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Welcome to the 29th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam! Over the course of 12 days, IDFA is once again celebrating the creative documentary in the heart of Amsterdam. The festival is screening over 300 documentaries, ranging from the latest films from all over the world to carefully selected classics. The program is divided into three categories. The competitions showcase IDFA’s discoveries: the best new films that are having their World or European Premiere at the festival. Our annual non-competitive sections include the best new films by the grand masters of documentary and the cream of the crop from the international festival circuit. While these two main sections give a bird’s-eye view of today’s world, several theme programs ask how we look at the world, questioning the documentary genre in various ways. For a brief overview of the various program sections, turn to page 16. And of course IDFA isn’t only screening documentaries; the festival also plays an active role in the documentary industry, working hard to bring new films to fruition and support new documentary talent. It does this through its two markets: Docs for Sale for completed documentaries, and the IDFA Forum for projects that are seeking finance and co-production partners. Through the IDFA Bertha Fund, we offer assistance to documentary filmmakers in developing countries so they can find their voice and tell their stories. And with the IDFAcademy program, we help up-and-coming filmmakers to hone their skills. During the festival, many of these activities come together at the Industry Office, a one-stop service center for all IDFA guests.
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Table of Contents 3 Introduction
6 Festival Information
6 Staff 8 Festival Venues 11 Tickets
14 Industry Office 16 Program
16 Program Sections 19 Industry Screenings 25 Program Day by Day 73 Films A to Z
104 Talks, Concerts and Events
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Special Events DocLab: Elastic Reality Extended Q&As IDFA Selections
122 Industry Activities
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Industry Talks Industry Sessions In Conversation with... Social Events
132 Markets, Funding and Training
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Docs for Sale IDFA Forum IDFA Bertha Fund IDFAcademy DocLab Immersive Network
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Design Sjoukje van Gool, Gerald Zevenboom Editor Joost Broeren Copy editor Andrew Maggiore Production Hidde Bisschop, Joost Daamen, Martijn van Dijk, Martijn van Dussen, Isabel Arrate Fernandez, Laura van Halsema, Jasper Hokken, Eveline Kaethoven, Viktoriya Kalashnikova, Sasja Koetsier, Stien Meesters, Maik Mirkovic, Silvie van Oost, Martijn te Pas, Dymme Plomp, Brigitte Ravensbergen, Caspar Sonnen, Chia-Wei Tung, Wotienke Vermeer, Cathalijne de Wilde, Raul NiĂąo Zambrano, Michael Zbieranowski, Jelte Zonneveld Staff Photography Pieter Jan Van Damme, Lauren Murphy Print Drukkerij Damen, Werkendam International Sales Nick Cunningham International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Frederiksplein 52 | 1017 XN Amsterdam | info@idfa.nl | www.idfa.nl
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Main Partners
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Suppliers
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Ally Derks Director
Cees van ‘t Hullenaar Managing Director
Martijn te Pas Head of Program Department
Joost Daamen Senior Programmer
Raul Niño Zambrano – Senior Programmer
Caspar Sonnen Head of New Media & IDFA DocLab
Wotienke Vermeer New Media Researcher & Producer
Mikey Zbieranowski New Media Assistant
Lieven Heeremans Immersive Network Producer
Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen Head of IDFA Industry
Nadine Maaraba Docs for Sale Producer
Janske Stoop Docs for Sale Producer
Jelte Zonneveld Industry Office Coordinator
Maik Mirkovic Industry Office Producer
Hanna Mattes Industry Office Matchmaker
Florina Vilgertshof Guest Services Producer
Isabel Arrate Fernandez Managing Director IDFA Bertha Fund
Mélanie de Vocht IDFA Bertha Fund Project Manager
Meike Statema Head of Education
Marije Veenstra Education Producer
Cathalijne de Wilde Head of Communication
Joost Broeren Editor Industry Office
Dirk Blikkendaal Head of Production & IT
Annabet Langkamp Production & HR Coordinator
Clarissa Riemersma Financial Controller
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Jasper Hokken Junior Programmer | Producer IDFA.tv
Eveline Kaethoven Junior Programmer
Viktoriya Kalashnikova Program Assistant
Chia-Wei Tung Program Assistant
Yorinde Segal IDFA Forum Coordinator
Marloes den Hoed IDFA Forum Producer
Duygu Özer de Kruijf – IDFA Forum Producer
Charlotte Reekers IDFA Forum Producer
Laurien ten Houten Docs for Sale & Guest Services Coordinator
David Leenders Guest Services Manager
Maaike Allard Guest Services Producer
Clémence Girard Guest Services Producer
Anneleen Naudts Guest Services Producer
Lara Sitruk Guest Services Producer
Dymme Plomp IDFAcademy Producer
Martijn van Dussen Assistant Producers IDFAcademy
Martijn van Dijk Senior Sponsoring & Fundraising
Suze van Bohemen Sponsoring & Fundraising
Brigitte Ravensbergen Sponsoring & Fundraising Producer
Ans van de Weerdhof Talks Coordinator
Hidde Bisschop Talks Producer
Rada Sesic Jury Coordinator
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Pathé Tuschinski – Reguliersbreestraat 26 Pathé de Munt – Vijzelstraat 15 EYE – IJpromenade 1 Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond – Nes 45 Melkweg – Lijnbaansgracht 234a Kleine Komedie – Amstel 56-58 Stedelijk Museum – Museumplein 10 Koninklijk Theater Carré – Amstel 115-125 Het Ketelhuis – Pazzanistraat 4 De Balie – Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10 Podium Mozaïek – Bos en Lommerweg 191 Tolhuistuin – IJpromenade 2 Bijlmer Parktheater – Anton de Komplein 240 DeLaMar Theater – Marnixstraat 402
Industry Venues 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Café de Jaren – Nieuwe Doelenstraat 20 Festival Cafe & Restaurant/Guests Meet Guests Zuiderkerk – Zuiderkerkhof 72 Guests Meet Guests/IDFA Forum Lunches Hotel NH Carlton – Vijzelstraat 4, 1st floor Industry Office/Guest Services/Guest Box Office Compagnietheater – Kloveniersburgwal 50 IDFA Forum/IDFAcademy Arti et Amicitiae – Rokin 112 | Docs for Sale Sluizer – Utrechtsestraat 45 Filmmakers Dinners Netherlands Film Academy – Markenplein 1 IDFA Film Academy Day / NBF talk V laams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond – Nes 45 IDFA DocLab Koninklijk Theater Carré – Amstel 115-125 Opening Night Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam – Leidseplein 26 Awards Ceremony & Documentary Ball IDFA Office – Frederiksplein 52
Getting around
The closest public transport stop to the Industry Office is Muntplein. From there all primary screening locations, industry venues and most hotels are within walking distance. Please take note of the new locations for several of the Guests Meet Guests receptions ( 16 Zuiderkerk) as well as the Awards Ceremony ( 24 Stadsschouwburg). Trams (denoted by yellow lines on the map) and metros (with stops noted with M) operate until approximately 12:30 a.m. The Buiksloterweg ferries between Central Station and EYE/Tol huistuin go all night long. Both taxis and Uber are easily available. An OV-Chip Card is necessary to use all public transport in the Netherlands. You can purchase an anonymous card at all train stations, subway stations, as well as many tobacco shops and supermarkets. See idfa.nl/gettingaround for more information on transport to and in Amsterdam.
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Tickets for all screenings and events can be obtained on our website, through the IDFA App and at the festival box offices during the festival. Pass holders can also acquire tickets at the Guest Box Office at the Industry Office.
Tickets
• Holders of all passes except the Docs for Sale Participant Pass have access to the Industry Screenings (see page 19), Industry Talks and Sessions (see page 122), various social events (see page 128), and other services of the Industry Office. No ticket is needed; first come, first served. You will need tickets for all other paid screenings and events. • Pass holders (except Guest Pass Light and both Docs for Sale passes) can get free tickets for regular screenings on the same day or the following day. Tickets for any day thereafter can be purchased by these pass holders at a €5.00 discount. • Holders of the Guest Pass Light can purchase tickets at a €2.50 discount. • Tickets for special screenings (such as those including concerts) can be obtained at a €2.50
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discount by all pass holders (except both Docs for Sale passes). • Tickets will be uploaded to your pass. Please have your pass ready for inspection when entering screenings. • To avoid empty seats, please cancel your tickets if you can’t make it to a screening. You can cancel tickets on our website using your MyIDFA account or at the Guest Box Office. • If a screening is sold out, pass holders (except Guest Pass Light and Docs for Sale passes) can line up at the entrance to fill any “no show” seats. There are signs at every entrance indicating where to wait. No ticket is needed; first come, first served. • There will be no admission after the start time that is indicated on the ticket.
Discounts
• All IDFA pass holders get a €7.50 discount on entry at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, which is screening several works related to IDFA’s Paradocs program. • All IDFA pass holders get a €2.50 discount on entry to EYE Film Institute’s exhibition “Celluloid”.
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Every other day, a new print edition of the IDFA Special will be available for your perusal, full of news, interviews and reviews. The Special includes an extensive English section, which is also available online.
IDFA app
Download the IDFA app for your iPhone (iOS 8 and 9 only) and Android smartphone for up-todate program information, film trailers and the latest festival news. It is also possible to purchase tickets directly on the app, after logging in with your MyIDFA account. www.idfa.nl/app-english
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IDFA.tv
IDFA’s online documentary channel showcases full documentaries, festival reports, interviews and master classes. The current selection includes a number of films related to this year’s special focus programs. www.idfa.tv/en
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Industry Office Last year, the Industry Office successfully gathered all of IDFA’s existing festival services under one roof and introduced a few new ones to boot. The Industry Office is back this year, offering an extensive program of services, sessions, talks and consultancies to inspire our professional festival guests and to keep them up-to-date on the latest developments in the documentary industry.
Industry Desk
The Industry Office is open to all pass holders to meet up, network and do business.
NH Carlton first floor
Location NH Carlton Hotel (opposite Pathé De Munt cinema) Vijzelstraat 4 1017 HK Amsterdam
Nov 17-23, 9:30-13:00 & 14:00-18:00 |
Writing Room A Wi-Fi connection and computers are available at this workspace for all accredited guests. Nov 17-25, 9:00-21:00 | NH Carlton Puccini
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Nov 15, 12:00-21:00
All accredited guests have the opportunity to reserve a meeting/screening room for small groups of up to 15 people. Reservations can be made in advance by emailing maik@idfa.nl and during the festival at the Industry Desk. Additionally, six viewing booths are available for holders of a press pass at Docs for Sale.
Nov 27, 10:00-14:00 | NH Carlton first floor
Nov 24, 10:00-20:00 | Arti et Amicitiae
Services Guest Desk and Guest Box Office Here, accredited guests can pick up their festival pass, obtain tickets and get general information about the festival. Nov 16-26, 9:00-21:00
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At the Industry Desk, we can help you with any questions regarding the program for professionals. We guide you through the industry side of the festival, connect you with other professionals on various topics, and keep you informed about various talks, meetings and sessions. Members of the press can also request a room to hold interviews.
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Industry Talks and Sessions
Various types of talks and sessions bring you up to speed on the latest developments in the industry. The Industry Sessions at the NH Carlton Hotel cover a broad range of topics in an intimate setting. Six Industry Talks at De Brakke Grond address bigger trends and developments. And the newly introduced mini-series In Conversation With... puts three renowned filmmakers in the spotlight with hour-long conversations about their work. See pages 122-127 for full program details.
Meet the Experts
Various experts share their knowledge in hourlong sessions for small groups of participants, guided by a moderator. These sessions offer professionals knowledge on different subjects and create networking opportunities. Accredited guests can register for the sessions one day in advance at the Industry Desk. See idfa.nl/industryoffice for full details. Nov 20-23, 13:30-14:30 | NH Carlton Caruso
Consultancies
The Industry Office offers two types of consultancies: preregistered one-on-one meetings with experts in a specific field, and walk-in consultancies offering general advice. Detailed information and availability for all consultants is available at the Industry Desk and at idfa.nl/industryoffice.
Preregistered Consultancies Renowned industry experts are on hand for consultancies focusing on a different subject every day, such as handling film rights, impact producing, educational distribution and many more. Book your one-on-one meeting a day in advance at the Industry Desk. Nov 18-23, 10:00-18:00 | NH Carlton Paganini
Walk-in Consultancies Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek and Marijke Rawie are on hand for daily walk-in consultancies, answering questions about various aspects of the documentary industry, such as potential co-production partners, funding possibilities or finding a sales agent. Nov 17-24, 10:00-17:00 | NH Carlton Rossini
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Program Sections IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary
Documentaries longer than 60 minutes.
IDFA Competition for First Appearance
Documentaries by first-time filmmakers.
IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary Documentaries between 40 and 60 minutes.
IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling The best digital and interactive documentaries.
IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary The best films by Dutch documentary filmmakers. Supported by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.
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ew works by renowned N documentary auteurs.
Best of Fests
ocumentaries that have made an D impact on this year’s international festival circuit.
Panorama
hought-provoking films about T urgent and current topics from all over the world.
Paradocs
ocumentaries on the cutting D edge of film and art, truth and fiction, narrative and design.
Music Documentary
ocumentaries that live for D music, capturing a band, an orchestra or a musician.
IDFA Competition for Student Documentary Student documentaries from film academies around the world. Supported by ARRI.
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs The best new international youth documentaries. All competition programs are supported by Ammodo.
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This year’s guest of honor Sergei
Films pitched at IDFA Forum in previous years (see page 133).
Loznitsa presents his Top 10 favorite documentaries. IDFA is also screening a retrospective of his work. Supported by the Dutch Cultural Media Fund.
DocLab: Elastic Reality special program of interactive instalA lations, live cinema events and industry talks, presented in collaboration with De Brakke Grond. Supported by the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) and Creative Industries Fund NL.
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Top 10 and Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective
Films from developing countries that were made possible with a grant from the IBF (see page 136).
IDFAcademy Results
Films resulting from one of IDFAcademy’s four workshops (see page 139).
Films broadcast by Dutch public broadcaster NPO after IDFA.
Shifting Perspectives theme program investigating how A we think about race and identity, as well as the perspectives from which we do so. Supported by the Democracy & Media Foundation.
Assembling Reality theme program that focuses on A editing in documentary.
The Quiet Eye n examination of the “slow documenA tary,” which starts with the experience of time as it goes by in reality. Supported by Stichting Zabawas. Media partner: Happinez.
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend New works of video art shown on the big screen.
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Films from the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary, the IDFA Competition for First Appearance, the IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary and the IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary get an Industry Screening, accessible to holders of all passes except the Docs for Sale Participant Pass. No ticket or reservation is required – all you have to do is present your pass at the door (first come, first served). November 17-21 | Tuschinski 3, Munt 12, Munt 13
First Appearance Competition
First Appearance Competition
Jacqueline Zünd
Areum Parkkang
Almost There WP
Switzerland, 2016, DCP, 83 min A moving portrait of three men in the autumn of their lives, all of whom are searching for meaning and dignity. sa 19 17:30 Tuschinski 3
Feature-Length Competition
Areum IP
South Korea, 2016, DCP, 93 min When blind dates lead nowhere, Areum decides to drastically change her appearance in this film about the merciless gaze of the outside world. su 20 15:45 Tuschinski 3
Amateurs in Space IP
Mid-Length Competition
Denmark, 2016, DCP, 90 min A boys’ adventure tale come true for two Danish friends who dream of building a rocket for the first amateur manned flight into space. mo 21 16:00 Munt 12
Horungen Knutte Wester
Max Kestner
First Appearance Competition
Amazona WP Clare Weiskopf
Colombia, 2016, DCP, 82 min Clare was 11 years old when her mother swapped family life for seclusion in the jungle. 30 years later, she decides to confront her mother with the choices she made. fr 18 12:45 Munt 12
First Appearance Competition
Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis IP
Anuktatop: la métamorphose Nicolas Pradal, Pierre Selvini
France, Frans Guyana, 2016, DCP, 112 min Dreamy docufiction showing how members of the Wayana tribe in French Guyana deal with the changing world around them. sa 19 10:45 Tuschinski 3
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A Bastard Child WP Sweden, Norway, 2016, DCP, 57 min In an exceptional mix of animation and archive footage, artist Knutte Wester tells the story of his grandmother, who grew up with the stigma of being illegitimate. th 17 13:15 Munt 12
Mid-Length Competition
Bolingo. The Forest of Love WP Bolingo. El bosque del amor Alejandro G. Salgado
Spain, 2016, DCP, 55 min These testimonies of five African women making the perilous journey from Africa to Europe are celebrations of motherhood, capturing their courage, hope and resilience. su 20 12:15 Munt 12
Feature-Length Competition
Dutch Competition
The Claim, the Search for Stolen Art from WWII WP
De claim, zoektocht naar roofkunst uit WOII Ditteke Mensink
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 91 min The Dutch Restitutions Committee investigates the claims of Dutch Holocaust survivors on art treasures stolen by the Nazis. How do you prove a painting really did belong to your grandfather? sa 19 13:15 Tuschinski 3
Mid-Length Competition
Coeurope WP Giovanni Troilo
Italy, 2016, DCP, 61 min Beneath an unchanging gray blanket of clouds, inhabitants of the once flourishing industrial city of Charleroi, Belgium try to keep it together in a changing world. sa 19 10:30 Munt 12
Mid-Length Competition
Come Back Free WP Ksenia Okhapkina
Estonia, 2016, DCP, 51 min Beautifully filmed observations of daily life in a Chechen village, where a community has learnt how to survive the wounds of war. th 17 16:45 Munt 12
Burning Out WP
Dutch Competition
Belgium, France, Switzerland, 2016, DCP, 85 min Doctors in a Parisian hospital are fighting a life-and-death battle. Everything’s got to be cheaper, quicker and more efficient. A glimpse of imminent burnout in the healthcare system. fr 18 17:30 Munt 13
De erfenis Joris Postema
Jérôme le Maire
Daan’s Inheritance WP The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 85 min Trying to get a handle on his life and depression, Daan enters into a confrontation with his father, photographer Ed van der Elsken, who died in 1990. sa 19 13:45 Munt 12
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Mid-Length Competition
Feature-Length Competition
Mid-Length Competition
Mavet be Be’er Sheba Tali Shemesh, Asaf Sudry
Gogitas akhali tckovreba Levan Koguashvili
Bikur bayit Neta Shoshani, David Ofek
Death in the Terminal IP Israel, 2016, DCP, 52 min A reconstruction of an attack on an Israeli bus terminal in 2015 and the tragedy that developed from it. fr 18 10:00 Tuschinski 3
Gogita’s New Life WP
First Appearance Competition
Georgian Republic, Croatia, 2016, DCP, 72 min After a lengthy stint in prison, all Gogita wants to do is get married. His mother lobbies for a pretty, slim girl in this tragicomic quest for love and happiness. sa 19 16:15 Munt 13
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Feature-Length Competition
Dream Empire WP
Tonislav Hristov
David Borenstein
Denmark, 2016, DCP, 73 min A Chinese entrepreneur tries to stay afloat in China’s surreal property sector with an agency for foreign talent. su 20 10:00 Tuschinski 3
Dutch Competition
The European WP De Europeaan Dirk-Jan Roeleven
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 90 min A unique inside view of the hectic life of Dutch politician and diplomat Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission in Brussells since 2014. th 17 12:00 Tuschinski 3
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Fallen Flowers Thick Leaves WP Laetitia Schoofs
The Netherlands, Germany, 2016, DCP, 85 min Chinese women of various ages talk frankly about sex and love, shame, taboos and the prevailing traditional mores surrounding sexuality. mo 21 16:45 Munt 13
First Appearance Competition
The Girl down Loch Änzi WP
Das Mädchen vom Änziloch Alice Schmid
Switzerland, 2016, DCP, 87 min Twelve-year-old Laura feels lonely during the summer on her family’s farm in Switzerland. A poetic portrait of loneliness, growing up, friendship and imagination. th 17 14:15 Munt 13
The Good Postman WP Finland, Bulgaria, 2016, DCP, 82 min In a Bulgarian border village, the postman runs for mayor with a plan to combat depopulation by offering homes to Syrian refugees. th 17 14:00 Tuschinski 3
Dutch Competition
A Greek Winter WP Griekse winter Ingeborg Jansen
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 70 min In the winter, Tasosand his sister Evdokiasupply fuel oil to dozens of apartments in Greece, but the economic crisis means fewer and fewer people are able to pay for it. fr 18 14:30 Munt 12
Feature-Length Competition
The Grown-Ups WP Los niños Maite Alberdi
Chile, The Netherlands, France, 2016, DCP, 80 min A moving, confrontational portrait of four Chilean adults with Down syndrome. Although they feel ready for adult life, society doesn’t agree. sa 19 10:00 Munt 13
Mid-Length Competition
Hotel Sunrise WP Hotel Úsvit Maria Rumanova
Slovakia, 2016, DCP, 49 min A portrait of a small Slovakian border town where local people are facing the harsh consequences of life in a post-Soviet society. su 20 10:30 Munt 12
House Call IP
Israel, 2016, DCP, 62 min A team consisting of a nurse, a doctor and a social worker do everything they can to support a terminally ill young mother at home with her loved ones in her last days of life. sa 19 15:30 Munt 12
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition
How to Meet a Mermaid WP Coco Schrijber
The Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, 2016, DCP, 90 min In an essay-like reflection on the beauty and destructive power of the ocean, filmmaker Coco Schrijber investigates the disappearance of her brother. mo 21 11:45 Munt 12
Mid-Length Competition
Icon IP
Ikona Wojciech Kasperski
Poland, 2016, DCP, 52 min Never before has a camera filmed inside the walls of this remote psychiatric hospital in Siberia, where the medical staff is doing its best despite the difficult conditions. sa 19 12:15 Munt 12
Feature-Length Competition
In Loco Parentis WP Neasa Ní Chianáin
Ireland, Spain, 2016, DCP, 103 min A year in the life of two dedicated and passionate teachers at an Irish boarding school for young children, captured in affectionate observational scenes. su 20 16:15 Munt 13
Mid-Length Competition
It’s Getting Dark WP Olga Kravets
France, 2016, DCP, 48 min The everyday domestic life of four families in Russia offers a poignant perspective on our notions of the “political prisoner.” su 20 15:45 Munt 12
The Joy of Sound IP La felicidad del sonido Ana Endara
Panama, 2016, DCP, 61 min An ode to sound, that mysterious, invisible and intangible phenomenon that brings pleasure and togetherness—and sometimes irritation. th 17 14:45 Munt 12
Feature-Length Competition
Like Dew in the Sun IP Comme la rosée au soleil Peter Entell
Switzerland, 2016, DCP, 108 min Documentary filmmaker Peter Entell is the engaged outsider as he asks why Ukraine, the land of his forebears, is so often embroiled in war. th 17 16:00 Tuschinski 3
Mid-Length Competition
Long Live Benjamin WP Jimm Lasser, Biff Butler
USA, 2016, DCP, 60 min Life changes forever for artist Allen Hirsch when he adopts an orphaned monkey. A dramatic story about the deep bond between man and ape. su 20 17:15 Munt 12
Feature-Length & Assembling Reality
Machines WP Rahul Jain
India, Germany, Finland, 2016, DCP, 71 min A mesmerizing, rhythmic portrait of everyday life for workers at a textile factory in India. There is enchanting beauty here, but the film also reveals deplorable conditions. fr 18 14:00 Munt 13
First Appearance & Shifting Perspectives
IDFAcademy Results
A Memory in Three Acts WP
Uma memória em três atos Inadelso Cossa
Mozambique, 2016, DCP, 64 min In a poetic tale, different people who were involved in the bloody struggle for independence in Mozambique tell their side of the story. mo 21 11:00 Munt 13
Feature-Length & Dutch & Assembling Reality
Miss Kiet’s Children WP
De kinderen van juf Kiet Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 115 min A moving portrait of a class of migrant children at a primary school in a Dutch village. Under the wing of their teacher Miss Kiet, they learn Dutch, fight, fall in love and process their traumas. fr 18 10:00 Munt 13
Feature-Length & Assembling Reality
Mogadishu Soldier WP Torstein Grude
Norway, Finland, Denmark, 2016, DCP, 88 min For a year, two soldiers filmed the danger, banality, humanity and inhumanity of their peacekeeping mission in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. sa 19 11:45 Munt 13
Feature-Length Competition
Nowhere to Hide WP Zaradasht Ahmed
Norway, Sweden, 2016, DCP, 86 min A disturbing war report by an Iraqi father and male nurse who is forced to flee when his home city is occupied by IS. su 20 11:45 Munt 13
Dutch Competition
Passage – A Boatmovie WP Jascha de Wilde, Ben Hendriks
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 55 min Hitch a ride on a cargoship to the south of France in this playful, ever-changing “boat movie” on three screens. fr 18 12:30 Munt 13
First Appearance Competition
Planeta Petrila WP Andrei Dascalescu
Romania, 2016, DCP, 90 min In a Romanian mining town, an artist and ex-miner uses art and absurdism in a struggle to keep history alive. sa 19 15:30 Tuschinski 3
First Appearance Competition
Plastic China WP Su liao wang guo Jiu-liang Wang
China, 2016, DCP, 81 min Yi Jie and her family live next to a primitive recycling plant. Her world consists of mountains of plastic waste from Europe, the United States and Asia. su 20 11:45 Tuschinski 3
Dutch Competition
IDFAcademy Results
A Quiet Place WP Hier is het nooit stil Sjoerd Oostrik
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 81 min Three boys in a juvenile detention center try to survive as they grapple with themselves and the prison rules. fr 18 13:15 Tuschinski 3
Dutch Competition
Radio Kobanî WP Reber Dosky
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 72 min After the liberationfights against IS, youngKurdischreporter Dilovanstarts a radiostationamidst the ruins of her hometownKobani. th 17 10:45 Munt 13
First Appearance Competition
Resurrecting Hassan IP Carlo Guillermo Proto
Canada, Chile, 2016, DCP, 100 min An intimate portrait of a blind family struggling with the loss of their son Hassan. The one thing they long for is to bring him back to life. th 17 16:15 Munt 13
Mid-Length Competition
The Return WP Zahavi Sanjavi
Sweden, 2016, DCP, 54 min In this portrait of perseverance in the midst of insurmountable grief, a nurse named Shilan returns to a refugee camp for Yezidis in Iraqi Kurdistan. fr 18 16:30 Tuschinski 3
First Appearance Competition
The Road Movie WP Dmitrii Kalashnikov
Belarus, Russia, Serbia, BosniaHerzegovina, Croatia, 2016, DCP, 67 min Adventures on the Russian highway as recorded by dashboard cameras reveal the nature of Russia, which is both absurd and frightening. fr 18 18:15 Munt 12
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Sealers – One Last Hunt WP
Trude Berge Ottersen, Gry Elisabeth Mortensen
Norway, 2016, DCP, 98 min A seasoned Norwegian skipper defies the decline in Norwegian seal hunting and sets off as usual on a treacherous journey through the ice floes. fr 18 10:45 Munt 12
Mid-Length Competition
Site of Sites WP
El sitio de los sitios Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
Dominican Republic, 2016, DCP, 61 min In a luxury vacation paradise in the Caribbean, minor disruptions create flaws in the illusion of happiness. fr 18 11:30 Tuschinski 3
Feature-Length Competition
Still Tomorrow WP
Dutch & Music Documentary
Unknown Brood WP Dennis Alink
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 90 min Throughvideo footage shot by Brood himself and moving reminiscences from people who knew him well, welook back at the turbulent life of rock musician and artist Herman Brood. th 17 11:15 Munt 12
First Appearance Competition
Venus WP
Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen
Denmark, Norway, 2016, DCP, 80 min During casting sessions, young women from Copenhagen talk candidly about their sexual experiences and frustrations. fr 18 16:15 Munt 12
Dutch Competition
Waiting for Giraffes WP Als de giraffes komen Marco de Stefanis
China, 2016, DCP, 88 min Disabled by cerebral palsy and unhappily married, the painfully frank XiuhuaYu makes a dramatic breakthrough as a poet. Will fame solve her problems? sa 19 18:00 Munt 13
The Netherlands, Belgium, 2016, DCP, 84 min Replacing thegiraffes that died during the last intifada is one of the challenges met by veterinarian Dr. Sami, who works in the world’s only zoo in occupied territory. sa 19 14:15 Munt 13
First Appearance & Dutch Competition
Feature-Length Competition
Guido Hendrikx
Quelque chose de grand Fanny Tondre
Jian Fan
Stranger in Paradise WP
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 72 min A political essay on the absurd dilemmas presented by asylum policies. In a classroom, migrants’ illusions are dashed against the rocks of European arrogance. th 17 12:30 Munt 13
Mid-Length & Dutch Competition
What We Have Made WP France, 2016, DCP, 71 min A beautiful portrait of a huge construction site where thousands of men work long days among the scaffolding, concrete mixers and their coworkers, sharing good times and bad. su 20 10:00 Munt 13
To Stay Alive – A Method WP
First Appearance Competition
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 60 min Iggy Pop reads from Michel Houellebecq’s essay on insanity, survival and art. sa 19 17:00 Munt 12
Denmark, 2015, DCP, 82 min A Danish couple’s relationship is put to the test by a sudden stroke. Can Kristian and MetteLinemake it through the demanding rehabilitation process together? mo 21 12:30 Munt 13
Overleven – een handleiding Erik Lieshout
Who We Were IP Dem vi var Sine Skibsholt
Mid-Length Competition
Woman and the Glacier WP Moteris ir ledynas Audrius Stonys
Lithuania, Estonia, 2016, DCP, 56 min A filmic ode to a woman’s choice to live in solitude. For 30 years, a Lithuanian scientist has been conducting climate research at the Tuyuksu Glacier in Kazakhstan. fr 18 15:00 Tuschinski 3
Feature-Length Competition
You Have No Idea How Much I Love You IP Nawet nie wiesz, jak bardzo cie kocham Pawel Lozinski
Poland, 2016, DCP, 80 min During a mother and daughter’s intimately filmed sessions with a psychotherapist, blame, grief and anger gradually make way for reconciliation. fr 18 15:45 Munt 13
Dutch Competition
Zaatari Djinn WP Catherine van Campen
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 80 min Syrian children try to find their footing in the world’s largest refugee camp. A poetic account of their dreams, triumphs and setbacks. su 20 14:15 Munt 13
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Wednesday 16 November TUSCHINSKI 1
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10:00 VPRO Preview
Compilation program put up by main partner VPRO. For tickets see www.vpro.nl/evenementen.
11:00
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12:00
12:30
Santoalla
Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer Best of Fests, 82’
13:00
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four Best of Fests, 91’
One screening only, for free. Ticket required
14:30 14:45
Wrong Elements Jonathan Littell
15:30 16:00
On Call
Alice Diop
Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 74’
15:00
From the East
Chantal Akerman
Hissein Habré, a Chadian Tragedy
16:45
Letter
17:00
Reflections. Director’s Cut
Susanne Regina Meures
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Masters, 94’
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 17’
18:15
The Rock
Hamid Jafari
The Graduation
Raving Iran Best of Fests, 84’
Sergei Loznitsa
Homo Sapiens
The Old Jewish Cemetery
18:00
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 20’
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 82’
Sergei Loznitsa
Revue
Sergei Loznitsa
Panorama, 25’
Claire Simon
Whose Country?
Masters, 119’
Mohamed Siam Best of Fests, 58’
19:15
19:15
Events in a Cloud Chamber
LoveTrue
Alma Har’el
Best of Fests, 82’
Ashim Ahluwalia Paradocs, 20’
Welcome
20:15
Rikun Zhu
The Promise
Paradocs, 63’
Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger Masters, 117’
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?
22:00
Toby Oppenheimer, Dana Flor Panorama, 91’
Tomer Heymann, Barak Heymann
20:30
Voices
Miguel Peres Dos Santos
21:00
Shifting Perspectives, 18’
Check It 21:30
21:30
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
The Colonial Misunderstanding Jean-Marie Teno
Shifting Perspectives, 75’
Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing Masters, 91’
Masters, 86’
23:00
24:00
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Best of Fests, 108’
Masters, 82’
17:45
21:00
Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbat
Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Sergei Loznitsa, 21’
20:00
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 115’
17:00
19:00
14:30
The Event
Best of Fests, 133’
Best of Fests, 97’
18:30
Best of Fests, 88’
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 48’
Masters, 78’
15:00
Ziga Virc
Peter Watkins
Rithy Panh
18:00
13:00
The War Game
Exile
16:00
Houston, We Have a Problem!
Deborah Esquenazi
13:30
14:00
12:15
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
WOENSDAG 16 NOVEMBER
21:30
The Last Laugh Ferne Pearlstein Best of Fests, 89’
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PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
TUSCHINSKI 6
9:00
10:00 10:00
11:00
12:00 Sara Jordenö
Houston, We Have a Problem! 13:00
The War Game
Best of Fests, 94’
Ziga Virc
Best of Fests, 88’
Peter Watkins
13:15
13:15
Jean Carper
Anna Zamecka
Monster in the Mind
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 48’
One screening only, for free. Ticket required
From the East
Chantal Akerman
13:45
The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad
14:00 14:00
Stéphane Malterre Panorama, 120’
Life, Animated
Roger Ross Williams Best of Fests, 91’
Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato Best of Fests, 108’
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 115’
Best of Fests, 72’
14:30
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
13:00 13:00
Communion
Best of Fests, 87’
14:30 15:00
12:00 12:00
Kiki
12:15
11:00
15:00 15:00
15:30
15:30
Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya
Claudio Capanna
The Cinema Travellers
Life to Come Panorama, 75’
Best of Fests, 96’
16:00 16:00 16:45
17:00
17:00
Susanne Regina Meures
Shimon Dotan
Raving Iran Best of Fests, 84’
Best of Fests, 110’
18:00
18:00
Sergei Loznitsa
Tatiana Huezo
Revue
Gilles Laurent
17:00 17:00
Panorama, 73’
17:45
We’ll Be Alright
Alexander Kuznetsov
Tempestad
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 82’
Abandoned Land
The Settlers
18:00 18:00
Panorama, 77’
Best of Fests, 105’
18:45
The Beast Is Still Alive
Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
19:15
Alma Har’el
19:45
Best of Fests, 82’
The War Show
20:00
Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon
20:30
20:30
Miguel Peres Dos Santos
Keith Maitland
Voices
The Colonial Misunderstanding Jean-Marie Teno
Shifting Perspectives, 75’
Best of Fests, 100’
Tower
Shifting Perspectives, 18’
19:00 19:00
Panorama, 90’
LoveTrue
20:30
First Appearance & Dutch Competition 72’
Kaouther Ben Hania
By invitation.
Panorama, 94’
21:30
20:00 20:00
Guido Hendrikx
Zaineb Hates the Snow
Best of Fests, 82’
21:00 21:00 21:30
The Last Laugh
Solitary
Ferne Pearlstein Best of Fests, 89’
IDFA Opening Night: Stranger in Paradise
Kristi Jacobson
22:15
France
Panorama, 82’
22:00 22:00
Raymond Depardon Masters, 83’
23:00 23:00
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The Cinema Travellers Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya Best of Fests, 96’
Exile
Rithy Panh Masters, 78’
12:00
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
11:30
Errol Morris Masters, 76’
12:00 Industry Screening
The European
Santoalla 11:45
Houston, We Have a Problem!
On Call 13:45
Mahamat Saleh Haroun Masters, 82’
The Settlers Shimon Dotan
Ambulance
Mohamed Jabaly Best of Fests, 78’
Best of Fests, 110’
Conscience
Best of Fests, 97’
Vladimir Denisenko
14:00 Industry Screening
14:00
Tonislav Hristov
Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon
The Good Postman
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 78’
Check It
Toby Oppenheimer, Dana Fl
Best of Fests, 100’
15:15
I dimenticati
15:30
Vittorio De Seta
American Shorts
Compilation of short films about contemporary USA. With: The Ride of their Lives, Wolvesmouth and Raised by Krump.
16:00 Industry Screening 16:15 16:30
Forever Pure
with Extended Q&A
Communion Anna Zamecka
Like Dew in the Sun Peter Entell
Feature-Length Competition, 108’
Best of Fests, 72’
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 20’
A Little Monastery in Tuscany 16:30
1Minute Nature IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 4’
17:30
Daniel
The Eagle Huntress Otto Bell
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 87’
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
Zaatari Djinn
Catherine van Campen Dutch Competition, 80’
Student Competition, 41’
Compilation of short films about Cuba in transition. With: Motriz, House for Sale, Connection and Great Muy Bien.
Michal Marczak
Masters, 98’
Paradocs, 69’
Tower
Keith Maitland Best of Fests, 82’
Silent Wilderness Mathijs Vleugels
The Pearl of Africa
Panorama, 60’
Jonny von Wallström
22:00
22:00 Zero Days Alex Gibney Masters, 114’
Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen
First Appearance Competition, 80’
21:00
21:00
Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing
Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
20:00
A Memory in Three Ac Inadelso Cossa
First Appearance Competition, Shifting Perspectives, 64’
Panorama, 75’
Venus
The Challenge Yuri Ancarani
18:45
20:00
21:30
18:00
19:45
Nanette Burstein
21:00
Panorama, 83’
All These Sleepless Nights
Inna Omelchenko
Cuban Shorts 19:15
Lucija Stojevic
17:15
Paper Stars
18:30 19:00
La Chana
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 54’
Paradocs, 100’
Student Competition, 24’
18:00
Otar Iosseliani
15:45
Stefanie Visjager, Katinka Baehr
Followed by an in-depth conversation between TV host Bahram Sadeghi and director Maya Zinshtein. See page 114
Anastazja Dabrowska
Living with Giants Best of Fests, 78’
Masters, 91’
22:00
Gaza Surf Club
21:30
Shalom Italia Tamar Tal-Anati Best of Fests, 71’
Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine Best of Fests, 87’
23:00
24:00
1:00
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13:30
Panorama, 91’
The War Show
15:00
20:00
Hissein Habré, a Chadian Tragedy
13:15
Alice Diop
Feature-Length Competition, 82’
19:00
11:30
13:00 13:30
17:00
Best of Fests, 82’
Best of Fests, 88’
13:00
16:00
Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer
Ziga Virc
Dirk-Jan Roeleven Dutch Competition, 90’
14:00
11:15
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
DONDERDAG 17 NOVEMBER
22:00
Beauties of the Night Maria José Cuevas Best of Fests, 91’
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9:00
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Claudio Capanna Panorama, 75’
10:45 Industry Screening 11:00
Santoalla
Rodnye (Close Relations) 11:15 Industry Screening Vitaly Mansky Unknown Brood Masters, 112’
Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer Best of Fests, 82’
11:30
Hissein Habré, a Chadian Tragedy
Mahamat Saleh Haroun Masters, 82’
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 78’
Estephan Wagner, Moritz Siebert, Abou Bakar Sidibé
12:30 Industry Screening
Check It
Toby Oppenheimer, Dana Flor
14:00 Panorama, 104’
14:45 Industry Screening Ana Endara
Lucija Stojevic
Resurrecting Hassan
16:30
My Daughter Nora Rem
Tomas Koolhaas Best of Fests, 75’
Paul Salahadin Refs Best of Fests, 58’
14:15
Seed: The Untol
Taggart Siegel, Jon B Best of Fests, 94’
Jasna Krajinovic Panorama, 16’
ISIS, Deserters Speak Out
16:45 Industry Screening
Come Back Free Ksenia Okhapkina
I Made You, I Kill You 18:45 19:15
4.1 Miles
Rahul Jain
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 71’
Alexandru Petru Badelita Student Competition, 14’
18:45
Maayan Schwartz
Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla
My Friend, Yaniv Student Competition, 45’
Daphne Matziaraki
A Memory in Three Acts Inadelso Cossa
First Appearance Competition, Shifting Perspectives, 64’
We’ll Be Alright
Beauties of the Night Maria José Cuevas Best of Fests, 91’
Panorama, 77’
21:15
Joris Postema
Music Shorts
Dutch Competition, 85’
22:15
Solitary
Compilation of short films about classical music. With: The Pit, Right Side of Cello and Joe’s Violin.
21:00 21:00
Mid-Length Competition, 5
21:00
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Steve James Masters, 90’
22:00 22:00
Kristi Jacobson Panorama, 82’
23:00 23:00
24:00 24:00
1:00
Program Guide
Xavier Marrades
Alexander Kuznetsov
Irene Taylor Brodsky Best of Fests, 114’
Cucli
Audrius Stonys
Mid-Length Competition, 55’
Beware the Slenderman
19:00 Panorama, 17’
20:00 20:00
20:15
Alejandro G. Salgado
21:30 22:00
Best of Fests, 96’
19:00 19:00
Woman and the
Bolingo. The Forest of Love
Daan’s Inheritance Shalom Italia
An Insignificant Man
Panorama, 22’
21:00 21:30
Panorama, 70’
18:00 18:00
18:15
Machines
20:00
Chairun Nissa
17:00 17:00
Mid-Length Competition, 51’
16:30
Cuts
First Appearance Competition, 100’
Thomas Dandois, Francois-Xavier Tregan
The Challenge
19:45
16:00 16:00
Carlo Guillermo Proto
Panorama, 53’
18:00
Paradocs, 69’
Best of Fests, 71’
Dugma: The But
15:00 15:00
16:15 Industry Screening
Panorama, 83’
Yuri Ancarani
Tamar Tal-Anati
14:00 14:00
First Appearance Competition, 87’
La Chana
All These Sleepless Nights
Panorama, 60’
13:00 13:00
15:45
17:15
Mathijs Vleugels
12:45
Alice Schmid
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
17:00
Silent Wilderness
The Girl down Loch Änzi The Joy of Sound
Masters, 83’
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 54’
Paradocs, 100’
14:15 Industry Screening
Mustafa Ünlü
I dimenticati
Michal Marczak
First Appearance Competition, Dutch Competition, 72’
Mid-Length Competition, 57’
Ah Raymond Depardon
Otar Iosseliani
12:00 12:00
Knutte Wester
France
A Little Monastery in Tuscany
11:00
Guido Hendrikx
A Bastard Child
14:30
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 20’
11:00
Stranger in Paradise
13:30
Panorama, 91’
Vittorio De Seta
Dutch Competition, 72’
Those Who Jump
13:15 Industry Screening
15:15
Reber Dosky
Dutch Competition, Music Documentary, 90’
12:00
13:15
Vladimir Denisenko
Radio Kobanî
Dennis Alink
Best of Fests, 80’
Conscience
9:00
10:00 10:00
Life to Come
11:15
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MELKWEG CINEMA
9:00
9:00
10:00
Eat That Question Frank Zappa in His Own Words Thorsten Schütte
Music Documentary, 90’
11:00
12:00
14:00
12:15
12:15
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Hamid Jafari
I Don’t Know 12:45
13:00
10:00
10:15
Dugma: The Button Paul Salahadin Refsdal Best of Fests, 58’
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 47’
Koma
Nijole Adomenaite, Boris Gorlov
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 62’
11:00
12:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal 12:00 IDFAcademy Welcome & Reset Introduction: Meet the Participants
The Rock
IDFAcademy passholders & Invitees
Panorama, 25’
Whose Country? Mohamed Siam Best of Fests, 58’
Alban Teurlai, Thierry Demaizière
13:00
13:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Industry Talk: Between Director and Editor
Talented director Maite Alberdi and seasoned editor Menno Boerema discuss their collaboration. See page 122
14:15
Seed: The Untold Story
14:30
Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz Best of Fests, 94’
LoveTrue
In cooperation with The School of Life.
15:00
Lullaby
15:00
12:00
Best of Fests, 110’
Dziga Vertov
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 58’
Admission for all passholders
14:00 15:00
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
15:00
Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack Best of Fests, 114’
16:00
16:00 16:30 Chairun Nissa Panorama, 70’
17:00
18:00
18:00
Shot! The PsychoSpiritual Mantra of Rock
18:00
Barnaby Clay
Music Documentary, 98’
19:00
19:00
Cucli
19:00
Xavier Marrades Panorama, 17’
Woman and the Glacier Audrius Stonys
20:00
21:00
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Steve James Masters, 90’
22:00
20:00
Shadow World
with Extended Q&A 21:00
After the screening, film critic Dana Linssen speaks at length with visual artist Johan Grimonprez. See page 114
Shadow World
Johan Grimonprez Paradocs, 90’
20:00
20:00
DocLab Live: Elastic Reality Opening Night
A festive introduction to the DocLab: Elastic Reality program of IDFA and De Brakke Grond, with presentations and performances unraveling reality in the digital age. Supported by Dutch Cultural Media Fund. See page 111
21:00
We Are X + Live: Yoshiki
21:00
Stephen Kijak
Music Documentary, 93’
The story of the hard rock act X, hugely popular in their home country Japan, followed by a performance by front man Yoshiki. See page 105
22:00
23:00
23:00
24:00
24:00
1:00
1:00
30
Presentation of Mediafonds Wo
By invitation
Cuts 17:00
15:30 de Ba Project Prese IDFA-Mediaf Workshop
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
DONDERDAG 17 NOVEMBER
DE BALIE
PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
MELKWEG CINEMA
OTHER VENUES
KLEINE KOMEDIE
9:00
09:30 Filmacademie IDFA Film Academy Day Kick off with all international film students.
10:00
By invitation
11:00
12:00
12:15
Handsworth Songs John Akomfrah
Shifting Perspectives, 59’
13:00
14:00
14:15
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet Raoul Peck
Shifting Perspectives, 69’
15:00
16:00
15:30 de Balie – Salon Project Presentation IDFA-Mediafonds Workshop
Presentation of the IDFAMediafonds Workshop projects.
By invitation
17:00
16:15
Men of Gold
with Extended Q&A
After the screening journalist Wim Bossema (de Volkskrant) and director Vincent Moloi discuss South Africa after Apartheid. See page 117
DAILY SERVICES
NH Carlton Puccini 9:00 – 21:00 IDFA Writing Room
Workspace for all accredited guests. Wifi connection and computers available.
NH Carlton Rossini 10:00 – 17:00 Walk-in consultancies
Walk in and book your one-on-one consultancy.
18:00 18:30
The Colonial Misunderstanding Jean-Marie Teno
19:00
Shifting Perspectives, 75’
SOCIAL EVENTS
De Jaren Café – 18:00 Guests Meet Guests
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour.
Admission for all passholders
20:00 20:45
The Giant is Falling
with Extended Q&A
21:00
After the screening journalist Wim Bossema (de Volkskrant) and director Rehad Desai discuss South Africa’s young democracy. See page 117
22:00
De Jaren Café – 22:00 IDFA Lounge
DJ Ed Rock. A regular at IDFA Cafe and host of the DJ nights. Ed plays vinyl singles from way back as well as brand new tracks. Many genres, from 1956 till 2016, including soul, rock, new wave, reggae, hiphop and beyond.
Admission Free
DOCLAB EXPO: ELASTIC REALITY
Brakke Grond 9:00 – 23:00
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world's best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 – 21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
23:00
24:00
Admission Free
1:00
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Friday 18 November TUSCHINSKI 1
TUSCHINSKI 2
TUSCHINSKI 3
TUSCHINSKI 4
TUSCHINSKI 5
TUSCHINSKI 6
DE MUNT
9
9:00
10:00
10:00 Industry Screening
Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
Tali Shemesh, Asaf Sudry
10:00 The B-Side:
Death in the Terminal Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Errol Morris Masters, 76’
11:00
11:15
LoveTrue
Alma Har’el
Best of Fests, 82’
14:00
Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
John Akomfrah
Site of Sites
Handsworth Songs
The Offended
Marcela Zamora Chamorro Panorama, 83’
Shifting Perspectives, 59’
13:00
Director Sergei Loznitsa will talk with Hans Maarten van den Brink about his own films, his Top 10 selection and sound design in documentary. Supported by the Dutch Cultural Media Fund. See page 122
13:45
The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad
Paradocs, 90’
Sjoerd Oostrik
Keith Maitland
Followed by an in-depth conversation between journalist Harm Ede Botje and director Stéphane Malterre. See page 114
Dutch Competition, 81’
16:45
Hissein Habré, a Chadian Tragedy
Audrius Stonys
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
Shalom Italia
Thomas Lennon Panorama, 86’
Tamar Tal-Anati
16:30
Anna Zamecka Best of Fests, 72’
17:30
Daniel
Anastazja Dabrowska
18:00
Inna Omelchenko
Jan Ijäs
Time Capsule
Student Competition, 41’
Paradocs, 21’
18:30
Melanie Bonajo
Remo Scherrer
Like Dew in the Sun
Progress vs Regress
Whatever the Weather
Paradocs, 54’
Student Competition, 11’
To Be a Miss
Edward Ellis, Flor Salcedo, Aaron Woolf
Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbat Best of Fests, 108’
A Bastard Child Knutte Wester
19:30 19:45
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Paper Stars
19:00
with Extended Q&A
17:45
Student Competition, 24’
Mid-Length Competition, 57’
El patio
Elvira Diaz
Panorama, 82’
20:15
20:15
Coco Cabasa
Panorama, 84’
Almost There
Klara Til
Student Competition, 53’
Feature-Length Competition, 108’
Jacqueline Zünd
21:00
First Appearance Competition, 83’
Minispectacles Albuquerque Straight
21:00
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen Paradocs, 7’
21:45
Hotel Sunrise
22:00 22:30
Rats
With an introduction by filmmaker Jan Doense.
All These Sleepless Nights Michal Marczak Paradocs, 100’
22:15
Houston, We Have a Problem! Ziga Virc
Best of Fests, 88’
Maria Rumanova
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
Come Back Free Ksenia Okhapkina
22:00
Shingal, Where Are You? Angelos Rallis
Craigslist Allstars Samira Elagoz Paradocs, 65’
Panorama, 103’
Mid-Length Competition, 51’
22:30
The War Show
Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon Best of Fests, 100’
24:00
1:00
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Best of Fests, 71’
Communion
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
Peter Entell
15:45
Sacred
Zahavi Sanjavi
Jimm Lasser, Biff Butler
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 90’
15:45
The Return
18:00
Like Dew in the Sun
Dutch Competition, 80’
15:15
Deborah Esquenazi
Long Live Benjamin
Coco Schrijber
Catherine van Campen
Best of Fests, 78’
Woman and the Glacier
Masters, 82’
a Mermaid
Zaatari Djinn Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque
15:00 Industry Screening
Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Followed by an in-depth conversation between journalist and entrepreneur Derk Sauer, director Peter Entell and director of photography Jón Björgvinsson. See page 114
13:45
Living with Giants
16:30 Industry Screening
18:00
20:00 How to Meet
Maria José Cuevas Best of Fests, 91’
Best of Fests, 91’
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 94’
20:00
Best of Fests, 82’
Beauties of the Night
14:15
Panorama, 120’
Sergei Loznitsa
19:00
Tower
13:15
with Extended Q&A
with Extended Q&A
Austerlitz
Johan Grimonprez
A Quiet Place
16:00 Austerlitz
Followed by an in-depth conversation between journalist Max van Weezel, director Sergei Loznitsa and Joël J. Cahen of the National Holocaust Museum. See page 114
Shadow World
13:15 Industry Screening
The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad 16:00
23:00
11:45
Tatiana Huezo
Tempestad
13:00
Masterclass Sergei Loznitsa
Stéphane Malterre
22:00
11:45
Best of Fests, 105’
15:00
17:00
11:30
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
12:00
13:00
11:15 11:30 Industry Screening
VRIJDAG 18 NOVEMBER
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
DE MUNT
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DE MUNT
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DE MUNT
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DE MUNT
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DE MUNT
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CARRÉ
9:00
10:00 Industry Screening
Miss Kiet’s Children 10:45 Industry Screening
Sealers – One Last Hunt Wrong Elements 11:45
Tatiana Huezo
Keith Maitland
Tempestad Best of Fests, 105’
Tower
Best of Fests, 133’
11:00
First Appearance Competition, 98’
Jonathan Littell
12:00
Seed: The Untold Story
Best of Fests, 82’
Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz Best of Fests, 94’
12:30 Industry Screening 12:45 Industry Screening
Amazona
Clare Weiskopf
9:00
10:00 10:00
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, Assembling Reality, 115’
Trude Berge Ottersen, Gry Elisabeth Mortensen
11:15 11:45
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
TUSCHINSKI 6
11:00
12:00 12:00
12:00
The Settlers Shimon Dotan Best of Fests, 110’
Passage – A Boatmovie
Jascha de Wilde, Ben Hendriks Dutch Competition, 55’
First Appearance Competition, 82’
13:00 13:00
13:45
Zaatari Djinn 14:15
Living with Giants
14:00 Industry Screening
Catherine van Campen Dutch Competition, 80’
Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque
Machines 14:30 Industry Screening
14:30
I Made You, I Kill You Alexandru Petru Badelita
Best of Fests, 78’
15:45
A Greek Winter
Student Competition, 14’
15:00
Maayan Schwartz
Todd Wider, Jedd Wider
My Friend, Yaniv
God Knows Where I Am
Student Competition, 45’
Best of Fests, 99’
Dutch Competition, 70’
16:30
Communion
Venus
Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen
16:45
Anna Zamecka
Robinù
Best of Fests, 72’
Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
Masters, 117’
16:00 16:00
17:00 17:00 Jérôme le Maire
18:00
Radio Kobanî
Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Reber Dosky
Best of Fests, 108’
Dutch Competition, 72’
18:15 Industry Screening
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
The Road Movie
18:00 18:00
Dmitrii Kalashnikov
A Bastard Child
On the Bridge of Death and Life
Mid-Length Competition, 57’
Lola Jia Liu
Panorama, 98’
20:15
First Appearance Competit
19:30
Wrestling Alligators Sacred Water Panorama, 56’
Jacqueline Zünd
First Appearance Competition, 83’
Minispectacles Albuquerque Straight
Andrew Shea
20:00
Olivier Jourdain
Almost There
Dream Empire
19:00 19:00
19:15
Knutte Wester
18:15
David Borenstein
First Appearance Competition, 67’
Remo Scherrer
Student Competition, 11’
After the screening, N Fraser (Yaddo) discus the making of the fil director Marcus Vett
Burning Out
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
21:00
Pawel Lozinski
VPRO Extra: The Promise
17:30 Industry Screening
17:45
Whatever the Weather
You Have No Idea How Much I Love You
15:00
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Michele Santoro Best of Fests, 97’
18:30
15:00 15:00 15:45 Industry Screening
16:15 Industry Screening
Best of Fests, 71’
14:00 14:00
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 71’
Ingeborg Jansen
Shalom Italia Tamar Tal-Anati
Rahul Jain
20:15
Panorama, 90’
Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis
20:00 20:00
20:15
Amazona
Clare Weiskopf
Nicolas Pradal, Pierre Selvini
First Appearance Competit
First Appearance Competition, 112’
21:00 21:00
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen
21:30
Craigslist Allstars
Compilation of short films about Cuba in transition. With: Motriz, House for Sale, Connection and Great Muy Bien.
Cuban Shorts
Paradocs, 7’
Samira Elagoz Paradocs, 65’
22:30
The War Show
Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon Best of Fests, 100’
21:45 22:00
Waiting for Giraffes Marco de Stefanis
The Girl down Loch Änzi Alice Schmid
First Appearance Competition, 87’
22:00 22:00
Dutch Competition, 84’
Gaza Surf Club
Philip Gnadt, Micke
23:00 23:00
24:00 24:00
1:00
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Best of Fests, 87’
Friday 18 November EYE CINEMA
CARRÉ
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EYE CINEMA
2
BRAKKE GROND EXPOZAAL
MELKWEG RABOZAAL
BRAKKE GROND RODE ZAAL
MELKWEG CINEMA
GR
9:00
9:00
10:00
10:00 11:00
On Call
11:00
11:00
Alice Diop
Best of Fests, 97’
12:00
12:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
12:00
The Settlers Shimon Dotan Best of Fests, 110’
In Conversation with Coco Schrijber
12:30
Rithy Panh
Admission for all passholders
Guido Hendrikx
Moderated by Ryan Harrington.
Exile
See page 126
Masters, 78’
13:00
12:00
12:30
Stranger in Paradise First Appearance Competition, Dutch Competition, 72’
13:00
13:30
Forever Pure
Maya Zinshtein Best of Fests, 85’
14:00
14:00
14:30
France 15:00
15:00
VPRO Extra: The Promise
Raymond Depardon
15:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal 15:00 The Man from Mo’Wax Industry Talk:
Masters, 83’
Why Would You Need a Publicist?
Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger Masters, 117’
16:00
After the screening, Nick Fraser (Yaddo) discusses the making of the film with director Marcus Vetter.
16:00 16:30
Peshmerga
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Matt Tyrnauer Best of Fests, 97’
Selling your documentary and implementing the right communication strategy with US-based publicist David Magdael. See page 122
17:00
18:00
Dream Empire
18:30
Where You’re Meant to Be + Live: Aidan Moffat
18:45
First Appearance Competition, 73’
Far Western
A Scottish road movie about the roots of Celtic culture with Arab Strap singer Aidan Moffat, followed by a performance. See page 105
James Payne
19:00 19:30
Music Documentary, 82’
Machines
Where You’re Meant to Be
with Extended Q&A
20:15
Amazona
Clare Weiskopf
First Appearance Competition, 82’
22:30
Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine
Paul Fegan
Music Documentary, 77’
Machines
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 71’
21:15
22:00
Brenda Greene Mitchell, Sam Wainwright Douglas
The Cinema Travellers Gaza Surf Club
23:00
Director/editor Rahul Jain and editor Yael Bitton discuss the editing of the visually stunning film Machines with film critic Nicolas Rapold. See page 119 Rahul Jain
21:00
22:00
16:00
Admission for all passholders
18:15
David Borenstein
20:00
15:00
Music Documentary, 108’
Best of Fests, 92’
17:00
18:00
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Matthew Jones
Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya
Honky Tonk Heaven: The Legend of the Broken Spoke Music Documentary, 75’
An exclusive live performance event in which the audience if all goes well merges into one virtual individual. See page 111
20:00
21:00
21:15
DocLab Live: Orchestrated Individuals
19:00
21:30
Contemporary Color Turner Ross, Bill Ross Music Documentary, 96’
22:00
Best of Fests, 96’
Best of Fests, 87’
23:00
24:00
24:00
1:00
1:00
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
VRIJDAG 18 NOVEMBER
20:00
Fullscreen &
A special docum of music video e Fullscreen, hoste by Job de Wit.
MBER
DE BALIE GROTE ZAAL
KLEINE KOMEDIE
PODIUM MOZAÏEK
OTHER VENUES
9:00
10:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal 10:00 NH Carlton Paganini IDFAcademy Plenary Industry Session: Session: Editing Matters Using Archive Footage
10:00 10:45
A Memory in Three Acts
with Extended Q&A
11:00
After the screening journalist Claire Diao and director Inadelso Cossa discuss the open wounds of Mozambique’s history. See page 117
12:00
13:00
A Letter to Nelson Mandela
13:00
with Extended Q&A
After the screening, journalist Wim Bossema (de Volkskrant) talks to director Khalo Matabane about his personal assessment of Nelson Mandela’s heritage. See page 117
14:00
The dream team of Amateurs in Space will talk about editing obstacles and issues they conquered in the production process.
By Elif Rongen-Kaynakci. See page 124
Admission for all passholders
IDFAcademy passholders & Invitees
Book your one-one-one consultancy with with Peter Jaeger (Jaeger Creative) at the Industry Desk.
For all passholders (upon registration*)
13:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal You Are Here: Immersive Storytelling Masterclass with Jessica Brillhart Join Jessica Brillhart, principal filmmaker for VR at Google, for a masterclass on VR and Immersive Storytelling its promises, constraints and vast complexities.
IDFAcademy passholders & Invitees
15:00
DOCLAB EXPO: ELASTIC REALITY
Brakke Grond 9:00 – 23:00 15:45
Voices & A Trip to the Country
16:00
with Extended Q&A
After the screening Ikenna Azuike discusses both films with directors Miguel Peres Dos Santos and Jean-Marie Teno. See page 118
17:00
15:30 Comp. – Grote Zaal & Foyer IDFAcademy Meet the Professionals Round table meetings and one-on-one meetings with renowned professionals.
IDFAcademy passholders
17:30 Compagnie – Café Opening drinks IDFAcademy and DocLab Academy
18:00
IDFAcademy passholders & Invitees 18:45
with Extended Q&A
20:00
Fullscreen & IDFA
After the screening Ikenna Azuike will talk with director Vincent Moloi and protagonist Esther Muinjangue. See page 118
A special documentary edition of music video evening Fullscreen, hosted and curated by Job de Wit.
NH Carlton Puccini 9:00 – 21:00 IDFA Writing Room
Workspace for all accredited guests. Wifi connection and computers available.
Walk in and book your one-on-one consultancy.
21:30
Too Black to Be French? with Extended Q&A
& The Danton’s Death
22:00
DAILY SERVICES
NH Carlton Rossini 10:00 – 17:00 Walk-in consultancies
21:00
After the screening journalist Claire Diao and director Isabelle Boni-Claverie discuss the deep-seated, hidden racism in France. See page 118
Arti et Amicitiae 10:00 – 22:00 Meeting Room with screening facilities
All accredited guests have the opportunity to reserve a meeting/screening room for small groups of up to 15 people. Reservations can be made at the Industry Desk. Additionally, six viewing booths are available for holders of a Press Pass at Docs for Sale. Both services are located in Arti et Amicitiae.
23:00
EXHIBITION
Stedelijk Museum 10:00 – 22:00 Johan Grimonprez in Stedelijk Museum
24:00
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world's best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 – 21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
Admission Free
SOCIAL EVENTS
Arti et Amicitiae – 17:00 - 18:00 Docs for Sale Happy Hour
Skulls, of My People
19:00
20:00
in Documentaries
10:00 NH Carlton Verdi Preregistered consultancies
Ongoing exhibitions of two video works by Johan Grimonprez from the Stedelijk Museum collection, dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y and Kobarweng or Where Is Your Helicopter?
Hosted by NPO Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs and Rise and Shine.
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum passholders
Compagnie Café – 17:30 - 18:30 Opening drinks IDFAcademy and DocLab Academy
Drinks together with the participants from IDFAcademy & DocLab Academy
IDFAcademy passholders & Invitees
De Jaren Café – 18:00 Guests Meet Guests
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour, supported by IMCINE.
Admission for all passholders
De Jaren Café – 22:00 IDFA Lounge
DJ duo Mr. & Mrs. Koot come with their suitcase full of indie-7”s, but are also specialists in 80’s hits and funky breaks. As a couple they host a string of nights in Amsterdam bars.
Admission Free
Volkshotel Canvas – 23:00 More Bounce X IDFA
Party along with Funky music At Club Canvas Volkshotel, free entrance for hotel guests and IDFA Guest Badges until 24:00.
1:00
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PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
MELKWEG CINEMA
Saturday 19 November TUSCHINSKI 1
TUSCHINSKI 2
TUSCHINSKI 3
TUSCHINSKI 4
TUSCHINSKI 5
TUSCHINSKI 6
DE MUNT
9
9:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
Roger Ross Williams
Thomas Lennon
Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamin
10:00 Life, Animated Best of Fests, 91’
Sacred 10:30
Weiner
Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
11:00
Best of Fests, 100’
10:30
1Minute Nature & The Eagle Huntress
10:45 Industry Screening
Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis
Nicolas Pradal, Pierre Selvini First Appearance Competition, 112’
13:00
with Extended Q&A
Followed by an in-depth conversation between journalist Twan Huys and director Bernard-Henri Lévy. See page 114 Best of Fests, 92’
15:00
I Made You, I Kill You
13:15 Industry Screening 13:30
Kids & Docs Competition 2
Life to Come
Children’s documentaries: 1Minute Nature, Che!, Rocknrollers, Jesser and the Sugarcane, Naomi’s Secret, Spotlight on Merna 150’. This screening is Dutch spoken or Dutch subtitled.
My Friend, Yaniv Maayan Schwartz
Ditteke Mensink
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, Assembling Reality, 115’
Waiting for Giraffes Marco de Stefanis
14:45 15:00
The Beast Is Still Alive
Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova Panorama, 90’
Dutch Competition, 84’
Cucli
Xavier Marrades
Woman and the Glacie Audrius Stonys
Bo Jiao
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Panorama, 88’
16:15
Trembling Mountain
16:30
Kesang Tseten
Cuts
Chairun Nissa
17:00 17:15
La Chana
17:30 Industry Screening
Lucija Stojevic
Almost There
Panorama, 84’
16:30
House Call
Neta Shoshani, David Ofek Mid-Length Competition, 62’
Happily Ever After
Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir Panorama, 68’
Panorama, 83’
Jacqueline Zünd
First Appearance Competition, 83’
18:00
18:30 19:00
The Grown-Ups Maite Alberdi
You Have No Idea How Much I Love You
19:00
Ambulance
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
19:30
19:30
Elvira Diaz
Nir Dvortchin
El patio
Turn Over the Stones
Panorama, 82’
20:00
18:30
18:30
Dylan Williams, Erik Pauser
Zaradasht Ahmed
The Borneo Case
Pawel Lozinski
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
Masters, 78’
Nowhere to Hide Feature-Length Competition, 86’
Mohamed Jabaly Best of Fests, 78’
Student Competition, 29’
It’s Getting Dark Olga Kravets
Mid-Length Competition, 48’
20:45
Mogadishu Soldier 21:30
21:15
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 88’
Amateurs in Space
The Graduation Claire Simon
21:45
Max Kestner
The Man from Mo’Wax
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
Matthew Jones
Music Documentary, 108’
22:00
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City Matt Tyrnauer
20:45
Bruno Jorge
Andrei Dascalescu
Masters, 119’
Paradocs, 23’
Smoke
Planeta Petrila
First Appearance Competition, 90’
Roy Villevoye Paradocs, 45’
Raised by Krump Maceo Frost Panorama, 21’
23:00
20:45
November December
Torstein Grude
21:00
Contemporary Color
22:45
Music Documentary, 96’
Edward Ellis, Flor Salcedo, Aaron Woolf
Turner Ross, Bill Ross
To Be a Miss
23:00
Panorama, 84’
Gilles Laurent
Best of Fests, 97’
24:00
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My Father and My Mother
First Appearance Competition, 90’
Panorama, 70’
17:00
14:00
Student Competition, 45’
Dutch Competition, 91’
Andrei Dascalescu
16:00
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
Panorama, 75’
Panorama, 90’
Student Competition, 14’
Planeta Petrila
16:00 Miss Kiet’s Children
Claudio Capanna
Andrew Shea
Alexandru Petru Badelita
The Claim, the Search for Stolen Art from WWII
15:30 Industry Screening
23:00
Best of Fests, 133’
Wrestling Alligators
Peshmerga
Bernard-Henri Lévy
22:00
Jonathan Littell
12:15
14:00 Peshmerga
19:00
Wrong Elements
12:30 12:45
13:00
Best of Fests, 87’
11:00
This film is subtitled in English and will be dubbed in Dutch live during this screening.
12:00
Gaza Surf Club
Panorama, 86’
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Abandoned Land Panorama, 73’
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10:00 Industry Screening
10:00
Gaza Surf Club
Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine Best of Fests, 87’
10:30
Homo Sapiens
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
11:00
Masters, 94’
Wrong Elements
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee Nanette Burstein Masters, 98’
10:30 Industry Screening
Coeurope
Maite Alberdi
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
Giovanni Troilo
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
11:00
Jonathan Littell Best of Fests, 133’
11:45 Industry Screening
Mogadishu Soldier 12:15
12:15 Industry Screening
Claudio Capanna
Wojciech Kasperski
Life to Come Panorama, 75’
Icon 12:45 13:00
Reset
Maria José Cuevas
Best of Fests, 110’
Beauties of the Night Best of Fests, 91’
Marco de Stefanis
13:45 Industry Screening
Daan’s Inheritance
Dutch Competition, 84’
Joris Postema
14:15
Dutch Competition, 85’
Cucli
Xavier Marrades Audrius Stonys
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
15:45
The Good Postman
16:30
Neta Shoshani, David Ofek Mid-Length Competition, 62’
Gogita’s New Life
House Call
Neta Shoshani, David Ofek
17:00 Industry Screening
Dylan Williams, Erik Pauser
Zaradasht Ahmed
Erik Lieshout
An Insignificant Man
18:00
Best of Fests, 96’
Paul Salahadin Refsdal
Nowhere to Hide
Mid-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 60’
Dugma: The Button Best of Fests, 58’
Dil Leyla
20:00
Siberian Love 20:45
Bruno Jorge
Andrei Dascalescu
November December Paradocs, 23’
Smoke
Planeta Petrila
Olga Delane
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
Feature-Length Competition, 88’
19:00
Panorama, 80’
Sealers – One Last Hunt Trude Berge Ottersen, Gry Elisabeth Mortensen First Appearance Competition, 98’
First Appearance Competition, 90’
Unknown Brood + Live: Dany Lademacher’s Wild Romance
Student Competition, 19’
The screening is followed by a performance by Dany Lademacher’s Wild Romance, Herman Brood’s legendary former band. In collaboration with KPN Presents. See page 107
Giovanni Troilo
Dennis Alink
Close Ties 20:30
17:00 17:00
18:00 18:00
Jian Fan
20:00
Burning Out
Jérôme le Maire
After the screening, journalist Marcia Luyten discusses the making of the film with director Dirk-Jan Roeleven. See page 107
Still Tomorrow 18:30
16:00 16:00
+ Special Guest
17:45
Student Competition, 72’
20:15
VPRO Extra: The European
18:00 Industry Screening
Asli Özarslan
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
20:45
Feature-Length Competition, 72’
To Stay Alive – A Method
Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla
18:30
16:00
16:15 Industry Screening Levan Koguashvili
17:45
Masters, 78’
House Call
Feature-Length Competition, 82’
Mid-Length Competition, 62’
The Borneo Case
14:00 14:00
15:30 Industry Screening Tonislav Hristov
18:30
13:00 13:00
15:00 15:00
In Loco Parentis
16:15
Panorama, 84’
Waiting for Giraffes
15:15
Feature-Length Competition, 103’
Kesang Tseten
14:15 Industry Screening
The screening is followed by a conversation between fashion journalist and curator Aynouk Tan, director Andrew Rossi and moderator Arno Kantelberg (editor-in-chief of Esquire). See page 107
Dutch Competition, 84’
Neasa Ní Chianáin
Trembling Mountain
12:00 12:00
Marco de Stefanis
Panorama, 17’
Woman and the Glacier
12:30
11:00
The First Monday in May + Special Guests
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Alban Teurlai, Thierry Demaizière
14:00
Waiting for Giraffes
Torstein Grude
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 88’
9:00
10:00 10:00
The Grown-Ups
10:15
PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
TUSCHINSKI 6
Zofia Kowalewska
Coeurope
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
19:00 19:00
20:00 20:00
with Extended Q&
Followed by an in-de conversation with di Zahavi Sanjavi, prota Shilan and writer Ch mans. See page 114
20:30
To Stay Alive – A Method
Unknown Brood Dutch Competition, Music Documentary, 90’
Yezidi Girls & Th Return
21:00 21:00
Erik Lieshout
Mid-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 60’
Roy Villevoye Paradocs, 45’
22:15 22:30
Cameraperson
22:45
To Be a Miss
23:00
Panorama, 84’
Gilles Laurent
Edward Ellis, Flor Salcedo, Aaron Woolf
Abandoned Land
Kirsten Johnson
Best of Fests, Assembling Reality, 102’
Panorama, 73’
22:45 23:00
Zero Days Alex Gibney Masters, 114’
Where You’re Meant to Be Paul Fegan
Music Documentary, 77’
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? Tomer Heymann, Barak Heymann Masters, 86’
22:15
The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America + Live: Douwe Bob
The screening is preceded by a performance of Rolling Stones songs covered by Dutch singer-songwriter Douwe Bob. See page 107
22:00 22:00
The Challenge Yuri Ancarani Paradocs, 69’
23:00 23:00
24:00 24:00
1:00
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9:00
9:00
10:00
God Knows Where I Am Todd Wider, Jedd Wider Best of Fests, 99’
12:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal Immersive Network Summit
12:00
rst Monday in
+ Special Guests
13:00 13:30
13 Days. Industrial Party Process Yakov Poselsky
14:00
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 62’
Hospital
with Extended Q&A
17:45
own Brood + Live: Lademacher’s Romance
eening is followed by a mance by Dany LademaWild Romance, Herman legendary former band. boration with KPN s. See page 107
19:00
mpetition, Music tary, 90’
eening is preceded formance of Rolling songs covered by Dutch ongwriter Douwe Bob. e 107
21:00
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Best of Fests, 84’
12:00
13:15
Brenda Greene Mitchell, Sam Wainwright Douglas Music Documentary, 75’
15:00
Walking in the Opposite 15:15 – Direction + Live: Felix Far Western Maginn + The Citizens James Payne
14:00
15:00
16:00
Music Documentary, 96’
17:00
KETELHUIS 19:00
Estephan Wagner, Moritz Siebert, Abou Bakar Sidibé Best of Fests, 80’
Followed by an in-depth conversation between journalist Liddie Austin and director Yann Coridian. See page 115
21:30 21:45
The Promise
Morgan Spurlock
Masters, 117’
Rats
Masters, 89’
Stranger in Paradise 19:30
with Extended Q&A
Erik Lieshout
Mid-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 60’
19:00
A Young Girl in Her Nineties
20:30
Paradocs, 69’
Liberation Day +
20:00
DocLab Live: The Best of Awkward Tech
A playful evening during which digital artists present absurd inventions that expand our existing notions of reality and confront us with our tech-obsessed everyday lives. See page 111
Live: Laibach
Guido Hendrikx
Artist Renzo Ma his enterprise to critical art mach beneficial on a f plantation in Co In collaboration
A documentary about the ex-Yugoslavian cult band Laibach, the first Western band to perform in North Korea, followed by a concert by the band. See page 106
Liberation Day
Morten Traavik, Ugis Olte Music Documentary, 100’
19:00
First Appearance Competition, Dutch Competition, 72’
20:00
21:15
Daan’s Inheritance
21:00
Joris Postema
Dutch Competition, 85’
Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger
22:00 23:00
Eat That Question Frank Zappa in His Own Words
23:00
Thorsten Schütte
Music Documentary, 90’
24:00
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Beeldbepale Renzo Marte
18:00
Yuri Ancarani
23:00
16:00
Assembling Reality, 84’
Followed by an in-depth conversation with director Zahavi Sanjavi, protagonist Shilan and writer Chris Keulemans. See page 114
The Challenge
13:00
Music Documentary, 82’
with Extended Q&A
22:15
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Honky Tonk Heaven: The Legend of the Broken Spoke
Marc Waltman
To Stay Alive – A Method
Alink
Susanne Regina Meures
Frederick Wiseman
Those Who Jump
20:00
Raving Iran
11:00
Hospital
19:30
own Brood
olling Stones lé Olé!: A Trip s Latin America Douwe Bob
Yezidi Girls & The Return
11:30
Compilation of short films about classical music. With: The Pit, Right Side of Cello and Joe’s Violin.
Walking in the Opposite Direction
An in-depth conversation between film critic Nicolas Rapold and filmmaker Frederick Wiseman about the editing of his 1970 classic film Hospital. See page 119
17:00
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Music Shorts
The life story of Adrian Borland of The Sound, followed by a performance of the band’s songs by Moke’s Felix Maginn and The Citizens. See page 106
16:00
ial Guest
18:00
Admission for all passholders
Admission for all passholders
16:00
e screening, journalist Luyten discusses king of the film with Dirk-Jan Roeleven. e 107
Scandinavia's most influential and internationally recognized editor discusses his vision and ongoing search for the "authentic moment".
10:45
The Immersive Network Summit brings together experts from all corners of the interactive and immersive storytelling industry to formulate the next steps in develo13:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal ping the medium. Supported by ministry of Economic Affairs of Industry Talk: the Netherlands. See page 141 Assembling Reality Four renowned documentary By invitation editors take you on a journey through their work and the creative editing process behind it. See page 122
15:00
Extra: uropean
10:00
10:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal NCE presents: Order in Chaos, Niels Pagh Andersen Master Class
11:00
11:00
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
20:00
IDFA in De B Shadow Wo
Based on the wo Andrew Feinstei Grimonprez ma World. After the Feinstein and Gr join Bahram Sad
DE BALIE GROTE ZAAL
KLEINE KOMEDIE
PODIUM COMPAGNIE & ARTI MOZAÏEK
INDUSTRY OFFICE
9:00
10:00 10:30
45
O.J.: Made in America (Part I, II & III)
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sic Shorts
pilation of short films ut classical music. With: Pit, Right Side of Cello and Violin.
with Extended Q&A
11:00
After the screening of this epic investigation of the O.J. Simpson trial, journalist Claire Diao will have an in-depth conversation with director Ezra Edelman. See page 118
12:00
15
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nky Tonk Heaven: e Legend of the ken Spoke
nda Greene Mitchell, Wainwright Douglas Documentary, 75’
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10:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal IDFAcademy Plenary Session: Pitch & 10:30 Arti et Amicitiae Trailer Workshop Docs for Sale Meet The Pitch & Trailer Workshop, one of last year’s biggest hits at the Professionals IDFAcademy, featuring Mikael Opstrup (EDN) and editor Jesper Osmund.
IDFAcademy passholders & Invitees
Register for short meetings with various professionals for advice on general matters and specific questions.
Docs for Sale passholders only
13.35-15.00 Lunch Break
15.00-18.05 O.J.: Made in America Part II
20.00-22.30 O.J.: Made in America Part III and Extended Q&A
14:00
13:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal IDFAcademy Small Session: Insights into co-production Two renowned producers will share their experience on the risks and benefits of co-financing and co-producing.
IDFAcademy passholders
17:00
16:00
Beeldbepalers: Renzo Martens
Artist Renzo Martens shares his enterprise to redress the critical art machine and make it beneficial on a former Unilever plantation in Congo. In collaboration with De Balie.
IDFAcademy passholders
Admission for all passholders See page 124
Find out about the various funding schemes offered by the IDFA Bertha Fund. See page 124
Admission for all passholders
Peter Broderick will take participants on a quick illustrated tour of the distribution frontier.
IDFAcademy passholders
15:30 Comp. – Grote Zaal & Foyer 15:30 Compagnie – Zuilenzaal IDFAcademy Meet IDFAcademy Meet the the Professionals Professionals Special: Round table meetings and Nikolaus Geyrhalter one-on-one meetings with renowned professionals.
Industry Session: VOD with Wendy Bernfeld
12:00 NH Carlton Paganini Industry Session: IDFA Bertha Fund
13:00 Compagnie – Zuilenzaal IDFAcademy Small Session: Seize Your Future Maximize Your Audience and Your Distribution
15:00
es Payne
10:00 NH Carlton Paganini
For all passholders (upon registration*)
10.30-13.35 O.J.: Made in America Part I
18.05-20.00 Diner Break
16:00
Book your one-one-one consultancy with with Claire Aguilar (Claire Aguilar Consultation) at the Industry Desk.
Shifting Perspectives, 467’
13:00
Documentary, 82’
10:00 NH Carlton Verdi Preregistered consultancies
Award-winning filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter will talk about ways of finding and creating your own signature as a filmmaker.
14:45 NH Carlton Verdi & Vivaldi Preregistered consultancies Book your one-one-one consultancy with with Catherine Olsen (Passionate 4 Docs) at the Industry Desk.
For all passholders (upon registration*)
IDFAcademy passholders
SOCIAL EVENTS
KETELHUIS
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anger in Paradise
do Hendrikx
Arti et Amicitiae – 17:00 - 18:00
18:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
Hosted by NPO Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs and Rise and Shine.
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum passholders
19:00
Zuiderkerk – 18:00
DAILY SERVICES
ppearance Competition, Competition, 72’
20:00
15
an’s Inheritance
21:00
20:00
IDFA in De Balie: Shadow World
Based on the works of writer Andrew Feinstein, Johan Grimonprez made Shadow World. After the screening both Feinstein and Grimonprez will join Bahram Sadeghi for a talk.
Postema
h Competition, 85’
NH Carlton Puccini 9:00 – 21:00 IDFA Writing Room
Workspace for all accredited guests. Wifi connection and computers available.
NH Carlton Rossini 10:00 – 17:00 Walk-in consultancies
Walk in and book your one-on-one consultancy.
Arti et Amicitiae 10:00 – 22:00 Meeting Room with screening facilities
All accredited guests have the opportunity to reserve a meeting/screening room for small groups of up to 15 people. Reservations can be made at the Industry Desk. Additionally, six viewing booths are available for holders of a Press Pass at Docs for Sale. Both services are located in Arti et Amicitiae.
22:00
23:00
EXHIBITION
Stedelijk Museum 10:00 – 18:00 Johan Grimonprez in Stedelijk Museum
24:00
Ongoing exhibitions of two video works by Johan Grimonprez from the Stedelijk Museum collection, dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y and Kobarweng or Where Is Your Helicopter?
Guests Meet Guests
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour, supported by Doc/it.
Admission for all passholders
De Jaren Café – 22:00 IDFA Dance Night
DJ Ed Rock. A regular at IDFA Cafe and host of the DJ nights. Ed plays vinyl singles from way back as well as brand new tracks. Many genres, from 1956 till 2016, including soul, rock, new wave, reggae, hip hop and beyond.
Admission Free
DOCLAB EXPO: ELASTIC REALITY
Brakke Grond 9:00 – 23:00
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world's best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 – 21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
Admission Free
1:00
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9:00
10:00 Industry Screening
10:00
Dream Empire 10:30
Communion 11:00
11:00
Those Who Jump
David Borenstein
First Appearance Competition, 73’
Anna Zamecka Best of Fests, 72’
10:15 10:30
A Young Girl in Her Nineties
Best of Fests, 80’
12:30
13:00
Solitary
Kristi Jacobson
13:30
Letters from Baghdad
13:45
with Extended Q&A
14:00
Followed by an in-depth conversation between journalist Irene van der Linde (De 14:30 Groene Amsterdammer) and directors Sabine Krayenbühl All Governments Lie: and Zeva Oelbaum. See page 115 Truth, Deception, and
16:00
Followed by an in-depth conversation between Xandra Schutte (editor-in-chief of De Groene Amsterdammer), director Fred Peabody and producer Peter Raymont. See page 115
Panorama, 82’
International children’s documentaries: 1Minute Nature, Lutwi, When I Hear the Birds Sing, Thea, Black Sheep, Crowley Every Cowboy Needs His Horse 13:15 135’.
Shingal, Where Are You?
12:30
Music Shorts
Compilation of short films about classical music. With: The Pit, Right Side of Cello and Joe’s Violin.
Angelos Rallis Panorama, 103’
Aniela Astrid Gabryel Student Competition, 66’
14:45
with Extended Q&A
16:30
Panorama, 83’
When Will This Wind Stop
the Spirit of I.F. Stone
15:00
Lucija Stojevic
Kids & Docs Competition 1
Silent Wilderness Panorama, 60’
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 94’
12:00
First Appearance Competition, 81’
Mathijs Vleugels
Sergei Loznitsa
11:00
La Chana
11:45 Industry Screening Jiu-liang Wang
13:00
Mid-Length Competition, 62’
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian
Plastic China
12:00
Austerlitz
Neta Shoshani, David Ofek
Best of Fests, 85’
Estephan Wagner, Moritz Siebert, Abou Bakar Sidibé
10:15
House Call
15:15
Almost There 15:45 Industry Screening
Areum
Jacqueline Zünd
First Appearance Competition, 83’
Minispectacles Albuquerque Straight
Peshmerga
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Paradocs, 7’
Craigslist Allstars Samira Elagoz Paradocs, 65’
Areum Parkkang
15:00
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen
First Appearance Competition, 93’
15:45
Best of Fests, 92’
Dream Empire David Borenstein
First Appearance Competition, 73’
The Passing Years John Albert Jansen
17:00
17:00
Panorama, 78’
17:30
17:30
Sonia Kennebeck
Jean Carper
National Bird Best of Fests, 92’
18:00
Monster in the Mind 18:00
The Wait
Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis
Nicolas Pradal, Pierre Selvini First Appearance Competition, 112’
Best of Fests, 87’
17:15
Venus 17:45
The Girl down Loch Änzi Alice Schmid
Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen
First Appearance Competition, 80’
First Appearance Competition, 87’
Emil Langballe Panorama, 55’
19:00
19:00
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
Best of Fests, Assembling Reality, 102’
19:45 20:00
20:00
Plastic China Jiu-liang Wang
First Appearance Competition, 81’
The Hanging
Geoffrey Feinberg Panorama, 15’
The Road Movie Dmitrii Kalashnikov
19:45 20:00
Who We Were Sine Skibsholt
19:45
The Challenge Yuri Ancarani Paradocs, 69’
First Appearance Competition, 82’
20:15
Planeta Petrila
Andrei Dascalescu
Fallen Flowers Thick Leaves Laetitia Schoofs
Dutch Competition, 85’
First Appearance Competition, 90’
First Appearance Competition, 67’
21:00 21:45
22:00
21:45
Reset
Alban Teurlai, Thierry Demaizière Best of Fests, 110’
22:00 22:15
We’ll Be Alright
Alexander Kuznetsov Panorama, 77’
23:00
Beware the Slenderman 22:15 Irene Taylor Brodsky Amazona Best of Fests, 114’
Clare Weiskopf
First Appearance Competition, 82’
Priorat
22:00
David Fernandez de Castro Panorama, 69’
My Daughter Nora 22:30
Ambulance
Mohamed Jabaly Best of Fests, 78’
Jasna Krajinovic Panorama, 16’
ISIS, Deserters Speak Out
Thomas Dandois, Francois-Xavier Tregan Panorama, 53’
24:00
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DE MUNT
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DE MUNT
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DE MUNT
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DE MUNT
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TUSCHINSKI 1 EYE CINEMA
CARRÉ
9:00
10:00 Industry Screening
10:00
De Groene Amsterdammer Day
10:15
Austerlitz
Sergei Loznitsa
11:00
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 94’
10:45
Daan’s Inheritance
Compilation program put up by editors of De Groene Amsterdammer.
Joris Postema
La Chana
What We Have Made 10:30 Industry Screening
Hotel Sunrise
Fanny Tondre
Lucija Stojevic
Maria Rumanova
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
Panorama, 83’
11:00 11:45 Industry Screening
Nowhere to Hide 12:15 Industry Screening
Bolingo. The Forest of Love
12:30
Music Shorts 13:15
Shingal, Where Are You?
Compilation of short films about classical music. With: The Pit, Right Side of Cello and Joe’s Violin.
Angelos Rallis
Zaradasht Ahmed
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
9:00
10:00 10:00
Feature-Length Competition, 71’
Dutch Competition, 85’
PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
TUSCHINSKI 6
11:00
12:00 12:00
Max Kestner
Mid-Length Competition, 55’
13:00
Robinù
13:00 13:00
Michele Santoro Best of Fests, 97’
12:30
Amateurs in Spa
Alejandro G. Salgado
Feature-Length Competitio
13:45
Panorama, 103’
Abandoned Land Gilles Laurent Panorama, 73’
14:15 Industry Screening
Zaatari Djinn
14:00 14:00
Catherine van Campen Dutch Competition, 80’
15:00
Peshmerga
Bernard-Henri Lévy
15:45
Best of Fests, 92’
15:00 15:00 15:30
1Minute Nature
15:45 Industry Screening
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 4’
Olga Kravets
Stefanie Visjager, Katinka Baehr
Dream Empire David Borenstein
First Appearance Competition, 73’
Mid-Length Competition, 48’
Anna Koch
Alice Schmid
17:15
17:15 Industry Screening
Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen
Jimm Lasser, Biff Butler
First Appearance Competition, 80’
First Appearance Competition, 87’
16:15 Industry Screening
In Loco Parentis
16:00 16:00
Feature-Length Competition, 103’
Venus The Girl down Loch Änzi
Jascha de Wilde, Be
Neasa Ní Chianáin
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 82’
17:45
Passage – A Boa Dutch Competition, 55’
It’s Getting Dark
Win by Fall
15:00
17:00 17:00
Long Live Benjamin 17:45
Dutch Competition, 91’
Haibo Yu, Kiki Tianqi Yu Panorama, 81’
The Claim, the Search for Stole Art from WWII Ditteke Mensink
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
China’s Van Goghs
17:00
18:30
18:00 18:00
Santoalla 19:00
Liberation Day
Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer Best of Fests, 82’
Morten Traavik, Ugis Olte
19:45 20:15
Planeta Petrila
Andrei Dascalescu
Fallen Flowers Thick Leaves Laetitia Schoofs
Dutch Competition, 85’
First Appearance Competition, 90’
20:00 20:00
20:15
Frame 394
Rich Williamson Panorama, 30’
Singing with Angry Bird
Death in the Terminal
Hyewon Jee
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
21:30
Stéphane Malterre
My Daughter Nora Ambulance
Mohamed Jabaly Best of Fests, 78’
Panorama, 16’
ISIS, Deserters Speak Out
Thomas Dandois, Francois-Xavier Tregan Panorama, 53’
Panorama, 120’
22:30
22:00 22:00
Shalom Italia Best of Fests, 71’
Jimm Lasser, Biff Butler Mid-Length Competition, 60’
22:15
Tamar Tal-Anati
Long Live Benjamin 23:00 23:00
1:00
Program Guide
Dirk-Jan Roeleven
21:00 21:00
24:00 24:00
20 NOVEMBER
The European
The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad
22:00
Jasna Krajinovic
Panorama, 88’
20:00
Dutch Competition, 90’
20:45
Tali Shemesh, Asaf Sudry
22:30
19:00 19:00
Music Documentary, 100’
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1:00
Sunday 20 November EYE CINEMA
CARRÉ
1
EYE CINEMA
2
BRAKKE GROND EXPOZAAL
MELKWEG RABOZAAL
BRAKKE GROND RODE ZAAL
KETELHUIS
9:00
9:00
10:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal DocLab: Interactive Conference
10:00
Now in its fourth year, the annual DocLab Interactive Conference brings together leading artists and thinkers from the world of art, technology, science and documentary. Supported by Dutch Cultural Media Fund.
11:00
Daniel
11:00
Anastazja Dabrowska Student Competition, 24’
Paper Stars
Inna Omelchenko
12:00
GR
10:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal DocLab: Interactive Conference Live Stream Live Stream of the DocLab: Interactive Conference. Open for IDFA passholders only.
10:00 11:00
Weiner
11:00
Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg Best of Fests, 100’
Student Competition, 41’
12:00
12:30
Amateurs in Space Max Kestner
13:00
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
13:00
1Minute Nature & The Eagle Huntress
13:00
This film is subtitled in English and will be dubbed in Dutch live during this screening.
14:00
14:00
15:00
This screening of the definitive documentary of out-of-the-box thinker John Coltrane and his groundbreaking music is followed by a performance by Yaniv Nachum. See page 106
15:00
Passage – A Boatmovie
Jascha de Wilde, Ben Hendriks Dutch Competition, 55’
15:30
Miss Kiet’s Children
16:00 17:00
The Claim, the Search for Stolen Art from WWII Ditteke Mensink
Dutch Competition, 91’
Filmmaking couple Petra and Peter Lataster and editor Mario Steenbergen discuss the editing of Miss Kiet’s Children with film critic Nicolas Rapold. See page 119
John Scheinfeld
Miss Kiet’s Children
17:00
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
17:30
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, Assembling Reality, 115’
Unknown Brood + Live: Breaking Levees + David Hollestelle 18:30
DocLab Live: Dreams
20:00
Mogadishu Soldier with Extended Q&A
The European
Dirk-Jan Roeleven Dutch Competition, 90’
Editor Niels Pagh Andersen and film critic Nicolas Rapold discuss the editing of Mogadishu Soldier, which was created from hundreds of hours of raw footage. See page 119
Mogadishu Soldier Torstein Grude
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 88’
21:00
21:45
22:00
Step into a comfortable dream space and let your thoughts be translated into sounds and images that become part of a continuous live performance by sound artist Philippe Lambert and the National Film Board of Canada. This one-off live installation is freely accessible throughout the evening. Free admission. See page 111
19:00
20:00
Sho(r)t in Japan 22:15
Shalom Italia Tamar Tal-Anati
16:00
Music Documentary, 99’
18:00
19:00
15:00
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
with Extended Q&A
17:00
14:00
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary + Live: Yaniv Nachum
Compilation of shorts about Japan. With: Uzu and Gatekeeper.
21:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal IDFA Forum & DocLab Drinks Celebrating the future of documentary storytelling. Hosted by BCPF.
A look back at the turbulent life of Dutch rocker Herman Brood, followed by a performance by Breaking Levees featuring David Hollestelle. In collaboration with KPN Presents. See page 106
18:00 19:00
Unknown Brood
How to Meet a Mermaid
Dutch Competition, Music Documentary, 90’
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 90’
Dennis Alink
19:00
Coco Schrijber
20:00 21:00
The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America Paul Dugdale
Music Documentary, 105’
By invitation
21:00 21:30
Radio Kobanî
DOCL
Reber Dosky
Dutch Competition, 72’
22:00
Best of Fests, 71’
23:00
23:00
24:00
24:00
1:00
1:00
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ZONDAG 20 NOVEMBER
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Brakke G
How does it physical wo look for love pictures on when it sec Trigger your best interac and physica Reality exhi hours (11:00
Admission
00
w to Meet Mermaid
KLEINE KOMEDIE COMPAGNIE
PODIUM MOZAÏEK
OTHER VENUES INDUSTRY OFFICE
9:00
10:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal IDFAcademy Plenary Session: Blending Impact and Distribution
10:00
10:00 NH Carlton Paganini 10:00 NH Carlton Vivaldi Industry Session: Preregistered Educational Distribution Consultancies By Elinor Kowarsky. See page 124
Experts on impact strategies describe new exciting models to create impact with concrete case studies.
11:00
Admission for all passholders
Docs for Sale passholders only
11:45 Arti et Amicitiae Rough Cut Presentations
12:00 NH Carlton Paganini
12:00 13:00 Compagnie – Grote Zaal IDFAcademy Small Session: Storytelling on Digital Platforms
13:00
Producer Kahane Cooperman, director Jos de Putter and director Reber Dosky will share their experience in finding effective and creative ways to present documentaries online.
14:00
IDFAcademy passholders
Industry Session: How to Create an Impact and Funding Campaign for Your Film
13:00 Compagnie – Kleine Zaal By Sandi DuBoswki. See page 124 Admission for all passholders IDFAcademy Small Session: Festival and 13:30 NH Carlton Caruso Sales Strategies Meet the Experts Sales agent Salma Abdalla,
Book your group round table meeting at the Industry desk.
distributor Debra Zimmerman and director Tom Fassaert will share their strategies and secrets on getting films out in the world.
For all passholders (upon registration*)
Round table meetings and one-on-one meetings with renowned professionals.
16:00
IDFAcademy passholders
17:00 Compagnie – Café IDFAcademy Closing Drinks
17:00
A 35 minute rough cut presentation of the following projects: 11.45 State Vs. Shuai 12.30 Shadowman 13.15 Constructing Albert 14.00 After Inez 14.45 Obstinate 15.30 Bullet Catcher 16.15 Ripples on the Shore
DfS & IDFA Forum Decision Makers only
14:45 NH Carlton Verdi & Vivaldi Preregistered consultancies
IDFAcademy passholders
15:00
15:30 Comp. – Grote Zaal & Foyer IDFAcademy Meet the Professionals
10:30 Arti et Amicitiae
Book your one-one-one Docs for Sale Meet consultancy with Catherine Olsen (Passionate 4 Docs) at the the Professionals Industry Desk. Register for short meetings with various professionals. For all passholders
(upon registration*)
IDFAcademy passholders & Invitees
15:30 NH Carlton Paganini Where the Girls Are...or Aren’t? Ally Derks and Debra Zimmerman open up the conversation about gender equality in film festival programming.
Book your one-one-one consultancy with Rough Cut Service or Sigrid Dyekjær (Danish Documentary at the Industry Desk.
For all passholders (upon registration*)
By invitation
IDFAcademy 2016 concludes with closing drinks.
IDFAcademy passholders & Invitees
18:00
SOCIAL EVENTS
Compagnie Café – 17:00 - 18:00 IDFAcademy Closing Drinks
19:00
IDFAcademy 2016 concludes with closing drinks.
IDFAcademy passholders & Invitees Arti et Amicitiae – 17:00 - 18:00
o Schrijber
e-Length Competition, Competition, 90’
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
20:00
Hosted by NPO Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs and Rise and Shine.
DAILY SERVICES
21:00
NH Carlton Puccini 9:00 – 21:00 IDFA Writing Room
30
dio Kobanî
DOCLAB EXPO: ELASTIC REALITY
er Dosky
h Competition, 72’
ARTI ET AMICITIAE
22:00
23:00
24:00
Brakke Grond 9:00 – 23:00
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world's best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 – 21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
Admission Free
Workspace for all accredited guests. Wifi connection and computers available.
NH Carlton Rossini 10:00 – 17:00 Walk-in consultancies
Walk in and book your one-on-one consultancy.
Arti et Amicitiae 10:00 – 22:00 Meeting Room with screening facilities
All accredited guests have the opportunity to reserve a meeting/screening room for small groups of up to 15 people. Reservations can be made at the Industry Desk. Additionally, six viewing booths are available for holders of a Press Pass at Docs for Sale. Both services are located in Arti et Amicitiae.
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum passholders
Zuiderkerk – 18:00
Guests Meet Guests
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour, supported by Polish Docs and HBO Europe.
Admission for all passholders
Brakke Grond Expozaal – 21:00 IDFA Forum & DocLab Drinks
Celebrating the future of documentary storytelling. Hosted by BCPF.
By invitation
De Jaren Café – 22:00 IDFA Lounge
DJ Berry van Diepen. The disc jockey gardener owns a huge collection of 7’’ singles. He hosts pop quizzes with his records and is a busy DJ. Berry knows his 70’s music best but plays timeless classics from every era.
Admission Free
1:00
= IDFA Industry activities = Forum activities = Docs for Sale activities = IDFAcademy activities
Program Guide
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PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
DE BALIE GROTE ZAAL
KETELHUIS
Monday 21 November TUSCHINSKI 1
TUSCHINSKI 2
TUSCHINSKI 3
TUSCHINSKI 4
TUSCHINSKI 5
TUSCHINSKI 6
DE MUNT
9
9:00
10:00 10:45
11:00
11:15 11:45
12:00
National Bird
Sonia Kennebeck
Fallen Flowers Thick Leaves Laetitia Schoofs
Dutch Competition, 85’
Best of Fests, 92’
11:15 11:30
Kids & Docs Competition 1
Waiting for Giraffes
11:30
Marco de Stefanis
The Giant Is Falling
International children’s documentaries: 1Minute Nature, Lutwi, When I Hear the Birds Sing, Thea, Black Sheep, Crowley Every Cowboy Needs His Horse 135’
Dutch Competition, 84’
Rehad Desai
The European
Dirk-Jan Roeleven Dutch Competition, 90’
13:15
Cuban Shorts
Close Ties
14:00 China’s Van Goghs
Haibo Yu, Kiki Tianqi Yu Panorama, 81’
with Extended Q&A
Followed by an in-depth conversation between journalist Nadia Moussaïd and director Jean Carper. See page 115
14:15
Trembling Mountain Kesang Tseten Panorama, 84’
16:45
17:00
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
Resurrecting Hassan Carlo Guillermo Proto
First Appearance Competition, 100’
Followed by an in-depth conversation between journalist and anthropologist Özgür Canel and director Mustafa Ünlü. See page 115
14:45
1Minute Nature
Where You’re Meant to Be Paul Fegan
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 4’
Anna Koch
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 82’
Who We Were Sine Skibsholt
Death in the Terminal Oxfam Novib Selection: Delicate Balance
20:00
Guillermo García López Panorama, 81’
Screening followed by a talk with Marcia Luyten and special guests. See page 120
with Extended Q&A
Followed by an in-depth conversation between documentary filmmaker Tessa Boerman and the film’s directors Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudry. See page 116
Nima Sarvestani Masters, 90’
22:00
22:00 Radio Kobanî Reber Dosky
Dutch Competition, 72’
23:00
Melanie Bonajo Paradocs, 54’
Mid-Length Competition, 51’
18:00
18:00
Asli Özarslan
Maite Alberdi
Dil Leyla
Student Competition, 72’
The Grown-Ups Feature-Length Competition, 80’
Remember Me?
Ragnhild Nøst Bergem Student Competition, 35’
Icon
19:30
Long Live Benjamin
Wojciech Kasperski
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Jimm Lasser, Biff Butler
20:15
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
What We Have Made
20:00
20:00
Neta Shoshani, David Ofek
Levan Koguashvili
House Call
Mid-Length Competition, 62’
Gogita’s New Life Feature-Length Competition, 72’
Feature-Length Competition, 71’
21:15
21:15
Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen
Daphne Matziaraki
Venus
4.1 Miles Panorama, 22’
First Appearance Competition, 80’
22:15
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Bolingo. The Forest of Love
22:00
22:00
Mid-Length Competition, 55’
Paul Salahadin Refsdal Best of Fests, 58’
Andrew Shea
Alejandro G. Salgado
Dugma: The Button
Fred Peabody Best of Fests, 92’
24:00
1:00
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Ksenia Okhapkina
Paradocs, 21’
Fanny Tondre
Prison Sisters
Come Back Free
Jan Ijäs
Rodnye (Close Relations) Progress vs Regress
21:00
21:00
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
Time Capsule 17:30
18:45
19:30
Maria Rumanova
17:00
First Appearance Competition, 82’
Masters, 112’
19:00
per song
Student Competition, 73’
Vitaly Mansky
19:00
Hotel Sunrise 16:00
Shuchang Xie
16:30
18:00
15:30
Win by Fall
Music Documentary, 77’
16:15
Ah
Best of Fests, 89’
Giovanni Troilo
15:30
Best of Fests, 87’
with Extended Q&A
Ferne Pearlstein
Coeurope
Compilation of short films about Cuba in transition. Wit Motriz, House for Sale, Connec tion and Great Muy Bien.
Stefanie Visjager, Katinka Baehr
Jean Carper
16:00
The Last Laugh
Student Competition, 19’
Monster in the Mind
15:00
13:45
Zofia Kowalewska
Monster in the Mind
Music Documentary, 90’
12:30
13:30 14:00
Thorsten Schütte
Panorama, Shifting Perspectives, 77’
13:00 13:45
Eat That Question Frank Zappa in His Own Words
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Wrestling Alligators Panorama, 90’
DE MUNT
9
DE MUNT
10
DE MUNT
11
DE MUNT
12
DE MUNT
13
TUSCHINSKI 1 EYE CINEMA
CARRÉ
9:00
PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
TUSCHINSKI 6
9:00
10:00 10:00 10:45 11:15
Waiting for Giraffes Marco de Stefanis Dutch Competition, 84’
Eat That Question Frank Zappa in His Own Words
11:00 Industry Screening
Tomas Koolhaas
Inadelso Cossa
Rem
Thorsten Schütte
Music Documentary, 90’
11:00
11:45
Best of Fests, 75’
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
A Memory in Three Acts 11:45 Industry Screening
First Appearance Competition, Shifting Perspectives, 64’
How to Meet a Mermaid
Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack
Coco Schrijber
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 90’
Best of Fests, 114’
11:00
12:30 Industry Screening
11:00
12:00 12:00
11:00
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictu
Fenton Bailey, Rand Best of Fests, 108’
Queer Day, see pa
Who We Were Sine Skibsholt
13:15
13:15
Compilation of short films about Cuba in transition. With: Motriz, House for Sale, Connection and Great Muy Bien.
Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla
Cuban Shorts 13:45
The Last Laugh Ferne Pearlstein Best of Fests, 89’
First Appearance Competition, 82’
An Insignificant Man Best of Fests, 96’
13:45 14:00
Happily Ever After
Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir Panorama, 68’
14:45
Panorama, 82’
Hotel Sunrise per song
Shuchang Xie
Student Competition, 73’
Sacred Water
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
Olivier Jourdain
Come Back Free
Panorama, 56’
Ksenia Okhapkina
16:00 Industry Screening Max Kestner
Coco Cabasa Klara Til
Student Competition, 53’
Asli Özarslan
Maite Alberdi
Student Competition, 72’
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
A Greek Winter Ingeborg Jansen
Dutch Competition, 70’
20:00
Neta Shoshani, David Ofek
Levan Koguashvili
House Call
Mid-Length Competition, 62’
19:30
John Scheinfeld
Music Documentary, 99’
Paul Salahadin Refsdal
Andrew Shea
Best of Fests, 58’
The Pearl of Afri
Followed by an in-de conversation betwee and gay rights activi de Bruijn, director Jo Wallström and prota Cleopatra Kambugu Kasaija.
18:45
Roy Villevoye
Areum Parkkang
Smoke
Areum
Paradocs, 45’
First Appearance Competition, 93’
18:30
Who’s Gonna Lo Now? 19:00 19:00
20:00 20:00
with Extended Q&
After the screening a conversation with di Barak Heymann. And performance of Ams Gay Men Choir Mano and drinks.
Queer Day, see pa
Ana Endara
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Dugma: The Button
Paradocs, 23’
The Joy of Sound Mid-Length Competition, 61’
21:00
22:00
November December
20:15
Feature-Length Competition, 72’
22:00
18:00 18:00
18:15
To Stay Alive – A Method
Gogita’s New Life
16:00
with Extended Q&
Queer Day, see pa
Bruno Jorge
19:00
17:00 17:00
Dutch Competition, 85’
You Have No Idea How Much I Love You
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
20:00
Laetitia Schoofs
17:30
Pawel Lozinski
The Grown-Ups
16:45 Industry Screening
Fallen Flowers Thick Leaves
17:00
Dil Leyla
Panorama, 91’
15:00 15:00
16:00 16:00
Amateurs in Space
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
Mid-Length Competition, 51’
18:00
Toby Oppenheimer,
15:45
Maria Rumanova
18:00
Check It
Queer Day, see pa
Skulls, of My People Panorama, Shifting Perspectives, 67’
Elvira Diaz
16:00
14:30
14:00 14:00
Vincent Moloi
El patio 15:30
13:00 13:00
Wrestling Alligators Panorama, 90’
21:15
The Man Without a Mask
21:30
A Quiet Place Sjoerd Oostrik
Dutch Competition, 81’
22:00
Cuts
Chairun Nissa Panorama, 70’
21:00 21:00 21:30
Kiki
Roger Ross Williams Panorama, 14’
Site of Sites
Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
with Extended Q&
22:00 22:00
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
23:00 23:00
24:00 24:00
1:00
Program Guide
45
1:00
Followed by an in-de conversation betwee rights activist Wilfre Bruijn, director Sara J and representatives Dutch drag houses.
Queer Day, see pa
Monday 21 November EYE CINEMA
CARRÉ
1
EYE CINEMA
2
BRAKKE GROND EXPOZAAL
BRAKKE GROND RODE ZAAL
MELKWEG RABOZAAL
KETELHUIS
9:00
9:00
09:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal Expert Meeting: Interactive Documentary Preservation
10:00
11:00
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
11:30
Queer Day, see page 120
Claire Simon
The Graduation
12:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal In Conversation with Kirsten Johnson
Masters, 119’
Santoalla
Check It
Toby Oppenheimer, Dana Flor Panorama, 91’
14:00
14:15
Hospital
Frederick Wiseman
15:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
15:00
15:15
Letters from Baghdad Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum Panorama, 95’
16:00
The Pearl of Africa
16:30 Followed by an in-depth The Borneo Case conversation between host Dylan Williams, Erik Pauser and gay rights activist Wilfred Masters, 78’ de Bruijn, director Jonny von Wallström and protagonists Cleopatra Kambugu and Nelson Kasaija.
Nick Fraser introduces his new documentary VOD and pitching platform Yaddo. See page 122
17:00 17:45
Jacqueline Zünd
with Extended Q&A
After the screening a conversation with director Barak Heymann. And a special performance of Amsterdam Gay Men Choir Manoeuvre and drinks.
Queer Day, see page 120
18:00
First Appearance Competition, 83’
19:00
19:00
with Extended Q&A
Dennis Alink
Cameraperson
Unknown Brood
Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks to editor Nels Bangerter and director Kirsten Johnson about her visual autobiography Came- 20:00 raperson. See page 119 Robinù Michele Santoro Best of Fests, 97’
21:00 21:30
23:00
Followed by an in-depth conversation between gay rights activist Wilfred de Bruijn, director Sara Jordenö and representatives of several Dutch drag houses.
Queer Day, see page 120
19:00
Dutch Competition, Music Documentary, 90’
20:00
20:00
DocLab Live: The Art of Following
An evening exploring the narrative potential of privacy, intimacy and following, organized in collaboration with the VPRO Medialab Meet Up series. See page 111
Kiki
with Extended Q&A
22:00
16:00
Almost There
18:30
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?
20:00
15:00
Industry Talk: The Future of Documentaries and How They Are Created
Admission for all passholders
with Extended Q&A
Queer Day, see page 120
19:00
13:00
Best of Fests, 82’
Assembling Reality, 84’
18:00
Admission for all passholders
Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer
Queer Day, see page 120
17:00
12:00
Moderated by Orwa Nyrabia. See page 126
13:00
13:45
16:00
11:00
By invitation
13:00
14:00
10:00
Invite-only expert session on the preservation of interactive documentary art, organized by DocLab and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.
11:00
Best of Fests, 108’
12:00
GR
21:00 21:30
Zaatari Djinn Honky Tonk Heaven: The Legend of the Broken Spoke
Brenda Greene Mitchell, Sam Wainwright Douglas Music Documentary, 75’
DOCL
Catherine van Campen
22:00
Dutch Competition, 80’
22:15
The First Monday in May
22:00
Andrew Rossi Best of Fests, 90’
23:00
24:00
24:00
1:00
1:00
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
MAANDAG 21 NOVEMBER
Brakke G
How does it physical wo look for love pictures on when it sec Trigger your best interac and physica Reality exhi hours (11:00
Admission
00
known Brood
nis Alink
KLEINE KOMEDIE COMPAGNIE 08:30 Compagnie Foyer Upstairs
PODIUM MOZAÏEK
OTHER VENUES INDUSTRY OFFICE
IDFA Forum Producer’s Breakfast
9:00
By invitation
09:30 Compagnie – Grote Zaal IDFA Forum Central Pitch
10:00 NH Carlton Paganini
6 Projects will be pitched for the gathered financiers and other delegates.
10:00
Industry Session: Can an Authors’ Organization Help you Make a Living?
IDFA Forum passholders only
By Cecile Despringre. See page 125
Admission for all passholders
11:00
11:45 Compagnie – Grote Zaal IDFA Forum Crossmedia Central Pitch
12:00
10:00 NH Carlton Verdi & Vivaldi Preregistered consultancies 10:30 Arti et Amicitiae Book your one-one-one consulDocs for Sale Meet tancy with Peter Broderick (Paradigm Consulting) or the Professionals Mélanie de Vocht (IDFA Bertha Fund) at the Industry Desk.
For all passholders (upon registration*)
Register for short meetings with various professionals for advice on general matters and specific questions.
Docs for Sale passholders only
3 Crossmedia projects will be pitched for the gathered financiers and other delegates.
IDFA Forum passholders only
13:00
13:30 NH Carlton Caruso Meet the Experts
Book your group round table meeting at the Industry desk.
14:00
For all passholders (upon registration*)
14:45 Compagnie – Zuilenzaal 14:45 Compagnie – Kleine Zaal IDFA Forum Crossmedia IDFA Forum Round Round Table Pitch Table Pitch (3 Arts & In this genre specific pitch Culture and 3 regular)
15:00
session 7 crossmedia projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers.
16:00
IDFA Forum passholders only
14:45 NH Carlton Paganini Preregistered consultancies
Book your one-one-one consultancy with Cecilie Bolvinkel (EDN), Jessica Edwards (BRITDOC), Maria Paola Lussana (Creative Europe), Sandi DuBowski (BRITDOC'S Good Pitch) and Heino Deckert IDFA Forum passholders only (Ma.ja.de) at the Industry Desk. In this Round Table pitch session 3 arts & culture and 3 regular projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers.
For all passholders (upon registration*)
SOCIAL EVENTS
Compagnie Foyer Upstairs – 08:30 IDFA Forum Producer’s Breakfast
An informal setting to meet producers, advanced sign-up required. Hosted by Future Logic and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.
By invitation
17:00
Zuiderkerk – 12:45 IDFA Forum Lunch
Hosted by Chicken & Egg Pictures.
18:00
IDFA Forum passholders only Arti et Amicitiae – 17:00 - 18:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
Hosted by NPO Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs and Rise and Shine.
19:00
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum passholders
h Competition, Music mentary, 90’
Zuiderkerk – 18:00
Guests Meet Guests
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour, supported by ARTE.
20:00
Admission for all passholders
DAILY SERVICES
21:00
NH Carlton Puccini 9:00 – 21:00 IDFA Writing Room
30
atari Djinn
DOCLAB EXPO: ELASTIC REALITY
herine van Campen
h Competition, 80’
ARTI ET AMICITIAE
22:00
23:00
24:00
Brakke Grond 9:00 – 23:00
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world's best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 – 21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
Admission Free
Workspace for all accredited guests. Wifi connection and computers available.
NH Carlton Rossini 10:00 – 17:00 Walk-in consultancies
Walk in and book your one-on-one consultancy.
Arti et Amicitiae 10:00 – 22:00 Meeting Room with screening facilities
All accredited guests have the opportunity to reserve a meeting/screening room for small groups of up to 15 people. Reservations can be made at the Industry Desk. Additionally, six viewing booths are available for holders of a Press Pass at Docs for Sale. Both services are located in Arti et Amicitiae.
De Jaren Café – 20:00 IDFA Quiz in De Jaren Café Are you eager to test your IDFA-knowledge? Show your friends how much you know about the festival, documentary’s, films, Amsterdam and (film)music. You can sign up with a team of maximum 5 people, or alone. Send an email with your team name and amount of participants to idfaquiz@idfa.nl.
Admission Free
De Jaren Café – 23:00 IDFA Lounge
DJ Ed Rock. A regular at IDFA Cafe and host of the DJ nights. Ed plays vinyl singles from way back as well as brand new tracks. Many genres, from 1956 till 2016, including soul, rock, new wave, reggae, hiphop and beyond.
Admission Free
1:00
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Program Guide
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PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
DE BALIE GROTE ZAAL
KETELHUIS
Tuesday 22 November TUSCHINSKI 1
TUSCHINSKI 2
TUSCHINSKI 3
TUSCHINSKI 4
TUSCHINSKI 5
TUSCHINSKI 6
DE MUNT
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9:00
10:00
10:00 Kiki
Sara Jordenö Best of Fests, 94’
11:00
11:15
12:00
12:30
A Young Girl in Her Nineties 13:00
Followed by an in-depth conversation between journalist Casper Thomas (De Groene Amsterdammer) and filmmakers Khusboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla. See page 116
A Greek Winter 11:45
To Stay Alive – A Method
Plastic China
with Extended Q&A
Jean Carper
From the East 12:00
Hillsborough
Followed by an in-depth conversation between TV host Bahram Sadeghi and director Wang Jiu Liang. See page 116
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? Tomer Heymann, Barak Heymann Masters, 86’
Reber Dosky
16:00
Panorama, 14’
14:00
Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
Alice Schmid
Site of Sites
The Girl down Loch Änzi
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
Siberian Love
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
18:00
God Knows Where I Am 16:15
Areum
Joris Postema
Dutch Competition, 85’
Areum Parkkang
17:45
17:45
Best of Fests, 114’
Fanny Tondre
Tomas Koolhaas
First Appearance Competition, 93’
What We Have Made Feature-Length Competition, 71’
Rem
18:00
Turn Over the Stones
Best of Fests, 75’
18:30
Zaradasht Ahmed
19:00
19:15
Bolingo. The Forest of Love Mid-Length & 55’
Dutch Competition, 91’
Panorama, 22’
Alejandro G. Salgado
21:00
22:00
Screening followed by a talk with Bahram Sadeghi and several guests at the table. See page 120
Sacred
Thomas Lennon Panorama, 86’
23:00
Ditteke Mensink
20:00
Welcome to the Heavenly Earth Judith de Leeuw Panorama, 55’
20:00
Olga Kravets
Mid-Length Competition, 48’
20:15
Otto Bell
Still Tomorrow
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 87’
20:45
The Rock
See page 121
21:15
The Good Postman Tonislav Hristov
Feature-Length Competition, 82’
NTR Avond van de Wolf: Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
22:30
Best of Fests, 108’
Panorama, 75’
Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Jian Fan
Feature-Length Competition, 88’
Hamid Jafari Panorama, 25’
Whose Country? Mohamed Siam Best of Fests, 58’
22:15
Life to Come
Claudio Capanna
Solitary
Kristi Jacobson Panorama, 82’
22:30
Living with Giants Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque Best of Fests, 78’
See page 121
24:00
1:00
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It’s Getting Dark
Panorama, 76’
The Eagle Huntress
22:00 22:15
Student Competition, 29’
Hollie Fifer
19:45
NTR Avond van de Wolf: The Claim, the Search for Stolen Art from WWII
Daphne Matziaraki
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
Nir Dvortchin
The Opposition
19:30
20:00
Best of Fests, 99’
Daan’s Inheritance
Nowhere to Hide
Oxfam Novib Selection: 4.1 Miles
Panorama, 55’
Todd Wider, Jedd Wider
Panorama, 80’
NTR Avond van de Wolf: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise See page 121
Emil Langballe
15:30
Olga Delane
17:00
Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack
The Wait
First Appearance Competition, 87’
Pawel Lozinski
16:45
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 71’
David Fernandez de Castro
13:45
Roger Ross Williams
Dutch Competition, 72’
Rahul Jain
Priorat
Panorama, 69’
The Man Without a Mask
15:30
Radio Kobanî
Machines
11:45
You Have No Idea How Much I Love You
Best of Fests, 87’
17:15
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 115’
Masters, 122’
14:45
15:45
17:00
Chantal Akerman
Daniel Gordon
Mid-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 60’
13:30 14:00
Monster in the Mind
Dutch Competition, 70’
13:15
Best of Fests, 85’
14:45
11:30
Ingeborg Jansen
Erik Lieshout
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian
14:00
15:00
11:15
An Insignificant Man
with Extended Q&A
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TUSCHINSKI 1 EYE CINEMA
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9:00
PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
TUSCHINSKI 6
9:00
10:00 10:00
11:15
The Passing Years
11:30
From the East
Chantal Akerman
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 115’
11:45
Priorat
John Albert Jansen Panorama, 78’
Delicate Balance
Guillermo García López
We’ll Be Alright
Alexander Kuznetsov Panorama, 77’
Panorama, 81’
David Fernandez de Castro
11:00
11:15 11:30
Panorama, 69’
11:45
Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis
12:00 12:00
Nicolas Pradal, Pierre Selvini First Appearance Competition, 112’
13:00 13:00
13:15
Sugar & Spice 13:45 14:00
The Girl down Loch Änzi Alice Schmid
The Wait
Emil Langballe Panorama, 55’
First Appearance Competition, 87’
13:30
Mi Mi Lwin
Student Competition, 16’
A Memory in Three Acts
Passage – A Boatmovie
14:00
Dutch Competition, 55’
Tatiana Huezo
Jascha de Wilde, Ben Hendriks
11:00
Tempestad
13:45
Inadelso Cossa
First Appearance Competition, Shifting Perspectives, 64’
14:00 14:00
14:30
Best of Fests, 105’
Sacred Water Olivier Jourdain Panorama, 56’
per song
Shuchang Xie
15:15
Vincent Moloi
God Knows Where I Am 16:15
Best of Fests, 99’
Joris Postema
Dutch Competition, 85’
16:30
Knutte Wester
Peter Entell
A Bastard Child
Like Dew in the Sun
Mid-Length Competition, 57’
Feature-Length Competition, 108’
16:00 16:00
16:30
Zaineb Hates the Snow Kaouther Ben Hania
17:15
Panorama, 94’
17:00 17:00
When Will This Wind Stop
Student Competition, 66’
Turn Over the Stones 18:30
Nowhere to Hide Zaradasht Ahmed
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
Nir Dvortchin
Student Competition, 29’
It’s Getting Dark Olga Kravets
Mid-Length Competition, 48’
How to Meet a Mermaid Coco Schrijber
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 90’
19:00
Happily Ever After
19:15
Dream Empire First Appearance Competition, 73’
20:15
Still Tomorrow The Rock
18:00 18:00
18:30
David Borenstein
20:45
17:30
Aniela Astrid Gabryel
18:00
19:30
Sho(r)t in Japan
Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir Panorama, 68’
Compilation of shorts about Japan. With: Uzu and Gatekeeper.
Hamid Jafari Mohamed Siam Best of Fests, 58’
Best of Fests, 92’
Voices
Shifting Perspectives, 18’
19:45
Skulls, of My People
20:00 20:00
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Steve James Masters, 90’
Panorama, Shifting Perspectives, 67’
21:00
Ragnhild Nøst Bergem
Whose Country?
Fred Peabody
19:00 19:00
Vincent Moloi
21:00
Remember Me?
Panorama, 25’
All Government Truth, Deception the Spirit of I.F. S
19:30
Miguel Peres Dos Santos
Jian Fan
Feature-Length Competition, 88’
Planeta Petrila
First Appearance Competit
Whatever the Weather Student Competition, 11’
15:15
Andrei Dascalescu
Shifting Perspectives, 54’
16:00
Remo Scherrer
Daan’s Inheritance
15:00 15:00
Men of Gold
15:30
Todd Wider, Jedd Wider
Student Competition, 73’
Who We Were
Student Competition, 35’
21:30
Wojciech Kasperski
Mustafa Ünlü
Icon
Ah
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Panorama, 104’
22:30
21:00 21:00
Sine Skibsholt
21:45
First Appearance Competition, 82’
The Last Laugh Ferne Pearlstein
22:00 22:00
Best of Fests, 89’
Living with Giants
22:45
Best of Fests, 78’
Isabelle Boni-Claverie
Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque
Too Black to Be French? Shifting Perspectives, 52’
Resurrecting Ha
Carlo Guillermo Pro
First Appearance Competit
23:00 23:00
24:00 24:00
1:00
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Tuesday 22 November
BIJLMER ARKTHEATER
EYE CINEMA
1
EYE CINEMA
2
BRAKKE GROND EXPOZAAL
BRAKKE GROND RODE ZAAL
NEDERLANDSE FILMACADEMIE
KETELHUIS
9:00
9:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
Oxfam Novib Sessions: Humans on the Move Part II
A special program in which we are using film clips to discuss the issues around people on the move. The session is led by Bahram Sadeghi. Limited seating, ticket required. See page 120
11:00
11:00
12:00
12:00
13:00
13:15 13:45
14:00
GR
Sacred Water Olivier Jourdain
Facing the Judgement of History Fridrikh Ermler
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 93’
Panorama, 56’
13:00
13:15
My Daughter Nora Jasna Krajinovic Panorama, 16’
ISIS, Deserters Speak Out
14:00
Thomas Dandois, Francois-Xavier Tregan Panorama, 53’
15:00
15:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal 15:15
15:15
Andrei Dascalescu
Paul Salahadin Refsdal
Planeta Petrila
First Appearance Competition, 90’
This talk explores future developments of interactive storytelling and how to fund it. See page 123
Best of Fests, 58’
16:00 17:00
A Quiet Place
erspectives, 18’
, of My People
t Moloi
18:00
Fred Peabody Best of Fests, 92’
18:30
The Challenge Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Yuri Ancarani Paradocs, 69’
ack to Be French?
e Boni-Claverie
erspectives, 52’
19:30
Burning Out
with Extended Q&A
Followed by an in-depth conversation between journalist Sander Heijne and director Jérôme le Maire. See page 116
Steve James Masters, 90’
a, Shifting Perspectives, 67’
Burning Out
Jérôme le Maire
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
21:00 21:30
I Don’t Know
22:00
19:00 Filmacademie NBF presents: High Dynamic Range (HDR)
19:15 19:45
20:00
Dutch Competition, 81’
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
19:00 Peres Dos Santos
17:00
Sjoerd Oostrik
17:30
s
16:00
Admission for all passholders
17:00
18:00
15:00
Industry Talk: The (Un)defined Business of Interactive
Dugma: The Button
22:00
Resurrecting Hassan Carlo Guillermo Proto
First Appearance Competition, 100’
Krzysztof Kieslowski Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 47’
22:00
Nijole Adomenaite, Boris Gorlov
Dennis Alink
Koma
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 62’
Unknown Brood
20:00
DocLab Live: Immersive Showcase
Virtual reality and immersive storytelling (from augmented to mixed reality) are going through an unprecedented evolution. But where does the hype end and do new art forms take shape?
This seminar hosted by NBF takes a closer look at the HDR production chain and how it will change your film workflow. See page 127
19:00
Waiting for Giraffes Marco de Stefanis
IDFA in De B Rodnye (Clos 19:00
Dutch Competition, 84’
20:00
Admission for all passholders
21:00 21:30
Miss Kiet’s Children Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, Assembling Reality, 115’
22:00
Dutch Competition, Music Documentary, 90’
23:00
23:00
24:00
24:00
1:00
1:00
50
With Close Relat Mansky investig post-Maidan an Ukrainian family by the revolutio
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
DINSDAG 22 NOVEMBER
21:15
IDFA in De B The Road Mo
The Road Movie board-camera’ i a portrait of the Russian nation.
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iting for Giraffes
co de Stefanis
09:30 Compagnie – Grote Zaal IDFA Forum Central Pitch
10:00 NH Carlton Paganini
8 Projects will be pitched for the gathered financiers and other delegates.
Industry Session: Your Roadmap for Navigating the New World of Distribution
IDFA Forum passholders only
10:30 Arti et Amicitiae Docs for Sale Meet the Professionals
By Peter Broderick. See page 125
Register for short meetings with various professionals for advice on general matters and specific questions.
Admission for all passholders
11:00
Docs for Sale passholders only
12:00 NH Carlton Paganini
12:00
Industry Session: Putting Your Audience in the Story: Storytelling in 360 and CGI By Zillah Watson. See page 125
Admission for all passholders
13:00
13:30 NH Carlton Caruso Meet the Experts
Book your group round table meeting at the Industry desk.
14:00
For all passholders (upon registration*)
14:45 Compagnie – Zuilenzaal IDFA Forum Round Table Pitch (3 Arts & Culture and 4 regular)
15:00
In this Round Table pitch session 3 arts & culture and 4 regular projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers.
16:00
14:45 Compagnie – Kleine Zaal 14:45 NH Carlton Paganini IDFA Forum Round Preregistered Table Pitch consultancies 6 Projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers.
IDFA Forum passholders only
IDFA Forum passholders only
DAILY SERVICES
18:00
NH Carlton Puccini 9:00 – 21:00 IDFA Writing Room
18:30
IDFA in De Balie: Rodnye (Close Relations) 19:00
22:00
Workspace for all accredited guests. Wifi connection and computers available.
With Close Relations Vitaly Mansky investigates Ukraine post-Maidan and how his own Ukrainian family is conflicted by the revolution.
20:00
21:00
15:00 Arti et Amicitiae Screening Room: Dutch Children Docs for Sale
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Ove Rishøj Jensen (EDN), Jessica Edwards (BRITDOC), Maria Paola Lussana (Creative Europe), Sandi DuBowski (BRITDOC'S Good Pitch), Isabel Arrate Fernandez (IDFA Bertha Fund), Milton Tabbot (IFP) at the Industry Desk.
NPO Sales, producers and broadcasters from the Netherlands, will present a selection of children documentaries.
DfS Acquisition passholders or by invitation
For all passholders (upon registration*)
17:00
ss Kiet’s Children
ER
ARTI ET AMICITIAE
By invitation
10:00
30
e-Length Competition, Dutch etition, Assembling Reality, 115’
INDUSTRY OFFICE
IDFA Forum Producer’s Breakfast
9:00
h Competition, 84’
a Lataster-Czisch, r Lataster
COMPAGNIE 08:30 Compagnie Foyer Upstairs
NH Carlton Rossini 10:00 – 17:00 Walk-in consultancies
Walk in and book your one-on-one consultancy.
20:30 Compagnie – Grote Zaal The Guardian and Bertha Foundation Presents 21:15
IDFA in De Balie: The Road Movie
The Road Movie uses ‘dashboard-camera’ imagery to paint a portrait of the contemporary Russian nation.
Charlie Phillips (Guardian) and Rebecca Lichtenfeld (Bertha) will show clips, talk about the films being commissioned and released in the next year, and invite you to join them for informal drinks and snacks. See page 127
By invitation
Arti et Amicitiae 10:00 – 22:00 Meeting Room with screening facilities
All accredited guests have the opportunity to reserve a meeting/screening room for small groups of up to 15 people. Reservations can be made at the Industry Desk. Additionally, six viewing booths are available for holders of a Press Pass at Docs for Sale. Both services are located in Arti et Amicitiae.
DOCLAB EXPO: ELASTIC REALITY
Brakke Grond 9:00 – 23:00
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world's best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 – 21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
23:00
24:00
Admission Free
SOCIAL EVENTS
Compagnie Foyer Upstairs – 08:30 IDFA Forum Producer’s Breakfast
An informal setting to meet producers, advanced sign-up required. Hosted by Future Logic and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.
By invitation
Zuiderkerk – 12:45 IDFA Forum Lunch
Hosted by Catalan Films & TV and DocsBarcelona.
IDFA Forum passholders only
Arti et Amicitiae – 17:00 - 18:00 Docs for Sale Happy Hour
Hosted by NPO Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs and Rise and Shine.
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum passholders
Zuiderkerk – 18:00
Guests Meet Guests
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour, supported by ChileDoc. During this event the winner of the IDFA AWFJ EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Documentary will be announced.
Admission for all passholders
De Jaren Café – 22:00 IDFA Lounge
DJ Trish Trash. Organizer of postpunk and new wave festival Grauzone and a collector of underground music. She’ll dig deep in obscure and alternative rock, new wave, electro and punk.
Admission Free
1:00
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PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
DE BALIE GROTE ZAAL
KETELHUIS
Wednesday 23 November TUSCHINSKI 1
TUSCHINSKI 2
TUSCHINSKI 3
TUSCHINSKI 4
TUSCHINSKI 5
TUSCHINSKI 6
DE MUNT
9
9:00
10:00
10:00
1 0:00
A Quiet Place
Letter
Sjoerd Oostrik
10:30
Dutch Competition, 81’
11:00
Turn Over the Stones Nir Dvortchin
France
Masters, 83’
12:00
It’s Getting Dark
The Good Postman
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 17’
Mid-Length Competition, 48’
Feature-Length Competition, 82’
14:00
13:15
Sealers – One Last Hunt
Ana Endara
First Appearance Competition, 98’
Trude Berge Ottersen, Gry Elisabeth Mortensen
The Joy of Sound 13:45
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
Best of Fests, 97’
with Extended Q&A
16:00
with Extended Q&A
17:00
18:00
Followed by an in-depth conversation between writer and journalist Hans Maarten van den Brink and director David Borenstein about the Chinese real estate boom. See page 116
Oxfam Novib Selection: Seed: The Untold Story
LoveTrue
Jérôme le Maire
In cooperation with The School of Life.
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
15:15
15:15
Jian Fan
Jiu-liang Wang
Tower
Keith Maitland Best of Fests, 82’
Best of Fests, 91’
Kaouther Ben Hania Panorama, 94’
17:30
Singing with Angry Bird
17:30
17:30
Laetitia Schoofs
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
Fallen Flowers Thick Leaves
Hyewon Jee Panorama, 88’
Miss Kiet’s Children
Dutch Competition, 85’
Levan Koguashvili
Feature-Length Competition, 72’
19:45
Minispectacles Albuquerque Straight
20:15
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen
The Opposition
Paradocs, 7’
Hollie Fifer
Craigslist Allstars Samira Elagoz Paradocs, 65’
21:15
Knutte Wester
Maya Zinshtein
19:45
The Offended Panorama, 83’
A Bastard Child Forever Pure
Feature-Length Competition, 103’
Panorama, 88’
21:15
Whatever the Weather
22:30
Neasa Ní Chianáin
Bo Jiao
Marcela Zamora Chamorro
Best of Fests, 94’
Mid-Length Competition, 57’
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, Assembling Reality, 115’
In Loco Parentis
My Father and My Mother
Gogita’s New Life
Student Competition, 11’
23:00
First Appearance Competition, 81’
16:15
Deborah Esquenazi
Zaineb Hates the Snow
Plastic China
Feature-Length Competition, 88’
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
Yezidi Girls
Remo Scherrer
22:00
Masters, 89’
Burning Out
Still Tomorrow 16:00
16:45
Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz
Screening followed by a talk with Isolde Hallensleben, Sacha de Boer and several guests at the table. See page 120
Rats
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 82’
15:00
19:15 19:30
13:15 Morgan Spurlock
18:30
19:00
21:00
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 4’
18:45
20:00
Audrius Stonys
Anna Koch
16:30
Dream Empire
Woman and the Glacier
14:00
Win by Fall
14:45
Followed by an in-depth conversation between host Katinka Baehr and director Mohamed Siam. See page 116
First Appearance Competition, 82’
Panorama, 17’
1Minute Nature Stefanie Visjager, Katinka Baehr
Whose Country?
Clare Weiskopf
Xavier Marrades
13:00
Matt Tyrnauer
15:00
Amazona
Cucli
Best of Fests, 84’
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
11:00
12:15
Susanne Regina Meures
13:30
The Old Jewish Cemetery
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 20’
Raving Iran
13:00
Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa
Tonislav Hristov
Olga Kravets
12:15
First Appearance Competition, 93’
11:30
Student Competition, 29’
Raymond Depardon
Reflections. Director’s Cut
Areum Parkkang
11:00 11:15
Sergei Loznitsa, 21’
Areum
Reber Dosky
22:00
On the Bridge of Death and Life Lola Jia Liu
Panorama, 98’
Panorama, 14’
The Return
Zahavi Sanjavi
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
21:45
A Young Girl in Her Nineties
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian
21:00
Panorama, 76’
Events in a Cloud Chamber Ashim Ahluwalia Paradocs, 20’
Welcome Rikun Zhu Paradocs, 63’
Best of Fests, 85’
22:15
The Man Without a Mask Roger Ross Williams Panorama, 14’
Best of Fests, 85’
Site of Sites
Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada Mid-Length Competition, 61’
24:00
1:00
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DE MUNT
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DE MUNT
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1 0:00
10:00
10:00
Sergei Loznitsa, 21’
Tamar Tal-Anati
Klara Til
Letter
Shalom Italia
Reflections. Director’s Cut Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 17’
The Old Jewish Cemetery Sergei Loznitsa
Student Competition, 53’
11:00
11:00
Amazona
First Appearance Competition, 82’
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 20’
12:00
Zero Days
12:15
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography Errol Morris Masters, 76’
Alex Gibney
Cucli
When Will This Wind Stop
11:15
Clare Weiskopf
11:45
Sacred Water
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
13:15
12:45
Rats
Where You’re Meant to Be
Masters, 89’
Jérôme le Maire
Cuts
13:15
Paul Fegan
Music Documentary, 77’
Burning Out
13:30
Resurrecting Hassan
13:00 13:00
Chairun Nissa
Walking in the Opposite Direct Marc Waltman
Music Documentary, 96’
Panorama, 70’
Carlo Guillermo Proto
First Appearance Competition, 100’
14:00 14:00
14:30
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
Homo Sapiens
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
15:15
Masters, 94’
Plastic China
15:00
Siberian Love
15:15
First Appearance Competition, 81’
Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing Masters, 91’
16:15
Tower
15:00 15:00
Olga Delane
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Jiu-liang Wang
15:30
Panorama, 80’
16:00
16:00 16:00
Welcome to the Heavenly Earth Judith de Leeuw
Keith Maitland
Panorama, 55’
Best of Fests, 82’
17:00
What We Have Made 17:30
Miss Kiet’s Children
Fanny Tondre
Feature-Length Competition, 71’
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
18:30
11:00
12:00 12:00
Panorama, 56’
13:00
Morgan Spurlock
14:00
Student Competition, 66’
Olivier Jourdain
Panorama, 17’
Audrius Stonys
11:00
Aniela Astrid Gabryel
Masters, 114’
Xavier Marrades
Woman and the Glacier
9:00
10:00 10:00
Coco Cabasa
Best of Fests, 71’
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Zaatari Djinn
Catherine van Campen Dutch Competition, 80’
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, Assembling Reality, 115’
17:00 17:00
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The Pearl of Africa
17:30
17:45
Shingal, Where Are You?
Jonny von Wallström Panorama, 75’
Coco Schrijber
Feature-Length Competition Dutch Competition, 90’
After the screening, G Busch (VPRO Cinema the making of the fil director Coco Schrijb
17:30
Dil Leyla
Asli Özarslan
Student Competition, 72’
Angelos Rallis
VPRO Extra How to Meet a Mermaid
Panorama, 103’
18:00 18:00
18:00
We Are X
Stephen Kijak
Music Documentary, 93’
In Loco Parentis Neasa Ní Chianáin
Feature-Length Competition, 103’
19:15
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
Kesang Tseten Panorama, 84’
Geoffrey Feinberg
The Opposition
Panorama, 15’
Hollie Fifer
21:00
The Road Movie
Panorama, 76’
Masters, 98’
Dmitrii Kalashnikov
20:15
The Beast Is Still Alive
20:30
Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Ashim Ahluwalia
21:30
Welcome
Roger Ross Williams
Paradocs, 20’
Life, Animated
Rikun Zhu
Best of Fests, 91’
22:15
The Man Without a Mask Roger Ross Williams Panorama, 14’
Site of Sites
Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
20:00 20:00
Peshmerga
Panorama, 90’
Best of Fests, 92’
21:00 21:00
21:45
The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad
22:15
Prison Sisters
Nima Sarvestani Masters, 90’
22:30
A Greek Winter
Stéphane Malterre Panorama, 120’
22:00 22:00
Ingeborg Jansen
Dutch Competition, 70’
23:00 23:00
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
24:00 24:00
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Shot! The Psych Spiritual Mantra
Bernard-Henri Lévy
First Appearance Competition, 67’
Events in a Cloud Chamber
Paradocs, 63’
Nanette Burstein
20:00
The Hanging
20:15
19:00 19:00
19:15
Trembling Mountain
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Conscience
Vladimir Denisenko
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 78’
12:00
11:45
Hillsborough
12:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal In Conversation with Steve James
Daniel Gordon Masters, 122’
12:45
13:00
12:00
Moderated by Claire Aguilar. See page 126
Walking in the Opposite Direction
Admission for all passholders
13:00
Marc Waltman
Music Documentary, 96’
14:00
14:00
Kids & Docs Competition 2
15:00 15:30
16:00
17:00
VPRO Extra How to Meet a Mermaid
Children’s documentaries: 1Minute Nature, Che!, Rocknrollers, Jesser and the Sugarcane, Naomi’s Secret, Spotlight on Merna 135’. These films are subtitled in English and will be dubbed in Dutch live during this screening.
arslan
18:00
After the screening, Gerhard Busch (VPRO Cinema) discusses the making of the film with director Coco Schrijber.
Nowhere to Hide Zaradasht Ahmed
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
21:00
22:00
15:00
Industry Talk: Shifting Perspectives
Gatekeepers from different countries discuss practice and policy around representation and inclusion. See page 123
16:00
17:00
The Borneo Case
17:00
with Extended Q&A
With an introduction by Els Rientjes (Green Film Making) and a conversation with special guests.
We Are X
The Borneo Case
Stephen Kijak
Dylan Williams, Erik Pauser Masters, 78’
17:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal VICE Pitch Award The VICE documentary pitch at IDFA offers filmmakers the chance to pitch their best ideas to the experienced crew at VICE. See page 121
Admission for all passholders
All These Sleepless Nights Paradocs, 100’
19:30
Abandoned Land
18:30 19:00
IDFA in De B National Bir 19:00
Ditteke Mensink
with Extended Q&A
With an introduction by Els Rientjes (Green Film Making) and a conversation with special guests.
20:30
18:00
The Claim, the Search for Stolen Art from WWII
19:15
Shot! The PsychoSpiritual Mantra of Rock
sts, 92’
15:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Panorama, 81’
16:45
Michal Marczak
d-Henri Lévy
Guillermo García López
Admission for all passholders
18:00
19:00
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Delicate Balance
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 90’
Music Documentary, 93’
20:00
14:00 14:30
Coco Schrijber
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BRAKKE GROND EXPOZAAL
Dutch Competition, 91’
20:00
Abandoned Land Gilles Laurent
Barnaby Clay
Panorama, 73’
Music Documentary, 98’
21:15
Sugar & Spice 21:45
21:45
Compilation of short films about contemporary USA. With: The Ride of their Lives, Wolvesmouth and Raised by Krump.
Tatiana Huezo
American Shorts
21:00
Mi Mi Lwin
Student Competition, 16’
Tempestad
Passage – A Boatmovie
Jascha de Wilde, Ben Hendriks
Best of Fests, 105’
Dutch Competition, 55’
22:00
23:00
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COMPAGNIE
By invitation
09:30 Compagnie – Zuilenzaal 09:30 Compagnie – Kleine Zaal IDFA Forum Round IDFA Forum Round Table Pitch Table Pitch 10:00 NH Carlton Paganini 2 Youth pitches and 5 regular pitches will be held in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers.
10:00
11:00
ha de Wilde, Ben Hendriks
consultancy with Maria Paola Lussana (Creative Europe), Sue Turley (ro*co Films Productions), Jessica Edwards (BRITDOC) or Wendy Bernfeld (Rights Stuff) and Anaïs Clanet (Wide House) at the Industry Desk.
For all passholders (upon registration*)
10:30 Arti et Amicitiae Docs for Sale Meet the Professionals
Register for short meetings with various professionals for advice on general matters and specific questions.
Docs for Sale passholders only
13:00
13:30 NH Carlton Caruso Meet the Experts
Book your group round table meeting at the Industry desk.
14:00
For all passholders (upon registration*)
14:45 NH Carlton Paganini Preregistered consultancies
15:00
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Cecilie Bolvinkel (EDN), Jessica Edwards (BRITDOC), Sandi DuBowski (BRITDOC's Good Pitch), Milton Tabbot (IFP) and Sue Turley (ro*co Films Productions) at the Industry Desk.
16:00 17:00 Compagnie – Café
17:00
For all passholders (upon registration*)
IDFA Forum Closing Drinks
IDFA Forum passholders only
18:00 18:30
IDFA in De Balie: National Bird 19:00
Additionally to National Bird we will discuss ‘surveillance aesthetics’ and the bird’s eye view of military drones.
DAILY SERVICES
NH Carlton Puccini 9:00 – 21:00 IDFA Writing Room
Workspace for all accredited guests. Wifi connection and computers available.
NH Carlton Rossini 10:00 – 17:00 Walk-in consultancies
Walk in and book your one-on-one consultancy.
20:00
21:00
nt Competition, 16’
h Competition, 55’
10:00 NH Carlton Verdi & Vivaldi
Preregistered Industry Session: Marketing Documentaries consultancies in the Age of Social Media Book your one-on-one
12:00
Mi Lwin
sage – A Boatmovie
4 Projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers.
IDFA Forum passholders only By Mathias Noschis. See page 125 IDFA Forum passholders only Admission for all passholders
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gar & Spice
ARTI ET AMICITIAE
IDFA Forum Producer’s Breakfast
9:00
eke Mensink
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INDUSTRY OFFICE
08:30 Compagnie Foyer Upstairs
22:00
Arti et Amicitiae 10:00 – 22:00 Meeting Room with screening facilities 21:15
IDFA in De Balie: Death in the Terminal
Additionally to Death in the Terminal we will discuss ‘surveillance aesthetics’ and the dreadful intimacy of security camera images.
All accredited guests have the opportunity to reserve a meeting/screening room for small groups of up to 15 people. Reservations can be made at the Industry Desk. Additionally, six viewing booths are available for holders of a Press Pass at Docs for Sale. Both services are located in Arti et Amicitiae.
DOCLAB EXPO: ELASTIC REALITY
Admission Free
1:00
An informal setting to meet producers, advanced sign-up required. Hosted by Future Logic and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.
By invitation
Zuiderkerk – 12:45 IDFA Forum Lunch
Hosted by the Netherlands Film Fund.
IDFA Forum passholders only Compagnie Café – 17:00
IDFA Forum Closing Drinks Supported by DOCTV.
IDFA Forum passholders only
Arti et Amicitiae – 17:00 - 18:00 Docs for Sale Happy Hour
Hosted by NPO Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs and Rise and Shine.
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum passholders
Zuiderkerk – 18:00 Guests Meet Guests
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour.
For all passholders
Stadsschouwburg Grote Zaal – 20:30 The highly anticipated IDFA Awards Ceremony will start at 8:30 p.m. As of 10:00 p.m. we can toast to the winners.
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world's best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 – 21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
24:00
IDFA Forum Producer’s Breakfast
Awards Ceremony
Brakke Grond 9:00 – 23:00 23:00
SOCIAL EVENTS
Compagnie Foyer Upstairs – 08:30
By invitation
Stadsschouwburg Grote Zaal – 22:00 Documentary Ball
A night full of entertainment, music and drinks to celebrate documentary & the award winners of IDFA 2016.
By invitation
De Jaren Café – 22:00 IDFA Lounge
DJ duo Mr. & Mrs. Koot come with their suitcase full of indie-7”s, but are also specialists in 80’s hits and funky breaks. As a couple they host a string of nights in Amsterdam bars.
Admission Free
= IDFA Industry activities = Forum activities = Docs for Sale activities = IDFAcademy activities
Program Guide
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10:00
10:00
Vittorio De Seta
Cuban Shorts 10:45
11:00
I dimenticati
10:15
11:00
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
Burning Out
Jérôme le Maire
Feature-Length Competition, 85’
Compilation of short films about Cuba in transition. With: Motriz, House for Sale, Connection and Great Muy Bien.
11:00
The Opposition Hollie Fifer
A Little Monastery in Tuscany
Best of Fests, 97’
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 54’
Alice Diop
Panorama, 76’
Errol Morris
Hotel Sunrise
Introduced by Barbara Visser.
The Passing Years John Albert Jansen
Hillsborough Daniel Gordon Masters, 122’
Panorama, 78’
14:00
The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America Paul Dugdale
Music Documentary, 105’
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
13:00 13:15
11:00
Maria Rumanova
Come Back Free Ksenia Okhapkina
12:45
13:00
Otar Iosseliani
11:45
Masters, 76’
12:00
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 20’
On Call
10:45
Music Shorts
Compilation of short films about classical music. With: The Pit, Right Side of Cello and Joe’s Violin.
13:00 13:15
Welcome to the Heavenly Earth Judith de Leeuw Panorama, 55’
Introduced by Kees van Kooten.
Mid-Length Competition, 51’
Kids & Docs Competition 2
Children’s documentaries: 1Minute Nature, Che!, Rocknrollers, Jesser and the Sugarcane, Naomi’s Secret, Spotlight on Merna 135’
13:15
Houston, We Have a Problem! 14:00
Gaza Surf Club
Ziga Virc
Best of Fests, 88’
Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine Best of Fests, 87’
15:00
The Beast Is Still Alive
15:00
Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
15:30 15:45 16:00
16:00 Eat That Question Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Santoalla
Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer Best of Fests, 82’
Thorsten Schütte
Music Documentary, 90’
Panorama, 90’
Sho(r)t in America
Compilation of short films about contemporary USA. With: The Ride of their Lives, Wolvesmouth, Raised by Krump and Minispectacles Albuquerque Straight.
17:00
15:15
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City Matt Tyrnauer Best of Fests, 97’
Swingin’ Shorts 18:00
18:00
My Father and My Mother Bo Jiao
Masters, 117’
The Man Without a Mask Panorama, 14’
Site of Sites
Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada Mid-Length Competition, 61’
Rodnye (Close Relations) Vitaly Mansky
Compilation of three energetic shorts. With: The Hanging, The Man Without a Mask and Rocknrollers.
Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger
16:00
Roger Ross Williams
17:15 17:30
The Promise
15:30
17:45
Masters, 112’
Close Ties 18:15
November December Bruno Jorge
Panorama, 88’
Paradocs, 23’
Smoke
Zofia Kowalewska
Student Competition, 19’
Coeurope
Giovanni Troilo
18:00
Like Dew in the Sun Peter Entell
Feature-Length Competition, 108’
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
Roy Villevoye
19:00
Paradocs, 45’
19:45
DocLab Shorts
A compilation of shorts and multimedia projects that would 20:15 never have existed without the Tempestad internet. Tatiana Huezo
20:00
Best of Fests, 105’
20:00
Time Capsule 20:30
Silent Wilderness Mathijs Vleugels Panorama, 60’
21:00
Jan Ijäs
Paradocs, 21’
20:30
Melanie Bonajo
Hyewon Jee
Progress vs Regress
Singing with Angry Bir
Paradocs, 54’
Panorama, 88’
21:45
22:00
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato Best of Fests, 108’
Introduced by Erwin Olaf.
23:00
22:00
22:00
Sho(r)t in Japan
Compilation of shorts about Japan. With: Uzu and Gatekeeper.
Still Tomorrow 22:30 22:45
Machines Rahul Jain
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 71’
You Have No Idea How Much I Love You
Jian Fan
Feature-Length Competition, 88’
Pawel Lozinski
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
24:00
1:00
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Long Live Benjamin Jimm Lasser, Biff Butler Mid-Length Competition, 60’
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Vittorio De Seta
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 20’
Otar Iosseliani
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 54’
11:45
Hotel Sunrise
9:00
10:00 10:00
I dimenticati
A Little Monastery in Tuscany
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11:00
The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America Paul Dugdale
Music Documentary, 105’
Maria Rumanova
11:00
Amateurs in Space 11:30
Ambulance
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
Mohamed Jabaly
11:45
Walking in the Opposite Direction
Best of Fests, 78’
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
11:00
11:15
Max Kestner
Hissein Habré, a Chadian Tragedy
Mahamat Saleh Haroun Masters, 82’
11:15
The Cinema Trav Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya Best of Fests, 96’
12:00 12:00
Marc Waltman
Music Documentary, 96’
Come Back Free
11:00
Ksenia Okhapkina
Mid-Length Competition, 51’
13:15
Houston, We Have a Problem! 14:00
Gaza Surf Club
Ziga Virc
Best of Fests, 88’
13:15
13:15
Guido Hendrikx
Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum
Stranger in Paradise 13:45
Contemporary Color
First Appearance Competition, Dutch Competition, 72’
Turner Ross, Bill Ross
Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine
Panorama, 95’
Prison Sisters
Best of Fests, 87’
15:15
Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger
Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque
16:00
Masters, 117’
The Man Without a Mask
16:00
15:30
Best of Fests, 78’
Andrei Dascalescu
Panorama, 14’
First Appearance Competition, 90’
A Memory in Three Acts
16:00 16:00
The Last Laugh Ferne Pearlstein Best of Fests, 89’
First Appearance Competition, Shifting Perspectives, 64’
Lucija Stojevic Panorama, 83’
Site of Sites
15:45 16:00
Inadelso Cossa
La Chana
Music Documentary, 82’
Roger Ross Williams
Planeta Petrila 16:15
James Payne
Feature-Length Competitio
15:00 15:00
Living with Giants
Far Western
Maite Alberdi
14:00 14:00
Shifting Perspectives, 69’
Masters, 90’
The Promise
The Grown-Ups 14:00
Raoul Peck
Nima Sarvestani
15:15
13:30
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet
14:15
Music Documentary, 96’
13:00 13:00
Letters from Baghdad
Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
17:00 17:00
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
17:30
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
17:45
Close Ties
Zofia Kowalewska
Student Competition, 19’
Coeurope
Giovanni Troilo
18:00
Like Dew in the Sun Peter Entell
Feature-Length Competition, 108’
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
17:45
Resurrecting Hassan
Steve James
Carlo Guillermo Proto
Masters, 90’
18:30
18:30
Liberation Day
Music Documentary, 100’
19:00
Lola Jia Liu
A Letter to Nelson Mandela
Panorama, 98’
Jan Ijäs
Stephen Kijak
Paradocs, 21’
20:30
Melanie Bonajo
Hyewon Jee
Progress vs Regress
Singing with Angry Bird
Paradocs, 54’
Panorama, 88’
20:00 20:00
20:15
Music Documentary, 93’
Frame 394
Rich Williamson
21:00
21:00
Matthew Jones
Dylan Williams, Erik Pauser
The Man from Mo’Wax
The Borneo Case
Music Documentary, 108’
22:00
Masters, 78’
Panorama, 30’
Death in the Terminal Tali Shemesh, Asaf Sudry Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Jian Fan
22:15
Best of Fests, 80’
Long Live Benjamin
Daphne Matziaraki
Jimm Lasser, Biff Butler Mid-Length Competition, 60’
4.1 Miles
Panorama, Shifting Perspectives, 77’
Alejandro G. Salgado
23:00 23:00
Mid-Length Competition, 55’
24:00 24:00
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Wrong Element Best of Fests, 133’
22:00 22:00
Panorama, 22’
Bolingo. The Forest of Love
21:15
Jonathan Littell
Rehad Desai
Those Who Jump
Estephan Wagner, Moritz Siebert, Abou Bakar Sidibé
22:45
21:00 21:00 21:30
The Giant Is Falling
22:00
Still Tomorrow Feature-Length Competition, 88’
Best of Fests, 110’
19:00 19:00
Shifting Perspectives, 85’
We Are X
Time Capsule
The Settlers
Khalo Matabane
19:45 20:00
18:15
Shimon Dotan
On the Bridge of Death and Life
Morten Traavik, Ugis Olte
18:00 18:00
First Appearance Competition, 100’
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Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya
Irene Taylor Brodsky
The Cinema Travellers Best of Fests, 96’
12:00
11:00
Beware the Slenderman 11:45
When Will This Wind Stop
Best of Fests, 114’
12:00
Aniela Astrid Gabryel Student Competition, 66’
13:00
13:00 13:30
The Grown-Ups Maite Alberdi
14:00
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
14:00
14:00
Alban Teurlai, Thierry Demaizière
Maria José Cuevas
Reset
Best of Fests, 110’
14:00
Beauties of the Night Best of Fests, 91’
15:00
15:00 15:45
16:00
The Last Laugh
16:00
Ferne Pearlstein Best of Fests, 89’
16:30
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
17:00
Lullaby
17:00
Dziga Vertov
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 58’
18:00
Fred Peabody Best of Fests, 92’
Best of Fests, 110’
19:00
18:30
13 Days. Industrial Party Process Yakov Poselsky
19:00
Rem
Woorden Worden Zinnen: A Trip to the Country
Tomas Koolhaas Best of Fests, 75’
20:00
Invention 20:45
The War Show Wrong Elements Jonathan Littell Best of Fests, 133’
22:00
19:00
20:00
21:15
IDFA in De B Coco Cabasa
18:45
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iant Is Falling
17:00
18:00
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 62’
Desai
Carl Honoré, ambassador for the Slow Movement, gives a keynote entitled “In Praise of Slowness,” followed by drinks. Free tickets can be obtained at www.idfa.nl. See page 108
The Settlers Shimon Dotan
21:00
16:00
The Quiet Eye: Keynote Carl Honoré
18:15
Matabane
a, Shifting Perspectives, 77’
BRAKKE GROND RODE ZAAL
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EYE CINEMA
Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon Best of Fests, 100’
21:15
France
Raymond Depardon Masters, 83’
Several spoken word artists will perform new work reflecting on the film.
19:00
Fallen Flowers Thick Leaves
19:00
Laetitia Schoofs
Dutch Competition, 85’
20:00
Introduced by visual artist Sarah van Sonsbeeck, who discusses the power of silence, and followed by a Q&A with director Mark Lewis. See page 108
21:00 21:30
Woorden Worden Zinnen: Voices
Several spoken word artists will perform new work reflecting on the film. Including a Q&A with Miguel Peres dos Santos.
21:30
A Greek Winter Ingeborg Jansen
Dutch Competition, 70’
22:00
23:00
23:00
24:00
24:00
1:00
1:00
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9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
SOCIAL EVENTS
Arti et Amicitiae – 17:00 - 18:00
17:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
Hosted by NPO Sales, EYE International, Films Transit, Autlook Filmsales, CAT&Docs and Rise and Shine.
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum passholders
18:00 18:30
De Jaren Café – 18:00 Guests Meet Guests
A film and a talk about dance, choosing to be free, (erotic) power, and being a woman – in Tunisia and the Netherlands.
For all passholders
IDFA in De Balie: Coco Cabasa 19:00
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h Competition, 85’
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour, supported by Inside a Chinese Life.
De Jaren Café – 22:00 IDFA Lounge
Next to playing percussion in afrobeat-band Jungle By Night, Tien Son searches the globe for a funky selection of music from all over the world. Expect African, Latin and groovy world music like you never heard before.
20:00
Admission Free
21:00
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PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
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21:15
IDFA in De Balie: Kiki
Through dance, love, fierceness and respect, LGBTQ-youths create and claim their place in this world. Fierce, fierce, fierce!
DAILY SERVICES
NH Carlton Puccini 9:00 – 21:00 IDFA Writing Room
DOCLAB EXPO: ELASTIC REALITY
Brakke Grond 9:00 – 23:00
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world's best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 – 21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
23:00
24:00
Admission Free
1:00
Program Guide
Workspace for all accredited guests. Wifi connection and computers available.
NH Carlton Rossini 10:00 – 17:00 Walk-in consultancies
Walk in and book your one-on-one consultancy.
Arti et Amicitiae 10:00 – 20:00 Meeting Room with screening facilities
All accredited guests have the opportunity to reserve a meeting/screening room for small groups of up to 15 people. Reservations can be made at the Industry Desk. Additionally, six viewing booths are available for holders of a Press Pass at Docs for Sale. Both services are located in Arti et Amicitiae.
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Compilation program put up by main partner VPRO. For tickets see www.vpro.nl/evenementen.
The Event
Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 74’
11:00
Siberian Love
11:00 11:30
Austerlitz
Olga Delane Panorama, 80’
Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 94’
12:00
13:00
11:15 11:30
Kids & Docs Competition 1
International children’s documentaries: 1Minute Nature, Lutwi, When I Hear the Birds Sing, Thea, Black Sheep, Crowley Every Cowboy Needs His Horse 135’
On the Bridge of Death and Life
13:00 13:45
The Promise
Solitary
Shuchang Xie
Student Competition, 73’
Kristi Jacobson
12:00
Alexandru Petru Badelita Student Competition, 14’
13:00
My Friend, Yaniv Maayan Schwartz
Student Competition, 45’
Mi Mi Lwin
Panorama, 98’
Passage – A Boatmovie
Jascha de Wilde, Ben Hendriks Dutch Competition, 55’
Edward Ellis, Flor Salcedo, Aaron Woolf
14:00
Kaouther Ben Hania
Masters, 117’
Panorama, 94’
15:15 15:30
Ashim Ahluwalia
16:45
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
16:15
Rikun Zhu
Jiu-liang Wang
Paradocs, 63’
Nowhere to Hide
Plastic China First Appearance Competition, 81’
17:15
Hillsborough Daniel Gordon Masters, 122’
17:15
18:45
Mogadishu Soldier
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
17:30
TV5MONDE Day: Burning Out
TV5MONDE, the French broadcaster with Dutch subtitled quality documentaries, will host a special TV5MONDE day during IDFA 2016. See page 121
18:00
17:45
Time Capsule Jan Ijäs
Deborah Esquenazi
Paradocs, 21’
18:15
Melanie Bonajo
Trude Berge Ottersen, Gry Elisabeth Mortensen
Progress vs Regress Paradocs, 54’
Torstein Grude
19:00
Panorama, 90’
Paradocs, 20’
Welcome
Music Documentary, 75’
17:00
Andrew Shea
Events in a Cloud Chamber
Brenda Greene Mitchell, Sam Wainwright Douglas
Zaradasht Ahmed
Wrestling Alligators
15:30
Honky Tonk Heaven: The Legend of the Broken Spoke
16:00
First Appearance Competition, 98’
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 88’
19:30 20:00
20:00
20:30 21:00
Docs around the Clock
21:00
A documentary marathon featuring the highest rated films in the Audience Award Competition. Until 9.00am, with breakfast for the diehards.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Steve James Masters, 90’
Long Live Benjamin
Extra screening of a festival hit sponsored by de BankGiro Loterij. For more info and tickets check www.idfa.nl.
TV5MONDE Day: Hissein Habré, a Chadian Tragedy
TV5MONDE, the French broadcaster with Dutch subtitled quality documentaries, will host a special TV5MONDE day during IDFA 2016. See page 121
Jimm Lasser, Biff Butler
The Joy of Sound Ana Endara
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
20:15
Keith Maitland Best of Fests, 82’
Amateurs in Space 22:45
Rats
Max Kestner
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Feature-Length Competition, 108’
22:30
What We Have Made Fanny Tondre
Feature-Length Competition, 71’
Morgan Spurlock Masters, 89’
24:00
1:00
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Venus 21:30
Peter Entell
22:15
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
Tower
Like Dew in the Sun
22:30
IDFA Surprise Film
Best of Fests, 91’
Sealers – One Last Hunt
19:45
23:00
Panorama, 84’
Zaineb Hates the Snow
15:00
22:00
13:15
To Be a Miss
Student Competition, 16’
Lola Jia Liu
Panorama, 82’
I Made You, I Kill You
Sugar & Spice
Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger
14:00
11:15
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Jonny von Wallström
Nima Sarvestani
The Pearl of Africa
10:15
The Event
Masters, 90’
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 74’
11:15
Panorama, 82’
I Made You, I Kill You
Alexander Kuznetsov
Student Competition, 14’
Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum Panorama, 95’
Panorama, 77’
My Friend, Yaniv
Angelos Rallis
Letters from Baghdad 12:00
We’ll Be Alright
Alexandru Petru Badelita
Shingal, Where Are You?
11:30
Kristi Jacobson
12:00
11:00
11:15
Solitary
12:00
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Prison Sisters
Panorama, 75’
Sergei Loznitsa
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Panorama, 103’
11:00
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Delicate Balance
Guillermo García López
11:45
The Good Postm Tonislav Hristov
Feature-Length Competitio
Panorama, 81’
Maayan Schwartz
Student Competition, 45’
13:00 13:00
13:15
To Be a Miss
Edward Ellis, Flor Salcedo, Aaron Woolf
14:00
Panorama, 84’
Zaineb Hates the Snow
13:45 14:00
The Borneo Case
Kaouther Ben Hania
Dylan Williams, Erik Pauser
Panorama, 94’
13:45
The Wait
Emil Langballe Panorama, 55’
Masters, 78’
Trembling Mountain 14:15
El patio
Kesang Tseten Panorama, 84’
14:00
Skulls, of My People Vincent Moloi
14:00 14:00
Panorama, Shifting Perspectives, 67’
Elvira Diaz
14:00
Zero Days Alex Gibney Masters, 114’
Panorama, 82’
15:00 15:00
15:15
Wrestling Alligators
15:30
Andrew Shea
Forever Pure
Panorama, 90’
16:15
16:15
Jiu-liang Wang
David Fernandez de Castro
Plastic China
The Man from Mo’Wax
Best of Fests, 85’
Matthew Jones
Music Documentary, 108’
Priorat
First Appearance Competition, 81’
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four Deborah Esquenazi Best of Fests, 91’
17:30 18:00
Kiki
Andrew Rossi Best of Fests, 90’
19:30
19:30
Jimm Lasser, Biff Butler
Extra screening of a festival hit sponsored by de BankGiro Loterij. For more info and tickets check www.idfa.nl.
Tower
Seed: The Untold Story
Keith Maitland Best of Fests, 82’
IDFA Surprise Film 20:15
18:00 18:00
18:15
Eat That Question Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Best of Fests, 97’
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
20:00 20:00
20:15
Contemporary Color
Tomas Koolhaas
21:00 21:00
Raised by Krump 22:00
22:00
Extra screening of a festival hit sponsored by de BankGiro Loterij. For more info and tickets check www.idfa.nl.
Ragnhild Nøst Bergem
IDFA Surprise Film
Feature-Length Competition, 71’
Best of Fests, 75’
21:30
First Appearance Competition, 80’
Fanny Tondre
20:30
Rem
Music Documentary, 96’
Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen
What We Have Made
Panorama, 88’
19:00 19:00
Turner Ross, Bill Ross
Best of Fests, 94’
Singing with An
Best of Fests, 114’
On Call
Alice Diop
18:15
Hyewon Jee
19:00
Venus
22:30
Feature-Length Competitio
Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack
19:45
Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz
21:00
Gogita’s New Li
The First Monday in May
Music Documentary, 90’
Mid-Length Competition, 60’
16:30
Levan Koguashvili
Thorsten Schütte
Long Live Benjamin
16:00 16:00
17:00 17:00
Best of Fests, 110’
First Appearance Competition, 98’
20:15
Isabelle Boni-Claverie
The Settlers
Best of Fests, 94’
Trude Berge Ottersen, Gry Elisabeth Mortensen
Too Black to Be French?
Shimon Dotan
Sara Jordenö
Sealers – One Last Hunt
16:00
Shifting Perspectives, 52’
16:45
Panorama, 69’
17:15
18:15
15:45
Maya Zinshtein
22:30
Monster in the Mind Jean Carper
Best of Fests, 87’
Maceo Frost Panorama, 21’
Remember Me? Student Competition, 35’
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Wojciech Kasperski
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
22:30
Sho(r)t in Japan
Compilation of shorts about Japan. With: Uzu and Gatekeeper.
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
22:00 22:00
John Scheinfeld
Michele Santoro
23:00 23:00
24:00 24:00
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Robinù
Music Documentary, 99’
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The Good Postman Tonislav Hristov
Facing the Judgement of History Fridrikh Ermler
Sergei Loznitsa's Top 10, 93’
11:30
God Knows Where I Am Todd Wider, Jedd Wider
12:00
Best of Fests, 99’
12:00
Shepherds’ Journey into the Third Millennium
Feature-Length Competition, 82’
Introduced by psychologist Jaap Duin, who organizes expeditions to remote areas without mobile phones or cameras. See page 108
13:00
13:00
13:30
14:00
14:00
Zero Days Alex Gibney
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing Masters, 91’
13:45
Ah
Mustafa Ünlü
14:00
Panorama, 104’
Masters, 114’
15:00
15:00
16:00
16:00 16:30
Gogita’s New Life Levan Koguashvili
17:00
18:00
Feature-Length Competition, 72’
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Welcome to the Other Side
Compilation of video art in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Borrowed Time, WTC, Promise Prohibited, Work Horse, Establishing Eden, 120’
16:00
16:00
Houston, We Have a Problem!
Food journalist Janno Lanjouw introduces the film with a spoken column about Slow Food followed by a culinary surprise from Tosao van Coevorden (restaurant De Japanner). See page 108
Best of Fests, 88’
18:00
Check It
Toby Oppenheimer, Dana Flor
Singing with Angry Bird Panorama, 88’
18:45
18:30
Panorama, 91’
In Loco Parentis
19:00
Neasa Ní Chianáin
19:00
Alkebulan: The Giant Is Falling
Feature-Length Competition, 103’
20:00
Two Years at Sea 20:30
20:30
Rem
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21:00
Best of Fests, 75’
VICE Night at IDFA 21:00
Still Tomorrow Jian Fan
Feature-Length Competition, 88’
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Frost
22:00
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17:00
18:00 18:15
Hyewon Jee
20:00
16:00
Taimagura Grandma
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Angelou: till I Rise
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Introduced by acclaimed writer and philosopher Joke J. Hermsen about ‘time’ followed by a slow conversation with director Ben Rivers moderated by Dana Linssen (Filmkrant). See page 108
A DJ will be spinning all kinds of African records and there will be a discussion about the political situation in Africa in the past, the present and the future.
19:00
The Passing Years John Albert Jansen
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet
19:00
Panorama, 78’
The European
21:00
Dirk-Jan Roeleven Dutch Competition, 90’
Raoul Peck
Shifting Perspectives, 69’
22:00
22:30
Robinù
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Michele Santoro
23:00
Best of Fests, 97’
23:00
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24:00
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10:00
The Best of IDFA
At least four award winners in one continuous program. Supported by BankGiro Loterij.
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00 18:30
IDFA in De Balie: Stranger in Paradise 19:00
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A small classroom forms the epicenter of (in)humane power relations.
SOCIAL EVENTS
De Jaren Café – 22:00 IDFA Lounge
DJ Dab. This veteran DJ and chef from the town of Utrecht’s cooks up a warm blend of soul, reggae and roots music from his vast collection of 45’s.
Admission Free
20:00
DAILY SERVICES
NH Carlton Puccini 9:00 – 21:00 IDFA Writing Room 21:00
-Jan Roeleven
h Competition, 90’
22:00
21:15
IDFA in De Balie: Miss Kiet’s Children
Back to school! What do kids know? About being a refugee, about what a good teacher is, about love? The children of Miss Kiet teach us.
23:00
24:00
Workspace for all accredited guests. Wifi connection and computers available.
DOCLAB EXPO: ELASTIC REALITY
Brakke Grond 9:00 – 23:00
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world's best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 – 21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
Admission Free
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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
10:00
Volkskrant IDFA Day
11:00
Revue
10:15
Remember Me?
10:30
Ragnhild Nøst Bergem
In Loco Parentis
Student Competition, 35’
Neasa Ní Chianáin
Icon
Feature-Length Competition, 103’
Wojciech Kasperski
Mid-Length Competition, 52’
12:00
10:30
Kids & Docs Competition 2
Children’s documentaries: 1Minute Nature, Che!, Rocknrollers, Jesser and the Sugarcane, Naomi’s Secret, Spotlight on Merna 135’. These films are subtitled in English and will be dubbed in Dutch live during this screening.
12:30
First Appearance Competition, 87’
Jacqueline Zünd
13:00
First Appearance Competition, 83’
13:15
Whatever the Weather
10:30
Sacred
Thomas Lennon Panorama, 86’
12:15
Cucli
Panorama, 17’
Alice Schmid
Almost There
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 82’
Xavier Marrades
The Girl down Loch Änzi
12:45
Sergei Loznitsa
Woman and the Glacier Audrius Stonys
12:30
Seed: The Untold Story Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz Best of Fests, 94’
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
Remo Scherrer
Student Competition, 11’
14:00
A Bastard Child
14:00
Mid-Length Competition, 57’
Clare Weiskopf
Knutte Wester
14:45
The Hanging
15:00
Geoffrey Feinberg
Close Ties
15:00
Panorama, 15’
Zofia Kowalewska
The Road Movie
Student Competition, 19’
Dmitrii Kalashnikov
Coeurope
First Appearance Competition, 67’
Giovanni Troilo
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
16:00
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
17:30
Coco Cabasa
Panorama, 14’
Site of Sites
19:00
Best of Fests, 90’
The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad
19:00
Feature-Length Competition, 90’
Gogita’s New Life Feature-Length Competition, 72’
Daniel
Anastazja Dabrowska
19:15
Stéphane Malterre
Austerlitz
Panorama, 120’
Sergei Loznitsa
18:15
Ah
Mustafa Ünlü
18:45
Max Kestner
16:45
Levan Koguashvili
17:15
Student Competition, 41’
Amateurs in Space
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Masters, 90’
Inna Omelchenko
18:30
Andrew Rossi
16:00
Steve James
Paper Stars
Student Competition, 53’
The First Monday in May
Feature-Length Competition, 82’
Student Competition, 24’
Klara Til
18:00
Tonislav Hristov
Roger Ross Williams
16:45
Pawel Lozinski
14:45
The Good Postman
The Man Without a Mask
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
17:00
First Appearance Competition, 82’
15:00
Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
You Have No Idea How Much I Love You
Amazona
19:00
Panorama, 104’
18:30
Machines Rahul Jain
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 71’
Dil Leyla
Asli Özarslan
Student Competition, 72’
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 94’
20:00
20:15 20:30
20:30
LoveTrue
Alma Har’el
21:00
Best of Fests, 82’
21:00
Still Tomorrow Jian Fan
Feature-Length Competition, 88’
22:00
23:00
November December
21:15
21:30
Happily Ever After
21:30
Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir Panorama, 68’
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary John Scheinfeld
Music Documentary, 99’
Bruno Jorge Paradocs, 23’
Smoke
Roy Villevoye
Events in a Cloud Chamber
Toby Oppenheimer, Dana Fl Panorama, 91’
Ashim Ahluwalia Paradocs, 20’
Welcome Rikun Zhu Paradocs, 63’
Paradocs, 45’
22:30
22:30
The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America
22:45
My Daughter Nora Jasna Krajinovic, 16’
Paul Dugdale
ISIS, Deserters Speak Out
Music Documentary, 105’
Thomas Dandois, Francois-Xavier Tregan Panorama, 53’
24:00
1:00
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Beauties of the Night Maria José Cuevas Best of Fests, 91’
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Revue
Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective, 82’
4.1 Miles 10:30
Sacred
Thomas Lennon Panorama, 86’
Daphne Matziaraki Panorama, 22’
Bolingo. The Forest of Love
Frame 394
Mid-Length Competition, 55’
Death in the Terminal
Alejandro G. Salgado
Rich Williamson Panorama, 30’
Tali Shemesh, Asaf Sudry Mid-Length Competition, 52’
Xavier Marrades Panorama, 17’
Woman and the Glacier Audrius Stonys
12:30
Seed: The Untold Story
11:00
Nicolas Pradal, Pierre Selvini First Appearance Competition, 112’
12:00
Shuchang Xie
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 88’
per song
Fred Peabody Best of Fests, 92’
14:00
14:00
Clare Weiskopf
Areum Parkkang
Student Competition, 73’
12:45
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Best of Fests, 94’
12:30
13:15
Planeta Petrila
Andrei Dascalescu
First Appearance Competition, 90’
God Knows Where I Am Todd Wider, Jedd Wider Best of Fests, 99’
14:00
The War Show
Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon
Gaza Surf Club
Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine Best of Fests, 87’
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Steve James Masters, 90’
Hamid Jafari
Best of Fests, 58’
First Appearance Competition, 100’
Levan Koguashvili
A Young Girl in Her Nineties Ah
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian
Mustafa Ünlü Panorama, 104’
Best of Fests, 85’
18:30
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 71’
Panorama, Shifting Perspectives, 67’
The Grown-Ups
Panorama, 14’
Radio Kobanî Reber Dosky
17:00 17:00 17:30
Yuri Ancarani
18:00 18:00
18:15
The Offended
Paradocs, 69’
Panorama, 94’
Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen
20:30
Hillsborough Masters, 122’
Kaouther Ben Hania
Venus
19:15
Daniel Gordon
Zaineb Hates the Snow
19:45
First Appearance Competition, 80’
20:00 20:00
Far Western James Payne
Rikun Zhu
Claire Simon
Music Documentary, 82’
The Graduation
La Chana
Masters, 119’
22:30
Beauties of the Night Maria José Cuevas Best of Fests, 91’
ISIS, Deserters Speak Out
21:00 21:00 21:30
Lucija Stojevic
22:00
Who’s Gonna Me Now? Beware the Slenderman Love Tomer Heymann,
Panorama, 83’
22:15
Jasna Krajinovic, 16’
16:00 16:00
Reber Dosky
19:30
Panorama, 91’
21:15
My Daughter Nora
Yezidi Girls
19:00 19:00
Toby Oppenheimer, Dana Flor
Paradocs, 20’
22:45
Bernard-Henri Lévy
The Challenge
19:30
Check It
Paradocs, 63’
Peshmerga
Panorama, 83’
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
20:15
Welcome
16:15
Plastic China Maite Alberdi
Ashim Ahluwalia
Compilation of short films about contemporary USA. With: The Ride of their Lives, Wolvesmouth and Raised by Krump.
Skulls, of My People Vincent Moloi
15:00
Marcela Zamora Chamorro
First Appearance Competition, 81’
Events in a Cloud Chamber
American Shorts
17:45
19:00
Jiu-liang Wang
20:30
16:00
Dutch Competition, 72’
Machines Rahul Jain
Feature-Length Competitio
Best of Fests, 92’
17:30
18:15
12:30
14:00 14:00
The Rock
Mohamed Siam
Carlo Guillermo Proto
Feature-Length Competition, 72’
Best of Fests, 85’
Peter Entell
13:00 13:00
15:30
Whose Country?
Resurrecting Hassan Gogita’s New Life
Maya Zinshtein
Like Dew in the
15:00 15:00
Panorama, 25’
16:15 16:45
Forever Pure
Best of Fests, 100’
15:15
16:00
10:30
13:45
The Good Postman Feature-Length Competition, 82’
12:00 12:00
The Return
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
First Appearance Competition, 93’
Tonislav Hristov
11:00
Zahavi Sanjavi
Areum 14:45
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
Torstein Grude
Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz
Amazona
Ana Endara
12:00
Mid-Length Competition, 56’
First Appearance Competition, 82’
Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis
Mogadishu Soldier
12:15
Cucli
The Joy of Sound 10:45
9:00
10:00 10:00
10:15 10:30
PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
TUSCHINSKI 6
Irene Taylor Brodsky Best of Fests, 114’
Barak Heymann Masters, 86’
22:30
22:00 22:00
Paradocs, 100’
Neta Shoshani, David Ofek
23:00 23:00
Thomas Dandois, Francois-Xavier Tregan Panorama, 53’
24:00 24:00
1:00
Program Guide
All These Sleeple Nights Michal Marczak
House Call
Mid-Length Competition, 62’
22:00
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BRAKKE GROND EXPOZAAL
BRAKKE GROND RODE ZAAL
TOLHUISTUIN
KETELHUIS
9:00
9:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
Compilation of shorts about Japan. With: Uzu and Gatekeeper.
Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque
Sho(r)t in Japan 10:30
Forever Pure
Maya Zinshtein
11:00
GR
10:00
Living with Giants Best of Fests, 78’
Best of Fests, 85’
11:00 11:45
12:00
eturn
s Dalsgaard, h Zytoon
12:30
13:00
Hyewon Jee Panorama, 88’
15:00
Peshmerga
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Welcome to the Heavenly Earth
Compilation of video art in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Jokes, Kapitalism, The New Dress, Selfies aan Zee, Mothership Goes to Brazil, 120’
Silent Wilderness
Panorama, 55’
Mathijs Vleugels Panorama, 60’
15:00
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
16:30
Homo Sapiens
Nanette Burstein
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Masters, 98’
Masters, 94’
17:00
14:00
Judith de Leeuw
16:00
a, 14’
mpetition, 72’
13:00
14:30
16:15
Dosky
Dosky
Introduced by acclaimed award-winning writer, broadcaster and TED speaker Carl Honoré, the guest of honor for The Quiet Eye and followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Sebastian Cordes. See page 109
14:00
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Familiar Strangers
16:00
Kobanî
12:00
A Place Called Lloyd
14:00
Best of Fests, 92’
Dead Slow Ahead
16:15
The screening is preceded by a presentation about the art of sound in film by sound designer Michel Schöpping. See page 109
Walking in the Opposite Direction
16:00
Marc Waltman
Music Documentary, 96’
17:00
17:30
The Challenge Yuri Ancarani
18:00
19:00
Paradocs, 69’
18:00 18:30 18:45
An Insignificant Man
Haibo Yu, Kiki Tianqi Yu
Best of Fests, 96’
Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla
China’s Van Goghs 19:15
Hillsborough
Panorama, 81’
Alexei and the Spring
Masters, 122’
er Ben Hania
With an Introduction by Dutch filmmaker Ineke Smits followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Seiichi Motohashi. See page 109
20:00 21:00
Minispectacles Albuquerque Straight
21:00
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen
ana
Paradocs, 7’
tojevic
22:00
22:00
All These Sleepless Nights Michal Marczak Paradocs, 100’
19:00 19:30
Daniel Gordon
b Hates the Snow
a, 83’
Singing with Angry Bird
Feature-Length Competition, 108’
14:00
15:00
a, 94’
12:15
Panorama, 84’
Peter Entell
sts, 100’
Girls
12:00
Edward Ellis, Flor Salcedo, Aaron Woolf
Like Dew in the Sun
Sanjavi
th Competition, 54’
War Show
To Be a Miss
Craigslist Allstars Samira Elagoz Paradocs, 65’
Lost Project: The Danton’s Death
With theater, music and dialogue by Lost Project – a collective of young theater makers and performers from Amsterdam.
19:00
A Quiet Place Sjoerd Oostrik
20:00
21:00
Life, Animated
Roger Ross Williams Best of Fests, 91’
19:00
Dutch Competition, 81’
21:00 21:30
21:30
With theater, music and dialogue by Lost Project – a collective of young theater makers and performers from Amsterdam.
Erik Lieshout
Lost Project: Too Black to Be French?
To Stay Alive – A Method Mid-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 60’
22:00
23:00
23:00
24:00
24:00
1:00
1:00
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KLEINEDELAMAR KOMEDIE THEATER
PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
DE BALIE GROTE ZAAL
KETELHUIS
OTHER VENUES
9:00
10:00
10:00
The Best of IDFA
At least four award winners in one continuous program. Supported by BankGiro Loterij.
11:00
12:00
13:00
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lcome to the avenly Earth
14:00
th de Leeuw
ama, 55’
15:00
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lking in the posite Direction
16:00
c Waltman
Documentary, 96’
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uiet Place
rd Oostrik
17:00
18:00
19:00
h Competition, 81’
SOCIAL EVENTS
20:00
De Jaren Café – 22:00 IDFA Dance Night
DJ Ed Rock. A regular at IDFA Cafe and host of the DJ nights. Ed plays vinyl singles from way back as well as brand new tracks. Many genres, from 1956 till 2016, including soul, rock, new wave, reggae, hip hop and beyond.
21:00
Admission Free
30
Stay Alive – Method
Lieshout
ength Competition, h Competition, 60’
DOCLAB EXPO: ELASTIC REALITY
22:00
Brakke Grond 9:00 – 23:00
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world's best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 – 21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
23:00
24:00
Admission Free
1:00
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TUSCHINSKI 2
TUSCHINSKI 3
TUSCHINSKI 4
TUSCHINSKI 5
TUSCHINSKI 6
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9:00
10:00
10:00 IDFA Audience Favorites
A program consisting of IDFA 2016 Audience Favorites and the announcement of the VPRO IDFA Audience Award.
11:00
10:00 10:15 10:30
Hotel Sunrise
Maria Rumanova
House Call
Neta Shoshani, David Ofek
China’s Van Goghs
10:15
Haibo Yu, Kiki Tianqi Yu Panorama, 81’
Mid-Length Competition, 62’
1Minute Nature 10:45
Stefanie Visjager, Katinka Baehr
Sine Skibsholt
Win by Fall
Who We Were
Mid-Length Competition, 49’
Come Back Free
First Appearance Competition, 82’
Ksenia Okhapkina
Mid-Length Competition, 51’
12:00
12:00
Matt Tyrnauer
Trude Berge Ottersen, Gry Elisabeth Mortensen
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City 12:45
13:00
12:00
Cameraperson
Best of Fests, 97’
Sealers – One Last Hunt First Appearance Competition, 98’
Anna Koch
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 82’
Prison Sisters 12:45
Nima Sarvestani Masters, 90’
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrai Photography Errol Morris Masters, 76’
12:30
The Opposition Hollie Fifer Panorama, 76’
Nir Dvortchin
Best of Fests, Assembling Reality, 102’
10:30
12:15
Turn Over the Stones
Kirsten Johnson
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 4’
Student Competition, 29’
It’s Getting Dark Olga Kravets
14:00
14:00
14:15
Those Who Jump
Estephan Wagner, Moritz Siebert, Abou Bakar Sidibé
15:00
15:00
Best of Fests, 80’
The Claim, the Search for Stolen Art from WWII Ditteke Mensink
Dutch Competition, 91’
The Cinema Travellers
14:45
Yezidi Girls Panorama, 14’
Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya
1Minute Nature & The Eagle Huntress
This film is subtitled in English and will be dubbed in Dutch live during this screening.
We Are X
Stephen Kijak
Music Documentary, 93’
Zahavi Sanjavi
Mid-Length Competition, 54’
16:15
16:15
Barnaby Clay
Music Documentary, 100’
Shot! The PsychoLiberation Day Spiritual Mantra of Rock Morten Traavik, Ugis Olte
16:30 16:45
Priorat
David Fernandez de Castro
Ambulance
Mohamed Jabaly Best of Fests, 78’
Panorama, 69’
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
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The Return
Music Documentary, 98’
17:00
14:15
Reber Dosky
Best of Fests, 96’
16:00
Mid-Length Competition, 48’
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16:45
Shalom Italia Tamar Tal-Anati Best of Fests, 71’
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DE MUNT
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DE MUNT
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DE MUNT
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DE MUNT
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PODIUM MOZAÏEK
9:00
10:00
El patio
10:15
1Minute Nature Stefanie Visjager, Katinka Baehr
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 4’
Win by Fall Anna Koch
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs, 82’
10:30
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
Elvira Diaz
Panorama, 82’
10:00
What We Have Made
10:15
Zero Days Alex Gibney Masters, 114’
10:30
Gogita’s New Life
Fanny Tondre
Levan Koguashvili
11:00
Masters, 76’
11:45
Nowhere to Hide
12:00 12:15
Prison Sisters
Nima Sarvestani Masters, 90’
12:30
The Opposition Hollie Fifer
Where You’re Meant to Be Paul Fegan
Music Documentary, 77’
Panorama, 76’
12:15
Rodnye (Close Relations) 12:45
Reset
Zaradasht Ahmed
Feature-Length Competition, 86’
9:00
10:00 10:00
Feature-Length Competition, 71’
Feature-Length Competition, 72’
Errol Morris
PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
TUSCHINSKI 6
11:00
12:00 12:00
Vitaly Mansky Masters, 112’
Alban Teurlai, Thierry Demaizière
13:00 13:00
Best of Fests, 110’
13:45
In Loco Parentis
14:00
1Minute Nature & The Eagle Huntress
This film is subtitled in English and will be dubbed in Dutch live during this screening.
Neasa Ní Chianáin
The Offended
14:15
14:30
We Are X
Feature-Length Competition, 103’
Marcela Zamora Chamorro Panorama, 83’
14:45
Stephen Kijak
The Joy of Sound
Music Documentary, 93’
15:15
The First Monday in May
Ana Endara
Andrew Rossi Best of Fests, 90’
Ambulance
Mohamed Jabaly Best of Fests, 78’
16:45
Shalom Italia Tamar Tal-Anati
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee Nanette Burstein Masters, 98’
Best of Fests, 71’
15:00 15:00
Mid-Length Competition, 61’
16:00
The Grown-Ups
16:15 16:30
14:00 14:00
16:30
My Father and My Mother Bo Jiao
Panorama, 88’
Maite Alberdi
16:00 16:00
Feature-Length Competition, 80’
16:45
17:00 17:00
18:00 18:00
19:00 19:00
20:00 20:00
21:00 21:00
22:00 22:00
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Communion Anna Zamecka Best of Fests, 72’
Sunday 27 November PODIUM MOZAÏEK
EYE CINEMA
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EYE CINEMA
2
BRAKKE GROND EXPOZAAL
BRAKKE GROND RODE ZAAL
TOLHUISTUIN
KETELHUIS
GR
9:00
9:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
The Wait
Emil Langballe
10:30
Panorama, 55’
IDFA Surprise Films
Extra screenings of festival hits. For more info and tickets check www.idfa.nl.
11:00
11:00
11:45
Mogadishu Soldier Torstein Grude
12:00
Feature-Length Competition, Assembling Reality, 88’
13:00
Light Year
Accompanied by a unique live score by renowned German electronic composers Robert Lippok and Barbara Morgenstern, commissioned and produced by CineSonic. See page 109
14:00
14:00
Compilation of video art in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: What Is Community?, Alter Senator, The Island, 120’
16:15 16:45
Communion Anna Zamecka Best of Fests, 72’
How to Meet a Mermaid Coco Schrijber
Feature-Length Competition, Dutch Competition, 90’
13:00
15:00
16:00
16:00
12:00
14:00
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Let Me Do the Talking
15:00
17:00
12:00
South to North Cine-Concert
Yannis Kyriakides & Andy Moor composed the original soundtrack of Sud eau nord deplacer. A new cut of the film is accompanied by a live soundtrack by Kyriakides and Moor, produced by CineSonic. See page 109
16:00
17:00
18:00
18:00
19:00
19:00
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20:00
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22:00
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PODIUM MOZAÏEK
OTHER VENUES OTHER VENUES
9:00
10:00
10:00
The Best of IDFA
At least four award winners in one continuous program. Supported by BankGiro Loterij.
30
A Surprise Films
a screenings of festival hits. more info and tickets check w.idfa.nl.
KLEINEDELAMAR KOMEDIE THEATER
PROGRAM DAY BY DAY
DE BALIE GROTE ZAAL
KETELHUIS
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
DOCLAB EXPO: ELASTIC REALITY
22:00
Brakke Grond 9:00 – 18:00
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world's best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 – 21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
23:00
24:00
Admission Free
1:00
Program Guide
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1Minute Nature WP
1Minuutje natuur Stefanie Visjager, Katinka Baehr
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 4 min In short, imaginative animated documentaries, children talk about their relationship with nature.
Before each screening of The Eagle Huntress, Win by Fall, Kids & Docs Competition 1 and Kids & Docs Competition 2 one of the four selected 1Minute Nature animations will be screened.
Panorama
4.1 Miles
Daphne Matziaraki
USA, 2016, DCP, 22 min Ride along with Lesbos coast guard captain Kyriakos and his fellow coastguardsmen, who save thousands of refugees from the sea each day. th 17 19:15 Munt 10 mo 21 21:15 Tuschinski 5 tu 22 19:30 Tuschinski 1
[ Oxfam-Novib Selection]
th 24 22:15 Munt 13 sa 26 10:00 Munt 10
Sergei Loznitsa’s Top 10
13 Days. Industrial Party Process Yakov Poselsky
Russia, 1930, ProRes, 62 min A dozen men are on trial for crimes against the Russian Revolution in 1930. They confess, but what are we really watching here? sa 19 13:30 EYE Cinema 2 th 24 18:45 EYE Cinema 2
DocLab: Elastic Reality
100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time WP Kira Pollack, Paul Moakley
USA, 2016, cross‑platform A multimedia project by Time magazine on the hundred photos that have shaped our world. Short films, essays and stories from those who have made the news explain why. Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Masters
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail EP
Best of Fests
Steve James
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone IP
Panorama
Canada, USA, 2016, DCP, 92 min Independent, investigative, adversarial journalists, including Glenn Greenwald, allow the camera to follow them, as they use government documents to expose deception. su 20 14:30 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] mo 21 22:15 Tuschinski 4 tu 22 17:30 EYE Cinema 1 th 24 16:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 26 12:45 Munt 11
USA, 2016, DCP, 90 min Not all bankers escaped prosecution in the U.S. mortgage crisis: a small Chinese-American family bank spent years fighting in the courts. th 17 21:00 EYE Cinema 1 tu 22 19:45 EYE Cinema 1 th 24 17:30 Munt 11 fr 25 20:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 16:00 Tuschinski 6
Abandoned Land La terre abandonnée Gilles Laurent
Belgium, 2016, DCP, 73 min A thoughtful portrait of the people who have returned to their homes in the evacuated zone around the Fukushima nuclear power station, despite the radioactivity. we 16 16:45 Munt 13 sa 19 23:00 Munt 9 su 20 13:45 Munt 12 we 23 19:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal [Ext. Q&A]
Fred Peabody
Paradocs
All These Sleepless Nights Wszystkie nieprzespane noce Michal Marczak
Poland, 2016, DCP, 100 min A coming-of-age portrait about alcohol, drugs, girls and house music, balancing between fact and fiction. th 17 17:15 Tuschinski 6 fr 18 22:00 Tuschinski 2 we 23 19:15 EYE Cinema 2 sa 26 22:00 EYE Cinema 1
Panorama
First Appearance Competition
Mustafa Ünlü
Jacqueline Zünd
Ah IP
Turkey, 2016, DCP, 104 min Eyewitness accounts of the deadliest suicide attack in modern Turkish history, which occurred in Ankara during a march for peace on October 10, 2015. th 17 14:00 Munt 11 mo 21 16:15 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] tu 22 21:30 Munt 11 fr 25 13:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 26 18:15 Tuschinski 6
The Quiet Eye
Alexei and the Spring Alexei to izumi Seiichi Motohashi
Japan, 2002, ProRes, 104 min Life in Budische calmly carries on for 55 elderly locals and the younger Alexei, all of whom refused to be evacuated after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. sa 26 19:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Almost There WP
Switzerland, 2016, DCP, 83 min A moving portrait of three men in the autumn of their lives, all of whom are searching for meaning and dignity. fr 18 20:15 Munt 9 sa 19 17:30 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] su 20 15:15 Tuschinski 4 mo 21 17:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 26 12:45 Tuschinski 3
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Alter Senator Willehad Eilers
Germany, The Netherlands, 2015, DCP, 13 min A week in the life of a non-stop drinker— through his alcohol-addled eyes, dreary gray reality is transformed into a wonderland filled with gorgeous women. su 27 14:00 EYE Cinema 2
Feature-Length Competition
Amateurs in Space IP Max Kestner
Denmark, 2016, DCP, 90 min A boys’ adventure tale come true for two Danish friends who dream of building a rocket for the first amateur manned flight into space. sa 19 21:30 Tuschinski 1 su 20 12:30 EYE Cinema 1 mo 21 16:00 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] th 24 11:00 Munt 11 fr 25 22:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 26 19:00 Tuschinski 2
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Kids & Docs Competition
First Appearance Competition
Amazona WP Clare Weiskopf
Colombia, 2016, DCP, 82 min Clare was 11 years old when her mother swapped family life for seclusion in the jungle. 30 years later, she decides to confront her mother with the choices she made. fr 18 12:45 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] fr 18 20:15 EYE Cinema 1 su 20 22:15 Tuschinski 4 we 23 11:00 Munt 9 sa 26 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Best of Fests
Ambulance
Mohamed Jabaly
Norway, Palestine, 2016, DCP, 78 min A raw and personal report from wartorn Gaza in 2014, most of it filmed on nail-biting ambulance rides, racing around to save lives. th 17 13:30 Tuschinski 2 sa 19 19:00 Tuschinski 5 su 20 22:30 Tuschinski 6 th 24 11:30 Munt 10 su 27 16:30 Tuschinski 6
Shorts
American Shorts
Compilation of short films about contemporary USA. With: The Ride of their Lives, Wolvesmouth and Raised by Krump, 90 min. th 17 15:30 Tuschinski 4 we 23 21:45 EYE Cinema 2 sa 26 16:00 Munt 13
Amsterdam Art Weekend
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Familiar Strangers Compilation of video art in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Jokes, Kapitalism, The New Dress, Selfies aan Zee, Mothership Goes to Brazil, 120’ sa 26 14:00 EYE Cinema 2
Amsterdam Art Weekend
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Let Me Do the Talking
Compilation of video art in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: What Is Community?, Alter Senator, The Island, 120’ su 27 14:00 EYE Cinema 2
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Masters
Compilation of video art in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend: Borrowed Time, WTC, Promise Prohibited, Work Horse, Establishing Eden, 120’ fr 25 16:00 EYE Cinema 2
Errol Morris
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: Welcome to the Other Side
First Appearance Competition
Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis IP
Anuktatop: la métamorphose Nicolas Pradal, Pierre Selvini
France, Frans Guyana, 2016, DCP, 112 min Dreamy docufiction showing how members of the Wayana tribe in French Guyana deal with the changing world around them. fr 18 20:15 Munt 12 sa 19 10:45 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] su 20 17:00 Tuschinski 5 tu 22 11:45 Munt 13 sa 26 10:45 Munt 12
First Appearance Competition
Areum IP
Areum Parkkang
South Korea, 2016, DCP, 93 min When blind dates lead nowhere, Areum decides to drastically change her appearance in this film about the merciless gaze of the outside world. su 20 15:45 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 18:45 Munt 13 tu 22 16:45 Tuschinski 5 we 23 10:30 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 14:00 Munt 10
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective
Austerlitz
Sergei Loznitsa
Germany, 2016, DCP, 94 min Sergei Loznitsa observes the torrents of tourists flooding though a concentration camp. Has the commemoration of the Holocaust become a spectacle? fr 18 16:00 Tuschinski 1 [Extended Q&A] su 20 10:15 Munt 9 fr 25 11:30 Tuschinski 2 sa 26 19:15 Tuschinski 3
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography EP USA, 2016, DCP, 76 min A portrait of the photographer Elsa Dorfman (b. 1937), who captured thousands of famous and unknown subjects using a rare large-format Polaroid camera. th 17 11:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 18 10:00 Tuschinski 1 we 23 11:15 Munt 11 th 24 11:00 Tuschinski 1 su 27 10:30 Munt 9
Mid-Length Competition
A Bastard Child WP Horungen Knutte Wester
Sweden, Norway, 2016, DCP, 57 min In an exceptional mix of animation and archive footage, artist Knutte Wester tells the story of his grandmother, who grew up with the stigma of being illegitimate. th 17 13:15 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] fr 18 18:30 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 16:00 Munt 10 we 23 21:15 Tuschinski 2 sa 26 13:15 Tuschinski 5
DocLab: Elastic Reality
Bear 71 VR WP
National Film Board of Canada
Canada, 2016, cross‑platform A seminal piece in the history of interactive documentary, reimagined and re-released as a VR piece for the 10-year anniversary of IDFA DocLab. On-site reservation required Screening during DocLab Live: Immersive Showcase tu 22 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal [Live] Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Panorama
The Beast Is Still Alive Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Bulgaria, 2016, DCP, 90 min In a fictional dialogue with her dead grandfather, a young woman takes a critical look at communist ideology. we 16 18:45 Munt 13 sa 19 15:00 Tuschinski 4 we 23 20:15 Munt 12 th 24 15:00 Tuschinski 4
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Masters
Paradocs
Bellas de noche Maria José Cuevas
Dylan Williams, Erik Pauser
Yuri Ancarani
Beauties of the Night EP Mexico, 2016, DCP, 91 min These older Mexican showgirls had their heyday in the 1970s, but they are still celebrating their love of beauty— and the spotlight. th 17 22:00 Munt 9 fr 18 13:15 Tuschinski 5 sa 19 13:00 Munt 10 th 24 14:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 26 22:30 Munt 9
Paradocs
Beeldbepalers: Renzo Martens Artist Renzo Martens shares his enterprise to redress the critical art machine and make it beneficial on a former Unilever plantation in Congo. In collaboration with De Balie. sa 19 16:00 De Balie – Grote Zaal
Best of Fests
Beware the Slenderman EP Irene Taylor Brodsky
USA, 2016, DCP, 114 min A chilling true crime report about two teenage girls who fall under the spell of a fictional internet bogeyman and decide to stab their friend to death. th 17 21:30 Munt 10 su 20 22:00 Tuschinski 3 th 24 11:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 26 22:15 Munt 11
Kids & Docs Competition
Black Sheep Christian Cerami
England, 2015, DCP, 16 min A raw directorial debut about two impressionable brothers who attend a far-right anti-Islam protest in Britain. Their reactions are very different. su 20 12:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 11:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 11:30 Tuschinski 4
Mid-Length Competition
Bolingo. The Forest of Love WP Bolingo. El bosque del amor Alejandro G. Salgado
Spain, 2016, DCP, 55 min These testimonies of five African women making the perilous journey from Africa to Europe are celebrations of motherhood, capturing their courage, hope and resilience. th 17 19:15 Munt 10 su 20 12:15 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 21:15 Tuschinski 5 tu 22 19:30 Tuschinski 1
The Borneo Case EP Sweden, Germany, Wales, 2016, DCP, 78 min Following years of research, four highly motivated activists expose the chief minister of the state of Sarawak, who earned billions of dollars from illegal logging in Borneo. sa 19 18:30 Tuschinski 6 mo 21 16:30 EYE Cinema 2 we 23 17:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal [Ext. Q&A] th 24 21:00 Munt 12 fr 25 14:00 Munt 10
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Borrowed Time Semâ Bekirovic
The Netherlands, 2014, DCP, 10 min A spellbinding record of a freedive in which calmness makes way for desperation. Nine minutes feel like an eternity, and you’ll never take breathing for granted again. fr 25 16:00 EYE Cinema 2
Feature-Length Competition
Burning Out WP Jérôme le Maire
Belgium, France, Switzerland, 2016, DCP, 85 min Doctors in a Parisian hospital are fighting a life-and-death battle. Everything’s got to be cheaper, quicker and more efficient. A glimpse of imminent burnout in the healthcare system. fr 18 17:30 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 20:00 Munt 11 tu 22 19:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal [Ext. Q&A] we 23 14:00 Tuschinski 6 th 24 10:45 Tuschinski 2 [TV5MONDE Day] fr 25 17:30 Tuschinski 4
Best of Fests, Assembling Reality
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
USA, 2016, DCP, 102 min A visual autobiography, compiled from the impressive visual archive of Kirsten Johnson, “cameraperson” on films such as Fahrenheit 9/11, Pray the Devil Back to Hell and Citizenfour. sa 19 22:30 Munt 10 su 20 19:00 Tuschinski 1 mo 21 19:00 EYE Cinema 2 [Extended Q&A] su 27 12:45 Tuschinski 2
The Challenge Italy, France, 2016, DCP, 69 min Falconry is not a medieval sport in the Qatari desert, where tradition and high tech come together, resulting in images of hypnotic beauty. th 17 18:00 Munt 9 sa 19 22:15 EYE Cinema 1 su 20 19:45 Tuschinski 5 tu 22 19:15 EYE Cinema 2 sa 26 17:30 EYE Cinema 1
DocLab: Elastic Reality
Chameleon WP
Robin McNicholas, Barney Steel, Ersin Han Ersin
Mexico, England, 2016, cross‑platform, 5 min An immersive and sensory portrait of Mexico City, created by 12 Mexican artists from various disciplines together with the British collective Marshmallow Laser Feast. On-site reservation required.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Panorama
La Chana WP Lucija Stojevic
Spain, Iceland, USA, 2016, DCP, 83 min A portrait of flamenco queen “La Chana” as she takes to the stage for the first time in 23 years. th 17 15:45 Munt 9 sa 19 17:15 Tuschinski 4 su 20 11:00 Tuschinski 6 th 24 16:15 Munt 12 sa 26 21:30 Podium Mozaïek
Music Documentary
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary EP John Scheinfeld
USA, 2016, DCP, 99 min With his inquisitive playing, intense solos and original compositions, saxophonist John Coltrane (1926-1967) rejuvenated jazz. After he kicked drugs, his playing became even freer. su 20 14:00 Melkweg Rabozaal [ +Live Performance] mo 21 21:00 Munt 10 fr 25 21:30 Podium Mozaïek sa 26 21:30 Tuschinski 4
[ Oxfam-Novib Selection]
th 24 22:15 Munt 13 sa 26 10:00 Munt 10
Program Guide
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Best of Fests
Kids & Docs Competition
Best of Fests
Elsbeth Fraanje
Matt Tyrnauer
IDFAcademy Results Che! The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 14 min A peek into the world of a tough kid named Che, which has changed radically since his parents’ divorce. sa 19 13:30 Tuschinski 2 Dutch audience only we 23 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 Live dubbing th 24 13:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 10:30 Tuschinski 5 Live dubbing
Panorama
Check It
Toby Oppenheimer, Dana Flor
USA, 2016, DCP, 91 min Getting involved in a major fashion project offers members of Check It, a gay gang in Washington, D.C., a chance to escape the spiral of prostitution and violence. we 16 21:00 Tuschinski 4 th 17 13:30 Munt 9 mo 21 13:45 EYE Cinema 1 [ Queer Day] fr 25 18:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 26 20:15 Munt 9
Panorama
China’s Van Goghs WP
Zhongguo Fangao Haibo Yu, Kiki Tianqi Yu
China, The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 81 min A Chinese replica painter feels a deep affinity with Van Gogh and travels to Amsterdam to find the spirit of his own work. su 20 17:45 Munt 10 mo 21 14:00 Tuschinski 1 sa 26 18:45 EYE Cinema 2 su 27 10:00 Tuschinski 4
Best of Fests
The Cinema Travellers
Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya
India, 2016, DCP, 96 min An affectionate, melancholy ode to a vanishing phenomenon in rural India: the traveling cinema. Can the ancient projector compete with TV? we 16 15:30 Munt 10 th 17 11:00 Tuschinski 1 fr 18 22:00 EYE Cinema 2 th 24 11:15 EYE Cinema 1 su 27 15:00 Tuschinski 2
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Citizen Jane: Battle for the City IP USA, 2016, DCP, 97 min This portrait of journalist and activist Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) uses a treasure trove of archive material and interviews with contemporaries and experts to present her vision of the modern city. fr 18 16:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 19 23:00 Tuschinski 2 we 23 13:30 Tuschinski 1 th 24 15:30 Tuschinski 5 su 27 12:00 Tuschinski 3
Dutch Competition
The Claim, the Search for Stolen Art from WWII WP De claim, zoektocht naar roofkunst uit WOII Ditteke Mensink
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 91 min The Dutch Restitutions Committee investigates the claims of Dutch Holocaust survivors on art treasures stolen by the Nazis. How do you prove a painting really did belong to your grandfather? sa 19 13:15 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] su 20 17:00 EYE Cinema 1 tu 22 19:45 Tuschinski 2 [NTR Avond van de Wolf] we 23 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 27 14:00 Tuschinski 4
IDFA DocLab Competition
Clickclickclick.click WP Roel Wouters, Luna Maurer
The Netherlands, 2016, cross‑platform In a likeable, playful clickbait experience, you are rewarded for exploring all the interactive possibilities of your mouse.
Screening during DocLab Live: The Art of Following fr 18 21:15 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal [Live] Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Student Competition
Close Ties
Wiezi Zofia Kowalewska
Poland, 2016, DCP, 19 min A loving portrait of a bickering couple who seems to have weathered every storm life has thrown at them. Everything falls into place during a family dinner. sa 19 20:00 Munt 13 mo 21 13:30 Tuschinski 4 th 24 17:45 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 15:00 Tuschinski 3
Student Competition
Coco Cabasa WP Klara Til
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 53 min In her free time, a university lecturer in gender studies teaches belly dance to women all over the world to free them from their inhibitions. fr 18 20:15 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 17:00 Munt 10 we 23 10:00 Munt 12 th 24 18:30 De Balie – Grote Zaal sa 26 17:30 Tuschinski 3
Mid-Length Competition
Coeurope WP Giovanni Troilo
Italy, 2016, DCP, 61 min Beneath an unchanging gray blanket of clouds, inhabitants of the once flourishing industrial city of Charleroi, Belgium try to keep it together in a changing world. sa 19 10:30 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 20:00 Munt 13 mo 21 13:30 Tuschinski 4 th 24 17:45 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 15:00 Tuschinski 3
Shifting Perspectives
The Colonial Misunderstanding Le malentendu colonial Jean-Marie Teno
Cameroon, France, Germany, 2004, DCP, 75 min Before colonization, the missionaries came to Africa. Documentary filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno shows how they paved the way for European rule. we 16 20:30 Tuschinski 6 th 17 18:30 Kleine Komedie
Mid-Length Competition
Come Back Free WP Ksenia Okhapkina
Estonia, 2016, DCP, 51 min Beautifully filmed observations of daily life in a Chechen village, where a community has learnt how to survive the wounds of war. th 17 16:45 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] fr 18 21:45 Tuschinski 4 mo 21 15:30 Munt 9 th 24 11:45 Tuschinski 6 su 27 10:30 Tuschinski 2
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Communion Komunia Anna Zamecka
Poland, 2016, DCP, 72 min Tragic, in parts humorous and even cautiously optimistic portrait of Ola, a combative 14-year-old who takes care of her autistic brother almost all by herself. we 16 13:15 Munt 12 th 17 16:15 Tuschinski 2 fr 18 16:30 Tuschinski 6 su 20 10:30 Tuschinski 2 su 27 16:45 EYE Cinema 1
Panorama
Connection WP Conectifai Horizoe Garcia
Cuba, 2016, DCP, 18 min A portrait of a park in Havana where, thanks to public Wi-Fi, a new kind of meeting place has arisen. th 17 18:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 18 21:30 Munt 10 mo 21 13:15 Munt 9 th 24 10:15 Tuschinski 3
Sergei Loznitsa’s Top 10
Conscience
Sovest Vladimir Denisenko
Ukraine, 1989, ProRes, 78 min What would your conscience tell you to do if the choice was between your own life and that of an entire village? th 17 13:15 Tuschinski 6 we 23 11:30 EYE Cinema 2
Music Documentary
Contemporary Color EP Turner Ross, Bill Ross
USA, 2016, DCP, 96 min A beautifully filmed concert featuring 10 pop acts and color guard dancers performing synchronized choreographies with flags, rifles and swords. fr 18 21:30 Melkweg Rabozaal sa 19 22:00 Tuschinski 4 th 24 13:45 Munt 10 fr 25 20:15 Munt 13
Paradocs
Craigslist Allstars WP Samira Elagoz
Finland, The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 65 min A female perspective on how men look at women in an intimate and sometimes shocking chronicle of first dates made on Craigslist. fr 18 21:00 Tuschinski 6 su 20 14:45 Tuschinski 5 we 23 19:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 21:00 EYE Cinema 2
Program Guide
Kids & Docs
Crowley – Every Cowboy Needs His Horse Andre Hörmann
Germany, 2015, DCP, 16 min All 11-year-old Crowley wants is to be a cowboy. He’s determined to prove to his parents that he can break a horse. su 20 12:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 11:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 11:30 Tuschinski 4
Shorts
Cuban Shorts
Compilation of short films about Cuba in transition. With: Motriz, House for Sale, Connection and Great Muy Bien, 105 min. th 17 18:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 18 21:30 Munt 10 mo 21 13:15 Munt 9 th 24 10:15 Tuschinski 3
Panorama
Cucli WP
Xavier Marrades
Spain, 2016, DCP, 17 min An atmospheric short film about a lonely truck driver who finds a new life companion in the form of a white dove. th 17 19:00 EYE Cinema 1 sa 19 14:15 Munt 9 we 23 12:15 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 12:15 Tuschinski 6
Panorama
Cuts WP
Potongan Chairun Nissa
Indonesia, 2016, DCP, 70 min Two filmmakers decide to look into the opaque world of Indonesian film censorship after their film is rejected for regular distribution. th 17 16:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 19 16:30 Tuschinski 2 mo 21 22:00 Munt 12 we 23 13:00 Munt 13
Dutch Competition
Daan’s Inheritance WP De erfenis Joris Postema
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 85 min Trying to get a handle on his life and depression, Daan enters into a confrontation with his father, photographer Ed van der Elsken, who died in 1990. th 17 21:00 Munt 11 sa 19 13:45 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 20 10:45 Munt 10 tu 22 16:15 Tuschinski 6
Student Competition
Daniel
Anastazja Dabrowska
Poland, 2016, DCP, 24 min At a summer camp for young people with Down syndrome, Daniel tries to express his feelings in a poem. A film about universal desires, friendship and brotherly love. th 17 17:30 Tuschinski 4 fr 18 17:30 Tuschinski 4 su 20 11:00 EYE Cinema 2 sa 26 17:15 Tuschinski 5
Shifting Perspectives
Danton’s Death La mort de Danton Alice Diop
France, 2010, video, 60 min Steve is a young black man from a poor Parisian suburb. His dream is to become an actor, but he encounters plenty of obstacles and prejudice along the way. fr 18 21:30 Kleine Komedie [Extended Q&A] sa 26 19:00 Tolhuistuin
The Quiet Eye
Dead Slow Ahead Mauro Herce
Spain, France, 2015, ProRes, 74 min An intoxicating sea voyage on a freighter that is more like a futuristic machine cast adrift, on a trip to the end of the world. sa 26 16:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Mid-Length Competition
Death in the Terminal IP Mavet be Be’er Sheba Tali Shemesh, Asaf Sudry
Israel, 2016, DCP, 52 min A reconstruction of an attack on an Israeli bus terminal in 2015 and the tragedy that developed from it. fr 18 10:00 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] su 20 20:15 Munt 10 mo 21 19:00 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] we 23 21:15 De Balie – Grote Zaal th 24 20:15 Munt 13 sa 26 10:30 Munt 11
IDFA DocLab Competition
DeathTolls Experience Ali Eslami
Iran, 2016, cross‑platform A virtual journey from the refugee crisis in Europe to the bloodbath in Syria, placing the dry “data reality” of the news in an emotional perspective. On-site reservation required.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
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Panorama
Delicate Balance IP Frágil equilibrio Guillermo García López
Spain, 2016, DCP, 81 min An interview with former president of Uruguay José Alberto Mujica connects three stories from three continents about the future of humanity. mo 21 19:30 Tuschinski 1
[ Oxfam-Novib Selection]
tu 22 11:30 Munt 11 we 23 14:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 25 12:00 Munt 12
IDFA DocLab Competition
Deprogrammed WP Mia Donovan
Canada, 2016, cross‑platform A meditative virtual walk through the mental worlds of a former member of the Unification Church, a skinhead and a jihadist. On-site reservation required. Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
IDFA DocLab Competition
The Dig WP
Topaz Adizes, Mike Knowlton, Julia Gorbach, Carla Tramullas, Mark Harris USA, 2016, cross‑platform Modern relationships bring new dilemmas.This interactive web series present you with different couplesand the choices they should make. What would youadvise?
Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Student Competition
Dil Leyla WP Asli Özarslan
Germany, 2016, DCP, 72 min Leyla Imret is only 26 and has just been elected mayor of the Turkish town of Cizre—the heart of Kurdish resistance—when a new civil war starts to loom. sa 19 18:30 Munt 12 mo 21 18:00 Tuschinski 6 we 23 17:30 Podium Mozaïek sa 26 19:00 Tuschinski 5
Sergei Loznitsa’s Top 10
I dimenticati Vittorio De Seta
Italy, 1959, 35mm, 20 min As winter recedes, life returns to an isolated Italian mountain village. The locals prepare for the “Spar Ceremony.” th 17 15:15 Tuschinski 6 th 24 10:00 Tuschinski 6
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DocLab: Elastic Reality
DocLab: Elastic Reality
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your instagram pictures? Trigger your senses and experience thirty of the world’s best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the ten-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00 - 21:00). On-site reservation may be required. th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
An exclusive live performance event in which the audience, if all goes well, merges into one virtual individual. fr 18 21:15 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality
DocLab: Elastic Reality
DocLab Live: Dreams
Step into a comfortable dream space and let your thoughts be translated into sounds and images that become part of a continuous live performance by sound artist Philippe Lambert and the National Film Board of Canada. This one-off live installation is freely accessible throughout the evening. Free admission. su 20 18:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab: Elastic Reality
DocLab Live: Elastic Reality Opening Night
A festive introduction to the DocLab: Elastic Reality program of IDFA and De Brakke Grond, with presentations and performances unraveling reality in the digital age. Supported by Dutch Cultural Media Fund. th 17 20:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
DocLab: Elastic Reality
DocLab Live: Immersive Showcase
Virtual reality and immersive storytelling (from augmented to mixed reality) are going through an unprecedented evolution. But where does the hype end and do new art forms take shape? tu 22 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab Live: Orchestrated Individuals
DocLab: Elastic Reality
DocLab Live: The Best of Awkward Tech
A playful evening during which digital artists present absurd inventions that expand our existing notions of reality and confront us with our tech-obsessed everyday lives. sa 19 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab: Elastic Reality
DocLab Live: The Art of Following
An evening exploring the narrative potential of privacy, intimacy and following, organized in collaboration with the VPRO Medialab Meet Up series. mo 21 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Shorts
DocLab Shorts
A compilation of shorts and multimedia projects that would never have existed without the internet, 105 min. th 24 19:45 Tuschinski 3
First Appearance Competition
IDFAcademy Results Dream Empire WP David Borenstein
Denmark, 2016, DCP, 73 min A Chinese entrepreneur tries to stay afloat in China’s surreal property sector with an agency for foreign talent. fr 18 18:15 EYE Cinema 1 su 20 10:00 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] su 20 15:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 19:15 Munt 11 we 23 16:30 Tuschinski 1 [Extended Q&A]
Best of Fests
Dugma: The Button Paul Salahadin Refsdal
Norway, 2016, DCP, 58 min In this intimate portrait, two jihadists awaiting a suicide mission for the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda talk about themselves and their loved ones. th 17 12:45 EYE Cinema 1 sa 19 18:00 Munt 11 mo 21 22:00 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 15:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective
Otto Bell
Sobytie Sergei Loznitsa
The Eagle Huntress USA, 2016, DCP, 87 min When a 13-year-old Mongolian girl decides to become the world’s first female eagle hunter, she meets some resistance. th 17 16:30 Tuschinski 5 Live dubbing sa 19 10:30 Tuschinski 4 Live dubbing su 20 13:00 EYE Cinema 2 Live dubbing tu 22 20:00 Tuschinski 4 su 27 14:15 Tuschinski 6 Live dubbing
Music Documentary
Eat That Question – Frank Zappa in His Own Words Thorsten Schütte
Germany, France, 2016, DCP, 90 min Frank Zappa’s “obscene” lyrics and confrontational statements about such things as “the stupidity of America” always made him a welcome talk show guest. th 17 10:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 19 23:00 Melkweg Rabozaal mo 21 10:45 Munt 9 th 24 16:00 Tuschinski 1 fr 25 18:15 Munt 13
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Establishing Eden
Margit Lukács, Persijn Broersen
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 11 min The paradise of Avatar and Lord of the Rings is transformed into a false reality, fractured and flattened before becoming a paradise once more. fr 25 16:00 EYE Cinema 2
Dutch Competition
The European WP De Europeaan Dirk-Jan Roeleven
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 90 min A unique inside view of the hectic life of Dutch politician and diplomat Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission in Brussells since 2014. th 17 12:00 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 16:00 Carré [VPRO Extra] su 20 20:00 EYE Cinema 1 mo 21 12:30 Tuschinski 5 fr 25 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Program Guide
The Event
The Netherlands, Belgium, 2015, DCP, 74 min Archiveimages from eight cameras reconstruct the 1991 mass protest on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg against the coup taking place in Moscow at that moment. we 16 14:30 Tuschinski 5 fr 25 10:15 Tuschinski 6
Paradocs
Events in a Cloud Chamber Ashim Ahluwalia
India, 2016, DCP, 20 min This reconstruction of the first experimental Indian film is a concentrated imaginative exercise, a modern history lesson and an intimate portrait of the artist. we 16 19:15 Tuschinski 5 we 23 21:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 25 15:30 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 20:30 Tuschinski 6
IDFA DocLab Competition
Everyday Everywhere WP Bjarke Myrthu, Austin Merrill, Peter DiCampo
Denmark, Sweden, USA, 2016, cross‑platform By uploading photos of everyday life, ordinary people from all over the world show the place they live from a different perspective.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Masters
Exile
Exil Rithy Panh
France, Cambodia, 2016, DCP, 78 min A poetic, artistic recreation of the early memories of director Rithy Panh, the only member of his family to survive the genocide in Cambodia. we 16 13:30 Tuschinski 3 th 17 11:30 Tuschinski 2 fr 18 12:30 EYE Cinema 2
Sergei Loznitsa’s Top 10
Facing the Judgement of History Pered sudom istorii Fridrikh Ermler
Russia, 1965, ProRes, 93 min A dialogue between a Soviet historian and Vasily Shulgin, a key figure of the White movement, reveals the complexity behind Shulgin’s ideals and the evolution of his thought. tu 22 13:15 EYE Cinema 2 fr 25 11:15 EYE Cinema 2
Dutch Competition
Fallen Flowers Thick Leaves WP Laetitia Schoofs
The Netherlands, Germany, 2016, DCP, 85 min Chinese women of various ages talk frankly about sex and love, shame, taboos and the prevailing traditional mores surrounding sexuality. su 20 19:45 Munt 9 mo 21 11:15 Tuschinski 2 mo 21 16:45 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] we 23 17:30 Tuschinski 5 th 24 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Music Documentary
Far Western WP James Payne
USA, Japan, 2016, DCP, 82 min A group of elderly musicians form the heart of the remarkable Japanese country and bluegrass scene, which dates back to the U.S. occupation of Japan. fr 18 18:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 19 15:15 Melkweg – Cinema th 24 16:00 Munt 10 sa 26 20:30 Munt 13
Panorama
The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad
Au nom du père, du fils et du djihad Stéphane Malterre
France, 2016, DCP, 120 min The controversial, tragic tale of the Ayachis, a French-Syrian family. First the son and then the father are drawn into the jihad in Syria. we 16 13:45 Munt 13 fr 18 13:45 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] su 20 21:30 Munt 12 we 23 21:45 Munt 13 sa 26 18:45 Tuschinski 4
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Kids & Docs Competition
Best of Fests
Panorama
Panorama
Andrew Rossi
Rich Williamson
Yung Chang
The First Monday in May USA, 2016, DCP, 90 min Intensive preparations for a major fashion exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art expose tensions and common ground between East and West, and between art and fashion. sa 19 12:30 Carré mo 21 22:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 25 17:30 Munt 11 sa 26 18:30 Tuschinski 1 su 27 15:15 Munt 11
DocLab: Elastic Reality
Flint Is a Place WP Zackary Canepari
USA, 2016, cross‑platform A powerful, stylized portrayal of the pride, hope and pent-up anger felt by the people of Flint, Michigan, a symbol of all that can go wrong with the American Dream. Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
IDFA DocLab Competition
Frame 394
Gatekeeper
Canada, 2016, DCP, 30 min A young Canadian man entangles himself in one of the most high-profile police shootings in the United States, when he posts his own 3-D analysis of the event on the internet. su 20 20:15 Munt 10 th 24 20:15 Munt 13 sa 26 10:30 Munt 11
Masters
Best of Fests
France
Gaza Surf Club EP
Les habitants Raymond Depardon
France, 2016, DCP, 83 min Contemporary provincial France viewed from the inside of a caravan. Raymond Depardon crosses the country, carefully documenting his frank conversations with the locals. we 16 22:15 Munt 11 th 17 14:30 Munt 10 fr 18 14:30 EYE Cinema 2 we 23 11:15 Tuschinski 1 th 24 21:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Follower IP
Sergei Loznitsa’s Top 10
USA, 2016, cross‑platform Follower is a service providing you for just a few hours with your own real-life follower—an invisible companion who watches over you attentively. On-site reservation required.
D’Est Chantal Akerman
From the East
Screening during DocLab Live: The Art of Following fr 18 21:15 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal [Live] Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Belgium, France, Portugal, 1993, DCP, 115 min Slow cinema at its best, this is a visual account of travels through Eastern Europe shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union—a world about to undergo radical changes. we 16 15:00 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 11:30 Tuschinski 6
Best of Fests
Music Documentary
Beitar Maya Zinshtein
Throughout the year curator and host Job de Wit brings music videos to the big screen of De Balie cinema. At IDFA Job will present a specially curated documentary program solely consisting of music videos or vice versa, it’s all a matter of perspective. Fans of both art forms can expect to be surprised. fr 18 20:00 De Balie – Grote Zaal
Ireland, The Netherlands, Israel, England, Norway, 2016, DCP, 85 min Two Muslim players join Beitar Jerusalem, an otherwise exclusively Jewish Israeli soccer team. The consequences are colossal for theplayers and fans alike. th 17 16:30 Tuschinski 1 [Extended Q&A] fr 18 13:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal we 23 22:30 Tuschinski 1 fr 25 15:30 Munt 11 sa 26 10:30 EYE Cinema 1
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Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine
Germany, 2016, DCP, 87 min Young surfers cut off from the outside world in war-torn Gaza try to make their dreams come true. th 17 22:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 18 22:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 19 10:00 Munt 9 th 24 14:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 15:15 Munt 11
Panorama, Shifting Perspectives
The Giant Is Falling IP Rehad Desai
Lauren McCarthy
Forever Pure
Canada, USA, 2016, DCP, 39 min Former police detective Yukio Shige patrols along the rocky coast of Tojinbo, to stop potential jumpers from carrying out a desperate act. su 20 21:45 EYE Cinema 2 tu 22 19:30 Munt 12 th 24 22:00 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 22:30 Munt 13 sa 26 10:00 EYE Cinema 2
Fullscreen & IDFA
South Africa, Germany, 2016, DCP, 77 min A critical look at more than 20 years of the African National Congress party in South Africa. Why is a party that was once invincible now the big loser? th 17 20:45 Kleine Komedie [Extended Q&A] mo 21 11:30 Tuschinski 4 th 24 21:30 Podium Mozaïek fr 25 19:00 Tolhuistuin
First Appearance Competition
The Girl down Loch Änzi WP
Das Mädchen vom Änziloch Alice Schmid
Switzerland, 2016, DCP, 87 min Twelve-year-old Laura feels lonely during the summer on her family’s farm in Switzerland. A poetic portrait of loneliness, growing up, friendship and imagination. th 17 14:15 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] fr 18 21:45 Munt 13 su 20 17:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 14:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 12:30 Tuschinski 4
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
God Knows Where I Am EP Todd Wider, Jedd Wider
USA, 2016, DCP, 99 min A meticulous reconstruction of the last months in the life of a bipolar woman who was abandoned by the healthcare system. fr 18 15:00 Munt 11 sa 19 11:00 EYE Cinema 2 tu 22 15:30 Munt 9 fr 25 11:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 26 13:45 Munt 13
Feature-Length Competition
Gogita’s New Life WP Gogitas akhali tckovreba Levan Koguashvili
Georgian Republic, Croatia, 2016, DCP, 72 min After a lengthy stint in prison, all Gogita wants to do is get married. His mother lobbies for a pretty, slim girl in this tragicomic quest for love and happiness. sa 19 16:15 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 20:00 Munt 9 we 23 19:15 Tuschinski 2 fr 25 16:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 26 16:45 Munt 9 su 27 10:30 Munt 12
Feature-Length Competition
The Good Postman WP Tonislav Hristov
Finland, Bulgaria, 2016, DCP, 82 min In a Bulgarian border village, the postman runs for mayor with a plan to combat depopulation by offering homes to Syrian refugees. th 17 14:00 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 15:45 Munt 11 tu 22 21:15 Tuschinski 5 we 23 11:30 Tuschinski 4 fr 25 11:45 EYE Cinema 1 sa 26 14:45 Munt 9
Masters
The Graduation Le concours Claire Simon
France, 2016, DCP, 119 min The rigorous selection procedure for new students at the prestigious Parisian film school La Fémis sparks heated exchanges among the examiners. we 16 18:30 Tuschinski 2 sa 19 21:15 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 11:30 EYE Cinema 2 sa 26 21:15 Munt 10
Program Guide
IDFA DocLab Competition
The Great Animal Orchestra IP
Le grand orchestre des animaux Thomas Deyriès
France, 2016, cross‑platform Imagine you are the conductor of an animal orchestra in this interactive and incredibly detailed natural soundscape, compiled by artist and nature recordist Bernie Krause. Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Panorama
Feature-Length Competition
The Grown-Ups WP Los niños Maite Alberdi
Chile, The Netherlands, France, 2016, DCP, 80 min A moving, confrontational portrait of four Chilean adults with Down syndrome. Although they feel ready for adult life, society doesn’t agree. sa 19 10:00 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 19:00 Tuschinski 1 mo 21 18:00 Munt 9 th 24 13:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 26 19:30 Munt 11 su 27 16:00 Munt 13
Great Muy Bien WP
Shifting Perspectives
Cuba, 2016, DCP, 16 min English lessons at a private language school in Cuba reveal the students’ dreams of America. th 17 18:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 18 21:30 Munt 10 mo 21 13:15 Munt 9 th 24 10:15 Tuschinski 3
John Akomfrah
Sheyla Pool Pástor
Dutch Competition
A Greek Winter WP Griekse winter Ingeborg Jansen
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 70 min In the winter, Tasosand his sister Evdokiasupply fuel oil to dozens of apartments in Greece, but the economic crisis means fewer and fewer people are able to pay for it. fr 18 14:30 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 19:00 Munt 10 tu 22 11:15 Tuschinski 4 we 23 22:30 Munt 12 th 24 21:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Handsworth Songs England, 1987, DCP, 59 min This hard-hitting, critical and poetic film essay places the UK race riots of the 1980s in a broader perspective, exploring the optimism and dashed hopes of black immigrants. th 17 12:15 Kleine Komedie fr 18 11:30 Tuschinski 4
Panorama
The Hanging EP Geoffrey Feinberg
USA, Russia, Germany, 2016, DCP, 15 min Nineteen-year-old Kirill hangs out on the rooftops of apartment blocks, where his brazen stunts have earned him the nickname “Russian Spiderman.” su 20 19:45 Tuschinski 3 we 23 20:00 Munt 11 th 24 17:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 14:45 Tuschinski 4
Masters
Panorama
Nanette Burstein
Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee IP USA, 2016, DCP, 98 min Revealing portrait of successful internet entrepreneur, yogi, murder suspect and prospective presidential candidate John McAfee. th 17 19:15 Tuschinski 1 sa 19 10:15 Munt 11 we 23 19:15 Munt 13 sa 26 16:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal su 27 16:15 Munt 10
Happily Ever After WP
Egypt, 2016, DCP, 68 min An unrelenting personal report of a faltering relationship in the aftermath of Egypt’s Arab Spring. sa 19 17:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 14:00 Munt 12 tu 22 19:00 Munt 13 sa 26 21:30 Tuschinski 3
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Hillsborough EP Daniel Gordon
England, 2016, DCP, 122 min A meticulous reconstruction of the disastrous soccer match on April 15, 1989 in Sheffield, England, when 96 fans were crushed to death, and of the lengthy legal battle that followed. tu 22 12:00 Tuschinski 5 we 23 11:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 24 13:00 Tuschinski 2 fr 25 17:15 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 19:15 EYE Cinema 1
Masters
Hissein Habré, a Chadian Tragedy Hissein Habré, une tragédie tchadienne Mahamat Saleh Haroun
France, Chad, 2016, DCP, 82 min An emotional encounter with victims of the Chadian dictator Hissein Habré and his reign of terror thatlasted from 1982 to 1990—with American and French support. we 16 15:30 Tuschinski 3 th 17 11:30 Munt 9 fr 18 16:45 Tuschinski 2 th 24 11:15 Munt 13 [TV5MONDE Day] fr 25 20:00 Tuschinski 4
IDFA DocLab Competition
Home: Aamir IP Rufus Norris
England, 2016, cross‑platform, 13 min Experience the inhumane conditions of the Calais Jungle and travel with Aamir from South Sudan via Libya and across the Mediterranean to his new “home.” On-site reservation required. Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Masters
Homo Sapiens Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Austria, 2016, DCP, 94 min There’s not a soul to be seen in this intriguing sequence of abandoned locations—symbols of our ephemerality. we 16 17:45 Tuschinski 3 sa 19 10:30 Munt 10 we 23 14:30 Munt 10 sa 26 16:30 EYE Cinema 2
Program Guide
Music Documentary
Honky Tonk Heaven: The Legend of the Broken Spoke EP Brenda Greene Mitchell, Sam Wainwright Douglas
USA, 2016, DCP, 75 min The colorful history of Broken Spoke, the legendary honky-tonk in Austin, Texas, where folks come to hear country music and dance the two-step. fr 18 21:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 19 13:15 Melkweg – Cinema mo 21 22:00 EYE Cinema 2 fr 25 15:30 Tuschinski 3
Assembling Reality
Hospital
Frederick Wiseman
USA, 1970, 16mm, 84 min In this classic, award-winning documentary about a New York hospital, Frederick Wiseman juxtaposes daily routine with personal emotions in order paint a portrait of human dignity. sa 19 16:00 EYE Cinema 2 [Extended Q&A] mo 21 14:15 EYE Cinema 2
Mid-Length Competition
Hotel Sunrise WP Hotel Úsvit Maria Rumanova
Slovakia, 2016, DCP, 49 min A portrait of a small Slovakian border town where local people are facing the harsh consequences of life in a post-Soviet society. fr 18 21:45 Tuschinski 4 su 20 10:30 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 15:30 Munt 9 th 24 11:45 Tuschinski 6 su 27 10:30 Tuschinski 2
Mid-Length Competition
House Call IP
Bikur bayit Neta Shoshani, David Ofek
Israel, 2016, DCP, 62 min A team consisting of a nurse, a doctor and a social worker do everything they can to support a terminally ill young mother at home with her loved ones in her last days of life. sa 19 15:30 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 16:30 Munt 9 su 20 10:15 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 20:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 22:30 Munt 13 su 27 10:15 Tuschinski 3
Panorama
House for Sale WP Casa en venta Emanuel Giraldo
Cuba, Colombia, 2016, DCP, 13 min A moving triptych in which Cubans show off their homes and contents as valuable treasures—something they were not able to do during the 50-year ban on property transactions. th 17 18:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 18 21:30 Munt 10 mo 21 13:15 Munt 9 th 24 10:15 Tuschinski 3
Best of Fests
Houston, We Have a Problem! Houston, imamo problem! Ziga Virc
Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, 2016, DCP, 88 min According to this virtuoso docu-fiction, the United States secretly bought a wildly expensive Yugoslavian space program during the Cold War. we 16 12:15 Munt 9 th 17 11:45 Tuschinski 5 fr 18 22:15 Tuschinski 3 th 24 13:15 Munt 9 fr 25 16:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Feature-Length & Dutch Competition
How to Meet a Mermaid WP Coco Schrijber
The Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, 2016, DCP, 90 min In an essay-like reflection on the beauty and destructive power of the ocean, filmmaker Coco Schrijber investigates the disappearance of her brother. fr 18 20:00 Tuschinski 1 su 20 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 mo 21 11:45 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] tu 22 18:30 Munt 10 we 23 15:30 EYE Cinema 1 [VPRO Extra] su 27 16:15 EYE Cinema 2
IDFA DocLab Competition
I Am Not Home Video WP Bert Hana
The Netherlands, 2016, cross‑platform A virtual experience of forgotten answering machine messages and a very special videotape that director and found footage fanatic Bert Hana picked up in a second-hand store. On-site reservation required. Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
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The Grown-Ups
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I Don’t Know
Nie wiem Krzysztof Kieslowski
Poland, 1977, 35mm, 47 min A Polish whistleblower revealed corruption at a leather factory. This is the testimony of a man who turned against the system he was once part of. th 17 12:15 EYE Cinema 2 tu 22 21:30 EYE Cinema 2
Student Competition
I Made You, I Kill You WP Alexandru Petru Badelita
Romania, France, 2016, DCP, 14 min In a colorful mix of video, animation and music, filmmaker Alexandru Petru Badelita criticizes his unhappy youth in Romania. Television and film offered him a way out. th 17 18:15 Munt 12 fr 18 14:30 Munt 10 sa 19 13:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 25 12:00 Tuschinski 6
Mid-Length Competition
Icon IP
Ikona Wojciech Kasperski
Poland, 2016, DCP, 52 min Never before has a camera filmed inside the walls of this remote psychiatric hospital in Siberia, where the medical staff is doing its best despite the difficult conditions. sa 19 12:15 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 18:45 Tuschinski 3 tu 22 21:00 Munt 10 fr 25 22:00 Munt 12 sa 26 10:15 Tuschinski 4
Feature-Length Competition
In Loco Parentis WP Neasa Ní Chianáin
Ireland, Spain, 2016, DCP, 103 min A year in the life of two dedicated and passionate teachers at an Irish boarding school for young children, captured in affectionate observational scenes. sa 19 15:15 Munt 10 su 20 16:15 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] we 23 18:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 25 18:45 EYE Cinema 2 sa 26 10:30 Tuschinski 3 su 27 13:45 Munt 13
Best of Fests
IDFAcademy Results An Insignificant Man
Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla
India, 2016, DCP, 96 min The spectacular rise of the Common Man’s Party. The party logo, a broom, symbolizes their battle against the political establishment in India. th 17 18:45 Munt 13 sa 19 17:45 Munt 10 mo 21 13:15 Munt 11 tu 22 11:15 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] sa 26 18:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal
The Quiet Eye
Invention Mark Lewis
Canada, England, 2015, ProRes, 87 min From famous corners of the Louvre to modernist buildings in Brazil and Canada, this film anthology offers homage to the City Symphony films of the 1920s. th 24 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Panorama
ISIS, Deserters Speak Out Daesh, paroles de déserteurs Thomas Dandois, FrancoisXavier Tregan
France, 2016, DCP, 53 min Islamic State soldiers who want to desert can get help from southern Turkey. Several speak anonymously, but candidly, about why they joined up, and the disillusionment that followed. th 17 16:30 Munt 11 su 20 22:00 Munt 9 tu 22 13:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 26 22:45 Tuschinski 6
DocLab: Elastic Reality
The Island of the Colorblind WP Sanne De Wilde
The Netherlands, 2015, cross‑platform Catch a glimpse of a world where flames light up in black and white, trees have turned pink and a rainbow holds a thousand shades of grey.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
The Island
Die Insel Erik van Lieshout
Program Guide
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 38 min Society keeps pulling at you, even when you live on a deserted island. That’s the conclusion of this chaotic and highly amusing monologue by the artist Erik van Lieshout. su 27 14:00 EYE Cinema 2
Mid-Length Competition
It’s Getting Dark WP Olga Kravets
France, 2016, DCP, 48 min The everyday domestic life of four families in Russia offers a poignant perspective on our notions of the “political prisoner.” sa 19 19:30 Tuschinski 4 su 20 15:45 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] tu 22 18:00 Munt 9 we 23 11:00 Tuschinski 3 su 27 12:45 Tuschinski 5
Kids & Docs Competition
Jesser and the Sugarcane WP
Jesser en het suikerriet Godelieve Eijsink
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 15 min Jesser knows one thing for sure: when he grows up, he will never work with sugar cane—the stealthy killer than has made his father incurably ill. sa 19 13:30 Tuschinski 2 Dutch audience only we 23 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 Live dubbing th 24 13:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 10:30 Tuschinski 5 Live dubbing
Music Documentary
Joe’s Violin EP
Kahane Cooperman
USA, 2016, DCP, 24 min A Holocaust survivor donates his violin to a girl from a destitute neighborhood in New York, and the instrument offers her a new opportunity in life. th 17 21:15 Munt 13 sa 19 10:45 Melkweg – Cinema su 20 12:30 Munt 9 th 24 12:45 Tuschinski 3
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Jokes
Jean-Baptiste Maitre
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 7 min The form of these four short stories, each ending with the same punch line, recalls the experimentalism of early cinema. sa 26 14:00 EYE Cinema 2
Mid-Length Competition
The Joy of Sound IP La felicidad del sonido Ana Endara
Panama, 2016, DCP, 61 min An ode to sound, that mysterious, invisible and intangible phenomenon that brings pleasure and togetherness—and sometimes irritation. th 17 14:45 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 20:15 Munt 12 we 23 13:15 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 19:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 10:15 Munt 13 su 27 14:45 Munt 12
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Sergei Loznitsa’s Top 10
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Best of Fests
Panorama
Paulien Oltheten
Ferne Pearlstein
La vie à venir Claudio Capanna
Kapitalism
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 6 min If you look closely enough, even something as mundane as morning exercises can convey a germ of political resistance. sa 26 14:00 EYE Cinema 2
Kids & Docs Competition
Kids & Docs Competition 1 International children’s documentaries: 1Minute Nature, Lutwi, When I Hear the Birds Sing, Thea, Black Sheep, Crowley Every Cowboy Needs His Horse 135’. The films are English subtitled or English spoken. su 20 12:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 11:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 11:30 Tuschinski 4
Kids & Docs Competition
Kids & Docs Competition 2
Children’s documentaries: 1Minute Nature, Che!, Rocknrollers, Jesser and the Sugarcane, Naomi’s Secret, Spotlight on Merna 150’. sa 19 13:30 Tuschinski 2 Dutch audience only we 23 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 Live dubbing th 24 13:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 10:30 Tuschinski 5 Live dubbing
Best of Fests
Kiki
Sara Jordenö
Sweden, USA, 2016, DCP, 94 min This peek into New York’s extravagant Kiki scene, where young LGBTQ people fight for respect and acceptance, is a feast for the eyes. we 16 12:00 Munt 11 mo 21 21:30 EYE Cinema 1 [Ext. Q&A, Queer Day] tu 22 10:00 Tuschinski 1 th 24 21:15 De Balie – Grote Zaal fr 25 18:00 Munt 10
Sergei Loznitsa’s Top 10
Koma
Nijole Adomenaite, Boris Gorlov
Russia, 1989, 35mm, 62 min In the inhumane Gulag camps, which are depicted with brutal realism, Maria will have to choose between her child and the man she loves. th 17 12:15 EYE Cinema 2 tu 22 21:30 EYE Cinema 2
The Last Laugh
Life to Come
USA, 2016, DCP, 89 min When does a joke go too far? Leading comedy writers, producers and comics discuss the boundaries of good humor. we 16 21:30 Munt 9 mo 21 13:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 21:45 Munt 12 th 24 15:45 EYE Cinema 1
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective
Letter
Best of Fests
Pismo Sergei Loznitsa
Russia, The Netherlands, 2012, DCP, 21 min The sound is muted, the images out of focus. The inhabitants move like ghosts across the fields in this impression of a psychiatric institution ina Russian village. we 16 16:45 Tuschinski 5 we 23 10:00 Tuschinski 6
Shifting Perspectives
A Letter to Nelson Mandela 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. fr 18 13:00 Kleine Komedie [Extended Q&A] th 24 19:00 Podium Mozaïek
Panorama
Letters from Baghdad
Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum
USA, England, France, 2016, DCP, 95 min A documentary about Gertrude Bell, an influential British archeologist who played a key role in redrawing Middle Eastern borders in the aftermath of World War I. su 20 13:30 Tuschinski 1 [Extended Q&A] mo 21 15:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 24 13:15 Munt 13 fr 25 11:30 Munt 11
Music Documentary
Life, Animated Roger Ross Williams
USA, 2016, DCP, 91 min The inspirational story of an autistic boy named Owen, who learns to understand the world around him through Disney cartoons. we 16 14:30 Munt 11 sa 19 10:00 Tuschinski 1 we 23 21:30 Munt 10 sa 26 21:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
The Quiet Eye
Light Year
Ljusår Mikael Kristersson
Sweden, 2008, ProRes, 101 min Nature documentary filmmaker Mikael Kristersson captures the four seasons in his lush Swedish garden, allowing us to make new discoveries amid the bustle. su 27 12:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Feature-Length Competition
Like Dew in the Sun IP Comme la rosée au soleil Peter Entell
Switzerland, 2016, DCP, 108 min Documentary filmmaker Peter Entell is the engaged outsider as he asks why Ukraine, the land of his forebears, is so often embroiled in war. th 17 16:00 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] fr 18 19:00 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] tu 22 16:30 Munt 11 th 24 18:00 Munt 9 fr 25 21:30 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 12:30 EYE Cinema 1
Sergei Loznitsa’s Top 10
Liberation Day IP
Morten Traavik, Ugis Olte
Norway, Latvia, 2016, DCP, 100 min A documentary musical about the first ever rock concert in North Korea, performed by the perhaps least expected stars—ex-Yugoslavian art-rockers Laibach. sa 19 19:30 Melkweg Rabozaal [ +Live Performance] su 20 19:00 Munt 12 th 24 18:30 Munt 10 su 27 16:15 Tuschinski 4
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Belgium, 2016, DCP, 75 min While the medical staff does all it can to save the premature twins Eden and Léandro, their mother Laurence steers a course between hope and despair. we 16 15:30 Munt 12 th 17 10:00 Munt 10 sa 19 12:15 Munt 9 tu 22 22:30 Tuschinski 3
A Little Monastery in Tuscany
Un petit monastère en Toscane Otar Iosseliani
France, 1988, Betacam SP PAL, 54 min A portrait of the everyday lives of five Augustinian monks in a small monastery, the inhabitants of the surrounding countryside and residents of a nearby town in Tuscany. th 17 15:15 Tuschinski 6 th 24 10:00 Tuschinski 6
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Living with Giants IP
Shifting Perspectives
Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet
Mid-Length Competition
France, Switzerland, Germany, 1990, video, 69 min A personal, groundbreaking analysis of the way politicians and the Western media manipulated the public image of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. th 17 14:15 Kleine Komedie th 24 14:00 Podium Mozaïek fr 25 21:30 Tolhuistuin
Canada, 2016, DCP, 78 min Paulusie is a 17-year-old Inuit who longs for independence. A sudden mistake leads to tragic developments in this dreamy coming-of-age story. th 17 21:00 Tuschinski 5 fr 18 14:15 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 22:30 Munt 9 th 24 15:15 Munt 11 sa 26 10:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Long Live Benjamin WP Jimm Lasser, Biff Butler
USA, 2016, DCP, 60 min Life changes forever for artist Allen Hirsch when he adopts an orphaned monkey. A dramatic story about the deep bond between man and ape. fr 18 18:00 Tuschinski 3 su 20 17:15 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] su 20 22:30 Munt 11 mo 21 19:30 Tuschinski 5 th 24 22:45 Munt 9 fr 25 19:30 Munt 9
Best of Fests
LoveTrue Alma Har’el
Israel, USA, 2016, DCP, 82 min A poetic portrait of three young Americans who discover in different ways that true love is an illusion. we 16 19:15 Munt 9 th 17 14:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 18 11:15 Tuschinski 2 we 23 15:00 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 20:30 Tuschinski 1
Sergei Loznitsa’s Top 10
Lullaby
Dziga Vertov
Russia, 1937, 35mm, 58 min One of the last films by editing maestro Dziga Vertov, this documentary is dedicated to “the women of the Soviet Union”—it features both radiant mothers, and of course Stalin. th 17 15:00 EYE Cinema 2 th 24 17:00 EYE Cinema 2
Lumumba: la mort du prophète Raoul Peck
Kids & Docs Competition
Lutwi
Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier
Germany, 2016, DCP, 29 min For the last four years, 12-year-old Lutwi has been living in Germany, but no one knows whether he’ll be allowed to stay. su 20 12:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 11:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 11:30 Tuschinski 4
Feature-Length & Assembling Reality
Machines WP Rahul Jain
India, Germany, Finland, 2016, DCP, 71 min A mesmerizing, rhythmic portrait of everyday life for workers at a textile factory in India. There is enchanting beauty here, but the film also reveals deplorable conditions. th 17 18:45 Munt 11 fr 18 14:00 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] fr 18 19:30 EYE Cinema 2 [Extended Q&A] tu 22 17:15 Tuschinski 1 th 24 22:45 Tuschinski 4 sa 26 18:30 Munt 9
Music Documentary
The Man from Mo’Wax Matthew Jones
England, 2016, DCP, 108 min A dazzling documentary about the rise, fall and resurrection of James Lavelle, the argumentative Mo’ Wax label boss, talent scout,deejay and all-around troublemaker. fr 18 15:00 Melkweg Rabozaal sa 19 21:45 Tuschinski 3 th 24 21:00 Munt 10 fr 25 15:45 Munt 13
Panorama
The Man Without a Mask Roger Ross Williams
USA, 2016, DCP, 14 min A moving portrait of Cassandro, a flamboyant lucha libre wrestler who found salvation from a turbulent past in this extremely tough sport. mo 21 21:15 Munt 13 tu 22 13:15 Tuschinski 4 we 23 22:15 Munt 9 th 24 16:00 Tuschinski 6 th 24 17:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 15:00 Tuschinski 5
Best of Fests
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
USA, 2016, DCP, 108 min The only thing more controversial than the work of world-famous homoerotic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was his life. we 16 14:30 Munt 9 fr 18 17:45 Munt 9 mo 21 11:00 EYE Cinema 1 [ Queer Day] tu 22 22:00 Tuschinski 2 [NTR Avond van de Wolf] th 24 21:45 Tuschinski 1
Masterclass
Masterclass Sergei Loznitsa Director Sergei Loznitsa will talk with Hans Maarten van den Brink about his own films, his Top 10 selection and sound design in documentary. Supported by the Dutch Cultural Media Fund. fr 18 13:00 Tuschinski 1
Best of Fests
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack
USA, 2016, DCP, 114 min Poet, author and civil rights activist Maya Angelou (1928-2014), a champion of equal rights for African Americans, looks back on her turbulent life. th 17 15:00 Melkweg Rabozaal mo 21 11:45 Munt 10 tu 22 17:00 Tuschinski 2 [NTR Avond van de Wolf] fr 25 19:00 Podium Mozaïek
IDFA DocLab Competition
Meat Puppet Arcade WP Matt Romein, Joseph Mango
USA, 2016, cross‑platform The 3-D scanner as a portal to the virtual space. Play with true-to-life replicas of the artist’s body.
Screening during DocLab Live: The Best of Awkward Tech sa 19 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal [Live] Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Program Guide
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Plastic China
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IDFAcademy Results A Memory in Three Acts WP Uma memória em três atos Inadelso Cossa
Mozambique, 2016, DCP, 64 min In a poetic tale, different people who were involved in the bloody struggle for independence in Mozambique tell their side of the story. th 17 20:00 Munt 9 fr 18 10:45 Kleine Komedie [Extended Q&A] mo 21 11:00 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] tu 22 13:30 Munt 12 th 24 16:00 Podium Mozaïek
Shifting Perspectives
Men of Gold Vincent Moloi
South Africa, 2006, DCP, 54 min A melancholy portrait of a white South African scrounger surviving on the streets of Johannesburg. th 17 16:15 Kleine Komedie [Extended Q&A] tu 22 15:15 Munt 12
Paradocs
Minispectacles Albuquerque Straight EP Maarit Suomi-Väänänen
Finland, USA, 2016, DCP, 7 min Six cinematographic haikus about a man with a lynx in his motel room. Less a story than a sequence of hints, it is nonetheless complete. fr 18 21:00 Tuschinski 6 su 20 14:45 Tuschinski 5 we 23 19:45 Tuschinski 5 th 24 15:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 21:00 EYE Cinema 2
Feature-Length & Dutch & Assembling Reality
Miss Kiet’s Children WP
De kinderen van juf Kiet Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 115 min A moving portrait of a class of migrant children at a primary school in a Dutch village. Under the wing of their teacher Miss Kiet, they learn Dutch, fight, fall in love and process their traumas. fr 18 10:00 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 16:00 Tuschinski 1 su 20 15:30 EYE Cinema 2 [Extended Q&A] tu 22 21:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 we 23 17:30 Munt 9 fr 25 21:15 De Balie – Grote Zaal
Program Guide
DocLab: Elastic Reality
Student Competition
Floris Kaayk
Celina Escher
The Modular Body The Netherlands, 2016, cross‑platform Marvel at this science fiction perspective. You can assemble this story about a biologist who clicks organs together by clicking on the different elements online.
Screening during DocLab Live: Orchestrated Individuals ma 21 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal [Live] Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Feature-Length & Assembling Reality
Mogadishu Soldier WP Torstein Grude
Norway, Finland, Denmark, 2016, DCP, 88 min For a year, two soldiers filmed the danger, banality, humanity and inhumanity of their peacekeeping mission in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. sa 19 11:45 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 20:45 Tuschinski 2 su 20 19:00 EYE Cinema 2 [Extended Q&A] fr 25 18:45 Tuschinski 2 sa 26 12:00 Munt 10 su 27 11:45 EYE Cinema 2
Best of Fests
Monster in the Mind Jean Carper
USA, 2016, DCP, 87 min With a sense of perspective, octogenarian medical journalist Jean Carper investigates the state of research into Alzheimer’s disease and her own chances of developing this feared condition. we 16 13:15 Munt 10 su 20 17:30 Tuschinski 4 mo 21 13:45 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] tu 22 14:45 Tuschinski 1 fr 25 22:30 Munt 10
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Mothership Goes to Brazil Josefin Arnell
Sweden, The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 28 min In this candid portrait of a loving but abrasive relationship, filmmaker Josefin Arnell takes her alcoholic mother to a healer in Brazil, but he turns out to be hospitalized. sa 26 14:00 EYE Cinema 2
Motriz WP
Cuba, 2016, DCP, 13 min In her tiny Cuban shop, Maria repairs household appliances and chats to her customers and neighbors about her life and work. th 17 18:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 18 21:30 Munt 10 mo 21 13:15 Munt 9 th 24 10:15 Tuschinski 3
Shorts
Music Shorts
Compilation of short films about classical music. With: The Pit, Right Side of Cello and Joe’s Violin, 120 min. th 17 21:15 Munt 13 sa 19 10:45 Melkweg – Cinema su 20 12:30 Munt 9 th 24 12:45 Tuschinski 3
Panorama
My Daughter Nora Ma fille Nora Jasna Krajinovic
Belgium, France, 2016, DCP, 16 min The testimony of a mother, filmed to persuade young people not to go to Syria—as Samira’s eldest daughter did. th 17 16:30 Munt 11 su 20 22:00 Munt 9 tu 22 13:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 25 20:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal [ Vice Night] sa 26 22:45 Tuschinski 6
Panorama
My Father and My Mother WP An die an niang Bo Jiao
China, 2016, DCP, 88 min The life of a simple Chinese couple, documented in thousands of photographs and many hours of video footage taken over a 30-year period by their son, a well-known photographer. sa 19 14:45 Tuschinski 5 we 23 18:45 Tuschinski 4 th 24 18:00 Tuschinski 2 su 27 16:30 Munt 12
Student Competition
My Friend, Yaniv WP Maayan Schwartz
Israel, 2016, DCP, 45 min A funny but acerbic portrait of 28-year-old Yaniv, whose fragile, wheelchair-bound frame harbors a lively, rebellious spirit. th 17 18:15 Munt 12 fr 18 14:30 Munt 10 sa 19 13:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 25 12:00 Tuschinski 6
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First Appearance & Shifting Perspectives
Kids & Docs Competition
DocLab: Elastic Reality
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective
Naomi’s geheim Saskia Gubbels
Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton, James Spinney
Sergei Loznitsa
Naomi’s Secret WP
Notes on Blindness VR
France, England, 2016, cross‑platform, 25 min What’s it like to be blind? Notes on Blindless is an enchanting, award-winning interactive VR experience, based on the audio diary of author and theologian John Hull. On-site reservation required.
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 15 min Naomi is an optimistic teenager who faithfully visits her mother at the mental health unit where she lives. For the first time, she decides to bring her best friend Sam along with her. sa 19 13:30 Tuschinski 2 Dutch audience only we 23 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 Live dubbing th 24 13:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 10:30 Tuschinski 5 Live dubbing
Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Best of Fests
Paradocs
Sonia Kennebeck
Novembro dezembro Bruno Jorge
National Bird USA, Germany, 2016, DCP, 92 min Three American veterans tell all about the drone attacks in which they participated. They are traumatized, angry and racked with guilt. su 20 17:30 Tuschinski 2 mo 21 11:45 Tuschinski 1 we 23 18:30 De Balie – Grote Zaal
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
November December WP
Brazil, 2016, DCP, 23 min In this portrait of a young couple in a crumbling relationship, the atmosphere is as hallucinatory as it is oppressive. sa 19 20:45 Tuschinski 6 mo 21 18:15 Munt 12 th 24 18:15 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 21:00 Tuschinski 5
The New Dress
Feature-Length Competition
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 21 min An elderly missionary looks back on her time withthe Asmat peoplein New Guinea, seeming only now to realize the impact of these experiences. sa 26 14:00 EYE Cinema 2
Zaradasht Ahmed
Roy Villevoye, Jan Dietvorst
IDFA DocLab Competition
News Globus IP
Charles Gedeon, Sena Partal, Mikio Kiura, Bjørn Karmann
Denmark, 2016, cross‑platform Travel the globe and let the world news help you discover surprising connections between places that are close together or far apart.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Masters
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing
USA, 2016, DCP, 91 min A biographical portrait of Norman Lear, whose popular sitcoms such as All in the Family dealt with sensitive issues in 1970s America. we 16 21:30 Tuschinski 5 th 17 21:00 Tuschinski 3 we 23 15:15 Munt 11 fr 25 13:30 EYE Cinema 2
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Nowhere to Hide WP Norway, Sweden, 2016, DCP, 86 min A disturbing war report by an Iraqi father and male nurse who is forced to flee when his home city is occupied by IS. sa 19 18:30 Munt 9 su 20 11:45 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] tu 22 18:30 Tuschinski 6 we 23 16:45 EYE Cinema 2 fr 25 16:45 Tuschinski 2 su 27 11:45 Munt 13
The Old Jewish Cemetery The Netherlands, Latvia, 2015, DCP, 20 min An homage to the vanished Jewish cemetery in Riga. Loznitsa is returning to this place its memory and history by showing what’s no longer there. we 16 16:45 Tuschinski 5 we 23 10:00 Tuschinski 6
Best of Fests
On Call
La permanence Alice Diop
France, 2016, DCP, 97 min At the consulting service for immigrants at the Avicenne Hospital in suburban Paris, we observe the sorrow and powerlessness of the immigrants who come here. we 16 16:00 Tuschinski 2 th 17 13:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 18 11:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 24 10:45 Tuschinski 5 fr 25 19:45 Munt 12
Panorama
On the Bridge of Death and Life WP
Auf der Brücke von Tod und Leben Lola Jia Liu
Germany, 2016, DCP, 98 min On a bridge on the Yangtze River, Chen Si saves people from committing suicide. They tell their stories with rare candor. fr 18 19:15 Munt 10 we 23 22:00 Tuschinski 3 th 24 18:30 Munt 12 fr 25 13:00 Tuschinski 3
Shifting Perspectives
Panorama
Ezra Edelman
Hollie Fifer
O.J.: Made in America
USA, 2016, DCP, 468 min An American tragedy involving race, fame, the media and justice, based on the rise and fall of the legendary American football player O.J. Simpson. sa 19 10:30 Kleine Komedie [Extended Q&A]
Panorama
The Offended IP
Los ofendidos Marcela Zamora Chamorro
El Salvador, Mexico, 2016, DCP, 83 min An urgent, personal story of the mistreatment of so-called subversive elements in 1980s El Salvador that breaks the silence of two generations. fr 18 11:15 Tuschinski 5 we 23 19:45 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 18:15 Munt 13 su 27 14:00 Munt 10
The Opposition WP Australia, 2016, DCP, 76 min A self-sufficient community in Papua New Guinea fights to block the construction of a luxury resort, but is thwarted by a baffling web of corruption scandals. tu 22 19:15 Tuschinski 5 we 23 20:15 Munt 9 th 24 11:00 Tuschinski 4 su 27 12:30 Munt 9
Oxfam Novib Selection
Oxfam Novib Selection: 4.1 Miles & Bolingo. The Forest of Love
Screening followed by a talk with Bahram Sadeghi and several guests at the table. tu 22 19:30 Tuschinski 1 [ Oxfam-Novib Lecture]
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Oxfam Novib Selection: Delicate Balance
Screening followed by talk with Marcia Luyten. mo 21 19:30 Tuschinski 1 [ Oxfam-Novib Lecture]
Oxfam Novib Selection
Oxfam Novib Selection: Seed: the Untold Story
Screening followed by a talk with Isolde Hallensleben, Sacha de Boer and several guests at the table. we 23 19:30 Tuschinski 1 [ Oxfam-Novib Lecture]
Oxfam Novib Sessions
Oxfam Novib Sessions: Humans on the Move Part II
A special program in which we are using film clips to discuss the issues around people on the move. The session is led by Bahram Sadeghi. Limited seating, ticket required. tu 22 10:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Student Competition
Paper Stars WP Inna Omelchenko
Russia, 2016, DCP, 41 min Thirteen-year-old Alina makes new friends at summer camp, falls in love and shares secrets. But bonding doesn’t come as easily to everyone. th 17 17:30 Tuschinski 4 fr 18 17:30 Tuschinski 4 su 20 11:00 EYE Cinema 2 sa 26 17:15 Tuschinski 5
Dutch Competition
Passage – A Boatmovie WP Jascha de Wilde, Ben Hendriks
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 55 min Hitch a ride on a cargoship to the south of France in this playful, ever-changing “boat movie” on three screens. fr 18 12:30 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] su 20 15:00 EYE Cinema 1 tu 22 13:15 Munt 10 we 23 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 fr 25 13:00 Tuschinski 5
Panorama
The Passing Years WP Verloop van jaren John Albert Jansen
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 78 min Dutch author and poet Remco Campertallowed the cameras to film his everyday life for a year.Daily habits alternate with reflections on life, love and death. su 20 16:30 Tuschinski 1 tu 22 11:15 Munt 10 th 24 13:15 Tuschinski 1 fr 25 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Program Guide
Panorama
The Quiet Eye
Elvira Diaz
Un lugar llamado Lloyd Sebastian Cordes
El patio WP France, Chile, 2016, DCP, 82 min In the 1970s, Chilean gravediggers had to bury hundreds of desaparecidos in secret. Two of them tell their story to a younger colleague. fr 18 19:30 Tuschinski 4 sa 19 19:30 Tuschinski 3 mo 21 14:45 Munt 10 fr 25 14:15 Munt 12 su 27 10:00 Munt 10
Panorama
The Pearl of Africa EP Jonny von Wallström
Sweden, 2016, DCP, 75 min The cheerful, courageous Cleo undergoes the physically and emotionally drastic transition from man to woman in spite of the deadly situation in Uganda. th 17 20:00 Tuschinski 4 mo 21 16:00 EYE Cinema 1 [Ext. Q&A, Queer Day] we 23 17:15 Munt 13 fr 25 10:00 Munt 10
Student Competition
per song
Dongwu yuan Shuchang Xie
Germany, 2016, DCP, 73 min A pensive black-and-white film based on the intimate conversations of five Chinese friends, who wish each other well but are also each other’s competitors. mo 21 16:00 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 14:30 Munt 13 fr 25 11:15 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 12:00 Munt 13
Best of Fests
Peshmerga
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France, 2016, DCP, 92 min In an unlikely pairing, a prominent French intellectual joins a battalion of fearless Kurdish freedom fighters as they go to war against IS in Iraq. fr 18 16:30 EYE Cinema 2 sa 19 12:45 Tuschinski 1 [Extended Q&A] su 20 15:00 Munt 9 we 23 20:30 Podium Mozaïek sa 26 15:00 EYE Cinema 1
Music Documentary
The Pit WP
Yama Anton Yaremchuk
Ukraine, 2016, DCP, 26 min A critical teacher and an out-of-time orchestra cause headaches for an aspiring conductor named Denis: will he graduate successfully from Ukraine’s National Music Academy? th 17 21:15 Munt 13 sa 19 10:45 Melkweg – Cinema su 20 12:30 Munt 9 th 24 12:45 Tuschinski 3
FILMS A TO Z
Oxfam Novib Selection
A Place Called Lloyd IP Denmark, 2015, ProRes, 80 min A quiet portrait of a bankrupt airline and its employees, who faithfully continue to turn up for work. sa 26 12:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
First Appearance Competition
Planeta Petrila WP Andrei Dascalescu
Romania, 2016, DCP, 90 min In a Romanian mining town, an artist and ex-miner uses art and absurdism in a struggle to keep history alive. sa 19 15:30 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 20:45 Munt 9 su 20 20:15 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 15:15 EYE Cinema 1 th 24 15:30 Munt 13 sa 26 13:15 Munt 12
First Appearance Competition
Plastic China WP Su liao wang guo Jiu-liang Wang
China, 2016, DCP, 81 min Yi Jie and her family live next to a primitive recycling plant. Her world consists of mountains of plastic waste from Europe, the United States and Asia. su 20 11:45 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] su 20 20:00 Tuschinski 2 tu 22 14:00 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] we 23 15:15 Munt 9 fr 25 16:15 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 19:00 Munt 10
Panorama
Priorat IP
David Fernandez de Castro
Spain, 2016, DCP, 69 min How five idealists made the poor, underprivileged Catalan region of Priorat into one of the best wine regions in the world. su 20 21:45 Tuschinski 5 tu 22 11:45 Munt 9 fr 25 16:15 Munt 10 su 27 16:45 Tuschinski 5
Masters
Prison Sisters WP Nima Sarvestani
Sweden, 2016, DCP, 90 min After being released from prison in Afghanistan, Sara seeks asylum in Sweden amid concerns for her best friend and former cellmate Najibeh back home. mo 21 21:00 Tuschinski 2 we 23 22:15 Munt 11 th 24 14:15 Munt 12 fr 25 10:00 Munt 12 su 27 12:15 Tuschinski 6
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Singing with Angry Bird IDFAcademy Results
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Dutch Competition
Best of Fests
Melanie Bonajo
Reber Dosky
Tomas Koolhaas
Progress vs Regress WP The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 54 min Sometimes serious, usually with light-hearted humor, Bonajo questions a group ofcentenarianabout their lives, new inventions, selfiesand technology. fr 18 18:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 17:00 Tuschinski 5 th 24 20:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 25 17:45 Tuschinski 5
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Promise Prohibited Promesa prohibida Mauricio Limón
Mexico, 2014, DCP, 20 min Captured in slow shots, this story of a love triangle is as unclear as the hybrid landscape it takes place in. fr 25 16:00 EYE Cinema 2
Masters
The Promise
Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger
Germany, USA, 2016, DCP, 117 min A fascinating analysis of the love between two students in Virginia and the horrific murder of the woman’s parents in 1985. Who fell into whose trap? we 16 20:15 Tuschinski 3 fr 18 15:00 EYE Cinema 1 [VPRO Extra] sa 19 21:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 24 15:15 Munt 9 fr 25 13:45 Tuschinski 2
Dutch Competition
IDFAcademy Results A Quiet Place WP Hier is het nooit stil Sjoerd Oostrik
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 81 min Three boys in a juvenile detention center try to survive as they grapple with themselves and the prison rules. fr 18 13:15 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 21:30 Munt 11 tu 22 17:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal we 23 10:00 Tuschinski 2 sa 26 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
DocLab: Elastic Reality
Radical Love
Heather Dewey-Hagborg
USA, 2016, cross‑platform On the basis of her DNA, artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg created two life-size 3-D portraits of jailed WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Program Guide
Radio Kobanî WP The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 72 min After the liberationfights against IS, youngKurdischreporter Dilovanstarts a radiostationamidst the ruins of her hometownKobani. th 17 10:45 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] fr 18 18:00 Munt 11 su 20 21:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 mo 21 22:00 Tuschinski 1 tu 22 15:45 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 16:15 Podium Mozaïek
Rem
USA, The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 75 min Tomas Koolhaas presents a portrait of his famous father, the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, and some of the iconic buildings he has designed around the world. th 17 17:00 Munt 10 mo 21 11:00 Munt 11 tu 22 17:45 Tuschinski 4 th 24 19:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 25 20:30 EYE Cinema 1
Panorama
Student Competition
Maceo Frost
Husker du meg? Ragnhild Nøst Bergem
Raised by Krump USA, 2016, DCP, 21 min A fascinating and gorgeous journey into krumping, the street dance with which dancers channel their anger, frustration and aggression. th 17 15:30 Tuschinski 4 sa 19 22:00 Tuschinski 4 we 23 21:45 EYE Cinema 2 th 24 15:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 21:30 Podium Mozaïek sa 26 16:00 Munt 13
Masters
Rats EP
Morgan Spurlock
USA, 2016, DCP, 89 min An investigative horror-doc about our hostile relationship with rats. How should we go about eradicating these spreaders of disease? Is there anyone who values them? fr 18 22:30 Tuschinski 1 sa 19 21:45 EYE Cinema 2 we 23 13:15 Munt 9 fr 25 22:45 Tuschinski 3
Best of Fests
Raving Iran
Susanne Regina Meures
Switzerland, 2016, DCP, 84 min “Underground” isn’t a hip term in Iran but a bitter reality, as we learn in this raw, poetic reportage on a crucial phase in the lives of two techno deejays from Tehran. we 16 17:00 Munt 9 sa 19 11:30 Melkweg Rabozaal we 23 12:15 Tuschinski 2
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective
Remember Me? IP Norway, 2016, DCP, 35 min Siri is in her early forties and has early-onset dementia. What’s left when your memories are gone? mo 21 18:45 Tuschinski 3 tu 22 21:00 Munt 10 fr 25 22:00 Munt 12 sa 26 10:15 Tuschinski 4
Best of Fests
Reset
Relève Alban Teurlai, Thierry Demaizière
France, 2015, DCP, 110 min Passion under pressure of time—the creation of a new, innovative dance piece at the revered Paris Opera. th 17 12:00 Melkweg Rabozaal sa 19 12:45 Munt 11 su 20 21:45 Tuschinski 1 th 24 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 su 27 12:45 Munt 11
IDFA DocLab Competition
The Resistance of Honey WP Peter Boyd Maclean
England, 2016, cross‑platform, 9 min Bioni Samp’s bees don’t just make honey—they also make music. A fascinating, mind-expanding glimpse into the exceptional world inside the beehive. On-site reservation required.
Screening during DocLab Live: Immersive Showcase tu 22 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal [Live] Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Reflections. Director’s Cut Sergei Loznitsa
France, The Netherlands, 2014, DCP, 17 min Photographs of Sarajevo during the siege in 1992 are superimposed on footage of the city in 2014. Past and present, war and peace are brought face to face. we 16 16:45 Tuschinski 5 we 23 10:00 Tuschinski 6
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First Appearance Competition
First Appearance Competition
Carlo Guillermo Proto
Dmitrii Kalashnikov
Resurrecting Hassan IP Canada, Chile, 2016, DCP, 100 min An intimate portrait of a blind family struggling with the loss of their son Hassan. The one thing they long for is to bring him back to life. th 17 16:15 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 16:45 Tuschinski 1 tu 22 22:00 EYE Cinema 1 we 23 13:30 Munt 12 th 24 17:45 Munt 13 sa 26 16:15 Munt 10
The Road Movie WP
Belarus, Russia, Serbia, BosniaHerzegovina, Croatia, 2016, DCP, 67 min Adventures on the Russian highway as recorded by dashboard cameras reveal the nature of Russia, which is both absurd and frightening. fr 18 18:15 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] su 20 19:45 Tuschinski 3 tu 22 21:15 De Balie – Grote Zaal we 23 20:00 Munt 11 sa 26 14:45 Tuschinski 4
Mid-Length Competition
Best of Fests
Zahavi Sanjavi
Michele Santoro
The Return WP
Sweden, 2016, DCP, 54 min In this portrait of perseverance in the midst of insurmountable grief, a nurse named Shilan returns to a refugee camp for Yezidis in Iraqi Kurdistan. fr 18 16:30 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 17:45 EYE Cinema 1 [Extended Q&A] we 23 21:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 26 12:30 Podium Mozaïek su 27 14:45 Tuschinski 5
Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective
Revue
Sergei Loznitsa
Germany, Russia, Ukraine, 2008, 35mm, 82 min The glorious Soviet utopia of 1960 is brought to life in a montage of propaganda footage celebrating smiling workers, poetry readings and rocket launches. we 16 18:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 10:00 Tuschinski 6
Masters
The Ride of Their Lives Steve James
USA, 2016, DCP, 15 min Rhyder is only eight years old, but is already taking part in the rodeo world championship—a perilous sport. th 17 15:30 Tuschinski 4 we 23 21:45 EYE Cinema 2 th 24 15:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 16:00 Munt 13
Music Documentary
Right Side of Cello IP Wariacja na wiolonczele solo Aleksandra Rek
Poland, 2016, DCP, 37 min A portrait of the successful young Polish cellist Dominik Polonski, who after several brain surgeries builds a new life around his family and his beloved instrument. th 17 21:15 Munt 13 sa 19 10:45 Melkweg – Cinema su 20 12:30 Munt 9 th 24 12:45 Tuschinski 3
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The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America Paul Dugdale
USA, England, 2016, DCP, 105 min A sparkling recording of the recent Rolling Stones tour of Latin America and Cuba—one of the few places the rockers hadn’t yet played. sa 19 22:15 Carré[ +Live Performance] su 20 21:00 Melkweg Rabozaal th 24 11:00 Munt 9 sa 26 22:30 Tuschinski 1
Robinù IP
Panorama
Italy, 2016, DCP, 97 min An atmospheric, beautifully shot portrait of the poor, gang-ridden neighborhoods of Naples and the families who struggle there. fr 18 16:45 Munt 10 su 20 13:00 Munt 10 mo 21 20:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal fr 25 22:30 EYE Cinema 1
Thomas Lennon
Panorama
Sacred EP
USA, Japan, 2016, DCP, 86 min Shot by more than 40 filmmaking teams around the world, this isa global exploration of the role of prayer and ritual as they relate to the life cycle. fr 18 15:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 19 10:00 Tuschinski 5 tu 22 22:15 Tuschinski 1 sa 26 10:30 Munt 9
Panorama
The Rock
Sacred Water
Bard Hamid Jafari
Iran, 2015, DCP, 25 min A serene visual poem about a woman who runs a primitive quarry in the desolate Iranian desert. we 16 18:15 Tuschinski 4 th 17 12:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal tu 22 20:45 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 15:30 Munt 12
Kids & Docs & Music Documentary
IDFAcademy Results Rocknrollers Rocknrollertjes Daan Bol
L’Eau sacrée Olivier Jourdain
Belgium, 2016, DCP, 56 min A playful ode to the female orgasm in Rwanda from the perspective of a radiodeejay with a mission. fr 18 20:00 Munt 11 mo 21 15:45 Munt 11 tu 22 13:45 EYE Cinema 1 we 23 11:45 Munt 12
Best of Fests
Santoalla
Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 25 min A moving coming-of-age story about depression and the beneficial, healing effects of music and friendship. sa 19 13:30 Tuschinski 2 Dutch audience only we 23 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 Live dubbing th 24 13:00 Tuschinski 5 th 24 17:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 10:30 Tuschinski 5 Live dubbing
USA, 2016, DCP, 82 min A true crime film investigating the mysterious disappearance of Dutchman Martin Verfondern in the Galician hamlet of Santoalla. we 16 12:30 Tuschinski 4 th 17 11:15 Tuschinski 6 su 20 18:30 Munt 13 mo 21 13:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 24 15:45 Tuschinski 2
Masters
IDFA DocLab Competition
Vitaly Mansky
Eyal Weizman
Rodnye (Close Relations) Latvia, Germany, Estonia, Ukraine, 2016, DCP, 112 min Filmmaker Vitaly Mansky investigates the influence of political unrest in Ukraine, Crimea and Donetsk on his own family. th 17 11:00 Munt 11 mo 21 17:30 Tuschinski 4 tu 22 18:30 De Balie – Grote Zaal th 24 17:15 Tuschinski 4 su 27 12:15 Munt 12
Saydnaya IP
England, 2016, cross‑platform A 3-D reconstruction of the notorious Saydnaya prison in Syria, on the basis of testimony from former prisoners who were held there in fear and darkness. Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
IDFAcademy Results Sealers – One Last Hunt WP Trude Berge Ottersen, Gry Elisabeth Mortensen
Norway, 2016, DCP, 98 min A seasoned Norwegian skipper defies the decline in Norwegian seal hunting and sets off as usual on a treacherous journey through the ice floes. fr 18 10:45 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 20:30 Munt 12 we 23 13:00 Tuschinski 5 fr 25 18:15 Tuschinski 6 su 27 12:00 Tuschinski 4
Best of Fests
Seed: The Untold Story Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz
USA, 2016, DCP, 94 min A celebration of the vitality, diversity and beauty of seeds, and a warning against the powerful forces that threaten this rich heritage. th 17 14:15 EYE Cinema 1 fr 18 12:00 Munt 11 we 23 19:30 Tuschinski 1
[ Oxfam-Novib Selection]
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Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Selfies aan zee Paulien Oltheten
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 1 min This anthropological miniature provides ironic commentary on the phenomenon of the selfie: what’s meant to affirm existence ends in disappearance. sa 26 14:00 EYE Cinema 2
Best of Fests
The Settlers Shimon Dotan
Israel, France, Canada, Germany, 2016, DCP, 110 min The colonists on the West Bank of the Jordan River see themselves as leaders of Israel, but filmmaker Shimon Dotan wonders: where are they leading it? we 16 17:00 Munt 11 th 17 13:45 Tuschinski 1 fr 18 12:00 EYE Cinema 1 th 24 18:15 EYE Cinema 1 fr 25 16:45 Munt 12
Paradocs
Shorts
Johan Grimonprez
Compilation of shorts about Japan. With: Uzu and Gatekeeper, 75 min. su 20 21:45 EYE Cinema 2 tu 22 19:30 Munt 12 th 24 22:00 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 22:30 Munt 13 sa 26 10:00 EYE Cinema 2
Shadow World USA, Belgium, Denmark, 2016, DCP, 90 min Ashocking analysis of the international weapons trade andan emphatic appeal for the courage to go against the prevailing moral grain. th 17 20:00 EYE Cinema 2 [Extended Q&A] fr 18 13:00 Tuschinski 4 sa 19 20:00 De Balie – Grote Zaal
Best of Fests
Shalom Italia EP Tamar Tal-Anati
Israel, Germany, 2016, DCP, 71 min Seventy years later, three Jewish-Italian brothers meet to search in a Tuscan forest for the shelter where they and their parents hid during World War II. th 17 21:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 18 15:45 Munt 9 su 20 22:15 EYE Cinema 1 we 23 10:00 Munt 10 su 27 16:45 Munt 9
The Quiet Eye
Shepherds’ Journey into the Third Millennium Hirtenreise ins Dritte Jahrtausend Erich Langjahr
Switzerland, 2002, ProRes, 124 min Erich Langjahr follows some of the last shepherds in Switzerland. How does this old way of life continue into the modern age? fr 25 12:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Panorama
Shingal, Where Are You? WP Kani Shingal? Angelos Rallis
Greece, Austria, Belgium, 2016, DCP, 103 min Driven from their city by IS, a group of Yezidis desperately try to ransom their kidnapped daughters and hope to return to their home territory. fr 18 22:00 Tuschinski 5 su 20 13:15 Tuschinski 6 we 23 17:45 Munt 12 fr 25 11:15 Munt 13
Shorts
Sho(r)t in America
Compilation of short films about contemporary USA. With: The Ride of their Lives, Wolvesmouth, Raised by Krump and Minispectacles Albuquerque Straight, 90 min. th 24 15:30 Tuschinski 3
Program Guide
FILMS A TO Z
First Appearance Competition
Sho(r)t in Japan
Music Documentary
Shot! The PsychoSpiritual Mantra of Rock Barnaby Clay
USA, 2016, DCP, 98 min Mick Rock is “the man who shot the 1970s.” His famous photos and iconic album covers were largely responsible for establishing the images of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. th 17 18:00 Melkweg Rabozaal we 23 20:30 EYE Cinema 1 fr 25 20:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal [ Vice Night] su 27 16:15 Tuschinski 3
Panorama
Siberian Love WP Olga Delane
Germany, 2016, DCP, 80 min Filmmaker Olga Delane, a single woman from Berlin, returns to the Siberian village where she was born to ask her family what they understand by “love.” sa 19 20:15 Munt 10 tu 22 15:30 Tuschinski 4 we 23 15:00 Munt 13 fr 25 11:00 Tuschinski 3
Panorama
IDFAcademy Results Silent Wilderness WP Stille wildernis Mathijs Vleugels
Belgium, 2016, DCP, 60 min A Belgian couple’s unstinting search for their adopted son Tim, who disappeared without a trace at the age of 26. th 17 19:45 Tuschinski 6 su 20 12:30 Tuschinski 2 th 24 20:30 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 14:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Panorama
IDFAcademy Results Singing with Angry Bird WP Hyewon Jee
South Korea, 2016, DCP, 88 min Atemperamental Korean opera singer leads a choir for children from the slumsin the Indian city of Pune. su 20 20:45 Munt 13 we 23 17:30 Tuschinski 3 th 24 20:30 Munt 9 fr 25 18:15 EYE Cinema 1 sa 26 12:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Site of Sites WP
El sitio de los sitios Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada
Dominican Republic, 2016, DCP, 61 min In a luxury vacation paradise in the Caribbean, minor disruptions create flaws in the illusion of happiness. fr 18 11:30 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 21:15 Munt 13 tu 22 13:15 Tuschinski 4 we 23 22:15 Munt 9 th 24 16:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 15:00 Tuschinski 5
Panorama, Shifting Perspectives
Skulls, of My People WP Vincent Moloi
South Africa, 2016, DCP, 67 min Descendants of Namibian tribes that were deeply affected by German colonial rule fight for the return of their ancestors’ skulls. fr 18 18:45 Kleine Komedie [Extended Q&A] mo 21 14:30 Munt 13 tu 22 19:30 Bijlmer Parktheater fr 25 14:00 Podium Mozaïek sa 26 17:45 Munt 12
IDFA DocLab Competition
Smell Dating
IDFA DocLab Competition
So You Still Sort of Have the Same Number WP Blijkbaar heb je nog ongeveer hetzelfde nummer Nele Eeckhout, Siona Houthuys, Mirke Kist
The Netherlands, Belgium, 2016, cross‑platform, 50 min In this intimate and comforting audio walk, strangers become friends and the people we once knew become strangers. On-site reservation required.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Panorama
Solitary
Kristi Jacobson
USA, 2016, DCP, 82 min A shocking report on life in the permanent isolation cells at one of the strictest prisons in the United States. we 16 21:30 Munt 13 th 17 22:15 Munt 12 su 20 13:00 Tuschinski 4 tu 22 22:15 Tuschinski 4 fr 25 11:15 Munt 9
The Quiet Eye
Tega Brain, Sam Lavigne
South to North Cine-Concert IP
Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
France, 2015, ProRes, 75 min A meditative recording of the surreal Chinese South-North Water Transfer Project, aimed at diverting 200 billion liters of water annually. su 27 16:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Paradocs
Best of Fests
USA, 2015, cross‑platform An online dating service matches subscribers on the basis of their scent. Use your molecular intuition to find out who you really find attractive.
Smoke WP Roy Villevoye
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 45 min Filmmaker Roy Villevoye follows his blind friend Ndo, a member of the Asmat people from New Guinea, as he undergoes an eye operation in Germany. sa 19 20:45 Tuschinski 6 mo 21 18:15 Munt 12 th 24 18:15 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 21:00 Tuschinski 5
Antoine Boutet
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four Deborah Esquenazi
USA, 2016, DCP, 91 min Four lesbian women were wrongfully jailed for child rape. Now free, they fight to clear their names. we 16 12:00 Tuschinski 5 fr 18 15:15 Tuschinski 4 we 23 16:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 25 17:15 Munt 9
Kids & Docs
Spotlight on Merna WP Merna in de spotlight Mirjam Marks
Program Guide
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 15 min Since participating in The Voice Kids, Merna—a refugee from Iraq—has become world famous in her temporary home of Lebanon. sa 19 13:30 Tuschinski 2 Dutch audience only we 23 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 Live dubbing th 24 13:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 10:30 Tuschinski 5 Live dubbing
Feature-Length Competition
Still Tomorrow WP Jian Fan
China, 2016, DCP, 88 min Disabled by cerebral palsy and unhappily married, the painfully frank XiuhuaYu makes a dramatic breakthrough as a poet. Will fame solve her problems? sa 19 18:00 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] tu 22 20:15 Munt 9 we 23 15:15 Tuschinski 5 th 24 22:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 25 21:00 EYE Cinema 2 sa 26 21:15 Tuschinski 2
First Appearance & Dutch Competition
Stranger in Paradise WP Guido Hendrikx
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 72 min A political essay on the absurd dilemmas presented by asylum policies. In a classroom, migrants’ illusions are dashed against the rocks of European arrogance. we 16 20:00 Carré [ by invitation] th 17 12:30 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] fr 18 12:30 Melkweg Rabozaal sa 19 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 th 24 13:15 Munt 11 fr 25 18:30 De Balie – Grote Zaal
Student Competition
Sugar & Spice IP Mi Mi Lwin
Germany, Myanmar, 2016, DCP, 16 min A tender portrait of an elderly married couple—the filmmaker’s parents—in rural Myanmar. They bear their poverty together, each in their own way. tu 22 13:15 Munt 10 we 23 21:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 fr 25 13:00 Tuschinski 5
Shorts
Swingin’ Shorts
Compilation of three energetic shorts. With: The Hanging, The Man Without a Mask and Rocknrollers, 105 min. th 24 17:30 Tuschinski 3
The Quiet Eye
Taimagura Grandma Taimagura baachan Yoshihiko Sumikawa
Japan, 2004, ProRes, 110 min A touching glimpse into the modest life of an elderly but indefatigable couple living high in the mountains of northern Japan. fr 25 16:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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Mid-Length Competition
Best of Fests
Panorama
Shifting Perspectives
Tatiana Huezo
Edward Ellis, Flor Salcedo, Aaron Woolf
Vacances au pays Jean-Marie Teno
Tempestad Mexico, 2016, DCP, 105 min A poetic reconstruction of the stories of two women who fall victim to a corrupt system in which people are a commodity. we 16 18:00 Munt 10 fr 18 11:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 14:00 Munt 11 we 23 21:45 Brakke Grond Expozaal th 24 20:15 Tuschinski 4
Kids & Docs Competition
Thea IP
Halvor Nitteberg
Norway, 2016, DCP, 13 min Black-and-white stills tell the story of Thea, a 12-year-old girl who has severe epileptic seizures. su 20 12:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 11:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 11:30 Tuschinski 4
IDFA DocLab Competition
These Memories Won’t Last Stu Campbell
Australia, 2015, cross‑platform An interactive web animation in which a grandson relates in words and drawn images the eventful life of his grandfather, who is starting to suffer from dementia. Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Best of Fests
Those Who Jump
Les sauteurs Estephan Wagner, Moritz Siebert, Abou Bakar Sidibé
Denmark, 2016, DCP, 80 min The brutal reality of life for African migrants trying to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla, as filmed from within by one of the group. th 17 12:00 Munt 10 sa 19 19:30 EYE Cinema 2 su 20 11:00 Tuschinski 1 th 24 22:00 Munt 11 su 27 14:15 Tuschinski 3
Paradocs
Time Capsule Jan Ijäs
Finland, 2016, DCP, 21 min Artist Louis de Cordierpreserves the samples ofour cultureinan underground library in the Spanish Sierra Nevada. fr 18 18:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 17:00 Tuschinski 5 th 24 20:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 25 17:45 Tuschinski 5
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To Be a Miss IP
Venezuela, USA, 2016, DCP, 84 min Young Venezuelan women hope that beauty contests will offer them an escape from poverty. For everyone else involved, it’s just big business. fr 18 19:45 Tuschinski 3 sa 19 22:45 Tuschinski 6 fr 25 13:15 Munt 9 sa 26 11:45 EYE Cinema 2
Mid-Length & Dutch Competition
To Stay Alive – A Method WP
Overleven – een handleiding Erik Lieshout
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 60 min Iggy Pop reads from Michel Houellebecq’s essay on insanity, survival and art. sa 19 17:00 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 20:30 EYE Cinema 1 mo 21 19:30 Munt 11 tu 22 11:45 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 21:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Shifting Perspectives
Too Black to Be French? Trop noire pour être française? Isabelle Boni-Claverie
France, 2015, DCP, 52 min Filmmaker Isabelle Boni-Claverie examines racism in France on the basis of herlife story and the history of colonialism. fr 18 21:30 Kleine Komedie [Extended Q&A] tu 22 22:45 Bijlmer Parktheater fr 25 16:00 Podium Mozaïek sa 26 21:30 Tolhuistuin
Cameroon, France, Germany, 2000, DCP, 75 min Director Jean-Marie Teno travels to Cameroon and sees how the free market economy is supplanting traditional values. fr 18 15:45 Kleine Komedie [Extended Q&A] th 24 19:00 Tolhuistuin
Student Competition
Turn Over the Stones IP Nir Dvortchin
Israel, 2016, DCP, 29 min Sami lives in a tiny container in the desert. He reads from the countless sensitive letters heonce wrotefrom prison. sa 19 19:30 Tuschinski 4 tu 22 18:00 Munt 9 we 23 11:00 Tuschinski 3 su 27 12:45 Tuschinski 5
The Quiet Eye
Two Years at Sea Ben Rivers
England, 2011, ProRes, 88 min Subtle shifts in light and shade are more important than words in this portrait of a self-sufficient life in the Scottish Highlands. fr 25 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
IDFA DocLab Competition
Tzina: Symphony of Longing WP Shirin Anlen
Best of Fests
Tower
Keith Maitland
USA, 2016, DCP, 82 min A compelling, mainly animated reconstruction of the first ever school shooting, which claimed dozens of victims at Texas University in 1966. we 16 20:30 Munt 10 th 17 18:45 Tuschinski 5 fr 18 11:45 Munt 9 we 23 16:15 Tuschinski 6 fr 25 20:15 Tuschinski 6
Panorama
Trembling Mountain WP Kesang Tseten
A Trip to the Country
Nepal, 2016, DCP, 84 min In the magnificent Langtang Valley in Nepal, survivors of the devastating 2015 earthquakeattempt to rebuild their lives. sa 19 16:15 Tuschinski 6 mo 21 14:15 Tuschinski 3 we 23 19:15 Munt 10 fr 25 13:45 Munt 13
Israel, 2016, cross‑platform A poetic, interactive VR documentary in which the residents of the run-down Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv muse on their lives, loves, longing and loneliness. On-site reservation required. Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Dutch & Music Documentary
Unknown Brood WP Dennis Alink
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 90 min Throughvideo footage shot by Brood himself and moving reminiscences from people who knew him well, welook back at the turbulent life of rock musician and artist Herman Brood. th 17 11:15 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 19:00 Carré [+Live Performance] KPN Presents su 20 17:30 Melkweg Rabozaal [+Live Performance] KPN Presents mo 21 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 tu 22 22:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Dutch Competition
Panorama
Gaspard Kuentz
Als de giraffes komen Marco de Stefanis
Bref manuel de liberation Alexander Kuznetsov
Uzu
Japan, 2015, DCP, 27 min A beautifully framed impression of an astonishing religiousritual that takes place each year in Matsuyama, Japan. su 20 21:45 EYE Cinema 2 tu 22 19:30 Munt 12 th 24 22:00 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 22:30 Munt 13 sa 26 10:00 EYE Cinema 2
First Appearance Competition
Venus WP
Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen
Denmark, Norway, 2016, DCP, 80 min During casting sessions, young women from Copenhagen talk candidly about their sexual experiences and frustrations. th 17 21:30 Tuschinski 2 fr 18 16:15 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] su 20 17:15 Munt 9 mo 21 21:15 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 21:00 Munt 9 sa 26 19:45 Munt 12
Waiting for Giraffes WP The Netherlands, Belgium, 2016, DCP, 84 min Replacing thegiraffes that died during the last intifada is one of the challenges met by veterinarian Dr. Sami, who works in the world’s only zoo in occupied territory. fr 18 22:00 Munt 11 sa 19 14:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 19 14:15 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 11:15 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Music Documentary
Walking in the Opposite Direction WP Marc Waltman
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 96 min Adrian Borland, front man of post-punk band The Sound, suffered from depression for years. Here his life story is told. sa 19 15:00 Melkweg Rabozaal
We’ll Be Alright
France, 2016, DCP, 77 min Yulia and Katia were moved from an orphanage to a psychiatric hospital in Siberia. Now they are trying to gain their freedom. we 16 17:45 Munt 12 th 17 20:15 Munt 12 su 20 22:15 Tuschinski 2 tu 22 11:15 Munt 12 fr 25 12:00 Munt 10
Best of Fests
Weiner
Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
USA, 2016, DCP, 100 min A fly-on-the-wall portrait of ambitious, charismatic American politician Anthony Weiner, whose racy Twitter posts led to political suicide. sa 19 10:30 Tuschinski 2 su 20 11:00 Melkweg Rabozaal
[ +Live Performance] we 23 12:45 EYE Cinema 1 th 24 11:45 Munt 12 sa 26 16:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Paradocs
Screening of films from the VICE Guide to IDFA, followed by drinks. fr 25 20:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Sergei Loznitsa’s Top 10
Shifting Perspectives
England, 1965, video, 48 min A fictional account of a nuclear attack on southern England, which in 1965 abruptly awakened its audience to the threat of nuclear war. we 16 13:00 Tuschinski 6
China, 2016, DCP, 63 min A raw and disturbing document that exposes the methods of the Chinese authorities by allowing them to speak uncensored. we 16 19:15 Tuschinski 5 we 23 21:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 25 15:30 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 20:30 Tuschinski 6
VICE Night
VICE Night at IDFA
Voices
Miguel Peres Dos Santos
The Netherlands, 2015, DCP, 18 min Forgotten images of a black uprising in Curacao form the starting point of this experimental film essay on suppressed Dutch racism. we 16 20:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 18 15:45 Kleine Komedie [Extended Q&A] tu 22 19:30 Bijlmer Parktheater th 24 21:30 Tolhuistuin
Panorama
The Wait WP Emil Langballe
Denmark, 2016, DCP, 55 min The strict Danish asylum policy has very personal consequences when Rokhsar, a fully integrated high school student, is threatened with deportation back to Afghanistan. su 20 18:00 Tuschinski 3 tu 22 13:45 Munt 9 fr 25 13:45 Munt 11 su 27 10:00 EYE Cinema 2
Program Guide
The War Game Peter Watkins
Best of Fests
The War Show
Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon Denmark, 2016, DCP, 100 min The war in Syria seen through the eyes of a courageous radio host and her friends, whom we get to know as playful, free spirits. we 16 19:45 Munt 11 th 17 14:00 Tuschinski 5 fr 18 22:30 Munt 9 th 24 20:45 EYE Cinema 2 sa 26 14:00 Podium Mozaïek
Welcome Huan ying Rikun Zhu
Panorama
IDFAcademy Results Welcome to the Heavenly Earth WP
Welkom op de hemelse aarde Judith de Leeuw
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 55 min Scenes from the life of a marvelous group of friends leading a parallel existence full of wonder, away from society. tu 22 20:00 Tuschinski 3 we 23 16:00 Munt 12 th 24 13:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 26 14:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Music Documentary
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Stephen Kijak
Erkka Nissinen
We Are X
England, Japan, USA, 2016, DCP, 93 min The turbulent history of the incredibly popular Japanese hard rock band X Japan, which paved the way for a subculture of androgynous musicians with colorful hair. th 17 21:00 Melkweg Rabozaal [ +Live Performance] we 23 18:00 EYE Cinema 1 th 24 19:45 Munt 11 su 27 14:30 Munt 9
What Is Community?
Finland, 2016, DCP, 13 min This hilarious social research ends up as a criticism of reality TV. The protagonist-cum-narrator of this stop-motion film ends up on the bonfire. su 27 14:00 EYE Cinema 2
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Panorama
Feature-Length Competition
What We Have Made WP Quelque chose de grand Fanny Tondre
France, 2016, DCP, 71 min A beautiful portrait of a huge construction site where thousands of men work long days among the scaffolding, concrete mixers and their coworkers, sharing good times and bad. su 20 10:00 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 20:15 Tuschinski 4 tu 22 17:45 Tuschinski 3 we 23 17:00 Munt 10 fr 25 22:30 Tuschinski 6 su 27 10:00 Munt 13
Student Competition
Whatever the Weather Bei Wind und Wetter Remo Scherrer
Switzerland, 2015, DCP, 11 min In this sensitive animated movie, Wally looks back at her childhood with an alcoholic mother. fr 18 18:30 Tuschinski 6 tu 22 16:00 Munt 10 we 23 21:15 Tuschinski 2 sa 26 13:15 Tuschinski 5
Kids & Docs Competition
When I Hear the Birds Sing IP
Når jeg hører fuglene synge Trine Vallevik Håbjørg
Norway, 2016, DCP, 8 min A bittersweet animated film in which five children who have fled the Ivory Coast talk about their lives in a refugee camp and their dreams of the future. su 20 12:00 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 11:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 25 11:30 Tuschinski 4
Student Competition
When Will This Wind Stop WP
Kiedy ten wiatr ustanie Aniela Astrid Gabryel
Poland, 2016, DCP, 66 min Four stories of a Crimean Tartar family overlap in this documentary about the Russian occupation of the Crimea. su 20 13:45 Tuschinski 3 tu 22 17:15 Munt 12 we 23 11:00 Munt 13 th 24 11:45 EYE Cinema 2
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Music Documentary
Best of Fests
Paul Fegan
Balad meen? Mohamed Siam
IDFAcademy Results Whose Country?
Where You’re Meant to Be EP Scotland, 2016, DCP, 77 min Arab Strap singer Aidan Moffat travels through beautiful Scotland searching for the roots of Celtic culture and arguing about whether folk songs should be updated. fr 18 18:30 Melkweg Rabozaal [ +Live Performance] sa 19 22:45 Munt 12 mo 21 15:30 Tuschinski 4 we 23 13:15 Munt 11 su 27 12:00 Munt 10
DocLab: Elastic Reality
White Spots, a Journey to the Edge of the Internet WP
Bregtje van der Haak, Richard Vijgen
The Netherlands, 2016, cross‑platform A surprising journey away from the connected world and into the lives of people living in “white spots” without internet or cell phone reception all over the world. On-site reservation required.
Egypt, France, USA, 2016, DCP, 58 min Against the backdrop of revolution, Mohamed Siam gets to knowan officer in Egypt’s feared police force. we 16 18:15 Tuschinski 4 th 17 12:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal tu 22 20:45 Tuschinski 6 we 23 14:45 Tuschinski 2 [Extended Q&A] sa 26 15:30 Munt 12
IDFA DocLab Competition
Wifi Whisperer IP Kyle McDonald
USA, 2016, cross‑platform An installation on the Wi-Fi Whisperer, who in a robot-like voice intones information from Wi-Fi networks, giving a scarily complete impression of us.
Screening during DocLab Live: The Art of Following fr 18 21:15 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal [Live] Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Kids & Docs Competition
First Appearance Competition
Schultersieg Anna Koch
Who We Were IP Dem vi var Sine Skibsholt
Denmark, 2015, DCP, 82 min A Danish couple’s relationship is put to the test by a sudden stroke. Can Kristian and MetteLinemake it through the demanding rehabilitation process together? su 20 20:00 Tuschinski 4 mo 21 12:30 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 16:30 Tuschinski 3 tu 22 21:00 Munt 13 su 27 10:45 Tuschinski 5
Masters
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?
Mi yohav oti achshav Tomer Heymann, Barak Heymann
Israel, England, 2016, DCP, 86 min When Saar finds out he is HIV positive, he decides to reconnect with his family in Israel, who turned their backs on him years ago. we 16 21:30 Tuschinski 2 sa 19 22:15 Munt 13 mo 21 18:30 EYE Cinema 1 [Ext. Q&A, Queer Day] tu 22 13:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 22:00 Munt 12
Win by Fall IP
Germany, 2016, DCP, 82 min For four teenage female wrestlers preparing for competition at a German training boarding school, the path is long and tough. su 20 15:30 Munt 10 mo 21 14:45 Tuschinski 5 we 23 13:45 Tuschinski 4 su 27 10:15 Tuschinski 6
Masters
Wolvesmouth Lucy Walker
USA, 2016, DCP, 15 min A beautiful portrait of Craig Thornton, who overcame a traumatic childhood to become a culinary genius with the prestige of an artist. th 17 15:30 Tuschinski 4 we 23 21:45 EYE Cinema 2 th 24 15:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 26 16:00 Munt 13
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Woman and the Glacier WP Moteris ir ledynas Audrius Stonys
Lithuania, Estonia, 2016, DCP, 56 min A filmic ode to a woman’s choice to live in solitude. For 30 years, a Lithuanian scientist has been conducting climate research at the Tuyuksu Glacier in Kazakhstan. th 17 19:00 EYE Cinema 1 fr 18 15:00 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 14:15 Munt 9 we 23 12:15 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 12:15 Tuschinski 6
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
Work Horse Charlotte Dumas
The Netherlands, 2015, DCP, 13 min An intimate portrait of a pair of draft horses that avoids attributing human qualities to animals, but rather encourages us to imagine life as an animal. fr 25 16:00 EYE Cinema 2
Panorama
Wrestling Alligators IP Andrew Shea
USA, 2016, DCP, 90 min A colorful portrait of James Billie: poet, hunter and charismatic leader of the Seminole Native Americans of Florida. fr 18 19:30 Munt 13 sa 19 12:30 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 22:00 Munt 9 fr 25 15:15 Munt 9
Best of Fests
Wrong Elements Jonathan Littell
France, Germany, Belgium, 2016, DCP, 133 min Three former child soldiers who foughtwith Ugandan rebels return home to rebuild their lives and come to terms with their pasts and their memories. we 16 14:45 Tuschinski 4 fr 18 11:15 Munt 10 sa 19 11:00 Tuschinski 6 th 24 21:15 EYE Cinema 1
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend
WTC
Emma van der Put
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 8 min A dispassionate record of rising tensions in the Noordwijk neighborhood of Brussels as refugees set up a tent camp in front of the World Trade Center. fr 25 16:00 EYE Cinema 2
Program Guide
Panorama
Yezidi Girls WP Reber Dosky
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 14 min A close-up reportage in which three Yezidi adolescent girls talk about their experiences as prisoners of IS. sa 19 17:45 EYE Cinema 1 [Extended Q&A] we 23 21:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 26 16:15 Podium Mozaïek su 27 14:45 Tuschinski 5
Feature-Length Competition
You Have No Idea How Much I Love You IP Nawet nie wiesz, jak bardzo cie kocham Pawel Lozinski
Poland, 2016, DCP, 80 min During a mother and daughter’s intimately filmed sessions with a psychotherapist, blame, grief and anger gradually make way for reconciliation. fr 18 15:45 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 18:30 Tuschinski 2 mo 21 17:30 Munt 11 tu 22 14:45 Tuschinski 5 th 24 22:30 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 16:45 Tuschinski 4
Best of Fests
A Young Girl in Her Nineties
Une jeune fille de 90 ans Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian
France, 2016, DCP, 85 min The famous choreographer Thierry Thieû Niang gives dance lessons to a group of Alzheimer’s patients, bringing hope and rekindling love. sa 19 19:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal [Ext. Q&A] su 20 10:30 Tuschinski 4 tu 22 12:30 Tuschinski 1 we 23 21:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 17:30 Munt 11
Panorama
Zaineb Hates the Snow
Zaineb takrahou athalj Kaouther Ben Hania
Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, France, Qatar, Lebanon, 2016, DCP, 94 min In this intimate portrait of adolescence, a Tunisian girl named Zaineb loses her father in a car accident, and has to get used to a new family in the Canadian snow. we 16 20:30 Munt 12 tu 22 16:30 Munt 13 we 23 16:45 Tuschinski 2 fr 25 14:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 19:30 Podium Mozaïek
IDFA DocLab Competition
Zeki Müren Hotline WP Zeki Müren hatti Beyza Boyacioglu, Jeff Soyk
USA, Turkey, 2016, cross‑platform Spoken messages to the popular Turkish artist Zeki Müren (1931-1996) speak of an underlying nostalgia for a Turkey of bygone days.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Masters
Zero Days Alex Gibney
USA, 2016, DCP, 114 min An exciting and disturbing thriller about the Stuxnet computer virus and the real possibility of a worldwide cyber war. th 17 22:00 Tuschinski 1 sa 19 23:00 Munt 11 we 23 12:00 Munt 10 fr 25 14:00 EYE Cinema 1 su 27 10:15 Munt 11
Dutch Competition
Zaatari Djinn WP Catherine van Campen
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 80 min Syrian children try to find their footing in the world’s largest refugee camp. A poetic account of their dreams, triumphs and setbacks. th 17 19:00 Tuschinski 2 fr 18 13:45 Munt 9 su 20 14:15 Munt 13 [ Industry Screening] mo 21 21:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 we 23 17:30 Munt 11
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Sergei Loznitsa Master Class
Director Sergei Loznitsa and moderator Hans Maarten van den Brink will discuss Loznitsa’s own films and the insights offered by his Top 10 selection, which contains rarely shown, timeless classics that all take place in the 20th century but speak volumes about the world we live in today. There will be a special focus on sound in documentary. Using several clips Loznitsa will discuss his method and the important role sound design plays in his films. Nov 18, 13:00 | Tuschinski 1
Coco Schrijber Master Class
How does a film become your film? When is an idea your idea? How do you know what the right choice is? Making a film is making decisions every second. After that second, the moment is gone forever. Using examples from her work, director Coco Schijber (How to Meet a Mermaid) talks about how to keep your balance in a world made up of billions of shots. In Dutch.
Johan Grimonprez
To celebrate the premiere of Johan Grimonprez’s Shadow World at IDFA, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is exhibiting two video works by this visual artist from its collection: dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y and Kobarweng or Where Is Your Helicopter?. Nov 18, 10:00-22:00
Nov 19, 10:00-18:00 | Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA The closing weekend of IDFA coincides with Amsterdam Art Weekend. As part of IDFA’s Paradocs program, AAW is screening a selection of recent video works by Amsterdam art galleries, the Rijksakademie and De Ateliers, including new works by Erik van Lieshout, Erkka Nissinen, Charlotte Dumas and others. Nov 25-27 | EYE Cinema 2 Amsterdam Art
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Nov 17, 13:00 | Tuschinski 2
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Walking in the Opposite Direction
Put on your dancing shoes and join us for IDFA’s infamous Dance Nights!
Film + Concert We Are X + Live: Yoshiki
Party along with funky music at Club Canvas Volkshotel. Free admission until midnight (if there’s room) for hotel guests and all IDFA pass holders!
Replete with beautiful archive material and c andid interviews, We Are X tells the tumultuous story of the hard rock act X Japan, hugely popular in their home country. In the late 1980s, they were the trailblazers of visual kei, a subculture of flamboyantly dressed, androgynous musicians with lots of makeup and colorful hairdos. The screening is followed by a performance by co-founder, drummer, pianist and protagonist Yoshiki.
Awards Ceremony & Documentary Ball
Where You’re Meant to Be + Live: Aidan Moffat (Arab Strap)
Nov 19, 26, 22:00-late | Café De Jaren
Free admission.
More Bounce X IDFA
Nov 18, 23:00-4:00 | Volkshotel
The highly anticipated Awards Ceremony is followed by the first Documentary Ball, a night full of entertainment, music and drinks to celebrate documentary and the award winners. Awards Ceremony:
Nov 23, 20:30-22:00 Documentary Ball:
Nov 23, 22:00-1:00 | Stadsschouwburg – Grote Zaal
By invitation.
Program Guide
Nov 17, 21:00 | Melkweg Rabozaal
Arab Strap singer Aidan Moffat travels the Scottish countryside looking for the roots of Celtic culture and arguing about whether it’s allowed to update folk songs. The screening is followed by a Q&A with director Paul Fegan and Moffat and a performance of his trio, playing songs from the film. Musicians: Aidan Moffat (vocals & percussion), Jenny Reeves (vocals & violin), Stevie Jones (piano & guitar). Nov 18, 18:30 | Melkweg Rabozaal
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Dance Nights
Chasing Trane
Walking in the Opposite Direction + Live: Felix Maginn & The Citizens Adrian Borland’s song “I Can’t Escape Myself” has taken on a whole new meaning in retrospect. The British songwriter, singer and guitarist, who was best known as the front man for post-punk band The Sound, suffered from depression and committed suicide in 1999. After the screening of this documentary telling his life story, Moke front man will perform songs by The Sound, accompanied by The Citizens, Borland’s band in his solo days. Nov 19, 15:00 | Melkweg Rabozaal
Liberation Day + Live: Laibach The ex-Yugoslavian cult band Laibach became the first Western band to perform in North Korea in August 2015. In the days leading up to the Independence Day concert, the band faces censorship and culture clashes. The screening is followed by Q&A with directors Ugis Olte and Morten Traavik, and a performance by Laibach. Nov 19, 19:30 | Melkweg Rabozaal
Chasing Trane + Live: Yaniv Nachum This definitive documentary on John Coltrane shows how the groundbreaking music of this outof-the-box thinker touches and influences people all over the world to this day. This portrait of a unique artist shows the defining moments, experiences and challenges Coltrane faced in developing his revolutionary sound. After the screening, Israeli saxophone player Yanic Nachim will perform several of Coltrane’s pieces with his project The Amsterdam Conservatory Coltrane Group. Nov 20, 14:00 | Melkweg Rabozaal
Unknown Brood + Live: Breaking Levees featuring David Hollestelle This look back at the turbulent life of Dutch rocker Herman Brood boasts unseen video shot by Brood himself, and eyewitness accounts by the people closest to him. After the screening, Amsterdam-based rock band Breaking Levees performs several of Brood’s songs, accompanied by David Hollestelle, the father of one of the band members and a member of Brood’s band The Wild Romance from 1981 to 2001. Nov 20, 17:30 | Melkweg Rabozaal
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The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Ole´
The First Monday in May + Special Guests In 2015, in the presence of a cavalcade of celebrities attending the Met Gala, curator Andrew Bolton opened fashion exhibition China: Through the Looking Glass. The exhilarating but exhausting preparations expose the gulfs and common ground between cultures: between East and West, and between art and fashion. The screening is followed by a conversation between fashion journalist and curator Aynouk Tan, director Andrew Rossi and moderator Arno Kantelberg (editor-in-chief of Esquire). Nov 19, 12:30 | Carré
VPRO Extra: The European + Special Guest Frans Timmermans A behind-the-scenes portrait of Frans Timmermans. Filmmaker Dirk Jan Roeleven follows him for nearly two years, from his appointment as Vice-President of the European Commission in 2014 to the Brexit referendum. As he is filmed in taxis, planes and cheerless hotel rooms, he talks openly about his assertiveness, his own father’s absence and the qualities of a good diplomat. After the screening, journalist Marcia Luyten discusses the making of the film with director Dirk-Jan Roeleven.
Unknown Brood + Live: Dany Lademacher’s Wild Romance “When I do my suicide for you, I hope you’ll miss me too”, Herman Brood sang in his song “Rock ‘n’ Roll Junkie,” one of many announcements of his own death that Brood worked into his songs. In Unknown Brood, those closest to him reflect on his turbulent life. The screening is followed by a performance by Dany Lademacher’s Wild Romance, Brood’s legendary former band. Nov 19, 19:00 | Carré
The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé! + Live: Douwe Bob A sparkling account of the Rolling Stones’ tour through Latin America and Cuba, one of the few places they had not yet played during their incredible career. The camera follows the band on visits with local musicians, into the dressing rooms and above all on stage, where they shine as always. The screening is preceded by a performance of three Rolling Stones songs covered by Dutch singer-songwriter Douwe Bob. Nov 19, 22:15 | Carré
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Shepherd’s Journey
The Quiet Eye Keynote: Carl Honoré Faster is not necessarily better or more efficient; the key is to find the right speed. Often it’s better to do things a little slower, for better quality. Carl Honoré is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and TED speaker, and a globetrotting ambassador for the Slow Movement. The Wall Street Journal called him an “in-demand spokesman on slowness.” To open the theme program The Quiet Eye, Honoré is giving a keynote entitled “In Praise of Slowness,” referring to the nine films that are part the program. Drinks follow the talk. Nov 24, 16:00-18:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Free tickets can be obtained at www.idfa.nl.
Invention This creative homage to the City Symphony films of the 1920s, offering a searching love letter to urban spaces, art and cinema, is introduced by visual artist Sarah van Sonsbeeck on the power of silence and followed by a Q&A with director Mark Lewis. Nov 24, 20:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Shepherds’ Journey into the Third Millenium Erich Langjahr follows some of the last shepherds in Switzerland. How does this old way of life continue into the modern age? Introduced by psychologist Jaap Duin who organizes expeditions to remote areas - without mobile phones or cameras. Nov 25, 12:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Taimagura Grandma A touching glimpse into the modest life of an elderly but indefatigable couple living high in the mountains of northern Japan. Food journalist Janno Lanjouw introduces the film with a spoken column about Slow Food followed by a culinary surprise from Tosao van Coevorden (restaurant De Japanner). Nov 25, 16:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Two Years at Sea Acclaimed writer and philosopher Joke J. Hermsen talks about time before a unique screening of this black-and-white, impressionistic, almost wordless and quietly extraordinary film, which follows the life and dreams of a recluse in the Scottish Cairngorms. Followed by a slow conversation with director Ben Rivers, moderated by film critic Dana Linssen (de Filmkrant). Nov 25, 20:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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A Place Called Lloyd
Light Year
A quiet portrait of a bankrupt airline and its employees, who faithfully continue to turn up for work. The screening is introduced by award-winning writer, broadcaster and TED speaker Carl HonorĂŠ, the guest of honor for The Quiet Eye theme program, and followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Sebastian Cordes.
Light Year captures four seasons in a lush Swedish garden, allowing us to make new discoveries amid the bucolic bustle. CineSonic commissioned and produced a new score to the film by renowned German electronic composers Robert Lippok and Barbara Morgenstern, who perform the score live.
Nov 26, 12:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Dead Slow Ahead An intoxicating sea voyage on a freighter that is more like a futuristic machine cast adrift, on a trip to the end of the world. The screening is preceded by a presentation about the art of sound in film by sound designer Michel SchĂśpping. Nov 26, 16:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Alexei and the Spring An unhurried portrait of how life in the town of Budische calmly carries on for 55 elderly locals and a young man named Alexei, all of whom refused to be evacuated after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. With an introduction by Dutch filmmaker Ineke Smits and followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Seiichi Motohashi. Nov 26, 19:30 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Nov 27, 12:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
South to North Cine-Concert Amsterdam-based musicians Yannis Kyriakides and Andy Moor composed the original soundtrack for the film Sud eau nord deplacer. For this special event, a new cut of the film now called South to North is accompanied by a new live soundtrack by Kyriakides and Moor, based on their original compositions and produced by CineSonic. The film maps the ever-changing state of a territory redesigned by engineers, where cement reaches beyond the grasslands, rivers leave their beds, deserts become forests, and where voices gradually grow stronger. Nov 27, 16:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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DocLab: Elastic Reality
How does it feel to have someone follow you in the physical world, instead of just on social media? Or to look for love with your nose, rather than swiping profile pictures on Tinder? What would a computer brain say when it secretly takes a peek at your Instagram pictures? And what happens when we digitize our bodies or try to merge into one collective individual? You can experience it all in the DocLab: Elastic Reality program. With the DocLab: Elastic Reality program, IDFA and De Brakke Grond are presenting a 11-day exhibition, a conference and a series of live cinema events that unravel today’s digital world: from the loss of our online innocence to the rise of virtual worlds, biometric technology and artificial intelligence. IDFA’s new media program DocLab is also celebrating its 10th anniversary. Through the recent past, we look ahead to the future of interactive and immersive storytelling and art. Where do we stand, and where could we be in 10 years’ time as the internet continues to seamlessly merge with our physical reality? Where will the tech hype end and new realities and art forms begin? DocLab: Elastic Reality is a co-production of IDFA DocLab and De Brakke Grond, supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL and AFK (the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts).
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Trigger your senses and experience 30 of the world’s best interactive documentaries, virtual reality experiences and physical installations in the 10-day DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. With a two-person audio walk about lost friendships (So You Still Sort of Have the Same Number), 3-D-printed portraits based on DNA of imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning (Radical Love), disruptive data visualizations by Iranian media artist Ali Eslami (DeathTolls Experience) and a virtual journey into the lost intimacy of the answering machine (I Am Not Home Video). Nov 17-26, 9:00-23:00
Nov 27, 9:00-18:00 | Brakke Grond
Free admission. Some installations have varying opening hours (11:00-21:00). On-site reservation may be required.
Interactive Conference
Now in its fourth year, the annual DocLab Interactive Conference brings together leading artists and thinkers from the world of art, technology, science and documentary. With Rem Koolhaas, Bregtje van der Haak, Toby Coffey (National Theatre), Saschka Unseld and Yelena Rachitsky (Oculus Story Studio), Lauren McCarthy (Follower), Ali Eslami (DeathTolls Experience) and a live performance by sound ecologist Bernie Krause (The Great Animal Orchestra). Nov 20, 10:00-18:00 | Brakke Grond Expozaal
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A series of unpredictable live cinema events where artists perform and experiment with their own work, often inviting the audience to participate and interact.
DocLab Live: Elastic Reality Opening Night A festive introduction to the DocLab: Elastic Reality program with the program’s artists and curators, featuring presentations and live performances unraveling reality in the digital age: from the loss of our online innocence to the rise of virtual worlds, artificial intelligence and undefined forms of documentary art. Nov 17, 20:00 | Brakke Grond Expozaal
DocLab Live: Orchestrated Individuals Exclusive live performance event in which the audience – if all goes well – merges into one virtual individual. With a presentation by digital artist Floris Kaayk (The Modular Body) and the world premiere of Shared Individual, this is a collective audience experiment exploring the possibility of teletransportation, created by Makropol, Bombina Bombast and Diversion. Nov 18, 21:15 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab Live: The Art of Awkward Tech A playful evening during which digital artists present absurd inventions that expand our existing notions of reality and confront us with our tech-obsessed everyday lives. With presentations by Matt Romein and Joe Mango (Meat Puppet Arcade), Thijs Van Vuure and Dries Depoorter. Nov 19, 20:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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Live Cinema Events
DocLab Live: Dreams Sound artist Philippe Lambert and the National Film Board of Canada present a new live performance experience, inviting the audience to share their dreams and turn them into music. Step inside a comfortable space, listen and dream away as it fills up with the images and thoughts of other visitors. Write or draw your own thoughts, and let a scanner upload your dreams and translate them into electronic sounds that automatically become part of the musical performance. Nov 20, 18:30-23:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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DocLab Live: The Art of Following An evening exploring the narrative potential of privacy, intimacy and following, organized in collaboration with the VPRO Medialab Meet Up series. With presentations and live experiments by Bregtje van der Haak (White Spots), Lauren McCarthy (Follower), Kyle McDonald (Wifi Whisperer), Moniker (clickclickclick.click) and Bert Hana (I Am Not Home Video). Followed by a VPRO Medialab Meet Up. Nov 21, 20:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab Live: Immersive Showcase Virtual reality and immersive storytelling (from augmented to mixed reality) are going through an unprecedented evolution. But where does the hype end and do new art forms take shape? An evening with live presentations and tech demos, a performances by sound artist Duncan Speakman, and the new VR version of interactive documentary classic Bear 71, commissioned by IDFA DocLab as part of its 10-year anniversary. Nov 22, 20:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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DocLab Anniversary program
In 2007, IDFA started the new media program DocLab. Social media and smartphones were just taking off, and all around the world new forms of interactive storytelling and digital art were emerging – often with documentary artists leading the way. Since then, isolated experiments became emerging genres, from multimedia journalism to interactive documentary, data art and VR. Many timeless masterpieces were created along the way, such as Bear 71, Gaza/ Sderot and We Feel Fine. But they didn’t always reach the audience they deserved, and without serious attention to preservation we risk losing these projects forever, similar to what happened with early cinema a century ago. That’s why IDFA
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DocLab is unveiling the Canon of Interactive Documentary, an anniversary publication with 100 of the most important interactive documentary projects created in the last decade, available at the festival and online at www. doclab.org/100. Together with the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, DocLab is also presenting an expert session on preservation of interactive documentaries and has commissioned the National Film Board of Canada to reimagine the classic Bear 71 as a VR installation, presented in the DocLab: Elastic Reality exhibition. See also IDFA DocLab Immersive Network. Pauwhof Fonds
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DocLab Shorts
For its 10th anniversary edition, IDFA’s new media program DocLab has compiled a special anniversary program of shorts. See the world’s most awkward family photos, a neurological love competition and other short stories that would never have existed without the internet. Nov 24, 19:45 | Tuschinksi 3
DocLab Academy
DocLab Academy is an international program for new talent in the field of documentary storytelling and interactive media. The program addresses a variety of challenges and opportunities through exclusive workshops on virtual reality and interactive storytelling by international new media pioneers, portfolio reviews and one-onone meetings. This year’s program includes master classes and presentations by Jessica Brillhart, Brian Chirls, Bjarke Myrthu and Hackastory. Nov 17-21 | Brakke Grond
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Extended Q&As Forever Pure A look back at a tumultuous season for the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team, which hired two Muslim players in January 2013 for the first time in its history. Racist chants and choruses of whistles quickly spiraled into popular revolt and a total boycott. After the screening, TV host Bahram Sadeghi and director Maya Zinshtein discuss this extreme form of soccer violence and what can be done about it. Nov 17, 16:30 | Tuschinski 1
Shadow World Based on the book The Shadow World by Andrew Feinstein, visual artist Johan Grimonprez made this eponymous documentary, a shocking analysis of the international weapons trade. In an extensive discussion with film critic Dana Linssen (de Filmkrant) after the screening, Grimonprez uses several additional excerpts to make his plea for humanity, truth and love, and for having the courage to go against the prevailing morality. Nov 17, 20:00 | EYE Cinema 2
The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad Both tragic and controversial, the film tells the story of the French-Syrian Ayachi family, of which first the son and then the father are drawn to the Syrian resistance. Filmmaker Stéphane Malterre follows the young jihadist on several campaigns, until he and several comrades are killed in an attack. Following his son’s death as a martyr, Bassam decides that it’s his turn to go to Syria. After the screening, journalist Harm Ede Botje and director Stéphane Malterre have an in-depth conversation dealing with integration, fundamentalism and identity. Nov 18, 13:45 | Tuschinski 2
Austerlitz Have concentration camps become a spectacle? Sergei Loznitsa positioned his camera among the stream of tourists who visit the Dachau and
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Sachsenhausen concentration camps: couples taking selfies in front of the entrance gate bearing the legend “Arbeit macht frei”; a woman posing gracefully in front of one of the ovens. After the screening, journalist Max van Weezel, director Sergei Loznitsa and Joël Cahen of the National Holocaust Museum discuss whether it’s still possible to commemorate the Holocaust in a fitting way. Nov 18, 16:00 | Tuschinski 1
Like Dew in the Sun Documentary filmmaker Peter Entell travels to Ukraine, the country his Jewish ancestors fled during the pogroms in 1914. One hundred years later, Entell faces the same destructive disunity, a country divided along ethnic and religious lines. Every group keeps its own traumas alive and amasses new ones. After the screening, journalist and entrepreneur Derk Sauer, director Peter Entell and director of photography Jón Björgvinsson discuss this country that seems perpetually at war. How can this cycle of violence be broken? Nov 18, 19:00 | Tuschinski 2
Peshmerga It’s an unlikely story: a battalion of fearless Kurdish freedom fighters and a prominent French intellectual go to war against IS in Iraqi Kurdistan. Director Bernard-Henri Lévy travels south towards Mosul with these Peshmerga, the military forces of Iraqi Kurdistan. Mere kilometers from the enemy, he delves into their motivations for fighting. After the screening, journalist Twan Huys and Lévy discuss modern warfare and the Peshmerga’s ideals. Nov 19, 12:45 | Tuschinski 1
The Return (screening with Yezidi Girls) What can you say to people who tell terrifying, heartrending stories about what happened to them when members of IS came into their homes? This is an empathic and emotional portrait of Shilan, a young Kurdish nurse in a refugee
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Monster in the Mind
All Governments Lie
A Young Girl in her Nineties
Nov 20, 14:30 | Tuschinski 2
Nov 19, 17:45 | EYE Cinema 1
In a hospital’s geriatrics department, choreographer Thierry Thieû Niang hosts dance workshops for Alzheimer’s patients. Through dance, they relive forgotten memories and in some cases even fall in love again. After the screening, journalist Liddie Austin and director Yann Coridain discuss Thieû Niang’s loving approach and the residents’ devotion. Nov 19, 19:00 | Brakke Grond Expozaal
Letters from Baghdad Explorer Gertrude Bell was ahead of her time. As a young archaeologist she traveled throughout the Middle East, making records of the many tribes and cultures she encountered along the way. Her knowledge proved invaluable after World War I, when the borders of this complex region were being redrawn. After the screening, journalist Irene van der Linde (De Groene Amsterdammer) and director Sabine Krayenbühl discuss this remarkable and influential woman. Nov 20, 13:30 | Tuschinski 1
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Impartiality was the watchword of legendary American investigative journalist I.F. Stone, who published his newsletter I.F. Stone’s Weekly from 1953 to 1971. “All governments lie” was his motto – and the reason why you have to use their own evidence against them. This is a lesson that inspires reporters to this day. After the screening, Xandra Schutte (editor-in-chief of De Groene Amsterdammer) and director Fred Peabody discuss investigative journalism and conflicts of interest.
Monster in the Mind Thirty years ago, medical journalist Jean Carper made a CNN documentary about Alzheimer’s, a disease that still poses one of the biggest threats to the aging Western population. Carper, who is now over 80 and carries the gene found in Alzheimer’s patients, travels the world to see how research is progressing. After the screening, journalist Nadia Moussaïd and director Jean Carper discuss the search for the origins of and possible cures for the dreaded disease. Nov 21, 13:45 | Tuschinski 2
Ah A suicide attack during a peace rally in Ankara on October 15, 2015 was the deadliest attack in Turkish history, claiming over 100 fatalities and more than 500 injured. Through the accounts of 25 eyewitnesses, director Mustafa Ünlü meticulously investigates what happened that day.
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camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. She distributes medication, lends a sympathetic ear and plays with the children in the muddy camp. Through the conversations she has with a traumatized young woman, Shilan’s own story gradually takes shape. After the screening, writer Chris Keulemans moderates an in-depth conversation with director Zahavi Sanjavi and protagonist Shilan about these stories of loss, violence and hardship.
After the screening, journalist and anthropologist Özgür Canel and Ünlü discuss the role of the Turkish police and the current political situation in the country.
will never have. After the screening, journalist Bahram Sadeghi and director Jiu-Liang Wang discuss social inequality and the hopelessness of the family’s existence.
Death in the Terminal
Burning Out
On October 18, 2015, a terrorist started shooting at the bus terminal in the Israeli town of Be’er Sheva, killing an Israeli soldier. Just seconds later, an Eritrean asylum seeker was mistakenly assumed to be the terrorist, and the enraged mob lynched him. This intricate documentary investigates the crucial 18 minutes following the attack through footage from various sources and eyewitness accounts. After the screening, documentary filmmaker Tessa Boerman and the film’s director Tali Shemesh discuss this intricate reconstruction and the questions is raises.
Over a two-year period, filmmaker Jérôme le Maire captured everyday life in the surgical department of a Parisian hospital. A combination of heavy workloads, intense stress, low staffing levels and budget cuts has deeply undermined the atmosphere. A disconcerting picture of the imminent burnout threatening the entire healthcare system. After the screening, journalist Sander Heijne (De Correspondent) and director Jérôme le Maire discuss the whether it’s wise to manage a hospital like a factory.
Nov 21, 16:15 | Tuschinski 2
Nov 21, 19:00 | Tuschinski 2
An Insignificant Man A chronicle of the spectacular rise of the Common Man’s Party (AAP) in India, established in 2012 by activist Arvind Kejriwal. The party’s logo, a broom, symbolizes its battle against the political establishment. The increasing popularity of the party is matched by a growing ferocity in the campaign. The screening is followed by an in-depth conversation between journalist Casper Thomas (De Groene Amsterdammer) and filmmakers Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla, who followed the campaign from its early beginnings and documented the transformation of a grassroots movement into a significant political force – with all the internal conflicts that can entail. Nov 22, 11:15 | Tuschinski 2
Plastic China Yi Lie’s parents left their ancestral home in search of employment. Now, they sort and recycle plastic waste that is shipped to China from all over the world. Living among mountains of plastic, the family is engulfed by the incinerator’s fumes. Nevertheless, the children manage to dig up hidden treasures – the ephemera of another, much richer life, full of opportunities they
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Nov 22, 19:30 | Brakke Grond Expozaal
Whose Country? Corruption and impunity make all Egyptians fear their country’s police force. In January of 2011, this fear turned to anger and revolution broke out in Cairo. In Whose Country?, Mohamed Siam gets talking to a plain-clothes officer, who has his own reasons to draw hope from the revolution. After the screening, host Katinka Baehr and director Mohamed Siam discuss the future of Egypt. Nov 23, 14:45 | Tuschinski 2
Dream Empire A Chinese entrepreneur named Yana starts a talent agency for foreigners. Director David Borenstein is one of her “white monkeys”, who are supposed to give international allure to the massive amounts of real estate being built in China. But when sales don’t live up to expectations, Yana is forced to make a decision: keep going or close the agency. After the screening, journalist Hans Maarten van den Brink and director David Borenstein discuss the Chinese real estate boom and the resulting ghost towns, as well as the country’s endless obsession with economic growth. Nov 23, 16:30 | Tuschinski 1
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Extended Q&As: Shifting Perspectives
Men of Gold
A Memory in Three Acts
Following the screening of Men of Gold (2005), journalist Wim Bossema (editor at Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant and author of its blog on Africa) has an in-depth conversation with the film’s director Vincent Moloi about South Africa after apartheid. The film lays bare the multiple layers of power relationships among the inhabitants of Johannesburg, once known as the “City of Gold.”
How does a country deal with its colonial past? Forty years after Mozambique’s bloody struggle for independence, some of those who lived through it tell their stories. After the screening, journalist Claire Diao and director Inadelso Cossa discuss the open wounds of Mozambique’s history.
Nov 17, 16:15 | Kleine Komedie
The Giant Is Falling Premiering at IDFA, The Giant Is Falling points its gaze at the current situation in South Africa, some 20 years after the end of apartheid. After the screening, journalist Wim Bossema and director Rehad Desai discuss the new phase that South Africa’s young democracy has entered, and the role that a new generation can play. Nov 17, 20:45 | Kleine Komedie
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A Letter to Nelson Mandela In this personal odyssey made in 2013, filmmaker Khalo Matabane uses an imaginary letter to Nelson Mandela to investigate his status, role and actions during the reforms in South Africa in the 1990s. After the screening, journalist Wim Bossema talks to director Khalo Matabane about his personal assessment of Mandela’s heritage. Nov 18, 13:00 | Kleine Komedie
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Voices + A Trip to the Country A post-colonial double bill. Ikenna Azuike, host of What’s Up Africa? (BBC/RNW Media), first talks to director Miguel Peres Dos Santos about his experimental short film Voices, which uncovers a blind spot of Dutch history in the Antilles. After A Trip to the Country (2000), Azuike continues the discussion with Jean-Marie Teno, talking about his trip through Cameroon, looking for the cultural identity of his home country in the post-colonial era. Nov 18, 15:45 | Kleine Komedie
Skulls, of My People The latest film by director Vincent Moloi (whose 2005 film Men of Gold is also featured in the Shifting Perspectives program) will have its world premiere at IDFA in the presence of protagonist Esther Muinjangue, a member of the Herero Genocide Committee. After the screening, Ikenna Azuike will talk to Moloi and Muinjangue about the Herero tribe’s fights against the German government for recognition of the genocide and repatriation of their ancestors’ skulls.
Too Black to Be French? (screening with The Danton’s Death) Although filmmaker Isabelle Boni-Claverie comes from a privileged background, she still faces discrimination because of the color of her skin. After the screening of her film Too Black to Be French?, she and journalist Claire Diao discuss the deep-seated hidden racism in France. Nov 18, 21:30 | Kleine Komedie
O.J.: Made in America Hardly any trials got as much media attention as that of American football player O.J. Simpson when he was accused of a double homicide in 1994. This epic documentary lays bare the complex history surrounding the trial. Following the screening of the 7,5 hour documentary, which is as riveting as it is shocking, journalist Claire Diao holds an in-depth conversation with director Ezra Edelman, allowing room for questions from the audience. Nov 19, 10:30-22:30 | Kleine Komedie
Nov 18, 18:45 | Kleine Komedie
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Machines
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Extended Q&As: Assembling Reality
Machines Director/editor Rahul Jain and editor Yael Bitton discuss the editing process of Machines in a talk with film critic Nicolas Rapold. Jain envisioned this visually stunning portrait of the grueling daily routine in an Indian textile factory as a film without an emphatic narrative structure. In this in-depth conversation, he talks about the challenges he faced during the editing process and how he overcame them working with Bitton. Nov 18, 19:30 | EYE Cinema 2
Hospital In a 90-minute, in-depth conversation, moderator Nicolas Rapold and filmmaker Frederick Wiseman discuss the editing of his classic film Hospital (1970). Throughout his career, the legendary 86-year-old filmmaker has remained loyal to observational cinema, in which editing plays a prominent role in forming the films’ dramatic structure. Wiseman shares his methods through detailed analyses of several clips from the film. Nov 19, 16:00 | EYE Cinema 2
Miss Kiet’s Children Filmmaking couple Petra and Peter Lataster and editor Mario Steenbergen discuss the editing of Miss Kiet’s Children with moderator Nicolas Rapold. In creating the film, the directors chose to
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make the editor part of the process from the very start. How did this method of working influence the final results? Nov 20, 15:30 | EYE Cinema 2
Mogadishu Soldier Editor Niels Pagh Andersen and film critic Nicolas Rapold discuss the editing of Mogadishu Soldier. The film tells the story of two Burundian soldiers who filmed their two-year UN mission to Mogadishu, accumulating 523 tapes of raw material. Starting with this undirected eyewitness account, Pagh Andersen created an impressionistic documentary that shows the madness of this war and the hopelessness of these soldiers’ peace mission. Nov 20, 19:00 | EYE Cinema 2
Cameraperson Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks to editor Nels Bangerter and director Kirsten Johnson about Cameraperson. This visual autobiography was created from unused film images, created by Johnson as a director of photography for various documentaries over the years. Aside from being a self-portrait, the film questions the way in which documentary filmmakers direct reality – a question that takes center stage in the conversation after the screening. Nov 21, 19:00 | EYE Cinema 2
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IDFA Selections
IDFA at De Balie
For six nights during the festival, IDFA is returning to its old home De Balie. During the first days of the festival, De Balie is offering three special programs: Fullscreen, about music videos and documentary; the afternoon program Beeldbepalers, featuring artist and filmmaker Renzo Martens; and an evening program on the international arms trade, with filmmaker Johan Grimonprez and investigative journalist Andrew Feinstein (Shadow World). Later in the week, De Balie has programmed four double bills of films that question each other or shine a different light on the same issue. Accompanying talks with thinkers, writers, journalists and professionals open up new ways of experiencing film as investigative journalism. Nov 18-19, 22-25 | De Balie – Grote Zaal
Queer Day
The fourth edition of IDFA’s Queer Day features five films about personal struggles around the world. The program includes a portrait of renowned fetish photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, as well as gay and transgender teens fighting back against bullying. The screenings of The Pearl of Africa and Kiki are all followed by Extended Q&As; Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? is accompanied by a performance by the men’s choir Manoeuvre. Queer Day 2016 is organized
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in collaboration with media partner OUTtv, the gay lifestyle TV channel for the Netherlands and Belgium (www.out.tv). Nov 21 | EYE Cinema 1
Oxfam Novib Selection
A selection of films from the IDFA program that tie in to Oxfam Novib’s work: Delicate Balance, a film essay structured around an interview with former president of Uruguay “Pepe” Mujica; 4.1 Miles and Bolingo. The Forest of Love, both focusing on migration from Africa to Europe; and Seed: The Untold Story, a warning against the powerful forces that threaten the rich heritage of seeds. All screenings are followed by talks and the program also encompasses a session entitled “Humans on the Move Part II”, in which moderator Bahram Sadeghi elucidates this theme using film clips. Film screenings:
Nov 21-23, 19:30 | Tuschinski 1
Session “Humans on the Move Part II”:
Nov 22, 10:00 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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NTR Evening of the Wolf
For over 20 years, the Dutch documentary TV series Het Uur van de Wolf (The Hour of the Wolf) has been screening distinctive art documentaries. During the Evening of the Wolf, broadcaster NTR and IDFA present a cinematic journey through three new documentaries about art, as diverse and distinctive as the program itself. The program starts with the emotional story of writer Maya Angelou, whose intimate personal history is captured in Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise. Next up, Dutch documentary The Claim, the Search for Stolen Art from WWII by Ditteke Mensink follows Jewish survivors on an urgent quest for justice. The program is capped by the remarkable life of charismatic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and his controversial, explicit works, which take center stage in Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures. Nov 22, 17:00-00:00 | Tuschinski 2
VICE at IDFA
The VICE Guide to IDFA (available at idfa.nl) features a selection of documentaries made by filmmakers across the globe, that have captured the global youth media company’s attention. Two of these will be screened during the VICE Night, followed by drinks: My Daughter Nora and Shot! The Program Guide
Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock. In addition, VICE will announce the winner of the VICE documentary pitch at IDFA, which offered filmmakers the chance to pitch their best ideas to the experienced crew at VICE. VICE is looking for unique insights into underexplored cultures and places, that teach the viewers something new about the Benelux. VICE Pitch Award:
Nov 23, 17:30 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal VICE Night:
Nov 25, 20:30 | Brakke Grond Expozaal
TV5MONDE day
The French TV channel TV5MONDE is organizing a special TV5MONDE Day during IDFA 2016. The selection includes a special screening of short French documentaries for high-school students, as well as two French documentaries in the IDFA program. Dutch viewers can continue to enjoy quality documentaries after the festival on T V5MONDE, which screens French documentaries with Dutch subtitles every Monday and Wednesday at 21:00 and every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 18:30. europe.tv5monde.com. Nov 25 | Tuschinski 4
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Industry Talks Between Director and Editor
Assembling Reality
The Industry Talks and the IDFAcademy program kick off together with an inspiring conversation between talented filmmaker Maite Alberdi and renowned editor Menno Boerema. The two first got to know each other during the IDFAcademy Summer School in 2014, where Boerema’s coaching on Alberdi’s Tea Time laid the groundwork for their collaboration on The Grown Ups, Alberdi’s latest documentary, which has been selected for the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary this year. Their talk deals with the symbiosis between directing and editing, sharing expertise and making sure you work in a complementary way. Based on their own films and experiences, Alberdi and Boerema share their views on picking the “right” editor, bringing rough material to the next level through editing and balancing a narrative between several characters. Guests: Maite Alberdi, Menno Boerema Moderator: Cecilia Lidin
In documentary filmmaking, the editor is crucial. They’re the ones who create the actual narrative, constructing a reality from the bits and pieces provided by the director. This year, IDFA focuses on the art of editing in its theme program Assembling Reality. This Industry Talk invites renowned documentary editors Anne Fabini, Sara Kolster, Per Kirkegaard and Claudio Hughes to discuss their craftsmanship, constructing reality, the importance and possibilities of editing, engaging an audience and translating a director’s point of view. They also discuss new technologies, documentary formats and distribution platforms that have changed the editor’s creative process in recent years. Guests: Anne Fabini, Sara Kolster, Per Kirkegaard, Claudio Hughes Moderator: Nicolas Rapold
Nov 17, 13:30-15:00 I Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Why Would You Need a Publicist? A good documentary sells itself, right? Well, not according to renowned L.A.-based publicist David Magdael. Standing out among the huge number of good and interesting stories is a job in itself. It’s hard to get your film in front of an audience, especially if you’re trying to get your documentary into American territory. In this talk, Magdael explains what a publicist can do for your film. How can you assemble a team to propel your film to success, attract helpful ambassadors and highlight your film’s key selling points? And how can you do all of this within your budget? Don’t miss the chance to learn from this experienced publicist. Guest: David Magdael Moderator: Peter Jaeger Nov 18, 15:00-16:30 I Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Nov 19, 13:30-15:00 I Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
The Future of Documentaries and How They Are Created The ways in which documentaries are commissioned are changing: in an evolving media landscape and a globalizing world, good stories can come from anywhere. But how to develop documentaries out of these stories, is another thing. In this talk, Nick Fraser will introduce his new online documentary platform Yaddo, a subscription-based streaming service that will co-finance films as well as show them. Unlike its big VOD brothers Amazon and Netflix, who are increasingly active in the documentary market, Yaddo is also a pitching platform for short films. Filmmakers can pitch their stories online – even by Twitter or email – and attract investors to fully commission their ideas. In what sense do VOD- services, big and small, open up opportunities and access for filmmakers who want to tell their stories? Will online pitching platforms change the future of documentaries and how they are created? Nick Fraser will tell you all about Yaddo and what it can mean for developing filmmakers’ stories. Guest: Nick Fraser Moderator: Doug Block Nov 21, 15:00-16:30 I Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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The (Un)defined Business of Interactive
Shifting Perspectives
Over the past decade, the internet has given rise to all sorts of new digital art forms and business models. This Industry Talk explores different ways pioneers have funded and created undefined non-fiction art. Now that the digital dust has settled, what should we take with us moving forward into the next decade? The ways of finding funding are as open and multifaceted as the forms of interactive art, but this doesn’t mean it’s easy. How can crowdfunding, traditional public funds, VOD platforms and money from venture capital be (re)defined and be used by other creators? A diverse panel shares its experiences on both financing and constructive business models for future work. Guests: Gary Hustwit, Margaux Missaka, Amelia Winger-Bearskin Moderator: Anna Higgs
Inspired by this year’s special focus program Shifting Perspectives, this Industry Talk examines issues of diversity, representation and inclusion. In recent years, public discussions on diversity in media have come to the fore internationally, often centered on policy and daily practice that are specific for each country. As an art form that enables audiences to see society from a different perspective, documentaries play a significant role in tackling these issues. In this talk, key players in the international documentary industry discuss the role documentary plays in fostering diverse storytelling. They give insight into current policies and their effects, striving for an inclusive approach to diversity, both on-screen and behind the scenes. How can documentary continue to be relevant on this issue in the current media landscape? Guests: Aaqil Ahmed, Tabitha Jackson, Alexandre Michelin Moderator: Loira Limbal
Nov 22, 15:00-16:30 I Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Nov 23, 15:00-16:30 I Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Supported by the Netherlands Film Fund.
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Industry Sessions Using Archive Footage in Documentaries Historical documentaries rely heavily on well-researched and documented archive footage from national heritage institutes. Nonetheless, film archives often don’t hold the rights to the footage they keep. Reusing archive material in various ways, through broadcasting, websites and apps, offers new opportunities to reinvent footage. These rapidly changing possibilities require everyone dealing with archive footage to adapt and revise their procedures quickly and continuously. In this session, archive expert Elif Rongen-Kaynakci (EYE Film Institute) presents some practical cases of reusing archive footage to shed light on various matters concerning the collaboration between filmmakers and film archives, rights and the use of this material. She is joined by Zeva Oelbaum and Sabine Krayenbuehl, the directors of Letters from Baghdad, who share their own experiences. Nov 18, 10:00-11:00 | NH Carlton Paganini
VOD with Wendy Bernfeld Wendy Bernfeld gives an updated overview of the evolving opportunities in video-on-demand, both in general and specifically for the documentary sector. Different VOD platforms (tvod, svod, advod, etc.) and various middlemen/aggregators are at the table: they can be subsidized or commercial, and involve a variety of business models and regions. Many buy and some even fund. How do they work, and how can you, as a filmmaker or producer, benefit from them? Bernfeld, founder and managing director of international content consultancy Rights Stuff, provides an overview of these opportunities and various angles around creating windowing and “hybrid” distribution possibilities, and answers any other questions you may have. Nov 19, 10:00-11:00 | NH Carlton Paganini
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IDFA Bertha Fund The IDFA Bertha Fund (IBF) supports filmmakers of creative documentaries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe. Over the last 19 years, IBF has supported over 600 film projects with funding for development and production. In 2015, the Fund expanded its funding opportunities, launching IBF Europe, which supports the production and distribution of documentaries realized through co-productions between European producers and producers from developing countries. The Fund’s Managing Director Isabel Arrate Fernandez and Project Manager Mélanie de Vocht explain the different funding opportunities the Fund offers. Nov 19, 12:00-13:00 | NH Carlton Paganini
Educational Distribution Documentary is one of the most powerful educational tools for sparking debate and shaping our understanding of the world around us. With the vast number of professors, librarians and students seeking documentaries, it can often be hard to navigate the educational market and understand where to begin. While the U.S. represents the most developed market, Europe also offers great opportunities for unlocking a film’s educational potential. Elinor Kowarsky, CEO of Film Platform, explains the international educational market and the myriad opportunities currently available to documentary filmmakers. Nov 20, 10:00-11:00 | NH Carlton Paganini
How to Create an Impact and Funding Campaign for Your Film Sandi DuBowski has been Good Pitch Outreach Director for BRITDOC for the last seven years and has successfully worked with numerous directors to craft innovative outreach, funding and impact campaigns for their films. He will tell you all about the opportunities of this rapidly growing working field which can enlarge the impact, love, and life of your film and your long-term sustainability as a filmmaker and changemaker who is International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Nov 20, 12:00-13:00 | NH Carlton Paganini
Can an Authors’ Organization Help you Make a Living? What is happening at a European level in terms of harmonizing authors’ rights laws? While new distribution models and VOD platforms are mushrooming, in many countries appropriate legislation to guarantee author royalties is a step behind. While filmmakers are making films, European collective management organizations are working to secure rights for the creators of these audiovisual works in the future. What does the single digital market concept mean for filmmakers? Cecile Despringre of the Society of Audiovisual Authors sets the scene on European legislation in a talk moderated by Martijn Winkler, president of the Dutch Directors Guild. Nov 21, 10:00-11:00 | NH Carlton Paganini
In collaboration with LaScam
Putting Your Audience in the Story: Storytelling in 360 and CGI VR has been proven to change attitudes and provide powerful visceral experiences in labbased experiments, but can that power apply to storytelling? And how does that work in the real world? Zillah Watson, a former journalist and BBC pioneer in Virtual Reality, discusses these questions as well as recent examples of the BBC’s story-led VR, which embrace emerging consumer technology and set out to demonstrate the power of 360 films and CGI-based VR. Nov 22, 12:00-13:00 | NH Carlton Paganini
Marketing Documentaries in the Age of Social Media Getting a documentary noticed in a heavily crowded market requires a solid marketing strategy and creative solutions. This session by Mathias Noschis (Alphapanda) provides the main tools to identify a film’s target audiences and to reach them through clear positioning. Two practical case studies show how the strategy can be translated into promotional activities, in particular in the digital space. Nov 23, 10:00-11:00 | NH Carlton Paginini
Your Roadmap for Navigating the New World of Distribution Leading distribution strategist Peter Broderick (Paradigm Consulting) gives an up-to-theminute overview of the lay of the land and the perils to avoid in documentary distribution. He reviews possible destinations and explains the importance of beginning with clearly defined goals. Then he shows the old routes that have turned into dead ends – including wide theatrical distribution – and highlights promising new paths such as semi-theatrical campaigns. He also explains how essential windows are to be found in marking the legs of the journey. This session is designed to empower participants to design the best roadmaps for their distribution. Nov 22, 10:00-11:00 | NH Carlton Paganini
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truly making a difference. DuBowski will share tips from his work in the field and his own films Trembling Before G-d and his film-in-progress Rabbi as a case study.
In Conversation with… This year, the Industry Office is introducing a new series of talks putting three inspiring filmmakers in the spotlight, with hour-long conversations about their careers, films, methods and inspirations.
In Conversation with Coco Schrijber Coco Schrijber studied at the Rietveld Fine Arts Academy in Amsterdam, majoring in audiovisual studies. Her first feature-length documentary First Kill dealt with addiction to killing. It won the critics’ prize at the Netherlands Film Festival and was selected for the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary in 2001. Her film Wonderful World won six international awards and Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies earned her a Golden Calf award, the Dutch equivalent of the Academy Awards; it was also the official Dutch entry for the Oscars. In her internationally praised documentaries, Schrijber is known for approaching her subjects from unexpected angles and tackling abstract subjects such as the beauty of war or the upsides of boredom, resulting in essay-like films with a bite. Her unbridled imagination and cinematic instinct can result in disturbing stories that turn the viewer into an uneasy voyeur. Schrijber’s latest film How to Meet a Mermaid has been selected for this year’s IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary. Moderator: Ryan Harrington. Nov 18, 12:00-13:00 I Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
In Conversation with Kirsten Johnson Kirsten Johnson is an award-winning New Yorkbased documentary filmmaker and cinematographer who started working on local fiction and documentary film projects in West Africa before graduating from the FEMIS (the French National Film School) in Paris. Asylum, a short documentary she shot in Ghana, was nominated for an Oscar in 2004. Since then, she has shot some of the most powerful documentaries in recent years, including A Place at the Table, the Oscar-nominated The Invisible War and most recently Laura Poitras’s Citizenfour, which won Best Documen-
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tary at last year’s Oscars. Traveling the globe with leading documentary filmmakers for 25 years, the many subjects she has covered range from Bosnian genocide to impoverished Nigerian maternity wards to Edward Snowden. She made her directorial debut with Cameraperson, drawing on footage she has shot over the course of her career and earning her the Sheffield Doc/Fest’s Grand Jury Award. Cameraperson is screening in IDFA’s special focus program Assembling Reality this year. Moderator: Orwa Nyrabia. Nov 21, 12:00-13:00 I Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
In Conversation with Steve James Steve James is one of America’s most acclaimed documentary directors. With Hoop Dreams, the story of two inner-city Chicago teens striving to make it out of their neighborhoods and into the NBA, he won every major critics’ award as well as the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the Peabody and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, awards from the Directors Guild of America, and hundreds of other awards and accolades, making the film the most awarded film of the year. It was his first affiliation with Kartemquin Films, a collaborative center for documentary media makers who seek to foster a more engaged and empowered society, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. After Hoop Dreams, James became one of the most acclaimed documentary makers of his generation, with noted works including Stevie, The New Americans, The War Tapes, At the Death House Door, The Interrupters and Life Itself. IDFA is screening his new films Abacus: Small Enough to Jail and The Ride of their Lives in this year’s Masters section. Moderator: Claire Aguilar. Nov 23, 12:00-13:00 I Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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Additional Talks NCE Presents: Order in Chaos, Niels Pagh Andersen Master Class The NCE (Netherlands Association of Cinema Editors) is organizing a master class about documentary editing by Niels Pagh Andersen, one of Scandinavia’s most influential and internationally recognized editors. Andersen has worked on over 250 films, including the Oscar-nominated The Pathfinder as well as The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence and The 3 Rooms of Melancholia. In addition to his work as an editor, he has lectured and taught at film schools and universities around the world, works as a dramaturge and a supervising editor, and is writing a book about storytelling from the editor’s point of view. Using clips from his films, he elucidates his vision, development and ongoing search for the “authentic moment.” Guest: Niels Pagh Andersen Moderator: Jos Driessen Nov 19, 10:30-12:30 | Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
NBF presents: High Dynamic Range (HDR) This seminar hosted by the Dutch Association of Film and TV Professionals (NBF) takes a closer look at the HDR production chain, followed by a Q&A. Once you’ve seen an HDR TV-screen, you won’t need any further convincing: images look better, fresher and more exciting. While 3-D was interesting for its novelty and the advantages of 4K weren’t really apparent, it’s clear that HDR
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is here to stay. But how long will it take before “premium” becomes the norm? This NBF seminar showcases HDR content and supplies information on how to create and deliver a production in HDR. Manufacturers show some of their latest products, and attendees get a closer look at how HDR can affect their workflow, both on set and in post-production. Nov 22, 19:00-22:30 | Netherlands Film Academy
The Guardian and Bertha Foundation Presents Come and hear about the Guardian Bertha documentary partnership. The Guardian and the Bertha Foundation are commissioning a series of 12 short documentary films from independent filmmakers that address contemporary issues and raise awareness of people and movements making a difference in the world. Charlie Phillips (The Guardian) and Rebecca Lichtenfeld (Bertha Foundation) show clips, talk about the films being commissioned and released in the next year, and invite you to join them for drinks and snacks. www.theguardian.com | www.berthafoundation.org Nov 22, 20:30-22:00 | Compagnietheater – Grote Zaal
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Social Events Guests Meet Guests
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour. Please note that this year, the Guests Meet Guests receptions are held at two different locations. Nov 17, 18 and 24, 18:00-19:30 | Café De Jaren Nov 19-23, 18:00-19:30 | Zuiderkerk
Open to all pass holders.
IMCINE cordially invites you to the Guests Meet Guests reception on November 18. IMCINE, the Mexican Film Institute, is a decentra lized public agency with the mandate to promote the development of national cinematic activity through programs for the support of creators; the production of feature, short and documentary films; the encouragement of the audiovisual industry; and the promotion and distribution of Mexican cinema. IMCINE celebrates the presence of Mexican documentary producers and directors at IDFA. www.imcine.gob.mx
Polish Docs and HBO Europe cordially invite you to the Guests Meet Guests reception on November 20. During this Guests Meet Guests reception, Polish Docs and HBO Europe are treating you to drinks. Polish Docs and HBO Europe invite you to celebrate together the presence of Polish documentary films at IDFA, including You Have No Idea How Much I Love You by Paweł Łoziński in the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary and Icon by Wojciech Kasperski in the IDFA Competition for Midlength Documentary. Within the framework of the Polish Docs project, the Krakow Film Foundation promotes Polish documentary films at international festivals and film markets, bringing them to the attention of festival programmers, sales agents and decision makers. HBO Europe is one of the most important documentary film producers in Poland. The latest productions include Communion by Anna Zamecka, winner of the Semaine de la Critique at the Locarno Film Festival and presented at IDFA 2016 in the Best of Fests section. www.polishdocs.pl | www.hbo-europe.com
Doc/it cordially invites you to the Guests Meet Guests reception on November 19. Doc/it is the official association of Italian documentary producers and filmmakers. Its mandate is to promote the documentary genre in all its forms through a host of activities: organizing delegations in markets and festivals; producing Italian Doc Screenings, the most important international market for Italian documentary; managing Italiandoc, the online platform of Italian documentaries; producing Il Mese del Documentario, the Doc/ it Professional Award, the Doc/it Women Award and the training program IDS Academy; taking part in Moving Docs, an EDN project supported by Creative Europe; building a network among professionals; and improving institutional awareness. www.italiandoc.it
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ARTE, the European culture channel, cordially invites you to the Guests Meet Guests reception on November 21. During this Guests Meet Guests reception, ARTE is treating you to drinks. ARTE is a public service television channel. Its exceptional creativity and the high quality of its programs are the foundation of ARTE’s s success and uniqueness. The channel builds bridges between television and the internet and can be seen by everyone, anywhere and at any time. ARTE is now available in five languages. In addition to French and German versions, it offers a selection of programs on the web with English, Spanish and Polish subtitles. arte.tv | arte.tv/en | arte.tv/es | arte.tv/pl
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ChileDoc cordially invites you to the Guests Meet Guests reception on November 22. ChileDoc was created in 2010 to help producers get access to the international market to sell their projects and films. To do this, ChileDoc focuses primarily on four areas: training for producers, networking and research, news, and distribution. Since 2013, it has presented the distribution program Miradoc, which theatrically distributes eight local films each year through a network of more than 20 small theaters in 17 cities in Chile, pushing to build an audience where people were not used to watching documentaries in the cinema. In the last few years, Chilean documentary production has strengthened, with new projects and new viewpoints emerging. This year the organization has launched ChileDoc Conecta, the first documentary industry meeting in Santiago de Chile. Our work includes spreading festival calls as well as funding and pitching possibilities through our website and social media. www.chiledoc.cl
During the Guests Meet Guests reception on November 22, the winner of the IDFA AWFJ EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Documentary will be announced. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) is an international nonprofit organization of leading women film critics and journalists. Our mandate is to promote women’s achievements in cinema Program Guide
by presenting juried EDA Awards to women filmmakers at film festivals and during awards season. The AWFJ provides vital commentaries and information about women in film on our website, in our weekly e-newsletter and on The Female Gaze Forum. For additional information, contact us at awfjinc@gmail.com. The jurors for this year’s IDFA AWJF EDA Award for Best FemaleDirected Film are Jennifer Merin (U.S., film critic for Women’s eNews and Cinema Citizen Blog), Julide Tanriverdi (Germany/Turkey, film critic and features writer for publications in Germany, Austria and Hungary) and Dorothy Woodend (Canada, film critic for The Tyee and programmer for DOXA Film Festival). www.awfj.org
Inside a Chinese Life (produced by CCTV) cordially invites you to the Guests Meet Guests reception on November 24. The documentary series Inside a Chinese Life tell stories of several ordinary Chinese people who do not accept their status quo. These truthful stories from China, a country undergoing breathtaking changes, bring you to the essence of Chinese lives. The creators of Inside a Chinese Life are looking for buyers and distributors for the current series and collaborators for future projects.
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Filmmakers’ Dinners
IDFA Forum & DocLab Drinks
Nov 19 & 21, 20:00 | Restaurant Sluizer
Nov 20, 21:00-22:30 | Brakke Grond Expozaal
ARRI is inviting selected filmmakers with a film in the program to two special dinners. By invitation only.
The Filmmakers’ Dinners are presented by ARRI. Headquartered in Munich since 1917, ARRI is the world’s leading manufacturer of motion picture camera, lighting and DI equipment. The global ARRI Group covers every facet of the industry, from equipment rental to postproduction, VFX and distribution. Manufactured products include the ALEXA and AMIRA cameras, Master Anamorphic lenses, SkyPanel LED lights, Pro Camera Accessories and ARRISCAN Archive Technologies. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recognized ARRI with 18 Scientific and Technical Awards. www.arri.com
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
On behalf of NPO Sales, Films Transit, CAT&Docs, Autlook Filmsales, Rise & Shine World Sales and Eye International, all Docs for Sale and Forum attendees are invited for Happy Hour. Nov 18-24, 17:00-18:00 | Arti et Amicitiae
Docs for Sale and Forum pass holders only.
IDFA Forum and IDFA DocLab celebrate the future of documentary storytelling together. By invitation only.
IDFA Forum & DocLab Drinks are supported by BCPF. The nonprofit organization Broadcasting Content Promotion Foundation (BCPF) was established in 2007 to support excellent documentary filmmakers and distinguished broadcasting content in Korea. Since then, BCPF has supported internationally acclaimed documentaries such as Planet of Snail, Wind on the Moon, Here Comes Uncle Joe, With or Without You, Captain Kang, Tour of Duty, Mrs. B., a North Korean Woman, Singing with Angry Bird, My Love, Don’t Cross That River and many more. www.bcpf.or.kr
IDFA Forum Producers’ Breakfasts
The Producers’ Breakfasts provide an informal setting for producers to meet. Pre-arranged table settings ensure attendees meet colleagues they would like to collaborate with. Nov 21-23, 8:30-9:15 | Compagnietheater – Foyer Upstairs
Forum pass holders only, by pre-arranged enrollment. The Forum Producers’ Breakfasts are presented by Future Logic and AFAC. Future Logic is the international development platform of Palestinian cinema, seeking to reimagine a collective Palestinian identity by fostering practical and conceptual discourse focused on the future. To achieve this, it functions as a communication hub, linking Palestinian filmmakers while increasing the exposure of their films within the film industry at large, and connecting them to potential producers and distributors. Future Logic is proud to present a spectrum of the Palestinian mosaic from across the globe. www.futurelogic.org
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IDFA Forum Lunches
A welcome break from the busy pitch schedule, the daily lunches offer an informal setting to meet, greet and eat. Nov 21-23, 12:35-14:45 | Zuiderkerk
Forum pass holders only.
The Forum Lunch on November 21 is supported by Chicken & Egg Pictures. Chicken & Egg Pictures supports female non- fiction filmmakers whose artful and innovative storytelling catalyzes social change. We empower women directors from a range of diverse backgrounds and experiences to realize their artistic goals and visions, build sustainable careers and achieve parity in all areas of the film industry. www.chickeneggpics.org
The Forum Lunch on November 22 is supported by Catalan Films & TV and DocsBarcelona. Catalan Films & TV supports the Catalan audiovisual industry worldwide. Its goal is to increase the participation of the Catalan film industry in international markets and support Catalan creations and talents at major film festivals. DocsBarcelona is a consolidated project devoted to documentary. Born 20 years ago, today it encompasses an international competitive festival and industry market in three cities (Barcelona, Medellín and Valparaíso), PINK C76 M38 / BLACK K17
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an international documentary school and an international distribution brand and network.
www.catalanfilms.cat | www.docsbarcelona.com
The Forum Lunch on November 23 is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund. The Netherlands Film Fund is the national agency responsible for supporting film production in the Netherlands and activities such as festivals and training. Its focus is to develop and strengthen Dutch cinema and film culture both domestically and internationally. The Film Fund also oversees the activities of the Netherlands Film Commission. The fund operates a Film Production Incentive based on a 30% cash rebate system. Thirteen films backed by the Netherlands Film Fund are screening at IDFA 2016, including Stranger in Paradise (Opening film, First Appearance Competition), Miss Kiet’s Children (Feature-Length Competition), How to Meet a Mermaid (Feature-Length Competition), and To Stay Alive – A Method (Mid-Length Competition). www.filmfund.nl
IDFA Forum Closing Drinks
The Forum wraps up with closing drinks on Wednesday afternoon. Last chance to seal the deal! Nov 23, 17:00-17:45 | Compagnietheater
Forum pass holders only.
The Forum Closing Drinks are supported by DOCTV. DOCTV Latin America is a fund of the Conference of Ibero-American Cinematographic Authorities (CACI), which promotes the production and distribution of documentary films. The fund has two selection rounds each year in 17 countries of the region, with a stimulus of $70,000 and a project development workshop for each. After their development, the resulting films are broadcast on 21 Latin American TV channels and VOD platforms. www.doctvlatinoamerica.org
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The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) is an independent regional initiative that offers financial and professional support to emerging and established artists from the Arab region, and to cultural institutions in the fields of film, literature, performing arts, photography, visual arts, music and research/training/regional events. AFAC has had a special program for documentary films since 2009, and has supported more than 100 documentary films thus far.
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 networking opportunities for buyers and sellers of quality documentaries during the festival. Now in its 21st 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 viewing services backed by an extensive database and catalogue. 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 from wherever they are.
Meet the Professionals at Docs for Sale
Docs for Sale is organizing Meet the Professionals, allowing Docs for Sale participants to register for 15-minute meetings with industry professionals. Filmmakers whose film has been selected for Docs for Sale can book meetings a day in advance with sales agents, festival programmers and TV buyers – for advice, to network or to sell their film. Nov 19-23, 10:30-12:00 | Arti et Amicitiae (Docs for Sale Lounge)
Preregistration required. Docs for Sale is supported by
Nov 18-24 | Arti et Amicitiae
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Projects in various stages of funding get a platform at IDFA Forum. In its 24 years, the Forum has grown to be the largest and most influential meeting place for documentary filmmakers, producers, commissioning editors, funds, private financiers and other documentary stakeholders in Europe. Over the course of three days, 60 projects are being pitched to commissioning editors and other decision makers from around the world in a variety of pitch setups. Thirty-seven filmmakers are presenting their projects in the smaller halls of Compagnie Theater to groups of funders who have indicated interest in specific projects. This includes three genre-specific roundtable sessions with focus on crossmedia, arts & culture and documentaries for children. In addition, 12 linear and 3 cross-media projects in various stages of production are presented in the big hall of the Compagnietheater.
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Hundreds of One-on-One Meetings are held parallel to and following these public pitch sessions. In addition, the Rough Cut Project section organized in collaboration with Docs for Sale (see opposite page) offers selected filmmakers the opportunity to present work-in-progress edits online to commissioning editors, buyers, distributors and festival programmers. The Forum offers various services aimed at furthering the possibilities for co-production, including matchmakers who facilitate meetings between participants, consultancies with experts in various fields, and a daily Producers’ Breakfast. Nov 21-23 | Compagnietheater
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Previous IDFA Forum projects at IDFA 2016 Ambulance Mohamed Jabaly (Norway/Palestine, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2015. Screening in Best of Fests. See page 74.
The Borneo Case Dylan Williams/Erik Pauser (Sweden/Germany/ Wales, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2014. Screening in Masters. See page 75.
China’s Van Goghs Haibo Yu/Kiki Tianqi Yu (China/The Netherlands, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2014. Screening in Panorama. See page 76.
Dream Empire David Borenstein (Denmark, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2013. Selected for the IDFA Competition for First Appearance. See page 78.
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Eat That Question – Frank Zappa in His Own Words Thorsten Schütte (Germany/France, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2011. Screening in Music Documentary. See page 79.
The Grown-Ups Maite Alberdi (Chile/The Netherlands/ France, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2014. Selected for the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary. See page 81.
Prison Sisters Nima Sarvestani (Sweden, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2015. Screening in Masters. See page 91.
The Promise Marcus Vetter (Germany/USA, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2013. Screening in Masters. See page 93.
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Singing with Angry Bird
Still Tomorrow
Vitaly Mansky (Germany/Ukraine/Estonia/ Latvia, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2014. Screening in Masters. See page 94.
Jian Fan (China, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2015. Selected for the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary. See page 97.
Shadow World
White Spots, a Journey to the Edge of the Internet
Johan Grimonprez (USA/Belgium, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2012. Screening in Paradocs. See page 95.
Singing with Angry Bird Hyewon Jee (South Korea, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2015. Screening in Panorama. See page 95.
Solitary Kristi Jacobson (USA, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2014. Screening in Panorama. See page 97.
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Bregtje van der Haak (The Netherlands, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2015. Selected for DocLab: Elastic Reality. See page 100.
Whose Country? Mohamed Siam (Egypt/France/Kuwait/USA, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum in 2011. Screening in Best of Fests. See page 100.
Zaineb Hates the Snow Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia/United Arab Emirates/France/Qatar/Lebanon, 2016) Pitched at IDFA Forum Online in 2012. Screening in Panorama. See page 101.
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China’s Van Gogh
IDFA Bertha Fund
The IDFA Bertha Fund (IBF) supports documentary filmmakers in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe. The Fund seeks to stimulate and offer new perspectives by enabling these filmmakers to realize their projects and by promoting the screenings of their documentaries. For years, the IDFA Bertha Fund has offered support for the development and production of documentaries. In 2015, the Fund introduced the new program IDFA Bertha Fund Europe, which supports co-productions between European producers and producers from developing countries. The new program aims to increase cross-continental collaboration and includes a section for distribution support as well.
IDFA Bertha Fund Projects at IDFA
The IDFA Bertha Fund not only provides financial support to filmmakers, but it also plays a crucial advisory role. To that end, the Fund sees to it that supported filmmakers participate in IDFA’s various industry activities. Five projects are pitching at IDFA Forum, and a variety of filmmakers are participating in IDFAcademy or attending IDFA Forum as an observer to present their projects. Furthermore, the fund is teaming up with the Bertha Foundation in organizing consultancies on outreach for a select group of filmmakers.
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An Insignificant Man
Central Pitch Veterans, Gema Films (Argentina), Bettina Walter Productions (Spain)
Round Table pitches All About Amal, ArtKhana (Egypt), Abbout Productions (Lebanon), Detail Film (Germany) Raghu Rai, an Unframed Portrait, IV Films (Finland), Anurag Kashyap, CRCI India Pvt Ltd (India)
Rough Cut projects Bullet Catcher, Batytskyi production (Ukraine), Pomegranate Studios Inc. (USA), Volt Film AS (Norway) Obstinate, Les Films du Tambour de Soie (France), Afghan Doc House (Afghanistan)
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Observers The Last Year of Congo Mirador, Sancocho Publico (Venezuela), Spiraleye Productions (UK), Polo de Imagem (Brazil) Home Games, Studio Garmata Film (Ukraine), East Roads Films (France),
IBF participants at IDFAcademy
Brother on Paper, Carlos Hernรกndez & Anna Casals, Colombia The Belly of the Whale, Horizoe Garcia, Cuba Home Games, Alisa Kovalenko & Maksym Vasyanovych, Ukraine Insomnia, Lera Latypova & Marusya Syroechkovskaya, Russia Obstinate, Sahra Mosawi, Afghanistan Off Khartoum Sides, Marwa Zein, Sudan Turkana: Race for Resources, Jackie Lebo & Chelagat Lebo, Kenya Written on Your Face, Simon Lokwang, South Sudan
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IBF at IDFA Forum
IBF Harvest screening at IDFA
Fifteen new documentaries supported by the IDFA Bertha Fund are part of this year’s festival program.
Amazona Clare Weiskopf (Colombia, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2014. Selected for the IDFA Competition for First Appearance. See page 74.
Ambulance Mohamed Jabaly (Norway/Palestine, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2015. Screening in Best of Fests. See page 74.
China’s Van Goghs Haibo Yu/Kiki Tianqi Yu (China/The Netherlands/ France, 2016) Supported with IBF Europe production and distribution grants in 2016. Screening in Panorama. See page 76.
The Grown-Ups Maite Alberdi (Chile/The Netherlands/France, 2016) Supported with an IBF Europe production grant in 2015 and a distribution grant in 2016. Selected for the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary. See page 81.
Rahul Jain (India/Germany/Finland, 2016) Supported with an IBF Europe distribution grant in 2016. Selected for the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary and screening in Assembling Reality. See page 87.
A Memory in Three Acts Inadelso Cossa (Mozambique, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2014. Selected for the IDFA Competition for First Appearance and screening in Shifting Perspectives. See page 89.
Plastic China Jiu-Liang Wang (China, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2013. Selected for the IDFA Competition for First Appearance. See page 91.
Skulls, of My People Vincent Moloi (South Africa, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2009. Screening in Panorama and Shifting Perspectives. See page 97.
Tempestad Tatiana Huezo (Mexico, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2013. Screening in Best of Fests. See page 98.
Happily Ever After
Trembling Mountain
Nada Riyadh/Ayman El Amir (Egypt, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2016. Screening in Panorama. See page 81.
Kesang Tseten (Nepal, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2015. Screening in Panorama. See page 98.
Hissein Habré, a Chadian Tragedy
Whose Country?
Mahamat Saleh Haroun (France/Chad, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2014 and supported with an IBF Europe production grant in 2015. Screening in Masters. See page 83.
Mohamed Siam (Egypt/France/Kuwait/USA, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2011 and 2012. Screening in Best of Fests. See page 100.
An Insignificant Man
Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia/United Arab Emirates/France/Qatar/Lebanon, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2012. Screening in Panorama. See page 101.
Khushboo Ranka/Vinay Shukla (India, 2016) Supported by IBF in 2013. Screening in Best of Fests. See page 85.
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Zaineb Hates the Snow
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IDFA is invested in fostering new documentary talent through the IDFAcademy program during the festival as well as in several workshops and training programs throughout the year. The resulting films are shown at the festival, along with other creative documentaries by new talents, most notably in the festival’s First Appearance and Student Competitions. During the festival, IDFAcademy offers an intensive four-day training program for emerging filmmakers and producers. In a range of plenary sessions, workshops and master classes, renowned experts from the documentary field discuss subjects like how to build an effective trailer or festival strategies. This year’s program kicks off with an Industry Talk by talented filmmaker Maite Alberdi and renowned editor Menno Boerema (see page 122), who worked together on The Grown-Ups, selected for the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary. It also includes the now legendary Pitch and Trailer Workshop and a session on editing in VR, featuring Google’s Jessica Brillhart.
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IDFAcademy
In addition, 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 (which was held for the last time in 2015), aspiring Dutch film makers develop a rough idea into a ready-to-shoot film plan. In the intensive six-day program of the IDFAcademy Summer School, upcoming international talents – including several whose films have been supported by the IDFA Bertha Fund – develop projects at the script or editing stage. These various initiatives form part of a continuous whole, which comes to fruition during the festival. Participants from the various workshops meet each other and continue their ongoing conversation about the documentary form. Projects that originated or were developed at one of the workshop programs are screened at the festival, bringing the importance of IDFA’s dedication to developing talent into clear focus. IDFAcademy is supported by
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Rocknrollers
Elsbeth Fraanje (The Netherlands, 2016) Developed at the Kids & Docs Workshop in 2014. Selected for the IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs. See page 76.
Daan Bol (The Netherlands, 2016) Developed at the Kids & Docs Workshop in 2015. Selected for the IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs and screening in Music Documentary. See page 94.
Dream Empire
Sealers – One Last Hunt
David Borenstein (Denmark, 2016) Developed at the IDFAcademy Summer School in 2015. Selected for the IDFA Competition for First Appearance. See page 78.
Trude Berge Ottersen/Gry Elisabeth Mortensen (Norway, 2016) Developed at the IDFAcademy Summer School in 2016. Selected for the IDFA Competition for First Appearance. See page 95.
An Insignificant Man Khushboo Ranka/Vinay Shukla (India, 2016) Developed at the IDFAcademy Summer School in 2014. Screening in Best of Fests. See page 85.
A Memory in Three Acts
Mathijs Vleugels (Belgium, 2016) Developed at the IDFA-Mediafonds Workshop in 2014. Screening in Panorama. See page 95.
Inadelso Cossa (Mozambique, 2016) Developed at the IDFAcademy Summer School in 2014 and 2015. Selected for the IDFA Competition for First Appearance and screening in Shifting Perspectives. See page 89.
Singing with Angry Bird
A Quiet Place
Judith de Leeuw (The Netherlands, 2016) Developed at the IDFA-Mediafonds Workshop in 2012. Screening in Panorama. See page 99.
Sjoerd Oostrik (The Netherlands, 2016) Developed at the IDFA-Mediafonds Workshop in 2014. Selected for the IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary. See page 93.
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Hyewon Jee (South Korea, 2016) Developed at the IDFAcademy Summer School in 2016. Screening in Panorama. See page 95.
Welcome to the Heavenly Earth
Whose Country? Mohamed Siam (Egypt/France/Kuwait/USA, 2016) Developed at the IDFAcademy Summer School in 2012. Screening in Best of Fests. See page 100.
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Recent developments in immersive technology – like virtual reality, as well as AR, MR and AI – have introduced an explosive new growth industry for contemporary mediamakers. But while VR consumer devices are already reaching the masses, many questions still exist around the true potential of immersive media. Just like a decade ago, when the internet began to converge with traditional media, the future of interactive and immersive media is once again unknown and being shaped by pioneers working in very different disciplines, ranging from art to technology, and from business development to science.
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DocLab: Immersive Network
With the Immersive Network program, IDFA DocLab brings interactive and immersive communities together to create, research, showcase and network. Throughout this year’s IDFA festival and future events, different activities are being presented. The Immersive Network activities are organized in collaboration with a wide range of participants, including the National Film Board of Canada, ARTE, Google, Oculus Story Studio, VRbase Amsterdam, The Guardian, the New York Times, Tribeca Film Festival, the Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, MIT, Diversion and many others. DocLab: Immersive Network is supported by
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Immersive Network Summit
The Immersive Network Summit is a new international think tank event bringing together experts from all corners of the interactive and immersive storytelling industry to formulate the next steps in developing the medium. The program includes presentations of new platforms, audience research and groundbreaking interactive and immersive storytelling experiments, followed by a networking lunch and cross-sector roundtable discussions of topics ranging from technology to artistic practices, distribution and exhibition. Nov 19, 11:30-17:00 | Brakke Grond
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Expert Meeting: Interactive Documentary Preservation
DocLab’s 10th anniversary calls for serious reflection on the future of the past. Over the past decade, we have seen a vast number of interactive masterpieces, but how can we preserve them as the technology and the internet that they were created for disappears? To answer these questions, DocLab and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision are organizing an invite-only expert session on the preservation of interactive documentary art, in which different case studies and preservation techniques are explored. Nov 21, 9:30-11:00 | Brakke Grond
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Commissioned Projects
As part of the Immersive Network, IDFA DocLab invites artists, producers and market players to create new works, test new artistic concepts and explore technological developments such as multi-user VR, live streaming, volumetric video and webVR. Several projects resulting from this can be experienced during the festival: Bear 71, I Am Not Home Video, Shared Individual and White Spots. These projects were the result of collaborations between a wide variety of artists and organizations, including the National Film Board of Canada, VRbase Amsterdam, Purple Pill, Spook.FM, Flying Dutchman, Lab4242, Google, VPRO Television, Makropol, the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision and Diversion.
Immersive Network Audience Research
The place to test and fine-tune works-in-progress. How does the audience respond to different interactions setups or voice-over styles, and where do they actually look in VR? In collaboration with the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, among others.
Immersive Knowledge Base
Reports and case studies from the different Immersive Network activities will be published and made available for free after the festival via the Immersive Knowledge Base. This online platform will also function as a hub to share research findings and best practices from other interactive and immersive projects.
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MACHINES by Rahul Jain (IN/DE/FI)
IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary
IT’S GETTING DARK
IDFA Competition for Student Documentary
DIL LEYLA by Aslı Özarslan PER SONG by Shuchang Xie (DE/CN) SUGAR & SPICE by Mi Mi Lwin (DE/MM)
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HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM
ON THE BRIDGE OF DEATH AND LIFE by Lola Jia Liu SIBERIAN LOVE by Olga Delane
NATIONAL BIRD by Sonia Kennebeck (US/DE) Music Documentary EAT THAT QUESTION – FRANK ZAPPA IN THE SETTLERS by Shimon Dotan (FR/CA/IL/DE) HIS OWN WORDS by Thorsten Schütte (FR/DE) SHALOM ITALIA by Tamar Tal-Anati (IL/DE) Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA WRONG ELEMENTS ALTER SENATOR by Willehad Eilers by Jonathan Littell (FR/DE/BE) Sergei Loznitsa Retrospective
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CROWLEY – EVERY COWBOY NEEDS HIS HORSE by Andre Hörmann LUTWI by Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier WIN BY FALL by Anna Koch FALLEN FLOWERS THICK LEAVES by Laetitia Schoofs (NL/DE)
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by Olga Kravets (FR/RU/DE)
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GAZA SURF CLUB
THE BORNEO CASE
AUSTERLITZ by Sergei Loznitsa REVUE by Sergei Loznitsa (DE/UA/RU)
THE PROMISE by Marcus Vetter (DE/US) RODNYE (CLOSE RELATIONS)
THE COLONIAL MISUNDERSTANDING
Masters
by Dylan Williams, Erik Pauser (SE/UK/DE)
by Vitaly Mansky (LV/DE/EE/UA)
Shifting Perspectives
by Jean-Marie Teno (CM/FR/DE)
A LETTER TO NELSON MANDELA
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by Khalo Matabane (ZA/DE)
by Rehad Desai (ZA/DE)
by Raoul Peck (FR/BL/HT/DE)
THE GIANT IS FALLING
LUMUMBA: DEATH OF A PROPHET
THE HANGING
A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY
by Geoffrey Feinberg (US/RU/DE)
by Jean-Marie Teno (CM/FR/DE)
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