Wetering, Jennifer Abbott, Rob Schröder, Benoit Detalle, Marija Jacimovic
Benjamin Oroza
Paradocs
Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob WP
Ahaung hma athit Kyaw Myo Lwin
Myanmar, Germany, 2013, DCP, 30 min In a workshop in Yangon, Myanmar, many hands are making many different things. Expert craftsmen transform used car tires into completely new objects. su 24 20:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 25 13:45 Tuschinski 3 we 27 17:30 Munt 9 th 28 21:15 Munt 12 fr 29 10:00 Munt 12
Best of Fests
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel Kitty Green
Australia, 2013, DCP, 78 min “What’s the difference between a prostitute and a feminist?” The paradox of the Ukrainian protest movement Femen. sa 23 22:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal mo 25 13:15 Munt 11 tu 26 22:30 Tuschinski 1 we 27 19:45 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] th 28 16:15 EYE Cinema 2 su 1 11:15 Munt 9
Panorama
The Netherlands, 2013, cross-platform In this web documentary based on found footage, journalist Steven Poole explains at breakneck speed how the public debate is being corrupted with “unspeak.” On display at the Interactive Reality exhibition at De Brakke Grond throughout the festival.
Via Dolorosa WP
Finland, South Africa, 2013, DCP, 49 min In a tent in the Bolivian mountain city of El Alto, random passersby share their most intimate tales of personal joy and woe. th 21 16:45 Munt 12 [ I.S.] th 21 20:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 22 19:45 Munt 12 tu 26 15:45 Tuschinski 5 fr 29 23:00 Tuschinski 3 sa 30 10:00 Munt 12
Music Documentary
Menno Otten
Linda Hakeboom, Rolf Hartogensis
Panorama
th 28 21:45 Melkweg – Rabozaal fr 29 22:15 Munt 10 su 1 16:15 Munt 12
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 15 min Each year, pious men carry heavy religious statues in a procession through the Via Dolorosa in Malaga. In close-ups, we feel both their suffering and their sublime enlightenment. sa 23 15:30 Tuschinski 6 tu 26 21:45 Tuschinski 6 su 1 16:15 Tuschinski 6
The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 46 min A portrait of musician Douwe Bob Posthuma and his father Simon, who is now paying the price for his own rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. Is that where Douwe Bob is headed? th 21 18:45 Tuschinski 2 sa 23 16:45 Melkweg – Rabozaal [With Live Performance]
The Undertaker WP
The Visit IP
Serbia, Germany, 2013, HDcam, 52 min A Serbian named Bata doesn’t know how much longer he can stand working in his father-in-law’s international undertaker’s business. su 24 20:00 Munt 13 tu 26 13:00 Tuschinski 6 we 27 13:00 Munt 13 th 28 21:30 Podium Mozaïek fr 29 13:30 Munt 10 sa 30 14:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Poland, 2013, DCP, 11 min Visitors are welcome every Sunday at a nursing home in the forest, and the residents await their arrival – smoking, pacing and hoping. sa 23 17:30 Tuschinski 6 mo 25 20:00 EYE Cinema 1 tu 26 21:15 Munt 13 we 27 22:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 29 17:30 Munt 13
Masters
Music Documentary
Cambodia, France, 2013, DCP, 55 min A psychological drama about a Cambodian-Cameroonian boy who, searching for his roots, confronts both his family and the UN with their inability to provide a future for him. th 21 18:00 Tuschinski 3 [Extended Q&A] fr 22 22:30 Tuschinski 4 sa 23 12:45 Tuschinski 5 mo 25 15:30 Tuschinski 4
Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War EP
Student Competition
Jesse Acevedo
White Soldier
Pogrebnik Dragan Nikolic
The Unknown Known Errol Morris
USA, 2013, DCP, 104 min Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld candidly discusses his enormous archive of political memo’s – about Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. th 21 10:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 22 10:00 Tuschinski 1 sa 23 23:00 Munt 11 we 27 20:00 Tuschinski 4 [ VPRO Extra] fr 29 20:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 30 18:00 EYE Cinema 2
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Odwiedziny Matej Bobrik
Cuba, USA, 2012, DCP, 74 min A gripping undercover film about the militant Cuban underground rap duo Los Aldeanos, who tackle the injustices in their country in no uncertain terms. mo 25 14:30 Tuschinski 1 we 27 17:30 Melkweg – Rabozaal th 28 17:15 Munt 9 [DOC U] fr 29 21:00 Melkweg – Rabozaal sa 30 23:45 Tuschinski 3
Where I Go EP Kavich Neang
Danielle Zini
Israel, The Netherlands, 2013, DCP, 55 min Palestinians, conscripts and colonists are confronted by an artist dressed as a soldier all in white, who turns deadly seriousness, humor and discipline upside down. we 20 15:45 Tuschinski 5 th 21 11:15 Tuschinski 3 fr 22 10:00 Tuschinski 5 fr 29 20:00 Tuschinski 4 su 1 16:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Stand-Up Documentary
WWI: the First War on Screen
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley IP
WWI – Contested Conquests
Whoopi Goldberg
Introduction and Q&A with David Barnouw (NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies). Screening with live piano. Friedensverhandlungen in Brest-Litowsk, Lille im dritten Kriegsjahr, Der Magische Gürtel, 105’ su 24 12:45 EYE Cinema 3
USA, 2013, HDcam, 72 min Together with many famous colleagues, debut director Whoopi Goldberg pays a deeply felt homage to trailblazing black comedienne Moms Mabley (1894-1975). th 21 12:30 Munt 13 sa 23 22:30 Toomler tu 26 20:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal fr 29 19:30 Podium Mozaïek sa 30 16:30 Tuschinski 6 su 1 12:15 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Music Documentary
Los Wild Ones EP Elise Salomon
USA, 2013, DCP, 77 min The ups and downs of the lively musical “family” of mainly Mexican rockabillies around the Los Angeles-based Wild Record Label. su 24 20:30 Melkweg – Rabozaal [With Live Performance]
tu 26 18:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal we 27 10:00 Munt 11 th 28 17:15 Melkweg – Rabozaal sa 30 20:30 Munt 10
Feature-Length Competition
The Wild Years WP Els anys salvatges Ventura Durall
Spain, 2013, DCP, 73 min Living without money or adult involvement, three street children struggle to survive in the capital of Ethiopia. fr 22 15:30 Munt 12 [ I.S.] sa 23 19:00 Munt 9 mo 25 22:00 Tuschinski 4 tu 26 17:15 Tuschinski 1 fr 29 19:45 Munt 11 sa 30 14:45 EYE Cinema 1
Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia
WWI: the First War on Screen
WWI – Daily Life Introduction and Q&A with Kay Gladstone (Imperial War Museum). Screening with live piano. A Day in the Life of a Munition Worker, Hochseefischerei der Deutschen Marine, Mrs. John Bull Prepared, 120’ sa 23 14:15 EYE Cinema 3
Student Competition
Zelim’s Confession Natalia Mikhaylova
Germany, 2013, DCP, 60 min One morning, a Chechen named Zelim was arrested in his mother’s house and tortured for five days to admit to a crime he never committed. th 21 14:30 Tuschinski 6 mo 25 16:00 Munt 12 tu 26 20:15 Tuschinski 3 we 27 10:00 Munt 10 fr 29 18:15 Munt 12
Based on the Same Story
Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow
USA, 2013, DCP, 157 min Kathryn Bigelow’s feature about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, with a special role for the CIA’s torture tactics. sa 23 21:45 EYE Cinema 3
Wukan: The Flame of Democracy WP James Leong, Lynn Lee
Singapore, 2013, DCP, 90 min The Chinese village of Wukan is unique for having democratically elected its own local government in 2012. Now it’s faced with the complex reality of carrying out reforms. fr 22 11:00 Munt 10 sa 23 18:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal tu 26 17:45 Tuschinski 4 th 28 13:45 Tuschinski 3
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Special Events
Exhibitions
Guided Tour Stedelijk Museum
Paradocs: The Making of Movies (Barbara Visser)
IDFA guided tour (90 minutes) in Stedelijk Museum focuses on the question how other art forms deal with the representation of reality. Tickets only via the IDFA Box Office (tickets can NOT be purchased at Stedelijk Museum). Start tour: 11:00. Meeting point from 10:45 at the IDFA pillar in Stedelijk Museum’s entree hall. No admittance after the start of the tour.
The “periphery” of the documentary genre takes center stage in IDFA’s Paradocs program. In this year’s Paradocs, Dutch visual artist and documentary filmmaker Barbara Visser was invited to curate a program on “making of’ documentaries.” She is also presenting a film installation entitled Take 0: The Making of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm. Reflecting on William Greaves’ Symbiopsychotaxiplasm:Take One (1968), one of Visser’s picks for the The Making of Movies program, her installation offers an investigation into a contemporary interpretation of the principles behind this recently rediscovered documentary classic. November 21 – December 1, continuously | de Brakke Grond, Tuinzaal | free entrance
These programs are supported by Ammodo
November 23 – December 1, daily 11:00 | Stedelijk Museum | ticket required
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA The Amsterdam Art Weekend (AAW) is taking place during the last weekend of IDFA. Together with Paradocs, the AAW screens a selection of recent video artworks at IDFA, including works from De Rijksakademie, De Ateliers, and various Amsterdam galleries. Featured artists include Juul Hondius, Charlotte Dumas and Saskia Olde Wolbers. November 29 – December 1, 14:00 | Tuschinski 6 | ticket required
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Journey to Jah + Live: Ziggy Recado After the film, Ziggi Recado, the biggest reggae singer in the Netherlands, brings some sun to the Rabozaal with an acoustic set. November 23, 14:15 – 16:45 | Melkweg, Rabozaal
Twenty Feet from Stardom + Live: Shirma Rouse After the screening, Shirma Rouse, who has sung backup for such Dutch artists as Anouk, Alain Clark and Candy Dulfer shows us that she actually deserves center stage. November 24, 14:15 – 16:15 | Melkweg, Rabozaal
Mattanja Joy and Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob + Live: Mattanja Joy Bradley / Douwe Bob After the films, we are treated to a live performance from both Mattanja Joy, finalist on the show The Best Singer-Songwriter in the Netherlands 2012, and Douwe Bob, who won the same competition.
Jingle Bell Rocks! + Live: Fay Lovsky, Florian Friedrich & Laurens Joensen Immediately following the film, Fay Lovsky, Florian Friedrich & Laurens Joensen treat us to a special Christmas performance. November 24, 16:45 – 18:45 | Melkweg, Rabozaal
November 23, 16:45 – 19:15 | Melkweg, Rabozaal
Los Wild Ones + Live: Luis Wildfire / Carl & The Rhythm Allstars
Europe in 8 Bits + Live: Men of Mega / Ralp + Culomono / EINDBAAS DJ’s
After the film, Wild Record artists Luis Wildfire with Carl & The Rhythm All Stars ensure that we stay in the rockabilly mood. The French band Carl & The Rhythm All Stars plays a mix of rockabilly, honky tonk, rhythm and blues and western swing, while Luis Wildfire provides the 1950s rock ‘n’ roll.
After the screening, EINDBAAS offers us a two-hour logo full colour CMYK Chiptune Party with some real gems from the European scene: the Dutch duo Men of Mega, Spanish logo duotone PMS proj032 CVC DJs Ralp and Culomono with their audiovisual ect Distortled Box, and the EINDBAAS DJs. Expect an evening full of danceable bleepslogo originating zw-w negatief K from vintage game consoles from the 1980s and 1990s, like the Nintendo Gameboy, Amiga, Atari and logo zw-w postief K C64. There are also a number of installations to see from industrial designer Gijs Gieskens.
November 24, 20:30 – 23:00 | Melkweg, Rabozaal
In collaboration with Melkweg
The Music Competition is supported by VSBfonds
November 23, 20:30 – 24:00 | Melkweg, Rabozaal
Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America + Live: Macarena Paz Trio A screening attended by Sosa’s son Fabian Mates, followed by a live performance by Macarena Paz. Born in Chile, Paz focuses exclusively on the musical traditions of Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Argentina. Special for this occasion, she plays songs by Mercedes Sosa with Alvaro Pinto on guitar and Orlando Miño on drums.
Tickets for music documentaries plus concert can be obtained at the discount price.
November 24, 11:30 – 13:45 | Melkweg, Rabozaal
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Film & Concert
Vincent Morisset and the Age of the Interface Jonathan Harris and the Slow Web
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Interactive Reality Conference
Our digital world is complex, disturbing and exciting at the same time. More importantly, it’s real. Increasingly, our lives and most intimate emotions take place online, exchanged through screens and stored in data centres all around the world. Meanwhile, former science fiction technologies are within everyone’s reach - from computer glasses and 3D printers to flying robots and interfaces controlled by thoughts and feelings. It’s time to reflect, time for new forms of documentary storytelling that make us grasp the meaning of our interactive reality. Since 2008, IDFA explores the cutting edge of digital and interactive documentary with its new media program DocLab. This year, besides the annual competition program, IDFA DocLab and interdisciplinary arts centre de Brakke Grond present the Interactive Reality program, a new initiative celebrating documentary storytelling in the age of the interface. The program takes place from November 21 to 26.
On November 24, many of the worlds leading pioneers in interactive documentary present their visions for the future and practical advice on digital documentary storytelling. Confirmed speakers and experts include Jonathan Harris (We Feel Fine / I Love Your Work), Vincent Morisset (BlaBla / Just a Reflektor), Kira Pollack (TIME Magazine), Loc Dao (National Film Board of Canada), Marianne Levy Leblond (ARTE France), Jason Brush (Possible), Sarah Wholozin (MIT), and many more. Presented by Ove Rishoj Jensen (EDN), Caspar Sonnen (IDFA DocLab) and Veerle Devreese (De Brakke Grond). Sunday November 24, 10:00 – 18:00 | de Brakke Grond, Expo Zaal | ticket required
Live Cinema Events & Exhibition If we truly want to explore the potential of interactive documentary storytelling, we have to do more than just talk about it. Join us for a series of one-off live cinema events and an exhibition of interactive installations. Anything goes - from intimate personal screenings to live navigations and large-scale audience participation; from
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Emotional Arcade
Festival events special information
events with food, live music and theatrical performances to emotional competitions using facial recognition and biometric data. Highlights include the world premiere of the Emotional Arcade and live cinema events presented by famous artists and internet pioneers such as Jonathan Harris, Vincent Morisset and the National Film Board of Canada. DocLab Live Cinema Events | November 22 – 26, daily at 20:00 | de Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal |
The full program, as well as an online database featuring 100+ of the best interactive documentary projects, can be found at www.idfa.nl/doclab. Interactive Reality is curated and organised by IDFA DocLab and De Brakke Grond, supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL and AFK (the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts). In collaboration with iDrops, the Dutch Cultural Media Fund (Mediafonds), the Netherlands Film Fund and firestarters by Vodafone.
ticket required Emotional Arcade | November 21 – 24, various times | de Brakke Grond, Witte Zaal Interactive Reality Exhibition | November 21 – December 1, continuously | de Brakke Grond, Witte Zaal Other interactive events at IDFA include the Interactive Reality Lab (see page 141) an Industry Talk on Interactive Storytelling (see page 122) and the
Interactive Reality is an initiative of
Crossmedia FORUM (see page 132).
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Rithy Panh Master Class Each year, a renowned filmmaker gets the chance to present his or her personal documentary Top 10, accompanied by a retrospective of the director’s own work. This year, in connection to the program section Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, Cambodian director Rithy Panh was invited to compile the IDFA Top 10. Panh has made a name with his documentary and fiction works that reflect on the attrocities inflicted by the Khmer Rouge regime. He made his breakthrough in 2003 with S21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, in which he filmed the testimony of former inmates and guards at a prison camp. His latest film, The Missing Picture, won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes in May 2013. Alongside directing, Panh is also a producer. His production credits include Red Wedding, Lida Chan and Guillaume Suon’s award-winner at IDFA 2012. In addition, he is founder and director of the Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center in Cambodia, which aims to preserve the history of Cambodian film and photography. Panh will discuss his own work
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and his Top 10 selection in a master class chaired by film journalist Dana Linssen (NRC Handelsblad, de Filmkrant). November 22, 13:00 – 14:30 | Tuschinski 1 (Reguliersbreestraat 26) | Ticket required
The Master Class is supported by the Dutch Cultural Media Fund
Making History, Everyday Life and Shifting Morality in Southeast Asia On the basis of the program section Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia, directors and academics debate issues such as the filmmaker’s role as “historian” and the influence of censorship. In collaboration with KITLV, IIAS and Leiden University. November 22, 10:30 – 12:30 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal (Nes 45) | Free admission
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Historical documentaries rely heavily on archive footage. In addition to the stock footage libraries, filmmakers can also turn to national film archives to find material for their films. But film archives often don’t hold the rights to the footage they keep, which means that collaborating with them may require a different approach than working with commercial stock footage libraries. In this session, a group of archive experts from the EYE Film Institute present some practical cases of reusing archive footage, shedding light on various aspects of the collaboration between filmmakers and film archives. November 23, 11:00 – 12:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal (Nes 45) | Free admission for all passholders
Hi-Tea with Ally & Peter’s Friends An extended daily discussion with a special or secret guest, hosted by IDFA director Ally Derks and friends of filmmaker Peter Wintonick. November 22 – 27, 16:00 - 16:30 | Tuschinski VIP Lounge | Free admission
Extended Q&As Gaddafi by Panu Aree, Kaweenipon Ketprasit and Kong Rithdee & Where I Go by Kavich Neang The boys in both films cause controversy, within as well as outside their community. After the screening Gea Wijers, expert in Cambodia and Cambodian diaspora, speaks with the directors.
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The quest for archive footage: treasure trove or mission impossible?
Pandora’s Promise by Robert Stone Not everything that we think we know about nuclear energy is accurate, and this assertion is being made from some unexpected people. In Pandora’s Promise, environmentalists and former anti-nuke activists Mark Lynas and Stewart Brand talk about how nuclear energy might just offer the hope we need for a future free from fossil fuels. After the film, science journalist Martijn van Calmthout from the Dutch daily Volkskrant speaks with director Robert Stone and professor and energy expert Wim Turkenburg about the promise of nuclear power. November 22, 15:00 | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required
Master of the Universe by Marc Bauder In Master of the Universe, former investment banker Rainer Voss opens up about the finance business and the role he played in it. During the capitalist glory days of the 1980s, Voss sometimes made as much as a million dollars a day. His reflections and vision of the future for the banking sector are equally disheartening. Over the past two years, Dutch journalist Joris Luyendijk has interviewed more than 200 employees in London’s finance sector. After the film, he talks with director Marc Bauder and Rainer Voss himself about the world of high finance. November 23, 12:45 | Tuschinski 1 | Ticket required
Alphabet by Erwin Wagenhofer
This unorthodox road movie unravels the tangled border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over the Preah Vihear Hindu temple. After the screening, Bart Barendregt professor of Popular and Digital culture at Leiden University speaks with director Nontawat Numbenchapol.
In Alphabet, defenders and opponents of the current education system talk about alternatives to hierarchal, competitive education that measures results with the internationally standardized PISA student evaluation system. Education experts and students make a plea for “divergent,” creative education that focuses on individuals. After the film, Dutch newsman Twan Huys discusses the necessity of creativity in education with Alphabet director Erwin Wagenhofer, principal of the Dutch Superschool Eric van ‘t Zelfde, and Pieter Hilhorst, Alderman of Education in Amsterdam.
November 21, 20:15 | Tuschinski 3 | Ticket required
November 23, 15:30 | Tuschinski 1 | Ticket required
November 21, 18:00 | Tuschinski 3 | Ticket required
Boundary by Nontawat Numbenchapol
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Kismet
The Armstrong Lie by Alex Gibney
Putin’s Games by Alexander Gentelev
In 2009, IDFA favorite Alex Gibney decided to make a film about Lance Armstrong’s post-cancer Tour de France comeback. Five years and one confession to Oprah Winfrey later, Gibney put together this exhaustive reconstruction replete with archive footage and interviews. After the screening, Dutch newsman and cycling fanatic Herman van der Zandt talks with cyclist Thomas Dekker, Mark Misérus, sports journalist from the Dutch daily Volkskrant, and Dutch director Kees Jongkind (The Tour of Bauke) about doping, the fear of becoming an outcast and the role of the embedded journalist.
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia will be the first ever to be held in a subtropical resort. The most expensive games ever break all records when it comes to corruption and megalomania. Both the powerful and the weak speak out in this investigative documentary, which unveils the hidden story behind Putin’s games. After the film, publisher Derk Sauer, with years of experience in Russia speaks with director Alexander Gentelev about corruption and megalomania in Russia under Putin.
November 24, 10:00 | Tuschinski 1 | Ticket required
The Mangoes by Tonny Trimarsanto An intimate look at the complicated life of a transgender person named Renita, who returns to her home village after 20 years in Jakarta. After the screening, senior researcher at KITLV Fridus Steijlen speaks with director Tonny Trimarsanto. November 24, 19:15 | Tuschinski 6 | Ticket required
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November 25, 11:15 | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required
Kismet by Nina Maria Paschalidou Why are Turkish soap operas so incredibly popular? Kismet looks for the answers by speaking with the soaps’ directors, sociologists and fans, most of whom are female, and not only in Turkey but from Abu Dhabi and Cairo to Athens, Sofia and Mostar. These faithful fans may swoon at the hotly debated romantic intrigues, but they are also emboldened by the female characters, all
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November 25, 15:45 | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required
A Letter to Nelson Mandela by Khalo Matabane In A Letter to Nelson Mandela, director Khalo Matabane asks critical questions about Mandela’s status, role and actions in the reforms that took place in South Africa in the 1990s. And he gets answers from thinkers, writers, politicians and artists from all over the world, including Colin Powell, Ariel Dorfman, Tariq Ali and the Dalai Lama. The film is about memories, dreams, the shaping of views, power, justice and humanity. In the Extended Q&A, journalist and film critic Gawie Keyser speaks with director Khalo Matabane about the myth surrounding Nelson Mandela and his role in the reforms of South Africa in the 1990s. November 25, 17:45 | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required
The Human Experiment by Dana Nachman and Don Hardy According to the makers of The Human Experiment, the chemicals all around us are more of a threat than visible disasters such as terrorist attacks and train accidents. Increases in infertility and cancer are believed to be attributable to chemical additives in cosmetics, food and toys. Are unassuming consumers being used by manufacturers as guinea pigs? After the film, TV and documentary maker Marijn Frank speaks with directors Dana Nachman and Don Hardy and experts about the safety of our products and the importance of stricter regulations. November 26, 13:15 | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required
Return to Homs by Talal Derki Editor of the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland Harm Ede Botje speaks with director Talal Derki
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of whom are strong, independent women. After the film, Dutch TV personality Daphne Bunskoek speaks with Kismet director Nina Maria Paschalidou and expert Joke Hermes about women’s liberation movements and overcoming taboos through Turkish soaps.
and producer Orwa Nyrabia about the battle being fought by young revolutionaries in Syria, which they capture in this intimate film about a group of friends in Homs, Syria. They dream of liberating their country from its corrupt government and fight for justice through peaceful protest. When the army transforms their city into a ghost town, the young men become armed insurgents. November 26, 14:45 | Tuschinski 1 | Ticket required
By Vrij Nederland magazine
Land of Promise by René Roelofs and Paul Scheffer In Land of Promise, a montage of powerful, poignant TV footage shows how immigration has changed European society since the 1950s. Migration is by definition problematic, but René Roelofs and Paul Scheffer (author of the influential article “The multicultural drama”) look beyond questions of who’s to blame. Archive footage documents the four stages of arrival, avoidance, conflict and adaptation that characterize migration. In the Extended Q&A, Dutch newsman Twan Huys speaks with directors René Roelofs and Paul Scheffer about their film. November 27, 13:15 | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket purchase required
Farewell to Hollywood by Henry Corra and Regina Nicholson A poetic documentary fairy tale about life and death, holding on and letting go, that invites us to join a discussion about the relationship between filmmaker, subject and family. This touching yet controversial film is both a portrait of and an ode to the 17-year-old Regina “Reggie” Nicholson, who is struggling with cancer, her parents and her dream of making a film. After the film, professor and journalist Brian Winston speaks with director Henry Corra about his emotional relationship with Reggie and its consequences for those around her. November 27, 16:15 | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required
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Ukraine Is Not a Brothel by Kitty Green Young and attractive Ukrainian women protest topless. They make the news time and again by ringing church bells or climbing balconies topless, their breasts painted with slogans like “Sextremist” or “My name is democracy.” Behind these actions is Femen, an organization run by a man, Victor Svatsky. Ukraine Is Not a Brothel exposes the paradox that stretches deep into the protest movement. After the film, editor of the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland Harm Ede Botje chats with director Kitty Green and Femen activists Inna and Sasha Shevchenko about topless activism in a patriarchal society.
The Ghosts in Our Machine by Liz Marshall The Ghosts in Our Machine follows photographer Jo-Anne McArthur as she goes about her mission to create awareness for animal rights. In her unconventional photo sessions with shocking images of animal cruelty, we get a look into her animal-loving soul. After the film, Maarten Reesink, professor of Animal Studies at the University of Amsterdam, speaks with the film’s director Liz Marshall, Jo-Anne McArthur herself, and lawyer Antoine Goetschel about animal rights and how visual media can influence them. November 28, 17:00 | Tuschinski 1 | Ticket required
November 27, 19:45 | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required
By Vrij Nederland magazine
Shado’man by Boris Gerrets In Shado’man, a group of friends in Sierra Leone reflect upon their complex existence. The poetic, somber cinematography captures the friends as they share their visions of the precarious nature of life in this complex country. After the screening, film journalist Dana Linssen talks with director Boris Gerrets about his intimate portraits in Sierra Leone. November 28, 11:45 | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required
Photo-Eddy by David de Jongh How does an adventurous photographer end up painting landscapes? The life and work of photographer Eddy de Jongh (1920-2002) experienced many ups and downs. On the basis of interviews, archive footage and sound recordings, his son David paints a frank portrait of a difficult and traumatized man. After the film, editor-in-chief of the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland Frits van Exter speaks with De Jongh about his no-holds-barred approach. November 29, 13:45 | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required
Everyday Rebellion by The Riahi Brothers
By Vrij Nederland magazine
In Everyday Rebellion, we learn that nonviolent resistance against regimes is more effective than the violent variety. That is one of the scientifically based conclusions that form the basis of this kaleidoscopic look at alternative and creative forms of resistance in the world: from underground cultural activities in Iran and silent demonstrations in Egypt, via the topless provocations of Femen in Ukraine, to the Occupy movement in the United States. After the screening directors Arash and Arman Riahi and experts talk about the success of non-violent resistance.
All extended Q&As are supported by the Dutch Cultural Media Fund
November 28, 14:30 | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required
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Oxfam Novib Selection
Film critic Nicolas Rapold (Film Comment, The New York Times) discusses with filmmakers differences and similarities between documentaries and fiction films on the same subject
Oxfam Novib has selected three films from the IDFA program that are connected with the work of Oxfam Novib. The screenings will be followed by an in-depth Q&A. One of these three films will win the Oxfam Global Justice Award.
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November 25, 19:30 | Light Fly, Fly High |
Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks with director Othmar Schmiderer about his protagonist, her memories, his film and Downfall.
Tuschinski 1 | Ticket required
November 22, 19:15 | EYE | Ticket required
November 27, 19:30 | No Land No Food No Life |
November 26, 19:30 | The Trouble with Aid | Tuschinski 1 | Ticket required Tuschinski 1 | Ticket required
Manhunt Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks with Manhunt director Greg Barker and compares his documentary about the hunt for Bin Laden with Hollywood blockbuster Zero Dark Thirty.
In collaboration with Oxfam Novib
November 23, 19:00 | EYE | Ticket required
General Idi Amin Dada Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks with director Kevin Macdonald about the portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, in both General Idi Amin Dada and Last King of Scotland. November 25, 19:00 | EYE | Ticket required
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Movies that Matter@IDFA Movies that Matter has selected three films from the IDFA program. Art and human rights take center stage in this film program. Each screening is followed by an in-depth Q&A with international guests. November 24, 12:00 | Dangerous Acts Starring
Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks with cinematographer Ed Lachman (Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Not There) about different visual approaches and references in the depiction of Bob Dylan.
the Unstable Elements of Belarus | Tuschinski 2 |
November 26, 18:45 | EYE | Ticket required
November 24, 16:30 | Ai Weiwei The Fake Case |
Ticket required November 24, 14:00 | Judgment in Hungary | Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required Tuschinski 2 | Ticket required
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Hivos Presents: The Mulberry House
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The half-Scottish director Sara Ishaq returns to her native country Yemen to restore her family ties. Once there she finds herself in the middle of the protest against the authoritarian regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh. Like her family she gets more and more involved in the protest. The film screening is followed by an in-depth Q&A with director and producer about the making of the documentary and their involvement in the resistance against de regime in Yemen. Moderated by Monique Doppert (Hivos).
Claude Lanzmann about The Last of the Unjust
November 28, 19:30 – 21:15 | Munt 9 | Ticket required
In collaboration with Hivos
A chat led by Dutch public radio host Chris Kijne with Claude Lanzmann about his new film, his documentary masterpiece Shoah and his memoires. Over the course of nine hours, Shoah (1985) unrelentingly chronicles the mass murder of Jews at the hands of the Nazis. In 2011, Lanzmann published his internationally acclaimed autobiography The Patagonian Hare. This year, he is back at IDFA with his new film The Last of the Unjust (France, 2013, 210 min.), a monumental documentary about Benjamin Murmelstein, chairman of the Jewish Council at Theresienstadt concentration camp. November 26, 11:00 – 12:30 | De Kleine Komedie | Ticket required
Green Screen Day IDFA goes green on Green Screen Day! Enjoy the best documentaries from the Green Screen program, selected by the Green Film Making Project – an initiative of sustainability platform Strawberry Earth. Simone Weimans (NOS Journaal) is your host for the day, with introductions and Q&A’s by philosophers, specialists and scientists. A must-see for everyone who prefers their sustainability with a side of inspirational storytelling and expertise. Experienced environmental warrior or still green? Green Screen Day, offering IDFA’s most sustainable documentaries, will be just your thing. November 29, 12:15 – 24:00 | de Brakke Grond, Expozaal | Ticket required
In collaboration with Green Film Making Project
Leo Blokhuis on Muscle Shoals Muscle Shoals (Greg “Freddy” Camalier, USA, 2013, 111 min.) is about a small city in northern Alabama that grew to be the epicenter of soul music. Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Wilson Pickett and many others recorded their music there, followed by white artists like Paul Simon, Bob Seger and the Rolling Stones. A great fan of the Muscle Shoals sound, music expert Leo Blokhuis has been to the city on a number of occasions and spoken to many a musician. On the basis of excerpts from the film and with a live band of musicians who have also been inspired by this studio, Blokhuis illustrates how special Muscle Shoals is. Ricky Koole sings her heart out together with the band Ocobar and accompanied by keyboardist Roel Spanjers, who is a specialist in this genre and has played with various Muscle Shoals musicians himself. These great stories and terrific music and will have you hankering go see the documentary! In English. November 21, 15:00 – 16:30 | De Kleine Komedie | Ticket required
IDFA in De Kleine Komedie is supported by VSBfonds
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For all guests who want to sharpen their awareness of the documentary industry and get up to speed on its latest developments, IDFA is organizing eight Industry Talks under the general title The Future of …, covering such topics as VOD, the latest trends in crossmedia, and new distribution models. All panel discussions take place in de Brakke Grond in the Rode Zaal (located at Nes 45) from November 21– November 28, each talk lasts between 60 and 90 minutes, including questions from the audience. Free admission to all IDFA passholders, except KeyTalk Nick Fraser.
The Future of Creative Documentary: Hubert Sauper on his Highly Anticipated New Film The Industry Talks and IDFAcademy kick off together with an inspiring session by renowned independent filmmaker Hubert Sauper (Kinsangani Diary, Darwin’s Nightmare). In this session, he will give a preview of his newest film We Come as Friends (2014), as well as give insight into how he managed to balance his creative aspirations and the productional demands of this challenging production. Guest: Hubert Sauper November 21, 15:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode zaal (Nes 45)
The Future of the Art of Pitching Come along on a guided tour as the successful Danish producer Sigrid Dyekjær reveals her best practice experiences in producing funding trailers and pitches for an international market. When you’ve only got seven minutes to sweep financiers off their feet and make them reach for their wallets, how do you plan your pitch both visually and orally? Dyekjær discusses her own experiences and gives you the insider’s scoop. Joining her onstage are Freddy Neumann, PR agent of many Danish documentaries, and Eva Mulvad, director of A Modern Man and Enemies of Happiness. Keynote: Sigrid Dyekjær (Danish Documentary Production) Guests: Freddy Neumann (PR Agent) | Eva Mulvad (director) Program Guide
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Industry Talks November 22, 15:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode zaal (Nes 45)
In collaboration with the Dutch Directors Guild and the NBF
The Future of Distribution: What You Need to Know Jan Röfekamp, one of the most knowledgeable and forward-thinking distributors, gives his candid opinion on what is working today and what to avoid. With three decades of experience in international sales, Röfekamp has a unique perspective on how filmmakers can succeed in the years to come. Leading distribution strategist Peter Broderick provides a provocative presentation on how documentary filmmakers can become truly independent. Broderick, who has keynoted IDFA twice in the past, shares the cutting-edge strategies filmmakers are using today to build personal audiences and sustainable careers. This is followed up by a lively discussion with the audience about the best ways filmmakers can maximize their distribution in Europe, the United States, and around the world. Guests: Peter Broderick (Paradigm Consulting ) | Jan Röfekamp (Films Transit) November 23, 15.00 | Brakke Grond, Rode zaal (Nes 45)
The Future of VOD: What’s in it for the Filmmaker? Different VOD platforms, aggregators, subsidized or commercial with various business models around one table. How do they operate? And how can you, as a filmmaker or producer, benefit from them? VOD expert Brian Newman leads you through this jungle of companies that all have their own vision of the future. Guests: Greg Rubidge (Syndicado) | Robert Franke (Viewster) |Peter Gerard (Distrify) | Casey Pugh (VHX) Moderated by: Brian Newman (Sub-Genre) November 24, 15:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode zaal (Nes 45)
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The Future of Outreach and Engagement The field of outreach and engagement has grown rapidly in the last five years. In turn, filmmakers, film funds and the documentary industry have gained a deeper understanding of the purpose and benefits. This panel looks at best practices from social issue documentary film campaigns, and how those lessons can be further incorporated into the field. Guests: Emily Verellen (Fledgling Fund) | Roger Ross Williams (God Loves Uganda) | Rebecca Lichtenfeld (Bertha Foundation) Moderated by: Sandra Whipham (Britdoc) November 25, 15:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode zaal (Nes 45)
In collaboration with the Fledgling Fund and the Bertha Foundation.
The Future of Interactive Storytelling: an Art Form or Add-on? Key players in the emerging interactive documentary genre reflect on the future of documentary media and storytelling. They discuss the sustainability of the current media landscape. Why is interactive documentary important, and who is watching it? Where will interactive documentary be in five years? Will it become an art form of its own, or will it always be linked to existing non-fiction media like photography, filmmaking, visual arts and print publishing? Guests: Callum Cooper (director / visual artist) | Alexandre Brachet (Upian) | Brett Gaylor (Digital storyteller / Mozilla Foundation) | Pauline Augrain (CNC) Moderated by: Ove Rishøj Jensen (EDN)
The Future of Upcoming Markets What are the possibilities for documentary film in Asia, Africa and the Middle East? If you are a documentary filmmaker from outside these markets, how can you navigate your way within them? Experts give you an overview of these regional markets. Guests: Steven Seidenberg (Lic China) | Dan Jawitz (Fireworx Media) | Viola Shafik (director/curator) Moderated by: Keiko Bang (Bang Productions) November 27, 15:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode zaal (Nes 45)
KeyTalk Nick Fraser: Why Documentaries Matter Nick Fraser says that docs are everywhere and nowhere. We say we love them and yet not enough people watch them. They ‘re supposed to change the world. Do they? Sometimes you feel that they are made by and for left-wing folk? is that the case? Should it be the base? Doc funding is getting harder and harder, but people make docs even if they don’t make money from them. Should we regard this as a secular miracle or yet another instance of contemporary wage slavery? Lastly, many aspects of doc-making are being taken over by a combination of rich liberal patrons from the American West Coast and NGOs. What does that mean for the future? Will there be docs in 15 years time? Nick Fraser describes himself as doc obsessive. “If I hadn’t encountered docs, I’d be someone else. My life has been changed by docs,’ he says. “The trouble is I am still trying to figure out how.’ Nick Fraser is Editor of Storyville, at the BBC. He wrote a book Why Documentaries Matter. November 28, 15:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal (Nes 45) | Ticket required
November 26, 15:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode zaal (Nes 45)
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IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast
Guests Meet Guests
Kick-start your day at the IDFA Filmmakers Breakfast. Meet your fellow filmmakers and IDFA staff over coffee and croissants.
All guests at IDFA have the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with each other at the Guests Meet Guests daily cocktail hour.
November 21 – 29, 8:30 – 10:30 | Café de Kroon
November 21, 22, 23, 27 and 28, 18:00 – 19:30 |
(Rembrandtplein 17)
Brasserie Schiller (Rembrandtplein 26)
Filmmakers and producers with IDFA selected films and accredited press are invited.
November 24, 25 and 26, 18:00 – 19:30 |
Breakfasts Talks From November 22 – 27, breakfast will end at 10:00 to allow time for a short informal presentation introducing various sales agents, commissioning editors, film funds and festival programmers. This is an opportunity to meet and greet your fellow documentary professionals. The presentations are open for all pass holders.
The IDFA Filmmakers Breakfasts are presented by Gaiam TV Gaiam TV is an exciting new digital media channel offering film enthusiasts eye-opening documentaries, uplifting narrative features and unique original programming. The service is available on multiple platforms, worldwide. Featuring a wide variety of transformational content, Gaiam TV takes viewers beyond the boundaries of mainstream media to reveal new and enlightening perspectives for our changing world. Gaiam TV is actively looking to program and distribute conscious centric documentaries with transformational, life affirming messages.
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Café De Kroon (Rembrandtplein 17) | For all pass holders
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision cordially invites you to the Guests Meet Guests reception. November 23, 17:00 – 19:30 | Brasserie Schiller (Rembrandtplein 26)
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision collects and preserves the country’s audiovisual heritage and makes it available to media professionals, educators, scientists and the general public. In addition, the institute develops and disseminates knowledge in the field of audiovisual archiving, digitization and media history. Aside from the Institute’s vast public broadcasting collection, Sound and Vision also owns a large film collection containing documentaries, newsreels and government-funded films. Some of these films are true gems that are of enormous historic value. As part of the IDFA program section Treasures - Restored Oscar®-nominated and Oscar®-winning Films, 11 of these films were scanned and restored at 8K, 4K and 2K resolution to be able to share them with a wider audience, both at home and abroad. These treasures show the richness of Dutch film history. www.beeldengeluid.nl
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Catalan Films & TV and DocsBarcelona cordially invite you to the Guests Meet Guests reception.
CinemaChile cordially invites you to the Guests Meet Guests reception.
November 24, 18:00 – 19:30 | Café De
(Rembrandtplein 17)
Kroon (Rembrandtplein 17)
Cinemachile is the agency for the national and international promotion of the Chilean audiovisual industry. It attends major documentary and feature film festivals, as well as animation and TV markets worldwide. www.cinemachile.cl
Catalan Films & TV is the international engine of the Catalan audiovisual companies, creating links, national and internationally, and promoting the presence of product and Catalan companies to markets and Festivals. DocsBarcelona Film Festival and Pitching Forum is the professional event with the longest tradition in Spain focusing on documentary films. Each year DocsBarcelona gathers more than 400 professionals from 30 countries. www.docsbarcelona.com, www.catalanfilms.cat
November 26, 18:00 – 19:30 | Café De Kroon
FOCUS on Doc/italy cordially invites you to the Guests Meet Guests reception. November 27, 18:00 – 19:30 | Brasserie Schiller (Rembrandtplein 26)
ARTE cordially invites you to the Guests Meet Guests reception. November 25, 18:00 – 19:30 | Café De Kroon (Rembrandtplein 17)
During this Guests Meet Guests reception, ARTE will be treating you to drinks. The public service European culture channel ARTE broadcasts simultaneously in French and German all around Europe. The exceptional creativity and international dimension expressed through its high-quality programs is the foundation of ARTE’s success and uniqueness. The documentary genre is the flagship of the channel. ARTE’s documentaries offer a wide array of talents and creative styles and deal with a large range of topics such as history, society, the environment, economics, politics, art and culture. ARTE also fosters innovation with multimedia documentary productions. www.arte.tv
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During this Guests Meet Guests reception, Doc/ italy will be treating you to drinks. In the past few years, documentary films have become one of the most interesting expressions of independent cinema in Italy. This year, Doc/it will be at IDFA. Doc/it is the official association that represents producers and filmmakers in the Italian documentary film industry. Its purpose is to promote the documentary genre, to nurture its growth and to work towards its widest possible diffusion. www.documentaristi.it
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November 28, 18:00-19:30 - Brasserie Schiller (Rembrandtplein 26)
IMCINE, the Mexican Film Institute, is a decentralized public agency with the mandate to promote the development of national cinematic activity through programs of stimulus for creators; the production of feature films, shorts and documentaries; encouragement of the audiovisual industry, and the promotion, dissemination and release of Mexican cinema.
Docs for Sale Happy Hour On behalf of NPO/RNW Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs, Rise and Shine and the South African Delegation, IDFA has the pleasure of inviting all Docs for Sale and IDFA Forum attendees to the Docs for Sale Happy Hour in the Docs for Sale Lounge in Arti et Amicitiae. November 22 – 28, 17:00 – 18:00 | Arti et Amicitiae (Rokin 112) | For Docs for Sale and IDFA Forum pass holders only
DFA FILMMAKERS'
Docs for Sale Lunch EYE International is pleased to offer lunch for all Docs for Sale participants. November 25 – 26, 12:00 – 14:00 | Arti et Amicitiae (Rokin 112) | For Docs for Sale pass holders only
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IMCINE cordially invites you to the Guests Meet Guests reception
IDFA Forum Kick-Off Drinks
Nominees Night
The IDFA Forum will start off this year’s edition with an informal meet and greet for Forum delegates only. No pitching allowed!
And the nominees are... Come to Café De Kroon and find out who this year’s nominees for the IDFA Competitions are! November 27, 22:00 – 23:30 | Café De Kroon (Rembrandtplein 17) | Free admission
November 24, 20:30 – 22:00 | Bierfabriek (Nes 92) | By invitation only
The Forum Kick-Off Drinks are supported by BCPF and RAPA. BCPF is a foundation for supporting excellent filmmakers and broadcasting contents. RAPA is a government agency that provides training programs to help professionals develop their careers in the broadcasting and telecommunications fields. This year, BCPF and RAPA are holding a special workshop program during IDFA. Five Korean teams pitch to various buyers and commissioning editors and observe the IDFA Forum. Come meet our talented projects and enjoy the party!
Korea Radio Promotion Association
IDFA Lounge Get your weekend started at the IDFA lounge with drinks and music!
Awards Ceremony On Friday, November 29, the highly anticipated IDFA Awards Ceremony will start at 20:00. As of 22:00 we can toast to the winners. Guest- and Forum pass holders can pick up a ticket for the Awards Ceremony at the Guest Box Office starting on Thursday 28 November. November 29, 20:00 – 22:00 | Compagnietheater (Kloveniersburgwal 50)
IDFA Dance Night Following a booming performance in the style of Europe in 8 Bits (Javier Polo, 2013), prepare to dance the night away with festival guests, IDFA Friends and co-workers. Ear plugs and a quiet room will be provided! November 23, 22:00 – late | Melkweg Rabozaal (Lijnbaansgracht 234) | For all pass holders or with a printed invitation
November 22, 22:00 – 1:00 | Brasserie Schiller (Rembrandtplein 26) | Free admission
The IDFA Lounge is supported by the European Commission Directorate Gerneral for Enlargement
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IDFA is pleased to welcome the delegations of: Brazil The Brazilian TV Producers (BTVP) is an audiovisual content export program created by the Brazilian Independent TV Producers Association (ABPITV) in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil). It has been promoting independent audiovisual production abroad, enabling partnerships between Brazilian and foreign companies. Its goals are to promote new co-production opportunities and develop international partnerships for TV and new media producers. This year, two Brazilian companies are attending IDFA: Giros (Representative: Belisario Franca) and Cobram (Representatives: Alessandra Côrte and Lygia Barbosa). The RioContentMarket is a multiplatform event, created by ABPITV. The next edition takes place on March 12-14 in Rio de Janeiro.
Catalonia Catalan Films & TV is the international audiovisual engine of Catalonia, creating links nationally and internationally and promoting the presence of Catalonia and its productions at markets and festivals. Catalan Films & TV is proud to present at IDFA “The Wild Years” by Ventura Durall, produced by Nanouk Films, at Feature-Length Competition. “Demostration” by Victor Kossakovsky and 32 Catalan students selected at Masters. We are also proud to present two forthcoming projects at
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Forum: “Constructing Albert” by Jordi Luque, produced by Trueday Films and “Mali Blues” by Lutz Gregor produced by BW Productions. A delegation of Catalan production companies are attending IDFA in the present edition, along with the participation of commissioning editors from Televisió de Catalunya and representatives of the Catalan Documentary Association, ProDocs and the International market and festival DocsBarcelona.
Chile CinemaChile, the go-to agency for Chile’s audiovisual industry, promotes Chilean film both domestically and globally. CinemaChile represents Chilean documentaries, dramatic features, short films, animations and TV productions in the world’s major film markets and festivals.
China iDOCS, the first independent documentary film festival with official permits in China, is proud to present this delegation of 20 talented Chinese filmmakers. This is the first time these Chinese filmmakers will be attending IDFA. Many of them have more than 10 years of experience in the documentary field and offer diverse backgrounds and skill sets. Five of the filmmakers worked on the The Bite of China, a recent documentary series. Others are producers and directors of CCTV and Provincial TV documentary program slots. In addition, most work as independent filmmakers. This delegation also includes scholars as well
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as investors focused on documentaries. Many of these outstanding filmmakers are currently developing projects and looking for international co-production opportunities. The Chinese delegation will be at IDFA from November 20-30, and its members hope to make the most of this rich and inspiring experience.
archives and the collection of projects and information • Organizing workshops, seminars and courses in order to spread the documentary filmmaking culture www.documentaristi.it
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BCPF, a private foundation, has been holding international workshops for Korean filmmakers to expand their careers into the international market since 2007. RAPA, a government agency, has been providing training programs to help professionals develop their careers in broadcasting and the telecommunications field. This year, BCPF /RAPA are co-organizing special workshop programs, one in Korea and one at IDFA. The workshop in Korea was held from October 4-8, and 11 Korean teams participated in the workshop. Five of these teams were selected to pitch their projects at IDFA. Trainers for the workshop in Korea were Steven Seidenberg, Paul Pauwels, Hans Robert Eisenhauer and Phil Jandaly.
FOCUS on Doc/italy In the past few years, documentary films have rapidly become one of the most interesting expressions of independent cinema in Italy. This year, the Italian delegation will be at IDFA presenting projects and finished films to the international audience. In order to meet Italian filmmakers and producers, you are warmly invited to attend the Doc/it Cocktail Hour on November 27 at Guests meet Guests. Doc/it, the Italian Documentary Association, is the official association that represents producers and filmmakers in the Italian documentary film industry. The purpose of Doc/it is to promote the documentary genre, to nurture its growth and to work towards its widest possible diffusion. In order to fulfill this mission, Doc/it operates on many different fronts: • Coordinating and encouraging the work of films and filmmaker in the field • Participating in and contributing to festivals, exhibitions and markets • Improving institutional awareness • Promoting projects, research, cataloguing,
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Mexico The Mexican Film Institute’s (IMCINE) main objective is to promote the Mexican film industry in all facets, strengthening its development and bringing it closer to its audience. It is a fact that documentary production has been on the increase, and one of the strategies to foster its development has been to sponsor a Mexican delegation to IDFA. Our goals are to promote new
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Russia The Documentary Film and TV Guild focuses on the promotion of Russian documentary films at the international markets under the brand name RGDoc Promo – Russian Documentary Guild. At the end of 2012, the Russian Ministry of Culture proposed financing the promotion of national documentary films on the international level. The Documentary Film and TV Guild became an exclusive executing agency on promoting Russian cinema. RGDoc’s delegation represents the interests of the Russian market at the world largest film markets, as well as at specialized documentary festivals and markets.
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South Africa A delegation of 30 South African filmmakers is attending IDFA, and 20 of these filmmakers are sponsored by the South African Documentary Filmmakers Association and the Department of Trade and Industry. The delegation is hosting several activities at IDFA, including a presentation and a party. The presentation titled ”South Africa: The country to produce documentary with” takes place Friday November 22nd at 14:00 at Souterrain Media Fonds, Herengracht 609: Great stories, great locations, great and diverse people , local money available and greatd weather. South African Executive Producers Neil Brandt and Marc Schwinges, in conversation with Kgomotso Matsunyane discuss why South Africa is the place to do Documentary with this year. The party takes place on Tuesday November 26 at Arti et Amicitiae featuring a South African DJ and South African wines. Among the South African films screening at IDFA are An Inconsolable Memory (Aryan Kaganof), I, Afrikaner (Annalet Steenkamp), The Devil’s Lair (Riaan Hendricks), Voices of El Alto (Benjamin Orozo, Finland/South Africa), and A Letter to Nelson Mandela (Khalo Matabane, Germany/ South Africa).
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co-production opportunities, develop international partnerships for TV and new media producers, and to find new markets for distribution. This year, the delegation consists of five members: directors, producers, commissioning editors and festival programmers that will attend IDFA events, and are representative of the different documentary organizations. A close relationship has always existed between Mexican documentary and IDFA, one that will hopefully continue to prosper. IMCINE is confident that this strategy will help meet its main objective of promoting all audiovisual production, as well as help find new ways to make it more accessible to all audiences.
Docs for Sale Established in 1996, Docs for Sale is the world’s leading marketplace for creative documentaries. It offers streaming video all year round and excellent network opportunities for buyers and sellers of quality documentaries during IDFA. Now in its 18th year, Docs for Sale is an extensive, internationally oriented market for documentaries. Featuring more than 450 titles this year, all of which have undergone a strict selection process, the market offers digitized viewing services on 60 viewing sets, backed by an extensive database and catalogue. All viewings are kept track of in our database, which producers can then consult to know who they should contact. Visitors to Docs for Sale are mainly buyers from international TV networks, festival programmers, and distributors looking for new documentary material. Through the Docs for Sale Online platform, established in 2008 and accessible by subscription only, buyers and exhibitors can view documentaries whenever they want and wherever they are. This way, buyers and festival programmers who can’t make it to Amsterdam still have the opportunity to view the Docs for Sale selection, and those who are coming to IDFA can do much of their viewing prior to and following the festival, leaving them more time for networking and sealing deals. The Docs for Sale Online catalogue contains titles selected for IDFA 2013 as well as older documentaries that shouldn’t be forgotten. It is continuously updated throughout the year. Docs for Sale is only accessible for Docs for Sale pass holders.
The 18th annual Docs for Sale takes place November 22-29 at art society Arti et Amicitiae (Rokin 112). Docs for Sale is supported by VEVAM
World Documentary Exchange Exploring the different markets in the documentary jungle, promoting yourself and selling your film on different platforms In 2009, Docs for Sale, the IDFA Bertha Fund (formerly the Jan Vrijman Fund) and the Doc Shop (Hot Docs) launched a unique transatlantic collaboration called the World Documentary Exchange (WDE). We extended the collaboration by including the Busan International Film Festival in Korea and the Durban International Film Festival. At WDE, fledgling directors and producers attend panel discussions on various documentary markets, including the European, North American, Asian and Middle Eastern markets. They also receive advice from sales agents and TV buyers in one-on-one meetings. WDE aims to support new documentary filmmakers in their search for distribution channels for their films, as well as deepen their knowledge of the documentary market. The participants either originate from North America, Asia or Africa, or receive financial support from the IDFA Bertha Fund. Their films are screening at this year’s IDFA and are included in Docs for Sale. WDE is supported by MEDIA Mundus
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Meet the Pro’s at Docs for Sale For the third year in a row, Docs for Sale is organizing “Meet the Pros,” which allows Docs for Sale participants to register for 15-minute meetings with various professionals. These experts offer advice on general matters and answer specific questions. Participants can book meetings with sales agents, festival programmers and TV buyers. More information at the Docs for Sale Desk. November 23-27, 10:30 – 12:00 | Arti et Amicitiae, Docs for Sale Lounge
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General Information The IDFA Forum is the largest and most influential meeting place for documentary filmmakers, producers, commissioning editors, funds, private financiers and other documentary stakeholders in Europe. This 21st edition of the IDFA Forum will take place from November 25 to 27. Over the course of these three days, 50 projects will be pitched to a group of commissioning editors and other decision makers from around the world. The IDFA Forum provides a platform for projects in various stages of funding and offers a variety of public pitch setups. This year, in addition to the Central Pitch, the Round Table Pitches, and the one-on-one follow-up meetings, the Forum is introducing a new category: the Docs4Cinema meetings. This category is for documentary makers with a film intended for cinema release and looking for international co-producers to realize a project together. And following on from the successful pilot edition, this year sees the return of the Work in Progress section, which presents near-completed documentaries to an audience of TV buyers,
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distributors and festival programmers, boosting their opportunities for distribution and sales. For the fourth consecutive year, the IDFA Forum is holding genre-specific Round Table sessions, giving arts and culture as well as cross-media documentary projects a clear presence at the Forum. We will start off this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edition with the IDFA Forum Kick Off Drinks on Sunday November 24 from 20:30 to 22:00 at Bierfabriek, Nes 92. For Forum pass holders only. The Central Pitches are planned for Monday and Tuesday morning, while the Round Table presentations will take place during the afternoon program and on Wednesday morning. The pitches will be moderated by Axel ArnĂś, Rudy Buttignol, Karolina Lidin and Jess Search.
Central Pitches 17 producer/director teams will pitch in the main hall on Monday and Tuesday morning, most of them with the support of a commissioning editor. The teams take turns pitching their newest projects to a large audience of broadcasters and decision makers from around the world.
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Round Table Pitches 25 Projects in all stages of development and funding will be pitched in the more intimate setting of a Round Table, to a smaller group of commissioning editors and decision makers. Some of the producers already have a commissioning editor or other funding partner aboard, while others have no commitments as yet.
Cross-Media projects at the IDFA Forum As part of the round table pitches we have selected five cross-media projects for this year’s Forum. These projects show how various multimedia techniques and alternative distribution methods can strengthen the content of projects and reach beyond the limits of traditional documentary filmmaking.
Arts and Culture projects at the IDFA Forum It has become a Forum tradition to present Arts and Culture projects suitable for the arts slots of the various broadcasters at IDFA. This year we have selected five projects in this category.
Docs4Cinema Meetings This category is designed for documentary projects suitable for theatrical release and projects looking for co-producers and theatrical distributors. Producers will not pitch publically but will benefit from one-on-one meetings with producers interested in co-production, distributors and funders.
Work in Progress Screenings At this year’s Forum, for the second time we will organize a session of Work in Progress screenings. These screenings offer selected filmmakers the opportunity to present their documentaries to commissioning editors, buyers, distributors and
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festival programmers who will have the chance to preview new and exciting projects that are potentially interesting for their strand or catalogue. Information about the five selected projects can be found in the Forum catalogue and at the Docs for Sale Desk. The screenings take place in the Kleine Zaal of the Compagnietheater. See page 135 for the program. Open exclusively to IDFA Forum and Docs for Sale Acquisition passholders.
Services & Practical Information The IDFA Forum Information Desk The IDFA Forum Information Desk operates as a reception and information desk. During the three Forum days, the desk will be open to assist participants and provide them with information. The IDFA Forum Information Desk also offers additional services. Compagnietheater (ground floor), Monday,
One-on-One Meetings Parallel to the Round Table sessions, we are holding one-on-one meetings between the pitching teams and various commissioning editors and other decision makers. The afternoons of the first two days and the entire third day of the IDFA Forum are reserved for approximately 700 prearranged one-on-one meetings. The IDFA Forum is only accessible for Forum
November 25 - Wednesday, November 27, 9:00-18:00.
Matchmakers In addition to the experts and the Forum staff, there will be three matchmakers available for all participants. This year’s matchmakers are Salma Abdalla, Christina Jul Gregersen and Daan Vermeulen. Their role is to facilitate meetings between participants, and they can be contacted through the Forum Information Desk.
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Pitch Reports made by the Forum Staff can be collected at the Forum Information Desk.
Forum delegates can book meetings with a range of experts who will offer specific advice on all aspects of the documentary business, such as distribution and sales, marketing and promotion, etc. The meetings can be booked on the first floor of the Compagnietheater at the Expert Desk. We highly recommend that you take this opportunity to pick the brains of these international experts.
The IDFA Forum One-on-one Desk The IDFA Forum One-on-one Desk operates as a booking desk for the one-on-one meetings. Pitchteams and decision makers can request oneon-one meetings or pick up their most recent schedule of meetings. Compagnietheater (first floor), Monday,
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Observers also get the chance to pitch a project! Those who wish to be eligible should put their business card in the “Moderator’s Hat” on Monday morning. At the beginning of the pitching sessions on Monday, a business card will be drawn and the owner will be given the opportunity to prepare and present a pitch the next day.
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ZUILEN ZAAL Round Table Pitches (wed)
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FOYER UPSTAIRS Expert meetings (wed)
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The Yes Men Are Revolting
Evolution of a Criminal
Yula’s Dream
Around My Family Table
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Notorious activists the Yes Men are on a gonzo mission to save the planet, one stunning hoax after another... but this time, it’s personal.
Deep in the heart of Texas, what begins as an innocent tale of family, sacrifice, and financial hardship quickly escalates into an armed bank robbery.
An extraordinary, thirteen-year journey about Yula growing up in one of the world’s bleakest places - Moscow’s garbage dump svalka - and her dream of getting out one day.
Kuba’s parents have left Poland to work abroad. A coming-of-age film, following Kuba (14) struggling with teenage dilemmas while taking care of his brother Mikolaj (8).
It’s not easy being a teenager, especially not through the eyes of these three ballet boys - a film about friendship, ambitions, identity and passions.
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citing projects that are potentially interesting for their strand. The screenings are accessible for IDFA Forum and Docs for Sale delegates only.
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IDFA Bertha Fund
The IDFA Bertha Fund, formerly known as the Jan Vrijman Fund, supports documentary filmmakers and festivals in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe. Its goal is to stimulate local film cultures and to turn the creative documentary into a truly global film art. By supporting both documentary filmmakers and organizations that promote documentaries, the IDFA Bertha Fund enables documentary practitioners in these countries to find their own unique voice. The Fund not only provides financial support to realize this endeavor, but plays a crucial advisory role as well. During this year’s IDFA, the IDFA Bertha Fund is presenting a total of 11 documentaries. 2013 marks the very first year that an IDFA Bertha Fund film is opening the festival: Return to Homs (Talal Derki). For a full list of all IDFA Bertha Fund films screening at 2013, see page 23. Partners of the IDFA Bertha Fund
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IBF Project Factory Together with IDFAcademy, the IDFA Bertha Fund is starting a new initiative to further strengthen its projects. 11 Projects were selected for the IBF Project Factory 2013. The filmmakers and producers have been invited to IDFA and will follow a special route through the IDFA Forum, IDFAcademy and Industry Talks, including a tailor-made program with consultancy on script, editing and outreach.
Selected participants for the IBF Project Factory 2013: Fireflies in the Abyss – Chandrasekhar Reddy, India Freedom Fields – Naziha Arebi, Libya The Guitar School – Miriam Chandy Menacherry, Maheen Zia, Pakistan/India (Forum observers) Lesbians United – Peter Murimi, Toni Kamau, Kenya Mother of the Unborn – Nadine Salib, Maartje Alders, Egypt Proposition for a Revolution – Khushboo Ranka, Sanyukta Kaza, India Sonita is a Travelling Swallow – Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami, Iran The Storm Makers – Guillaume Suon, Cambodia Ukrainian Sheriffs – Dar’ya Averchenko, Roman Bondarchuk, Ukraine (Forum observers) Wedding: A Closet Documentary – Mohammadreza Farzad, Farahnaz Sharifi, Iran Yasna – Farahnaz Sharifi, Iran
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IDFA has a major role in fostering new documentary talent. The IDFAcademy program during the festival and several workshops and training programs throughout the year educate upand-coming filmmakers. The resulting films are in turn shown at the festival along with other creative documentaries by new talents, most notably in the festival’s First Appearance and Student Competitions. With IDFAcademy, the festival aims to help young talents develop their filmmaking skills and further their knowledge of and connections in the documentary world. During the festival, IDFAcademy offers an intensive four-day training program for 80 selected emerging filmmakers and producers from EU countries. In a range of plenary sessions, workshops and master classes, such subjects as how to build an effective trailer or festival strategies are discussed by renowned experts from the documentary field.
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While the IDFAcademy program during the festival is focused mainly on developing skills and network opportunities, three initiatives held throughout the year focus on the development of specific film projects. In both the IDFA-Mediafonds Workshop and the Kids & Docs Workshop, aspiring Dutch filmmakers develop a rough idea into a ready-to-shoot film plan. In the intensive six-day program of the IDFA WorldView Summer School, international upcoming talents - including several whose films are supported by the IDFA Bertha Fund - develop projects at the script or editing stage. According to BBC Storyville’s Kate Townsend, one of eight renowned tutors for this year’s edition of the Summer School, “It’s such a luxury to spend a little longer on thinking about the possibilities of a project.” Director Eszter Hajdú agrees. She participated in the 2012 edition of the Summer School with her film Judgment in Hungary, which was then in the editing phase and is now screening in the IDFA Competition for First Appearance. “I was and am very emotional concerning my subject, so I need-
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Most importantly, these various initiatives are not separate entities, but form part of a continuous whole, which comes to fruition each year during the festival. Participants from the various workshops meet each other and continue the ongoing conversation about the documentary form. Projects that originated or were developed at one of the workshop programs are screened at the festival, some in one of IDFA’s competitions. For instance, I, Afrikaner was pitched at the Forum in 2009 and supported by the IDFA Bertha Fund in 2010. Director Annalet Steenkamp participated twice in the IDFA WorldView Summer School. Now, the film is screening in the IDFA Competition for First Appearance. It is one of many films that bring the results of IDFA’s continuing attention for developing talents into clear focus.
This year’s IDFAcademy (November 21-24) once again has highly esteemed documentary professionals like Orwa Nyrabia and Hans Robert Eisenhauer (producers of Return to Homs), Peter Jäger (Autlook Filmsales) and Loc Dao (NFB Interactive) sharing their knowledge of the industry. Through master classes, case studies, lectures, panels and small-scale workshops, participants learn about the latest developments and sharpen their industry awareness. Topics like festival strategies, sustainable leadership and outreach campaigns are included in these sessions. Every day concludes with Meet the Professionals, where participants are introduced to professionals attending IDFA in informal round table sessions and one-on-one meetings. For a full list of all IDFAcademy Results screening at IDFA 2013, see page 25. IDFAcademy is supported by MEDIA
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ed outsiders to help me see the film with new eyes when editing. The tutors helped me to take a few steps back, and to see my film from a more solid and more professional perspective.”
World Premiere - 23 NOV 2013 - 19h Nanouk Films presents
THE WILD YEARS A film by Ventura Durall
TELEVISIÓ DE CATALUNYA
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Interactive Reality Lab Interdisciplinary arts centre de Brakke Grond, IDFA DocLab and iDrops present the Interactive Reality Lab, a new meeting place for international experts and a talent development program for 20 documentary makers and interactive storytelling talents from The Netherlands and Belgium. How does one tell an interactive documentary story? How do successful digital pioneers make use of the freedom offered by the internet, without getting lost in its boundlessness? How do they create projects that go beyond technological innovation and manage to touch our emotions? How does one finance an interactive documentary, find the right partners, and reach an audience?
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DocLab Brachet (Upian), Hugues Sweeney (NFB Interactive) and Brett Gaylor (Mozilla). Results will be presented at the Interactive Reality Conference on November 24. Tutors include
Alexandre Brachet (interactive producer / Upian)
Brett Gaylor (digital story-
The Interactive Reality Lab aims to contribute to both the international development of the interactive documentary genre and discover, stimulate and nurture new talents from the low countries by allowing world-renowned artists and experts – among whom will be Jonathan Harris, Loc Dao (NFB), Vincent Morisset and many more – to share their knowledge with each other and up-and-coming creators from The Netherlands and Belgium. Besides giving the participants access to all events from the Interactive Reality program, the lab offers a number of private sessions. Highlights include:
Interactive Talent Summit International experts and talents are invited to exchange ideas, network and discuss the future of interactive documentary. The event includes breakfast and a case study and workshop of an ambitious new interactive documentary in development by a.o. Upian and ARTE France.
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Hugues Sweeney (NFB Interactive)
Details and profiles of all lab partcipants, tutors and events can be found online at www.brakkegrond.nl/interactiverealitylab The Interactive Reality Lab is an initiative by IDFA DocLab, De Brakke Grond and iDrops, in collaboration with the Netherlands Film Fund. It is part of the Interactive Reality program, which is supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL and AFK (the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts).
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