Program Guide
14-25 nov 2018
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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For powerful cinematic stories from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle-East and Eastern-Europe Classic
Europe
Funding opportunities for documentary filmmakers and producers living in developing countries
Funding opportunities for producing and distributing documentaries realized through international co-productions
Development: For research, script and trailer production Production & post-production: For all stages of production & post-production New Deadlines: 10 December 2018, 10 June 2019
International co-production: feature-length documentary with potential to reach a global audience New Deadline: 1 April 2019 istribution of international co-productions: D inventive distribution plans with global impact Deadline: open throughout the year from December 2018 - October 2019
Entry forms, regulations, and guidelines on how to submit are available on www.idfa.nl/idfaberthafund Contact: idfaberthafund@idfa.nl
IDFA Bertha Fund is supported by
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Here we go again, it’s IDFA time! Are you ready to run between film screenings, talks, meetings and parties faster than you do anywhere else? Are you ready to grab a falafel from the corner because the day is too short for a slow meal? Are you ready to do more in one day that you’d usually do in three? Well, we’ve made sure, again, that your time will be intense, inspiring and beneficial. You won’t manage to be everywhere at the same time, but c’est la vie! In 2018, a few things changed at IDFA, but the soul and the mission remain the same. We revised the film program structure, introducing Luminous, Frontlight and IDFA On Stage. We also developed the Industry, Doc and Filmmaker Talks even further. After all, with you here, this is the largest gathering of documentary film professionals in the world. Such a great gathering means it’s time to party, and that we didn’t forget—but it also means responsibility. The global documentary family is here. IDFA is the family home, it’s the gathering place where we discuss family affairs and debate the past, the present and the future of documentary film. It’s where the well-being of filmmakers is a common concern, where we challenge and shape opinions and test technology and innovative approaches. IDFA is where we can make a difference together. From 2018 onwards, the long-standing policy of inclusion that IDFA has cherished all through its existence becomes a top priority. From now on, gender parity will be a lead objective. We will be maximizing our efforts to achieve visible progress every year. And for IDFA, inclusion doesn’t stop at gender. We’ll be affirming the “international” in our name, a step further every year. We’ll be exploring everything that we haven’t yet explored, to find those gems that do not make it on their own to our tables. The pluralism of Amsterdam’s own inhabitants, whom we hope you’ll get to meet, reflects the great pluralism of our world, and we want it to be more and more reflected in our program, in IDFA Forum, in IDFAcademy, in Docs for Sale and naturally, in IDFA Bertha Fund’s offerings. It’s a good day for the art of documentary. The world is curious and interested. It’s the hard and persistent work of the entire global documentary family that got us here. There are still many problems, many challenges for sure, but documentary filmmakers and artists are in a position to negotiate like never before. There’s a lot of work for all of us, but there’s also time for acknowledging our collective accomplishment—there’s time for celebration!
Welcome to IDFA! Orwa Nyrabia Artistic Director
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Table of Contents 4 Practical Information 13 Industry Program
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Documentary in Demand | All eyes on you Shifting Paradigm | (Co-) producing documentaries today and tomorrow Diamonds Are Forever | Film heritage for the future Rehearsing the Future | Exploring interactive and immersive storytelling Among Filmmakers | Spotlighting authors and their lives
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Program Sections Awards DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook Doc Talks Me Doc Talks Space Doc Talks IDFA on Stage Paradocs Collaborations
53 Day by Day Festival & Industry Program 127 Films and Events A-Z
Colophon Production: Isabel Arrate Fernandez, Ayla Bongaertz, Iwana Chronis, Joost Daamen, Nadica Denic, Veerle Egbers, Laura van Halsema, Laurien ten Houten, Jasper Hokken, Eveline Kaethoven, David Leenders, Laura de Lange, Kat Lybaneva, Nadine Maaraba, Stien Meesters, Anneleen Naudts, Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen, Imani van Oosterhout, Martijn te Pas, Dymme Plomp, Yorinde Segal, Lara Sitruk, Caspar Sonnen, Meike Statema, Annabel Troost, Jenni Tuovinen, Wotienke Vermeer, Pien Visser, Cathalijne de Wilde, Julia Yudelman, Raul NiĂąo Zambrano, Jelte Zonneveld Copy editor: Andrew Maggiore Design: Sjoukje van Gool, Gerald Zevenboom Print: Damen Drukkers, 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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Partners of IDFA Premium Partner of the 31st International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Main Partners
Partners
IDFA is subsidized and funded by
IDFAcademy is supported by
IDFA DocLab is supported by ARTE, Diversion, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Flemish Arts Centre de Brakke Grond
IDFAcademy & NPO-fund Workshop / Kids & Docs Workshop is supported by
Research Collaborations
IDFA Forum is supported by
IDFA Bertha Fund is supported by
Club IDFA
ABN AMRO Bank NV, BlinkLane Consulting, Brand New Telly Industries, deBreij, Gingermood, Houthoff, JBR, Jean Mineur Mediavision, Le Poole Bekema, Rabobank Amsterdam, Qelp, Uitgeefhuis Nieuw Amsterdam, Rotaform, Van Tunen + Partners
Donations to IDFA
Acción Cultural Española, AVROTROS, Club chUrch, Embassy of Denmark, Embassy of Switzerland, Embassy of the United States of America, EO, EYE International, Goethe-Institut, HUMAN, Institut Français des Pays-Bas, Istituto Luce - Cinecittà, KRO-NCRV, LaScam, Lutfia Rabbani Foundation, NPO Sales, OUTtv, Sauna Nieuwezijds In cooperation with NPO (Dutch Public Broadcasting) IDFA will broadcast 5 new Dutch documentaries on TV during the festival
Suppliers
Alvero, Arti et Amicitiae, Art Support BV Theaterproductiebureau, Bijlmer Parktheater, Booking.com,
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Amsterdam Human Rights Award is supported by
Brouwerij de 7 Deugden, Café de Jaren, Compagnietheater, De Balie, De Kleine Komedie, DeLaMar Theater, Ditmeijers, Eden Rembrandt Square Hotel Amsterdam, Event Engineers, EYE Film Instituut, FedEx Express, FestivalTickets, Fifth Friday Sisterhood, Fiona Online, Haghefilm Digitaal, Hapeco, Het Ketelhuis, Hôtel Droog, IndyVideo, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, inVision Ondertiteling BV, Koninklijk Theater Carré, Lichtwerk, MacBike, Mausolos, Mazda Motors Nederland, Momkai, Mercure Amsterdam Centre Canal District, NH Hotel Group, Oberon, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Podium Mozaïek, Prinsengracht Hotel, Rex International, The Screening Factory, Skatepark NOORD, Splendor, Tolhuistuin, VBVB Cultuurautomatisering, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Volkshotel, Zuiderkerk
Festival Campaign KesselsKramer
Distribution Festival Trailer Jean Mineur Mediavision
IDFA would like to thank all (Special) Friends of the festival
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Staff Orwa Nyrabia artistic director
Cees van 't Hullenaar festival director
Joost Daamen senior programmer
Laura van Halsema senior programmer
Raul Nino Zambrano senior programmer
Martijn te Pas senior programmer
Jasper Hokken junior programmer
Eveline Kaethoven program producer
Ayla Bongaertz program assistant
Nadica Denic program assistant
Laura de Lange program assistant
Caspar Sonnen head of new media / IDFA DocLab
Wotienke Vermeer new media coordinator
Annabel Troost new media researcher & producer
Kat Lybaneva new media assistant
Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen head of IDFA Industry
Yorinde Segal IDFA Forum coordinator
Jenni Tuovinen IDFA Industry Producer
Veerle Egbers IDFA Forum producer
Anneleen Naudts IDFA Forum producer
Lara Sitruk IDFA Forum producer
Laurien Houten Docs for Sale & Guest Services coordinator
Viktoriya Kalashnikova Docs for sale Producer
Florina Viltgertshofer Docs for sale Producer
Stien Meesters Industry office & talks coordinator
Iwana Chronis Industry talks editor
Nadine Maraaba Industry office producer
Hanna Mattes Industry desk officer
Jelte Zonneveld editor DocTalks
Imani van Oosterhout producer DocTalks
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Clemence Girard guest services producer
Emma Romeijn guest services producer
Daan Visser guest services producer
Zoe van Wakeren guest services producer
Alfonsina Isidor guest services assistant
Isabel Arrate Fernandez IBF managing director
Melanie de Vocht IBF project manager
Felicie Crijns IBF producer
Meike Statema head of education
Marije Veenstra education producer
Dymme Plomp IDFAcademy producer
Alexandra Sint Nicholaas IDFAcademy assistant
Martijn van Dijk head of development
Andrea van den Bos partnerships manager
Moniek Mewafi partnerships manager
Brigitte Ravensbergen development producer
Martine van Duijn head of marketing & communication
Eveliina Petäjäaho press officer international
Jair Tchong press officer Netherlands
Dirk Blikkendaal head of production & IT
Jasminka Beganovic production coordinator
Jasmijn Alkaf international premiere producer
Tess Vermeer special events producer
Marjolein Polder management assistant
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David Leenders guest services manager
Rada Sesic jury coordinator
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GERMAN FILMS
AND CO-PRODUCTIONS AT I D F A 2 0 1 8 IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary
THE HIDDEN CITY by Victor Moreno (SP/FR/DE) LOS REYES by Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff (CL/DE) IDFA Competition for First Appearance
CLOSING TIME by Nicole Vögele (CH/DE) KABUL DYSTOPIAN SYMPHONY by Aboozar Amini (AF/JP/NL/DE)
IDFA Competition for Short Documentary
DOROCHKA by Olga Delane I SIGNED THE PETITION by Mahdi Fleifel (UK/DE) ONCE UPON A TIME IN SHANGHAI by Leyli Gafarova (AZ/DE) IDFA Competition for Student Documentary
IN SEARCH… by Beryl Magoko LA BESTIA – TRAIN OF THE UNKNOWNS by Manuel Inacker
IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs
199 LITTLE HEROES by Sigrid Klausmann CROWLEY – COWBOY UP by André Hörmann Frontlight
THE PATRIOT by Katja Fedulova Luminous
LOST REACTOR by Alexandra Westmeier UNDERDOWN by Sarah Kaskas (LB/QA/DE) Best of Fests
#FEMALE PLEASURE by Barbara Miller (CH/DE) CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja Kofmel (CH/HR/DE/FI) ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS by Gabrielle Brady (DE/UK/AU)
IT’S ALL GOOD by Tuki Jencquel (VE/DE) THE RAFT by Marcus Lindeen (SE/DK/DE/US) THEATRE OF WAR by Lola Arias (AR/ES/DE) TOUCH ME NOT by Adina Pintilie (RO/DE/CZ/BG/FR)
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Masters
AQUARELA by Victor Kossakovsky (DE/GB/DK) CENTRAL AIRPORT THF by Karim Ainouz (DE/FR/BR) JONATHAN AGASSI SAVED MY LIFE by Tomer Heymann (IL/DE)
SEARCHING FOR INGMAR BERGMAN by Margarethe von Trotta (DE/FR)
THE TRIAL by Maria Ramos (BR/DE/NL) VICTORY DAY by Sergei Loznitsa Me
NEWS FROM HOME by Chantal Akerman (FR/BE/DE) Paradocs
BACKYARD by Khaled Abdulwahed EXTINCTION by Salomé Lamas (PT/DE)
5 cities 150 films 14 awards 90 events
IDFA Junior
OVER THE LIMIT by Marta Prus (PL/DE/FI) WATANI MY HOMELAND by Marcel Mettelsiefen
May 10th–19th, 2019
DocLab Humanoid Cookbook
EARN A LIVING by Yuval Orr, Malika Zouhali-Worrall (FR/DE/NL/US) EYE OF THE DREAM by David O’Reilly (JP/DE) LEAKED RECIPES by Gabriela Ivens
WARSAW • WROCLAW • GDYNIA • LUBLIN • BYDGOSZCZ
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• Go to IDFA.nl or use the IDFA app and log in with your MyIDFA account. • Find the film you wish to see using the search feature or through the Program Schedule. • Choose your ticket(s). You can order one ticket per pass, per screening. • Complete payment, if necessary. • You will receive a confirmation e-mail. • Your tickets will be uploaded to your pass. You will not get a hardcopy ticket or e-mail attachment. • You will have to present your pass when entering screenings. Passholders • Holders of all passes (except the Docs for Sale Participants Pass) have access to the Industry Screenings, Industry Talks, and various social events. No ticket is needed; first come, first served. You will need tickets for all other paid screenings and events. • Passholders (except holders of the Festival Pass Light, both Docs for Sale passes, and the IDFA Forum day pass) can get up to 10 complimentary tickets for regular screenings starting October 29th at 12 pm at www.idfa.nl. Additionally, these Passholders can order free tickets for screenings on the same day or the following day, if available. • Holders of the Festival Pass Light can obtain tickets at a discounted rate. • Tickets for special screenings can be obtained at a discounted rate by all Passholders (except holders of both Docs for Sale passes and the IDFA Forum day pass). • Tickets will be uploaded to your pass. • Please have your pass ready before entering the screenings. • To avoid empty seats, please cancel your
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ticket if you can’t make it to a screening. Complimentary tickets can easily be returned. You can do this through your MyIDFA account at idfa.nl or through the IDFA app by clicking the “cancel transaction” button. • If a screening is sold out, Passholders (except holders of the Festival Pass Light, both Docs for Sale passes, and the IDFA Forum day pass) can queue at the entrance to fill any “no show” seats. There are signs at every entrance marking where to wait. No ticket is needed; first come, first served. • There will be no admission after the starting time.
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Tickets for all screenings and events can be obtained on our website, via the IDFA App, and at the festival box offices during the festival. Passholders can also acquire tickets at the Guest Box Office at the Industry Office. Get tickets online at idfa.nl
FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Tickets
Prices Regular rate: €11.00 Discount rate: €8.50 (for holders of the Festival Pass Light, students, and holders of the CJP youth pass or Amsterdam City Pass) Discounts • All IDFA passholders get a 50% discount on entry at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam • All IDFA passholders get a €2.50 discount on entry to the EYE Film Museum’s exhibition “Ryoji Ikeda”
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About IDFA In 1988, IDFA started as a documentary film festival. Throughout the years IDFA realized that showing films and discussing them is not enough. In addition to the festival, IDFA started organizing programs and events that addressed different aspects of documentary filmmaking, the documentary film business, and the way opportunities are distributed within the documentary film industry. Today, IDFA is a constellation of different components: exhibiting film and new media; debating documentary film’s reality and future; co-financing, funding, and distributing films; and training and developing talent. All these elements form the eco-system of IDFA and that of documentary film itself.
IDFA’s new media program DocLab explores how the digital revolution shapes the art of interactive and immersive non-fiction. Since 2007, IDFA DocLab has developed into one of the leading platforms for interactive documentary art and storytelling. Key activities include commissioning new pieces, initiating collaborations between artists, and hosting a wide range of industry and training activities. During the festival IDFA DocLab showcases the best new interactive documentary art through two competition programs, a physical exhibition, and a series of experimental live events to present undefined art forms to a wider audience. IDFA DocLab is supported by
ARTE, Diversion, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Flemish Arts Centre de Brakke Grond
Research Collaborations
IDFA Forum is a co-production and co-financing market that helps facilitate the financing of important, unique and ground-breaking creative documentaries, whether they are single docs, series or interactive and cross media projects. Over the course of four days, filmmakers, producers, commissioning editors, funds, private financiers and other documentary stakeholders gather to participate in a program of public pitches, one-on-one meetings, rough cut screenings and networking events. IDFA Forum is supported by
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FESTIVAL INFORMATION
The IDFA Bertha Fund supports independent, critical, and artistic voices from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Through different grant schemes the Fund offers financial assistance for the development and production of documentaries realized by filmmakers from these regions. In addition, the Fund offers a range of activities aimed at empowering supported filmmakers throughout the creative process and the production process with tailor-made consultancies, as well as access to training programs and IDFA’s markets. The IDFA Bertha Fund is supported by
DocLab Academy is an initiative of IDFA’s new media Program DocLab and Flemish ARTs Centre de BrakkeGrond and is supported by
Docs for Sale facilitates sales of high-end documentaries by gathering all interested parties under one roof, as well as bringing them together through the Docs for Sale online services. The Docs for Sale Lounge, Meet the Professionals sessions and various other activities offer great networking opportunities. Throughout the year, the market’s catalogue is available to registered buyers through Docs for Sale online. Docs for Sale is supported by
To stimulate new talent and high level documentary production, IDFA organizes talent development programs for emerging filmmakers, producers and interactive media artists. During the festival, the DocLab Academy program addresses a variety of challenges and opportunities through exclusive workshops on virtual reality and interactive storytelling by international new media pioneers. The IDFAcademy program gives the opportunity to emerging filmmakers and producers to meet, network and meet highly esteemed documentary professionals who are willing to share their knowledge of the industry. Throughout the year, IDFAcademy also organizes the IDFAcademy Summer School and workshops for Dutch-speaking participants that are all project-driven. IDFAcademy is supported by
IDFAcademy & NPO-fund Workshop / Kids & Docs Workshop is supported by
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TRAINING FOR MENTORS PROJECTS & PROCESS
Three-month process guided by experienced advisers for European screenwriters and teams of writers, producers or directors with a project in development. Seven-day session, coached development period, follow-up session.
Four-day session, round-off after a coaching period.
APPLICATION DATE 1 DECEMBER 2018 WORKSHOP IN LITHUANIA 4 –12 APRIL 2019
APPLICATION DATE 1 JUNE 2019 WORKSHOP IN POLAND AUTUMN 2019
With the support of the Lithuanian Film Center.
With the support of the Polish Fim Institute.
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Open City Docs School at University College London
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Workshop for professionals working as mentors in the field of script and story development (fiction and documentary), such as screenwriters, developers, consultants, script editors, filmmakers, producers, commissioning editors, trainers and decision makers.
SCREENWRITING | DEVELOPMENT NETWORKING | TRAINING
WRITING DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
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Based out of UCL but run by leading filmmakers, Open City Docs’ postgraduate programmes offer high-quality practice-based learning in a top level university research environment. MA Ethnographic & Documentary Film (Practical) (1 year) offers a choice of four specialised studios covering varying aspects of documentary filmmaking, including UCL 360, a unique Immersive Factual Storytelling (VR/AR) studio. MFA Creative Documentary (By Practice) (2 year) - an advanced practical programme drawing upon broad-based anthropological and critical thinking, led by filmmakers Sophie Fiennes, Kim Longinotto & Riete Oord. For more info please visit: www.opencitylondon.com/school
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Industry Program
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Industry Office
The Industry Office is open to all Pass holders to meet up, network and do business. It offers an extensive program of services, sessions, talks and consultancies to inspire our professional guests and to keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the documentary industry.
Industry Desk
Location
At the Industry Desk, we can help you with any questions regarding our program for professionals. We guide you through the industry side of the festival, connect you with other professionals in various disciplines, and keep you informed about our array of talks, meetings and sessions. Members of the press can also request a room to conduct interviews.
NH Carlton Hotel (opposite Pathé De Munt cinema)
Nov 15 – 21, 9:30 – 13:00 & 14:00 – 18:00 |
Vijzelstraat 4 1017 HK Amsterdam E-floor and 1st floor
NH Carlton, Tulip Room
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 13, 12:00 – 21:00 | Tulip Room Nov 14 – 22, 9:00 – 21:00 | Tulip Room Nov 23 – 24, 9:00 – 21:00 | E-Floor Nov 25, 10:00 – 14:00 | E-Floor
Industry workspace
A convenient and comfortable open space with a Wi-Fi connection for all accredited guests to work individually and communally. Nov 15 – 25, 9:00 – 18:00 | NH Carlton Hotel, E-floor
Meeting Room with screening facilities
Accredited guests have the opportunity to reserve a meeting/screening room for groups of up to 10 people. Reservations can be made in advance by emailing nadinemaaraba@idfa. nl and during the festival at the Industry Desk. Nov 15 – 21, 09:30 – 17:30 | NH Carlton, E-Floor
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IDFA offers an extensive program of Sessions, Talks, and Consultancies to inspire and to keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the documentary Industry. This year we structured the program along five different themes, reflecting the important subjects within the documentary industry today. The themes are: Documentaries in Demand, Shifting Paradigms, Diamonds Are Forever, Rehearsing the Future and Among Filmmakers.
Meet the Experts Various experts share their knowledge with small groups of participants in hour-long sessions guided by a moderator, offering professionals knowledge on different subjects and creating networking opportunities. Accredited guests can register for the sessions one day in advance at the Industry Desk. See our website for full details.
IDFA Talks
Pre-registered 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 much more. Book your one-on-one meeting a day in advance at the Industry Desk
Various types of Talks and Sessions at the Brakke Grond bring you up to speed on the latest developments in the industry. Industry Talks cover bigger trends and urgent discussions within the industry. Industry Sessions cover a broad range of topics brought to you by experts in the field. Filmmaker Talks put renowned filmmakers in the spotlight with hour-long conversations, while the Doc Talks follow film screenings with in-depth conversations among filmmakers, experts, and moderators. Several Talks, Sessions and other programs are hosted by partner organizations. Detailed information and locations are available on idfa.nl.
Industry Meetups
The Industry Office offers a diverse range of meetups which include expert round tables in our Meet the Expert program, summits in the NH Carlton, Compagnietheater, and De Rode Hoed, and invitation only Think Tanks that dive into the subjects discussed in the Industry Talks.
Industry Consultancies
The Industry Office offers three types of consultancies: group consultancies in Meet-the-experts, pre-registered 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 on our website.
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INDUSTRY PROGRAM
Industry Program
Nov 18 – 21, 13:30 – 14:30 | NH Carlton, Caruso
Nov 16 – 21, 10:00 – 18:00 | NH Carlton, E-floor
Walk-in Consultancies Documentary experts Jannie Langbroek, Marijke Rawie, and Esther van Driesum 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, pitching a project, or finding a sales agent. Walk in and book your consultancy. Nov 15 – 21, 10:00 – 17:00 | NH Carlton, Rossini
Press & Industry Screenings
Films from the IDFA Competition for Feature Length Documentary, the IDFA Competition for First Appearance, and the IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary are screened during Press & Industry Screenings. You don’t need a ticket to attend these screenings, but you will be required to present your IDFA pass at the door. Seating is on a first-come-first-serve basis. The Press & Industry Screenings include several documentaries that were pitched at previous editions of the IDFA Forum. The complete program can be found on our website, in the program guide, and in the IDFA App. Nov 16 – 19 | Pathé Tuschinski and Pathé de Munt
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Documentary in Demand | All eyes on you With demand for documentaries at an all-time high, new players, platforms, and technologies are entering the ring, and boldly imposing new terms. At the same time, established distribution models manage to survive, proving that new platforms do not necessarily kill off what’s tried and true. New tools to reach your audience are being developed every day but tapping into new audiences is not becoming any easier. From SVoD and the blockchain to theatrical releases and broadcasting, these Industry events will help you navigate the ever-shifting strategies of the documentary world today.
Talks
Industry Talk: SVOD - Repositioning the Documentary Film Market Our documentary industry is going through major changes that we, the documentary community, need to discuss. Between new EU regulations and the influential demand of streaming giants, are we facing a great new opportunity or losing one? This Talk offers key players in this field—policy makers, broadcasters, financiers, and documentary veterans—a platform to share their views on how they are responding to this transitional media landscape. Industry Talk in collaboration with Creative Europe Desk NL and Flanders. Moderator: Simon Kilmurry (International Documentary Association) 16
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Guests: Axel Arno (European Broadcasting Union, SVT ), Guisseppe Abbamonte – TBC (European Commission), James Bridges (iwonder), Justine Nagan (POV), Paul Pauwels (European Documentary Network) Nov 20, 15:00 – 16:30 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
Industry Talk: The Act of… Releasing: How to Bring Documentaries to Theatres Successfully Is there an ‘X factor’ that makes a documentary suitable for theatrical distribution? And what are the recipes to get audiences in the screening room? In this Talk the burning question of ‘theatrical potential’ for documentary films will be discussed. How do distributors make their selection of documentaries that they will release theatrically, and what marketing strategies should be implemented to make this release successful? In collaboration with Europa Distribution. Guests: Kateřina Dvořáková (Aerofilms), Greta Akcijonaite, (Greta Garbo Films), Cecilia Bolvinkel (EDN/Moving Docs), Dan Braun (Submarine Entertainment), Huub Roelvink (Cherry Pickers). Moderator: Mathias Noschis (Alpha Panda) Nov 19, 15:00 – 16:30 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
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Industry Session: Big Data in the Audiovisual Industry Do we demand the online videos we watch or are they imposed on us? Nowadays media companies have found new ways to obtain insights from collecting and analyzing big data. They use machine learning techniques to create clusters, niches or patterns. How does this work? How do streaming platforms target the content to their audience? Eva Fernández gives you insight on how this changing relationship between technology, users and content works. Guest: Eva Fernández (Producer of Creta Producciones)
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Industry Session: Exploring Different Platforms for Documentaries | hosted by NPO Fund Worldwide, filmmakers are looking for new platforms to share their stories: YouTube, Instagram, and VOD-platforms are gaining importance. Moreover, traditional media are eager to venture online to reach wider audiences. This special event by the Dutch NPO Fund will showcase projects on various platforms and explore the consequences for ways of storytelling. Following the event, NPO will celebrate the 5-year anniversary of the Dutch broadcasting platform 2Doc. Moderator: Eva Cleven Nov 16, 15:00 – 18:00 Brakke Grond, Grote Zaal | Dutch spoken event | By invitation only
Nov 20, 10:00 – 11:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
Industry Session: Data-Driven Audience Engagement Everyone is talking about #Data, but how do you use it for audience engagement for your film? What do you measure and who measures what? How do the new GDPR rules affect your audience data? This session includes the unveiling of a brand new tool from Together Films to help you grapple with your data. Guests: Sarah Moses (Together Film) and Sonja Henrici (Scottish Documentary Institute) Nov 20, 11:30 – 12:30 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
Industry Session: Blockchain and the Creative Economy Blockchain could potentially transform the creative economy. We are entering a new era of distributed creativity, which could be characterized by frictionless licensing, and the fair and accurate distribution of revenue from large-scale collaborative projects. Centralized copyright data, automated payments, and a more inclusive approach to data would encourage innovation, allowing entrepreneurs to build new services. Yet there are significant challenges with widespread blockchain adoption. What will be the consequences and who will benefit? Guest: Marcus O’Dair (Middlesex University)
Industry Session: A Proposal for a Global Documentary Exhibitors Collective | hosted by DocXchange DocXchange aims to build a global network of dedicated documentary cinema exhibitors to raise the profile of documentary around the world. In doing so, it offers support and collaboration for documentary enthusiasts to create venues—from converted shopfronts to 500-seat art deco cinemas—to inspire filmmakers and the public to ‘turn doc!’ Hosted by Founding Members Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, Toronto; Bertha DocHouse Cinema, London; La Compagnia Cinema, Florence. Nov 18, 11:30 – 12:30 | NH Carlton, Paganini | For all passholders
Nov 20, 13:00 – 14:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal |
Industry Session: Acquiring and Commissioning Short Docs from around the World | hosted by Lyfta Real-life stories are a powerful learning tool for inspiring a generation of globally aware change-makers. Subscription-based digital platform Lyfta is licensing and commissioning short non-fiction films for global educational use, with an open call for 2-7 minute films or proposals with a strong central character and positive story. Lyfta’s founders Paulina Tervo and Serdar Ferit, and Head of Content Sami Jahnukainen will detail what they’re looking for, and what they can offer filmmakers.
For all passholders
Nov 19, 11:00 – 12:00 | NH Carlton, Paganini | For all passholders
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Meet ups
Industry Meetup: Think Tank SVOD Repositioning the Documentary Film Market Our documentary industry is going through major changes that we, the documentary community, need to discuss. Between new EU regulations and the influential demand of streaming giants, are we facing a great new opportunity or losing one? Following the Industry Talk on this subject, IDFA welcomes a group of documentary veterans to an invitation only Think Tank to discuss sustaining a climate that leaves room for innovation, where creative documentaries can flourish and find their audiences. Nov 20, 17:00 – 19:00 | NH Carlton, Puccini | By invitation only
Industry Meetup: The Global Impact Producers Assembly | hosted by Doc Society Back for the third edition, IDFA once again hosts the Global Impact Producers Assembly, a gathering of over 100 international film makers and Impact Producers. Join the meeting to share practices, inspire each other with stories of resistance, connect with colleagues old and new, and learn about the latest impact campaigns around the world. The Global Impact Producers Assembly is hosted by Doc Society with the support of Ford Foundation, Bertha Foundation and Participant Media. Nov 17, 10:00 – 17:00 | De Rode Hoed | By invitation only
Shifting Paradigm | (Co-) producing documentaries today and tomorrow The rules of the game are changing. Co-producing has gone from being interesting, to useful, to necessary for many films to get made. This evolution has introduced new possibilities for making and disseminating documentary film. Yet shifting production paradigms also open the door for unfamiliar challenges, and ethical questions with no easy answer. Come get a lay of the land, discover new perspectives and partners, and broaden your network.
Talks
Industry Talk: Code of Conduct - Towards an Ethical Way of Co-producing How can we come to a just practice of co- producing that respects aesthetics, cultures, and economies across borders? This Talk looks to the growing need for fair co-producing practices. The discussion begins at an invitation only Think Tank that gathers professionals from all four corners of the world. Then the conversation continues at this public Industry Talk. Guests: Cecilia Lidín (Danish Film Institute), Isabel Arrate Fernandez (IDFA Bertha Fund), Diana El Jeiroudi (DOX BOX), Estelle Robin-You (Les Films du Balibari), and Gema Juárez Allen (Gema Films) Moderator: Mikael Opstrup (EDN) Nov 17, 15:00 – 16:30 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
Sessions
Industry Session: Academy Awards Are you interested in learning more about the Oscar®-qualifying process for documentaries? Join us for this information Session where Tom Oyer, Associate Director at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will provide a detailed explanation of the qualifying requirements, as well as the submission and voting process for both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories. Guest: Tom Oyer (Academy Awards of Motion Picture Arts and Science) Nov 19, 14:00 –15:00 | NH Carlton, Paganini | For all passholders
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Nov 21, 10:00 –11:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
Industry Session: Financing a Documentary in an Entrepreneurial Age The Session will focus on the art of financing a documentary in an increasingly entrepreneurial age in which the means of manufacturing, marketing, and distribution are in flux, and in which knowing and finding your audience is key. Topics include alternate financing for documentaries and maximizing the reach of your film to your key audience and beyond. Guest: Paul Miller (Escape Pictures) Nov 21, 12:00 – 13:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
Industry Session: Come and Meet the Global Good Pitch Family | hosted by Doc Society Calling filmmakers, community film organizers, and film funders! Come meet some of the global hosts producing Good Pitch cycles around the world in 2019. From MENA to the USA, Pacific to Indonesia, and Europe to Kenya, find out what the program delivers and how you can bring Good Pitch to your neighborhood. Nov 16, 14:00 – 15:00 | NH Carlton, Paganini | For all passholders
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Industry Session: Serialized Docs on Multiple Platforms Attracting and engaging your audience in a time with an overwhelming amount of media has made an impact on the story arc and form of documentaries. More and more examples of series produced for platforms other than traditional cinema or TV come up. How do these get produced and financed? What are the distribution possibilities? What do social platforms imply for the arc of your story? Nicolette Nol, experienced maker of different series on multiple platforms, leads you into this field and shows examples. Moderator: Nicolette Nol (MUTIN) Guests: Thomas Zribi (Flavours of Iraq) and Bruno Masi (The Barricade)
Industry Session: Fresh Dutch Docs—a Preview EYE International presents trailer previews of the best new Dutch Documentaries. Dutch directors and producers with a film in competition at IDFA are present to meet international film professionals attending the event. This edition features some key international programmers who will share the current vision and direction of their festivals. Drinks and congeniality hosted by a.o. EYE, DPN, and the Netherlands Film Fund. Nov 17, 17:00 – 18:00 | Compagnietheater, Kleine Zaal | By invitation only
Industry Session: Report on Media & Society | hosted by EDN Launched during IDFA 2017, the Media & Society initiative has reached the end of the first stage. Preliminary results of the international online survey will be presented by Eline Livémont (VUB) and Willemien Sanders (Utrecht University), to be discussed with the audience. The purpose of the meeting is to take a step forward towards the second and final stage: the production of a Whitebook to be used by all stakeholders in the documentary value chain. Nov 18, 12:00 – 13:30 | Compagnietheater, Zuilenzaal | For all passholders
Industry Session: Data is Beautiful: Mapping the Arab Documentary Landscape | hosted by DOX BOX This Industry Session offers a detailed look into independent documentary cinema in and from the Arab region, including production volume, trends, financing, production, and dissemination. The presentation is the outcome of ‘Data is Beautiful,’ a landmark data-driven research project by Berlin-based DOX BOX, a non-profit supporting documentary professionals operating in the Arab region. This Session features a panel with project leader Diana El Jeiroudi, journalist Melanie Goodfellow, and filmmakers Emily Dische-Becker and Guevara Namer. Nov 18, 16:30 – 18:00 | Compagnietheater, Zuilenzaal | For all passholders
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Industry Session: Making Documentary Pitching Different—New Possibilities from Digital Technologies | hosted by Pitch the Doc In this Session, moderated by Marijke Rawie (ExpertDocs), Pitch the Doc presents its online platform for promotion, marketing and pitching of documentary projects. Adam Papliński and Katarzyna Szarecka answer questions on how the platform combines openness to projects and talents with security of ideas and copyrights and how it ensures the expected quality of presented pitching packages. Can digital platforms enrich the documentary market without competing with live pitches?
Meetups
Industry Meetup: IDFA Producers Network The IDFA Producers Network offers round table meetings featuring hosts from a range of countries, aimed at producers looking to expand their network, learn more about the co-production climate, and find opportunities in individual countries or regions. The event will be followed by a networking lunch hosted by FeverFilm. Nov 17, 10:30 – 12:30 | NH Carlton, Carusso | Open to IDFA-accredited producers. Advance registration necessary, places are limited. Lunch only open to participants of the IDFA Producers Network.
Nov 20, 13:00 – 14:00 | NH Carlton, Paganini | For all passholders
Industry Session: “Grand Accord Documentary” | hosted by ARTE European cultural channel ARTE underlines its commitment towards documentary films by creating a yearly fund for German-French co-productions. Recently, ARTE launched a similar funding program for fictional content which enabled the production of many successful films. At a time of major international challenges, it seems especially important to produce ambitious investigations and big-picture documentaries reflecting multiple perspectives. Potential projects will be developed jointly by German and French producers. All interested producers and commissioning editors are welcome.
Industry Meetup: Think Tank Code of Conduct - Towards an Ethical Way of Co-producing The Think Tank and following Industry Talk look to the growing need for fair co-producing practices. How can we come to a just practice of co-producing that respects aesthetics, cultures, and economies across borders? The discussion begins with this invitation only Think Tank that gathers professionals from all four corners of the world. On Saturday, November 17, a public Industry Talk continues the conversation. Nov 16, 13:30 – 16:30 | NH Carlton, Puccini | By invitation only
Nov 19, 16:30 – 17:30 | NH Carlton, Paganini | For all passholders
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Industry Meetup: EDN General Assembly Open to all EDN members, the annual General Assembly will offer information about EDN’s activities over the past working year and will present the management and the board’s position in relation to the upcoming year. Issues raised by the members will be discussed in plenary, and members will be offered the opportunity to ask questions to the board and the EDN team. Nov 18, 9:30 – 11:30 | Compagnietheater | For EDN members only
Nov 17, 13:00 – 18:00 | Compagnietheater |
Industry Meetup: IDFA Summit: A Meeting of Documentary Commissioners of European Film Funds The IDFA Summit brings together documentary professionals from different sectors to discuss the state of the industry. This year, IDFA and the Netherlands Film Fund invite documentary commissioners from national and regional film funds across Europe to meet and discuss best practices. Taking international co-production as its central theme, the IDFA Summit will address pressing issues that European film funds are currently facing when it comes to co-producing with other countries in and outside Europe.
By invitation only
Nov 18, 15:30 – 17:30 | NH Carlton, Caruso |
Nov 17, 10:00 – 13:00 | NH Carlton, Puccini | By invitation only
Industry Meetup: K-Docs Pitching Korean filmmakers are returning to IDFA this year with seven exciting projects to be presented at K-Docs Pitching! Previously known as Korea Pitching Day, K-Docs Pitching has been held since 2013 with the support of IDFA. This year, K-Docs Pitching is specially programmed with support from the Korea Communication Agency, Korea Radio Promotion Association, and DMZ Docs Fund.
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Industry Meetup: Think Tank All Inclusive Discussing Diversity with Documentary Film Festivals Recently, IDFA signed the 5050x2020 Pledge, following other festivals around the world in their commitment to greater gender equality. IDFA’s commitment to inclusion, however, is not limited to gender only, but addresses diversity in all its forms. But how do we achieve this? In an invitation only Think Tank, IDFA invites fellow documentary festivals to examine this question, and develop measures to achieve inclusion within our organizations, activities, and audiences.
By invitation only
Industry Meetup: Network Meeting of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network The European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA) promotes gender equality for women audiovisual professionals. The EWA Documentary Working Group is pleased to invite documentary professionals—filmmakers, producers, financiers, festivals, distributors, sales agents, and others—for a networking meeting to share experiences, discuss best practices, and examine how to achieve greater gender parity within the industry. Nov 18, 10:00 – 11:30 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | By invitation only
Industry Meetup: Around the Table with the IDFA Bertha Fund During this intimate roundtable session, the IDFA Bertha Fund will start with a short presentation about the Fund. What are the different funding categories? Who can apply for funding? When are the important deadlines? What is the Fund looking for in a project? The attendees, with or without project, will also get the floor to ask their questions. Guest: Melanie de Vocht (IDFA Bertha Fund Project Manager) Nov 18, 12:00 – 13:00 | Nov 20, 12:00 – 13:00 | NH Carlton, Puccini | Register at the Industry Desk
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Palestine Documentary Hub
The Palestine Film Institute organizes a roundtable discussion, pitch session and consultancies with a focus on Palestinian filmmakers and filmmaking in Palestine. Industry Meetup: Envisioning the Palestinian Documentary Landscape Strategy roundtable on documentary developments by the Palestine Film Institute. Nov 18, 14:00-15:30 | NH Carlton, Puccini | By invitation only.
Industry Meetup: Palestine Documentary Hub Short pitches of docs on Palestine. Nov 18, 15:30-17:00 | NH Carlton, Puccini | Register at the Industry Desk
Industry Consultancies: Palestine Documentary Hub Consultancy session for documentary filmmakers working on the subject of Palestine. Nov 17, 14:00-17:00 | NH Carlton, Puccini | Register at the Industry Desk
Diamonds Are Forever | Film heritage for the future Film heritage concerns the now, the then, and the yet to be. Take into account the influx of digital media, and the potential of preservation grows even more vast. So, what deserves to be preserved? And more importantly, who decides? Big questions to be discussed about the contemporary archival landscape, and its often obscured power structures.
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Industry Talk: World Film Heritage: Who Decides? How do we decide what films get preserved? On what grounds? And who makes these decisions? Marking the kick-off of a new partnership between IDFA and the EYE Film Institute in which one classic documentary is annually restored and presented, this Talk tackles the complex role of restoration and preservation in the documentary industry and examines how to come to a fair system of selecting which documentaries ‘deserve’ to be preserved. Guests: Giovanna Fossati (EYE Film Institute, University of Amsterdam), Nikolai Izvolov (Moscow Film Museum), and Juana Suárez (New York University) Moderator: Sonja de Leeuw (Utrecht University) Nov 19, 12:00 – 13:30 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
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Industry Session: Meeting Gorbachev: Andre Singer on the Importance of the Archives | hosted by Archive Valley Producer Andre Singer will show why archives were so important in shaping the film Meeting Gorbachev, explaining how Werner Herzog used archival footage to communicate his own interpretation of major historical events and mould the film into a personal journey. From interviews with Michael Gorbachev and major political figures to locating specific archival footage across various countries, Singer will elaborate on how they overcame the challenges of finding what they needed to make the film. A conversation moderated by Melanie Rosenzwajg (Archive Valley) Nov 18, 14:00 – 15:00 | NH Carlton, Paganini | For all passholders
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The lab is open, and new doc forms are cooking! This interactive Industry program dives into everything the non-linear documentary dreams of being. Whether via live performance, immersive installation, or augmented reality, the expanding world of documentary storytelling thinks big—or maybe microscopic. Explore the dynamic network of new and emerging media. DocLab Interactive Conference The annual DocLab Interactive Conference brings together digital pioneers, artists and thinkers for a day full of inspiring presentations, visions of the future and public experiments. With a.o. Sophia Al-Maria, Samantha Gorman, Ontroerend Goed, Rahima Gambo, David Desrimais and many others. Nov 17, 10:00 – 17:00 | Brakke Grond, Grote Zaal | Get your ticket at the Guest Box Office Live stream of the conference, NH Carlton, Paganini | For all passholders
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Rehearsing the Future | Exploring interactive and immersive storytelling
Industry Session: Creating Inclusive Realities Zahra Rasool, head of Al Jazeera’s Contrast, advocates and acts on creating greater authenticity and diversity in storytelling. Within immersive storytelling, this authenticity seems more within reach as it allows you to create your own reality from scratch. However, this inclusive form of storytelling doesn’t stop at the reality created on-screen; it starts offscreen. How could it set an example for other parts of the audiovisual industry? How to practice this inclusive approach on a productional and creative level? Guest: Zarah Rasool Nov 19, 10:00 – 11:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
Industry Session: VR for Social Impact Lessons from the Field | hosted by Google This panel will explore lessons learned from VR projects aimed at creating social impact. Guests from UNAIDS, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the BBC will share practical insights from VR projects in the field, and discuss effective ways that documentary filmmakers can work with nonprofit organizations to tell their stories and advance their mission using virtual reality. Nov 19, 17:00 – 18:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
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Industry Session: Recipes for Interactivity How do you present interactive documentaries, games, audio walks or augmented reality experience to a festival audience? This year’s DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook exhibition takes the dining table as a platform for interactive documentaries, culinary performances and unpredictable experiments with human behavior and technology. Several artists will share which roles technology, story and the audience play in the creation of their work, and how these elements relate to each other. Nov 16, 13:00 – 14:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
Industry Session: Using Immersive Content to Change the World with Children | hosted by Lyfta Lyfta is a subscription-based digital platform where teachers and pupils can access stunning immersive story-worlds with inspiring short documentaries at their heart. Real-life stories are a powerful tool for learning and can empower a generation of globally aware change-makers. In this Session, Lyfta founders discuss their approach to using non-fiction media content in education, and how they came to realize that children are a much more mature and aware audience than they had previously imagined. Nov 21, 16:45 – 17:45 | NH Carlton, Paganini | For all passholders
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Immersive Network Summit The Immersive Network Summit is a think tank event for experts from all corners of the interactive and immersive storytelling industry to explore next steps in developing the medium. The program presents information gained from research, case studies and demos of interactive and immersive storytelling experiments in progress as well as cross-sector expert meetings. It is an integral component of the IDFA DocLab Immersive Network Research & Development Program, a five-year R&D program in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Open Documentary Lab) launched during the festival. Nov 18, 10:00 – 18:00 | Brakke Grond, Expo Zaal | By invitation only
Industry Meetup: Why VR? | hosted by Google VR. You’ve heard about it, you’ve been intrigued by it, but you just haven’t known exactly where to start. This is the crash course you’ve been hoping for. In one day, you’ll walk away with a grasp of what makes VR such a powerful content creation platform, an intro to industry tools and best practices, and the required skills to produce VR180 videos. You will also have the opportunity to demo content in headsets and shoot your own VR180 piece. Nov 19, 13:00 – 18:00 | EYE, Room at the top | By invitation only
Among Filmmakers | Spotlighting authors and their lives Amidst all the hype around documentary film platforms, politics, and possibilities, authorship remains a force to be reckoned with. A new spotlight shines on the experiences of authors, and the stories, perspectives, and struggles posed by today’s industry. Under the wing of acclaimed masters, the art of documentary-making continues to flourish. Come be among filmmakers.
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Industry Talk: Solidarity with Filmmakers at Risk With civil society shrinking in many parts of the world, documentary filmmakers are increasingly struggling to make their voices heard, leading to their arrest, imprisonment and sometimes even murder. To seek solidarity with these filmmakers at risk, IDFA hosts a talk inviting filmmakers to share their experiences and examine together with other stakeholders how to come to a coordinated strategy for action that serves filmmakers at risk most effectively. Guests: Come exchange views with documentary filmmakers and producers, international film networks, artist protection programs, legal aid networks and human rights organisations from around the world. Moderator: Boris Dittrich (human rights activist, former politician and writer) Nov 18, 15:00 – 17:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
Industry Talk: Steve James and Claire Simon on Storytelling in Serialized Documentaries IDFA proudly presents the new documentary series by acclaimed filmmakers Steve James (America to Me) and Claire Simon (The Village). In this Talk we offer the stage to these two masters for an exclusive interview with Sean Farnel focusing on the dramaturgy of their documentary series. Referring to fragments of their series, James and Simon are invited to share their views on storytelling in serialized format and their experiences in creating their new series.
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Nov 21, 15:00 – 16:30 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
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Filmmaker Talk: Nicolas Philibert French documentary director Nicolas Philibert is best known for his classic Être et avoir, his touching success documentary about a French village school. Without research or a preconceived plan, Philibert’s films are often focused on a learning environment. Also in his new film De chaque instant, screened at IDFA this year, in which he follows students during three years of nursing school, he lets the images do the talking. Festival programmer Luciano Barisone talks to Philibert about his methods and sources of inspiration by taking a look at his latest and earlier work. Nov 15, 15:00 – 16:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | Get your ticket at the Guest Box Office
Filmmaker Talk: Helena Třeštíková Helena Třeštíková, Guest of Honor at IDFA 2018, is an extremely experienced filmmaker and a household name in Eastern Europe, but she’s less known in the rest of the world. Třeštíková is an auteur with an authentic style that follows her protagonists over long periods of time—often more than 10 years. In addition to a retrospective of her work, she is also compiling a Top 10 of her favorite documentaries for IDFA. She presents these films in this Filmmaker Talk, led by film journalist Pamela Cohn. Nov 16, 13:00 – 14:30 | Tuschinski 1 | Get your ticket at the Guest Box Office
Filmmaker Talk: Amos Gitai Exclusive screening of Amos Gitai’s Letter to a Friend in Gaza, followed by an extensive conversation with the filmmaker. Based largely on personal experiences, the work of multifaceted Israeli director Gitai is often critical of the conflict between Israel and Gaza. During this Filmmaker Talk, film critic Jean-Michel Frodon and Gitai discuss the latter’s creative process and the themes that characterize his work. Nov 16, 15:00 – 17:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode zaal |
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Guests: Steve James (filmmaker) and Claire Simon (filmmaker) Moderator: Sean Farnel (film programmer)
Filmmaker Talk: Audrius Stonys Using excerpts from Audrius Stonys’ documentaries, film journalist Pamela Cohn talks to the filmmaker, who has more than 20 films to his name as an independent director and producer. Stonys belongs to a generation of filmmakers who grew out of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and was heavily influenced by the Baltic tradition of poetic documentary. This talk looks at the work of this Lithuanian director, whose latest documentary Bridges of Time is also screening at IDFA. Nov 20, 18:15 – 19:15 | Brakke Grond, Grote Zaal | Get your ticket at the Guest Box Office
Filmmaker Talk: Maria Ramos Brazil is the focal point of the Brazilian-Dutch filmmaker Maria Ramos’ work. Observing and penetrating, she sketches a detailed portrait of Brazil with award-winning documentaries like Justiça and Juízo. Using excerpts from previous work and her latest film, The Trial, about the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, festival director Jean Perret talks with Ramos about her films and her view on the state of her homeland. Nov 22, 14:00 – 15:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | Get your ticket at the Guest Box Office
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Industry Session: Creating a Successful and Personal Voice-over Narration How you execute a personal voice-over influences the success of your film, from pitching to production, screening, and distribution. In this Session we explore the factors at play in creating an effective style and authentic tone of voice for narrating your own film. The focus of this Session is on the creative process: dramaturgical choices; writing; underlying personal obstacles; challenges of self-directing; execution; and delivery. Come explore the tools for creating an effective self-narrated film. Moderator: Corinne van Egeraat (ZINdoc) Guests: Bonnie Williams (the Whole Package) and Roger Ross Williams (filmmaker) Nov 17, 10:00 – 11:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all Passholders
Get your ticket at the Guest Box Office
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Filmmaker Talk: Masterclass Chris King Wizard of Archive Film Editing | hosted by NCE Films like Amy (2015), Senna (2010), Exit through the Giftshop (2010) and the forthcoming Maradona (2018) all have two things in common; they were constructed out of enormous amounts of archive material, and they were all cut by two-time BAFTA-winner, editor Chris King, ACE. Illustrated by fragments from his most famous projects, King shares his approach to filmmaking with Dutch up and coming editor Annelotte Medema. Hosted by the Netherlands Association of Cinema Editors. Nov 17, 12:00 – 14:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal For all passholders
Industry Session: How to Make Money as an Author | hosted by LaScam Copyright, cable re-transmission, TV broadcasting, private copying… everything you always wanted to know about money but were afraid to ask. Renowned filmmakers Sean McAllister, Gonzalo Arijon, and Patrick Jeudy discuss work and remuneration, compare experiences, and share tips in a talk moderated by Martijn Winkler, president of the Dutch Directors Guild. Get informed on this important issue! Presented with LaScam, French-speaking Society for Documentary Authors, and Cécile Despringre (Executive Director, Society of Audiovisual Authors). Moderator: Martijn Winkler (Vertov) Guests: Sean McAllister (filmmaker), Gonzalo Arijon (filmmaker) and Patrick Jeudy (filmmaker)
Industry Session: How Do You Choose the Right Camera? | hosted by NBF Every project calls for specific solutions. Especially in documentary filmmaking, this question is a tough one. In non-controlled shooting environments, it is essential to know what you’re doing when you’re choosing a codec—a decision which could determine whether you’ll be able to use the footage. To give you an insight into the jungle of camera-codecs, NBF hosts a seminar to help you make the right choices in the future. Nov 20, 19:00 – 22:30 | Netherlands Film Academy | For all passholders
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Industry Meet up: Meet the Experts—Shorts Edition The short film and short documentary are gaining more visibility and popularity via various new media outlets. But what does this practically mean for filmmakers working in the shorts genre? Where should you go to finance and distribute your film? Which festivals and platforms reach the biggest audience and earn the most revenue? Are you a short filmmaker? Come and meet some of the commissioners, distributors, buyers, and platform representatives in a round table setting. Nov 21, 11:30 – 12:30 | NH Carlton, Paganini | Register at the Industry Desk
Nov 18, 13:00 – 14:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal | For all passholders
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Guests Meet Guests
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour. Like last year, the cocktail hour is being held at two different locations. Nov 15 – 16, 18:00 – 19:30 | Café de Jaren Nov 17 – 21, 18:00 – 19.30 | Zuiderkerk Open to all passholders
November 16 Guests Meet Guests hosted by IMCINE IMCINE, the Mexican Film Institute, is a decentralized public agency that promotes Mexican cinema by supporting the production, promotion, distribution and dissemination of Mexican films. imcine.gob.mx
November 17 Guests Meet Guests hosted by Doc/it, ITA and APT Doc/it, ITA and APT invite you to meet the Italian delegation. For the seventh year running, Italy is attending IDFA with an official delegation of professionals organized by Doc/it, the official association of Italian documentary producers and filmmakers. This is in cooperation with APT, the trade association representing Italian independent television producers working in fiction, entertainment, animation and documentary. The Italian delegation is supported by ITA, the governmental agency entrusted with promoting trade, business opportunities and industrial co-operation between Italian and foreign companies. documentaristi.it | ice.gov.it | apt.it
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Social Events November 18 Guests Meet Guests hosted by Polish Docs, HBO Europe and DOC LAB POLAND Within the framework of the Polish Docs project, Krakow Film Foundation promotes Polish documentary films at international festivals and film markets, recommending them to festival programmers, sales agents and decision makers. HBO Europe is one of the most important documentary film producers in Poland and other European countries. The company focuses on feature documentaries and documentary series with high production values. DOC LAB POLAND is the biggest program in Poland for consulting, presenting and promoting documentary films. It has hosted approximately 80 projects in the development or editing stage so far, as well as another 140 projects within the framework of DLP Co-production Market. Many of the projects have been made into films and won awards at festivals worldwide. These include Over the Limit, The Ugliest Car, Call Me Tony and The Prince and the Dybbuk. polishdocs.pl | hbo-europe.com | doclab.pl
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November 19 Guests Meet Guests hosted by ARTE During this 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 success and uniqueness. The channel builds bridges between television and the internet and can be seen by everyone, anywhere and anytime. 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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November 20 Guests Meet Guests hosted by Czech Film Center The Czech Film Fund supports all stages of film production, as well as promotion, distribution and other film-related areas. The Fund also administers production incentives for audio-visual projects made in the Czech Republic. The Czech Film Center as a division of the Fund promotes and markets Czech films and the local film industry worldwide. The Czech Film Commission as a division of the Fund promotes the country with its film infrastructure as one of the world’s top destinations for audio-visual production. The Amsterdam Human Rights Award will be handed out by the City of Amsterdam during this Guests Meet Guests.
Filmmakers’ Dinner
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November 19 Filmmakers’ Dinner All filmmakers with a film in the program are invited to a special dinner. Nov 19, 20:00 | Zuiderkerk | By invitation only
Docs For Sale Happy Hour
Docs For Sale Happy Hour On behalf of Autlook Filmsales, EYE International, Rise and Shine World Sales, CAT&Docs and NPO Sales, all Docs for Sale and IDFA Forum attendees are invited for this daily happy hour. Nov 16 – 20, 17:00 – 18:00 | Arti et Amicitiae | Docs for Sale and Forum passholders only
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November 21 Guests Meet Guests hosted by Vimeo: Vimeo Staff Pick Award Vimeo empowers video creators of all kinds to tell exceptional stories and connect with their audiences and communities. Home to more than 80 million members in over 150 countries, Vimeo is the world’s largest ad-free open video platform. During this GMG, Vimeo is presenting the Vimeo Staff Pick Award for short documentary films.
IDFA Forum kickoff drinks
Celebrating the future of documentary storytelling. Nov 18, 21:00 – 22:30 | Het Groene Paleis Café | By invitation only
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IDFA Forum kickoff drinks is hosted by Documentary Producers Netherlands (DPN) DPN is the association of Dutch Documentary producers. It represents the majority of Dutch documentary producers and promotes their common interests. The Dutch film industry has a strong tradition in documentaries and is known for its open attitude towards international co-production and distribution between Dutch documentary producers and international partners.
IDFA Forum Lunches
A welcome break from the busy pitch schedule, the daily lunches offer an informal setting to meet, greet and eat. November 19 – 21, 12:45 – 14:45 | Zuiderkerk | Forum Passholders only
Nov 19 – 21, 8:30 – 9:15 | Compagnietheater, Upstairs
November 19 IDFA Forum Lunch hosted by Chicken & Egg Pictures To honor the 2018 Breakthrough Filmmaker Awardees, Chicken & Egg Pictures cordially invites you to join the Forum Lunch. Chicken & Egg Pictures is a U.S.-based media organization that 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.
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IDFA Forum Producers’ Breakfasts
IDFA Forum Producers’ Breakfasts provide an informal setting for producers to meet. Pre-arranged table settings ensure they will be meeting colleagues with whom they would like to establish a relationship.
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IDFA Forum Producers’ Breakfasts are hosted by KCA, RAPA and DMZDocs Documentary filmmakers from various backgrounds in Korea are attending IDFA and presenting their projects at K-Docs Pitching. K-Docs Pitching is programmed with the support of Korea Communication Agency, Korea Radio Promotion Association, and DMZ Docs Fund. Want to meet Korean filmmakers? Sign up for the Producers’ Breakfasts! kca.kr | rapa.or.kr | dmzdocs.com
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November 20 IDFA Forum Lunch hosted by Film Center Serbia Film Center Serbia (FCS), an institution that falls under the Serbian Ministry of Culture, was established with the aim of strategically developing the Serbian film industry. FCS creatively stimulates and administers financial support to Serbian cinema, through competitions for screenplay, project development, film production and minority coproductions—equally for fiction, documentary PINK C76 M38 / BLACK K17
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and animated films. In partnership with the Serbian national broadcaster (RTS), FCS helped set up the first regular weekly slots dedicated to independently produced domestic and international documentaries. fcs.rs
November 21 IDFA Forum Lunch hosted by ChileDoc Launched in 2010, ChileDoc aims to help producers gain access to the international market and find partners for their projects and films. Our work includes training for producers, networking, research, news and distribution. Miradoc is a distribution program that has theatrically distributed eight local films in a network of more than 20 small venues in 17 cities in Chile since 2013. In recent years, our documentaries have grown stronger, and new projects and points of view are emerging. Two years ago, we launched ChileDoc Conecta, the First Documentary Industry Meeting in Santiago de Chile. chiledoc.cl
IDFA Producers Network Lunch is hosted by FeverFilm. FeverFilm is an Amsterdam-based post-production company, specialized in finishing international documentaries. With a long and prize-winning track record, we offer in-house sound design, color grading, versioning and mastering for cinema and television. Packed with creative talent, state-of-the-art equipment and a large 4K DCI sound/grading stage, we can deliver your film worldwide. feverfilm.nl
IDFA Forum Closing Drinks
Say farewell to your Forum friends and find out who will win the Dutch Clog Award for Best Central Pitch and Best Round Table Pitch. Nov 21, 17:00 – 17:45 | Compagnie Café
IDFA Forum Closing Drinks is hosted by the National Film Institute of Uruguay - ICAU and DocMontevideo. Uruguay Audiovisual wants to encourage you to discover the new talents, services and contents that are emerging from Uruguay. Meet the Uruguayan delegation at IDFA and come visit us next July during DocMontevideo. Enjoy your drinks! icau.mec.gub.uy | docmontevideo.com
IDFA Producers Network Lunch
Following the Producers Network round table event, we invite participants to continue the conversation and get to know each other better during an informal networking lunch. Nov 17, 12:30 – 14:00 | NH Carlton Hotel, Caruso | By invitation only
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DocLab Interactive Conference Lunch
A lunch break during the conference. Saturday November 17 | Only for guests of the DocLab Conference
The DocLab Conference Lunch is hosted by Google.
Rendez-vous with the Frenchspeaking filmmakers
Dance Nights & IDFA Lounge Every night in festival Café de Jaren, DJs will be spinning authentic vinyl records. Expect timeless quality music from experts in their genre, who would like to share their finest tunes with you. A selection to enjoy, your background soundtrack while hanging out in the cafe but also to dance to if you feel like. During the weekends DJ collective Funky Vinyl wil be your hosts, spinning their best records. Nov 15, 16, 18 – 23, 23:00 | Café de Jaren
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Awards Ceremony & Documentary Ball The highly anticipated Awards Ceremony is followed by the Documentary Ball, a night full of entertaiment, music, and drinks to celebrate documentary and the award winners.
By invitation only
Awards Ceremony | 20:45 – 22:15
LaScam is inviting selected festival guests to an informal meeting with French-speaking filmmakers at IDFA.
Documentary Ball | 22:30 – 02:00
Rendez-vous with the French-speaking film makers is hosted by LaScam. LaScam - Société civile des auteurs multimedia is the French-speaking society for documentary authors. LaScam brings together 43,000 authors and directors of documentaries, reports and magazines on television, radio and the web in France, Belgium and French-speaking Canada. Its mission is to collect and distribute royalties for multimedia authors. LaScam also supports many festivals and conducts important cultural activities, such as numerous grants and awards (including L’Œil d’Or, the Cannes Documentary Award).
Wednesday, Nov 21 | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
All pass holder can get a free ticket for the Documentary Ball at the guest desk starting Tuesday, November 20.
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Festival Program
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Program Sections
Competition Programs
IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary IDFA’s feature-length competition contains twelve titles from established filmmakers. From intense visual experiences to intimate portraits, a great diversity of style and form typifies this year’s selection. IDFA Competition for First Appearance A strong selection of 13 films from emerging filmmakers, who gave it their all for their debut film. Made possible by the Friends of IDFA IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling Web documentaries, multimedia photography, audio walks, virtual reality, games, and augmented reality; the projects in the IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling reveal ten of the most beautiful interactive stories and most unexpected artistic applications created for the digital screens and devices around us.
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IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction The definitions of documentary are challenged in the IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction. Makers immerse you in diverse sensory experiences and experimental technology. IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary Eleven very different films – in both subject and form – have a chance of winning the IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary. The competition consists of films by well-known and often award-winning filmmakers, but also by promising new talent. Supported by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary The twelve documentaries of IDFA 2018’s Competition for Mid-Length Documentary (between 40 and 70 minutes) prove once again that the formatted one-hour documentary is not so formatted anymore. These films stick to no predictable rules, abandon traditional conventions, and carve out a new space for imagination.
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IDFA Competition for Student Documentary The filmmakers of the future are already here… with a fresh view of the world, and of filmmaking. All twelve for the IDFA Competition for Student Documentary selected titles have in common that they are searching for a cinematographic signature. In this edition, the next generation looks emphatically across borders, is idiosyncratic, and strives for authorship. IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs IDFA takes young audiences seriously, offering them the best and most entertaining documentary films. The Netherlands is probably the world leader in making documentary films for children, but other countries are taking the challenge too. This year we selected twelve documentaries for the IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs from, among others, the Netherlands, India, Colombia, and Poland.
The IDFA 2018 competition program is made possible by Ammodo.
Guest of Honor
Helena Třeštíková’s Top 10 Every year IDFA’s Guest of Honor compiles their Top 10 favorite films that inspired them. This year Helena Třeštíková will present her Top 10 in a public Filmmaker Talk. Helena Třeštíková Retrospective Every year IDFA selects work from the oeuvre of the festival’s Guest of Honor. Seven films by Helena Třeštíková will be shown during IDFA 2018.
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IDFA Competition for Short Documentary This year 14 titles have been selected for the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary. All selected titles have in common that they are searching for a cinematographic signature.
Focus Programs
Me IDFA presents a main focus program, Me, about the personal and autobiographical documentary film. Me is a selection of different cinematic expressions by filmmakers whose study of themselves is both a journey into their own private history as well as an artistic exploration. The program consists of 20 documentaries, both classics and premieres, from different regions, made by both a new generation of filmmakers as well as established auteurs. Space In IDFA’s long-running series about the art of documentary filmmaking, this year’s focus will be on the use of space in film. A total of ten new films have been selected for this program, in which space plays a crucial role in many different ways and on different levels. Serialized IDFA’s focus program Serialized experiments with the format of documentary series within a festival setting. We present five series, both web documentaries and linear documentaries.
Regular Programs
Frontlight In Frontlight, IDFA presents a selection of exceptional films that tell stories not covered by mainstream media, or films that explore familiar stories in greater depth. The program contains 15 documentaries, premieres only. Luminous Luminous presents films that immerse the viewer in a cinematographic experience. These documentaries are character-, story- or author-driven, and make the universal tangible through the individual. The program contains 21 documentaries, premieres only. IDFA DocLab Spotlight Documentary art across diverse disciplines. IDFA DocLab Spotlight contains a selection op projects by masters and surprising new talents, as well as special research projects. Made possible by The Netherlands Film Fund, Flemish Arts Centre De Brakke Grond and Diversion.
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Best of Fests Striking documentary films from the inter national festival circuit are central to Best of Fests. This year’s program showcases 41 prize-winners, public favorites, and high-profile titles from the past year. Masters Masters includes the latest films by auteurs whose work IDFA closely follows, and who have an unmistakable cinematographic signature. This year the Masters section contains 26 documentaries.
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Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA This year, Paradocs remains part of our ongoing collaboration with Amsterdam Art and EYE, taking place during Amsterdam Art Weekend in the last weekend of IDFA. IDFA on Stage IDFA presents four one-off events that explore the space between documentary film and performing arts.
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Paradocs Paradocs moves between film and art. Through innovative forms, the filmmakers seek freedom of the documentary genre. 13 documentaries have been selected.
IDFAcademy Harvest Films workshopped at one of IDFAcademy’s talent development programs
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IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary (€15,000) IDFA Special Jury Award for Feature-Length Documentary (€2,500) IDFA Award for Best First Appearance (€10,000) Made possible by the Friends of IDFA IDFA Special Jury Award for First Appearance in memory of Peter Wintonick (€2,500) IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary (€10,000) IDFA Special Jury Award for Mid-Length Documentary (€2,500) IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling (€5,000) IDFA DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction Award (€5,000) IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary (€5,000) IDFA Special Jury Award for Short Documentary (€2,500) Beeld en Geluid IDFA Award for Dutch Documentary (€7,500) Made possible by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision IDFA Special Jury Award for Dutch Documentary (€2,500) IDFA Award for Best Student Documentary (€5,000) IDFA Special Jury Award for Student Documentary (€2,500) IDFA Award for Best Children’s Documentary (€5,000) IDFA Special Jury Award for Children’s Documentary (€2,500) The IDFA 2018 competition program is made possible by Ammodo.
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Awards at IDFA Other awards
VPRO IDFA Audience Award All of the films screening in competition and the films made this year and screening in other program sections, compete for the VPRO IDFA Audience Award worth €5,000. Amsterdam Human Rights Award The international documentary award of the City of Amsterdam (€25,000). This award is presented to a creative documentary that makes a contribution to the discussion of freedom, equality and human dignity. NPO Fonds - The Karen de Bok Talent Award This prize is awarded to one of the IDFAcademy & NPO Fund workshop projects and consists of a grant of €25,000 for the development of the project and €5,000 for the production of a teaser. Filmfonds DocLab Interactive Grant The Filmfund DocLab Interactive Grant is a cash prize for the development of interactive projects within the Netherlands. The qualifying conditions are that the projects must be urgent and innovative, of high artistic quality and have international potential. The projects must focus on the collective experience and contain a visual element as well as an investigative element. Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Documentaire Stipendium With the Cultuurfonds Documentary Scholarship the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds each year awards a documentary talent with a €50,000 grant, allowing the recipient to make a documentary about a subject of their choice. The scholarship is intended for a documentary filmmaker with a proven track record, who has already earned modest recognition in the documentary field. Vimeo Staff Pick Award In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Staff Picks channel, Vimeo is excited to announce the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at the 31st edition of IDFA. Short documentary films in IDFA’s official selection are eligible for this award which includes a €3,000 cash prize and, of course, a Vimeo Staff Pick.
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DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook
A Dinner With Frankenstein AI
What’s eating the internet? Immersive stories around the dinner table
How does it feel to be human in a world disrupted by technology? As intelligent machines are invading our everyday lives, IDFA DocLab invites artists and audiences to explore the age-old ritual of sitting together at a dinner table.
If anything, cooking food and sitting at a dinner table are among the few things that still make us feel distinctly human. But cooking food is also the very first technology we humans invented - and thus, the thing that kickstarted our long journey towards this strange era of machine intelligence, algorithms and parallel virtual realities. Similar to how chefs take unknown ingredients to invent exciting new culinary experiences, interactive artists are often among the first to critically examine new and unknown technologies. Like chefs, they invent wonderful interac-
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tive and immersive documentary experiences that challenge our notions of reality and invite us to taste the true potential (and creepiness) of today’s technology. But where culinary art has its restaurants, interactive and immersive art still doesn’t have a home. That’s why DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook takes the dinner table not just as a metaphor, but also as a potential stage for exhibiting new artforms: from live dinner shows combined with immersive theatre and artificial intelligence to a ten-day exhibition designed like a virtual restaurant, coproduced with De Brakke Grond. In total, DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook presents more than 30 interactive documentaries, live events, sensory experiments and interactive dinner performances. Diversion Flemish Arts Centre de Brakke Grond
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An exhibition designed as a restaurant for digital art. With more than 30 interactive documentaries, small culinary performances and interactive experiments with human behavior and technology. Come and play with artificial intelligence, immerse yourself in the VR Cinema or taste some alternative recipes for the future. Nov 15 – 25 | Brakke Grond | free admission
DocLab Expo Specials
Join the artists of the DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook exhibition for unexpected sensory experiments and interactive performances. Including a small culinary journey from France to Iraq (Flavours of Iraq) and a disruptive social experiment on your phone (The Social Sorting Experiment).
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DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook
With Frankenstein AI: a two-course dinner for humans of flesh and blood, with artificial intelligence as host and discussion partner. Nov 17, 18:30 & 21:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal Nov 18, 18:30 & 21:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal
DocLab Live: Leaked Chef’s Table Artist Gabriela Ivens, together with chef Matthias van der Nagel (Fa. Peekelharing and formerly Inez, Club 11), serves a delicious Chef’s Table menu based on the deeply personal recipes she found in the email inboxes of companies like Sony and Enron, and political figures such as John Podesta. With every course, Ivens reveals the story behind the recipes, and how those writing them reacted to her request to publish their personal recipes in a Leaked Recipes Cookbook. Nov 17, 18:30 & 21:00 | Mister Kitchen (Pazzanistraat 35)
Nov 15 – 24 | Brakke Grond | free admission
The annual DocLab Interactive Conference brings together digital pioneers, artists and thinkers for a full day of inspiring presentations, visions of the future and collective experiments. With a.o. Sophia Al-Maria, Samantha Gorman, Ontroerend Goed, Rahima Gambo, David Desrimais and many others.
DocLab Live: Eat | Tech | Dinner Party What does the internet taste like? Renowned food artist Emilie Baltz, interactive artist Klasien van de Zandschulp and chef Matthias van der Nagel (Fa. Peekelharing and formerly Inez, Club 11) present an unpredictable futuristic feast of digital technology and old-fashioned good food. Realised with support of the Filmfund DocLab Interactive Grant.
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Interactive Dinners
This year IDFA DocLab presents a unique series of pop-up dinner parties, combining amazing food with immersive theatre, artificial intelligence and interactive storytelling. Renowned chefs and artists put together the following three menus (food and drinks included). NB The number of seats is limited, so make a booking on the IDFA Website as soon as possible. DocLab Live: A Dinner with Frankenstein AI Is artificial intelligence a modern Frankenstein? Invited by IDFA DocLab and The National Theatre’s Immersive Storytelling Studio, interactive artists Lance Weiler, Rachel Ginsberg and Nick Fortugno, developed A Dinner
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DocLab Live Events
Every year DocLab presents a series of interactive live events in the cinema, the theatre and - new this year - the planetarium of ARTIS. DocLab Live: Humanoid Cookbook Opening Night Festive opening of the DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook program, with interviews and interactive performances by featured artists. Including a futuristic analysis of the digital revolution by William Uricchio (M.I.T.); a bittersweet requiem for the combustion engine by robot artist Ross Goodwin (1 the Road) and a culinary appetizer by Gabriela Ivens (Leaked Recipes). Nov 15, 20:00 | Brakke Grond, Grote Zaal
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DocLab Live: Artificial Stupidity Can humans still be saved, now that both climate change and the robot apocalypse are upon us? Together with Fredo De Smet, author of Artificial Stupidity - a manual for digital humanists, we seek refuge in the inherent imperfections of human behavior. With performances by The Collider: Chapter One, a virtual experiment with new forms of physical contact and The Social Sorting Experiment by The Smartphone Orchestra. Nov 16, 20:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal
DocLab Live: Assorted Revolutions When do we speak of a revolution? At the very first signs of rebellion? Or only once the consequences are all-encompassing and irreversible? DocLab Live: Assorted Revolutions juxtaposes totally different revolutions: from universal basic income (Earn a Living); and a moving one-person quest to make platforms like Twitter more humane (Flavours of Iraq); to Future History, a real-time retelling of historical revolutions (from 1917 to 1968) through contemporary social media platforms. Nov 19, 20:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal
IDFA on Stage: £¥€$ This interactive theater experience is all about money, and it puts you at the table with the
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big shots who pull the strings of the economy. But just when you’ve been sucked into the world of big money, global markets, deals and high finance, trouble strikes. Belgian theater and performance company Ontroerend Goed puts the audience in the place of the superrich, the invisible controllers of our current economic system. For one evening, you call the shots. And now that you’re in control, surely you’ll do things differently. Won’t you? £¥€$ can also be seen at de Brakke Grond on 27, 28 and 29 November. IDFA on Stage is supported by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. Nov 20, 18:00 & 21:00 | Splendor (Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116)
DocLab Live: Jacco Gardner’s Somnium The ARTIS planetarium serves as the surrealistic setting for the launch of Jacco Gardner’s third album Somnium. Gardner’s hypnotic music, performed live on classic analogue synthesizers, enters into a perceptual dialogue with Thijs Biersteker’s kinetic installation Volverium. The result is a unique sensory journey through a musical dream world. This event is an initiative of Paradiso and Jacco Gardner, presented in collaboration with IDFA DocLab. Nov 23, 20:00 & 22:00 | ARTIS Planetarium (Plantage Kerklaan 38 - 40)
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The IDFA DocLab Immersive Network Research & Development Program
Instead of focusing on a single medium, technology or discipline, IDFA DocLab has been openly and independently showcasing the best interactive documentary art and storytelling since 2007. It has become a key international platform for new talent, artistic innovation and interdisciplinary collaborations. Meanwhile, new developments in immersive technology – like virtual reality, as well as AR, MR and AI – have introduced explosive new opportunities. But as new immersive consumer devices are being introduced to the masses, key questions still exist around how to successfully live up to the true potential of immersive media.
Living Lab
The IDFA DocLab Immersive Network Research & Development Program uses the festival as a living lab for experimentation, research and development. The program is aimed at the growing international ecosystem of artists, developers, scientists and entrepreneurs working in interactive and immersive content, and each year we will focus on specific research questions that arise from developments in the field. This year, one of the research domains is aimed at developing a robust evaluative framework for AI-based storytelling systems. We will do this by investigating how makers and their audiences conceptualize Artificial Intelligence (AI). A second research domain is the narrative coherence in VR/AR experiences. Starting point here is the evident tension between strategies based on ‘story-telling’
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Eat | Tech | Dinner Party
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. That is why IDFA DocLab is opening up its platform and launching a five-year R&D program in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Open Documentary Lab).
and those based on ‘story-finding’ — between makers trying to communicate a particular narrative, and users being free to explore and find their own — often different — stories.
The Immersive Network Summit
An integral component of the research program is the Immersive Network Summit, a think tank event for experts from all corners of the interactive and immersive storytelling industry to explore next steps in developing the medium. The program presents information gained from research, case studies and demo’s of interactive and immersive storytelling experiments in progress as well as cross-sector expert meetings. By invitation only. Partners:
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Doc Talks Me Extensive conversations with the filmmakers in the context of focus program Me. November 16 Wednesday 19.07.1961 + Doc Talk After the screening of Wednesday, 19.07.1961, film journalist Nicolas Rapold (Film Comment) talks extensively with Victor Kossakovsky. For this 1995 classic, Kossakovsky interviewed more than 70 residents of the city of St. Petersburg. Although the lives of these people have all run a completely different course, they share an arbitrary and essential fact with each other and Kossakovsky himself: they were all born on Wednesday, July 19, 1961, in what was then Leningrad. Nov 16, 14:45 | EYE 2
Bye Bye Africa + Doc Talk After the screening of Bye Bye Africa, film journalist Nicolas Rapold (Film Comment) talks extensively with Mahamat Saleh Haroun. In this hybrid film, the director, played by himself, returns to Chad for the first time in years when his mother dies. There, he’s confronted with a society in which national film culture is marginalized, and the dividing line between fiction and reality seems increasingly blurred.
November 17 Extremely Private Eros: Love Song 1974 + Doc Talk After the screening of Extremely Private Eros: Love Song 1974, Julian Ross, film programmer at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, talks extensively with director Kazuo Hara. Hara has been married for three years and has just become a father when his girlfriend Takada informs him that she needs more space for herself and is leaving him. Because he’s not yet ready to let her go, he decides to make a film about her. Nov 17, 13:45 | EYE 2
Room Without a View & Yukiko + Doc Talk After the screening of Yukiko, director Young Sun Noh talks extensively with Alisa Lebow, reader in Film Studies at the University of Sussex. In the film, Sun Noh examines the history of her grandmother and mother, which is closely interwoven with the post-war history of Japan and Korea. It’s a conversation about the processing and imagining of a personal history, where hardly any memories exist. Nov 17, 15:45 | Tuschinski 2
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi + Doc Talk After the screening of Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi, filmmaker Ester Gould talks with director Avi Mograbi. In what he describes as “semi-documentary,” Mograbi plays a fictional filmmaker named Avi Mograbi, who’s hired to make a film in honor of the 50th anniversary of the state of Israel, while simultaneously working on a film about the commemorations on the Palestinian side. In the interim, he becomes distracted by a private matter about the purchase of a piece of land.
November 18 Embracing & Katatsumori & Birth/Mother + Doc Talk After the screening of her three short documentaries, director Naomi Kawase talks extensively with film programmer Julian Ross. Kawase started her career as a photographer and made the switch to film with two short films in which she focused on her own adoption. In Embracing and Katatsumori, she studies her childhood, in which she was adopted by a great-aunt. In Birth/Mother, which she made more than 10 years later, she again focuses the camera on herself when she becomes a mother herself.
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Room for a Man + Doc Talk After the screening of Room for a Man, director Anthony Chidiac talks with Alisa Lebow, reader in Film Studies at the University of Sussex. The first thing Anthony Chidiac tells about himself is that life frightens him, and the outside world feels hostile, partly because he’s gay. Through conversations with his mother and the Syrian builders who are renovating his house and a trip with his father to Argentina, Chidiac constructs an intriguing self-portrait. Nov 18, 12:45 | Tuschinski 2
November 19 Father and Son + Doc Talk After the screening of Father and Son, director Pawel Lozinski talks extensively with film programmer Eric Hynes (Museum of the Moving Image). In the film, the director and his father, filmmaker Marcel Lozinski, make a road trip in which they recall beautiful and painful memories of the past. The fact that they experienced certain events differently is also evident from the two film versions of their trip. Marcel’s Father and Son on a Journey is also included in IDFA’s focus program Me. Nov 19, 16:45 | EYE 2
November 20 Sherman’s March + Doc Talk After the screening of Sherman’s March, director Ross McElwee talks extensively with film programmer Eric Hynes (Museum of the Moving Image). Although Sherman’s March was originally supposed to be a historical film about the journey that General Sherman made in the American Civil War, it became a very personal film about McElwee’s own love life. This 1985 classic isn’t only one of the first examples in the subgenre of the personal documentary, but it has influenced entire generations of filmmakers. Nov 20, 11:15 | Tuschinski 2
Father and Son on a Journey + Doc Talk After the screening of Father and Son on a Journey, director Marcel Lozinski talks extensively with film programmer Eric Hynes (Museum of the Moving Image). Marcel Lozinski and his filmmaker son Pawel go on a road trip from Poland to Paris, and various memories of both the father and the son’s childhood come up along the way. The two men decided to make their own films about this journey, in which the accents are slightly different. Nov 20, 16:45 | EYE 2
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November 21 Chaos + Doc Talk After the screening of Chaos, director Sara Fattahi talks extensively with filmmaker Ester Gould. With images and fragments of conversation that are as intimate as they are intangible, Fattahi sketches in this hybrid film how the lives of three women have been marked by the memories of the war in Syria. Two of them, including Fattahi himself, now live in Europe; a third mourns her son in Damascus. A conversation about the representation of fears, war and displacement. Nov 21, 13:30 | EYE 2
Fix Me + Doc Talk After the screening of Fix Me, film programmer María Campaña Ramia talks extensively with director Raed Andoni. In the film, we follow the therapy sessions that the Palestinian filmmaker undergoes in search of the cause of his headache. The search not only yields many personal and universal insights, but it also brings back memories of repressed traumatic events that are inextricably linked to the political situation in his country.
November 22 A Strange Love Affair with Ego + Doc Talk After the screening of A Strange Love Affair with Ego, director Ester Gould talks extensively with filmprogrammer María Campaña Ramia. In this personal film, Gould reconstructs the life of her older sister. Using four portraits of women in different stages of life, she examines not only her fascination for her sister but also self-love as a social given. Nov 22, 14:00 | Tuschinski 2
Photographs + Doc Talk After the screening of Photographs, director Andrés Di Tella talks extensively with film programmer María Campaña Ramia. In his film, Di Tella examines the history and background of his Indian mother, something he never thought about in the past. Starting in Argentina and ending in India, Di Tella meets with his mother’s friends and relatives and has conversations with his father, attempting to get closer to this neglected part of his family history. Nov 22, 19:30 | EYE 2
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Extensive conversations with the filmmakers in the context of focus program Space. Central Airport THF + Doc Talk After the screening of Central Airport THF, film journalist Nicolas Rapold and director Karim Aïnouz talk about the location of the film, the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, which served as a shelter for refugees from 2015 to 2017. Separated by a large fence, the refugees look out at Tempelhof Park, where Germans and tourists are free to have fun without a care in the world. Nov 16, 20:30 | EYE 2
Absence + Doc Talk After the screening of Absence, film journalist Nicolas Rapold speaks with director Ekta Mittal about Indian labor migrants who leave for the big city and never return home. The representation of space plays an important role in making the emptiness and grief of those left behind palpable. Nov 17, 16:30 | EYE 2
Hale County This Morning, This Evening + Doc Talk After the screening of Hale County This Morning, This Evening, film programmer Eric Hynes talks to director RaMell Ross about his critically-acclaimed film debut. In an impressionistic style, he captures the lives of a number of blacks living in a small town in the American south, which is still characterized by a troubled history. Nov 17, 19:00 | EYE 2
Closing Time + Doc Talk After the screening of Closing Time, film journalist Nicolas Rapold speaks with director Nicole Vögele about her award-winning film debut. The documentary takes place almost entirely on a few square meters in a big Asian city. With a sharp eye, exciting sound design and dry humor, she shows this place in great detail.
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Doc Talks Space Victory Day + Doc Talk After the screening of Victory Day, film journalist Nicolas Rapold speaks with director Sergei Loznitsa. In his distinctive style, he records the celebration of Victory Day (May 9) at the Russian war memorial in Berlin’s Treptower Park. In this place, innocent nostalgia and contemporary nationalism become one. Nov 18, 16:45 | EYE 2
In the Open + Doc Talk After the screening of In the Open, film journalist Nicolas Rapold speaks with director Guillaume Massart. In his film, Massart documents sex offenders who are serving out their sentences in an open prison in Corsica. What begins as an observational film about a prison without walls and barbed wire becomes an in-depth search for what it means to be a perpetrator and a victim. Nov 18, 19:45 | EYE 2
The Hidden City + Doc Talk After the screening of The Hidden City, film programmer Eric Hynes speaks with director Victor Moreno. This film descends to the depths of a European city. The enormous labyrinth of tunnels, sewers and metro stations is an immense web on which the city rests and on which its inhabitants depend. It’s a functional space, but also a symbolic, hidden area: the subconscious of the city. Nov 19, 19:00 | EYE 2
Island of the Hungry Ghosts + Doc Talk After the screening of Island of the Hungry Ghosts, film programmer Eric Hynes speaks with director Gabrielle Brady. In her award-winning film debut, she connects the lives of several residents of Christmas Island with each other. This creates a layered picture of this island off the coast of Australia, which brings together various storylines and dimensions. Nov 20, 19:30 | EYE 2
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The Border Fence + Doc Talk After the screening of The Border Fence, film programmer Eric Hynes talks with director Nikolaus Geyrhalter about his film, which explores the few square kilometers of border area around the Brenner Pass. It’s a historically controversial space that’s still claimed by nationalist Italians and Austrians, and it’s precisely at this location that the Austrian government decides to install a fence to contain the refugee flow. Geyrhalter speaks with local residents about national identity, politics and “the other.”
Los Reyes + Doc Talk After the screening of Los Reyes, film programmer Eric Hynes speaks with directing duo Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff. Their film illustrates the extent to which perspective can color a given space. We see one of the oldest skate parks of Santiago, Chile through the eyes of two dogs. This is their territory, their world. For the teenagers who hang out here, it’s the place where they grow up; for project developers, it’s fertile ground for the construction of expensive apartment complexes. Nov 22, 16:15 | EYE 2
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In-depth conversations after select screenings of a selection of new films from IDFA’s main program. November 15 Oxfam Novib Selection: Hamada + Doc Talk Director Eloy Domínguez Serén made a portrait of the friends Sidahmed, Zahra and Lafdal, who live in a refugee camp in Western Sahara, separated from the rest of the world by minefields and a Moroccan wall. They belong to the Sahrawi, a forgotten people who have been living in refugee camps for decades. After the screening, journalist Clarice Gargard talks with the director of this vital, beautifully filmed portrait. Nov 15, 18:45 | Tuschinski 1
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Doc Talks November 17 The State Against Mandela and the Others + Doc Talk Hosted by De Groene Amsterdammer Original sound recordings of the notorious 1964 Rivonia Trial against Nelson Mandela form the leitmotif in this stylish, vivid look back on apartheid in South Africa. Supported by animations, interviews and various archive images, the film gives a history lesson that you could never get from a book. After the screening, Rutger van der Hoeven, editor of De Groene Amsterdammer, talks with filmmakers Gilles Porte and Oerd van Cuijlenborg about the creation of the documentary and the aspects of this well-known story that have been neglected up until now. Nov 17, 12:45 | De Kleine Komedie
Oxfam Novib presents 3 films selected from the IDFA program. This year, these will tackle the themes of Migration & Refugees and Inequality & Food Security. All themes are linked to the work done by Oxfam Novib.
November 16 Touch Me Not + Doc Talk Together with her protagonists Laura, Tómas and Christian, director Adina Pintilie examines the universal human need for intimacy in Touch Me Not, questioning the classical ideal of beauty. The film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2018. After the screening, Marten Rabarts, head of EYE International, talks to Pintilie about the realization of her groundbreaking documentary, which focuses on the fluid dividing line between fiction and reality. Nov 16, 19:00 | De Kleine Komedie
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November 18 America to Me + Doc Talk Serialized The diverse student body at a large high school in Chicago would make it seem like equal education means equal opportunities, but with this series about 12 students from diverse backgrounds, director Steve James shows a grimmer picture. The students talk openly about friendship, prejudice, institutional racism, privileges and their dreams about how things can and should be improved. After the screening, Sean Farnel talks to James about his series and the American dream, which unfortunately isn’t within reach for everyone. Nov 18, 10:00 | Het Ketelhuis
Free Solo + Doc Talk Free Solo follows the American ‘free solo’ specialist Alex Honnold in his preparation for a climb of the legendary, ninehundred meter high El Capitan mountain wall, without rope or any other security. The climb was recorded by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, who previously made the mountaineering film
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Meru. Afterwards Alex and the director have a Q&A with Arno Kantelberg, editor-in-chief of Dutch National Geographic, about their exciting documentary. IDFA in Carré is made possible by the BankGiro Loterij. Nov 18, 11:00 | Carré
much in the struggle for a more equal world. Moderated by journalist Clarice Gargard, a conversation with Jansen and Simons follows the screening, in which they look back on this eventful period. IDFA in Carré is made possible by the BankGiro Loterij. Nov 18, 14:15 | Carré
Oxfam Novib Selection: Soyalism + Doc Talk From enormous soy plantations in the Brazilian rainforest to ultramodern slaughterhouses in China, this investigative documentary shows the entire chain of the pig industry. What are the consequences for the Amazon region of the growing demand for meat in China, and why are farmers from Brazil lured to Mozambique to grow soy there? After the screening, journalist Chris Kijne talks with directors Enrico Parenti and Stefano Liberti about the frightening consequences of the increasing industrialization of the pig industry.
Freedom Fields + Doc Talk Encouraged by the Arab Spring, the women of the Libyan soccer team dream of playing their first international game. Director Naziha Arebi follows a few ambitious players from the team up close, while violence is emerging once again in the background. After the screening, film programmer Özge Calafato talks to Arebi and members of the team about the great resistance that women’s soccer encounters in Libya, where even the soccer association gives in to the threats of religious fanatics.
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Touch Me Not + Open Debate An open discussion with Adina Pintilie, director of Touch Me Not, and debate with all the protagonists from the film: Laura Benson, Christian Bayerlein, Grit Uhlemann, Hanna Hofmann, Seani Love and Tómas Lemarquis. A dialogue about intimacy, the body and the emotions that physicality evokes on-screen. The open debate breaks through cultural and film taboos and raises questions about sexuality, the body and intimacy in cinema. Journalist Gian van Grunsven, who spent six years on artistic-journalistic research on sex and sexuality, will be hosting the debate.
American Dharma + Doc Talk Steve Bannon, former head of the rightwing conservative news site Breitbart, also known as ‘the architect of Trumpism’, takes a seat in American Dharma opposite filmmaker Errol Morris for an extensive interview. Morris himself describes this documentary as a horror film, starring a fascinating villain who is too dangerous to ignore. After the screening Morris, in turn, takes his place opposite Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal, journalist and US affairs expert, for an extensive discussion about this controversial film. IDFA in Carré is made possible by the BankGiro Loterij + John Adams Institute. Nov 18, 17:30 | Carré
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NPO 2Doc Primeur: Sylvana, Demon or Diva + Doc Talk In the runup to the nerve wracking months before the Amsterdam municipal elections, former TV presenter Sylvana Simons, founder of BIJ1, is filmed by documentarymaker Ingeborg Jansen. Will the well dressed and remarkable diva last until election day? An inspiring portrait of a dedicated woman who endures
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November 19 Reason + Doc Talk In Reason, Indian documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan fearlessly investigates the rise of religious nationalist fundamentalism in India, which under the watchful eye of the government is making progress through the intimidation and murder of dissenters. Based
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on interviews with relatives of victims and images of far-right rallies, the filmmaker sketches a frightening portrait of the movement. After the screening, IDFA’s artistic director Orwa Nyrabia talks with Patwardhan about his film and the disconcerting situation in his country.
his farm and his own freedom in the process. Director Michel Toesca followed this champion of the people in his fight against local authorities. After the screening, Toesca sits down for a discussion with journalist Nadia Moussaid. Nov 19, 18:45 | Tuschinski 1
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The Panama Papers + Doc Talk Hosted by De Groene Amsterdammer In this documentary, director Alex Winter tells the fascinating story of the Panama Papers: the worldwide collaborative project of investigative journalists that began when a whistleblower shared a pile of secret information about tax evasion with a German newspaper. After the screening, Trouw journalist Jan Kleinnijenhuis, De Groene Amsterdammer editorin-chief Xandra Schutte and other journalists who were involved discuss the impact of the revelations: various heads of state have lost their jobs, and a critical journalist from Malta was murdered. Nov 19, 13:15 | Tuschinski 1
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life + Doc Talk IDFA Queer Day Tomer Heymann made an intimate and confrontational portrait of gay porn star Jonathan Agassi, who uses extreme sex and hard drugs to fill the void left by a tough childhood full of humiliating memories. Ultimately, his selfdestructive behavior brings him to his knees, and he has to face the painful reality of his life. After the screening, we’ll hear from Heymann on how he got so close to Agassi, and from Agassi on how he’s doing now. This screening is part of Queer Day 2018, organized in cooperation with media partner OUTtv, Europe’s gay lifestyle TV station. Nov 19, 21:00 | EYE 1
Celebration + Doc Talk In the years before 2002, when the great French couturier Yves Saint Laurent bid adieu to the fashion world, director Olivier Meyrou filmed behind the scenes of his company. In Celebration, Saint Laurent is stripped of the mythical image around him, revealing himself to be a vulnerable fashion king in an almost extraterrestrial world. After the screening, journalist Nadia Moussaid will talk with Meyrou, who ultimately had to contend with the fashion company’s opposition to the release of the documentary. Nov 19, 15:00 | Tuschinski 2
November 21 The Village + Doc Talk Serialized Exclusive screening of the first 4 episodes of The Village. Every year in August, the small village of Lussas in the south of France is the capital of documentary cinema. In this improbable setting, a large documentary festival has been organized since the 1970s—a cultural utopia among vineyards and cherry trees, which became the center for the development of films. After the screening, director Claire Simon talks to Sean Farnel about creating her series in this harmonious place, where city cinephiles and local winemakers contemplate the cultural possibilities. Nov 21, 17:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal
Oxfam Novib Selection: To the Four Winds + Doc Talk French farmer Cédric Herrou became known internationally after he was arrested for helping more than 250 migrants cross the border from Italy to France. While European, national and local authorities are cracking down, Herrou serves as a host and enthusiastic migrant smuggler, though he’s jeopardizing
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November 22 Dead Souls + Doc Talk The committed filmmaker Wang Bing adds a new chapter to his oeuvre of monumental films with Dead Souls. The re-education camps in the Gobi Desert, where many Chinese men died starting in the late 1950s under the AntiRight Campaign of the Communist Party, are
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a little-discussed part of Chinese history. Bing films the survivors of famine, solitary confinement and tortures, who tell their story in detail for the first time, with admirable composure. After the screening, a conversation with the director will take place, moderated by Ian Yang. Nov 22, 13:00 | Tuschinski 4
Hungary 2018 + Doc Talk Hosted by De Groene Amsterdammer Filmmaker Eszter Hajdú followed the Hungarian ex-prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány in 2017 and 2018, in his election battle against the right-wing Viktor Orbán. This is a politically engaged film that gives a glimpse behind the scenes of democracy and makes it painfully clear how anger and fear stimulate nationalism. What’s the answer from the left to this movement to the right? After the screening, Casper Thomas, editor of De Groene Amsterdammer, discusses the situation with both Gyurcsány and Hajdú. Nov 22, 19:00 | EYE 1
November 24 Stones Have Laws + Doc Talk For the Surinamese Maroons, descendants of runaway slaves, forest, river and stones were animated by spirits. In impressive images, a panorama unfolds in which they show us their world and entrust their stories to the filmmakers, artist duo Van Brummelen and De Haan. After the screening, the directors and Rijksmuseum-curator Stephanie Archangel discuss the history of the Maroons, their contemporary battle with greedy multinationals and the legacy of colonialism. Moderated by Martin Berger, curator at the Research Center for Material Culture. In collaboration with the Rijksmuseum Nov 24, 16:15 | EYE 2
Scared of Revolution + Doc Talk Hosted by Black Achievement Month Umar Bin Hassan was a member of The Last Poets, a group of performance poets who expressed the progressive spirit of the times starting in the late 1960s. With a followup discussion that goes deeper into the theme of the film. Nov 24, 19:30 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal
November 23 Everything Must Fall + Doc Talk Hosted by Black Achievement Month In a day by day recapitulation of events featuring footage from the battleground itself, Everything Must Fall shows how the student protests escalated and sowed division among the South African university staff. With a followup discussion that goes deeper into the theme of the film. Nov 23, 19:00 | Brakke Grond, Rode Zaal
Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark + Live: Carel Kraayenhof The Argentinean bandoneonist and composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) was a great innovator of tango. For this film, Piazzolla's son Daniel draws from the family's private collection. Rare footage of numerous performances and intimate home videos, supplemented with archival material, sketch a lively portrait of Piazzolla: bold, confident, passionate, and a virtuoso pure and simple. Prior to the film, bandoneonist Carel Kraayenhof and pianist Juan Pablo Dobal pay tribute to the master. IDFA in Carré is made possible by the BankGiro Loterij. Nov 18, 21:00 | Carré
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New this year, the program IDFA on Stage presents four unique performances that explore the space between documentary and performing arts. IDFA on Stage: Anniversary of the Revolution Anniversary of the Revolution accompanied by a live score that continually links the year of the Russian revolution with the present day. Quotes from contemporary masterpieces performed by classical musicians blend with Moscow artist Kate NV’s electronics into an unique soundtrack that effortlessly bridges the century in between. Nov 20, 20:30 | Tuschinski 1 IDFA on Stage: £¥€$ This interactive theater experience is all about money, and it puts you at the table with the big shots who pull the strings of the economy. But just when you’ve been sucked into the world of big money, global markets, deals and high finance, trouble strikes. Belgian theater and performance company Ontroerend Goed puts the audience in the place of the superrich, the invisible controllers of our current economic system. For one evening, you call the shots. And now that you’re in control, surely you’ll do things differently. Won’t you? £¥€$ can also be seen at de Brakke Grond on 27, 28 and 29 November.
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IDFA on Stage IDFA on Stage: Nature’s Nickelodeons Experience the nature documentary like never before in this live performance. Supported by a group of experimental musicians and artists, Amy Cutler turns the traditional nature film upside down. Cutler creates new heroes and villains, questions the familiar anthropomorphic stories, and imbues new meaning via classical sounds and images. Nov 18, 19:30 | De Kleine Komedie IDFA on Stage: Vida a bordo For IDFA on Stage, Daniel Yafalián created a special sound design for the film, which musical explorer Franco Di Gregorio mixes with live percussion, voices, nature recordings, vinyl and electronic sound effects. This hypnotic sonic layer deepens the sensory experience that Vida a bordo offers while drawing a parallel with life itself: an unrepeatable, fleeting and intoxicating adventure. Nov 17, 19:30 | De Kleine Komedie
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Paradocs Collaborations Video Club: Memory of Space Basir Mahmood serves as guest curator of this third edition of Stedelijk Museum’s Video Club, presented in partnership with IDFA. In response to IDFA’s theme program Space, Mahmood explores the possibilities, limitations and conditions of artists’ work spaces through his selection of videos from the Stedelijk Museum collection. With works by Bruce Nauman and Francis Alÿs a.o. Nov 16, 19:30 | Stedelijk Museum Auditorium Ryoji Ikeda: datamatics [ver.2.0] Ryoji Ikeda uses mathematics, quantum mechanics, computer data, sound and light to make his breathtaking minimalist audiovisual art. This concert forms part of his datamatics project, which explores the boundaries of perception and lets us experience what goes beyond our comprehension. This performance takes place in collaboration with Eye Filmmuseum and Amsterdam Art Weekend. Nov 23, 20:30 – 22:15 | EYE 1
Master Talk: David Claerbout - Dark Optics The artist David Claerbout describes himself as “an advocate for the background.” The subject is “dark optics,” the term Claerbout uses to refer to image creation without lenses, cameras or any other optical or digital tool. This lecture takes place in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend and Eye Filmmuseum. Nov 24, 14:00 | EYE 2
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: In Your Head In cooperation with Amsterdam Art Weekend and EYE Filmmuseum, guest curator Zippora Elders has selected the latest video work by alumni of De Ateliers and the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, and artists from galleries participating in Amsterdam Art Weekend. With new works by Anusya Blom and Meiro Koizumi a.o. Nov 25, 13:00 | EYE 2
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Program created by the VPRO with the most remarkable documentaries of the festival. Tickets are available via vpro.nl/evenementen.
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Bridges of Time Kristine Briede, Audrius Stonys Masters
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Born in the USSR: 21 Up
Entrepreneur
Sergei Miroshnichenko Třeštíková’s Top 10
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The Waldheim Waltz
Aboozar Amini First Appearance Competition Audience premiere of IDFA 2018 Opening film.
Virpi Suutari Masters
Ruth Beckermann Masters
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Kabul, City in the Wind
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Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Vitaly Mansky Masters
A Marriage Story Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
RaMell Ross Best of Fests, Space
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Putin’s Witnesses
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Theatre of War Lola Arias Best of Fests
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The Silence of Others
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Private Universe
Yours in Sisterhood
4 Years in 10 Minutes
Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
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Genesis 2.0 Christian Frei Masters
Mladen Kovacevic Best of Fests
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What Walaa Wants Christy Garland Best of Fests
Irene Lusztig Best of Fests 13:00
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When the War Comes
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A Northern Soul
Jan Gebert Best of Fests
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A Sister’s Song Danae Elon Best of Fests
The Silk and the Flame
Sean McAllister Masters
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Jordan Schiele Best of Fests
Becoming Animal Emma Davie, Peter Mettler Masters
Three Identical Strangers
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Closing Time
Nicole Vögele First Appearance Competition, Space
Extinction
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Salomé Lamas Paradocs
Everything Must Fall Rehad Desai Frontlight
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Nebojsa Slijepcevic Best of Fests
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Eloy Domínguez Serén First Appearance Competition A bittersweet portrait of three people in their twenties in a refugee camp in Western Sahara, followed by a discussion with the director.
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The Greatest Sacrifice
Eyad Aljarod First Appearance Competition
Carin Goeijers Dutch & Mid-Length Competition
Chris the Swiss Anja Kofmel Best of Fests
Erased,– Ascent of the Invisible
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Ghassan Halwani Paradocs
To War
Seeds of Deceit
Miriam Guttmann Student Competition
At Midnight Plays a Dance Tune Roy Seerden Student Competition
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Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan Short Competition
Don’t Be a Dick About It
Benjamin Mullinkosson Mid-Length Competition
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Milos Forman Třeštíková’s Top 10
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Farrebique – The Four Seasons Georges Rouquier Třeštíková’s Top 10
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Constructions
Julien Faraut Paradocs
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Barbara Miller Best of Fests
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Francisco Marise Mid-Length Competition
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NPO 2Doc Primeur: But Now Is Perfect
Marcus Lindeen 15:00 Best of Fests
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Sahra Mani Best of Fests
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Oxfam Novib Selection: Hamada + Doc Talk
The Raft
Doomed Beauty
A Thousand Girls Like Me
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Tim Wardle Best of Fests
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Samouni Road 12:00 Stefano Savona Best of Fests
Obscuro Barroco Evangelia Kranioti Best of Fests
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omed Beauty
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Infinite Football Chris the Swiss
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Michel Toesca Best of Fests
Aboozar Amini First Appearance Competition
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The Missing Picture
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The Eyes of Orson Welles Mark Cousins Masters
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Maria Ramos Masters
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Touch Me Not Adina Pintilie Best of Fests
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The Trial
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Filmmaker Talk: Nicolas Philibert
Rithy Panh Masters
Highlighted by excerpts from earlier and new work, Luciano Barisone talks to celebrated filmmaker Nicolas Philibert.
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Citizen Havel
Miroslav Janek, Pavel Koutecky Třeštíková’s Top 10
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To Be Continued
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My Soul Drifts Light upon a Sea of Trees
Heinrich Dahms Dutch Competition
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Daniël Krikke Dutch Competition
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Westwood: Punk, con, Activist
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Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
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Festive opening night of DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook. With interviews and interactive performances by a.o. AI artist Ross Goodwin and food artist Gabriela Ivens.
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Industry Program Thursday 15 November Compagnie CafĂŠ
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IDFAcademy: Close Reading - Kabul, City in the Wind
Industry Consultancies: Walk-in Consultancies
IDFAcademy starts with a close reading with Aboozar Amini, director of Kabul, City in the Wind.
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NH Rossini
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IDFAcademy: Meet the Participants & Presentations
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IDFAcademy: Welcome Drinks
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Filmmaker Talk: Nicolas Philibert
Highlighted by excerpts from earlier and new work, Luciano Barisone talks to celebrated filmmaker Nicolas Philibert.
Presentation of the IDFAcademy & NPO Fund workshop-projects, followed by the Award Ceremony of The Karen de Bok Talent Award.
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Learn how to present yourself and your project perfectly, and meet the other 99 participants.
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IDFAcademy: NPO Fund Drinks
IDFAcademy & NPO Fund Drinks [By invitation]
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Programmer of the DJ selection and host of the DJ nights Ed Rock plays vinyl singles from way back as well as brand new tracks. Many genres, from 1958 till 2018, including soul, rock, world, reggae, hip-hop and beyond. [Admission free]
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A Marriage Story Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
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Graves Without a Name
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Bridges of Time
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Rithy Panh Masters
A Strange Love Affair with Ego
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Ester Gould Me
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Extinction
Kristine Briede, Audrius Stonys Masters
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Salomé Lamas Paradocs
13:00
13:00
Filmmaker Talk: Helena Třeštíková 14:00
13:15
Dancing in the Wind
Extensive chat with IDFA Guest of Honor Helena Třeštíková, on the basis of excerpts from her own work and her Top 10, moderated by Pamela Cohn.
14:00 14:15
Father and Son Pawel Lozinski Me
15:00 15:15
Minding the Gap 16:00
Bing Liu Best of Fests
Doomed Beauty
15:00
+ Doc Talk Room for a Man
15:30
Anthony Chidiac Best of Fests, Me Extensive discussion between director Anthony Chidiac and Alisa Lebow.
Yours in Sisterhood
The Waldheim Waltz Ruth Beckermann Masters
+ Doc Talk Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi
Avi Mograbi Me Extensive discussion between director Avi Mograbi and Ester Gould.
Last Year When the Train Passed by Huang Pang-Chuan Student Competition 20:30 21:00
22:00
VPRO Extra - NPO 2Doc Primeur: Bellingcat – Truth in a PostTruth World Hans Pool Frontlight
NPO 2Doc Primeur: O amor é único
Giacinto Scelsi. The First Motion of the Immovable
Pawel Ziemilski Mid-Length Competition
Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva First Appearance Competition
Butterfly
Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman Luminous
Trojan Records
Paradocs Shorts 1
Compilation of beyond the frame docs: Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off), Big Characters, Memory Room, Alone Together.
Nicolas Jack Davies Best of Fests 20:00
21:30 Compilation of beyond the frame docs: All Voices Are Mine, Separation, Vivid Dreams, cut-out, backyard.
Regular programs
20:45
Paradocs Shorts 2
Lorna Tucker Best of Fests
Focus programs
20:00
Sherman’s March 21:00 Ross McElwee Me
21:00
Tom Burke Frontlight
18:30
Rudeboy:
Alexandra Westmeier Luminous
Ekta Mittal First Appearance Competition, Space
18:00
The Story of 19:00
Lost Reactor
Losing Alaska
Competition programs
17:45
Absence 21:45
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
17:00
19:00
In Touch
Marina Meijer Dutch Competition
22:15
Kids & Docs 1
18:45
19:30
20:00
16:45 Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Marseille, To the Moon and Back, Gracious, The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon, Tungrus. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles.
17:45
16:00
Irene Lusztig Best of Fests
16:15 Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
18:00
14:00
Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
Mallory
18:00
Yue Ting Student Competition
22:00 22:15
The Raft
Marcus Lindeen Best of Fests
23:00
Events
All �ilms are English spoken or subtitled
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NOVEMBER Public Screenings
Friday 16 November De Munt 4
De Munt 5
De Munt 9
De Munt 13
Anni 11:30
tine Briede, drius Stonys sters
Rikun Zhu Best of Fests
Infinite Football
11:45
Corneliu Porumboiu Masters
Chris the Swiss
12:00
Anja Kofmel Best of Fests
13:00
5
ncing in e Wind
13:30
I Signed the Petition
Ting dent Competition
Scared of Revolution
Daniël Krikke Dutch Competition
14:00
Mahdi Fleifel Short Competition
14:15
4 Years in 10 Minutes
The Way Home Wael Kadlo Luminous
30
15:30
urs in terhood
Angels Are Made of Light
ne Lusztig t of Fests
James Longley Best of Fests
15:00
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Mladen Kovacevic Best of Fests
Irek Dobrowolski Luminous
16:00 16:15
Ed Sheeran: Songwriter
Murray Cummings Best of Fests 17:30
45
Underdown
17:45
tterfly
ssandro Cassigoli, ey Kauffman minous
Sarah Kaskas 18:00 Luminous
Survivors 18:15
Guaxuma
18:30
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
Nicolas Jack Davies Best of Fests
19:00
Cause of Death Ramy A. Katz Frontlight
Arthur Pratt Frontlight
Nara Normande Short Competition
18:30
Dark Corner
Fabio Caramaschi Luminous
The Two of Us
Emil Næsby Hansen Luminous
00
st Reactor
Scars 20:30
What Walaa Wants
20:45
Sherman’s March Ross McElwee Me
21:15
Didier Cros Mid-Length Competition
Christy Garland Best of Fests
Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside Best of Fests 22:15
Home Games 22:45
Erased,– Ascent of the Invisible
19:30
Everything
Must Fall 20:00 Rehad Desai Frontlight
América
Aleksandra Maciejczyk Student Competition Andrei Kutsila Mid-Length Competition
Kids & Docs 2
21:00
Connected Summa
19:00 Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Crowley – Cowboy Up, 199 Little Heroes: Miral from Palestine, 180cc, Dancing for You. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles.
20:00
xandra Westmeier minous
cus Lindeen t of Fests
De Munt 12
10:45
dges of Time
e Raft
De Munt 11
10:00
5
15
De Munt 10
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
uschinski 6
Alisa Kovalenko Best of Fests
21:30
La Bestia – Train of the Unknowns
22:00 22:00
Manuel Inacker Student Competition
The Silk and the Flame
Caballerango
Jordan Schiele Best of Fests
Juan Pablo González Luminous
Ghassan Halwani Paradocs
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VRIJDA
Public Screenings Friday 16 November De Munt 12
De Munt 13
EYE 1
EYE 2
Stedelijk Carré Museum
Kleine Komedie
De Balie Grote zaal
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
10:00
10:00
11:00 11:15
Genesis 2.0 Christian Frei Masters
12:00 12:15
A Thousand Girls Like Me Sahra Mani Best of Fests
11:30
Seeds of Deceit
Miriam Guttmann Student Competition
12:00
At Midnight Plays a Dance Tune Roy Seerden Student Competition
12:45
The Savage Eye
Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers, Joseph Strick Třeštíková’s Top 10
13:00
13:45 14:00
14:00
Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl
14:30
To the Four Winds Michel Toesca Best of Fests
Amy Goldstein Luminous
16:30
Bixa Travesty
18:00
Sarah Kaskas Luminous
RaMell Ross Best of Fests, Space
9:00
Kids & Docs 2
19:30
19:30
Everything Must Fall
Marceline. A Woman. A Century
Rehad Desai Frontlight
Manuel Inacker tudent Competition
Caballerango
uan Pablo González uminous
21:45
The Silk and the Flame Jordan Schiele Best of Fests
16:00
Julien Faraut Paradocs
17:00
18:00
Mahamat Saleh Haroun Me Extensive discussion between director Mahamat Saleh Haroun and Nicolas Rapold.
Cordelia Dvorák Luminous
1:30 22:00
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
18:15
21:00
La Bestia – Train of the Unknowns 22:00
15:00
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
+ Doc Talk Bye Bye Africa
Compilation program of hildrens’ documentaries with: Crowley – Cowboy Up, 199 Little Heroes: Miral from Palestine,20:00 80cc, Dancing for You. he films have English ialogue or English ubtitles.
Krzysztof Kieslowski Třeštíková’s Top 10
Claudia Priscilla, Kiko Goifman Best of Fests
17:15
Underdown
First Love
15:45
Victor Kossakovsky Me Extensive discussion between director Victor Kossakovsky and Nicolas Rapold.
17:30
14:00
Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
15:15
+ Doc Talk Wednesday 19.7.1961
16:00
Miracle
Meeting Gorbachev
Werner Herzog, Andre Singer Masters
+ Doc Talk Central Airport THF
Karim Aïnouz Masters, Space Extensive discussion between director Karim Aïnouz and Nicolas Rapold.
18:30
Dawn 19:00 19:30
Video Club: Memory of Space Artist’s work spaces are the focus of the videos that Basir Mahmood selected from the Stedelijk Museum collection and includes works by Bruce Nauman and Francis Alÿs a.o.. Mahmood is screening his film All voices Are Mine as well. Tickets via stedelijk.nl
+ Doc Talk Touch Me Not
Adina Pintilie Best of Fests A hybrid documentary about the human need for intimacy, followed by a conversation with director Adina Pintilie.
18:45
Carmen Torres Best of Fests
Swatted 19:00 Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis Student Competition Hey, Bro!
Aleksandr Elkan 20:00 Student Competition 20:30
The Land of Peach Blossoms Mingying Zhou First Appearance Competition
21:00 21:30
NPO 2 Doc
Primeur: 22:00 22:30
#Female Pleasure Barbara Miller Best of Fests
Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains
David Verbeek Short Competition 23:00
Quand tout le monde dort
Jérôme Clément Wilz Luminous
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Public Screenings Friday 16 November De Balie Grote zaal
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
9:00
DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook
nesis 2.0
11:30
istian Frei sters
10:00
This year’s exhibition is set up as a restaurant for digital art. With more than 30 interactive documentaries, culinary performances and unpredictable experiments in which human behavior and technology meet. Come and play with artificial intelligence, immerse yourself in the VR Cinema or taste from alternative recipes for the future.
5
Seeds of Deceit
Miriam Guttmann Student Competition
At Midnight Plays a Dance Tune Roy Seerden Student Competition
12:00
Opening hours: 9:00 - 23:00 On site reservation may be required and some installations have varying opening hours:
13:45
Miracle
00
te Nash: derestimate e Girl
y Goldstein minous
Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
First Love
Krzysztof Kieslowski Třeštíková’s Top 10
15:00
Filmmaker Talk: Amos Gitai Letter to a Friend in Gaza
15:45
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
30
Amos Gitai Masters IDFA’s sole screening of Amos Gitai’s documentary Letter to a Friend in Gaza, followed by an extensive conversation with the filmmaker.
Julien Faraut Paradocs
xa Travesty
udia Priscilla, o Goifman t of Fests
Dawn
18:45
Carmen Torres Best of Fests
Doc Talk uch Me Not
na Pintilie t of Fests ybrid documentary ut the human need for macy, followed by a versation with director na Pintilie.
30
Swatted
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis Student Competition
Hey, Bro!
Aleksandr Elkan Student Competition 20:30
The Land of Peach Blossoms Mingying Zhou First Appearance Competition
emale Pleasure
14:00
VR Cinema • Accused no. 2: Walter Sisulu • Half Life VR • This Room • UAXUCTUM 11:00 – 20:00 Physical Installations • Ahorse! • Awavena • False Mirror • I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families • The Collider: Chapter One • The Industry VR • Zikr: A Sufi Revival 11:00 – 21:00
16:00
Audiowalk • Pilgrim 11:00 – 21:00
18:30
00
bara Miller t of Fests
Brakke Grond Exhibition
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
Kleine Komedie
21:30
NPO 2 Doc Primeur: Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains
20:00
DocLab Live: Artificial Stupidity
18:00
DocLab Expo Specials Join the artists of the DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook exhibition, and let yourself be surprised by sensory experiments and interactive performances.
20:00
Guided Tour Free tours at 15:30.
DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook Live event about man vs artificial intelligence, with interactive performances by The Collider: Chapter One and The Smartphone Orchestra’s The Social Sorting Experiment.
22:00
David Verbeek Short Competition
Quand tout le monde dort
Jérôme Clément Wilz Luminous
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26 Social Events > read more p. 27 - 31
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IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Industry Program Friday 16 November Tuschinski 3
De Munt 12
De Munt 13
NH Paganini
NH Puccini
NH Verdi
10:00
10:00
Industry Consultancies: Walk-in Consultancies
10:45
11:30 Press & Industry Screening:
Los Reyes
11:15
Juna Suleiman First Appearance Competition
Scared of Revolution
[Passholders]
[Passholders]
11:00
[Passholders]
Press & Industry Screening:
12:00
Daniël Krikke Dutch Competition
Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff Feature-Length Competition, Space
10:00
Walk in for your one-on-one consultancy.
Press & Industry Screening:
Mussolini’s Sister
12:00
NH Rossini
[Passholders]
13:00
13:00
Press & Industry Screening:
13:45
14:00
Press & Industry Screening:
Hungary 2018
Kabul, City in the Wind
13:30 13:45
Aboozar Amini First Appearance Competition
Eszter Hajdú Feature-Length Competition
[Passholders]
[Passholders]
15:00
Press & Industry Screening:
My Soul Drifts Light upon a Sea of Trees
Heinrich Dahms Dutch Competition
Press & Industry Screening:
14:00 Industry Session: Come and Meet the Global Good Pitch Family hosted by Doc
Society, see p.19 [Passholders]
Industry Meetup: Code of Conduct - Towards an Ethical Way of Co-producing
A Think Tank discussing the growing need for fair co-production practices. [By invitation]
[Passholders]
Constructions 15:45
16:00
Press & Industry Screening:
Camorra
Fernando Martín Restelli First Appearance Competition [Passholders]
[Passholders]
17:30 Press & Industry Screening:
18:00
Absence of Me Melina Terribili Feature-Length Competition
Productions) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
Carin Goeijers Dutch & Mid-Length Competition
Press & Industry Screening:
Consultancies: with Henrik Underbjerg
16:00 Underbjerg (Stray Dog
But Now Is Perfect 17:00
14:45
Industry 15:00
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Henrik
16:00 Press & Industry Screening:
Francesco Patierno Feature-Length Competition
14:00
17:00
[Passholders]
Diagnosis
Ewa Podgórska First Appearance Competition
18:00
[Passholders]
[Passholders]
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
23:00
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26
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IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41
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01-11-18 19:09
NOVEMBER Industry Program
Friday 16 November NH Verdi
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Compagnie Grote Zaal
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
Compagnie Café
Arti et Amicitiae
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
NH Rossini
9:30
DocLab Academy: Kick-off
00
dustry nsultancies: alk-in nsultancies
The official kick-off of the DocLab Academy, a unique program in which emerging interactive artists, storytellers, and documentary filmmakers gather.
k in for your -on-one consultancy.
sholders]
[DocLab Academy Passholders]
10:00
10:00
IDFAcademy Session: Me Pawel Lozinski & Ester Gould
Directors Pawel Lozinski and Ester Gould discuss their artistic signatures while making a highly personal film. [IDFAcademy Passholders & Invitees]
13:00
13:00
13:00
Industry Session: Recipes for Interactivity, see p.23
IDFAcademy Session: How to Produce the Personal
IDFAcademy Session: The Emotional Risk of Making Films
[Passholders]
14:45
Producers Catherine Dussart and Christian Popp discuss how to make a personal film relevant and financeable. [IDFAcademy Passholders]
Industry Consultancies: with Henrik Underbjerg
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Henrik Underbjerg (Stray Dog Productions) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
15:00
15:00
Industry Session: Exploring Different Platforms for Documentaries
Filmmaker Talk: Amos Gitai Letter to a Friend in Gaza
hosted by NPO Fund
How can we use new platforms to reach wider audiences with our documentaries? [By invitation]
12:00
Amos Gitai Masters IDFA’s sole screening of Amos Gitai’s documentary Letter to a Friend in Gaza, followed by an extensive conversation with the filmmaker.
Producer & psychotherapist Rebecca Day discusses how filmmaking can impact our well-being and what coping strategies could look like. [IDFAcademy Passholders]
15:30
15:30
IDFAcademy: Meet the Professionals
IDFAcademy: Meet the Professionals Special - Nicolas Philibert
Round-table meetings and one-on-one meetings with renowned professionals. [IDFAcademy & DocLab Academy Passholders]
14:00
Director Nicolas Philibert discusses his oeuvre, including the classic Etre et avoir (2002) and his newest film De chaque instant (2018). [IDFAcademy Passholders]
16:00
17:00
Docs for Sale Happy
Hosted by Autlook Filmsales, and Shine World Sales, CAT&
17:30
IDFAcademy: DocLab Drinks
[Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Pas
18:00
IDFAcademy Drinks with DocLab [IDFAcademy & DocLab Academy Passholders]
20:00
22:00
Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
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VRIJDA
Industry Program Friday 16 November Compagnie Café
Arti et Amicitiae
Tuschinski 1
Social Events
10:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
12:00
13:00
13:00
Filmmaker Talk: Helena Třeštíková
Extensive chat with IDFA Guest of Honor Helena Třeštíková, on the basis of excerpts from her own work and her Top 10, moderated by Pamela Cohn.
14:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
16:00
17:00
17:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
7:30
DFAcademy: DocLab Drinks18:00
Hosted by Autlook Filmsales, EYE International, Rise and Shine World Sales, CAT&Docs and NPO Sales. [Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders]
Café de Jaren 18:00
DFAcademy Drinks with DocLab
Guests Meet Guests hosted by IMCINE
18:00
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests drinks. Today hosted by IMCINE.
DFAcademy & DocLab cademy Passholders]
[Passholders]
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
Café de Jaren 22:00
22:00
IDFA Lounge
22:00
Vinyl DJ for more than 20 years, Guzz plays mostly groovy black music. Soul, funk and reggae are his genres of choice, mixed with warm nineties hiphop, jazz, latin, afro and samba. [Admission free]
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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Industry Program Friday 16 November
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
rakke Grond xhibition
0
cLab Expo: manoid okbook
Notes
10:00
year’s exhibition is up as a restaurant igital art. With more 30 interactive umentaries, culinary ormances and unpreable experiments in ch human behavior technology meet. me and play with artifintelligence, immerse self in the VR Cinema ste from alternative pes for the future.
12:00
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14:00
Cinema cused no. 2: alter Sisulu lf Life VR is Room AXUCTUM 0 – 20:00
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16:00
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18:00
20:00
22:00
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ZATERDAG 17 NOVEMBER
Public Screenings Saturday 17 November Tuschinski 1 10:00
Tuschinski 2
Tuschinski 3
10:00
Meeting Gorbachev
Werner Herzog, Andre Singer Masters
Tuschinski 4
Tuschinski 5
Tuschinski 6
De Munt 4
10:00
Beastmode, a Social Experiment
10:15
Police Killing
Manuel III Mesina, Banuk Amante Frontlight
Natasha Neri, Lula Carvalho Frontlight
10:00 10:15
Marceline. A Woman. A Century Cordelia Dvorák Luminous
10:45
Bixa Travesty
11:00
Claudia Priscilla, Kiko Goifman Best of Fests
12:00
12:00 12:15 12:30
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
12:45 13:15
You Are My Friend 14:00
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster Dutch Competition
My Soul Drifts Light upon a Sea of Trees
Underdown Sarah Kaskas Luminous
Lorna Tucker Best of Fests
12:45
La bonita
Maria del Mar Rosario Student Competition
13:00
O amor é único
Heinrich Dahms Dutch Competition
Marina Meijer Dutch Competition
14:00
14:15
Anni 14:45
New Homeland
Rikun Zhu Best of Fests
Barbara Kopple Masters
Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl
15:45
16:00
Buddy
Heddy Honigmann Dutch Competition
Amy Goldstein Luminous
16:00
+ Doc Talk Room Without a View 17:15
Young Sun Noh Mid-Length Competition, Me Extensive discussion between director Young Sun Noh and Alisa Lebow.
Juna Suleiman First Appearance Competition
Aleppo: The Silence of the War 18:00
The Sound of Masks
Sara de Gouveia Luminous
Amir Osanlou Short Competition
Beloved 18:45
And What Is the Summer Saying
19:00
Angels Are Made of Light
20:15
Andrijana Stojkovic Mid-Length Competition
22:00
Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff Feature-Length Competition, Space
20:00
Dark Corner
Fabio Caramaschi Luminous
A Haunted Past
Los Reyes
Fatma Riahi First Appearance Competition
Carmen Torres Best of Fests
Freedom Fields
22:30
Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains
The Ambassador’s Wife 23:00
Quand tout le monde dort
By Then
Jérôme Clément Wilz Luminous
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22:30
David Verbeek Short Competition
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20:45
Ewa Kochańska Luminous
Dawn
21:45
20:00
Figures
21:30
Naziha Arebi Best of Fests
Home Games
Alisa Kovalenko 19:00 Best of Fests
Compulsory 21:00
Up the Mountain Yang Zhang Feature-Length Competition
18:30
Wongar
20:00
21:15
Yaser Talebi Mid-Length Competition
Payal Kapadia Short Competition
James Longley Best of Fests
21:00
17:00 17:30
Sophie Fiennes Masters
18:45
Mussolini’s Sister
Ramy A. Katz Frontlight
Artificial Things
18:30 Victor Kossakovsky Masters
16:00
Cause of Death
Yukiko
Aquarela
15:00
16:30
Rada Šešić Me
18:00
15:00
Theresa Traore Dahlberg Short Competition Matthieu Dibelius Luminous
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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7 NOVEMBER Public Screenings
Saturday 17 November De Munt 4
De Munt 5
De Munt 9
De Munt 10
De Munt 11
De Munt 12
De Munt 13
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
uschinski 6
10:00
Srbenka 10:30
Butterfly
45
Nebojsa Slijepcevic Best of Fests
Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman Luminous
xa Travesty
udia Priscilla, o Goifman t of Fests
10:00 10:15
Heartbound
Janus Metz, Sine Plambech Best of Fests
12:00 12:15
Skip Day
45
bonita
13:00
Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan Short Competition
Last Year When the Don’t Be a Dick About It Train Passed by
ia del Mar Rosario dent Competition
amor é único
Huang Pang-Chuan Student Competition
ina Meijer ch Competition
In Touch
Benjamin Mullinkosson Mid-Length Competition
12:45
Kabul, City in the Wind
Aboozar Amini First Appearance Competition
14:00
Pawel Ziemilski Mid-Length Competition 14:45
00
te Nash: derestimate e Girl
15:15
Seeds of Deceit
Miriam Guttmann Student Competition
y Goldstein minous
Graves Without a Name Rithy Panh Masters
15:30
How Big Is the
Galaxy? 16:00 Ksenia Elyan Luminous
16:00
At Midnight Plays a Dance Tune
Good Neighbours Stella van Voorst van Beest Dutch Competition
Roy Seerden Student Competition
17:00
Dorotchka
17:15
Olga Delane Short Competition
Hamada
30
Eloy Domínguez Serén First Appearance Competition
eppo: The ence of the War
ir Osanlou ort Competition
loved
Home Games Alisa Kovalenko Best of Fests
19:00
Guillermo Rocamora Luminous
00
Ewa Podgórska First Appearance Competition
rk Corner
io Caramaschi minous
20:45
Compulsory Figures Ewa Kochańska Luminous
Michel Toesca Best of Fests
The Raft
resa Traore hlberg ort Competition
Tomer Heymann Feature-Length Competition
22:00
Sophie Huber Best of Fests
Room for a Man Anthony Chidiac Best of Fests, Me
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life
Rafał Łysak Short Competition
20:00 20:00
Marcus Lindeen Best of Fests
21:15
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
19:30
To the Four Winds 20:00
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai Unconditional Love
e Ambassador’s fe
The Land of Peach Blossoms
21:15
Leyli Gafarova Short Competition
30
18:30
19:45
Diagnosis
Chris the Swiss 18:00 Anja Kofmel Best of Fests
Dina Barinova Mid-Length Competition
Mingying Zhou First Appearance Competition
Freedom Is a Big Word
17:45
The Potato Eaters
A Thousand Girls Like Me Sahra Mani Best of Fests
18:30
er Talebi -Length mpetition
17:45
22:30
beside the water, 1999-2004 Finn Paul Short Competition
22:00
The Olden Heralds Luis Alejandro Yero Student Competition
22:00 22:30
Infinite Football
It’s All Good
Corneliu Porumboiu Masters
Tuki Jencquel Best of Fests
Obscuro Barroco
Then
Evangelia Kranioti Best of Fests
thieu Dibelius minous
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Public Screenings Saturday 17 November De Munt 12
De Munt 13
10:00
EYE 1
10:00
Three Identical Strangers
Bellingcat – Truth in a PostTruth World
Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
Hans Pool Frontlight
11:00 11:00
#Female Pleasure
12:00
12:00 12:30 12:45
12:45
De chaque instant
+ Doc Talk The State Against Mandela and the Others
Nicolas Philibert Masters
13:30
+ Doc Talk Extremely Private Eros: Love Song 1974
14:00
Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte Best of Fests Rutger van der Hoeven, editor of De Groene Amsterdammer, talks to the directors of this history lesson about the trial against Mandela.
Kazuo Hara Me Extensive discussion between director Kazuo Hara and Julian Ross.
16:00
15:30
15:30
How Big Is the Galaxy?
Putin’s Witnesses
Ksenia Elyan Luminous
Anja Kofmel Best of Fests
Serialized: The Barricade
20:00
19:15
+ Doc Talk Hale County This Morning, This Evening
20:00
Room for a Man Anthony Chidiac Best of Fests, Me
21:00
RaMell Ross Best of Fests, Space Extensive discussion with director RaMell Ross and Eric Hynes.
Sakawa
Ben Asamoah Luminous
A Northern Soul
22:00
The Olden Heralds
uis Alejandro Yero tudent Competition
21:45
22:30
Infinite Football
Corneliu Porumboiu Masters
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18:00
Bruno Masi Only today this intriguing webseries will be presented on the big screen.
Sheep Hero
To the Four Winds
Something Different
18:00
18:30 Ton van Zantvoort Dutch Competition
16:15
Vera Chytilova 17:00 Třeštíková’s Top 10
Ekta Mittal First Appearance Competition, Space Extensive discussion between director Ekta Mittal and Nicolas Rapold.
Chris the Swiss
16:00
Murray Cummings Best of Fests
+ Doc Talk Absence
17:45
13:00
The Trade is a five-part miniseries that offers a nuanced and unsettling glimpse into the phases of the heroin cycle, from 13:45 Guerrero, Mexico to Columbus, Ohio. Director 14:00 Katka Matthew Heineman Helena Třeštíková and his team gain a Retrospective surprising level of access throughout. Today this harrowing and poignant series with the intensity of a thriller will be presented 15:00 in its entirety.
Ed Sheeran: Songwriter 16:30
18:00
Serialized: The Trade
15:45
Vitaly Mansky Masters
9:30
uki Jencquel Best of Fests
Tim Wardle Best of Fests
René
10:00
Barbara Miller Best of Fests
The Potato Eaters
t’s All Good
10:30
De Balie Grote zaal
Ketelhuis
10:00
Jan Gebert Best of Fests
Olga Delane hort Competition
2:00
Kleine Komedie
When the War Comes
7:00
Michel Toesca Best of Fests
Skatepark Carré Noord
10:00
Dorotchka
Dina Barinova Mid-Length Competition
EYE 2
18:30
Theatre of War
Lola Arias 19:00 Best of Fests
19:30
IDFA on Stage: Vida a bordo
21:00
IDFA x FC Hyena x Skatepark NOORD: Minding the Gap Bing Liu Best of Fests IDFA, FC Hyena and Skatepark NOORD present a special screening of the skate film Minding the Gap in between the skate ramps of Skatepark NOORD, including Q&A and afterparty.
Emiliano Mazza De Luca Mid-Length Comp., IDFA on Stage Franco Di Gregorio mixes the filmscore with live percussion, voices, nature recordings, vinyl and electronic sound effects.
19:45
Serialized: Flavours of Iraq
21:30
The Trial 22:00
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
20:00
Leonard Cohen Serialized, DocLab Humanoid Cookbook 20:45 Only today this beautifully John McEnroe: animated webseries is 21:00 presented on the big In the Realm of screen.
Maria Ramos Masters
Nicolas Jack Davies Best of Fests
Perfection Julien Faraut Paradocs
22:00
23:00
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Public Screenings Saturday 17 November Ketelhuis
De Balie Grote zaal
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Mister Kitchen
Brakke Grond Exhibition
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
Kleine Komedie
9:00
00
10:00
10:00
ree Identical rangers
Bellingcat – Truth in a PostTruth World
DocLab Interactive Conference
Wardle t of Fests
Hans Pool Frontlight
11:00
#Female Pleasure Barbara Miller Best of Fests
12:30
45
Doc Talk e State Against andela and e Others
olas Champeaux, es Porte t of Fests ger van der Hoeven, or of De Groene sterdammer, talks he directors of this ory lesson about the against Mandela.
DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook
This year’s exhibition is set up as a restaurant for digital art. With more than 30 interactive documentaries, culinary performances and unpredictable experiments in which human behavior and technology meet. Come and play with artifi- 12:00 cial intelligence, immerse yourself in the VR Cinema or taste from alternative recipes for the future.
The annual DocLab Interactive Conference brings together digital pioneers, artists and thinkers for a full day inspiring presentations, visions of the future and collective experiments. With a.o. Sophia Al-Maria, Samantha Gorman, Ontroerend Goed, Rahima Gambo, David Desrimais and many others.
Serialized: The Trade
The Trade is a five-part miniseries that offers a nuanced and unsettling glimpse into the phases of the heroin cycle, from Guerrero, Mexico to Columbus, Ohio. Director Matthew Heineman and his team gain a surprising level of access throughout. Today this harrowing and poignant series with the intensity of a thriller will be presented in its entirety.
Opening hours: 9:00 - 23:00 On site reservation may be required and some installations have varying opening hours:
13:45
Katka
Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
Physical Installations • Ahorse! 16:00 • Awavena • False Mirror • I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families • The Collider: Chapter One • The Industry VR • Zikr: A Sufi Revival 11:00 – 21:00
16:15
rray Cummings t of Fests
Something Different
Vera Chytilova Třeštíková’s Top 10
18:00
Serialized: The Barricade
Bruno Masi Only today this intriguing webseries will be presented on the big screen.
18:30
18:30
Theatre of War
DocLab Interactive DocLab Interactive Dinner: A Dinner Dinner: Leaked with Frankenstein AI Chef’s Table
Lola Arias Best of Fests
30
19:30
FA on Stage: da a bordo
Giacinto Scelsi. The First Motion of the Immovable
19:45
liano Mazza De Luca d-Length Comp., A on Stage nco Di Gregorio mixes filmscore with live cussion, voices, nature ordings, vinyl and ctronic sound effects.
Serialized: Flavours of Iraq
Leonard Cohen Serialized, DocLab Humanoid Cookbook Only today this beautifully animated webseries is presented on the big screen. 21:30
The Trial
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deboy: e Story of ojan Records
20:45
Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva First Appearance Competition
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection Julien Faraut Paradocs
Maria Ramos Masters
21:45
Cassandro, the Exotico! Marie Losier Best of Fests
olas Jack Davies t of Fests
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VR Cinema • Accused no. 2: Walter Sisulu • Half Life VR • This Room • UAXUCTUM 11:00 – 20:00
45
Sheeran: ngwriter
10:00
18:30
DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook A vegetarian dining experience for people of flesh and blood, with artificial intelligence as host and discussion partner.
DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook An interactive dinner based on personal recipes from leaked emails from well-known politicians and corporate executives.
21:00
21:00
Audiowalk • Pilgrim 11:00 – 21:00
18:00
DocLab Expo Specials Join the artists of the DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook exhibition, and let yourself be surprised by sensory experiments and interactive performances. Guided Tour Free tours at 15:30.
20:00
DocLab Interactive DocLab Interactive Dinner: A Dinner Dinner: Leaked with Frankenstein AI Chef’s Table DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook A vegetarian dining experience for people of flesh and blood, with artificial intelligence as host and discussion partner.
DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook An interactive dinner based on personal recipes from leaked emails from well-known politicians and corporate executives.
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Industry Program Saturday 17 November Tuschinski 3
De Munt 12
De Munt 13
NH Caruso
10:00
10:00
Press & Industry Screening:
10:30 Press & Industry Screening:
Up the Mountain Yang Zhang Feature-Length Competition
Closing Time
10:30
Nicole Vögele First Appearance Competition, Space
11:00
[Passholders]
Press & Industry Screening:
O amor é único
Marina Meijer Dutch Competition
[Passholders]
12:00
[Passholders]
Industry Meetup: IDFA Producers Network
The key Industry event for producers looking for new international co-production partners. Lunch is hosted by FeverFilm. [By invitation]
NH Paganini
NH Puccini
NH Rossini
10:00
10:00
DocLab: Interactive Conference Live Stream
Industry Meetup: All Inclusive - Discussing Diversity with Documentary Film Festivals
Livestream of the annual DocLab Interactive Conference bringing together digital pioneers, artists and thinkers for a day full of inspiring presentations, visions of the future and public experiments.
A Think Tank for documentary film festivals to discuss inclusion and exchange best practices.
10:00 10:00
Industry Consultancies: Walk-in Consultancies
Walk in for your 11:00
one-on-one consultancy. [Passholders]
12:00
[By invitation]
[Passholders]
13:00
13:00
Press & Industry Screening:
13:45
14:00
Press & Industry Screening:
Reason
The Land of Peach Blossoms
13:30 Press & Industry Screening:
Mingying Zhou First Appearance Competition
Anand Patwardhan Feature-Length Competition
[Passholders]
[Passholders]
15:00
Sheep Hero
14:00
Ton van Zantvoort Dutch Competition
Industry Consultancies: Palestine Documentary Hub
[Passholders]
Consultancy session for documentary filmmakers working on the subject of Palestine.
Press & Industry Screening:
Giacinto Scelsi. The First Motion of the Immovable
16:00
14:00
15:00
[Passholders (upon registration)]
16:00
Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva First Appearance Comp. [Passholders]
17:00
18:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
23:00
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IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41
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Saturday 17 November NH Rossini
NH Verdi
Rode Hoed
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
00
10:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
dustry Meetup: Inclusive iscussing versity with cumentary m Festivals
Industry Consultancies: Walk-in Consultancies
Industry Consultancies: with Sue Turley
Industry Meetup: The Global Impact Producers Assembly
DocLab Interactive Conference
hink Tank for docuntary film festivals to cuss inclusion and hange best practices.
Walk in for your one-on-one consultancy. [Passholders]
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Sue Turley (ro*co) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
hosted by Doc Society
A gathering of over 100 filmmakers and Impact Producers from around the world. [By invitation]
nvitation]
The annual DocLab Interactive Conference brings together digital pioneers, artists and thinkers for a full day inspiring presentations, visions of the future and collective experiments. With a.o. Sophia Al-Maria, Samantha Gorman, Ontroerend Goed, Rahima Gambo, David Desrimais and many others.
Compagnie Kleine Zaal
10:00 Industry Session: Creating a Successful and Personal Voiceover Narration
10:00
12:00
12:00
see p.25 [Passholders]
Filmmaker Talk: Masterclass Chris King - Wizard of Archive Film Editing
13:00
K-Docs Pitching
Hosted by NCE
Editor Chris King, of Amy and Senna, shares his approach to editing.
Get acquainted with Korean directors, producers, and their projects during the K-Docs Pitching event. 14:00
[Passholders]
00
dustry nsultancies: lestine cumentary Hub
nsultancy session for umentary filmmakers king on the subject of estine.
sholders n registration)]
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
NH Puccini
[By invitation]
14:45
Industry Consultancies: with Cynthia Kane
15:00
Industry Talk: Code of Conduct - Towards an Ethical Way of Co-producing
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Cynthia Kane (East Village Entertainment) at the Industry Desk.
16:00
Discussing fair co-production practices and presenting the outcomes of the Think Tank.
[Passholders (upon registration)]
[Passholders]
17:00
Industry Session: Fresh Dutch Docs—a Preview
Presenting the best new
Dutch creative documen18:00
taries and filmmakers to the international industry. [By invitation]
20:00
22:00
Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
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IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Industry Program Saturday 17 November Compagnie Kleine Zaal
Compagnie Grote Zaal
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
Arti et Amicitia
10:00
10:00
10:00
IDFAcademy: Pitch & Trailer Workshop
10:30
Docs for Sale: Meet
How to make a lasting impression when you pitch a project?
Docs for Sale participants 11:00 with documentary experts
range of general and spec
[IDFAcademy Passholders & Invitees]
[Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)]
12:00
14:00
12:00
13:00
13:00
K-Docs Pitching
IDFAcademy Session: Co-producing
Get acquainted with Korean directors, producers, and their projects during the K-Docs Pitching event. [By invitation]
How to find the right financial partners in complex co-productions?
13:00 IDFAcademy Session: The Ins & Outs of Applying to Film Funds Several film funds present their funding schemes.
13:00
[IDFAcademy Passholders]
14:00
[IDFAcademy Passholders]
15:00
16:00
15:30
15:30
IDFAcademy: Meet the Professionals
IDFAcademy: Meet the Professionals Special Errol Morris
Round-table meetings and one-on-one meetings with renowned professionals.
17:00
[IDFAcademy Passholders]
Industry Session: Fresh Dutch Docs—a Preview 18:00
16:00
Director Errol Morris, at IDFA with American Dharma, talks about his interview techniques and unique signature visible throughout his body of work.
17:00 17:00
Docs for Sale Happ
Hosted by Autlook Filmsal and Shine World Sales, CA
[IDFAcademy Passholders]
[Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum P
Presenting the best new Dutch creative documentaries and filmmakers to the international industry.
18:00
[By invitation]
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
23:00
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IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41
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INDUSTRY PROGRAM
Social Events
Arti et Amicitiae
10:00 10:30
Docs for Sale: Meet the Pros
Docs for Sale participants have 15-minute meetings with documentary experts who can offer advice on a range of general and specific business issues. [Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)]
12:00
14:00
16:00
17:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
Hosted by Autlook Filmsales, EYE International, Rise and Shine World Sales, CAT&Docs and NPO Sales.
Zuiderkerk
[Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders]
18:00
Guests Meet Guests hosted by Doc/it, ITA, APT
18:00
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests drinks. Today hosted by Doc/it, ITA, APT. [Passholders]
20:00
CafĂŠ de Jaren 22:00
22:00
IDFA Dance Night
Today: host of the DJ nights Ed Rock plays vinyl singles from way back as well as brand new tracks. Expect soul, rock, world, reggae, hip-hop and many more. [Admission free]
Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
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IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Public Screenings Sunday 18 November Tuschinski 1 10:00
Tuschinski 2
Tuschinski 3
Tuschinski 4
10:00
América
Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside Best of Fests
Tuschinski 5
Tuschinski 6
De Munt 4
10:00
Giacinto Scelsi. The First Motion of the Immovable
10:15
A Sister’s Song Danae Elon Best of Fests
Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva First Appearance Competition
10:00 10:30
Extremely Private Eros: Love Song 1974
11:00
Kazuo Hara Me
12:00
12:00 12:15 12:30
Diagnosis
12:30
Ewa Podgórska First Appearance Competition
Oxfam Novib Searching for Selection: Ingmar Bergman Soyalism + Doc Talk Margarethe von Trotta
14:00
Enrico Parenti, Stefano Liberti Frontlight An investigative documentary about the pig industry and the consequences for people and nature, followed by a discussion with the directors.
14:00 14:30
Guaxuma
Nara Normande Short Competition
Genesis 2.0
16:00
The Two of Us
15:30
Emil Næsby Hansen Luminous
VPRO Extra: The Trial of Ratko Mladić
18:15
Camorra
Junha’s Planet Hyung-sook Hong Feature-Length Competition
It’s All Good Tuki Jencquel Best of Fests
19:00
20:00
La Bestia – Train of the Unknowns 21:00
The Miracle of the Little Prince
The Hidden City
Marjoleine Boonstra Dutch Competition
Victor Moreno Feature-Length Competition, Space
16:00
17:00
17:45
Luis Alejandro Yero Student Competition
Anand Patwardhan Feature-Length Competition
21:00
The Sound of Masks
Anthony Chidiac Best of Fests, Me
Reason
20:00
Sophie Fiennes Masters
Room for a Man
The Olden Heralds 18:15
15:00
Artificial Things
16:45
17:30
18:00
15:00
Sara de Gouveia Luminous
Henry Singer, Rob Miller Frontlight During IDFA VPRO offers two extra’s, a special screening and Q&A with the filmmakers.
Francesco Patierno Feature-Length Competition
13:00
Didier Cros Mid-Length Competition
15:00 Christian Frei Masters
13:00
Scars
Masters
Manuel Inacker Student Competition
19:15
Kids & Docs 3
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Dulce, My Faith: Jehova’s Witness, Fantasy, Fantasy, Skip and the Rhythm Rangers. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles.
Caballerango
Juan Pablo González Luminous
Kids & Docs 1
18:00
20:00
20:00
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Marseille, To the 18:30 Moon and Back, Gracious, Dancing in The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon, the Wind 19:00 Tungrus. The films have Yue Ting English dialogue or Student Competition English subtitles.
Manu
Emmanuelle Bonmariage First Appearance Competition
21:00 21:00
The Silence of Others
21:30
Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo Best of Fests 22:00
Swatted
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis Student Competition
22:00 22:15
Hey, Bro!
Survivors
Aleksandr Elkan Student Competition
Arthur Pratt Frontlight
22:30
Freedom Is a Big Word
Guillermo Rocamora Luminous
Competition programs
Focus programs
Regular programs
23:00
Events
All �ilms are English spoken or subtitled
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Sunday 18 November De Munt 4
De Munt 5
De Munt 9
De Munt 10
De Munt 11
De Munt 12
De Munt 13
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
uschinski 6
10:00 10:15
Good Neighbours
30
Stella van Voorst van Beest Dutch Competition
tremely vate Eros: ve Song 1974
10:45
A Haunted Past Fatma Riahi First Appearance Competition
uo Hara
10:00
De Groene Amsterdammerdag
Program compiled by the editors of De Groene Amsterdammer. Tickets are available via www.idfa.nl
12:00 12:30
Anni
Rikun Zhu Best of Fests
00
ars
ier Cros -Length mpetition
13:00
Central Airport THF
Karim Aïnouz Masters, Space
14:00 14:30
Mussolini’s Sister
14:45
Juna Suleiman First Appearance Competition
The Corporate Coup d’État
00
tificial Things
Fred Peabody Frontlight
phie Fiennes sters
e Sound Masks
15:30
Aquarela
Victor Kossakovsky Masters
a de Gouveia minous
16:00 16:30
The Greatest Sacrifice
Eyad Aljarod First Appearance Competition
17:15
The Trial
Maria Ramos Masters
45
ds & Docs 1
mpilation program of drens’ documentaries h: Marseille, To the on and Back, Gracious, Man Who Looked ond the Horizon, grus. The films have lish dialogue or lish subtitles.
17:30 18:00
Silvia
María Silvia Esteve First Appearance Competition
18:30
Dancing in the Wind
Yue Ting Student Competition
4 Years in 10 Minutes
18:00
Mladen Kovacevic Best of Fests
19:00
19:00
In Search...
All Inclusive
Beryl Magoko Student Competition
Corina Schwingruber Ilić
19:30
Once Upon a Time Short Competition in Shanghai Vida a bordo 20:00
00
Leyli Gafarova Short Competition
anu
manuelle nmariage t Appearance mpetition
Hungary 2018 Eszter Hajdú Feature-Length Competition
21:00
The Silence of Others
Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo Best of Fests
21:30
My Name Is Daniel
Emiliano Mazza De Luca Mid-Length Competition, IDFA on Stage
Unconditional Love
20:30 21:00
Losing Alaska Tom Burke Frontlight
Daniel Gonçalves Luminous
Rafał Łysak Short Competition 21:15
Cause of Death
Ramy A. Katz Frontlight 22:00
21:45
Yukiko
Young Sun Noh Mid-Length Competition, Me
30
eedom Is a g Word
llermo Rocamora minous
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26 Social Events > read more p. 27 - 31
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IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Public Screenings Sunday 18 November De Munt 12
De Munt 13
10:00
EYE 1
EYE 2
Kleine Komedie
Carré
10:00
10:00
10:00
How Big Is the Galaxy?
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Serialized: America to Me + Doc Talk
Ksenia Elyan Luminous
10:30
The Seine Meets Paris
Joris Ivens Třeštíková’s Top 10
Prague: The Restless Heart of Europe
12:00
Vera Chytilova Třeštíková’s Top 10 12:30
+ Doc Talk Embracing
Mark Cousins Masters 11:00
+ Doc Talk Free Solo
E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin Best of Fests Conversation with the legendary free climber Alex Honnold and the director of this exciting film.
12:45
Celebration
Naomi Kawase
Katatsumori Naomi Kawase
Birth/Mother 14:00 14:30
Mussolini’s Sister
Naomi Kawase Me Extensive discussion between director Naomi Kawase and Julian Ross.
Juna Suleiman First Appearance Competition
16:30
The Greatest Sacrifice
Eyad Aljarod First Appearance Competition
7:30
Mladen Kovacevic Best of Fests
9:30
eyli Gafarova hort Competition
Unconditional Love
19:00
19:00
All Inclusive
Stones Have Laws
Corina Schwingruber Ilić Short Competition
Vida a bordo
Emiliano Mazza De Luca Mid-Length Competition, IDFA on Stage
Van Brummelen & De Haan Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
21:15
Cause of Death
Yukiko
oung Sun Noh Mid-Length Competition, Me
22:00
Ramy A. Katz Frontlight
NPO 2Doc Primeur: Sylvana, Demon or Diva + Doc Talk
15:00
16:45
De Balie Grote zaal 10:00
The student population at a large school in Chicago 11:00 11:00 implies that equal education means equal Miracle opportunities, but with Helena Třeštíková this series about twelve Retrospective students from different backgrounds, director First Love Steve James shows a 12:00 Krzysztof Kieslowski grimmer picture. Třeštíková’s Top 10
The students speak frankly about friendship, prejudice, institutional racism, privileges, and their dreams about how things can—and must—be 13:00 improved.Today this outstanding 10-part series will be presented 13:30 in its entirety with breaks + Open Debate after episode 3 (lunch), 5, 7 (diner) and 9, and Touch Me Not 14:00 will be followed by a Adina Pintilie conversation with James Best of Fests about his series and the American dream, which An open discussion with unfortunately is not yet Touch Me Not director within everyone’s reach. Adina Pintilie and all of the film’s protagonists.
+ Doc Talk Freedom Fields
Naziha Arebi Best of Fests A documentary about a women’s soccer team from Libya, followed by a discussion with the director and some players.
+ Doc Talk Victory Day
15:00
16:00
17:00 17:30
+ Doc Talk American Dharma
18:00
Errol Morris Masters Journalist Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal speaks with Errol Morris about his latest documentary on Steve Bannon.
18:30
Cassandro, the Exotico! 19:00 Marie Losier Best of Fests
19:30
IDFA on Stage: Nature’s Nickelodeons
19:45
+ Doc Talk In the Open
21:30
Bellingcat – Truth in a PostTruth World
Amy Cutler Performance in which experimental artists turn the traditional nature documentary on its head.
21:00
+ Live: Carel Kraayenhof Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark
21:30
The Raft
Daniel Rosenfeld Luminous Prior to the film, bandoneonist Carel Kraayenhof and pianist Juan Pablo Dobal pay tribute to Astor Piazzolla, the great innovator of tango.
Hans Pool Frontlight
Competition programs
14:15
Ingeborg Jansen Frontlight The premiere of this documentary about Dutch politician Sylvana Simons, followed by a discussion with the director and the protagonist herself.
Guillaume Massart Best of Fests, Space Extensive discussion with director Guillaume Massart and Nicolas Rapold.
afał Łysak hort Competition
1:45
Nicole Vögele First Appearance Competition, Space Extensive discussion with director Nicole Vögele and Nicolas Rapold.
Sergei Loznitsa Masters, Space Extensive discussion with director Sergei Loznitsa and Nicolas Rapold.
4 Years in 10 Minutes 18:00
Once Upon a Time n Shanghai 20:00
+ Doc Talk Closing Time
‘Now something is slowly changing’ mint film office Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
Olivier Meyrou Luminous
13:30
16:00
16:00
Ketelhuis
Focus programs
Regular programs
Marcus Lindeen Best of Fests
20:00
20:45
La bonita 21:00 Maria del Mar Rosario Student Competition O amor é único
Marina Meijer Dutch Competition 22:00
23:00
Events
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ZONDAG 18 NOVEMBER
Public Screenings Sunday 18 November Ketelhuis
De Balie Grote zaal
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Mister Kitchen
9:00
00
10:00
e Eyes of son Welles
Serialized: America to Me + Doc Talk
rk Cousins sters
The student population at a large school in Chicago implies that equal education means equal opportunities, but with this series about twelve students from different backgrounds, director Steve James shows a grimmer picture. The students speak frankly about friendship, prejudice, institutional racism, privileges, and their dreams about how things can—and must—be improved.Today this outstanding 10-part series will be presented in its entirety with breaks after episode 3 (lunch), 5, 7 (diner) and 9, and will be followed by a conversation with James about his series and the American dream, which unfortunately is not yet within everyone’s reach.
45
lebration
vier Meyrou minous
00
DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook 11:00
Miracle
Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
First Love
Krzysztof Kieslowski Třeštíková’s Top 10
Opening hours: 9:00 - 23:00
13:30
On site reservation may be required and some installations have varying opening hours:
+ Open Debate Touch Me Not
Adina Pintilie Best of Fests An open discussion with Touch Me Not director Adina Pintilie and all of the film’s protagonists.
iha Arebi t of Fests
Physical Installations • Ahorse! 16:00 • Awavena • False Mirror • I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families • The Collider: Chapter One • The Industry VR • Zikr: A Sufi Revival 11:00 – 21:00
18:30
Cassandro, the Exotico! Marie Losier Best of Fests
30
18:30 18:45
Theatre of War Lola Arias Best of Fests
rcus Lindeen t of Fests
18:30
DocLab Interactive DocLab Interactive Dinner: A Dinner Dinner: Eat | Tech with Frankenstein AI | Dinner Party DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook A vegetarian dining experience for people of flesh and blood, with artificial intelligence as host and discussion partner.
DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook What does the internet taste like? An unpredictable futuristic feast full of digital technology and old-fashioned good food.
21:00
21:00
21:00
Heartbound
DocLab Interactive DocLab Interactive Dinner: A Dinner Dinner: Eat | Tech with Frankenstein AI | Dinner Party
FA on Stage: ture’s ckelodeons
e Raft
14:00
VR Cinema • Accused no. 2: Walter Sisulu • Half Life VR • This Room • UAXUCTUM 11:00 – 20:00
ocumentary about a men’s soccer team m Libya, followed a discussion with director and some yers.
y Cutler ormance in which erimental artists turn traditional nature umentary on its head.
10:00
This year’s exhibition is set up as a restaurant for digital art. With more than 30 interactive documentaries, culinary performances and unpredictable experiments in which human behavior and technology meet. Come and play with artifi- 12:00 cial intelligence, immerse yourself in the VR Cinema or taste from alternative recipes for the future.
Doc Talk eedom Fields
30
Brakke Grond Exhibition
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
Kleine Komedie
Audiowalk • Pilgrim 11:00 – 21:00
18:00
DocLab Expo Specials Join the artists of the DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook exhibition, and let yourself be surprised by sensory experiments and interactive performances. Guided Tour Free tours at 15:30.
20:00
20:45
La bonita
Maria del Mar Rosario Student Competition
O amor é único
Marina Meijer Dutch Competition
Janus Metz, Sine Plambech Best of Fests
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26 Social Events > read more p. 27 - 31
Program Guide
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DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook A vegetarian dining experience for people of flesh and blood, with artificial intelligence as host and discussion partner.
IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41 Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook What does the internet taste like? An unpredictable futuristic feast full of digital technology and old-fashioned good food.
22:00
IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Industry Program Sunday 18 November Tuschinski 3 10:00
Tuschinski 4
De Munt 12
NH Paganini
10:00 Press & Industry Screening:
Silvia
Tomer Heymann Feature-Length Competition [Passholders]
María Silvia Esteve First Appearance Competition [Passholders]
11:30
IDFA Forum Rough Cut Screenings
12:00
12:45 Press & Industry Screening:
Junha’s Planet Hyung-sook Hong Feature-Length Competition [Passholders]
NH Puccini
10:15
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life
7 Different Rough Cut presentations of the following projects: • Advocate (working title) (11.30), • Forget Me Not (12.15), When Tomatoes Met Wagner (13.30), • By the Name of Tania (14.15), • The Half Truths (15.00), Reunited (16.15), • A Gentrification Program (17.00). [Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders]
10:30 Press & Industry Screening:
Buddy
11:00
Heddy Honigmann Dutch Competition
11:30
[Passholders]
Industry Session: A Proposal for a Global Documentary Exhibitors Collective hosted by DocXchange, see p.17 [Passholders]
12:30
Press & Industry Screening:
A Haunted Past Fatma Riahi First Appearance Competition
You Are My Friend Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster Dutch Competition [Passholders]
[Passholders]
13:00 13:30 Industry Meetup: Meet the Experts Book your group roundtable at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
15:15
Press & Industry Screening:
Press & Industry Screening:
Van Brummelen & De Haan Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
Ekta Mittal First Appearance Competition, Space
14:00 Industry Session: Meeting Gorbachev: Andre Singer on the Importance of the Archives hosted by Archive Valley, see p.22 [Passholders]
15:30 Industry Meetup: IDFA Summit - A Meeting of Documentary Commissioners of European Film Funds IDFA Summit co-hosted with Netherlands Film Fund that gathers documentary commissioners from European film funds.
Absence
[Passholders]
[Passholders]
12:00 12:00 Industry Meetup: Around the Table with the IDFA Bertha Fund [Passholders (upon registration)]
Press & Industry Screening:
13:00
15:15
Stones Have Laws 16:00
NH Caruso
10:00 Press & Industry Screening:
14:00
De Munt 13
14:00 14:00 Industry Meetup: Envisioning the Palestinian Documentary Landscape
15:00 [By invitation] 15:30 Industry Meetup: Palestine Documentary Hub 16:00 Short pitches of docs on Palestine. [Passholders (upon registration)]
17:00
[By invitation]
18:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
23:00
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26
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Social Events > read more p. 27 - 31
IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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NOVEMBER Industry Program
Sunday 18 November NH Puccini
NH Rossini
NH Verdi
NH Vivaldi
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Compagnie Kleine Zaal
10:00 Industry Meetup: Network Meeting of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network
DocLab Academy: 10:00
9:30 10:00
10:00
10:00
Industry Consultancies: Walk-in Consultancies
Industry Consultancies: with Esther van Messel
Industry Consultancies: with Richard Liang
Walk in for your one-on-one consultancy. [Passholders]
0
dustry Session:
roposal for a bal Documentary ibitors Collective
ed by DocXchange, p.17 [Passholders]
12:00 Industry Meetup: Around the Table with the IDFA Bertha Fund
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Esther van Messel (First Hand Films) at the Industry Desk.
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Richard Liang at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
Immersive Network Summit
Invite only think tank event for experts from all corners of the interactive and immersive storytelling industry to explore next steps in developing the medium.
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
NH Paganini
9:30
see p.21 [Passholders (upon registration)]
[By invitation]
Interdisciplinary Collaborations
A collaborative session with the Sandberg@ Mediapark Masterclass about the do’s and don’ts of interdisciplinary collaborations. [DocLab Academy Passholders]
[Passholders (upon registration)]
12:00
[Passholders (upon registration)]
00 ustry Session: eting Gorbachev: dre Singer on the portance of the hives hosted by
hive Valley, see p.22 sholders]
14:00 Industry Meetup: Envisioning the Palestinian Documentary Landscape [By invitation]
15:30 Industry Meetup: Palestine Documentary Hub Short pitches of docs on Palestine. [Passholders (upon registration)]
13:00 13:00 Industry Session: 0How IDFAcademy to Make Money as an Session: Author hosted by LaScam Discover Digital Sean McAllister, Gonzalo Arijon, and Patrick Jeudy Distribution discuss their work and Muriel Joly (Under the 14:00 remuneration. Milky Way) on digital [Passholders] distribution and VOD platforms. 14:45
14:45
Industry Consultancies: with Freddy Neumann
Industry Consultancies: with Mathias Noschis
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Freddy Neumann (Neumann Strategy & Communication) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Mathias Noschis (Alphapanda) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
[IDFAcademy Passholders]
15:00
Industry Talk: Solidarity with Filmmakers at Risk Discussing and developing a coordinated strategy for action supporting filmmakers at risk.
15:30
IDFAcademy: Meet
the Professionals 16:00 Special - Sophie Fiennes
Director Sophie Fiennes talks about the artistic approach of her diverse work and her most recent documentary Artificial Things (2018).
[Passholders]
[IDFAcademy Passholders]
18:00
20:00
22:00
Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
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IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Industry Program Sunday 18 November Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Compagnie Kleine Zaal
Compagnie Grote Zaal
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
9:30
0:00 10:00 ndustry Meetup: Network Meeting of he European Women’s Audiovisual Network
ee p.21 [Passholders upon registration)]
DocLab Academy: Interdisciplinary Collaborations
A collaborative session with the Sandberg@ Mediapark Masterclass about the do’s and don’ts of interdisciplinary collaborations. [DocLab Academy Passholders]
3:00 ndustry Session: 0How o Make Money as an Author hosted by LaScam ean McAllister, Gonzalo rijon, and Patrick Jeudy iscuss their work and 14:00 emuneration.
Passholders]
10:00
IDFAcademy Session: Sales Strategies About the Money or the Viewers?
10:00
[By invitation]
Docs for Sale participants 11:00 with documentary experts
10:30
The annual meeting for all EDN members.
Docs for Sale: Meet
Sales Agent Gitte Hansen (First Hand Films) talks sales strategies and making money vs. reaching viewers.
range of general and spec [Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)]
13:00
13:00
IDFAcademy Session: Discover Digital Distribution
IDFAcademy Session: How to Create Impact
A presentation of the preliminary survey results - Whitebook 1.
[IDFAcademy Passholders]
[IDFAcademy Passholders]
12:00
Industry Session: Report on Media & Society | hosted by EDN
13:00
[Passholders]
Experts on impact strategies describe models to create impact with concrete case studies.
14:00
5:00
ndustry Talk: Solidarity with Filmmakers at Risk
iscussing and develping a coordinated16:00 trategy for action upporting filmmakers t risk.
Passholders]
Arti et Amicitia
Industry Meetup: EDN General Assembly
12:00
Muriel Joly (Under the Milky Way) on digital distribution and VOD platforms.
Groene Paleis
9:30
[IDFAcademy Passholders & Invitees]
12:00
Compagnie Café
15:00 15:30
15:30
IDFAcademy: Meet IDFAcademy: the Professionals Meet the Special - Sophie Professionals Round-table meetings Fiennes Director Sophie Fiennes talks about the artistic approach of her diverse work and her most recent documentary Artificial Things (2018).
16:00
and one-on-one meetings with renowned professionals. [IDFAcademy & DocLab Academy Passholders]
[IDFAcademy Passholders]
16:30
Industry Session: Data is Beautiful: Mapping the Arab Documentary Landscape hosted by DOX BOX see p.19 [Passholders]
18:00
17:00
17:00 17:00
IDFAcademy: Closing Drinks
Docs for Sale Happ
Hosted by Autlook Filmsal and Shine World Sales, CA
IDFAcademy Closing Drinks
[Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum P
[IDFAcademy Passholders]
18:00
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
IDFA Forum
21:00
Kickoff Drinks
Celebrating the future of documentary storytelling. Hosted by DPN.
22:00
22:00
[By invitation]
23:00
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26
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IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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ZONDAG 18 NOVEMBER
Industry Program Sunday 18 November
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
Social Events
Arti et Amicitiae
10:00 10:30
Docs for Sale: Meet the Pros
Docs for Sale participants have 15-minute meetings with documentary experts who can offer advice on a range of general and specific business issues. [Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)]
12:00
14:00
16:00
17:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
Hosted by Autlook Filmsales, EYE International, Rise and Shine World Sales, CAT&Docs and NPO Sales.
Zuiderkerk
[Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders]
18:00
18:00
Guests Meet Guests hosted by Polish Docs, HBO Europe, DOC LAB POLAND
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests. Today hosted by Polish Docs, HBO Europe and DOC LAB POLAND. [Passholders]
20:00
Café de Jaren 22:00
22:00
IDFA Lounge
Dab, veteran DJ and chef from Utrecht will cook up a warm blend of soul, reggae and rootsmusic from his vast collection of 45’s. [Admission free]
Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
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IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Public Screenings Monday 19 November Tuschinski 1 10:00
Tuschinski 2
Tuschinski 3
Tuschinski 4
Tuschinski 5
De Munt 9
10:00
10:00
American Dharma Errol Morris Masters
10:45
Marceline. A Woman. A Century
11:00 11:15
Cordelia Dvorák Luminous
Photographs Andrés Di Tella Me
12:00
11:00
The Miracle of the Little Prince
Marjoleine Boonstra Dutch Competition
11:45
Aleppo: The 12:00
12:00
Silence of the War
Kids & Docs 2 12:30
13:15
+ Doc Talk hosted by
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
RaMell Ross Best of Fests, Space
De Groene Amsterdammer
14:00
Tuschinski 6
13:45
The Panama Papers
Alex Winter Frontlight Xandra Schutte, editorin-chief of De Groene Amsterdammer, talks with the director and the journalists involved about the work that led to the Panama Paper revelations.
16:00 16:15
Sheep Hero
Ton van Zantvoort Dutch Competition
14:00
Chris the Swiss Anja Kofmel Best of Fests
The Silk and the Flame Jordan Schiele Best of Fests
15:00
Olivier Meyrou Luminous A unique look at the fashion company Yves Saint Laurent, followed by a talk with director Olivier Meyrou.
Amir Osanlou Short Competition
Beloved
Yaser Talebi 13:00 Mid-Length Competition
14:00 14:30
14:30
How Big Is the Galaxy?
Buddy
Heddy Honigmann 15:00 Dutch Competition
Ksenia Elyan Luminous
+ Doc Talk Celebration
16:00 16:15 16:30
Entrepreneur Virpi Suutari Masters
17:15
Operation Jane Walk
Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel Paradocs
Progress vs Sunsets
Constructions
Fernando Martín Restelli First Appearance Competition
18:00
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Crowley – Cowboy Up, 199 Little Heroes: Miral from Palestine, 180cc, Dancing for You. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles.
16:45
16:45
Private Universe Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
Melanie Bonajo Paradocs
The Trial 17:00 Maria Ramos Masters
18:00
18:15
Samouni Road 18:45
Oxfam Novib Selection: To the Four Winds + Doc Talk 20:00
Michel Toesca Best of Fests A portrait of a rebellious French farmer who helps migrants, followed by a chat with director Michel Toesca.
18:45 19:00
Dorotchka 19:30
The Trial
Sergei Loznitsa Masters
Olga Delane Short Competition
Chinese Portrait
Stefano Savona Best of Fests
Xiaoshuai Wang Masters
19:00
Connected
Aleksandra Maciejczyk Student Competition
The Potato Eaters
Summa
Dina Barinova Mid-Length Competition
Andrei Kutsila Mid-Length Competition
21:00
Los Reyes 21:30
The Land of Peach Blossoms
21:45
22:00
Free Solo
E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin Best of Fests
22:30
Lost Reactor
Mingying Zhou First Appearance Competition
Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff Feature-Length Competition, Space
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Railway Men Erige Sehiri Frontlight
21:00 21:15
The Ambassador’s Wife Theresa Traore Dahlberg Short Competition
21:30
A Sister’s Song Danae Elon Best of Fests
By Then
Matthieu Dibelius Luminous
Alexandra Westmeier Luminous
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22:00 22:00
New Homeland Barbara Kopple Masters
23:00
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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9 NOVEMBER Public Screenings
Monday 19 November De Munt 9
De Munt 11
De Munt 12
De Munt 13
EYE 1
EYE 2 10:00
11:00
Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark 11:45
Aleppo: The Silence of the War
00
ds & Docs 2
mpilation program of drens’ documentaries h: Crowley – Cowboy 199 Little Heroes: al from Palestine, cc, Dancing for You. films have English ogue or English titles.
Queer Day
Daniel Rosenfeld Luminous
Amir Osanlou Short Competition
11:30
+ Doc Talk
Reason 12:00 Anand Patwardhan Feature-Length Competition
12:30
Yaser Talebi Mid-Length Competition
13:15 13:30
Island of the Hungry Ghosts
After this disturbing documentary, IDFA’s artistic director Orwa Nyrabia speaks with filmmaker Anand Patwardhan.
Queer Day: beside the water, 1999-2004
Beloved
Gabrielle Brady Best of Fests, Space
30
Finn Paul Short Competition
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Obscuro Barroco
Sophie Huber Best of Fests
Evangelia Kranioti Best of Fests
14:00
14:30
w Big Is the laxy?
Buddy
Heddy Honigmann Dutch Competition
nia Elyan minous
15:00
16:00
Scenes from a Dry City
45
16:45
vate Universe
The Trial
ena Třeštíková rospective
Maria Ramos Masters
François Verster, Simon Wood Short Competition
15:45
15:45
Sylvana, Demon or Diva
Fix Me
Ingeborg Jansen Frontlight
+ Doc Talk Father and Son
Enrico Parenti, Stefano Liberti Frontlight
Becoming Animal
mma
Emma Davie, Peter Mettler Masters
Our Song to War
The Patriot
Juan Carlos Lucas Luminous
In the Absence Seung-Jun Yi Frontlight
18:00 18:15
Closing Time
Nicole Vögele First Appearance Competition, Space
Queer Day: Bixa Travesty Claudia Priscilla, Kiko Goifman Best of Fests
19:00
+ Doc Talk The Hidden City
19:30
Victor Moreno Feature-Length Competition, Space 20:00 Extensive discussion with director Victor Moreno and Eric Hynes.
The Privacy of Wounds Dalia Kury Mid-Length Competition
Erige Sehiri Frontlight
20:45 21:00
The Trial of Ratko Mladić
Henry Singer, Rob Miller Frontlight
Sister’s Song
The Devil’s Tuning
Katja Fedulova Frontlight
Railway Men
30
Pawel Lozinski Me Extensive discussion between director Pawel 18:00 Lozinski and Eric Hynes.
17:30
20:00
drei Kutsila -Length mpetition
16:00
Soyalism
18:45
ksandra Maciejczyk dent Competition
Marie Losier Best of Fests
16:45
18:30
nnected
Queer Day: Cassandro, the Exotico!
Raed Andoni Me
Juanita Onzaga Short Competition
00
nae Elon t of Fests
De Munt 10
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
uschinski 6
22:00
New Homeland Barbara Kopple Masters
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Freedom Fields Naziha Arebi Best of Fests
21:30
Butterfly
Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman Luminous
21:00
21:00
Angels Are Made of Light
Queer Day: Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life + Doc Talk
James Longley Best of Fests
21:30
Bye Bye Africa
Mahamat Saleh Haroun 22:00 Tomer Heymann Me Feature-Length Competition A confrontational portrait of gay porn star Jonathan Agassi, followed by a conversation with director Tomer Heymann and Agassi himself.
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MAANDA
Public Screenings Monday 19 November EYE 1
EYE 2
Ketelhuis
De Balie Grote zaal
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Brakke Grond Exhibition 9:00
DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook
10:00
Queer Day
12:00
2:30
Queer Day: beside the water, 999-2004
inn Paul hort Competition
This year’s exhibition is set up as a restaurant for digital art. With more 11:00 than 30 interactive documentaries, culinary performances and unpredictable experiments in which human behavior and technology meet. Come and play with artifi- 12:00 cial intelligence, immerse yourself in the VR Cinema or taste from alternative recipes for the future.
11:30
+ Doc Talk Reason
Anand Patwardhan Feature-Length Competition After this disturbing documentary, IDFA’s artistic director Orwa Nyrabia speaks with filmmaker Anand Patwardhan.
12:45
The Silence of Others
On site reservation may be required and some installations have varying opening hours:
vangelia Kranioti 14:00 Best of Fests
VR Cinema • Accused no. 2: Walter Sisulu • Half Life VR • This Room • UAXUCTUM 11:00 – 20:00
5:00
Queer Day: Cassandro, he Exotico!
15:15
Home Games
Marie Losier Best of Fests
Alisa Kovalenko Best of Fests
16:00
+ Doc Talk Father and Son
8:00
Queer Day: Bixa Travesty
18:00
17:30
Chaos
Sara Fattahi Best of Fests, Me
Audiowalk • Pilgrim 11:00 – 21:00
18:30
Claudia Priscilla, iko Goifman Best of Fests
20:00
19:00
19:00
+ Doc Talk The Hidden City
Sakawa
Victor Moreno Feature-Length Competition, Space Extensive discussion with director Victor Moreno and Eric Hynes.
Ben Asamoah Luminous
The Truth and the Powerful: Bellingcat – Truth in a Posttruth World
Hans Pool Frontlight About the quest for truth, distorted truths and a talk about civil journalism.
19:45
What Walaa Wants Christy Garland Best of Fests
omer Heymann 22:00 eature-Length Competition A confrontational portrait f gay porn star Jonathan Agassi, followed by a onversation with director omer Heymann and Agassi himself.
21:15 21:30
21:30
Bye Bye Africa
La bonita
Mahamat Saleh Haroun Me
Maria del Mar Rosario Student Competition
O amor é único
Marina Meijer Dutch Competition
Competition programs
The Truth and the Powerful: Putin’s Witnesses Vitaly Mansky Masters About the quest for the truth, distorted truths and a talk about Putin’s relationship to truth.
Focus programs
DocLab Live: Assorted Revolutions
16:00
17:00
18:00
DocLab Expo Specials Join the artists of the 19:00 DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook exhibition, and let yourself be surprised by sensory experiments and interactive performances. Guided Tour Free tours at 15:30.
DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook An evening about simmering revolutions, future revolutions and irreversible changes.
1:00
Queer Day: onathan Agassi Saved My Life + Doc Talk
20:00
14:00
15:00
Physical Installations • Ahorse! • Awavena • False Mirror • I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families • The Collider: Chapter One • The Industry VR • Zikr: A Sufi Revival 11:00 – 21:00
16:45
Pawel Lozinski Me Extensive discussion between director Pawel Lozinski and Eric Hynes.
13:00
Opening hours: 9:00 - 23:00
Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo Best of Fests
Obscuro Barroco
10:00
22:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
A Northern Soul Sean McAllister Masters
23:00
Regular programs
Events
All �ilms are English spoken or subtitled
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Public Screenings Monday 19 November
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
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0
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Notes
10:00
year’s exhibition is up as a restaurant igital art. With more 30 interactive umentaries, culinary ormances and unpreable experiments in ch human behavior technology meet. me and play with artifintelligence, immerse self in the VR Cinema ste from alternative pes for the future.
12:00
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14:00
Cinema cused no. 2: alter Sisulu lf Life VR is Room AXUCTUM 0 – 20:00
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16:00
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18:00
20:00
22:00
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Industry Program Monday 19 November Tuschinski 3
De Munt 12
De Munt 13
NH Caruso
NH Paganini
NH Verdi
10:00
10:00 10:30 Press & Industry Screening:
Manu 11:30 Press & Industry Screening:
12:00
NH Rossini
The Hidden City
11:00
Emmanuelle Bonmariage First Appearance Competition
11:00 Industry Session: Acquiring and Commissioning Short Docs from around the World
Press & Industry Screening:
The Miracle of the Little Prince
Victor Moreno Feature-Length Competition, Space
[Passholders]
Imagine your short doc educating over 100.000 pupils worldwide.
[Passholders]
10:00 10:00
Walk in for your one-on-one consultancy.
hosted by Lyfta
Marjoleine Boonstra Dutch Competition
[Passholders]
Industry Consultancies: Walk-in Consultancies
Industry Consultancies: with Vincent Lucassen
Book your one-on-one 11:00
consultancy with Vincent Lucassen (Under the Milky Way) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
12:00
[Passholders]
[Passholders]
13:00
13:00
Press & Industry Screening:
Hamada 14:00
14:00 Press & Industry Screening:
13:30
Eloy Domínguez Serén First Appearance Competition
13:45
[Passholders]
Good Neighbours
Press & Industry Screening:
Stella van Voorst van Beest Dutch Competition
The Border Fence Nikolaus Geyrhalter Feature-Length Competition, Space [Passholders]
Industry Meetup: Meet the Experts
Book your roundtable meeting at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
[Passholders]
14:00
Industry Session: Academy Awards
Led by Tom Oyer from the Academy Awards of Motion Picture Arts and Science. [Passholders]
15:15 Press & Industry Screening:
The Greatest Sacrifice
16:00 16:30 Press & Industry Screening:
14:45
Industry 15:00
Consultancies: with Ove Rishøj Jensen & Claudia Ludica
Book your one-on-one 16:00
Eyad Aljarod First Appearance Competition
16:30 Industry Session: “Grand Accord Documentary”
[Passholders]
‘Now something is slowly changing’
hosted by ARTE
consultancy with Ove Rishøj Jensen (EDN) & Claudia Ludica (Creative Europe) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders
(upon registration)] 17:00
ARTE launches new fund to support German-French co-produced documentaries.
mint film office Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
18:00
14:00
[Passholders]
18:00
[Passholders]
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
23:00
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IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41
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Monday 19 November NH Verdi
00
10:00
dustry nsultancies: alk-in nsultancies
Industry Consultancies: with Vincent Lucassen
k in for your -on-one consultancy.
sholders]
NH Vivaldi
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
EYE Room at the Top
Compagnie - Foy
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
NH Rossini
08:30
IDFA Forum Producer 10:00
10:00 Industry Session: Creating Inclusive Realities
Hosted by KCA, RAPA and DM Advance sign-up required. [B
see p.23 [Passholders]
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Vincent Lucassen (Under the Milky Way) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
12:00 Industry Talk: World Film Heritage - Who Decides? The complexity of documentary preservation. Who decides what films get preserved? [Passholders]
12:00
13:00
Industry Meetup: Why VR? hosted by Google
A crash course in producing VR180 videos.
14:00
[Passholders (upon registration)]
14:45
14:45
Industry Consultancies: with Ove Rishøj Jensen & Claudia Ludica
Industry Consultancies: with Martichka Bozhilova & Brenda Coughlin
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Ove Rishøj Jensen (EDN) & Claudia Ludica (Creative Europe) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Martichka Bozhilova (AGITPROP) & Brenda Coughlin (Sundance Institute) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
15:00 Industry Talk: The Act of… Releasing: How to Bring Documentaries to Theatres Successfully A Talk on the burning question of documentaries’ theatrical potential. Co-hosted by Europa Distribution.
16:00
[Passholders]
17:00 Industry Session: VR for Social Impact Lessons from the Field hosted by Google
International nonprofits and the BBC share their insights from VR projects in the field. [Passholders]
18:00
20:00
22:00
Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
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MAANDA
Industry Program Monday 19 November Compagnie - Foyer 10:00
Compagnie Kleine Zaal
Compagnie Grote Zaal
08:30
9:30
IDFA Forum Producer’s Breakfast
IDFA Forum Central Pitch
Hosted by KCA, RAPA and DMZDocs. Advance sign-up required. [By invitation]
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
Zuiderkerk
Arti et Amicitia 10:00
A total of 5 projects will be pitched for a broad audience of attending broadcasters and other decision makers from around the world.
10:30
Docs for Sale: Meet
Docs for Sale participants 11:00 with documentary experts
range of general and spec
[IDFA Forum Passholders]
[Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)]
11:45
IDFA Forum Central Pitch Crossmedia
12:00
12:00
3 Crossmedia projects will be pitched. [IDFA Forum Passholders]
12:45
13:00
IDFA Forum Lunch
Hosted by Chicken & Egg Pictures.
14:00
[IDFA Forum Passholders]
14:45
14:45
14:45
IDFA Forum Round Table Pitch
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings
IDFA Forum Round Table Crossmedia
During these Round Table sessions, 7 projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers and co-producers.
16:00
[IDFA Forum Passholders]
Meetings between the pitching teams and various commissioning editors and other decision makers. [IDFA Forum Passholders]
During these Round Table sessions, 4 Crossmedia and 2 regular projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers and co-producers.
14:00
15:00
16:00
[IDFA Forum Passholders]
17:00 17:00
Docs for Sale Happ
Hosted by Autlook Filmsal and Shine World Sales, CA
[Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum P
18:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
23:00
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IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41
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Social Events
Arti et Amicitiae
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
Zuiderkerk
10:00 10:30
Docs for Sale: Meet the Pros
Docs for Sale participants have 15-minute meetings with documentary experts who can offer advice on a range of general and specific business issues. [Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)]
12:00
45
FA Forum nch
sted by Chicken & Egg tures.
14:00
A Forum Passholders]
16:00
17:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
Hosted by Autlook Filmsales, EYE International, Rise and Shine World Sales, CAT&Docs and NPO Sales.
Zuiderkerk
[Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders]
18:00
18:00
Guests Meet Guests hosted by ARTE
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests. Today hosted by ARTE. [Passholders]
19:30
Filmmakers’ Dinner
IDFA is inviting selected filmmakers with a film in the program to a special dinner.
20:00
[By invitation]
CafĂŠ de Jaren 22:00
22:00
IDFA Lounge
Programmer of the DJ selection and host of the DJ nights Ed Rock plays vinyl singles from way back as well as brand new tracks. Many genres, from 1958 till 2018, including soul, rock, world, reggae, hip-hop and beyond. [Admission free]
Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
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Public Screenings Tuesday 20 November Tuschinski 1
Tuschinski 2
Tuschinski 3
Tuschinski 4
Tuschinski 5
Tuschinski 6
De Munt 3 4 10:00 10:00
10:00
Aquarela
Victor Kossakovsky Masters Experience this screening of Aquarela with Dolby 11:00 Atmos sound.
10:45
Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee: Srbenka
11:15
+ Doc Talk Sherman’s March
Ross McElwee Me Extensive discussion between director Ross McElwee and Eric Hynes.
12:00
11:30 11:45
Our Song to War Juanita Onzaga Short Competition
The Devil’s Tuning Juan Carlos Lucas Luminous
Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee: The Privacy of Wounds
Nebojsa Slijepcevic Best of Fests
Good Neighbours
Dalia Kury Mid-Length Competition
12:45
14:00
The Patriot
14:15
Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee: A Thousand Girls Like Me Sahra Mani Best of Fests
Katja Fedulova Frontlight 15:00
Absence
In the Absence Seung-Jun Yi Frontlight
12:00
Stella van Voorst van Beest Dutch Competition
Connected
13:00
Aleksandra Maciejczyk Student Competition
Summa
13:45
14:00
12:00
Andrei Kutsila Mid-Length Competition
Dorotchka
Olga Delane Short Competition
14:00 14:15
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
The Potato Eaters Dina Barinova Mid-Length Competition
15:00
Railway Men
Ekta Mittal First Appearance Competition, Space
Erige Sehiri Frontlight
Leyli Gafarova Short Competition
15:00
Unconditional Love
Rafał Łysak Short Competition
16:00
16:00 16:15 16:30
Backwards 17:15
NTR Avond van de Wolf: Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
18:00
Dana Gelman Student Competition
To Be Continued
16:30
Ivars Seleckis Masters
Room Without a View 17:15
But Now Is Perfect
Giacinto Scelsi. The First Motion of the Immovable
Carin Goeijers Dutch & Mid-Length Competition
Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva First Appearance Competition
Lorna Tucker Best of Fests
19:00 19:30
20:00 20:30
IDFA on Stage: Anniversary of the Revolution
22:00
Dziga Vertov IDFA on Stage Anniversary of the Revolution accompanied by a live score that continually links the year of the Russian revolution with the present day.
NTR Avond van de Wolf: The Miracle of the Little Prince
Marjoleine Boonstra Dutch Competition After the film NTR host Co de Kloet talks to director Marjoleine Boonstra.
4 Years in 10 Minutes
Mladen Kovacevic Best of Fests
Rada Šešić Me
Yukiko
Young Sun Noh Mid-Length Competition, Me
19:00 19:15
Entrepreneur
19:30
Virpi Suutari Masters
Absence of Me Melina Terribili Feature-Length Competition
Scenes from a Dry City
François Verster, Simon Wood Short Competition
Soyalism
Henry Singer, Rob Miller Frontlight 22:00
NTR Avond van de Wolf: Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
19:00
20:00
21:00 21:15
Diagnosis
21:30
My Name Is Daniel Daniel Gonçalves Luminous
21:45
Mussolini’s Sister
Ewa Podgórska First Appearance Competition
Juna Suleiman First Appearance Competition
22:00
23:00
Sophie Huber Best of Fests After the film NTR host Co de Kloet talks to director Sophie Huber.
Competition programs
18:00
Enrico Parenti, Stefano Liberti Frontlight
21:00
The Trial of Ratko Mladić
17:00
Focus programs
Regular programs
Events
All �ilms are English spoken or subtitled
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Tuesday 20 November De Munt 3 4
De Munt 9
De Munt 10
De Munt 11
De Munt 12
De Munt 13
EYE 1
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
uschinski 6
10:00
10:00
Aquarela
Victor Kossakovsky Masters Experience this screening of Aquarela with Dolby Atmos sound.
10:45
Central Airport THF 11:45
A Sister’s Song
00
od Neighbours
lla van Voorst Beest ch Competition
The Eyes of Orson Welles
11:00
Mark Cousins Masters
Karim Aïnouz Masters, Space
Danae Elon Best of Fests
11:45
And What Is the Summer Saying Genesis 2.0
14:00
Becoming Animal
ce Upon a Time Shanghai
li Gafarova ort Competition
Emma Davie, Peter Mettler Masters
Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee: Survivors
13:15
By Then
Matthieu Dibelius Luminous 15:15 15:30
ał Łysak ort Competition
15:45
You Are My Friend 16:15
Dawn
30
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster Dutch Competition
Samouni Road Stefano Savona Best of Fests
Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee: Reason Anand Patwardhan Feature-Length Competition
Carmen Torres Best of Fests
om Without View
ng Sun Noh -Length mpetition, Me
Sergei Loznitsa Masters, Space Gijs van der Ham, senior curator history of the 14:00 Rijksmuseum, introduces the film. 14:30
Compulsory Figures Ewa Kochańska Luminous
16:00 16:00
When the War Comes
16:45
18:00 18:30
Junha’s Planet Hyung-sook Hong Feature-Length Competition
nçois Verster, on Wood ort Competition
yalism
ico Parenti, fano Liberti ntlight
5 21:30
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Marseille, To the Moon and Back, Gracious, The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon, Tungrus. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles.
18:30
The Border Fence
18:45
The Panama Papers
19:15
Alex Winter Frontlight
Paradocs Shorts 2
20:15
20:15
Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee: Chaos
To War
Sara Fattahi Best of Fests, Me
Losing Alaska Tom Burke Frontlight
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Nikolaus Geyrhalter Feature-Length Competition, Space Introduction by Stephanie Archangel, curator history of the Rijksmuseum.
Compilation of beyond the frame docs: All Voices Are Mine, Separation, 20:00 Vivid Dreams, cut-out, backyard.
Francisco Marise Mid-Length Competition 21:15
‘Now something is slowly changing’ mint film office Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
21:30
The Greatest
21:45
Sacrifice 22:00 Eyad Aljarod First Appearance Competition
Sakawa 22:15
Theatre of War
Ben Asamoah Luminous
Stephanie Archangel, curator history of the Rijksmuseum, introduces the film.
Lola Arias Best of Fests
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26 Social Events > read more p. 27 - 31
Jan Gebert Best of Fests With introduction by Gijs van der Ham, senior curator of the Rijksmuseum.
18:00
Kids & Docs 1
00
a Podgórska t Appearance mpetition
Victory Day
Compilation of beyond the frame docs: Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off), Big Characters, Memory Room, Alone Together.
kiko
agnosis
13:00
Paradocs Shorts 1
a Šešić
enes from Dry City
Andrijana Stojkovic Mid-Length Competition
Theresa Traore Dahlberg Short Competition
Arthur Pratt Frontlight
conditional ve
Wongar
The Ambassador’s Wife
13:30
5
Payal Kapadia Short Competition
12:30 Christian Frei Masters
12:00
IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41 Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Public Screenings Tuesday 20 November De Munt 13
EYE 1
EYE 2
Carré Splendor
Ketelhuis
De Balie Grote zaal
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
10:00
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal 10:00
11:00 11:15
Kabul, City in the Wind
1:45
Aboozar Amini First Appearance Competition
And What Is the 12:00 Summer Saying
12:00
ayal Kapadia hort Competition
12:30
The State Against Mandela and the Others
Wongar
Andrijana Stojkovic Mid-Length Competition
14:00
13:00
Victory Day
Sergei Loznitsa Masters, Space Gijs van der Ham, senior curator history of the Rijksmuseum, introduces the film.
13:00
Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte Best of Fests
13:30
Citizen Havel
Miroslav Janek, Pavel Koutecky Třeštíková’s Top 10
14:00
4:30
Compulsory Figures
15:00
wa Kochańska uminous
15:15
16:00
6:45
Paradocs Shorts 1
Compilation of beyond he frame docs: Imperial alley (cultivated run-off), ig Characters, Memory oom, Alone Together.
When the War Comes
Jan Gebert Best of Fests With introduction by Gijs van der Ham, senior curator of the Rijksmuseum.
+ Doc Talk Father and Son on a Journey
Marcel Lozinski Me Extensive discussion between director Marcel Lozinski and Eric Hynes.
The Border Fence
Compilation of beyond he frame docs: All Voices re Mine, Separation, 20:00 ivid Dreams, cut-out, ackyard.
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Feature-Length Competition, Space Introduction by Stephanie Archangel, curator history of the Rijksmuseum.
19:15
+ Doc Talk Island of the Hungry Ghosts
Gabrielle Brady Best of Fests, Space Extensive discussion with director Gabrielle Brady and Eric Hynes.
17:00
18:00
18:00
IDFA On Stage: £¥€$
Alexander Devriendt DocLab Humanoid Cookbook, IDFA on Stage An interactive theater experience that puts you in the place of the superrich one percent for a single night, calling all the shots in our economy.
18:15 18:30 19:00
Sylvana, Demon or Diva Ingeborg Jansen Frontlight
(Un)heard: In Search...
Beryl Magoko Student Competition Women’s stories; with a talk about the complexity and thundering silence around the issue of female genital mutilation (FMG).
Filmmaker Talk: Audrius Stonys
1:45
22:00
The Greatest Sacrifice
Eyad Aljarod First Appearance Competition Stephanie Archangel, curator history of the Rijksmuseum, introduces the film.
Manu
Emmanuelle Bonmariage First Appearance Competition
Competition programs
My Soul Drifts
20:00
Buddy
20:00
Heddy Honigmann Dutch Competition
IDFA On Stage: £¥€$ 22:00
18:30
A conversation with Light upon a Lithuanian documentary 19:00 Sea of Trees veteran Audrius Stonys, a distinctive filmmaker Heinrich Dahms from the Baltic tradition of Dutch Competition poetic documentary.
21:00 21:00
21:00 21:30
16:00
Natasha Neri, Lula Carvalho Frontlight
16:45
18:30
9:15
en Asamoah uminous
16:00
18:00
Paradocs Shorts 2
Sakawa
Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee: Police Killing
Alexander Devriendt DocLab Humanoid Cookbook, IDFA on Stage An interactive theater experience that puts you in the place of the superrich one percent for a single night, calling all the shots in our economy.
Focus programs
IDFA Surprise Film
21:15 21:30
Stones Have Laws Van Brummelen & De Haan Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
Regular programs
Extra screening of a festival hit. Check idfa.nl
(Un)heard: Yours in Sisterhood
Irene Lusztig Best of Fests Women’s stories; women are only human and feminists do not always manage to effectively connect to each other.
22:00 22:15
Sheep Hero
Ton van Zantvoort Dutch Competition
23:00
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DINSDAG 20 NOVEMBER
Public Screenings Tuesday 20 November Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Brakke Grond Exhibition
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
De Balie Grote zaal
9:00
DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook This year’s exhibition is set up as a restaurant for digital art. With more than 30 interactive documentaries, culinary performances and unpredictable experiments in which human behavior and technology meet. Come and play with artificial intelligence, immerse yourself in the VR Cinema or taste from alternative recipes for the future.
12:30
The State Against Mandela and the Others
On site reservation may be required and some installations have varying opening hours:
Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee: Police Killing
Physical Installations • Ahorse! • Awavena • False Mirror • I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families • The Collider: Chapter One • The Industry VR • Zikr: A Sufi Revival 11:00 – 21:00
Natasha Neri, Lula Carvalho Frontlight
18:15
Filmmaker Talk: Audrius Stonys
yl Magoko dent Competition men’s stories; with a about the complexity thundering silence und the issue of ale genital mutilation G).
A conversation with Lithuanian documentary veteran Audrius Stonys, a distinctive filmmaker from the Baltic tradition of poetic documentary.
14:00
VR Cinema • Accused no. 2: Walter Sisulu • Half Life VR • This Room • UAXUCTUM 11:00 – 20:00
15:15
n)heard: Search...
12:00
Opening hours: 9:00 - 23:00
Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte Best of Fests
30
10:00
18:30
My Soul Drifts Light upon a Sea of Trees
Heinrich Dahms Dutch Competition
20:00
16:00
Audiowalk • Pilgrim 11:00 – 21:00
18:00
DocLab Expo Specials Join the artists of the DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook exhibition, and let yourself be surprised by sensory experiments and interactive performances.
20:00
Guided Tour Free tours at 15:30.
Buddy
Heddy Honigmann Dutch Competition 21:00
IDFA Surprise Film
5
Extra screening of a festival hit. Check idfa.nl
n)heard: urs in sterhood
ne Lusztig t of Fests men’s stories; women only human and inists do not always nage to effectively nect to each other.
22:00 22:15
Sheep Hero
Ton van Zantvoort Dutch Competition
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26 Social Events > read more p. 27 - 31
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IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Industry Program Tuesday 20 November NH Caruso
NH Puccini
NH Rossini
NH Paganini
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
NH Verdi
10:00
10:00
10:00
Industry Consultancies: Walk-in Consultancies
Walk in for your one-on-one consultancy.
11:00
[Passholders]
12:00
12:00
12:00
Industry Meetup: Around the Table with the IDFA Bertha Fund [Passholders (upon registration)]
13:00
13:30
14:00
13:00
Industry Session: Making Documentary Pitching Different—New Possibilities from Digital Technologies hosted by Pitch the Doc
Industry Meetup: Meet the Experts
Explore the online platform for promoting, marketing, and pitching documentaries, that remains accessible to decision-makers.
Book your group roundtable meeting at the Industry Desk.
14:00
[Passholders]
[Passholders (upon registration)]
14:45
14:45
Industry Consultancies: Industry 15:00 with Claudia Iudica Ludica, Brenda Consultancies: Book your one-on-one consultancy with Claudia Iudica with Anja Dziersk, Coughlin & Martichka Bozhilova (Creative at theconsultancy Industry Desk. Book yourEurope) one-on-one with Claudia Cecilie Bolvinkel Ludica (Creative Europe), Brenda Coughlin (Sundance [Passholders & Yasmin Elayat (upon registration)] Institute) & Martichka Bozhilova (AGITPROP) at the Industry Desk.
16:00
[Passholders (upon registration)]
17:00
[Passholders (upon registration)]
Industry Meetup: SVOD Repositioning the Documentary Film Market
18:00
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Anja Dziersk (Rise and Shine World Sales), Cecilie Bolvinkel (EDN) & Yasmin Elayat (Scatter) at the Industry Desk.
16:00
17:00
18:00
A Think Tank to discuss the state of the industry in times of flux.
18:15
Filmmaker Talk: Audrius Stonys
[By invitation]
A conversation with
19:00 Lithuanian documentary
veteran Audrius Stonys, a distinctive filmmaker from the Baltic tradition o poetic documentary.
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
23:00
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NOVEMBER Industry Program
Tuesday 20 November Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
LAVA LAB
Nederlandse Filmacademie
Compagnie Foyer
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
NH Verdi
9:30 10:00
Industry Session: Big Data in the Audiovisual Industry
Get an insight on machine learning and media content on demand. [Passholders]
11:30
Industry Session: Data-Driven Audience Engagement
How to work with data metrics to enhance your reach, revenue and reaction. [Passholders]
08:30
DocLab Academy: Workshop Day at Lava Lab
IDFA Forum 10:00 Producer’s Breakfast
A full day of hand’s on workshops, taking place at design and technology innovation labLava Lab. This year there will be workshops by Nele Eeckhout, Siona Houthuys and Mirke Kist (audiocollective Schik), AI artist Ross Goodwin, creative technologist Brian Chirls and VR pioneer Ali Eslami.
Hosted by KCA, RAPA and DMZDocs. Advance sign-up required. [IDFA Forum Passholders]
12:00
[DocLab Academy Passholders]
13:00
Industry Session: Blockchain and the Creative Economy
Marcus O’Dair explains the opportunities, challenges, and risks of using blockchain technology in creative industries.
14:00
[Passholders]
45
dustry nsultancies: th Anja Dziersk, cilie Bolvinkel Yasmin Elayat
15:00
Industry Talk: SVOD - Repositioning the Documentary Film Market
Key players in the Industry share their views on today’s transitional media landscape.
k your one-on-one sultancy with Anja ersk (Rise and Shine rld Sales), Cecilie vinkel (EDN) & Yasmin yat (Scatter) at the ustry Desk.
[Passholders]
16:00
sholders on registration)]
18:00 18:15
Filmmaker Talk: Audrius Stonys
A conversation with Lithuanian documentary veteran Audrius Stonys, a distinctive filmmaker from the Baltic tradition of poetic documentary.
19:00
Industry Session: How Do You Choose the Right Camera?
20:00
hosted by NBF
How do you choose the right camera and subsequently the right codec? [Passholders]
22:00
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Industry Program Tuesday 20 November Compagnie Foyer 10:00
Compagnie Flex Office
Compagnie Kleine Zaal
Compagnie Grote Zaal
08:30
09:30
9:30
IDFA Forum Producer’s Breakfast
IDFA Forum Crossmedia One-on-one meetings
IDFA Forum Central Pitch
Hosted by KCA, RAPA and DMZDocs. Advance sign-up required. [IDFA Forum Passholders]
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
Zuiderkerk
Arti et Amicitia 10:00
A total of 5 projects, including the Moderator’s Hat draw, will be pitched for a broad audience of broadcasters and other decision makers.
Meetings between the Cross media pitching teams and various decision makers that are interested in interactive storytelling.
10:30
Docs for Sale: Meet
Docs for Sale participants 11:00 with documentary experts
range of general and spec
[IDFA Forum Passholders]
[Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)]
11:30
IDFA Forum Central Pitch
[IDFA Forum Passholders]
12:00
12:00
4 projects will be pitched for a broad audience of attending broadcasters and decision makers from around the world. [IDFA Forum Passholders]
12:45
13:00
IDFA Forum Lunch
Hosted by Film Center Serbia.
14:00
[IDFA Forum Passholders]
14:45
14:45
14:45
IDFA Forum Round Table Pitch
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings
IDFA Forum Round Table Pitch
[IDFA Forum Passholders]
[IDFA Forum Passholders]
During the Round Table sessions, 4 Arts & Culture projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers and co-producers.
16:00
[IDFA Forum Passholders]
Meetings between the pitching teams and various commissioning editors and other decision makers.
During the Round Table sessions, 7 projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers and co-producers.
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00 17:00
Docs for Sale Happ
Hosted by Autlook Filmsal and Shine World Sales, CA
[Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum P
18:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
23:00
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26
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DINSDAG 20 NOVEMBER Industry Program Tuesday 20 November
Social Events
Arti et Amicitiae
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
Zuiderkerk
10:00 10:30
Docs for Sale: Meet the Pros
Docs for Sale participants have 15-minute meetings with documentary experts who can offer advice on a range of general and specific business issues. [Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)]
12:00
45
FA Forum nch
sted by Film Center bia.
14:00
A Forum Passholders]
16:00
17:00
Docs for Sale Happy Hour
Hosted by Autlook Filmsales, EYE International, Rise and Shine World Sales, CAT&Docs and NPO Sales.
Zuiderkerk
[Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders]
18:00
Guests Meet Guests hosted by Czech Film Fund
18:00
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests. Today hosted by Czech Film Center. During this Guests Meet Guests reception the Amsterdam Human Rights Award will be handed out. [Passholders]
20:00
CafĂŠ de Jaren 22:00
22:00
IDFA Lounge
Trish Trash, organiser of postpunk and new wave festival Grauzone and a collector of underground music. She’ll spin a groovy alternative mix of pulsating electro, italo and new beat records. [Admission free]
Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
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IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Public Screenings Wednesday 21 November Tuschinski 1
Tuschinski 2
Tuschinski 3
Tuschinski 4
Tuschinski 5
Tuschinski 6
De Munt 9
10:00
10:00 10:15
The Eyes of Orson Welles Mark Cousins Masters
11:00
Chinese Portrait Xiaoshuai Wang Masters
12:00
11:30
11:30
Shorts: Is It a Dream?
Kids & Docs 3
Compilation program of four highly cinematic shorts. With: Aleppo:The Silence of the War, Our Song to War, And What Is the Summer Saying and All Inclusive.
Yang Zhang Feature-Length Competition
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Dulce, My Faith: Jehova’s Witness, Fantasy, Fantasy, Skip and the Rhythm Rangers. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles.
Kids & Docs 2
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Crowley – Cowboy Up, 199 Little Heroes: Miral from Palestine, 180cc, Dancing for You. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles.
De chaque instant Nicolas Philibert Masters
13:45 14:00
+ Doc Talk Fix Me
Raed Andoni Me Extensive discussion between director Raed Andoni and María Campaña Ramia.
Shorts: Fixed Lives Compilation program of three shorts about sadness, love, and boredom. With: Dorotchka, The Ambassador’s Wife and Unconditional Love.
14:00
‘Now something is slowly changing’ mint film office Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
Chantal Akerman Me With a short introduction by film journalist JeanMichel Frodon. French spoken, no subtitles.
Compilation program of four shorts about growing up and questions of life. With: Guaxuma, Skip Day, beside the water, 1999-2004 and I Signed the Petition.
Celebration Olivier Meyrou Luminous
18:00 18:15
Compulsory Figures
18:30
Junha’s Planet Hyung-sook Hong Feature-Length Competition
19:00
Three Identical Strangers
Ewa Kochańska Luminous
Tim Wardle Best of Fests
16:15
The Trial
Sergei Loznitsa Masters
14:30
Skip Day
Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan Short Competition
15:00
Benjamin Mullinkosson Mid-Length Competition
16:00
17:00
17:00 17:00
The Privacy of Wounds
16:45
Kids & Docs 4
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon, 180cc, Gracious, Skip and the Rhythm Rangers. The films have Dutch dialogue or Dutch subtitles.
Dalia Kury Mid-Length Competition
I Signed the Petition
Mahdi Fleifel Short Competition
The Way Home 18:30
Wael Kadlo Luminous
And What Is the Summer Saying Payal Kapadia Short Competition
18:00 Wongar Andrijana Stojkovic Mid-Length Competition
Inland Sea 19:00
Beastmode, a Social Experiment
Kazuhiro Soda Best of Fests
Manuel III Mesina, Banuk Amante Frontlight
20:00
13:00
Don’t Be a Dick About It
Shorts: In Flux
16:15
Room for a Man 12:00 Anthony Chidiac Best of Fests, Me
14:00 14:00
News from Home
14:15
16:00
16:00
11:45 12:00
13:15
14:00
11:00
Up the Mountain
11:15
19:00 19:15
19:15
Graves Without a Name
My Name Is Daniel
Rithy Panh Masters
Daniel Gonçalves Luminous 20:00
20:30
Shorts: Resilient Cities
21:45
Heart of a Dog
22:00
Laurie Anderson Me
Compilation program of four shorts about challenging life in big cities. With: Backwards, Scenes from a Dry City, Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains and Once Upon a Time in Shanghai.
21:00 21:15
In the Open
Guillaume Massart Best of Fests, Space
21:30
21:30
Our Song to War Juanita Onzaga Short Competition
The Devil’s Tuning Juan Carlos Lucas Luminous
Artificial Things
22:00
The Patriot
Katja Fedulova Frontlight
In the Absence Seung-Jun Yi Frontlight
Competition programs
Focus programs
Regular programs
Sophie Fiennes 22:00 Masters
The Sound of Masks
Sara de Gouveia Luminous 23:00
Events
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21 NOVEMBER Public Screenings
Wednesday 21 November De Munt 9
De Munt 10
De Munt 11
De Munt 12
EYE 1
EYE 2 10:00
11:00
11:00
New Homeland
Farrebique – The Four Seasons
Barbara Kopple Masters
11:45
Georges Rouquier Třeštíková’s Top 10
Room for a Man
00
ds & Docs 2
mpilation program of drens’ documentaries h: Crowley – Cowboy 199 Little Heroes: al from Palestine, cc, Dancing for You. films have English ogue or English titles.
Hamada
13:30
The Olden Heralds Luis Alejandro Yero Student Competition
It’s All Good
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis Student Competition
13:30
Hey, Bro!
Salomé Lamas Paradocs
Aleksandr Elkan Student Competition
16:00
All Inclusive
17:00
igned the tition
And What Is the Summer Saying
The Miracle of the Little Prince
Marjoleine Boonstra Dutch Competition
Payal Kapadia Short Competition
Emiliano Mazza De Luca Mid-Length Competition, IDFA on Stage
The Land of Peach Blossoms Mingying Zhou First Appearance Competition
Andrijana Stojkovic Mid-Length Competition
18:30
16:30
Absence of Me
+ Doc Talk The Border Fence
Eszter Hajdú Feature-Length Competition
Kristine Briede, Audrius Stonys Masters
18:15
Father and Son on a Journey Marcel Lozinski Me
19:00
Scars
Didier Cros Mid-Length Competition
Daniel Gonçalves Luminous
20:00
Silvia
Francesco Patierno Feature-Length Competition
María Silvia Esteve First Appearance Competition
The Sound of Masks
Freedom Is a Big Word
Guillermo Rocamora Luminous
the Absence
Sara de Gouveia Luminous
Irene Lusztig Best of Fests
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26 Social Events > read more p. 27 - 31
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Frederick Wiseman Masters
22:30
To War
City of a Thousand 20:00 Mountains
David Verbeek Short Competition
Quand tout le monde dort
21:00
Jérôme Clément Wilz Luminous
Operation Jane Walk
Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel Paradocs
22:00
Yours in Sisterhood
Trapped in the
Monrovia, Indiana 20:30
Artificial Things Sophie Fiennes Masters
19:30 20:00
21:30
a Fedulova ntlight
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Feature-Length Competition, Space Extensive discussion with director Nikolaus Geyrhalter and Eric Hynes. 18:00
Bridges of Time
Camorra
e Patriot
16:00
17:30
My Name Is Daniel
20:30
00
The Hidden City
16:30
17:45
Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside Best of Fests
19:15
15:15 Victor Moreno Feature-Length Competition, Space
15:45
Hungary 2018
Wongar
Extensive discussion between director Sara Fattahi and Ester Gould.
Melina Terribili Feature-Length Competition
América
hy Panh sters
Juan Pablo González Luminous
Vida a bordo
00
aves Without Name
La Bestia – Train of the Unknowns
Manuel Inacker Student Competition
15:30
Corina Schwingruber Ilić Short Competition
5
+ Doc Talk
Chaos 14:00 Sara Fattahi Best of Fests, Me
14:00
Caballerango
njamin Mullinkosson -Length mpetition
13:30
Extinction
Tuki Jencquel Best of Fests
n’t Be a Dick out It
el Kadlo minous
Eloy Domínguez Serén First Appearance Competition
Swatted
e Lucas, rick Bresnan ort Competition
e Way Home
Peter Kerekes Třeštíková’s Top 10 12:00
12:45
Sergei Loznitsa Masters
hdi Fleifel ort Competition
66 Seasons
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi
13:00
The Trial
ip Day
11:15 11:30
Avi Mograbi Me
Anthony Chidiac Best of Fests, Me
14:00
30
ng-Jun Yi ntlight
De Munt 13
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
uschinski 6
21:45
To Be Continued 22:00 Ivars Seleckis Masters
Progress vs Sunsets
Melanie Bonajo Paradocs
Francisco Marise Mid-Length Competition
IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41 Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Public Screenings Wednesday 21 November EYE 1
EYE 2
Podium Mozaïek
Tolhuistuin
Bijlmer Parktheater
Ketelhuis
De Balie Grote zaal
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
10:00
10:00
11:00 11:15
66 Seasons 12:00
Peter Kerekes Třeštíková’s Top 10
12:00
2:45
Hamada
loy Domínguez Serén irst Appearance Competition
14:00
13:00 13:00
Dark Corner
Fabio Caramaschi Luminous
13:30
+ Doc Talk Chaos
14:00
Sara Fattahi Best of Fests, Me Extensive discussion between director Sara Fattahi and Ester Gould.
15:00
5:15
The Hidden City
15:30
Victor Moreno eature-Length Competition, Space 16:00 16:30
+ Doc Talk The Border Fence
7:30
Bridges of Time
ristine Briede, Audrius Stonys Masters
0:00
The Corporate
Coup d’État 16:00 Fred Peabody Frontlight
18:00
17:00
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Feature-Length Competition, Space Extensive discussion with director Nikolaus Geyrhalter and Eric Hynes.
17:30
Sylvana, Demon or Diva
18:00 18:00
Ingeborg Jansen Frontlight
Guaxuma
Nara Normande Short Competition
18:30
19:30
20:00
Monrovia, Indiana
rederick Wiseman Masters
Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains
19:00
19:00
Railway Men
Sakawa
Erige Sehiri Frontlight
Jérôme Clément Wilz Luminous
20:30
20:30
Everything Must Fall
20:45
Cause of Death Ramy A. Katz Frontlight
Rehad Desai Frontlight 21:30
Ivars Seleckis Masters
Backwards
Dana Gelman Student Competition Carin Goeijers Dutch & Mid-Length Competition
Matthieu Dibelius Luminous
To Be Continued
The Ambassador’s Wife Theresa Traore Dahlberg Short Competition
Competition programs
Focus programs
Regular programs
Manu
20:45
But Now Is Perfect
By Then
21:45
22:00
The Two of Us
19:00 Emil Næsby Hansen Luminous
Gabrielle Brady Best of Fests, Space About the invisible human and non-human. With a talk from professor 20:00 Esther Peeren.
Ben Asamoah Luminous
David Verbeek Short Competition
Quand tout le monde dort
The Invisibles: Island of the Hungry Ghosts
21:15
The Invisibles: You Are My Friend Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster Dutch Competition About what is invisible, language and loss of primary education in The Netherlands. With psychologist Nihayra Leona.
Emmanuelle 21:00 Bonmariage First Appearance Competition
22:00
23:00
Events
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WOENSDAG 21 NOVEMBER
Public Screenings Wednesday 21 November Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Brakke Grond Exhibition
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
De Balie Grote zaal
Ketelhuis
9:00
DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook
10:00
This year’s exhibition is set up as a restaurant for digital art. With more than 30 interactive documentaries, culinary performances and unpredictable experiments in which human behavior and technology meet. Come and play with artificial intelligence, immerse yourself in the VR Cinema or taste from alternative recipes for the future.
13:00
Opening hours: 9:00 - 23:00
Dark Corner
Fabio Caramaschi Luminous
On site reservation may be required and some installations have varying opening hours:
The Corporate Coup d’État Fred Peabody Frontlight
17:00
Serialized: The Village + Doc Talk Guaxuma 18:30
The Invisibles: Island of the Hungry Ghosts
Gabrielle Brady Best of Fests, Space About the invisible human and non-human. With a talk from professor Esther Peeren.
Nara Normande Short Competition
The Two of Us
Emil Næsby Hansen Luminous
14:00
VR Cinema • Accused no. 2: Walter Sisulu • Half Life VR • This Room • UAXUCTUM 11:00 – 20:00
15:30
18:00
12:00
Claire Simon Serialized A series about an ambitious documentary festival in a village in the south of France, followed by a talk with director Claire Simon.
20:30
Physical Installations • Ahorse! • Awavena • False Mirror • I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families • The Collider: Chapter One • The Industry VR • Zikr: A Sufi Revival 11:00 – 21:00
16:00
Audiowalk • Pilgrim 11:00 – 21:00
18:00
DocLab Expo Specials Join the artists of the DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook exhibition, and let yourself be surprised by sensory experiments and interactive performances.
20:00
Guided Tour Free tours at 15:30.
Manu
45
ckwards
na Gelman dent Competition
t Now Is Perfect
in Goeijers ch & Mid-Length mpetition
21:15
The Invisibles: You Are My Friend
Emmanuelle Bonmariage First Appearance Competition
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster Dutch Competition About what is invisible, language and loss of primary education in The Netherlands. With psychologist Nihayra Leona.
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26 Social Events > read more p. 27 - 31
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IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41 Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Industry Program Wednesday 21 November NH Caruso
NH Paganini
10:00
11:30
Industry Meetup: Meet the Experts - Shorts Edition
12:00
Shorts filmmakers meet with experts in the field.
NH Puccini
NH Rossini
NH Verdi
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
NH Vivaldi
10:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
Industry Consultancies: with Yasmin Elayat & Isabel Arrate Fernandez
Industry Consultancies: Walk-in Consultancies
Industry Consultancies: with Milton Tabbot
Industry Consultancies: with Anja Dziersk & Martichka Bozhilova
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Yasmin Elayat (Scatter) & Isabel Arrate Fernandez (IDFA Bertha Fund) at the Industry Desk.
Walk in for your one-on-one consultancy. [Passholders]
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Milton Tabbot (IFP) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
[Passholders (upon registration)]
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Anja Dziersk (Rise and Shine World Sales) & Martichka Bozhilova (AGITPROP) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
10:00 10:00
Industry Session: Serialized Docs on
Producing documentaries Snapchat or other web-ba [Passholders] 11:00
12:00 12:00
Industry Session: Financing a Docum an Entrepreneurial
[Passholders (upon registration)]
Finding alternate financing
mizing the reach to key au 13:00 [Passholders]
13:30
14:00
Industry Meetup: Meet the Experts
14:00
Book your group roundtable meeting at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
14:45
14:45
Industry Consultancies: with Cecilie Bolvinkel
Industry Consultancies: with Martichka Bozhilova & Yasmin Elayat
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Cecilie Bolvinkel (EDN) at the Industry Desk.
16:00
[Passholders (upon registration)]
Industry Talk: Steve Claire Simon on Sto Serialized Docume
Book your one-on-one consultancy with Martichka Bozhilova (AGITPROP) & Yasmin Elayat (Scatter) at the Industry Desk. [Passholders (upon registration)]
17:45 Industry Session: Using Immersive Content to Change the World with Children
18:00
15:00 15:00
Exclusive interview with m
and Claire Simon on the d 16:00 documentaries. [Passholders]
17:00
18:00
hosted by Lyfta, see p.23 [Passholders]
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
23:00
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26
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IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41
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21 NOVEMBER Industry Program
Wednesday 21 November
Compagnie Foye
Zuiderkerk
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
NH Vivaldi
08:30
00
10:00
dustry nsultancies: th Anja Dziersk Martichka zhilova
Industry Session: Serialized Docs on Multiple Platforms
k your one-on-one sultancy with Anja ersk (Rise and Shine ld Sales) & Martichka hilova (AGITPROP) at Industry Desk.
sholders n registration)]
IDFA Forum Producer 10:00
Hosted by KCA, RAPA and DM Advance sign-up required. [B
Producing documentaries for Instagram, Whatsapp, Snapchat or other web-based platforms. [Passholders]
12:00
12:00
Industry Session: Financing a Documentary in an Entrepreneurial Age
Finding alternate financing for your film and maximizing the reach to key audiences and beyond. [Passholders]
12:45
IDFA Forum Lunch
Hosted by ChileDoc. [IDFA Forum Passholders]
14:00
45
dustry nsultancies: th Martichka zhilova & smin Elayat
k your one-on-one sultancy with tichka Bozhilova ITPROP) & Yasmin at (Scatter) at the ustry Desk.
15:00
Industry Talk: Steve James and Claire Simon on Storytelling in Serialized Documentaries
Exclusive interview with masters Steve James and Claire Simon on the dramaturgy of serialized documentaries.
16:00
[Passholders]
sholders n registration)]
18:00
20:00
22:00
Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
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Industry Program Wednesday 21 November Compagnie Foyer 10:00
Compagnie Café
Compagnie Grote Zaal
08:30
9:30
IDFA Forum Producer’s Breakfast
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings
Hosted by KCA, RAPA and DMZDocs. Advance sign-up required. [By invitation]
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
Arti et Amicitia 10:00
Meetings between the pitching teams and various commissioning editors and other decision makers. [IDFA Forum Passholders]
10:30
Docs for Sale: Meet
10:45
Docs for Sale participants 11:00 with documentary experts
IDFA Forum Round Table Youth Pitch 2 Children’s projects will be pitched in an intimate setting for an audience of potential financiers and co-producers. [IDFA Forum Passholders]
range of general and spec
[Docs for Sale Passholders (u
11:35
Youth Documentaries Expert Meeting
12:00
Session focusing on the future of documentaries for young audiences.
12:00
[By invitation]
13:00
14:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
16:00
17:00
17:00
IDFA Forum Closing Drink
Hosted by Uruguay Audiovisual, the National Film Institute of Uruguay - ICAU and DocMontevideo.
18:00
18:00
[Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders]
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
23:00
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IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41
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WOENSDAG Industry Program21 NOVEMBER Wednesday 21 November
Social Events
Arti et Amicitiae
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
nzaal
10:00 10:30
Docs for Sale: Meet the Pro’s
e Youth Pitch
Docs for Sale participants have 15-minute meetings with documentary experts who can offer advice on a range of general and specific business issues.
olders]
[Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)]
hed in an intimate tial financiers and
xpert Meeting
12:00
f documentaries for
14:00
16:00
Zuiderkerk 18:00
18:00
Guests Meet Guests hosted by Vimeo: Vimeo Staff Pick Award
All IDFA guests are invited to meet and exchange ideas at the daily Guests Meet Guests drinks. [Passholders]
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam 20:00
20:00
Awards Ceremony
20:45 - 22:15 (doors open 20:00) followed by Documentary Ball [Free ticket required]
Café de Jaren 22:00
22:00
IDFA Lounge
United both in matrimony and music, DJ’s Mr. & Mrs. Koot dig 45’s from their suitcase full of 7’ singles, from indie and popclassics to funky breaks and soul. The duo are welcome guests in the many Amsterdam bars where they spin their music. [Admission free]
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam 22:30
Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
Documentary Ball [Free ticket required]
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Public Screenings Thursday 22 November Tuschinski 1 10:00
Tuschinski 2
Tuschinski 3
Tuschinski 4
10:00
10:00
VPRO Review
A Haunted Past
Program created by the VPRO with the most remarkable documentaries of the festival. Tickets are available via vpro.nl/evenementen.
Tuschinski 5
Tuschinski 6
De Munt 9 10:00
Fatma Riahi First Appearance Competition
10:30
Everything
Must Fall 11:00 Rehad Desai Frontlight
11:00
To Be Continued Ivars Seleckis Masters
11:15
Room for a Man
11:30
Anthony Chidiac Best of Fests, Me
Railway Men Erige Sehiri Frontlight
12:00
11:45
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski Irek Dobrowolski Luminous
12:45
Lost Reactor 13:00 Alexandra Westmeier Luminous
13:00 13:30
Samouni Road 14:00
14:00
+ Doc Talk A Strange Love Affair with Ego
Stefano Savona Best of Fests
Ester Gould Me Extensive discussion between director Ester Gould and María Campaña Ramia.
12:00
+ Doc Talk Dead Souls
Wang Bing Masters A monumental documentary about an unknown chapter from Chinese history, followed by a discussion with director Wang Bing.
14:00
14:00
Kids & Docs 2
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Crowley – Cowboy Up, 199 Little Heroes: Miral from Palestine, 180cc, Dancing for You. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles.
14:30
Inland Sea
Kazuhiro Soda Best of Fests
15:00 15:00
Marceline. A Woman. A Century Cordelia Dvorák Luminous
16:00
16:00
16:45
Scars
Didier Cros Mid-Length Competition
16:30
16:30
The Patriot
I Signed the Petition
Katja Fedulova Frontlight
16:45
The Ambassador’s 17:00
Mahdi Fleifel Short Competition
In the Absence
The Way Home
Seung-Jun Yi Frontlight
Wael Kadlo Luminous
18:00
Wife
Theresa Traore Dahlberg Short Competition
17:30
Camorra
By Then
Francesco Patierno Feature-Length Competition
18:00 Matthieu Dibelius Luminous
18:30
Bridges of Time Kristine Briede, Audrius Stonys Masters
19:00
19:00
#Female Pleasure
Absence of Me
Barbara Miller Best of Fests
Melina Terribili Feature-Length Competition
19:00 19:00
The Olden Heralds
19:30
Paradocs Shorts 1
Compilation of beyond the frame docs: Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off), Big Characters, Memory Room, Alone Together.
20:00
Luis Alejandro Yero Student Competition
It’s All Good
20:00 Tuki Jencquel Best of Fests
21:00 21:15
Compulsory Figures
21:30
In Search...
Ewa Kochańska Luminous
Beryl Magoko Student Competition
22:00
21:30
Dancing in
22:00
Paradocs Shorts 2
the Wind 22:00 Yue Ting Student Competition
Compilation of beyond the frame docs: All Voices Are Mine, Separation, Vivid Dreams, cut-out, backyard. 23:00
22:30
IDFA Surprise Film Extra screening of a festival hit. Check idfa.nl
Competition programs
Focus programs
Regular programs
Events
All �ilms are English spoken or subtitled
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Thursday 22 November De Munt 9
De Munt 10
De Munt 11
De Munt 12
De Munt 13
EYE 1
EYE 2
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
uschinski 6
10:00 10:30
Everything Must Fall Rehad Desai Frontlight
5
11:00
Chinese Portrait Xiaoshuai Wang Masters
uggle: The e and Lost Art Szukalski
Dobrowolski minous
11:00
The Firemen’s Ball
11:15
The State Against Mandela and the Others
Milos Forman Třeštíková’s Top 10
Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte Best of Fests
11:30
Erased,– Ascent of the Invisible
Ghassan Halwani Paradocs
12:45
Lost Reactor
Alexandra Westmeier Luminous
12:00
12:00
Srbenka
Nebojsa Slijepcevic Best of Fests
12:45
Scared of Revolution
13:00
Mallory 13:30
Entrepreneur Virpi Suutari Masters
13:45
Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
The Raft
Marcus Lindeen Best of Fests
When the War Comes Jan Gebert Best of Fests
30
and Sea
Daniël Krikke Dutch Competition
13:30 13:45
Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark
14:00
Daniel Rosenfeld Luminous
14:45
uhiro Soda t of Fests
To War
15:00
Marceline. A Woman. A Century Cordelia Dvorák Luminous
Survivors Arthur Pratt Frontlight
15:45
New Homeland Barbara Kopple Masters
16:15
The Ambassador’s Wife Theresa Traore Dahlberg Short Competition
morra
ncesco Patierno ture-Length mpetition
Police Killing Natasha Neri, Lula Carvalho Frontlight
Matthieu Dibelius Luminous
Becoming Animal
30
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mpilation of beyond frame docs: Imperial ey (cultivated run-off), Characters, Memory m, Alone Together.
Emma Davie, Peter Mettler Masters
Luis Alejandro Yero Student Competition
It’s All Good
18:45
Constructions Extinction The Waldheim Waltz
00
radocs Shorts 2
mpilation of beyond frame docs: All Voices Mine, Separation, d Dreams, cut-out, kyard.
Ruth Beckermann Masters
Yue Ting Student Competition
21:15
Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff Feature-Length Competition, Space Extensive discussion with directors Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff and Eric Hynes. 18:00
+ Doc Talk Hungary 2018 20:00
21:00
+ Doc Talk Los Reyes
19:00
Van Brummelen & De Haan Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
20:30
Dancing in the Wind
Sakawa
Stones Have Laws
Tuki Jencquel Best of Fests
21:30
18:00
16:00 16:15
Ben Asamoah Luminous
18:30
The Olden Heralds
Freedom Is a Big Word
17:30
By Then
19:00
15:45
Guillermo Rocamora Luminous
Free Solo
E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin Best of Fests
16:45
30
Francisco Marise Mid-Length Competition
15:15
Fernando Martín Restelli First Appearance Competition
Salomé Lamas Paradocs
The Panama Papers
Eszter Hajdú Feature-Length Comp. A political portrait about contemporary Hungary, after which Casper Thomas, editor of De Groene Amsterdammer, talks to Hungarian ex-prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsán and the film’s director.
American Dharma 22:15
Errol Morris Masters
22:00
The Silk and the Flame
22:30
Cassandro, the Exotico!
Jordan Schiele Best of Fests
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IDFA DocLab > read more p. 38 - 41 Doc Talks > read more p. 42 - 50
Andrés Di Tella Me Extensive discussion between director Andrés Di Tella and María Campaña Ramia.
21:30
Alex Winter Frontlight
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26 Social Events > read more p. 27 - 31
19:30
+ Doc Talk Photographs 20:00
Marie Losier Best of Fests
IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Public Screenings Thursday 22 November De Munt 13
EYE 1
EYE 2
Podium Mozaïek
Tolhuistuin
Café de Jaren
De Balie Grote zaal
Ketelhuis
10:00
10:00
11:00
1:30
Erased,– Ascent of the 12:00 nvisible
Ghassan Halwani Paradocs
12:00
12:00
Srbenka
Nebojsa Slijepcevic Best of Fests
12:45
Scared of Revolution
3:30
The Raft
13:45
Marcus Lindeen 14:00 Best of Fests
Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark
14:00
14:45
Yaser Talebi Mid-Length Competition
To War
15:00
Francisco Marise Mid-Length Competition
5:45
15:45
Guillermo Rocamora uminous
8:00
14:00
Beloved
Daniel Rosenfeld Luminous
Freedom Is a 16:00 Big Word
Sakawa
13:00
Daniël Krikke Dutch Competition
18:00
What Walaa Wants
16:00
Christy Garland Best of Fests
16:15
+ Doc Talk Los Reyes
Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff Feature-Length Competition, Space Extensive discussion with directors Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff and Eric Hynes.
17:00
18:00
Ben Asamoah uminous
20:00
18:30
The Boys Are
20:00
Constructions
ernando Martín Restelli irst Appearance Competition
22:15
22:00
19:00
19:00
19:00
19:00
+ Doc Talk Hungary 2018
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Hey, Bro!
Buddy
Eszter Hajdú Feature-Length Comp. A political portrait about contemporary Hungary, after which Casper Thomas, editor of De Groene Amsterdammer, talks to Hungarian ex-prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsán and the film’s director.
19:30
+ Doc Talk Photographs
Lorna Tucker Best of Fests
Aleksandr Elkan Student Competition
Not O.K. : 19:00
Infinite Football
Corneliu Porumboiu Masters About the rules of “being a man”. With Rocky Hehakaija & Lucky 20:00 Fonz III.
Heddy Honigmann Dutch Competition
Andrés Di Tella Me Extensive discussion between director Andrés Di Tella and María Campaña Ramia.
21:00 21:15
21:30
21:30
21:30
21:30
American Dharma
Freedom Fields
Quand tout le monde dort
You Are My Friend
Errol Morris Masters
The Silk and he Flame
Naziha Arebi Best of Fests 22:30
Cassandro, the Exotico!
ordan Schiele Best of Fests
Marie Losier Best of Fests
Jérôme Clément Wilz Luminous
Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains David Verbeek Short Competition
22:00
IDFA Lounge
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster Dutch Competition
Funky Music Machine is founder and owner of DJ collective Funky Vinyl. He loves to mix different genres: soul, funk and disco mixed with exotic sounds from Africa and South America.
The Boys Are Not O.K. : Minding the Gap
22:00 Bing Liu Best of Fests
About the rules of “being a man”. With Rocky Hehakaija & Lucky Fonz III.
23:00
[Admission free]
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DONDERDAG 22 NOVEMBER
Public Screenings Thursday 22 November De Balie Grote zaal
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Brakke Grond Exhibition 9:00
10:00
10:45
Chaos
Sara Fattahi Best of Fests, Me
Oxfam Novib Session: Humans on the Move Part III
Using the film the To the Four Winds we engage in the discussion about migration and refugees.
Ed Sheeran: Songwriter
Murray Cummings Best of Fests
14:00
Filmmaker Talk: Maria Ramos
Jean Perret talks with Brazilian-Dutch filmmaker Maria Ramos about her much-praised work.
15:15
Three Identical Strangers Tim Wardle Best of Fests
16:00
Up the Mountain Yang Zhang Feature-Length Competition
17:30
‘Now something is slowly changing’ 18:30
The Boys Are Not O.K. : Infinite Football
19:00
Buddy
Heddy Honigmann Dutch Competition
10:00
This year’s exhibition is set up as a restaurant for digital art. With more than 30 interactive documentaries, culinary performances and unpredictable experiments in which human behavior and technology meet. Come and play with artificial intelligence, immerse yourself in the VR Cinema or taste from alternative recipes for the future.
12:00
On site reservation may be required and some installations have varying opening hours:
14:00
VR Cinema • Accused no. 2: Walter Sisulu • Half Life VR • This Room • UAXUCTUM 11:00 – 20:00 Physical Installations • Ahorse! • Awavena • False Mirror • I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families • The Collider: Chapter One • The Industry VR • Zikr: A Sufi Revival 11:00 – 21:00
16:00
Audiowalk • Pilgrim 11:00 – 21:00
mint film office Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
19:00
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life
Corneliu Porumboiu Masters About the rules of “being a man”. With Rocky Hehakaija & Lucky Fonz III.
DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook
Opening hours: 9:00 - 23:00
13:15
Tomer Heymann Feature-Length Competition
18:00
DocLab Expo Specials Join the artists of the DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook exhibition, and let yourself be surprised by sensory experiments and interactive performances.
20:00
Guided Tour Free tours at 15:30.
20:30
VICE Night at IDFA 21:15 21:30
You Are My Friend Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster Dutch Competition
00
A Lounge
Ketelhuis
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
afé de Jaren
ky Music Machine is der and owner of DJ ective Funky Vinyl. oves to mix different es: soul, funk and o mixed with exotic nds from Africa and h America.
The Boys Are Not O.K. : Minding the Gap
Bing Liu Best of Fests About the rules of “being a man”. With Rocky Hehakaija & Lucky Fonz III.
Program of a mid-length film and three short documentaries compiled by VICE, followed by drinks.
22:00
22:00
Bixa Travesty Claudia Priscilla, Kiko Goifman Best of Fests
mission free]
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Public Screenings Friday 23 November Tuschinski 1 10:00
Tuschinski 2
Tuschinski 3
Tuschinski 4
Tuschinski 5
De Munt 7
10:00
10:00
Audience Favorites
A program consisting of IDFA 2018 audience favorites.
10:30 10:45
Hungary 2018 Eszter Hajdú Feature-Length Competition
Constructions
Fernando Martín Restelli First Appearance Competition
Carmen Torres Best of Fests
14:00
11:15
Angels Are Made of Light James Longley Best of Fests
Luis Alejandro Yero Student Competition
It’s All Good Tuki Jencquel Best of Fests
13:15
Artificial Things
Sara de Gouveia Luminous 15:00
Putin’s Witnesses Vitaly Mansky Masters
15:30
Up the Mountain
14:15
Beryl Magoko Student Competition
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Dulce, My Faith: Jehova’s Witness, Fantasy, Fantasy, Skip and the Rhythm Rangers. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles.
16:00 16:00
Anni
Rikun Zhu Best of Fests
My Name Is Daniel
16:30
The Corporate Coup d’État Fred Peabody Frontlight
Juan Carlos Lucas Luminous
The Missing Picture Rithy Panh Me
What Walaa Wants 19:00
Christy Garland Best of Fests
Last Year When the Train Passed by
18:45
When the War Comes
Pawel Ziemilski Mid-Length Competition
The State Against Mandela and the Others Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte Best of Fests
A documentary marathon featuring the highest rated films for the IDFA Audience Award. Until 9am, with breakfast for the diehards.
20:30 Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman Luminous
Silvia
María Silvia Esteve First Appearance Competition
20:00
Butterfly
20:45
Docs Around the Clock
19:00
Jan Gebert Best of Fests
In Touch
20:00
21:15
17:00
18:00
Huang Pang-Chuan Student Competition
21:00
Daniel Gonçalves Luminous
18:15 18:30
Janus Metz, Sine Plambech Best of Fests
To Be Continued
14:00 Wongar Andrijana Stojkovic Mid-Length Competition
The Devil’s Tuning
Nicolas Philibert Masters
Heartbound
Payal Kapadia Short Competition 14:00
16:00
Juanita Onzaga Short Competition
De chaque instant
18:45
And What Is the Summer Saying
15:00
Our Song to War
18:00
Compilation program of 12:00 childrens’ documentaries with: Marseille, To the Moon and Back, Gracious, The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon, Tungrus. The films have English dialogue or 13:00 13:00 English subtitles.
Ivars Seleckis Masters
Kids & Docs 3
16:45
17:30
Kids & Docs 1
In Search...
Yang Zhang Feature-Length Competition
16:00
11:30
13:30
Sophie Fiennes Masters
The Sound of Masks
Emmanuelle 11:00 Bonmariage First Appearance Competition
The Olden Heralds
11:00
13:00
Dawn
Manu
10:45
12:00
22:00
Tuschinski 6
21:30
#Female Pleasure
21:00
Closing Time
21:00
Nicole Vögele First Appearance Competition, Space
Barbara Miller Best of Fests
22:00
23:00
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NOVEMBER Public Screenings
Friday 23 November De Munt 7
De Munt 8
De Munt 9
De Munt 10
De Munt 11
De Munt 12
De Munt 13
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
uschinski 6
10:00 10:30
Manu
Emmanuelle Bonmariage First Appearance Competition
0
ds & Docs 1
mpilation program of drens’ documentaries h: Marseille, To the on and Back, Gracious, Man Who Looked ond the Horizon, grus. The films have lish dialogue or lish subtitles.
Be Continued
s Seleckis sters
11:00
Absence of Me
Camorra
Melina Terribili Feature-Length Competition
11:30
Yours in Sisterhood
Francesco Patierno Feature-Length Competition
Irene Lusztig Best of Fests
11:00 11:15
Beastmode, a Social Experiment Manuel III Mesina, Banuk Amante Frontlight
Born in the USSR: 21 Up
Sergei Miroshnichenko Třeštíková’s Top 10
11:30
Reason
Anand Patwardhan 12:00 Feature-Length Competition
12:45 13:00
13:00
And What Is the Summer Saying
The Privacy of Wounds
Payal Kapadia Short Competition
00
11:00
Wongar
Andrijana Stojkovic Mid-Length Competition
13:30
Scars
Didier Cros Mid-Length Competition
14:00
Dalia Kury Mid-Length Competition
Dorotchka
Olga Delane Short Competition 13:45
Sheep Hero
Ton van Zantvoort Dutch Competition
The Hidden City Victor Moreno Feature-Length Competition, Space
The Potato Eaters Dina Barinova Mid-Length Competition
14:00
15:00
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
15:30
Dancing in the Wind
16:00
My Name Is Daniel Daniel Gonçalves Luminous
30
e Corporate up d’État
Yue Ting Student Competition
d Peabody ntlight
15:15
A Thousand Girls Like Me
RaMell Ross Best of Fests, Space
Sahra Mani Best of Fests
16:00
16:15
Diagnosis
16:30
Ewa Podgórska First Appearance Competition
Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark 17:15
Chinese Portrait
16:45
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Daniel Rosenfeld Luminous
Sophie Huber Best of Fests
17:30
Xiaoshuai Wang Masters
Victory Day
Sergei Loznitsa Masters, Space
18:00
18:30
Absence
45
Ekta Mittal First Appearance Competition, Space
hen the War mes
Gebert t of Fests
19:00 19:30
How Big Is the Galaxy? Ksenia Elyan Luminous
Murray Cummings Best of Fests
Sarah Kaskas Luminous
ole Vögele t Appearance mpetition, Space
Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan Short Competition
Losing Alaska Tom Burke Frontlight
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20:00
Central Airport THF
21:15 21:30
Skip Day
22:45
20:00
Karim Aïnouz Masters, Space
Underdown
osing Time
Barbara Kopple Masters
Ed Sheeran: Songwriter
20:45
00
New Homeland
19:15
Don’t Be a Dick About It
Benjamin Mullinkosson Mid-Length Competition
Touch Me Not
21:30
Adina Pintilie Best of Fests
Dark Corner
Fabio Caramaschi 22:00 Luminous 22:30
Lost Reactor
Alexandra Westmeier Luminous
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Public Screenings Friday 23 November De Munt 12
De Munt 13
12:00
11:30
Reason
Podium Mozaïek
Tolhuistuin
11:00 11:15
Junha’s Planet Hyung-sook Hong Feature-Length Competition
12:00
12:30
Stones Have Laws Van Brummelen & De Haan Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
Dorotchka
Olga Delane hort Competition
The Potato Eaters 14:00
15:00
Aquarela
5:15
Victor Kossakovsky Masters
A Thousand Girls Like Me
14:00
14:00
Operation Jane Walk
Good Neighbours
15:00
Progress vs Sunsets
Melanie Bonajo Paradocs
16:00 16:15
Los Reyes
Joris Ivens Třeštíková’s Top 10
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff Feature-Length Competition, Space
Prague: The Restless Heart of Europe
Sophie Huber Best of Fests
14:00
Stella van Voorst van Beest Dutch Competition
Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel Paradocs
The Seine Meets Paris 16:45
7:30
13:00
16:00
16:00
Victory Day
Central Airport THF
Ewa Kochańska Luminous
Anand Patwardhan Feature-Length Competition
2:45
0:00
Café de Jaren
10:00
Compulsory Figures
ergei Miroshnichenko řeštíková’s Top 10
ergei Loznitsa Masters, Space
ARTIS Carré Planetarium
10:45
Born in the USSR: 21 Up
ahra Mani Best of Fests
EYE 2
10:00
1:00
Dina Barinova Mid-Length Competition
EYE 1
17:00
Vera Chytilova Třeštíková’s Top 10
18:00
18:00 18:30
Chris the Swiss Anja Kofmel Best of Fests
19:00
New Homeland
19:00 19:00
Barbara Kopple Masters
20:00
Ryoji Ikeda: datamatics [ver.2.0] 21:30
Dark Corner 22:00
Fabio Caramaschi Luminous
A mind-expanding audiovisual performance by Ryoji Ikeda. Tickets via EYEfilm.nl
22:15
Ryoji Ikeda: datamatics [ver.2.0]
2:30
Lost Reactor
Alexandra Westmeier uminous
A mind-expanding audiovisual performance by Ryoji Ikeda.
Compilation program about challenging life in big cities. With: Backwards, Scenes from a Dry City, Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains and Once Upon a Time in Shanghai.
Doclab Live: Jacco Gardner’s Somnium
20:30 21:00
Buddy
Heddy Honigmann Dutch Competition
Sensory live performance in the ARTIS planetarium of Jacco Gardner’s new album Somnium and the kinetic installation Volverium by Thijs Biersteker.
22:00
Doclab Live: Jacco Gardner’s Somnium
IDFA Lounge
Programmer of the DJ selection and host of the DJ nights Ed Rock plays vinyl singles from way back as well as brand new tracks. Many genres, from 1958 till 2018, including soul, rock, world, reggae, hiphop and beyond.
Quand tout le monde dort
20:00
21:00 21:30
21:30
22:00
Sensory live performance in the ARTIS planetarium of Jacco Gardner’s new album Somnium and the kinetic installation Volverium by Thijs Biersteker.
Daniël Krikke Dutch Competition
Shorts: Resilient Cities
20:00
arim Aïnouz Masters, Space
Scared of Revolution
19:30
Jérôme Clément Wilz Luminous
Rudeboy: The Story of 22:00 Trojan Records
Nicolas Jack Davies Best of Fests
23:00
[Admission free]
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Public Screenings Friday 23 November
Tolhuistuin
Ketelhuis
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Brakke Grond Exhibition 9:00
10:30
The Ambassador’s Wife Theresa Traore Dahlberg Short Competition
By Then
Matthieu Dibelius Luminous 12:30
American Dharma Errol Morris Masters
Stella van Voorst van Beest Dutch Competition
14:30 14:45
The Border Fence Nikolaus Geyrhalter Feature-Length Competition, Space
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai Leyli Gafarova Short Competition
Unconditional Love
Rafał Łysak Short Competition 16:15
Los Reyes
Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff Feature-Length Competition, Space
17:00
Sakawa 17:45
Ben Asamoah Luminous
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life 18:30 19:00
Scared of Revolution
Shorts: Resilient Cities
Daniël Krikke Dutch Competition
Compilation program about challenging life in big cities. With: Backwards, Scenes from a Dry City, Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains and Once Upon a Time in Shanghai.
grammer of the DJ ction and host of the nights Ed Rock plays l singles from way k as well as brand new ks. Many genres, from 8 till 2018, including l, rock, world, reggae, hop and beyond.
This year’s exhibition is set up as a restaurant for digital art. With more than 30 interactive documentaries, culinary performances and unpredictable experiments in which human behavior and technology meet. Come and play with artifi- 12:00 cial intelligence, immerse yourself in the VR Cinema or taste from alternative recipes for the future.
My Soul Drifts Light upon a Sea of Trees
Heinrich Dahms Dutch Competition
19:30
+ Doc Talk hosted by Black Achievement Month Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl Amy Goldstein Luminous
21:30
Quand tout le monde dort
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
Nicolas Jack Davies Best of Fests
Everything Must Fall
Physical Installations • Ahorse! 16:00 • Awavena • False Mirror • I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families • The Collider: Chapter One • The Industry VR • Zikr: A Sufi Revival 11:00 – 21:00
18:00
DocLab Expo Specials Join the artists of the DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook exhibition, and let yourself be surprised by sensory experiments and interactive performances. Guided Tour Free tours at 15:30.
22:00
Guaxuma IDFA Surprise Film Extra screening of a festival hit. Check idfa.nl
20:00
Rehad Desai Frontlight Film about student protests in South-Africa, with a follow-up discussion that goes deeper into its themes. 22:00
22:30
14:00
VR Cinema • Accused no. 2: Walter Sisulu • Half Life VR • This Room • UAXUCTUM 11:00 – 20:00
Audiowalk • Pilgrim 11:00 – 21:00
Tomer Heymann Feature-Length Competition
20:15
21:30
Jérôme Clément Wilz Luminous
10:00
On site reservation may be required and some installations have varying opening hours:
Good Neighbours
19:30
DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook
Opening hours: 9:00 - 23:00
14:00
00
FA Lounge
Podium Mozaïek
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
Café de Jaren
Nara Normande Short Competition
The Two of Us
Emil Næsby Hansen Luminous
mission free]
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Public Screenings Saturday 24 November Tuschinski 1 10:00
Tuschinski 2
Tuschinski 3
Tuschinski 4
10:00
de Volkskrant-dag The Volkskrant-day will show a selection of IDFA program highlights.
Tuschinski 5
Tuschinski 6
De Munt 7
10:00 10:15
Los Reyes
Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff Feature-Length Competition, Space
10:15 10:30
Embracing
Naomi Kawase Me
Mussolini’s Sister Juna Suleiman First Appearance Competition
Katatsumori
10:00 10:00
Connected
Aleksandra Maciejczyk Student Competition
Summa
Andrei Kutsila Mid-Length Competition
Naomi Kawase Me
Audience Favorites
10:30
A program consisting of IDFA 2018 audience favorites.
The Greatest Sacrifice
11:00
Eyad Aljarod First Appearance Competition
Birth/Mother
12:00 12:30
Naomi Kawase Me
The Trial
Maria Ramos Masters
Absence of Me Melina Terribili Feature-Length Competition
12:00 12:15
13:15
12:30
Home Games Alisa Kovalenko Best of Fests
Paradocs Shorts 1
Compilation of beyond the frame docs: Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off), Big Characters, Memory Room, Alone Together.
Underdown Sarah Kaskas Luminous
14:00
13:00
13:00
14:00
14:45 15:00
Aleppo: The Silence of the War Amir Osanlou Short Competition
Beloved
16:00
Yaser Talebi Mid-Length Competition
15:15 15:30
La Bestia – Train of the Unknowns
Freedom Fields Naziha Arebi Best of Fests
Central Airport THF
15:00
Karim Aïnouz Masters, Space 15:45
Paradocs Shorts 2 16:00
Manuel Inacker Student Competition
Compilation of beyond the frame docs: All Voices Are Mine, Separation, Vivid Dreams, cut-out, backyard.
Caballerango
Juan Pablo González Luminous
17:00
17:00
Kids & Docs 3 17:30
The Silence of Others
17:45
Entrepreneur
18:00
Virpi Suutari Masters
18:15
Butterfly
Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo Best of Fests
Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman Luminous
18:45
Chaos
19:30 19:45
19:45
Manu
A Sister’s Song
Emmanuelle Bonmariage First Appearance Competition
20:30
Danae Elon Best of Fests
Samouni Road Stefano Savona Best of Fests
Julien Faraut Paradocs
22:00
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Hamada 22:30
Chinese Portrait Xiaoshuai Wang Masters
Progress vs Sunsets
20:00
Melanie Bonajo Paradocs
21:00
Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte Best of Fests
22:00
Irek Dobrowolski Luminous
19:00
Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel Paradocs
The State Against Mandela and the Others
21:30
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
18:30
20:30
Bixa Travesty Claudia Priscilla, Kiko Goifman Best of Fests
22:00
18:00
Operation Jane Walk
Sara Fattahi Best of Fests, Me
20:00
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Dulce, My Faith: Jehova’s Witness, Fantasy, Fantasy, Skip and the Rhythm Rangers. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles.
Eloy Domínguez Serén First Appearance Competition
22:00 22:30
Artificial Things Sophie Fiennes Masters
23:00
The Sound of Masks
Sara de Gouveia Luminous
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Saturday 24 November
30
De Munt 7 10:00
10:00
Audience Favorites
Audience Favorites
A program consisting of IDFA 2018 audience favorites.
e Greatest crifice
De Munt 8
A program consisting of IDFA 2018 audience favorites.
De Munt 9
De Munt 10
De Munt 11
De Munt 12
De Munt 13
10:00
American Dharma
10:15
Errol Morris Masters
Dawn
Carmen Torres Best of Fests
d Aljarod t Appearance mpetition
10:00 10:15
Last Year When the Train Passed by Huang Pang-Chuan Student Competition
11:00
To War
10:45
Angels Are Made of Light
In Touch
Francisco Marise Mid-Length Competition
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
uschinski 6
James Longley Best of Fests
Pawel Ziemilski Mid-Length Competition
12:00 12:15
To the Four Winds Michel Toesca Best of Fests
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radocs Shorts 1
12:30
What Walaa Wants 13:00
A Haunted Past
Christy Garland Best of Fests
Fatma Riahi First Appearance Competition
mpilation of beyond frame docs: Imperial ey (cultivated run-off), Characters, Memory m, Alone Together.
12:45
Becoming Animal Emma Davie, Peter Mettler Masters
13:30
Island of the
Hungry Ghosts 14:00 Gabrielle Brady Best of Fests, Space
14:30
Cause of Death
14:45
Ramy A. Katz Frontlight
Three Identical Strangers 15:30
Dark Corner
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Tim Wardle Best of Fests
mpilation of beyond frame docs: All Voices Mine, Separation, d Dreams, cut-out, kyard.
Erased,– Ascent of the Invisible
Ghassan Halwani Paradocs
Fabio Caramaschi Luminous
radocs Shorts 2
15:00
16:00 16:00
In the Open
Guillaume Massart Best of Fests, Space
16:45
Lost Reactor
17:00
Alexandra Westmeier Luminous
17:15
Camorra 18:00
Francesco Patierno Feature-Length Competition
Freedom Is a Big Word
Guillermo Rocamora Luminous
18:00
The Silk and the Flame
30
Jordan Schiele Best of Fests
peration ne Walk
19:00
nhard Müllner, bin Klengel adocs
19:00
Ed Sheeran: Songwriter
ogress vs nsets
Our Song to War 19:30
Murray Cummings Best of Fests
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
anie Bonajo adocs
20:15
30
Victory Day
Lorna Tucker Best of Fests
Juanita Onzaga Short Competition
The Devil’s Tuning Juan Carlos Lucas Luminous
Compilation program of three shorts about sadness, love, and boredom. With: Dorotchka, The Ambassador’s Wife and Unconditional Love.
Sergei Loznitsa Masters, Space
e State Against andela and e Others
21:15
olas Champeaux, es Porte t of Fests
21:15
Swatted
21:30
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis Student Competition
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life
Hey, Bro!
Aleksandr Elkan Student Competition
22:30
Shorts: Resilient Cities
Tomer Heymann Feature-Length Competition
Shorts: Is It a Dream?
Compilation program of four highly cinematic shorts. With: Aleppo:The Silence of the War, Our Song to War, And What Is the Summer Saying and All Inclusive.
22:00 22:00
Shorts: In Flux
Compilation program of four shorts about growing up and questions of life. With: Guaxuma, Skip Day, beside the water, 1999-2004 and I Signed the Petition.
Compilation program of four shorts about challenging life in big cities. With: Backwards, Scenes from a Dry City, Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains and Once Upon a Time in Shanghai.
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Shorts: Fixed Lives 20:00
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Public Screenings Saturday 24 November De Munt 12
De Munt 13
EYE 1
EYE 2
Café de Jaren
Podium Mozaïek
De Balie Grote zaal
Ketelhuis
10:00
10:00
0:15
Last Year When the Train Passed by
Huang Pang-Chuan tudent Competition
n Touch
10:30 10:45
Angels Are Made of Light James Longley Best of Fests
awel Ziemilski Mid-Length Competition
CJP Decoded: IDFA in één dag
CJP selects the best films of IDFA for everyone under 30. Cold beers will be served afterwards!
10:30
The Trial of
11:00
11:00
The Savage Eye
Kids & Docs 4
Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers, Joseph Strick Třeštíková’s Top 10
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon, 180cc, Gracious, Skip and the Rhythm Rangers. The films have Dutch dialogue or Dutch subtitles.
12:00
2:45
Becoming Animal
mma Davie, eter Mettler Masters
Ratko Mladić 11:00 Henry Singer, Rob Miller Frontlight
12:00
13:00 13:15
14:00
13:30
13:30
Island of the Hungry Ghosts
Kabul, City in the Wind
Gabrielle Brady Best of Fests, Space
14:00
Master Talk: David Claerbout - Dark Optics
Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl
Belgian Artist David Claerbout uses his own work to illustrate how deceleration makes the narrative disappear and gives the background the starring role.
5:00
Erased,– Ascent of the nvisible
Ghassan Halwani aradocs 16:00
14:00
16:15
Guillaume Massart Best of Fests, Space
+ Doc Talk Stones Have Laws
Freedom Is a Big Word
Guillermo Rocamora uminous
18:00
Aboozar Amini First Appearance Competition
Amy Goldstein Luminous
15:00
16:00
16:00
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
Good Neighbours
The Panama Papers 16:00
Nicolas Jack Davies Best of Fests
Van Brummelen & De Haan Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition A majestic documentary about the world of the Surinamese Maroons, followed by a discussion with the directors.
7:00
Erige Sehiri Frontlight 14:00
15:30
16:00
In the Open
Railway Men
Stella van Voorst van Beest Dutch Competition
17:00
18:00 18:30
18:45
The Trial
9:00
Sergei Loznitsa Masters
Our Song to War
uanita Onzaga hort Competition
The Devil’s Tuning
uan Carlos Lucas20:00 uminous
19:00
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
19:15
Inland Sea
Shorts: Fixed Lives Compilation program of three shorts about sadness, love, and boredom. With: Dorotchka, The Ambassador’s Wife and Unconditional Love.
Shorts: In Flux
Wael Kadlo Luminous 20:00
Olivier Meyrou Luminous
Compilation program of four shorts about growing up and questions of life. With: Guaxuma, Skip Day, beside the water, 1999-2004 and I Signed the Petition.
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21:00
Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark
‘Now something is slowly changing’
Daniel Rosenfeld Luminous
Celebration 22:00
The Way Home
Hungary 2018
21:30
Compilation program 22:00 f four highly cinematic horts. With: Aleppo:The ilence of the War, Our ong to War, And What Is he Summer Saying and ll Inclusive.
I Signed the
Petition 19:00 Mahdi Fleifel Short Competition
Marjoleine Boonstra Dutch Competition
20:30
1:15
Shorts: Is It a Dream?
18:30
The Miracle of the Little Prince
Sophie Huber Best of Fests
Kazuhiro Soda Best of Fests
19:45
Alex Winter Frontlight
22:00
22:00
The Eyes of Orson Welles
IDFA Dance Night & Thank You party
Mark Cousins Masters
mint film office Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
Come celebrate all revolutionaries and story tellers at IDFA with us! DJ: Mr.&Mrs Koot
Eszter Hajdú 21:00 Feature-Length Competition
22:00
23:00
[Admission free]
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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Public Screenings Saturday 24 November Ketelhuis
De Balie Grote zaal
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Exhibition 9:00
11:00
Kids & Docs 4
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon, 180cc, Gracious, Skip and the Rhythm Rangers. The films have Dutch dialogue or Dutch subtitles.
13:30
Kabul, City in the Wind
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te Nash: derestimate e Girl
10:30
10:30
The Trial of Ratko Mladić
Free Solo
Henry Singer, Rob Miller Frontlight
11:30
Absence
Ekta Mittal First Appearance Competition, Space
13:15
13:15
Railway Men
4 Years in 10 Minutes
Erige Sehiri Frontlight
Aboozar Amini First Appearance Competition
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16:00
deboy: e Story of ojan Records
Good Neighbours
olas Jack Davies t of Fests
Stella van Voorst van Beest Dutch Competition
DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook
E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin Best of Fests
Mladen Kovacevic Best of Fests
15:30
15:30
The Panama Papers
Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains
Alex Winter Frontlight
David Verbeek Short Competition
Quand tout le monde dort
Jérôme Clément Wilz Luminous
13:45
Beastmode, a Social Experiment
16:15
Scenes from a Dry City
François Verster, Simon Wood Short Competition
Soyalism
Enrico Parenti, Stefano Liberti Frontlight 18:15
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ue Note Records: yond the Notes
18:30
18:30
The Miracle of the Little Prince
I Signed the Petition
Marjoleine Boonstra Dutch Competition
Mahdi Fleifel Short Competition
The Way Home
phie Huber t of Fests
Wael Kadlo Luminous
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21:00
azzolla, the ars of the Shark
‘Now something is slowly changing’
beside the water, 1999-2004 Finn Paul Short Competition
Obscuro Barroco Evangelia Kranioti Best of Fests
20:30
20:30
Hungary 2018
Seeds of Deceit
Eszter Hajdú Feature-Length Competition
mint film office Dutch Competition, Feature-Length Competition
Miriam Guttmann Student Competition
At Midnight Plays a Dance Tune
19:30
+ Doc Talk hosted by Black Achievement Month Scared of Revolution
This year’s exhibition is set up as a restaurant for digital art. With more than 30 interactive documentaries, culinary performances and unpredictable experiments in which human behavior and technology meet. Come and play with artificial intelligence, immerse yourself in the VR Cinema or taste from alternative recipes for the future.
12:00
On site reservation may be required and some installations have varying opening hours:
14:00
VR Cinema • Accused no. 2: Walter Sisulu • Half Life VR • This Room • UAXUCTUM 11:00 – 20:00 Physical Installations • Ahorse! • Awavena • False Mirror • I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families • The Industry VR • Zikr: A Sufi Revival 11:00 – 21:00
16:00
Audiowalk • Pilgrim 11:00 – 21:00
18:00
DocLab Expo Specials Join the artists of the DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook exhibition, and let yourself be surprised by sensory experiments and interactive performances. Guided Tour Free tours at 15:30.
20:00
Daniël Krikke Dutch Competition Portrait of legendary performance poet of The Last Poets, followed by a discussion about the film.
Roy Seerden Student Competition
21:45
22:30
Fred Peabody Frontlight
IDFA Surprise Film
10:00
Opening hours: 9:00 - 23:00
Manuel III Mesina, Banuk Amante Frontlight
y Goldstein minous
niel Rosenfeld minous
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
Podium Mozaïek
The Corporate Coup d’État
22:00
Extra screening of a festival hit. Check idfa.nl
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Public Screenings Sunday 25 November Tuschinski 1 10:00
Tuschinski 2
Tuschinski 3
Tuschinski 4
Tuschinski 5
10:00
Volkskrant Magazine-dag
The Volkskrant Magazine-day, the 25th of November in Pathé Tuschinski with themes suiting Volkskrant Magazine.
Tuschinski 6
De Munt 4
10:00 10:15
Giacinto Scelsi. The First Motion of the Immovable Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva First Appearance Competition
12:00
10:30
All Inclusive
Corina Schwingruber Ilić Short Competition
Vida a bordo
10:30 10:45
Yukiko
Young Sun Noh Mid-Length Competition, Me
Emiliano Mazza De Luca Mid-Length Competition, IDFA on Stage
Connected
Aleksandra Maciejczyk Student Competition
Guillaume Massart Best of Fests, Space
A program consisting of IDFA 2018 audience favorites.
11:00
Andrei Kutsila Mid-Length Competition
12:00
12:45
In the Open
Audience Favorites
12:15
América
13:00
Mingying Zhou First Appearance Competition
10:00 10:00
Summa
12:30 Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside Best of Fests
The Land of Peach Blossoms
13:00
Aquarela
Victor Kossakovsky Masters
Police Killing Natasha Neri, Lula Carvalho Frontlight
14:00
Scenes from a Dry City
François Verster, Simon Wood Short Competition
13:00
Soyalism
Enrico Parenti, Stefano Liberti Frontlight
14:00
14:15
How Big Is the Galaxy?
14:45
Infinite Football
Corneliu Porumboiu Masters
Touch Me Not
16:00 16:15
My Name Is Daniel Daniel Gonçalves Luminous
15:00
16:00
16:00
15:15 Adina Pintilie Best of Fests
16:30
Ksenia Elyan Luminous 15:30
Losing Alaska Tom Burke Frontlight
Junha’s Planet Hyung-sook Hong Feature-Length Competition
Aleppo: The Silence of the War Amir Osanlou Short Competition
17:00
Beloved
Yaser Talebi Mid-Length Competition
18:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
23:00
Competition programs
Focus programs
Regular programs
Events
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De Munt 5
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De Munt 10
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10:00
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10:00
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Audience Favorites
Audience Favorites
Cassandro, the Exotico!
gying Zhou t Appearance mpetition
A program consisting of IDFA 2018 audience favorites.
A program consisting of IDFA 2018 audience favorites.
10:30
Theatre of War Lola Arias Best of Fests
Marie Losier Best of Fests
De Munt 11
De Munt 12
De Munt 13
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
uschinski 6
10:00 10:15
10:15
De chaque instant Nicolas Philibert Masters
Something Different
10:45
Vera Chytilova Třeštíková’s Top 10
Silvia
María Silvia Esteve First Appearance Competition
12:00
5
12:15
enes from Dry City
In Search...
12:30
nçois Verster, on Wood ort Competition
13:00
Up the Mountain
yalism
Yang Zhang Feature-Length Competition
ico Parenti, fano Liberti ntlight
Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl Amy Goldstein Luminous
Beryl Magoko Student Competition
13:00
Minding the Gap Bing Liu Best of Fests
13:30
Guaxuma
Nara Normande Short Competition
5
14:00
The Two of Us
w Big Is the laxy?
14:30
Emil Næsby Hansen Luminous
nia Elyan minous
A Haunted Past Fatma Riahi First Appearance Competition
15:00
The Border Fence Nikolaus Geyrhalter Feature-Length Competition, Space
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16:00
nha’s Planet
Graves Without a Name
ung-sook Hong ture-Length mpetition
Rithy Panh Masters
16:00 16:15
A Northern Soul Sean McAllister Masters
16:45
Mussolini’s Sister Juna Suleiman First Appearance Competition
18:00
20:00
22:00
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26 Social Events > read more p. 27 - 31
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IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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Public Screenings Sunday 25 November De Munt 12
De Munt 13
EYE 1
10:00 10:15
Something Different
0:45
Silvia
María Silvia Esteve irst Appearance Competition
Vera Chytilova Třeštíková’s Top 10
10:30
IDFA Junior Morning
EYE 2
10:00
IDFA Surprise Film
Seeds of Deceit
At Midnight Plays a Dance Tune 11:30
Angels Are Made of Light James Longley Best of Fests
12:15
In Search...
3:30
IDFA Junior Afternoon
Nara Normande 14:00 hort Competition
mil Næsby Hansen uminous
Spoken and/or subtitled in Dutch.
14:30
A Haunted Past Fatma Riahi First Appearance Competition
11:45
A Northern Soul
16:30 16:45
Mussolini’s Sister Juna Suleiman First Appearance Competition
10:30
John McEnroe:
11:00
Katka
Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
Heartbound
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA In Your Head
Compilation video art in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend and Eye Filmmuseum: PUK* Bill, (Re)(Re)interpretation: Gold Town, La casa (ostinato crescendo), Lola Magenta, Battlelands.
Los Reyes
Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff Feature-Length Competition, Space
Wednesday 19.7.1961
Victor Kossakovsky Me
In the Realm of 11:00 Perfection Julien Faraut Paradocs
12:00
Janus Metz, Sine Plambech Best of Fests
13:00 13:15 13:30 14:00
14:00
You Are My Friend
Scared of Revolution
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster Dutch Competition
Everything Must Fall Rehad Desai Frontlight
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
14:00 Nicolas Jack Davies Best of Fests
Daniël Krikke Dutch Competition
15:00
16:00
16:00
6:15
ean McAllister Masters
Roy Seerden Student Competition
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal 10:00
13:00 13:30
Guaxuma
De Balie Grote zaal
Miriam Guttmann Student Competition
Extra screening of a festival hit. Check idfa.nl
Spoken and/or subtitled in Dutch
Beryl Magoko Student Competition
Ketelhuis
10:00
12:00
The Two of Us
Podium Mozaïek
16:00 16:15
16:15
To the Four Winds
Sheep Hero
Michel Toesca Best of Fests
Ton van Zantvoort Dutch Competition
Srbenka
Nebojsa Slijepcevic Best of Fests
18:00
16:00 16:00
Kabul, City in the Wind
Aboozar Amini First Appearance Competition 17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:00
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Focus programs
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Public Screenings Sunday 25 November
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
9:00
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10:00
eds of Deceit
The Hidden City
am Guttmann dent Competition
Midnight Plays Dance Tune
Seerden dent Competition
5
10:30
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
11:00
Katka
Helena Třeštíková Retrospective
Victor Moreno Feature-Length Competition, Space
Julien Faraut Paradocs
artbound
12:00
us Metz, Sine mbech t of Fests
The Waldheim Waltz Ruth Beckermann Masters
Everything Must Fall Rehad Desai Frontlight
ared of volution
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
14:30
5
van Zantvoort ch Competition
Celebration Olivier Meyrou Luminous
16:00
16:00
Srbenka
Kabul, City in the Wind
Nebojsa Slijepcevic Best of Fests
Aboozar Amini First Appearance Competition
10:00
This year’s exhibition is set up as a restaurant for digital art. With more than 30 interactive documentaries, culinary performances and unpredictable experiments in which human behavior and technology meet. Come and play with artificial intelligence, immerse yourself in the VR Cinema or taste from alternative recipes for the future.
12:00
On site reservation may be required and some installations have varying opening hours:
Nicolas Jack Davies Best of Fests
niël Krikke ch Competition
DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook
Opening hours: 9:00 - 18:00
13:15 13:30
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eep Hero
Brakke Grond Exhibition
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
De Balie Grote zaal
Ketelhuis
16:30
Diagnosis
Ewa Podgórska First Appearance Competition
14:00
VR Cinema • Accused no. 2: Walter Sisulu • Half Life VR • This Room • UAXUCTUM 11:00 – 18:00 Physical Installations • Ahorse! • Awavena • False Mirror • I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families • The Industry VR • Zikr: A Sufi Revival 11:00 – 21:00
16:00
Audiowalk • Pilgrim 11:00 – 18:00
18:00
20:00
22:00
Industry Program > read more p. 15 - 26 Social Events > read more p. 27 - 31
Program Guide
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IDFA on Stage > read more p. 51
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For powerful cinematic stories from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle-East and Eastern-Europe Classic
Europe
Funding opportunities for documentary filmmakers and producers living in developing countries
Funding opportunities for producing and distributing documentaries realized through international co-productions
Development: For research, script and trailer production Production & post-production: For all stages of production & post-production New Deadlines: 10 December 2018, 10 June 2019
International co-production: feature-length documentary with potential to reach a global audience New Deadline: 1 April 2019 istribution of international co-productions: D inventive distribution plans with global impact Deadline: open throughout the year from December 2018 - October 2019
Entry forms, regulations, and guidelines on how to submit are available on www.idfa.nl/idfaberthafund Contact: idfaberthafund@idfa.nl
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Best of Fests
#Female Pleasure IP Barbara Miller
Industry Forum Harvest
Switzerland, Germany, 2018, 97 min Mechanisms of hostility toward women span cultures, religions and continents, as we see in this portrait of five women fighting for their sexual freedom and autonomy. th 15 22:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 16 22:30 Kleine Komedie sa 17 11:00 De Balie - Grote Zaal th 22 19:00 Tuschinski 3 fr 23 21:30 Tuschinski 4
Dutch & Feature-Length Competition
‘Now something is slowly changing’ WP mint film office
The Netherlands, 2018, 105 min A bold documentary in a measured style about the modern-day quest for meaning and personal growth.
su 18 16:00 EYE Cinema 1 mo 19 16:30 Tuschinski 3 [P&I Screening] tu 20 21:15 Munt 11 we 21 14:15 Tuschinski 4 th 22 17:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 24 21:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
DocLab Digital Storytelling
Absence EP
United States, 2018, interactive This sometimes uncomfortably intimate game transforms the daily grind into a mission: morning exercises, office job, chow down, repeat, repeat, repeat.
India, 2018, 80 min A poetic interpretation of the pain caused by the separation from loved ones who left their villages for the city years ago.
Karina Popp
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Kids & Docs Competition
180cc WP
(Re)(Re)interpretation: Gold Town IP Shigeo Arikawa
Japan, 2017, 13 min At first sight, the activities in a Japanese office seem recognizable, but they are open to so many interpretations that they prove to be impossible to understand. su 25 13:00 EYE Cinema 2
[Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA]
[The Brain]
IDFA DocLab Spotlight
Orion Maxted
The Netherlands, 2018, 90 min Discover what it’s like to be part of a collective brain: a self-organizing, complex system that generates autonomous output. OpenLab work-in-progress session on wo 21 to za 24 20:00 Frascati
IDFA on Stage, IDFA DocLab Spotlight
£¥€$
Alexander Devriendt
Belgium, United Kingdom, 2017, 120 min An interactive theater experience that puts you in the place of the super-rich one percent for a single night, calling all the shots in our economy. tu 20 18:00 Splendor tu 20 21:00 Splendor
[IDFA On Stage] [IDFA On Stage]
DocLab Digital Storytelling
1 the Road WP Ross Goodwin
United States, 2018, interactive ‘Automatic writing’ will never mean the same thing again, now that artificial intelligence has written the book 1 the Road— using a car as its pen
Birha Ekta Mittal
fr 16 21:00 Tuschinski 4 sa 17 16:30 EYE Cinema 2 [+ Doc Talk] su 18 15:15 Munt 12 [P&I Screening] tu 20 15:00 Tuschinski 2 fr 23 18:30 Munt 9 sa 24 11:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Feature-Length Competition
René van Zundert
Harvest
The Netherlands, 2018, 17 min Struggling to find his way through life’s ups and downs, Jose wants to be the best stunt cyclist in Rotterdam. fr 16 19:00 Munt 12 mo 19 12:00 Tuschinski 6 tu 20 10:00 Tuschinski 1 tu 20 12:15 Tuschinski 1 we 21 12:00 Tuschinski 6 we 21 16:45 Tuschinski 4 th 22 14:00 Tuschinski 5 th 22 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal [VICE Night] sa 24 11:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Kids & Docs Competition
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA
First Appearance Competition, Space
10 Mississippi IP
Absence of Me WP Ausencia de mí Melina Terribili
Argentina, 2018, 82 min An original look at the pain of living in exile, constructed from photos, films and sound recordings left behind by the celebrated Uruguayan musician Alfredo Zitarrosa. fr 16 17:30 Tuschinski 3 tu 20 19:30 Tuschinski 5 we 21 16:30 Munt 13 th 22 19:00 Tuschinski 5 fr 23 11:00 Munt 8 sa 24 12:30 Tuschinski 2
[P&I Screening]
IDFA DocLab Spotlight
199 Little Heroes: Miral from Palestine IP
Accused no. 2: Walter Sisulu WP
Germany, 2018, 14 min The Palestinian girl Miral is only 11 but she has big dreams: to be a professional soccer player and play on the national team.
France, 2018, 14 min Audio recordings of the notorious Rivonia Trial in South Africa in 1964 come to life in this black-and-white animated VR experience. On-site reservation required.
199 kleine Helden: Miral aus Palästina Sigrid Klausmann
fr 16 19:00 Munt 12 mo 19 12:00 Tuschinski 6 we 21 12:00 Tuschinski 6 th 22 14:00 Tuschinski 5
Accusé n°2: Walter Max Sisulu Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Best of Fests
DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction
4 Years in 10 Minutes
Ahorse! WP
Serbia, 2018, 63 min Upon reaching the top of Mount Everest, a Serbian mountain climber feels only emptiness. Was he just on his way to the big nothing?
The Netherlands, 2018, 20 min This richly cinematic VR piece presents an alternative history of human imagination, focused on our depiction of the horse from the beginning of time to a virtual future. On-site reservation required
4 godine u 10 minuta Mladen Kovacevic
th 15 11:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 16 14:15 Munt 11 su 18 17:30 Munt 12 tu 20 19:00 Tuschinski 3 sa 24 13:15 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
66 Seasons
Třeštíková's Top 10
66 sezón Peter Kerekes
Slovakia, 2003, 86 min The 20th century as seen through the eyes of generations of visitors to a Slovakian swimming pool—a triumph of the broader perspective and a celebration of life. th 15 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 we 21 11:15 EYE Cinema 2
Wendy Gutman
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond DocLab Expo Special fr 23 16:00 Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
Short Competition
Aleppo: The Silence of the War WP Amir Osanlou
Iran, 2018, 30 min Powerful images of devastation in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The sounds of war have fallen quiet, and all that remains is a terrifying silence. sa 17 17:30 Tuschinski 6 mo 19 11:45 Munt 9 we 21 11:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 24 15:00 Tuschinski 2 sa 24 21:15 Munt 12 su 25 16:15 Tuschinski 3
[Shorts] [Shorts]
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond Presented at DocLab Live: Humanoid Cookbook Opening Night th 15 20:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
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IDFA DocLab Spotlight
Serialized
America to Me IP
United States, 2018, interactive This multimedia installation follows the hardy soybean on its journey from garden to dinner plate, escorted by robots
United States, 2018, 623 min Equal opportunities for all? This compelling series about an American high school is a biting exposé of the different standards for students from a variety of backgrounds.
Shannon McMullen, Fabian Winkler
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond DocLab Expo Special sa 17 16:00 Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
All Inclusive
Short Competition
Corina Schwingruber Ilić
Switzerland, 2018, 10 min A witty short about the consumption and entertainment driven life on board a luxury cruise ship.
su 18 19:00 Munt 13 we 21 11:30 Tuschinski 3 [Shorts] we 21 16:00 Munt 10 th 22 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal [VICE Night] sa 24 21:15 Munt 12 [Shorts] su 25 10:30 Tuschinski 3
All Voices Are Mine
Paradocs
Steve James
su 18 10:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
American Dharma
[+ Doc Talk]
Masters
Pakistan, 2018, 21 min Reenacted recollections of the Pakistani film industry’s glory days show how selective and inaccurate our memory can be. fr 16 21:30 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 19:15 Munt 13 th 22 22:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 15:45 Tuschinski 6
United States, United Kingdom, 2018, 98 min Steve Bannon sits down with filmmaker Errol Morris for an extensive interview, in a documentary that Morris has described as a ‘horror film.’
su 18 17:30 Carré [+ Doc Talk] mo 19 10:00 Tuschinski 1 th 22 21:30 EYE Cinema 1 fr 23 12:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 24 10:00 Munt 11
Dutch Competition
O amor é único WP The Netherlands, 2018, 50 min She may be elderly, but the Brazilian widow Dona Alva (aka The Macho Woman) isn’t immune to the universal quest to find love. fr 16 20:30 Tuschinski 2 [NPO 2Doc Primeur] sa 17 11:00 Munt 13 [P&I Screening] sa 17 12:45 Tuschinski 6 su 18 20:45 De Balie - Grote Zaal mo 19 21:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA
Alone Together WP
Paradocs
Guus Voorham
The Netherlands, 2018, 17 min In ‘girlfriend role play’ videos on YouTube, women whisper softly to their webcams as if to a lover. What happens when intimacy becomes a product? fr 16 19:00 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 16:45 Munt 13 th 22 19:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 13:00 Tuschinski 6
Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA: In Your Head
Compilation video art in collaboration with Amsterdam Art Weekend and Eye Filmmuseum: PUK* Bill, (Re)(Re) interpretation: Gold Town, La casa (ostinato crescendo), Lola Magenta, Battlelands. su 25 13:00 EYE Cinema 2
Short Competition
Theresa Traore Dahlberg
Sweden, Burkina Faso, 2018, 16 min An incisive and amusing portrait of a slightly frustrated ambassador’s wife in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
sa 17 22:30 Tuschinski 6 mo 19 21:15 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 13:15 Munt 12 we 21 13:45 Tuschinski 3 we 21 21:30 Tolhuistuin th 22 16:45 Munt 9 fr 23 10:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 24 19:45 Munt 13
América
Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside
[Shorts]
[Shorts]
Best of Fests
United States, 2018, 76 min With their father in prison, three Mexican brothers care for their elderly grandmother, who is suffering from dementia. fr 16 21:00 Munt 11 su 18 10:00 Tuschinski 1 we 21 18:30 Munt 10 su 25 12:30 Tuschinski 2
Program Guide
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China, 2018, 78 min A powerful cinema verité documentary about 10-year-old Anni, who gets banned from school because of her father’s resistance to the repressive Chinese regime. th 15 21:30 Munt 12 fr 16 10:45 Munt 10 sa 17 14:15 Tuschinski 5 su 18 12:30 Munt 9 fr 23 16:00 Tuschinski 5
Anniversary of the Revolution
IDFA on Stage
Godovshchina revolyutsii Dziga Vertov
Russia, 1918, 119 min Recently rediscovered, the first full-length film by the godfather of creative documentary Dziga Vertov—previously, only a 12-minute version had survived. tu 20 20:30 Tuschinski 1
[IDFA on Stage]
Masters
Aquarela
Victor Kossakovsky
United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, 2018, 90 min This epic exploration of water in all its guises reveals the futility of humankind’s struggle against an elementary force of nature.
sa 17 18:30 Tuschinski 1 su 18 15:30 Munt 10 tu 20 10:00 Munt 3 [with Dolby Atmos sound] fr 23 15:00 EYE Cinema 1 su 25 13:00 Tuschinski 4
Artificial Things IP
United Kingdom, 2018, 26 min A dance film set in stark, deserted offices. Some of the dancers have a disability. Exhilarating, energetic and moving. sa 17 17:15 Tuschinski 4 su 18 15:00 Tuschinski 6 we 21 21:30 Munt 9 fr 23 13:15 Tuschinski 3 sa 24 22:30 Tuschinski 5
India, 2018, 24 min A gloriously shot film poem about the Indian village of Kondwall, its inhabitants and the surrounding flora and fauna.
At Midnight Plays a Dance Tune WP
Payal Kapadia
sa 17 18:45 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 11:45 Munt 13 we 21 11:30 Tuschinski 3 we 21 17:00 Munt 9 fr 23 13:00 Munt 7 sa 24 21:15 Munt 12
Angels Are Made of Light EP
[Shorts]
[Shorts]
Best of Fests
Masters
Sophie Fiennes
And What Is the Summer Saying
Short Competition
The Ambassador’s Wife EP
Rikun Zhu
Errol Morris
Marina Meijer
Basir Mahmood
Best of Fests
Anni
FILMS A TO Z
Algorithmic Gardening WP
Student Competition
Roy Seerden
The Netherlands, 2018, 30 min When Roy Seerden’s mother dies, there’s no holding him back. Sex, drugs, roaming through the night: his life transforms into a bundle of energy, grief and detachment. th 15 19:00 Tuschinski 3 fr 16 11:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal
sa 17 15:15 Munt 9 sa 24 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal su 25 10:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
James Longley
United States, Denmark, Norway, 2018, 117 min A finely-balanced portrait of contemporary Afghanistan, featuring recollections, misgivings and ambitions expressed in a variety of voices. fr 16 15:30 Munt 9 sa 17 19:00 Tuschinski 3 mo 19 21:00 Munt 13 fr 23 11:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 10:45 Munt 13 su 25 11:30 Podium Mozaïek
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Lynette Wallworth
United States, Brazil, Australia, 2018, 30 min Technology and transcendence merge in this VR experience transporting you to the Yawanawá in the Amazon. Your guide is the community’s first female shaman. On-site reservation required. Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Student Competition
Backwards IP Dana Gelman
Israel, 2018, 16 min The refugee crisis encapsulated in a single night: a crowd of people wait in front of the immigration office for the tiny chance that they’ll be granted a refugee status. tu 20 16:30 Tuschinski 3 we 21 20:30 Tuschinski 3 we 21 20:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 fr 23 19:30 Podium Mozaïek sa 24 22:30 Munt 10
backyard
[Shorts] [Shorts] [Shorts]
Paradocs
Khaled Abdulwahed
Germany, 2018, 26 min A ravaged cactus field is recreated in a Berlin apartment. A reenactment about devastation and reconstruction; a miraculous resurrection in miniature. fr 16 21:30 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 19:15 Munt 13 th 22 22:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 15:45 Tuschinski 6
The Barricade
Serialized
Short Competition
Beastmode, a Social Experiment IP
beside the water, 1999-2004 IP
Philippines, 2018, 90 min A playful examination of violence, sensationalism and manipulation against the backdrop of the ‘Drug War’ being fought by President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines.
United States, 2018, 12 min In this provocative video essay, queer artist Finn Paul mixes up sexual discovery, community formation and the isolation of desert landscapes in a collection of erotic snapshots.
Manuel III Mesina, Banuk Amante
th 15 19:30 Munt 13 sa 17 10:00 Tuschinski 4 we 21 19:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 23 11:15 Munt 11 sa 24 13:45 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Becoming Animal
Masters
Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
Switzerland, United Kingdom, 2018, 78 min There’s magnificent natural beauty in this philosophical exploration of the relationship between humans and animals, and how to portray it. th 15 14:15 Tuschinski 5 mo 19 18:45 Munt 10 tu 20 14:00 Munt 9 th 22 18:30 Munt 10 sa 24 12:45 Munt 12
Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-Truth World WP
Frontlight Industry Forum Harvest
Finn Paul
th 15 21:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 17 22:30 Munt 10 mo 19 12:30 EYE Cinema 1 [Queer Day] we 21 16:00 Tuschinski 3 [Shorts] sa 24 18:15 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 24 22:00 Munt 13 [Shorts]
Big Characters WP Ju Anqi
China, Switzerland, 2018, 18 min In 1968, 30 immense Chinese characters were constructed in the Gobi Desert. Here, revolutions all over the world coalesce into an elusive newsreel. fr 16 19:00 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 16:45 Munt 13 th 22 19:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 13:00 Tuschinski 6
Me
Birth/Mother
Hans Pool
Tarachime Naomi Kawase
fr 16 21:00 Tuschinski 1
su 18 12:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 24 10:30 Tuschinski 3
The Netherlands, 2018, 88 min A fascinating look at the network of citizen journalists known as Bellingcat, whose use of modern technology is smarter than that of many major news organizations.
Paradocs
Japan, 2006, 39 min This intensely intimate and sometimes painful film is part of Naomi Kawase’s series of short films about her adoptive mother. [+ Doc Talk]
[VPRO Extra - NPO 2Doc Primeur]
La barricade Bruno Masi
France, 2018, 51 min An exciting montage of archive footage from the Parisian student revolt and fictional voice-overs, showing historical events from two personal perspectives. sa 17 18:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Frontlight
FILMS A TO Z
Awavena
IDFA DocLab Spotlight
[Serialized]
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA
Battlelands EP Meiro Koizumi
Japan, 2018, 45 min War seeps into everyday life as blindfolded veterans shuffle around their apartments and talk about their most traumatic experiences.
sa 17 10:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 18 21:30 EYE Cinema 1 mo 19 18:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal
Mid-Length Competition
Beloved WP Yaser Talebi
Iran, 2018, 63 min The 82-year-old Firouzeh prefers a hard, solitary herder’s existence with her cows to a more comfortable life among people. sa 17 17:30 Tuschinski 6 mo 19 11:45 Munt 9 th 22 14:00 Podium Mozaïek sa 24 15:00 Tuschinski 2 su 25 16:15 Tuschinski 3
Bixa Travesty
Best of Fests
Claudia Priscilla, Kiko Goifman
Brazil, 2018, 75 min This raw, lively and sometimes very intimate portrait of the Brazilian ‘tranny fag’ Linn da Quebrada sees her transcending heteronormative morality. fr 16 16:30 Kleine Komedie sa 17 10:45 Tuschinski 6 mo 19 18:00 EYE Cinema 1 [Queer Day] th 22 22:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 24 20:30 Tuschinski 3
su 25 13:00 EYE Cinema 2
[Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA]
Program Guide
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Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes Sophie Huber
Switzerland, United States, 2018, 85 min Blue Note then and now: the history of the legendary jazz label retold by musicians young and old, as well as their fans. th 15 21:45 Tuschinski 2 sa 17 22:00 Munt 9 mo 19 13:15 Munt 11 tu 20 22:00 Tuschinski 2
[NTR Avond van de Wolf]
fr 23 16:45 Munt 13 sa 24 19:00 Podium Mozaïek
Student Competition
La bonita WP
Maria del Mar Rosario
Cuba, Puerto Rico, 2018, 18 min Close-up shots without commentary of often painful cosmetic treatments reveal how heavily women can be burdened by the dictates of beauty. sa 17 12:45 Tuschinski 6 su 18 20:45 De Balie - Grote Zaal mo 19 21:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Buddy WP
Dutch Competition
Heddy Honigmann
The Netherlands, 2018, 86 min Heddy Honigmann explores the close bond between animal and human in this moving portrait of guide dogs and their owners.
sa 17 15:45 Tuschinski 1 su 18 10:30 Munt 13 [P&I Screening] mo 19 14:30 Munt 9 tu 20 20:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal th 22 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 fr 23 21:00 EYE Cinema 2
Dutch & Mid-Length Competition
But Now Is Perfect WP Carin Goeijers
The Netherlands, 2018, 55 min The southern Italian village of Riace once symbolized successful refugee resettlement, but it’s here of all places where things go wrong for the Nigerian woman Becky Moses. th 15 21:30 Tuschinski 1 [NPO 2Doc Primeur] fr 16 16:00 Munt 13 [P&I Screening] tu 20 16:30 Tuschinski 3 we 21 20:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Caballerango WP
Luminous
FILMS A TO Z
Best of Fests
Juan Pablo González
Mexico, United States, 2018, 62 min The townspeople of a small Mexican village reflect on a young man’s death, gradually revealing that he wasn’t the only one to die at his own hand. fr 16 21:30 Munt 12 su 18 20:00 Tuschinski 3 we 21 14:00 Munt 13 sa 24 15:30 Tuschinski 3
Feature-Length Competition
Camorra IP
Francesco Patierno
Italy, 2018, 71 min A tense archive film about the criminals who ruled the streets of Naples between the 1960s and the mid-90s, this is also a review of Italian TV journalism over the years. fr 16 15:45 Tuschinski 3 su 18 18:15 Tuschinski 1 we 21 20:00 Munt 11 th 22 17:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 23 11:00 Munt 10 sa 24 17:15 Munt 11
[P&I Screening]
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA
Feature-Length Competition, Space
Luminous
The Border Fence IP
Butterfly IP
Austria, 2018, 112 min In precisely composed shots, Nikolaus Geyrhalter explores the few square kilometers around the Brenner Pass, telling an urgent story about Europe in the process.
Italy, 2018, 80 min This intimate documentary follows an exceptionally talented female boxer who wants to hit peak performance, but also longs for the life of an ordinary 18-year-old.
Die bauliche Maßnahme Nikolaus Geyrhalter
mo 19 14:00 Tuschinski 3 [P&I Screening] tu 20 18:30 EYE Cinema 1 we 21 16:30 EYE Cinema 2 [+ Doc Talk] fr 23 14:45 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal su 25 15:00 Munt 10
Třeštíková's Top 10
Born in the USSR: 21 Up Sergei Miroshnichenko
United Kingdom, 2005, 90 min Born in the Soviet Union, these twentysomethings have grown up in Russia or far beyond its borders. How do they see their lives now? we 14 18:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 23 11:00 Munt 12
Bridges of Time
Masters
Kristine Briede, Audrius Stonys
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, 2018, 78 min This poetic group portrait of the ‘Baltic New Wave’ goes in search of what it means to be a documentary filmmaker. we 14 18:30 Tuschinski 3 th 15 14:00 Munt 10 fr 16 11:15 Tuschinski 6 we 21 17:30 EYE Cinema 1 th 22 18:30 Tuschinski 2
Program Guide
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Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman
Industry Forum Harvest
fr 16 17:45 Tuschinski 6 sa 17 10:30 Munt 9 mo 19 21:30 Munt 12 fr 23 20:30 Tuschinski 5 sa 24 18:15 Tuschinski 3
By Then IP
The Netherlands, 2018, 6 min In a horror film, it’s the suggestive power of the setting that forms the atmosphere, not the violent, gory action. su 25 13:00 EYE Cinema 2
[Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA]
Cassandro, the Exotico! Marie Losier Luminous
France, 2018, 45 min Taxi driver Kofi steers his regular customers through a changing Paris, as the car radio reports on the new reality of France. sa 17 22:30 Tuschinski 6 mo 19 21:15 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 13:15 Munt 12 we 21 21:30 Tolhuistuin th 22 16:45 Munt 9 fr 23 10:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Me
Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Chad, France, 1999, 87 min A director returns to Chad after 15 years. A blend of fiction and non-fiction about filmmaking and the need for an African film culture. fr 16 18:15 EYE Cinema 2 mo 19 21:30 EYE Cinema 2
Giovanni Giaretta
Best of Fests
D’Ici là Matthieu Dibelius
Bye Bye Africa
La casa (ostinato crescendo) WP
France, 2018, 75 min Glitter, glamour and broken bones. The life of a Mexican show wrestler has its darker side, as this flamboyant veteran artiste knows all too well. sa 17 21:45 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal su 18 18:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal mo 19 15:00 EYE Cinema 1 [Queer Day] th 22 22:30 EYE Cinema 2 su 25 10:00 Munt 10
Cause of Death IP
Frontlight
Sibat hamavet Ramy A. Katz
Israel, 2018, 79 min In 2002, Tel Aviv police officer Salim was murdered by a terrorist, but his brother has doubts about the official account. fr 16 19:00 Munt 5 sa 17 16:30 Tuschinski 5 su 18 21:15 Munt 13 we 21 20:45 Podium Mozaïek sa 24 14:30 Munt 9
[+ Doc Talk]
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Olivier Meyrou
France, 2018, 73 min Yves Saint Laurent was the last of the great Parisian couturiers, and this film offers a fascinating and candid glimpse behind the scenes of the fashion company that bears his name. su 18 12:45 Kleine Komedie mo 19 15:00 Tuschinski 2 [+ Doc Talk] we 21 16:15 Tuschinski 1 sa 24 21:30 EYE Cinema 1 su 25 14:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Masters, Space
Chris the Swiss
Best of Fests
Anja Kofmel
Switzerland, Croatia, Germany, Finland, 2018, 90 min A very personal investigation into an unsolved murder during the Yugoslav Wars highlights the dilemmas faced by war reporters. th 15 17:00 Munt 9 fr 16 11:45 Munt 11 sa 17 17:45 Munt 13 mo 19 14:00 Tuschinski 4 fr 23 18:30 EYE Cinema 2
Třeštíková's Top 10
Student Competition
FILMS A TO Z
Celebration WP
Luminous
Connected WP
Połączeni Aleksandra Maciejczyk
Poland, 2018, 18 min Krysztof goes skiing with his wife in a film that gives heartwarming meaning to the expression ‘trusting each other blind.’ fr 16 21:15 Munt 5 mo 19 19:00 Tuschinski 6 tu 20 12:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 24 10:00 Tuschinski 5 su 25 10:30 Tuschinski 5
First Appearance Competition
Central Airport THF
Citizen Havel
Constructions WP
Germany, France, Brazil, 2018, 97 min Tempelhof is an iconic airport in Berlin that has served as a refugee camp since 2015. In the immense hangars, life goes on in spite of it all.
Czech Republic, 2008, 120 min This long-term account of former Czech President Václav Havel gets to the private side of political activity with unprecedented intimacy.
Argentina, Qatar, 2018, 78 min This disarmingly frank portrait of a restless boy and the adults in his life is an intimate look at tenderness and parental love in uncertain times.
Zentralflughafen THF Karim Aïnouz
fr 16 21:00 EYE Cinema 2 su 18 13:00 Munt 10 tu 20 11:00 Munt 10 fr 23 20:00 Munt 12 sa 24 14:45 Tuschinski 5
Chaos
[+ Doc Talk]
Sara Fattahi
Austria, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, 2018, 95 min What does war do to your mind? Three Syrian women make us their companions in grief and inner disengagement. Winner of a Golden Leopard at Locarno. mo 19 17:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal tu 20 20:15 Munt 10
[Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee]
we 21 13:30 EYE Cinema 2 [+ Doc Talk] th 22 10:45 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 24 18:45 Tuschinski 1
Xiaoshuai Wang
Masters Industry Forum Harvest
Hong Kong, 2018, 79 min Modern China, captured in a series of almost motionless portraits. Documentary precision work from the director of award-winning feature films such as Frozen and Beijing Bicycle. mo 19 18:45 Tuschinski 4 we 21 11:15 Tuschinski 2 th 22 11:00 Munt 10 fr 23 17:15 Munt 10 sa 24 22:30 Tuschinski 3
th 15 16:15 EYE Cinema 2 tu 20 13:30 EYE Cinema 2
First Appearance Competition, Space
Best of Fests, Me
Chinese Portrait EP
Obcan Havel Miroslav Janek, Pavel Koutecky
Closing Time IP Nicole Vögele
Switzerland, Germany, 2018, 116 min A hypnotic and playful observation of a couple working nights in a snack bar at an anonymous junction in Taipei. th 15 16:30 Tuschinski 2 sa 17 10:00 Munt 12 su 18 13:30 EYE Cinema 2 mo 19 18:15 Munt 13 fr 23 21:00 Tuschinski 6
[P&I Screening] [+ Doc Talk]
DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction
The Collider: Chapter One WP
United Kingdom, 2018, 18 min Enter The Collider. A machine built to decipher the mysteries of human relationships. On-site reservation required
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to fr 23 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond Presented at DocLab Live: Artificial Stupidity fr 16 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal DocLab Expo Special we 21 16:00 Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
Luminous
Compulsory Figures WP
Poland, 2018, 71 min Marina is determined that her daughter Julia is going to be a figure skater. Here in Poland, her family has opportunities that they simply didn’t have in Ukraine. sa 17 20:45 Munt 4 tu 20 14:30 Munt 13 we 21 18:15 Tuschinski 3 th 22 21:15 Tuschinski 5 fr 23 10:45 EYE Cinema 1
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[P&I Screening]
The Corporate Coup d’État WP
Frontlight
Fred Peabody
Canada, United States, 2018, 90 min Donald Trump is not the disease, but the symptom of a bankrupt U.S. democracy that began selling its soul to big corporations decades ago. su 18 14:45 Munt 9 we 21 15:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal fr 23 16:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 21:45 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Kids & Docs Competition, IDFA Junior
Anagram
Jazda obowia˛zkowa Ewa Kochańska
Construcciones Fernando Martín Restelli
Crowley – Cowboy Up IP Crowley – Bleib im Sattel Andre Hörmann
Germany, 2018, 15 min An intimate exploration of love, grief and resilience, as seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old cowboy. fr 16 19:00 Munt 12 mo 19 12:00 Tuschinski 6 we 21 12:00 Tuschinski 6 th 22 14:00 Tuschinski 5 su 25 10:30 EYE Cinema 1 su 25 13:30 EYE Cinema 1
cut-out
[IDFA Junior] [IDFA Junior]
Paradocs
belit sag˘
The Netherlands, 2018, 4 min Artist belit sag˘ exposes the deepseated police and media racism that led to murders by German neo-Nazis going unpunished for many years. fr 16 21:30 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 19:15 Munt 13 th 22 22:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 15:45 Tuschinski 6
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Masters
Dancing for You IP
De chaque instant
Poland, 2018, 18 min Twelve-year-old Wiktor is rehearsing for an important ballet performance, and he’s hoping that his father will come and watch him.
France, 2018, 105 min Nicolas Philibert follows nursing students to reveal the huge pressures and responsibilities that weigh on their young shoulders.
Tancze dla ciebie Katarzyna Lesisz
fr 16 19:00 Munt 12 mo 19 12:00 Tuschinski 6 we 21 12:00 Tuschinski 6 th 22 14:00 Tuschinski 5
Student Competition
Each and Every moment Nicolas Philibert
th 15 21:00 Munt 11 sa 17 12:45 EYE Cinema 1 we 21 13:15 Tuschinski 1 fr 23 17:30 Tuschinski 2 su 25 10:15 Munt 11
Dead Souls
China, 2018, 89 min A vivid portrait of an eccentric Chinese man, who gets on the wrong side of the authorities by making popular livestreams and performing in the street as an ‘awkward dancer.’
Switzerland, France, Hong Kong, 2018, 495 min An epic documentary about a little-known chapter of Chinese history: the reeducation camps of the 1950s in the Gobi Desert.
fr 16 13:15 Tuschinski 6 su 18 18:30 Munt 4 th 22 21:30 Munt 9 fr 23 15:30 Munt 8
Dark Corner WP
[+ Doc Talk]
Luminous
The Devil’s Tuning WP Luminous
Pugni in faccia Fabio Caramaschi
Italy, France, United Kingdom, 2018, 95 min The story of Italian boxing champion Mirco Ricci, seen through the eyes of his primary school teacher, shows how difficult it is to escape your background. fr 16 18:30 Munt 11 sa 17 20:00 Tuschinski 6 we 21 13:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal fr 23 21:30 Munt 13 sa 24 15:30 Munt 10
Dawn EP
Wang Bing
th 22 13:00 Tuschinski 4
Best of Fests
Amanecer Carmen Torres
Colombia, Spain, 2018, 79 min A tender, acclaimed directorial debut about a dual journey: to a far-off biological mother in Colombia and an adoptive mother in memory. fr 16 18:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal sa 17 21:30 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 16:15 Munt 9 fr 23 13:00 Tuschinski 2 sa 24 10:15 Munt 9
DocLab Interactive Conference
The annual DocLab Interactive Conference brings together digital pioneers, artists and thinkers for a full day inspiring presentations, visions of the future and collective experiments. With a.o. Sophia Al-Maria, Samantha Gorman, Ontroerend Goed, Rahima Gambo, David Desrimais and many others. sa 17 10:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Masters
Dancing in the Wind IP Yue Ting
DocLab Humanoid Cookbook
FILMS A TO Z
Kids & Docs Competition
La afinación del diablo Juan Carlos Lucas
Paraguay, 2018, 52 min In this docufiction about a unique guitar technique, it isn’t always clear if myths are being investigated or created. mo 19 17:30 Munt 12 tu 20 11:45 Tuschinski 3 we 21 21:30 Tuschinski 5 fr 23 16:45 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 19:00 Munt 12
First Appearance Competition
Diagnosis WP Diagnoza Ewa Podgórska
DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction
DocLab Live: A Dinner with Frankenstein AI WP Lance Weiler, Nick Fortugno, Rachel Eve Ginsberg
United States, 2018, 90 min A vegetarian dining experience for people of flesh and blood, with artificial intelligence as host and discussion partner.
Interactive Dinner as part of DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook sa 17 18:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 17 21:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal su 18 18:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal su 18 21:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab Humanoid Cookbook
DocLab Live: Artificial Stupidity
Live event about man vs artificial intelligence, with interactive performances by The Collider: Chapter One and The Smartphone Orchestra’s The Social Sorting Experiment. fr 16 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab Humanoid Cookbook
Poland, 2018, 78 min Disorienting images of a city blend with therapy sessions in which deep memories and emotions come to the surface. What kind of animal is the city?
fr 16 17:00 Munt 12 [P&I Screening] sa 17 19:45 Munt 9 su 18 12:15 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 21:15 Tuschinski 6 fr 23 16:15 Munt 9 su 25 16:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
IDFA DocLab Spotlight
Die with Me Dries Depoorter
Belgium, 2018, interactive A chat room app for smartphone users with less than 5% battery life on their phone, on their way to offline peace.
DocLab Live: Assorted Revolutions
An evening about simmering revolutions, future revolutions and irreversible changes. mo 19 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
DocLab Humanoid Cookbook
DocLab Live: Eat | Tech | Dinner Party What does the internet taste like? An unpredictable futuristic feast full of digital technology and old-fashioned good food. su 18 18:30 Mister Kitchen su 18 21:00 Mister Kitchen
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
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DocLab Live: Humanoid Cookbook Opening Night
Festive opening night of DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook. With interviews and interactive performances by a.o. AI artist Ross Goodwin and food artist Gabriela Ivens. th 15 20:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
DocLab Humanoid Cookbook
DocLab Live: Jacco Gardner’s Somnium
Sensory live performance in the ARTIS planetarium of Jacco Gardner's new album Somnium and the kinetic installation Volverium by Thijs Biersteker. fr 23 20:00 ARTIS Planetarium fr 23 22:00 ARTIS Planetarium
DocLab Humanoid Cookbook
DocLab Live: Leaked Chef’s Table
An interactive dinner based on personal recipes from leaked emails from well-known politicians and corporate executives. sa 17 18:30 Mister Kitchen sa 17 21:00 Mister Kitchen
Mid-Length Competition
Don’t Be a Dick About It WP Benjamin Mullinkosson
United States, 2017, 69 min An affectionate portrait of the extraordinary bond between two brothers. Each has his own obsessions, but their friendship is unconditional.
th 15 19:30 Tuschinski 4 sa 17 12:15 Munt 10 we 21 14:30 Tuschinski 6 th 22 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal [VICE Night] fr 23 21:30 Munt 10
Retrospective
Doomed Beauty Zkáza krásou Helena Třeštíková
Czech Republic, 2016, 90 min Film diva Lída Baarová looks back at her life, which has been marked by her affair with the Nazi Joseph Goebbels.
Short Competition
Dorotchka WP Olga Delane
Russia, Germany, 2018, 20 min A powerful, stylized portrait of the 80-year-old Dorotchka, an archetypal babushka who philosophizes about life, love, regret and loneliness. sa 17 17:00 Munt 12 mo 19 19:00 Tuschinski 3 tu 20 13:45 Tuschinski 4 we 21 13:45 Tuschinski 3 fr 23 12:45 Munt 12 sa 24 19:45 Munt 13
Dulce EP
[Shorts] [Shorts]
Kids & Docs Competition
Angello Faccini, Guille Isa
Colombia, 2018, 10 min Dulce is terrified by her first swimming lesson, but swimming is an essential life skill in her Colombian coastal village. su 18 19:15 Tuschinski 5 we 21 11:30 Tuschinski 4 fr 23 14:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 17:00 Tuschinski 5
DocLab Digital Storytelling
Earn a Living WP Yuval Orr
Industry Forum Harvest
France, Germany, The Netherlands, United States, 2018, 90 min Seven documentaries about a universal basic income explore our relationship with work and money, from Kenya to the Netherlands and from North Carolina to Tokyo
DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction
Eat | Tech | Kitchen WP Klasien van de Zandschulp, Emilie Baltz
The Netherlands, United States, 2018, interactive A rudimentary chatbot breathes new life into La cucina futurista (Futurist Cooking) (1932) by translating dreams of the future into new recipes and table rituals. On-site reservation required Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond DocLab Expo Special fr 16, sa 17, mo 19, tu 20, Brakke Grond Tuinzaal Interactive Dinner su 18 18:30 Mister Kitchen su 18 21:00 Mister Kitchen
Best of Fests
Ed Sheeran: Songwriter Murray Cummings
United States, 2018, 84 min Behind the scenes with superstar Ed Sheeran: an intimate and musical account of the production process for his latest album Divide. fr 16 16:15 Munt 11 sa 17 15:45 Kleine Komedie th 22 13:15 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal fr 23 19:15 Munt 11 sa 24 19:00 Munt 9
Me
Embracing Naomi Kawase
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond Presented at DocLab Live: Assorted Revolutions mo 19 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Japan, 1992, 40 min In this first film in a short series about her family, Naomi Kawase searches for her father.
DocLab Digital Storytelling
Masters
East of the Rockies WP Created by: Joy Kogawa, Jason Legge, Dirk van Ginkel
Canada, 2018, 50 min Through the diaries of 17-year-old Yuki, this experiment in augmented reality helps us experience the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
su 18 12:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 24 10:30 Tuschinski 3
[+ Doc Talk]
Entrepreneur Virpi Suutari
Finland, 2018, 77 min A portrait of two totally different Finnish companies: a plodding, traditional family business and an innovative young enterprise with international potential. we 14 18:00 Tuschinski 6 mo 19 16:30 Tuschinski 4 tu 20 19:15 Tuschinski 4 th 22 13:30 Munt 10 sa 24 17:45 Tuschinski 2
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Erased,– Ascent of the Invisible Tirss, rihlat alsoo’oud ila almar’i Ghassan Halwani
Lebanon, 2018, 76 min The search for the people who went missing in the Lebanese civil war. They have never been declared dead, and risk disappearing forever. th 15 17:15 Tuschinski 6 fr 16 22:45 Munt 9 th 22 11:30 Munt 13 sa 24 15:00 Munt 12
Frontlight
Masters
The Eyes of Orson Welles Mark Cousins
United Kingdom, 2018, 115 min Previously unseen drawings by Orson Welles provide the basis for an essay in the form of a letter from director Mark Cousins to this film icon. th 15 12:15 EYE Cinema 1 su 18 10:00 Kleine Komedie tu 20 10:45 Munt 12 we 21 10:15 Tuschinski 1 sa 24 22:00 EYE Cinema 2
IDFA DocLab Spotlight
False Mirror WP
South Africa, The Netherlands, Belgium, 2018, 85 min In 2015, an initially peaceful student protest in South Africa escalated when the board of Wits University called in a large police force.
The Netherlands, 2018, interactive This ever-growing VR city is a laboratory in which its creator Ali Eslami explores our possible futures in completely virtual worlds. On-site reservation required
th 15 16:30 Tuschinski 5 fr 16 19:30 Munt 13 we 21 20:30 Bijlmer Parktheater th 22 10:30 Munt 9 fr 23 19:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
[+ Doc Talk]
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Extinction Extinção Salomé Lamas
Portugal, Germany, 2018, 86 min A journey through Transnistria reveals a political twilight zone that blurs the distinction between present and past, reality and dreams. th 15 16:15 Tuschinski 3 fr 16 11:45 Tuschinski 5 we 21 13:30 Munt 12 th 22 20:30 Munt 12
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond DocLab Expo Special th 22 16:00 Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
Kids & Docs Competition
Fantasi, fantasi Kaspar Astrup Schröder
Me
Kyokusiteki erosu koi-uta 1974 Kazuo Hara
Japan, 1974, 98 min A taboo-breaking report on what the sexual revolution does to the filmmaker and to the woman who leaves him to find herself.
Denmark, 2018, 33 min How does it feel to have autism? Twin 11-year-olds Molly and Smilla offer funny, moving and inspiring perspectives on their world. su 18 19:15 Tuschinski 5 we 21 11:30 Tuschinski 4 fr 23 14:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 17:00 Tuschinski 5
[+ Doc Talk]
Filmmaker Talk: Amos Gitai
IDFA’s sole screening of Amos Gitai’s documentary Letter to a Friend in Gaza, followed by an extensive conversation with the filmmaker. fr 16 15:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Filmmaker Talk
Filmmaker Talk: Audrius Stonys
A conversation with Lithuanian documentary veteran Audrius Stonys, a distinctive filmmaker from the Baltic tradition of poetic documentary. tu 20 18:15 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Filmmaker Talk: Helena Třeštíková
Extensive conversation with Guest of Honor Helena Třeštíková, in which she reflects on her own work and her Top 10. Moderated by Pamela Cohn.
Filmmaker Talk
Farrebique ou Les quatres saisons Georges Rouquier
France, 1946, 90 min An award-winning, fictional-realist depiction of life on a French farmstead that has been owned by one family for generations. th 15 20:45 Tuschinski 5 we 21 11:00 Munt 12
Father and Son
tu 20 16:45 EYE Cinema 2 we 21 18:15 Munt 12
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Farrebique – The Four Seasons
[+ Doc Talk]
Poland, 2013, 75 min A road trip with Marcel Lozinski and his son alternates painful memories with moments of warmth.
Filmmaker Talk
Třeštíková's Top 10
Extremely Private Eros: Love Song 1974
sa 17 13:30 EYE Cinema 2 su 18 10:30 Tuschinski 6
Ali Eslami
Fantasy, Fantasy IP
Paradocs
Ojciec i syn w podrózy Marcel Lozinski
Filmmaker Talk
Everything Must Fall IP Rehad Desai
Father and Son on a Journey
Me
FILMS A TO Z
Paradocs
Me
Filmmaker Talk: Maria Ramos
Jean Perret talks with Brazilian-Dutch filmmaker Maria Ramos about her much-praised work. th 22 14:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Filmmaker Talk
Filmmaker Talk: Nicolas Philibert
Highlighted by excerpts from earlier and new work, Luciano Barisone talks to celebrated filmmaker Nicolas Philibert. th 15 15:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Ojciec i syn Pawel Lozinski
Poland, 2013, 54 min A road trip with Pawel Lozinski and his father alternates painful memories with moments of warmth. fr 16 14:15 Tuschinski 4 mo 19 16:45 EYE Cinema 2
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Best of Fests
The Firemen’s Ball
Freedom Fields
Czech Republic, Italy, 1967, 70 min Milos Forman’s satirical slapstick film takes a cheerful swipe at any notion that it’s possible to keep society in check.
Libya, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, United States, Lebanon, Qatar, Canada, 2018, 97 min Women’s football faces huge opposition in Libya but a group of ambitious players fight for autonomy, on and off the field.
Milos Forman
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First Love
Třeštíková's Top 10
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Poland, 1974, 52 min It’s the 1970s, and 17-year-old Jadwiga is unintentionally pregnant. She and her boyfriend Roman struggle to keep their heads above water in socialist Poland. fr 16 13:45 De Balie - Grote Zaal su 18 11:00 De Balie - Grote Zaal
Sudaa Raed Andoni
Palestine (State of), France, Switzerland, 2009, 98 min A searingly honest investigation by Palestinian filmmaker Raed Andoni into the cause of his headaches and memory loss. mo 19 15:45 Munt 13 we 21 14:00 Tuschinski 2
[+ Doc Talk]
DocLab Digital Storytelling, Serialized
Flavours of Iraq IP Le parfum d’Irak Leonard Cohen
France, 2018, 50 min Twenty powerful animated films appeal to the senses in a rich portrayal of the country and familiy of an Iraqi-French journalist Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond sa 17 19:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 [Serialized] DocLab Expo Special su 18 16:00 Brakke Grond Tuinzaal mo 19 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Free Solo
Best of Fests
E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
United States, 2018, 101 min Breathtaking record of American free solo climber Alex Honnold’s perilous ascent of El Capitan’s sheer rockface— without any safety equipment. su 18 11:00 Carré [+ Doc Talk] mo 19 21:45 Tuschinski 1 th 22 16:15 Munt 11 sa 24 10:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
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Freedom Is a Big Word WP
[+ Doc Talk]
Luminous
La libertad es una gran palabra Guillermo Rocamora Me
Fix Me
Naziha Arebi
Uruguay, Brazil, 2018, 71 min Is there life after Guantánamo Bay? Muhammad starts over in Uruguay, but it’s a confrontation with reality. sa 17 19:00 Munt 5 su 18 22:30 Tuschinski 6 we 21 20:30 Munt 12 th 22 15:45 Munt 13 sa 24 17:00 Munt 12
First Appearance Competition
FILMS A TO Z
Třeštíková's Top 10
Giacinto Scelsi. The First Motion of the Immovable IP Le premier mouvement de l’immobile Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva
France, Italy, 2018, 81 min Composer Giacinto Scelsi believed his work came to him from the gods. Discover the mysterious beauty of his world and his music.
fr 16 18:45 Tuschinski 4 sa 17 15:00 Munt 12 [P&I Screening] sa 17 19:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal su 18 10:00 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 17:15 Tuschinski 5 su 25 10:15 Tuschinski 2
Giovanni and the Water Ballet
IDFA Junior
Giovanni en het waterballet Astrid Bussink
The Netherlands, 2014, 17 min Giovanni’s dream is to become the first boy to compete in the Dutch synchronized swimming championship. He’s got just one more exam to go. su 25 10:30 EYE Cinema 1
[IDFA Junior]
Dutch Competition
DocLab Digital Storytelling
Future History Mikhail Zygar
Russia, United Kingdom, 2018, interactive The revolutionary years 1917 and 1968 are brought to life in the here and now through social media posts from hundreds of the historical figures involved
Good Neighbours WP Goede buren Stella van Voorst van Beest
The Netherlands, 2018, 80 min Two neighbors conduct a survey among lonely old people for the Rotterdam city council. They soon decide to abandon their questionnaires and take action.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond Presented at DocLab Live: Assorted Revolutions mo 19 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
sa 17 16:00 Munt 11 su 18 10:15 Munt 9 mo 19 13:45 Munt 13 [P&I Screening] tu 20 12:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 23 14:00 Podium Mozaïek sa 24 16:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Masters
Kids & Docs Competition
Genesis 2.0 Christian Frei
Switzerland, 2018, 113 min Exploring the legacy of the woolly mammoth. While hunters search for valuable tusks buried in Siberia, scientists attempt to clone this extinct animal. th 15 11:30 Tuschinski 5 fr 16 11:15 Kleine Komedie su 18 15:00 Tuschinski 1 tu 20 12:30 Munt 11
Gracious WP
Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden, Annelies Kruk
The Netherlands, 2018, 15 min Gracious was raped a year ago, and now she wants to hide herself away from everyone. Can she ever get back to being the happy teenager she once was? fr 16 16:45 Tuschinski 5 su 18 17:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 20 18:00 Munt 10 we 21 16:45 Tuschinski 4 fr 23 11:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 11:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
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Graves Without a Name Les tombeaux sans noms Rithy Panh
France, 2018, 116 min In this final part of his powerful trilogy on Cambodia’s collective trauma, auteur Rithy Panh searches for a path to peace. th 15 15:00 EYE Cinema 1 fr 16 11:00 Tuschinski 2 sa 17 14:45 Munt 10 we 21 19:15 Tuschinski 6 su 25 16:00 Munt 9
The Greatest Sacrifice WP Eyad Aljarod
Syria, United Kingdom, Lebanon, 2018, 96 min Over the course of 3 years, filmmaker Eyad Aljarod records how peaceful protest turns into deadly conflict in his Syrian hometown Saraqeb.
Guaxuma
Half Life VR Robert Connor
Sweden, 2018, 12 min This immersive VR recording plunges us into a rhythmic ‘cyborg choreography’ shown from 60 different angles. On-site reservation required.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
First Appearance Competition
First Appearance Competition
th 15 19:15 Tuschinski 2 su 18 16:30 Munt 13 mo 19 15:15 Munt 12 tu 20 21:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 24 10:30 Tuschinski 6
IDFA DocLab Spotlight
[P&I Screening]
Short Competition
Hamada WP
Eloy Domínguez Serén
Sweden, Norway, Germany, 2018, 88 min A humorous, bittersweet portrait of three uncompromising twentysomethings cut off from the world in a refugee camp in the Sahara desert. th 15 18:45 Tuschinski 1
[Oxfam Novib + Doc Talk]
sa 17 17:15 Munt 9 mo 19 13:00 Munt 12 we 21 12:45 EYE Cinema 1 sa 24 22:00 Tuschinski 4
[P&I Screening]
Me
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi
France, Brazil, 2018, 15 min Filmmaker Nara Normande uses a remarkable blend of animation techniques to recall happier times on the beaches of her childhood.
fr 16 18:15 Munt 9 su 18 14:30 Tuschinski 5 we 21 16:00 Tuschinski 3 [Shorts] we 21 18:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal fr 23 22:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 24 22:00 Munt 13 [Shorts] su 25 13:30 Munt 12
Best of Fests, Space
Hale County This Morning, This Evening RaMell Ross
United States, 2018, 76 min A warm and poetic portrait of an African-American community in the Black Belt of the Southern United States. we 14 20:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 16 17:15 EYE Cinema 1 sa 17 19:15 EYE Cinema 2 mo 19 12:30 Tuschinski 2 fr 23 15:00 Munt 10
[+ Doc Talk]
Israel, 1999, 77 min With sardonic humor, filmmaker Avi Mograbi takes stock of his personal situation and that of his country, as Israel marks its 50th anniversary. fr 16 17:45 Tuschinski 2 we 21 11:30 Munt 13
[+ Doc Talk]
First Appearance Competition
A Haunted Past WP Fatma Riahi
Heart of a Dog
Industry Forum Harvest
Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, 2018, 91 min A Danish Thai woman named Sommai is the pivotal figure in this long-term portrayal of Thai women traveling to Europe to marry. sa 17 10:15 Munt 11 su 18 21:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal fr 23 18:45 Tuschinski 1 su 25 11:45 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Hey, Bro! IP
Student Competition
Aleksandr Elkan
Russia, 2018, 72 min Two young friends test the boundaries of the civilized world on an alcohol-fuelled trip that connects a succession of summer nights. fr 16 18:45 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal su 18 21:30 Tuschinski 5 we 21 13:00 Munt 11 th 22 19:00 Tolhuistuin sa 24 21:15 Munt 9
Feature-Length Competition, Space
The Hidden City IP
Spain, France, Germany, 2018, 80 min This descent into the mysterious world beneath the city is like science fiction—a claustrophobic visual masterpiece. su 18 21:00 Tuschinski 2 mo 19 11:30 Tuschinski 3 [P&I Screening] mo 19 19:00 EYE Cinema 2 [+ Doc Talk] we 21 15:15 EYE Cinema 1 fr 23 14:00 Munt 9 su 25 10:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Harvest
Tunisia, Qatar, 2018, 90 min A personal portrait of a broken Tunisian-Bosnian family. Ex-prisoner and ex-jihadist Tawfik has been left alone to take care of his three teenage daughters. sa 17 20:15 Tuschinski 4 su 18 10:45 Munt 10 su 18 13:00 Munt 12 th 22 10:00 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 13:00 Munt 10 su 25 14:30 Munt 13
Hjertelandet Janus Metz, Sine Plambech
La ciudad occulta Victor Moreno
Avi Mograbi
Nara Normande
Heartbound
Best of Fests
FILMS A TO Z
Masters
[P&I Screening]
Home Games Alisa Kovalenko
Best of Fests Harvest
France, Ukraine, Poland, 2018, 86 min An intimate portrait of a talented soccer player who tries to keep her life on track despite a troubled home life. th 15 21:15 Munt 10 fr 16 22:15 Munt 10 sa 17 18:30 Munt 4 mo 19 15:15 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 24 12:30 Tuschinski 5
Me
Laurie Anderson
United States, 2015, 75 min Laurie Anderson’s kaleidoscopic film sees the multimedia artist meandering through life, love, death and language, with her dog Lolabelle as the leitmotif. th 15 10:45 Munt 12 we 21 21:45 Tuschinski 2
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Luminous
How Big Is the Galaxy? WP Ksenia Elyan
Russia, Estonia, 2018, 72 min Zakhar is a seven-year-old boy living in the remote north of Siberia. This year, a teacher is moving in with his family to homeschool him. sa 17 15:30 Munt 13 su 18 10:00 EYE Cinema 1 mo 19 14:30 Tuschinski 6 fr 23 19:30 Munt 10 su 25 14:15 Tuschinski 6
Hungary 2018 WP Eszter Hajdú
Hungary, Portugal, 2018, 82 min In a politically ruptured Hungary, leftwinger Ferenc Gyurcsány gives his all in the battle against rising nationalism, personified by Viktor Orbán.
fr 16 13:45 Tuschinski 3 [P&I Screening] su 18 20:30 Munt 9 we 21 17:45 Munt 11 th 22 19:00 EYE Cinema 1 [+ Doc Talk] fr 23 10:45 Tuschinski 2 sa 24 20:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal
IDFA Junior
Ik ben een meisje! Susan Koenen
The Netherlands, 2010, 15 min Thirteen-year-old Joppe is nervous about asking a nice boy out, and even more so about telling him she was born a boy. su 25 13:30 EYE Cinema 1
I Signed the Petition Mahdi Fleifel
United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, 2018, 10 min The Palestinian filmmaker wakes his friend with a phone call: he signed a petition, but was that actually such a good idea?
fr 16 13:30 Munt 9 we 21 16:00 Tuschinski 3 [Shorts] we 21 17:00 Tuschinski 6 th 22 16:30 Tuschinski 5 sa 24 18:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal sa 24 22:00 Munt 13 [Shorts]
IDFA Junior
Ik ben echt niet bang! Willem Baptist
The Netherlands, 2010, 20 min Eight-year-old Mack was born with a heart defect and doctors thought that he would die. But this tough little guy is now a successful motocross rider. su 25 10:30 EYE Cinema 1
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United States, France, Canada, 2018, 10 min This machine learning installation questions the mental state of the intelligent machines we create. On-site reservation required.
IDFA Surprise Film
IDFA Surprise Film
Extra screening of a festival hit. Check idfa.nl.
tu 20 21:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal th 22 22:30 Tuschinski 1 fr 23 22:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 24 22:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal su 25 10:00 EYE Cinema 2
Paradocs
Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off) Lukas Marxt
Austria, 2018, 14 min A hypnotic portrait of agrarian monoculture, an inhospitable landscape on the verge of economic and environmental disaster. fr 16 19:00 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 16:45 Munt 13 th 22 19:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 13:00 Tuschinski 6
[IDFA Junior]
Short Competition
I’m Never Afraid!
I’ve Always Been Jealous of Other People’s Families WP
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Feature-Length Competition
I Am a Girl!
DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction
[IDFA Junior]
Student Competition
In Search... IP Beryl Magoko
Germany, 2018, 90 min Director Beryl Magoko seeks the advice of fellow survivors of female genital mutilation. Can reconstructive surgery help to heal her traumas? su 18 19:00 Munt 5 tu 20 18:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal th 22 21:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 23 13:30 Tuschinski 5 su 25 12:15 Munt 13
In the Absence EP Seung-Jun Yi
Frontlight
South Korea, United States, 2018, 29 min A powerful and meticulous reconstruction using authentic footage of the sinking of the Korean ferry Sewol, in which more than 300 passengers and crew members died. mo 19 18:30 Munt 11 tu 20 14:00 Tuschinski 3 we 21 22:00 Tuschinski 6 th 22 16:30 Tuschinski 3
In the Open
Best of Fests, Space
La liberté Guillaume Massart
France, 2017, 146 min Casabianda is a detention facility that houses mainly sex offenders. A breathtaking, observational quest for humanity. th 15 11:00 Munt 10 su 18 19:45 EYE Cinema 2 we 21 21:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 16:00 Munt 13 su 25 13:00 Tuschinski 3
[+ Doc Talk]
Mid-Length Competition
In Touch WP Pawel Ziemilski
Poland, Iceland, 2018, 60 min In a visual, almost tactile way, this intimate and artistic film connects Polish villagers and their many family members who have immigrated to Iceland. fr 16 19:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 17 13:00 Munt 9 fr 23 19:00 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 10:15 Munt 12
DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction
The Industry VR Mirka Duijn
The Netherlands, 2018, interactive As you explore their workspaces, marijuana growers and coke barons tell you about the kicks and the stress of their illegal work. On-site reservation required
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond DocLab Expo Special sa 24 16:00 Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
Masters
Infinite Football Fotbal infinit Corneliu Porumboiu
Romania, 2018, 71 min A portrait of a single-minded dreamer whose ideas are more far-reaching than most people would dare consider. But is this all really just about soccer? th 15 16:30 Munt 10 fr 16 11:30 Munt 9 sa 17 22:30 Munt 13 th 22 18:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal su 25 14:45 Tuschinski 2
Inland Sea
Best of Fests
Minatomachi Kazuhiro Soda
Japan, United States, 2018, 122 min Guided by curiosity, with warmth and a touch of poetry, Kazuhiro Soda captures life in a disappearing Japanese fishing village. th 15 12:45 Munt 12 we 21 18:30 Tuschinski 5 th 22 14:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 19:15 EYE Cinema 2
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Island of the Hungry Ghosts
Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, 2018, 94 min A crab migration, a ritual for wandering ghosts, and a heavily guarded Australian detention center are brought together in a mesmerizing contemplation of migration.
th 15 22:00 Munt 9 mo 19 13:30 Munt 10 tu 20 19:15 EYE Cinema 2 [+ Doc Talk] we 21 18:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal sa 24 13:30 Munt 13
Best of Fests
Katka
South Korea, 2018, 108 min A tender and beautifully observed portrait of Junha, a sullen boy whose classmates avoid him because he might spit or throw punches at them without warning.
Czech Republic, 2010, 90 min An uncensored account of 14 years in the life of a young Czech woman, caught in an uphill battle to get off heroin.
su 18 12:45 Tuschinski 3 su 18 18:15 Tuschinski 2 tu 20 18:30 Munt 9 we 21 18:30 Tuschinski 1 fr 23 11:15 EYE Cinema 2 su 25 16:00 Tuschinski 6
[P&I Screening]
Venezuela, Germany, 2018, 70 min Harrowing personal accounts of the medical crisis in Venezuela, where patients and doctors are powerless in the face of a failing state. sa 17 22:00 Munt 12 su 18 17:30 Tuschinski 3 we 21 13:30 Munt 10 th 22 19:00 Munt 9 fr 23 10:45 Tuschinski 5
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection L’Empire de la perfection Julien Faraut
France, 2018, 95 min Tennis and cinema become one in this unorthodox hybrid of sports documentary and visual essay about John McEnroe’s heyday.
First Appearance Competition
Kabul, City in the Wind WP
th 15 19:30 Munt 9 fr 16 15:45 De Balie - Grote Zaal sa 17 20:45 De Balie - Grote Zaal sa 24 21:30 Tuschinski 1 su 25 10:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Feature-Length Competition
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life IP Tomer Heymann
Israel, Germany, 2018, 106 min An intimate portrait of a gay porn star, who tries to escape the demons of his boyhood through extreme sex, hard drugs and superficial attention. sa 17 21:15 Munt 11 su 18 10:00 Tuschinski 3 mo 19 21:00 EYE Cinema 1
[P&I Screening]
[Queer Day + Doc Talk]
th 22 19:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal fr 23 17:45 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 24 21:30 Munt 11
Program Guide
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The Netherlands, Afghanistan, Japan, Germany, 2018, 88 min A bus driver and two brothers struggle to keep their heads above water in Kabul, a city still regularly struck by terrorist attacks. we 14 20:00 Tuschinski 2 we 14 20:00 Carré
th 15 10:00 Compagnie - Grote Zaal th 15 16:00 Munt 11 fr 16 13:00 Munt 12 [P&I Screening] sa 17 12:45 Munt 11 tu 20 11:15 EYE Cinema 2 sa 24 13:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 25 16:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Katatsumori
Me
Japan, 1994, 40 min Naomi Kawase’s affectionate and poignant portrait of the great-aunt who adopted her, and of their intimate bond.
Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl IP
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Marseille, To the Moon and Back, Gracious, The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon, Tungrus. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles. fr 16 16:45 Tuschinski 5 su 18 17:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 20 18:00 Munt 10 fr 23 11:30 Tuschinski 6
Kids & Docs Competition
Kids & Docs 2
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Crowley – Cowboy Up, 199 Little Heroes: Miral from Palestine, 180cc, Dancing for You. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles. fr 16 19:00 Munt 12 mo 19 12:00 Tuschinski 6 we 21 12:00 Tuschinski 6 th 22 14:00 Tuschinski 5
Kids & Docs Competition
Naomi Kawase
su 18 12:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 24 10:30 Tuschinski 3
sa 17 13:45 De Balie - Grote Zaal su 25 11:00 De Balie - Grote Zaal
Kids & Docs 1
[IDFA Opening Night, By invitation]
Paradocs
Helena Třeštíková
Kids & Docs Competition
Aboozar Amini
Está todo bien Tuki Jencquel
Retrospective
Junha’s Planet WP Hyung-sook Hong
Gabrielle Brady
It’s All Good
Feature-Length Competition
FILMS A TO Z
Best of Fests, Space
[+ Doc Talk]
Luminous
Amy Goldstein
United States, 2018, 89 min Witness the rise, fall and resurrection of Kate Nash in this intimate portrait of a talented singer-songwriter who risked it all to remain true to herself. fr 16 14:00 Kleine Komedie sa 17 15:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 23 20:15 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 24 14:00 Podium Mozaïek su 25 12:30 Munt 10
Kids & Docs 3
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: Dulce,My Faith:Jehova’s Witness, Fantasy, Fantasy, Skip and the Rhythm Rangers. The films have English dialogue or English subtitles. su 18 19:15 Tuschinski 5 we 21 11:30 Tuschinski 4 fr 23 14:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 17:00 Tuschinski 5
Kids & Docs Competition
Kids & Docs 4
Compilation program of childrens’ documentaries with: The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon, 180cc, Gracious, Skip and the Rhythm Rangers. The films have Dutch dialogue or Dutch subtitles. we 21 16:45 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 11:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
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Masters
La Bestia – Train of the Unknowns IP
Letter to a Friend in Gaza
Germany, 2018, 24 min Casa del Migrante provides a temporary safe haven for migrants heading to the United States, before they jump on the freight train known as La Bestia.
Israel, 2018, 35 min As a political solution for the conflict in the Gaza strip seems out of reach, Amos Gitai’s cinematographic gesture uses powerful words.
Manuel Inacker
fr 16 21:30 Munt 12 su 18 20:00 Tuschinski 3 we 21 14:00 Munt 13 sa 24 15:30 Tuschinski 3
First Appearance Competition
The Land of Peach Blossoms WP Mingying Zhou
China, 2018, 99 min A unique live-event restaurant in Chongqing holds a mirror to China. How long will the staff submit to the company philosophy with its authoritarian collectivism?
fr 16 20:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal sa 17 13:00 Munt 12 [P&I Screening] sa 17 18:30 Munt 11 mo 19 21:30 Tuschinski 3 we 21 15:45 Munt 12 su 25 10:00 Tuschinski 6
Student Competition
Last Year When the Train Passed by Huang Pang-Chuan
France, 2018, 17 min A filmmaker visits people in places he photographed from the train a year before, and finds moving, dramatic and sometimes comical stories. fr 16 19:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 17 13:00 Munt 9 fr 23 19:00 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 10:15 Munt 12
DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction
Leaked Recipes WP Gabriela Ivens
Germany, 2018, interactive Recipes that have been crowdsourced from leaked emails are served up, along with the story of their origin and a discussion about internet privacy. On-site reservation required Presented at DocLab Live: Humanoid Cookbook Opening Night: th 15 20:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal DocLab Expo Special fr 16 to sa 24 Brakke Grond Tuinzaal Interactive Dinner as part of DocLab: Humanoid Cookbook sa 17 18:30 Mister Kitchen sa 17 21:00 Mister Kitchen
Helena Třeštíková
Amos Gitai
fr 16 15:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
[Filmmaker Talk]
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA
Lola Magenta Ansuya Blom
The Netherlands, 2017, 12 min A hallucinatory portrayal of the suffering of Lola Voss, who became famous as a case study in Ludwig Binswanger’s standard work on schizophrenia. su 25 13:00 EYE Cinema 2
[Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA]
Feature-Length Competition, Space
Los Reyes WP Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
Industry Forum Harvest
Chile, Germany, 2018, 78 min The life of some tough teenagers at the Chilean skatepark Los Reyes, seen through the eyes of two stray dogs, Chola and Football.
fr 16 11:30 Tuschinski 3 [P&I Screening] sa 17 21:15 Tuschinski 1 mo 19 21:00 Tuschinski 4 th 22 16:15 EYE Cinema 1 [+ Doc Talk] fr 23 16:15 Podium Mozaïek sa 24 10:15 Tuschinski 2 su 25 16:30 EYE Cinema 1
Losing Alaska IP
Frontlight
Tom Burke
Ireland, 2018, 83 min In this urgent story that makes an acute problem tangible, the inhabitants of Newtok, Alaska are seeing their village literally vanish due to climate change. fr 16 21:45 Tuschinski 3 su 18 21:00 Munt 10 tu 20 21:30 Munt 9 fr 23 22:45 Munt 9 su 25 15:30 Tuschinski 5
Lost Reactor WP Alexandra Westmeier
Mallory
Retrospective
FILMS A TO Z
Student Competition
Luminous
Germany, 2018, 77 min A prestigious but never-completed Soviet nuclear power station in Crimea now stands in ruins, but several outsiders have found their salvation in this desolate place.
Czech Republic, 2015, 97 min After the birth of her son, Mallory kicks her drug habit and sets off on a long, sometimes seemingly hopeless journey back to life. fr 16 16:15 Tuschinski 4 th 22 13:00 Munt 12
Kids & Docs Competition, IDFA Junior
The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon WP
Harvest
De man die achter de horizon keek Martijn Blekendaal The Netherlands, 2018, 26 min A playfully edited documentary investigating the disappearance of a man who proves to have left behind something more special than just a mystery. fr 16 16:45 Tuschinski 5 su 18 17:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 20 18:00 Munt 10 we 21 16:45 Tuschinski 4 fr 23 11:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 11:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 25 13:30 EYE Cinema 1
[IDFA Junior]
First Appearance Competition
Manu IP
Emmanuelle Bonmariage
Belgium, 2018, 92 min A playful and moving journey through the life and work of Belgian documentary filmmaker Manu Bonmariage, intimately captured by his daughter Emanuelle.
su 18 20:00 Tuschinski 6 mo 19 10:30 Munt 12 [P&I Screening] tu 20 22:00 EYE Cinema 2 we 21 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal fr 23 10:30 Munt 7 sa 24 19:45 Tuschinski 2
Luminous
Marceline. A Woman. A Century WP Cordelia Dvorák
Industry
Forum France, The Netherlands, Harvest 2018, 58 min A portrait of Marceline Loridan-Ivens, a writer and filmmaker who, having survived the Holocaust, never let anyone constrain her again.
fr 16 19:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 17 10:15 Tuschinski 5 mo 19 10:45 Tuschinski 2 th 22 15:00 Munt 9
fr 16 20:00 Tuschinski 6 mo 19 22:30 Tuschinski 2 th 22 12:45 Munt 9 fr 23 22:30 Munt 12 sa 24 16:45 Munt 9
Program Guide
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Crowley - Cowboy Up
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A Marriage Story
Czech Republic, 2017, 102 min A Czech couple make it through 35 years of marital ups and downs, until a deep crisis almost wrecks their marriage. we 14 20:15 Tuschinski 4 fr 16 10:00 Tuschinski 1
Marseille, to the Moon and Back WP
United States, 2018, 98 min A group of skateboarders in America’s Rust Belt struggle in the gap between turbulent childhood and the responsibilities of adult life.
United States, 2018, 143 min Frederick Wiseman shows us everyday life going by in Monrovia, a small town in the American heartland.
fr 16 15:15 Tuschinski 1 sa 17 21:00 Skatepark Noord
th 22 21:15 De Balie - Grote Zaal su 25 13:00 Munt 11
Retrospective
Miracle
La vraie vie Benjamin Chevallier
France, 2018, 18 min Two girlfriends will soon be at different schools, but first they enjoy a final summer of the carefree bubble in which only they exist. fr 16 16:45 Tuschinski 5 su 18 17:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 20 18:00 Munt 10 fr 23 11:30 Tuschinski 6
Zázrak Helena Třeštíková
Czech Republic, 1975, 15 min In this graduation piece, the young director’s eye for detail brings an everyday miracle to life. fr 16 13:45 De Balie - Grote Zaal su 18 11:00 De Balie - Grote Zaal
Dutch Competition
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA
Master Talk: David Claerbout - Dark Optics Belgian artist David Claerbout uses his own work to illustrate how deceleration makes the narrative disappear and gives the background the starring rol. sa 24 14:00 EYE Cinema 2
Masters
Meeting Gorbachev Werner Herzog, Andre Singer
United States, 2018, 92 min Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union, looks back at his political life and legacy with Werner Herzog. fr 16 21:45 EYE Cinema 1 sa 17 10:00 Tuschinski 1
Paradocs
Feargal Ward, Adrian Duncan
Ireland, 2018, 18 min Desolate, mysterious scenes and a fantastic soundscape reconstruct a trek into the subarctic wilderness in the footsteps of an Irish forester. fr 16 19:00 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 16:45 Munt 13 th 22 19:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 13:00 Tuschinski 6
Monrovia, Indiana
[IDFA x FC Hyena x Skatepark NOORD]
Kids & Docs Competition
Masters
Minding the Gap Bing Liu
Strnadovi Helena Třeštíková
Memory Room WP
Best of Fests
The Miracle of the Little Prince WP
The Netherlands, 2018, 89 min Speakers of several threatened languages talk about their translation of the world-famous children’s book The Little Prince and its philosophical story.
[P&I Screening]
[NTR Avond van de Wolf]
we 21 15:30 Munt 11 sa 24 18:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction
Mirror Cookie Sophia Al-Maria
United Kingdom, 2018, 7 min At a dressing table-cum-hall of mirrors, the Chinese-American actor Bai Ling recites her monologue packed with self-validating mantras. Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
The Missing Picture
th 15 13:00 Munt 11 we 21 20:00 EYE Cinema 1
First Appearance Competition
Mussolini’s Sister WP Shaqiqat Mussolini Juna Suleiman
Israel, Palestine (State of), 2018, 70 min Within the small world of the elderly Hiam, large themes such as arranged marriage, loneliness and decline are explored through her granddaughter’s camera lens. fr 16 10:45 Munt 12 sa 17 18:45 Tuschinski 2 su 18 14:30 Munt 13 tu 20 21:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 24 10:15 Tuschinski 4 su 25 16:45 Munt 13
[P&I Screening]
Kids & Docs Competition
Marjoleine Boonstra
su 18 21:00 Tuschinski 1 mo 19 11:00 Munt 13 mo 19 11:00 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 19:30 Tuschinski 2
Frederick Wiseman
FILMS A TO Z
Retrospective
Me
My Faith: Jehova’s Witness WP
Min tro Cathrine Marchen Asmussen
Denmark, 2018, 15 min A sincere and non-judgmental impression of the life of a young Jehovah’s Witness, who genuinely believes that paradise will come on the day that Jehovah defeats Satan. su 18 19:15 Tuschinski 5 we 21 11:30 Tuschinski 4 fr 23 14:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 17:00 Tuschinski 5
Luminous
My Name Is Daniel IP Meu nome é Daniel Daniel Gonçalves
Brazil, 2018, 83 min A coming-of-age story full of humor, self-reflection and maternal love, in which the director goes in search of the cause of his physical disability. su 18 21:30 Munt 5 tu 20 21:30 Tuschinski 4 we 21 19:15 Munt 9 fr 23 16:00 Munt 7 su 25 16:30 Tuschinski 2
L’Image manquante Rithy Panh
Cambodia, France, 2013, 90 min Using clay figures, Rithy Panh recreates the history of his own family during the Khmer Rouge military dictatorship. th 15 11:30 Munt 13 fr 23 18:30 Tuschinski 3
Program Guide
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Hamada
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My Soul Drifts Light upon a Sea of Trees WP Heinrich Dahms
The Netherlands, Japan, 2018, 93 min The painfully candid stories of Japanese people who considered suicide, but then decided against it thanks to a Zen priest and his holistic approach.
th 15 18:15 EYE Cinema 1 fr 16 13:45 Munt 13 [P&I Screening] sa 17 12:45 Tuschinski 2 tu 20 18:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal fr 23 18:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
IDFA on Stage
Nature’s Nickelodeons IP Amy Cutler
United Kingdom, 2018, 60 min Experience nature as never before in a performance in which experimental artists turn the traditional nature documentary on its head.
su 18 19:30 Kleine Komedie [IDFA on Stage]
New Homeland IP
Masters
Barbara Kopple
Me
Belgium, France, Germany, 1977, 90 min A fantastic time capsule of 1970s New York. Alongside images of urban desolation, Chantal Akerman reads aloud letters from her mother. French spoken, no subtitles. we 21 14:00 Tuschinski 5
Masters
Sean McAllister
United Kingdom, 2018, 74 min Steve is a warehouse worker in Hull, England who uses music to make a small but important difference in the lives of local children, despite his own difficult circumstances. th 15 13:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 17 21:45 EYE Cinema 2 mo 19 22:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal su 25 16:15 Munt 12
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Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Best of Fests
Obscuro Barroco Evangelia Kranioti
France, Greece, 2018, 60 min Brazilian transgender legend Luana Muniz (1961-2017) is our guide as we explore Rio de Janeiro in this sensual and hallucinatory film essay about identity and self-expression.
th 15 21:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 17 22:30 Munt 10 mo 19 12:30 EYE Cinema 1 [Queer Day] sa 24 18:15 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Student Competition
The Olden Heralds WP
sa 17 22:00 Munt 12 su 18 17:30 Tuschinski 3 we 21 13:30 Munt 10 th 22 19:00 Munt 9 fr 23 10:45 Tuschinski 5
Chantal Akerman
Program Guide
United States, 2018, interactive Play with your digital food to your heart’s content in this intentionally purposeless game about culinary aesthetics—and no need to worry about clearing up afterwards.
Cuba, 2018, 23 min An elderly couple leading a simple existence in the Cuban countryside watches an old TV set that’s thrusting a new political era into their lives.
sa 17 14:45 Tuschinski 4 mo 19 22:00 Munt 9 we 21 11:00 Munt 10 th 22 15:45 Munt 10 fr 23 19:00 Munt 13
A Northern Soul IP
TJ Hughes
Los viejos heraldos Luis Alejandro Yero
United States, 2018, 94 min A group of Syrian and Iraqi refugee children go to summer camp with Canadian and American kids in the Canadian wilderness.
News from Home
Nour
IDFA DocLab Spotlight
Short Competition
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai WP Leyli Gafarova
Azerbaijan, Germany, 2018, 35 min When a European film crew arrives in the slum known as Shanghai in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, feelings quickly run high.
sa 17 21:15 Munt 5 su 18 19:30 Munt 12 tu 20 14:15 Tuschinski 6 we 21 20:30 Tuschinski 3 [Shorts] fr 23 14:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal fr 23 19:30 Podium Mozaïek [Shorts] sa 24 22:30 Munt 10 [Shorts]
Paradocs
Operation Jane Walk EP Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel
Austria, 2018, 17 min The digital war zone of a shooter game provides the setting for an architectural tour of a post-apocalyptic New York.
Short Competition
FILMS A TO Z
Dutch Competition
Our Song to War
Nuestro canto a la guerra Juanita Onzaga
Belgium, Colombia, 2018, 15 min In the Colombian village of Bojayá, the living reconcile themselves with death and change memories of war into magic realist stories. mo 19 17:30 Munt 12 tu 20 11:45 Tuschinski 3 we 21 11:30 Tuschinski 3 we 21 21:30 Tuschinski 5 fr 23 16:45 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 19:00 Munt 12 sa 24 21:15 Munt 12
[Shorts]
[Shorts]
Frontlight
The Panama Papers IP Alex Winter
United States, United Kingdom, 2018, 100 min Investigative journalism doesn’t get more exciting than this: a backstage look at the work that produced the sensational revelations from the Panama Papers.
mo 19 13:15 Tuschinski 1 [+ Doc Talk] tu 20 18:45 Munt 11 th 22 21:15 Munt 11 sa 24 15:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal
Paradocs Shorts 1
Paradocs
Compilation of beyond the frame docs: Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off), Big Characters, Memory Room, Alone Together. fr 16 19:00 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 16:45 Munt 13 th 22 19:30 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 13:00 Tuschinski 6
Paradocs
Paradocs Shorts 2
Compilation of beyond the frame docs: All Voices Are Mine, Separation, Vivid Dreams, cut-out, backyard. fr 16 21:30 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 19:15 Munt 13 th 22 22:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 15:45 Tuschinski 6
The Patriot IP
Frontlight
Katja Fedulova
Germany, 2018, 35 min At 21, Vasily Vlasov is the youngest parliamentarian in the Russian Duma, and his deeply conservative ideas have made him the hero of many a fledgling patriot. mo 19 18:30 Munt 11 tu 20 14:00 Tuschinski 3 we 21 22:00 Tuschinski 6 th 22 16:30 Tuschinski 3
mo 19 16:15 Tuschinski 5 we 21 21:00 Munt 13 fr 23 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 sa 24 18:30 Tuschinski 6
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Photographs Fotografías Andrés Di Tella
Argentina, 2007, 110 min An investigation by Argentine director Andrés Di Tella into his mother’s Indian origins, and ultimately his own identity. mo 19 11:15 Tuschinski 4 th 22 19:30 EYE Cinema 2
[+ Doc Talk]
Luminous
Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark WP Daniel Rosenfeld
Argentina, France, 2018, 92 min An intimate portrait of the famous Argentine bandoneon player and composer Astor Piazzolla, who revolutionized the tango. su 18 21:00 Carré [+ Live: Carel Kraayenhof] mo 19 11:00 Munt 10 th 22 13:45 EYE Cinema 1 fr 23 16:30 Munt 11 sa 24 21:00 Podium Mozaïek
Mid-Length Competition
The Potato Eaters WP Yedoki kartofelya Dina Barinova
Russia, 2018, 51 min A Russian family lives in extreme poverty. This is what Van Gogh’s The Potato Eaters would look like if it came to life. sa 17 17:00 Munt 12 mo 19 19:00 Tuschinski 3 tu 20 13:45 Tuschinski 4 fr 23 12:45 Munt 12
Pilgrim WP
United States, United Kingdom, 2018, interactive This innovative augmented reality app lets us walk a while with pilgrims heading to Santiago de Compostela, each with their own story and experience. On-site reservation required
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond DocLab Expo Special tu 20 16:00 Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
Police Killing IP
Frontlight
Auto de resistência Natasha Neri, Lula Carvalho
Brazil, 2018, 105 min Disturbing images combine with heartrending testimony in an indictment of the deadly abuse of power by police officers in Rio de Janeiro. th 15 18:45 Munt 12 sa 17 10:15 Tuschinski 2 tu 20 15:15 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
[Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee]
th 22 17:30 Munt 12 su 25 12:45 Tuschinski 5
Prague: The Restless Heart of Europe Vera Chytilova
Czech Republic, 1985, 59 min A paean to Prague that captures the frenetic beat of the city’s restless heart. su 18 10:30 EYE Cinema 2 fr 23 16:00 EYE Cinema 2
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The Netherlands, 2017, 11 min AI as an independent entity is coming soon, but experiences with the pioneering PUK* prove that the human mind isn’t capable of comprehending it yet. su 25 13:00 EYE Cinema 2
Masters
Svideteli Putina Vitaly Mansky
Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, 2018, 102 min A close account of the first year of Putin’s presidency, in which Vitaly Mansky also questions his own role: witness or silent accomplice? we 14 20:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 17 15:30 EYE Cinema 1 mo 19 21:15 De Balie - Grote Zaal fr 23 15:00 Tuschinski 2
Luminous
The Privacy of Wounds WP
Quand tout le monde dort IP
Norway, 2018, 70 min In a reconstructed prison cell, three Syrian former political prisoners reveal their painful memories of shared experiences.
France, 2018, 57 min Filmmaker Jérôme Clément-Wilz takes us into the heart of a group of friends who organize underground parties in Paris.
mo 19 19:30 Munt 12 tu 20 11:30 Tuschinski 4
[Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee]
we 21 16:15 Tuschinski 5 fr 23 13:00 Munt 10
Retrospective
Jérôme Clément Wilz
fr 16 21:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 17 22:30 Tuschinski 4 we 21 19:30 EYE Cinema 2 th 22 21:30 Tolhuistuin fr 23 21:30 Podium Mozaïek sa 24 15:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Best of Fests
Private Universe
The Raft
Czech Republic, 2012, 83 min A compelling chronicle of an average family against the backdrop of Czech history over the course of 37 years.
Sweden, Denmark, Germany, United States, 2018, 97 min A look back at a fascinating 1973 social experiment: put a group of people on a raft for three months and see what happens.
Marcus Lindeen
Soukromy vesmir Helena Třeštíková
th 15 11:00 Tuschinski 4 mo 19 16:45 Tuschinski 6
Paradocs
Progress vs Sunsets WP
th 15 14:30 Munt 9 fr 16 22:15 Tuschinski 6 sa 17 20:00 Munt 10 su 18 21:30 Kleine Komedie th 22 13:30 Munt 13
Melanie Bonajo
The Netherlands, 2017, 49 min Edited into YouTube films about animals, children give their opinions on the environment, animal welfare and nature, and the way adults are ruining it all. mo 19 16:15 Tuschinski 5 we 21 21:00 Munt 13 fr 23 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 sa 24 18:30 Tuschinski 6
Program Guide
Floris Schonfeld
Putin’s Witnesses
Třeštíková's Top 10
Dalia Kury
Lauren Hutchinson
PUK* Bill WP
[Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA]
Mid-Length Competition
DocLab Digital Storytelling
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA
FILMS A TO Z
Me
Railway Men IP
Frontlight
La voie normale Erige Sehiri
Tunisia, Switzerland, France, Qatar, 2018, 73 min Has the Jasmine Revolution really changed Tunisia? Due to corruption and incompetence, Tunisian railway workers risk their lives every day. mo 19 20:00 Munt 9 tu 20 15:00 Tuschinski 5 we 21 19:00 Podium Mozaïek th 22 11:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 24 13:15 De Balie - Grote Zaal
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Reason EP
Vivek Anand Patwardhan
India, 2018, 240 min A broad-ranging examination of Indian society, where secular rationalists are hunted down as they attempt to stem the rising tide of religious and nationalist fundamentalism. sa 17 13:45 Tuschinski 3 su 18 19:00 Tuschinski 4 mo 19 11:30 EYE Cinema 2 tu 20 15:15 Munt 12
[P&I Screening]
Paradocs: Amsterdam Art Weekend at IDFA
Ryoji Ikeda: datamatics [ver.2.0]
A mind-expanding audiovisual performance by Ryoji Ikeda in which abstract images of matter, time and space meander between science and philosophy. Ticket sales for Friday 20:30 via eyefilm.nl fr 23 20:30 EYE Cinema 1 fr 23 22:15 EYE Cinema 1
[+ Doc Talk]
[Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee]
fr 23 11:30 Munt 13
Luminous
Sakawa WP
Industry Forum Harvest
Ben Asamoah Retrospective
René
Helena Třeštíková
Czech Republic, 2008, 83 min This is what it is to be really good-fornothing: the fortunes of likeable petty criminal René, over the course of 20 years. th 15 21:30 EYE Cinema 2 sa 17 10:30 EYE Cinema 2
Best of Fests, Me
Room for a Man Anthony Chidiac
Lebanon, United States, 2017, 77 min An intimate essay in which the gay Lebanese filmmaker Anthony Chidiac explores his own identity and the hostile society in which he lives. fr 16 15:00 Tuschinski 2 sa 17 20:00 Munt 13 su 18 16:45 Tuschinski 5 we 21 11:45 Munt 9 th 22 11:15 Tuschinski 5
[+ Doc Talk]
Room Without a View
Me
Rada Šešić
The Netherlands, 1997, 14 min Filmmaker Rada Šešić fled Sarajevo in 1993. In this lyrical collage, she depicts what it means to pick up the tatters of your life in a new place. sa 17 16:00 Tuschinski 2 tu 20 16:30 Tuschinski 6
[+ Doc Talk]
Best of Fests
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records Nicolas Jack Davies
United Kingdom, Jamaica, 2018, 86 min An infectious, richly documented history of the legendary British record label that brought ska, rocksteady en reggae to a wider audience. fr 16 18:30 Munt 4 sa 17 22:00 Kleine Komedie fr 23 21:30 Tolhuistuin sa 24 16:00 Podium Mozaïek su 25 13:15 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
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Belgium, The Netherlands, 2018, 81 min An unbiased behind-the-scenes look at internet scamming in Ghana, where con artists cheat wealthy Westerners to escape poverty. sa 17 21:00 EYE Cinema 1 mo 19 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 tu 20 21:45 Munt 13 we 21 19:00 Tolhuistuin th 22 18:00 Munt 13 fr 23 17:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Samouni Road
Best of Fests
La strada dei Samouni Stefano Savona
Italy, France, 2018, 129 min A compelling reconstruction of a drone attack in Gaza that claimed the lives of 29 members of the same family, told through the memories of survivors. th 15 11:45 Munt 9 mo 19 18:15 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 15:30 Munt 11 th 22 13:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 24 19:30 Tuschinski 5
Scars WP
Mid-Length Competition
La disgrâce Didier Cros
France, 2018, 66 min Five people with disfigured faces have their portraits taken at a famous photographic studio. The results are confronting for viewer and subject alike. fr 16 20:00 Munt 10 su 18 13:00 Tuschinski 6 we 21 19:00 Munt 13 th 22 16:45 Tuschinski 2 fr 23 13:30 Munt 8
Short Competition
Scenes from a Dry City WP
François Verster, Simon Wood
South Africa, United States, 2018, 13 min Cape Town’s acute water crisis illustrates the differences within South African society, in a film that’s as visually stunning as it is urgent.
mo 19 16:00 Munt 10 tu 20 19:00 Tuschinski 6 we 21 20:30 Tuschinski 3 [Shorts] fr 23 19:30 Podium Mozaïek [Shorts] sa 24 16:15 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 24 22:30 Munt 10 [Shorts] su 25 12:15 Tuschinski 6
Searching for Ingmar Bergman
Masters
Margarethe von Trotta
Germany, 2018, 99 min Margarethe von Trotta’s layered and personal examination of the work, themes and private life of the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. su 18 12:30 Tuschinski 2
Třeštíková's Top 10
Student Competition
The Savage Eye
Seeds of Deceit
United States, 1960, 68 min This expressive cinema verité classic tells the partly fictionalized story of a young divorcée living in the big city.
The Netherlands, 2018, 21 min Fertility doctor Jan Karbaat helped dozens of women get pregnant. It was only after his death that they discovered how.
Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers, Joseph Strick
fr 16 12:45 EYE Cinema 2 sa 24 11:00 EYE Cinema 2
Dutch Competition
Scared of Revolution WP Daniël Krikke
The Netherlands, 2018, 72 min A portrait of the performance poet Umar Bin Hassan and his personal struggle with the revolution he propagated himself with The Last Poets.
th 15 21:00 EYE Cinema 1 fr 16 11:15 Munt 13 [P&I Screening] fr 16 13:00 Munt 10 th 22 12:45 EYE Cinema 2 fr 23 19:00 Tolhuistuin sa 24 19:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
su 25 14:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
FILMS A TO Z
Feature-Length Competition
Het zaad van Karbaat Miriam Guttmann
th 15 19:00 Tuschinski 3 fr 16 11:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal sa 17 15:15 Munt 9 sa 24 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal su 25 10:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Třeštíková's Top 10
The Seine Meets Paris La Seine a rencontré Paris Joris Ivens
France, 1957, 32 min Joris Ivens’s affectionate 1950s impression of the Parisians’ relationship with the Seine. su 18 10:30 EYE Cinema 2 fr 23 16:00 EYE Cinema 2
[+ Doc Talk]
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Bojana Radulovic
Montenegro, Belgium, 2018, 19 min Rootless despite having a home: like her house in Montenegro, Bojana Radulović feels at the mercy of international developments and political changes. fr 16 21:30 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 19:15 Munt 13 th 22 22:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 15:45 Tuschinski 6
Sheep Hero WP Schapenheld Ton van Zantvoort
The Netherlands, 2018, 81 min An idealistic Dutch shepherd does everything in his power to keep his local business afloat in these neoliberal times.
sa 17 13:30 Munt 13 [P&I Screening] sa 17 18:30 EYE Cinema 1 mo 19 16:15 Tuschinski 1 tu 20 22:15 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal fr 23 13:45 Munt 11 su 25 16:15 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Me
Sherman’s March Ross McElwee
United States, 1986, 158 min An exploration of the American South in the footsteps of the much-despised general William Sherman keeps getting derailed by the interventions of southern belles. [+ Doc Talk]
Short Competition
Shorts: Fixed Lives
Compilation program of three shorts about sadness, love, and boredom. With: Dorotchka, The Ambassador’s Wife and Unconditional Love. we 21 13:45 Tuschinski 3 sa 24 19:45 Munt 13
Short Competition
Shorts: In Flux
Compilation program of four shorts about growing up and questions of life. With: Guaxuma, Skip Day, beside the water, 1999-2004 and I Signed the Petition. we 21 16:00 Tuschinski 3 sa 24 22:00 Munt 13
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Shorts: Is It a Dream?
Compilation program of four highly cinematic shorts. With: Aleppo:The Silence of the War, Our Song to War, And What Is the Summer Saying and All Inclusive. we 21 11:30 Tuschinski 3 sa 24 21:15 Munt 12
Short Competition
Shorts: Resilient Cities
Dutch Competition
fr 16 20:45 Munt 4 tu 20 11:15 Tuschinski 2
Short Competition
Compilation program of four shorts about challenging life in big cities. With: Backwards, Scenes from a Dry City, Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains and Once Upon a Time in Shanghai. we 21 20:30 Tuschinski 3 fr 23 19:30 Podium Mozaïek sa 24 22:30 Munt 10 sa 24 22:30 Munt 10
Best of Fests
The Silence of Others
Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo
Spain, United States, 2018, 96 min Crimes committed by the Franco regime have gone unpunished for years, but a group of victims and family members aredetermined to change that. th 15 10:15 Tuschinski 1 su 18 21:00 Munt 4 mo 19 12:45 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 24 17:30 Tuschinski 4
Best of Fests
The Silk and the Flame Jordan Schiele
China, United States, 2018, 87 min A beautiful and somber black-andwhite portrait of a closeted homosexual Chinese man in his thirties under pressure from his family to marry. th 15 13:45 Tuschinski 3 fr 16 22:00 Munt 13 mo 19 13:45 Tuschinski 5 th 22 22:15 Munt 13 sa 24 18:00 Munt 10
Danae Elon
Canada, Israel, 2018, 80 min In a Greek convent, a nun named Tatiana receives a visit from her sister, whom she hasn’t seen in years. Why did Tatiana make such radical decisions? th 15 14:15 Tuschinski 2 su 18 10:15 Tuschinski 2 mo 19 21:30 Tuschinski 6 tu 20 11:45 Munt 9 sa 24 19:45 Tuschinski 4
Kids & Docs Competition, IDFA Junior
Skip and the Rhythm Rangers WP
Harvest
Skip en de Rhythm Rangers Olivier S Garcia
The Netherlands, 2018, 15 min Dance is the most important thing in 14-year-old Skip’s life—even if that means being teased by classmates who think dancing is for girls. su 18 19:15 Tuschinski 5 we 21 11:30 Tuschinski 4 we 21 16:45 Tuschinski 4 fr 23 14:15 Tuschinski 4 sa 24 11:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 sa 24 17:00 Tuschinski 5 su 25 10:30 EYE Cinema 1
Skip Day
[IDFA Junior]
Short Competition
Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan
United States, United Kingdom, 2018, 17 min On Skip Day, the seniors at Pahokee High School in Florida head for the beach to spend a final day together before a new life begins. th 15 19:30 Tuschinski 4 sa 17 12:15 Munt 10 we 21 14:30 Tuschinski 6 we 21 16:00 Tuschinski 3 fr 23 21:30 Munt 10 sa 24 22:00 Munt 13
[Shorts] [Shorts]
DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction
First Appearance Competition
Silvia WP
María Silvia Esteve
Argentina, Chile, 2018, 103 min A poetic family chronicle in which a diplomat’s daughter and her sisters try to come to grips with the tragic life of their mother. su 18 10:15 Munt 12 su 18 18:00 Munt 10 we 21 20:30 Munt 10 fr 23 20:45 Tuschinski 3 su 25 10:45 Munt 12
A Sister’s Song
Best of Fests
FILMS A TO Z
Separation, Vivid Dreams
Paradocs
[P&I Screening]
The Social Sorting Experiment WP Steye Hallema, The Smartphone Orchestra
The Netherlands, 2018, 20 min Through mindless online swiping and scrolling, we’re all ranked, categorized and profiled. But what happens under the shiny hood of your phone? On-site reservation required DocLab Expo Special fr 16 12:00 Brakke Grond Tuinzaal Presented at DocLab Live: Artificial Stupidity fr 16 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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Třeštíková's Top 10
Something Different O necem jinem Vera Chytilova
Czech Republic, 1963, 81 min This blend of documentary and fiction by the rebellious innovator Vera Chytilova is as fresh as when it was first released. sa 17 16:15 De Balie - Grote Zaal su 25 10:15 Munt 13
Luminous
The Sound of Masks WP
Harvest
Sara de Gouveia
South Africa, Portugal, 2018, 70 min Atanásio Nyusi, a compelling storyteller and legendary Mapiko dancer, takes us on a journey through Mozambique’s past and present. sa 17 17:15 Tuschinski 4 su 18 15:00 Tuschinski 6 we 21 21:30 Munt 9 fr 23 13:15 Tuschinski 3 sa 24 22:30 Tuschinski 5
Frontlight
Soyalism WP
Enrico Parenti, Stefano Liberti
Italy, 2018, 65 min An investigation of the increasing industrialization of pig farming, and its global consequences for humans and the environment . su 18 12:30 Tuschinski 1
[Oxfam Novib + Doc Talk]
mo 19 16:00 Munt 10 tu 20 19:00 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 16:15 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal su 25 12:15 Tuschinski 6
Srbenka
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
The State Against Summa WP Mandela and the Others Andrei Kutsila Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte
France, 2018, 105 min Original sound recordings of the trial of Nelson Mandela and nine others in 1964 combine with animation, interviews and archive footage to produce a unique history lesson.
sa 17 12:45 Kleine Komedie [+ Doc Talk] tu 20 12:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal th 22 11:15 Munt 11 fr 23 21:15 Tuschinski 1 sa 24 20:30 Tuschinski 6
Dutch & Feature-Length Competition
Stones Have Laws WP Dee sitonu a weti Van Brummelen & De Haan
The Netherlands, Suriname, 2018, 100 min While the world of the Surinamese Maroon community unfolds majestically, together with the spirits of the nature around them they fight the multinationals.
su 18 15:15 Tuschinski 3 [P&I Screening] su 18 19:00 EYE Cinema 1 tu 20 21:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 th 22 18:45 Munt 11 fr 23 12:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 24 16:15 EYE Cinema 2 [+ Doc Talk]
A Strange Love Affair with Ego
th 15 17:30 Tuschinski 4 sa 17 10:00 Munt 10 tu 20 10:45 Tuschinski 5
[Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee]
th 22 12:00 EYE Cinema 1 su 25 16:00 De Balie - Grote Zaal
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Ester Gould
The Netherlands, 2015, 93 min Fascinated by her sister Rowan’s self-confidence, Ester Gould explores our narcissistic society, with alarming results. fr 16 11:30 Tuschinski 4 th 22 14:00 Tuschinski 2
Nebojsa Slijepcevic
Croatia, 2018, 72 min The Yugoslav Wars echo on in Croatia, behind the scenes of a controversial play telling the true story of an ethnically-motivated murder.
Mid-Length Competition
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski WP
Poland, United States, 2018, 104 min The remarkable life story of the pre-war Polish artist Stanislav Szukalski, documented by the American friends he made late in life. th 15 19:00 EYE Cinema 2 fr 16 15:00 Munt 10 th 22 11:45 Tuschinski 6 sa 24 22:00 Tuschinski 2
fr 16 21:15 Munt 5 mo 19 19:00 Tuschinski 6 tu 20 12:45 Tuschinski 5 sa 24 10:00 Tuschinski 5 su 25 10:30 Tuschinski 5
Survivors EP
Frontlight
Arthur Pratt
Sierra Leone, United States, 2018, 86 min A collective in Sierra Leone filmed during the 2014 Ebola crisis, in which thousands of people died, and emergency workers risked their lives to help the people of their country. fr 16 17:45 Munt 10 su 18 22:15 Tuschinski 3 tu 20 13:30 Munt 10
[Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee]
th 22 15:15 Munt 12
Swatted WP
Student Competition
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
France, 2018, 21 min A disturbing but beautiful visual meditation on ‘swatting,’ a gaming phenomenon in the borderland between virtuality and reality.
fr 16 18:45 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal su 18 21:30 Tuschinski 5 we 21 13:00 Munt 11 th 22 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal [VICE Night] sa 24 21:15 Munt 9
[+ Doc Talk]
Luminous
Irek Dobrowolski
Poland, Belarus, 2018, 51 min A young Belarusian artist leaves her husband behind to visit her friend, an elderly Polish artist, in his fairy-tale manor house in Poland.
Sylvana, Demon or Diva WP
Frontlight
Ingeborg Jansen
The Netherlands, 2018, 90 min When former TV personality Sylvana Simons enters the Dutch political arena with her party BIJ1, the going is tougher than she ever expected. su 18 14:15 Carré [+ Doc Talk] mo 19 15:45 Munt 11 tu 20 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 we 21 17:30 Bijlmer Parktheater
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Tatsuniya EP Rahima Gambo
Nigeria, 2018, interactive A multimedia story encapsulating the experiences of Nigerian students who want to continue learning, despite the atrocities carried out by Boko Haram
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond DocLab Expo Special mo 19 16:00 Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
A Thousand Girls Like Me
Best of Fests Industry Forum Harvest
Sahra Mani
Afghanistan, France, 2018, 80 min This disturbing and inspiring story of Khatera, a young Afghan woman who brings charges against her father after he sexually abused her for many years. th 15 15:30 Tuschinski 4 fr 16 12:15 EYE Cinema 1 sa 17 17:45 Munt 10 tu 20 14:15 Tuschinski 1
[Amsterdam Human Rights Award Nominee]
DocLab Digital Storytelling
Tendar IP
Samantha Gorman, Danny Cannizzaro
United States, 2018, interactive This augmented reality game explores our relationship with technology and how it impacts other relationships through a virtual pet fish that eats our emotions to survive.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Theatre of War Lola Arias
Best of Fests Industry Forum Harvest
Argentina, Spain, Germany, 2018, 81 min A conceptual documentary in which British and Argentine veterans of the Malvinas/Falklands War confront their memories, each other and the war that binds them. we 14 21:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 17 18:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal su 18 18:45 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal tu 20 22:15 Munt 12 su 25 10:30 Munt 9
DocLab Digital Storytelling
This Room IP
fr 23 15:15 Munt 12
Three Identical Strangers
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Para la guerra Francisco Marise
Spain, Argentina, Portugal, Panama, 2018, 65 min Decades after the revolution, an elderly Cuban still lives on the battle field. A weaponless war film about a combative and solitary spirit. th 15 18:45 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 20:15 Munt 12 we 21 22:30 Munt 12 th 22 14:45 EYE Cinema 2 sa 24 11:00 Munt 10
Touch Me Not
Best of Fests
Adina Pintilie
Tim Wardle
United States, 2018, 96 min The astonishing story of the reunion of identical triplets who were separated at birth takes an unexpected and tragic turn. th 15 15:45 Tuschinski 1 sa 17 10:00 Kleine Komedie we 21 19:00 Tuschinski 2 th 22 15:15 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 24 14:45 Munt 11
To Be Continued
Masters
Turpina¯jums Ivars Seleckis
Latvia, 2018, 97 min This Latvian take on the Up series follows five children with different backgrounds in various parts of the country, over the course of their first year in school. th 15 17:00 Munt 13 tu 20 16:15 Tuschinski 4 we 21 21:45 EYE Cinema 2 th 22 11:00 Tuschinski 2 fr 23 14:00 Tuschinski 6
Pejk Malinovski
Denmark, 2018, 9 min A powerful VR installation that lets us experience how traumatic it is to spend years living in a refugee center. On-site reservation required.
Best of Fests
To War IP
Mid-Length Competition
FILMS A TO Z
DocLab Digital Storytelling
Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France, 2018, 125 min This groundbreaking hybrid documentary sees the filmmaker and her protagonists explore the universal human need for intimacy. th 15 13:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal fr 16 19:00 Kleine Komedie [+ Doc Talk] su 18 13:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal fr 23 21:15 Munt 11 su 25 15:15 Tuschinski 4
Serialized
The Trade
Matthew Heineman
United States, 2018, 262 min A miniseries in five episodes that captures the heroin epidemic in the U.S. in harrowing scenes with the intensity of a thriller. sa 17 12:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Short Competition
Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains WP David Verbeek
Best of Fests
To the Four Winds Libre Michel Toesca
France, 2018, 101 min A portrait of a rebellious farmer on the border between France and Italy, who risks his own freedom to help migrants on their journey. th 15 15:45 Munt 12 fr 16 14:30 EYE Cinema 1 sa 17 19:30 Munt 12 mo 19 18:45 Tuschinski 1
The Netherlands, China, 2018, 23 min In the vast city of Chongqing, a new generation of rappers try to keep expressing themselves after tough new censorship from the government. fr 16 21:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal [NPO 2 Doc Primeur]
sa 17 22:30 Tuschinski 4 we 21 19:30 EYE Cinema 2 we 21 20:30 Tuschinski 3 [Shorts] th 22 21:30 Tolhuistuin fr 23 19:30 Podium Mozaïek [Shorts] sa 24 15:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal sa 24 22:30 Munt 10 [Shorts]
[Oxfam Novib + Doc Talk]
sa 24 12:15 Munt 9 su 25 16:15 Podium Mozaïek
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LIONFISH PRODUCTIONS AND UKBAR FILMES PRESENT
A film by Rehad Desai
EVERYTHING
MUST FALL THE HIGH COST OF FREE EDUCATION From the makers of Miners Shot Down
A FILM BY SARA CF GOUVEIA
FEATURING ATANÁSIO COSME NYUSI NATEPO ATANÁSIO NHUSSI JAIME MANUPA KANYAGA MATAQUENYA MARTA PEDRO MATSIMBE MAURÍCIO GERALDO FILIPE NANGONGA MOISÉS ABEL BILALI VALÉRIO MARTINS MWALE CONSTANTINO LUCAS NTUMISSANA WITH MASSACRE DE MUEDA DANCE GROUP & ULONGOMALY BAND
This film is the third and final part of a trilogy and is preceded by Miners Shot Down and The Giant is Falling.
CINEMATOGRAPHER SARA CF GOUVEIA EDITOR KHALID SHAMIS EDITING ADVISOR CARLOS MADALENO EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CLÁUDIA ALVES COLOURIST DAVID GRANT & MARCO AMARAL SOUND DESIGN PEDRO GÓIS GRAPHIC DESIGN JOÃO ROXO ORIGINAL MUSIC TIAGO CORREIA-PAULO
Produced by
WRITTEN BY SARA CF GOUVEIA & KHALID SHAMIS PRODUCED BY SARA CF GOUVEIA IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH PANDORA DA CUNHA TELLES, PABLO IRAOLA & JULIA RAMSAY
DIRECTOR: REHAD DESAI PRODUCERS: ANITA KHANNA REHAD DESAI ZIVIA DESAI KEIPER CO-PRODUCERS: JACQUELINE JONES GRANT CLARK MAARTEN SCHMIDT DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: NIC HOFMEYR EDITORS: MEGAN GILL ARYA LALLOO GEERT VEUSKENS MUSIC COMPOSER: JANNOUS AUKEMA CONTRIBUTORS: ERAN TAHOR ARYA LALLOO RICHARD PAKLEPPA www.everythingmustfall.co.za
WITH THE SUPPORT OF NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FOUNDATION OF SOUTH AFRICA, HOT DOCS BLUE ICE FUNDING, IDFA BERTHA FUND & RTP
84 min
PARTNERS: Ford Foundation, Department of Trade and Industry, Brot fur die Welt, National Film and Video Foundation, Al Jazeera, EO/IKON-docs, DRTV, Deckert Distribution GmbH
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DATE 15 Nov 2018 16 Nov 2018 21 Nov 2018 22 Nov 2018 23 Nov 2018 25 Nov 2018
TIME 16:30 PM 19:30 PM 20:30 PM 10:30 AM 19:30 PM 13:30 PM
VENUE Tuschinski 5 Munt 13 Bijlmer Parktheater Munt 9 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal De Balie - Grote Zaal
ROUGH CUT
• The Colonel’s Stray Dogs – Producer: Steven Markovitz, Director: Khalid Shamis
IDFA ACADEMY
• The Hair that Grew Up - Producer: Batana Vundla, Marion Isaacs, Director: Milisuthando Bongela • Lobola, A true Brides Price - Producer: Sarah Basyouny, Director: Sihle Hlophe
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Sergei Loznitsa
The Netherlands, 2018, 129 min A show trial in the Soviet Union in 1930 acts as a historical warning against the dangers of “alternative facts,” media manipulation and a selective approach to the truth. mo 19 19:30 Tuschinski 2 we 21 14:00 Munt 9 sa 24 18:45 EYE Cinema 1
The Trial
Masters
Denmark, 2018, 66 min This moving and intimate portrait of two Danish teenagers captures every confusing, numbing, attractive and repulsive moment of first love. fr 16 18:15 Munt 9 su 18 14:30 Tuschinski 5 we 21 18:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal fr 23 22:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal su 25 13:30 Munt 12
Uaxuctum WP
Brazil, The Netherlands, Germany, 2018, 140 min A courtroom drama about the impeachment of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, documenting the political theater and structures of power. th 15 13:45 Munt 13 sa 17 21:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 18 17:15 Munt 9 mo 19 16:45 Munt 9 sa 24 12:15 Tuschinski 4
Henry Singer, Rob Miller
Skjold & Isabel Emil Næsby Hansen
IDFA DocLab Spotlight
O processo Maria Ramos
The Trial of Ratko Mladić WP
The Two of Us IP
Luminous
Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva
France, 2018, 8 min Music and its source of inspiration converge in this mesmeric VR recording of Giacinto Scelsi’s notoriously difficult orchestral work about an ancient Mayan sacred place. On-site reservation required. Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Frontlight Industry Forum Harvest
United Kingdom, Norway, 2018, 99 min The trial of General Ratko Mladić, through the eyes of prosecutors, defense attorneys, genocide survivors and Mladić’s supporters.
Short Competition
China, 2018, 126 min Artist Shen Jianhua gives drawing lessons in a remote mountain village, shown in stunning compositions and colors—every frame is a painting.
sa 17 10:30 Tuschinski 3 [P&I Screening] sa 17 21:00 Tuschinski 2 we 21 11:00 Tuschinski 5 th 22 16:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal fr 23 15:30 Tuschinski 3 su 25 13:00 Munt 9
Victory Day
Masters, Space
Deń pobedy Sergei Loznitsa
Germany, Lithuania, 2018, 94 min Modern-day nationalism haunts this portrait of a commemoration of the Soviet soldiers who died in Berlin. su 18 16:45 EYE Cinema 2 tu 20 13:00 EYE Cinema 1 fr 23 17:30 Munt 12 sa 24 20:15 Munt 10
[+ Doc Talk]
Mid-Length Competition, IDFA on Stage
Poland, 2018, 40 min The love between the deeply religious 80-year-old Teresa and her grandson Rafal is put to the test when he tells her he’s gay.
Uruguay, 2018, 69 min This voyage aboard the cargo ship Explorador is a visual trip into our entire life, with all its banality and euphoria.
Kids & Docs Competition, IDFA Junior
Luminous
Tungrus
Underdown WP
India, 2018, 13 min A documentary comedy in which a pet rooster turns the domestic life of a family living in a small Mumbai apartment upside down.
Lebanon, Qatar, Germany, 2018, 72 min A powerful film set in the concrete jungle of Beirut, Lebanon, where three people are struggling to survive.
[IDFA Junior]
Huo shan Yang Zhang
Vida a bordo WP
Miłość bezwarunkowa Rafał Łysak
su 18 15:30 Tuschinski 2 [VPRO Extra] mo 19 21:00 Munt 10 tu 20 21:00 Tuschinski 3 sa 24 10:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal
fr 16 16:45 Tuschinski 5 su 18 17:45 Tuschinski 6 tu 20 18:00 Munt 10 fr 23 11:30 Tuschinski 6 su 25 13:30 EYE Cinema 1
Up the Mountain WP
Unconditional Love IP
sa 17 21:15 Munt 5 su 18 19:30 Munt 12 tu 20 14:15 Tuschinski 6 we 21 13:45 Tuschinski 3 [Shorts] fr 23 14:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal sa 24 19:45 Munt 13 [Shorts]
Rishi Chandna
Feature-Length Competition
Sarah Kaskas
fr 16 17:30 Munt 13 sa 17 12:15 Tuschinski 5 fr 23 20:45 Munt 9 sa 24 13:15 Tuschinski 3
FILMS A TO Z
The Trial
Masters
Life on Board Emiliano Mazza De Luca
sa 17 19:30 Kleine Komedie [IDFA on Stage] su 18 19:00 Munt 13 we 21 16:00 Munt 10 su 25 10:30 Tuschinski 3
Video Club: Memory of Space
Paradocs
Artist’s work spaces are the focus of the videos that Basir Mahmood selected from the Stedelijk Museum collection and includes works by Bruce Nauman and Francis Alÿs a.o. Mahmood is screening his film All voices Are Mine as well. Tickets via www.stedelijk.nl
fr 16 19:30 Stedelijk Museum Auditorium
The Village
Serialized
Claire Simon
France, 2019, 112 min, Work in progress A small village in southern France is the improbable setting for an ambitious documentary festival: a cultural utopia among the vineyards and cherry trees. we 21 17:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
[+ Doc Talk]
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IDFA DocLab Spotlight
Volverium WP Thijs Biersteker
The Netherlands, 2018, 45 min In this multi-sensorial dream journey that raises existential questions, artist Thijs Biersteker confronts us with the unexplored beauty outside our information bubble.
Performance in DocLab Live: Jacco Gardner’s Somnium fr 23 20:00 ARTIS Planetarium fr 23 22:00 ARTIS Planetarium
Best of Fests
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
You Are My Friend WP
United Kingdom, 2018, 78 min A fantastically documented portrait of flamboyant fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, who has most recently become a climate activist.
The Netherlands, 2018, 77 min A heartwarming film about the ups and downs of six-year-old Branche from Macedonia, as he learns to make friends at his new Dutch school.
Jij bent mijn vriend Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster
Lorna Tucker
th 15 22:00 Munt 13 fr 16 22:15 Tuschinski 2 sa 17 12:30 Tuschinski 4 tu 20 17:15 Tuschinski 2
[NTR Avond van de Wolf]
Masters
The Waldheim Waltz Waldheims Walzer Ruth Beckermann
we 14 18:30 Tuschinski 5 th 15 18:30 Munt 11 fr 16 18:00 Tuschinski 1 th 22 21:00 Munt 10 su 25 12:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Luminous
The Way Home WP Wael Kadlo
Syria, Lebanon, 2018, 65 min Filmmaker Wael Kadlo’s childhood spanned many traumas as a result of family relations.. How does his personal story relate to the crisis in his home country, Syria? fr 16 13:30 Munt 9 we 21 17:00 Tuschinski 6 th 22 16:30 Tuschinski 5 sa 24 18:30 De Balie - Grote Zaal
Wednesday 19.7.1961
Me
Sreda 19.07.1961 Victor Kossakovsky
Russia, 1997, 93 min A portrait of the dozens of St. Petersburg residents who were born on Wednesday, July 19, 1961: Victor Kossakovsky’s own birthday. fr 16 15:15 EYE Cinema 2 su 25 16:00 EYE Cinema 2
th 22 19:00 Podium Mozaïek sa 24 19:30 Munt 11
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What Walaa Wants Christy Garland
Industry Forum Harvest
Canada, Denmark, 2018, 89 min The rebellious Walaa is growing up with few prospects in the dangerous environment of a Palestinian refugee camp. The escape route she dreams of is to join the police. th 15 12:00 Tuschinski 6 fr 16 20:30 Munt 9 mo 19 19:45 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal th 22 15:45 Podium Mozaïek fr 23 18:15 Tuschinski 5 sa 24 12:30 Munt 11
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When the War Comes Až přijde válka Jan Gebert
Czech Republic, Croatia, 2018, 76 min An unsettling portrait of a right-wing paramilitary group of Slovakians, who train in the forest every weekend, preparing for the coming war. th 15 13:00 Tuschinski 1 sa 17 10:00 EYE Cinema 1 tu 20 16:00 EYE Cinema 1 th 22 13:45 Munt 11 fr 23 18:45 Tuschinski 6
Mid-Length Competition
Wongar IP
Andrijana Stojkovic
sa 17 13:15 Tuschinski 1 su 18 12:30 Munt 13 [P&I Screening] tu 20 15:45 Munt 10 we 21 21:15 De Balie - Grote Zaal th 22 21:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 25 14:00 Podium Mozaïek
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
Austria, 2018, 93 min An exciting reportage on the revelations surrounding Kurt Waldheim’s Nazi past, in the run-up to the Austrian presidential election of 1986.
Dutch Competition
Serbia, 2018, 60 min A contemplative and poetic portrait of the Serbian-Australian writer B. Wongar (Sreten Božić), who devotedly cares for his six dingoes.
Yours in Sisterhood Irene Lusztig
United States, 2018, 101 min Letters published in the feminist magazine Ms. cover everything from nuclear energy to sex. Forty years on, the letters are read again. th 15 12:00 Tuschinski 2 fr 16 15:30 Tuschinski 6 tu 20 21:15 De Balie - Grote Zaal we 21 22:00 Munt 11 fr 23 11:30 Munt 9
Mid-Length Competition, Me
Yukiko WP
Young Sun Noh
France, 2018, 70 min A poetic musing in which the Korean filmmaker Young Sun Noh dreams about her Japanese grandmother, whom she never knew. sa 17 16:00 Tuschinski 2 su 18 21:45 Munt 12 tu 20 16:30 Tuschinski 6 su 25 10:45 Tuschinski 4
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DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction
Zikr: A Sufi Revival IP
Created by: Gabo Arora, John Fitzgerald, Matthew Niederhauser
Tunisia, United States, 2018, 17 min An interactive virtual reality journey into a world of ecstatic ritual and music. On-site reservation required.
Installation in DocLab Expo: Humanoid Cookbook th 15 to sa 24 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 25 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
sa 17 18:45 Tuschinski 5 tu 20 11:45 Munt 13 we 21 17:00 Munt 9 fr 23 13:00 Munt 7
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