Supporting artistic, independent, and critical voices from around the world In collaboration with filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania the Fund strives toward a truly international documentary industry.
IDFA Bertha Fund – Classic Funding opportunities for documentary filmmakers and producers living and working in IBF supported regions • Development: For research, script and trailer production • Production & Post-production: For all stages of production and post-production Deadlines: 10 December 2021 & 10 June 2022
IDFA Bertha Fund – Europe Funding opportunities for producing documentary films realized through international co-productions • International Co-production: Feature-length documentary films with potential to reach a global audience Deadline: to be announced Applications need to be submitted by a European partner.
The Netherlands Film Fund + IDFA Bertha Fund Co-production Scheme Funding opportunities for the realization of international documentary co-productions • Feature-length documentary films which have previously been supported by IDFA Bertha Fund are eligible Deadline: 1 March 2022 Applications need to be submitted by a Dutch partner
Visit www.idfa.nl/idfaberthafund for updated regulations, deadlines and guidelines on how to submit. Contact: idfaberthafund@idfa.nl
TOWARDS A NEW FILM INDUSTRY During the pandemic, we enjoyed an exceptional sense of solidarity among film workers, film festivals, and audiences, globally. We were all locked up (or down!) in our homes, using the apps and the platforms we were told to use, gasping to catch up, to stay up to date. We struggled with loneliness, missed each other, missed our analogue social life. Still, we shared a sense of mutuality in the face of an overwhelming crisis, strived to support each other, and a new spirit of collaboration emerged. Over the past two years we experienced how art and culture were crucial to the resilience of societies during a tribulation. We saw how the impact of artistic expression is impossible to measure, yet indispensable. It was often measured by viewership figures, but we know that one film can shift the views, or the state of mind, of one viewer, forever. Whereas watching a hundred films in a month might be an addictive act of escapism, rather than a meaningful practice. How could we ever be able of measuring that? Today, we all take part in a heated debate over what our future will be like. Will it mark the return to human encounters, to experiencing film and film festivals as social spaces? Will it be all about staying safe at home, keeping distance, so mainly online? Or will it be a mixture of the two, somewhere in the space we now call “hybrid”? We are discussing the immediately measurable effects of going “hybrid”, eyeball count, accessibility, and dealing with the current theatrical distribution problem. We are rarely contemplating the long-term effects that it might have on modes of interaction between art and society, and on artistic integrity, that magical freedom of creation, of dissidence, of the different and the new. Defining film mainly as commodity, a “product”, is not a problem of the film industry alone. It has been a few decades since art and culture gave in to a market’s perception of what they are. This is our own “realpolitik” that gave us the term “cultural industries”. Profitability as the main measure for reaching the audience, an economic understanding of “sustainability”, and evaluation based on measurability, all became the standard tools of weighing the value and the relevance of a festival or a film. Today, as we seek to rethink our field, we have a chance to ponder what it is that we really need to change: the paradigm of how film and society interact, or the dominance of the free market’s understanding of what “success” is? Quantity? Quality? Both? IDFA is choosing a strategy of experimentation. This transformation period is complex. It requires a longer learning curve. It demands taking risks and being able to make mistakes. The restructuring of IDFA’s film program, the launch of the Filmmaker Support Department, and the new components in IDFA Markets, the non-stop development of IDFA’s Online Collection, are all stemming from this process of examination, and they are open and flexible proposals, ready to be critiqued and revised, continuously. Finally, I would like to salute all our colleagues here and around the world whose personal health, families, income, work, or security was challenged by the pandemic. We are all together in this—you are not alone! Welcome to IDFA 2021! Orwa Nyrabia Artistic Director IDFA
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IDFA would like to thank all Friends, Special Friends, and Special Friends+ IDFA would like to thank all Friends, of the festival. Special Friends, and Special Friends+ of the festival. Contributors: Orwa Nyrabia (Artistic Director), Contributors: Cees van ’t Hullenaar (Executive Orwa Nyrabia (Artistic Director), Director), Isabel Arrate Fernandez Cees van ’t Hullenaar (Executive (Deputy Director | Executive Director Director), Isabel Arrate Fernandez IDFA Bertha Fund), (Deputy Director | Executive Director Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen (Head of IDFA Bertha Fund), Industry), Martine van Duijn (Head of Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen (Head of Marketing, Communication & Press), Industry), Martine van Duijn (Head of Marjolein Polder (Coordinator Marketing, Communication & Press), Communication), Vladan Petkovic Marjolein Polder (Coordinator (Editor), Roxy Merrell Editor), Communication), Vladan(Copy Petkovic Kaz Salemink (Designer), (Editor), Roxy Merrell (Copy Editor), Laurien ten (Designer), Houten (Industry Relations Kaz Salemink & Talksten Manager), LeonoreRelations Raab Laurien Houten (Industry Industry), Caspar Sonnen & (Producer Talks Manager), Leonore Raab (Head ofIndustry), New Media & DocLab), (Producer Caspar Sonnen Nina of van Doren (DocLab Editor), (Head New Media & DocLab), Nina van Doren (DocLab Martijn van Dijk (Head Editor), of Development), Martijn van Dijk (Head of Development), Ellen Bannink (Development Producer), Ellen Bannink (Development Laura van Halsema (SeniorProducer), Programmer), Laura vanKaethoven Halsema (Senior Programmer), Eveline (Program Eveline Kaethoven (Program Coordinator), Victoria Chernukha Coordinator), Victoria (Talks Editor), MeikeChernukha Statema (Head of (Talks Editor), Meike Statema (Head of Talent Development). Talent Development).
Table of Contents
Useful Information page 7
Industry Program and IDFA Talks page 27
Location Map
Awards and Competitions page 44
Industry and public schedule
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Social Events Four Journeys
Program ENVISION AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
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Films A-Z page 90
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Delegation Project Presentations page 30
Symbiosis
DocLab
Think Tanks
DOCLAB AT 15: LIMINAL REALITY
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New Media & Performance A-Z page 102
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Industry Sessions Industry in Transformation page 18
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Industry Talks page 36
Supporting Filmmakers page 20
IDFA Dialogues page 38
Filmmaker Talks page 39
Film Talks page 40
IDFA Markets page 24
Program Sections page 42
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Useful Information
ATTENDING IDFA 2021 This year, we are delighted to return to cinemas across Amsterdam and other festival locations with your health and safety as top priority. For guests who are unable to travel to Amsterdam, not to worry: we’ve also prepared a focused online offering. Below, you can find an overview of all handy information for guests attending the festival.
INDUSTRY HUB De Brakke Grond, Nes 45, Amsterdam The Industry Hub is open to all pass holders to meet up, network, and do business. Here you’ll find all guest information and the Guest Box Office. The Industry Hub is also home to our extensive Industry Program of high-profile talks, sessions, matchmaking, and think tanks.
GUEST DESK & GUEST BOX OFFICE De Brakke Grond – Witte Zaal Here, accredited guests can pick up their pass, obtain tickets, and get general information about the festival.
GUEST DESK De Brakke Grond – Witte Zaal Nov 16 | 12:00–21:00 Nov 17–27 | 9:00–21:00 Nov 28 | 10:00–14:00
• IDFA DocLab Online Exhibition – Experience a selection of interactive documentaries and digital storytelling projects in our new media program’s experimental Online Exhibition, going live on November 19 at idfa.nl/doclabonline.
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If you are accredited as an online Forum Observer, you’ll also have access to the recorded pitches, available within 24 hours after the live pitches for a limited period.
De Brakke Grond – Entrance Nov 17–27 | 9:00–21:00
INDUSTRY DESK De Brakke Grond - Foyer At the Industry Desk, we can help you with any questions regarding the program for professionals. We guide you through the industry side of the festival, connect you with other professionals in various disciplines, and keep you informed on our array of talks, meetings, and sessions. You can also see if there are still free spots at one of our consultants. Nov 18 | 12:00–17:00 Nov 19–24 | 9:30–17:30
PRESS DESK De Brakke Grond – Blauwe Zaal The Press Desk is located next to the Guest Desk and is intended for members of the press. If you need information about the festival programs or guests, please do not hesitate to ask our international press officer. If you want to arrange an interview with a guest, please send your request to petrablaskovic@idfa.nl Nov 17–26 | 10:00–18:00
AVAILABLE ONLINE In addition to all the festivities in Amsterdam, we have a few online services for you. The following are available to all guests, whether joining in person or online. • Press & Industry Library – Watch films from the IDFA 2021 selection online and on demand from November 17 to 28. Please note that films only become available in the Press & Industry Library after their premiere. • Talks Library – Watch a selection of industry and audience talks online and on demand. Talks will be added to the Library approximately one day after happening in Amsterdam, and will be made available until the end of the festival.
HEALTH & SAFETY AT IDFA 2021 Comprehensive COVID-19 measures are in place to ensure the health and safety of all who attend this year’s festival. To read the most upto-date protocols, please refer to idfa.nl/covid-19.
TICKETS • Festival pass holders (including Forum, IDFAcademy & Producers Connection pass holders) can get up to 20 complimentary tickets for regular screenings and DocLab’s VR gallery, after which they can purchase tickets with a discount. • Press pass holders can get unlimited tickets for regular screenings. • Festival Light pass holders can purchase tickets with a discount. • Festival and Press pass holders can purchase tickets for special screenings with a discount. • Tickets can be reserved at idfa.nl and will be automatically uploaded to your pass. • To avoid empty seats, please cancel your ticket if you can’t make it to a screening. Complimentary tickets can easily be returned through your MyIDFA account. • There is no admission after the screening start time.
PRESS & INDUSTRY SCREENINGS (TICKETED) Due to capacity limitations and other COVID-19 protocols, Press & Industry Screenings are ticketed this year. Please reserve your free ticket one day before the screening. To avoid empty seats, please cancel your ticket through MyIDFA if you can’t make it to a screening.
TICKET PRICES Regular rate: €11.50 Discount rate: €8.50 (for holders of the Festival Light Pass, CJP Youth Pass, Amsterdam City Pass, and students)
• Consultancies – Meet with a range of experts through the Industry Program, ask your most pressing business questions, and get advice on the documentary world at large. This online service is in addition to our in-person consultancies. • Guest List – Access company profiles, bios, and contact information of all accredited guests through our online directory.
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Pathé Tuschinski – Reguliersbreestraat 26 Cinemas/Theaters Pathé De Munt – Pathé Tuschinski – Reguliersbreestraat 26 Eye Filmmuseum –– Pathé De Munt Eye Filmmuseum – Amstel 115-125 Amstel 115-125 DeLaMar – Marnixstraat 402 DeLaMar – Marnixstraat 402 Het Ketelhuis – Pazzanistraat Het Ketelhuis – Pazzanistraat4 4 Kriterion – Roetersstraat 170 Kriterion – Roetersstraat 170 De Balie – Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10 De BalieRialto – Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10 de Pijp – Ceintuurbaan 338 Rialto de PijpVU – –Ceintuurbaan Rialto De Boelelaan 1111 338 Podium – Bos 1111 en Lommerweg 191 Rialto VU – DeMozaïek Boelelaan de Appel – Schipluidenlaan 12 Podium Vlaams Mozaïek – Bos en Lommerweg 191 Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond – Nes 45 de Appel – Schipluidenlaan 12 (DocLab) Tolhuistuin (THT) – A Lab – Overhoeksplein 2 (DocLab) Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond – Nes 45 ARTIS Planetarium – Plantage (DocLab) (DocLab) Tolhuistuin (THT) – A LabIndustry – Overhoeksplein 2 (DocLab) Venues ARTIS Planetarium – Plantage (DocLab) Compagnietheater – Kloveniersburgwal 50
(IDFA Forum, IDFAcademy) Arti et Amicitiae – Rokin 112 (Docs for Sale) Industry Venues Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond – Nes 45 (Guest Services, DocLab, Industry, Industry Desk) Compagnietheater – Kloveniersburgwal 50 Zuiderkerk – Zuiderkerkhof 72 (Industry) (IDFA Forum, IDFAcademy) Het Groene Paleis – Rokin 65 (Industry) The Netherlands Film Academy – for Sale) Arti et Amicitiae – Rokin 112 (Docs Markenplein 1 (IDFAcademy) Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Frederiksplein 52 Grond (Industry)– Nes 45
(Guest Services, DocLab, Industry, Industry Desk) Zuiderkerk Hotels – Zuiderkerkhof 72 (Industry) Het Groene Paleis – Rokin 65 Volkshotel – Wibautstraat 150(Industry) Mercure Amsterdam Centre Canal The Netherlands Film Academy – District – Noorderstraat 46 Markenplein 1 (IDFAcademy) Eden Hotel Amsterdam – Amstel 144 Frederiksplein 52 (Industry) Cafés
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Mercure Amsterdam Centre Canal District – Noorderstraat 46 Eden Hotel Amsterdam – Amstel 144
Cafés Café Kuyl – Rembrandtplein 26 Café Schiller – Rembrandtplein 24-A @droog – Staalstraat 7B
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ENVISION AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Documentary film is going through a phase of historical transformation. On the one hand, there are now documentary films being made with budgets of millions and sold to streaming services which reach the widest possible audiences, putting them squarely into the mainstream, where documentary cinema has rarely been situated before the past. On the other hand, many filmmakers are cutting their ties with conventional pipelines and going guerilla—challenging the art form, investigating its limits, and sharpening its edges as they search for artistic liberty. In addition, following brave and consistent efforts from all corners of society and industry, more women film directors are taking up space for their art which displays an undeniable distinction in sensibility—often challenging our perception of what a good film is, and showing us those creative paths that we commonly overlook. It will take us a lot of time to accurately measure the effects of these developments, but it is clear that we are experiencing the birth of a new cinematic landscape. IDFA’s new constitution of its competition categories has been developed in response to this.
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Films in the International Competition tend to employ an observational and chronological approach. The films immerse us in worlds ranging from the Moscow metro to a boarding school in Argentina, from an isolated community of women footballers in Georgia to trans women on the beaches of Ecuador, and from a river boat representing a microcosm of Bangladeshi society to three West African immigrants hoping that magic and smartphones will provide them with a better life. In the Envision Competition, we witness personal histories that impose a creative challenge on the artists that is wide open and impossible to frame in a traditional way. In one film, a mother living with advanced ALS gets a camera fixed to the back of her wheelchair by her filmmaker son—inviting us to experience the world from her point of view. In South Africa, a woman director follows an aspiring actress for ten years who spent her whole life working as a house cleaner, combining fisheye lens footage with animation and re-enactment. After being diagnosed with a rare brain tumor, an artist studies the sketches she has drawn her whole life for clues, telling her life’s story in a voice-over accompanied only by her self-made images. A “prohibited” second child returns home to China from The Netherlands with a camera to painfully confront his family and his festering sense of guilt. In other films in both competition sections, documentary filmmakers once again confront us with our past—or the past of our close ancestors—by presenting films that use archive footage in a wonderful variety of ways. In the International Competition, we recognize that we still have a lot to learn about the Second World War and its consequences, at the hand of filmmakers who use new technologies to instill these invaluable visual materials with life and a sense of immediacy. They prove that the past has never truly passed, while the films in the Envision Competition invite us to imagine—envision—possible futures from the perspective of still-ongoing, personal presents.
The Delights
For the first time, IDFA is splitting films according to their stylistic tendencies and directors’ approaches, as opposed to running times, countries of production, or experience of filmmakers. The goal is to create a dialogue between the two currents that are emerging in the field in response to societal and economic changes engulfing the world.
The documentary cinema is in transformation—even as you read this. IDFA strives to understand, follow, and help propel documentary cinema towards the future. The connection between the festival and society is mirrored in the IDFA 2021 selection of films, and their position and presentation in all of IDFA’s program sections, various events, and in-depth discussions. This helps us make sense of the world and gain a better understanding of which direction we are heading. We do not know what the future holds exactly, but what we do know is that we have a role in shaping the existence and experience of documentary cinema—one that future filmmakers will paint in their intimate portraits and wide-ranging observations of society.
The International Competition consists of fifteen artistically confident, well-rounded, and universally relevant films. They often choose a story limited to a certain time, space, or context, and observe it—introducing us to a variety of communities, places, countries, and societies, inciting us to find a link between ourselves and these seemingly alien specificities of other cultures and ways of being. Here, the filmmakers use a clearly defined frame, but inside it—anything can happen. They take us on a ride on which we think we know what comes next, but then they surprise us with their complex approach and turn upside down our understanding of the film and its characters and topics, redefining our views of the world. The Envision Competition consists of fifteen films that traverse our current reality with stylistic integrity and courage, offering visions of a documentary art form that can, might, and will be. These artists venture into the unknown, looking for an experience that they will only recognize while they are searching. Starting from scratch every time, they experiment and reinvent their cinematic language as a part of the process of making of the film. Their works expand the usual understanding of documentary cinema in many diverse, sometimes contradictory directions. They force us to ask, what really is a documentary film?
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DOCLAB AT 15 A CELEBRATION OF AMBIGUITY IN LIFE, ART, AND TECHNOLOGY
Founded in 2007, IDFA’s new media program DocLab turns fifteen this year. For humans, fifteen is an interesting age. You are no longer a child, but also not an adult yet. Instead, you are in a state of transition, on the threshold of applying what you’ve learned so far to things you’ve never experienced before. It’s what anthropologists call a liminal phase, an exciting in-between state that is both familiar and unknown. Now, an interdisciplinary program like DocLab is not a person, but liminality has always been a key component of the emerging media field: moving in between old and new technologies, operating in between different disciplines, in between hype and discovering truly new forms of artistic expression. After fifteen years, the emerging media field currently is on an exciting new threshold: moving beyond the sandbox of mere technological experimentation, as interactive and immersive media are maturing and increasingly reaching new audiences. At the same time, fueled by a year of pandemic turmoil, the world itself seems to have entered a state of increased uncertainty and ambiguity as well. Lingering somewhere between going back to the old normal and reinventing a post-COVID-19 world—on the threshold of new digital, physical, and hybrid realities on a rapidly heating planet. With the DocLab: Liminal Reality program we invite audiences and artists to take stock and reflect on this critical moment where new media is no longer new, the Internet is both everywhere and nowhere, and the fragile spaces and (post)human bodies we inhabit are increasingly in flux.
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LIMINAL TIME A year of lockdowns, stuck in between digital and physical realities, has confronted us all with existential questions around the role of technology in our lives. For instance, how do we move beyond complaining about Zoom fatigue? Rahima Gambo, a documentary photographer deals with these issues in her multimedia installation A Rest Guide for a Tired Nigerian Artist. After talking to different artists about how they were dealing with the online fatigue and various strategies they used to cope with it, she produced a series of audio stories, interviews, and instruction booklets, which are simultaneously hyperlocal, very specific, and universal. In the VR experience Goliath: Playing with Reality, Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla explore the reality of online social spaces, through a character who, due to mental problems, finds himself afraid of the physical environment and instead turns to another kind of reality—the gaming world. The result is an intimate portrait of a single gamer, but also one of the most nuanced and thought-provoking explorations of the online gaming world and the hundreds of millions of people it attracts. The phenomenon of online worlds and the increased digitization of social behavior will be further explored in DocLab Live: Gaming Reality, a special event as part of this year’s conference program, in collaboration with the creators of Goliath: Playing with Reality and various other artists. In contrast, the DocLab Live: Elastic Presence event at the ARTIS Planetarium will focus more on physical space and time.
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Distribution festiv IDFA DocLab is supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs andJean Mineur Media Our physical bodies over the last fifteen years have been & increasingly IDFAcademy NPO-fonds Workshop ZappDoc LAB Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Netherlands Film Climate/ Policy, CLICKNL, in flux, whether we are talking about the relation between our are supported by digital Fund, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, VIVE, VIVEPORT, A Lab, and IDFA selves and our physical selves, or the increasing awareness of the fluiSpecial Friends+ dity of our gender. Nothing is more personal than our own body, but unlike cinema, immersive us to bring our own bodies into IDFAmedia Talentallow Development the experience. In the collective VR experience [Posthuman Wombs] Program is supported by IDFA DocLab the performance artists Anna Fries and Malu Peeters take the audience into speculative worlds to explore non-normative pregnant is supported by bodies, challenging the dominant image of what pregnancy can be. IDFA would like to IDFAcademy & NPO-fonds Workshop / ZappDoc LAB Using her own body as a vessel for others, the digital artist Lauren Lee Special Friends, a are supported by McCarthy returns to IDFA with the interactive performance and instalof the festival. lation Surrogate, where she explores a reproductive future in which we can increasingly intervene through genetic testing, assistive reproductive technologies, and changing notions of family andResearch intimacy. Collaborations IDFA DocLab Contributors: IDFA DocLab Orwa Nyrabia (Arti The fluidity of identity and our physical bodies will be explored further DocLab research collaboration partners are MIT Open Documentary Cees van ’t Hullena is supported by in DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies, with artist talks and performances from ARTIS Planetarium, CreativeXR, Diversion Lab, The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, ARTIS- cinema, Director), Isabel Ar Lauren Lee McCarthy, Caroline Robert (Brainstream) and Victoria MapPlanetarium, CreativeXR, Diversion cinema, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Het Nieuwe Instituut, National Film Board of Canada, POPKRAFT, The Immersive (Deputy Director | plebeck (Testing Times). Meanwhile, DocLab Live: In Fragments with National Film Board of Canada, POPKRAFT, The Immersive Storytelling IDFA Bertha Fund) Jonathan Harris offers a unique cinematicStorytelling experience inStudio Tuschinski 1 (National Theatre), Tolhuistuin, and Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond. Studio (National Theatre), Tolhuistuin, and Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Adriek van Nieuwe exploring rituals as a technology to reinvent oneself. Brakke Grond. Industry), Martine LIMINAL SYSTEMSIDFA DocLab Research Collaborations Marketing, Commu IDFA Forum is supported by Marjolein Polder (C With climate change, populism, the effects of neoliberalism, and the Communication), V increased dependency on a handful of tech companies, the systems (Editor), Roxy Merr ARTIS Planetarium, CreativeXR, Diversion cinema, around us are on the threshold of either something apocalyptic, or Kaz Salemink (Des a transition to something different.Het The Nieuwe DocLab Live: LiminalNational SysInstituut, Film Board of Canada, POPKRAFT, The Immersive tems event explores how the systems and technologies we create, Laurien ten Houten Studio (National Theatre), subsequently shape Storytelling and redesign us, and whether immersive and Tolhuistuin, and Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond. & Talks Manager), Berthato Fund interactive artforms can create alternativeIDFA approaches explore (Producer Industry these complex systems. One project that is brings a particularly supported by radical (Head of New Med approach—both in form and content—is Symbiosis by Polymorf: a Nina van Doren (Do IDFAthat Forum is supported collective VR experience combines inflatable by soft robotics, a Martijn van Dijk (H Michelin star culinary experience, and a composition of different Ellen Bannink (Dev smells. Inspired by the book Staying with the Trouble by ecofeminist Laura van Halsema and philosopher Donna Haraway, it immerses you into a future world where nature, technology, and human beings are part of one symbioEveline Kaethoven tic system. During DocLab: Liminal Reality, such a revolutionary ideal Coordinator), Victo might become tangible, if it isFund just for one speculative moment— (Talks Editor), Meik IDFAeven Bertha between today and tomorrow. Talent Developme is supported by
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THE IDFA DOCLAB RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Launched in 2018 in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Open Documentary Lab), the DocLab Research & Development Program supports and connects artists, technologists, scientists, and entrepreneurs, working across the emerging media field. The key activities are integrated into DocLab’s festival and industry program, allowing the festival to be used as a living lab to experiment with new technologies, innovative exhibition formats, and new forms of interactive and immersive art. In addition to the research executed by MIT, the R&D Program invites selected new media artists and key players in the field annually to conduct artistic research, audience research, and the testing of new models of creation, exhibition, and distribution. Projects are selected through open calls to be presented at the festival, to find partners, and be made accessible to research by MIT. Conducting research in a public-facing way—as part of one of the world’s leading festival platforms for interactive and immersive art—creates a pressure cooker for everyone involved and for key learnings and new knowledge to be instantly shared within the industry. Since 2018, partners and artists connected to the R&D Program have been exploring various ongoing and interconnected fields of research, such as “authorship and artificial intelligence”; “storytelling vs story-finding in immersive media”; “augmented reality and public space”; “planetarium and dome production”; “COVID-19-proof immersive exhibition formats”; “preservation of digital art”; and “digital and hybrid exhibition formats for remote audiences.” Besides MIT and The Netherlands Institute of Sound and Vision, collaboration partners have included immersive studios, artists, and key industry players such as Atlas V, Anagram, Polymorf, NFB, Diversion cinema, and many others.
R&D SUMMIT & CONFERENCE Alongside the Liminal Reality program, several industry events are on offer for accredited new media professionals. During the festival, to disseminate and exchange knowledge, IDFA DocLab organizes the R&D Summit, an event for professionals filled with cross-sector expert meetings. These events bring together professionals across different corners of the emerging media field, from digital art, gaming, and immersive XR to physical exhibition, theater, dome projection, and cinema. Artists present their work to a wider public audience during the annual interactive conference, which is spread out this edition across different DocLab Live events.
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ABOUT IDFA DOCLAB Since 2007, IDFA’s new media program has been pushing the boundaries of the documentary-genre with interactive technology, virtual reality, and live performance. This year DocLab celebrates its 15th anniversary and returns to Amsterdam physically with the DocLab: Liminal Reality program, alongside activities online and in virtual reality.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION Interactive Exhibition Free Entrance, Tolhuistuin The main location of DocLab: Liminal Reality is Tolhuistuin. Play, explore, and experience a selection of the best new interactive documentaries, XR installations, and performances in and around the building. Nov 19–27, 11:00–21:00 Nov 28, 11:00–18:00 Special installations & performances Regular ticket sale, various locations There are limited places available for the following installations and collective VR performances. Purchase a ticket in advance to ensure you spot. Each project will show multiple times per day. Tolhuistuin Nov 19–21 Artificial Awakening Eye Nov 13–28 Symbiosis Tolhuistuin Nov 19–22 TM Tolhuistuin Nov 19–28 Messages to a Post Human Earth Tolhuistuin Nov 19–28 Museum of Austerity Tolhuistuin Nov 19–28 [Posthuman Wombs] A Lab Nov 19–28 Water & Coltan NB: Messages to a Post Human Earth is a two-person experience; (you can only buy a combi-ticket). For TM you can choose between an online experience from home or attend physically in Tolhuistuin (regular ticket sale). For Symbiosis, we advise pregnant people to not take part in the experience because of the use of oxytocin. VR Gallery Regular ticket sale, A Lab The DocLab: VR Gallery is located in A Lab, a 1-minute walk from Tolhuistuin. With a ticket you get a 50-minute time slot to view VR projects of your choice. You need four timeslots to see everything. Nov 19–27, 11:00–21:00 Nov 28, 11:00–18:00 Conference and Live Events Regular ticket sale, various locations The annual DocLab Interactive Conference is spread out over several DocLab: Live events this year. With special theme nights, live screenings, artist talks, and interactive experiments in Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Tuschinski, Eye, and ARTIS Planetarium. Nov 19–24 Online Expo & VR On Demand Free entrance, online and in VR In addition to the physical exhibition and performances in and around Tolhuistuin, DocLab also presents an experimental online exhibition, a VR On Demand selection and a new edition of DocLab’s online social place do {not} play. See: idfa.nl/doclabonline Nov 19–28
TICKET SALE
Tickets go on sale on Monday, November 1 at 15:00 for friends of IDFA, and on Wednesday, November 3 at 15:00 for the general public. Tickets are only for sale online at idfa.nl. There are no physical cash registers.
LOCATIONS Tolhuistuin: IJpromenade 2 A Lab: Overhoeksplein 2 Eye: IJpromenade 1 Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond: Nes 45 Tuschinski: Reguliersbreestraat 26-34 ARTIS-Planetarium: Plantage Kerklaan 38-40
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INDUSTRY IN TRANSFORMATION The challenges in the production, distribution, and exhibition of documentary films in the last two years have been momentous, but they did not start with the pandemic. The global health crisis only exacerbated these challenges and has brought their underlying economic, political, and societal conditions into plain view. Traditional models still remain a crucial staple of financing but have shown to be insufficient and inadequate for the growing number of films representing diverse voices and forms of expression. The most important issue to focus on is, therefore, the sustainability of all forms of documentary filmmaking. The last two years have been disastrous for many people in the industry, but it has also been a chance for learning and experimentation. One crucial development is the increase in intercontinental productions after decades of functioning within what we thought of as impenetrable systems—such as those in the U.S. or Europe. The IDFA 2021 program includes 43 films co-produced between countries from two or more continents—representing 17% of the selection. IDFA Forum includes fifteen such collaborations—representing 24% of the projects—and a majority of other teams are looking for such partnerships and hoping to find them exactly at IDFA Forum. Another positive development is the growing awareness for the responsibility of both filmmakers and industry players. Writers and directors continue to tell stories from cultures other than their own, but there is a clear tendency to go beyond just extracting a narrative and presenting it in a format that is easily digestible to Western audiences. Meaningful, structural, and artistic collaborations with local talent and crews are becoming more commonplace instead, which results in different kinds of films—films that contribute to our understanding of the world. The recognition of the importance of these collaborations is another reason for the aforementioned notable spike in intercontinental co-productions. Finally, the acknowledgment of the importance of narrative sovereignty has caused films made by people from within the societies or the spaces portrayed in the films—with their own
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narrative and stylistic tools and sensitivities—to become more acclaimed than ever. Working together with European and North American collaborators has often provided a key boost to films from underrepresented regions—contributing to their visibility on the international scene. The fact that festivals were forced to operate online has brought about a more democratic access to films themselves. Audiences in remote areas who have rarely been able to visit a festival, now in many cases had an equal opportunity to enjoy the films on offer. Arguably, this has introduced these audiences to the kind of documentary cinema they had previously not access to, which IDFA is committed to promoting—surprising, exciting, unformatted, creative films that tell captivating, human, and humane stories and experiences, and depict places, conditions and ways of being thus far unknown to us. With the rise of streaming, and especially with some of these platforms also being dedicated to supporting local cinemas, there certainly is more room for such films. What we as an industry need to do is find the way to place them—in cinemas primarily, and in the distribution channels audiences are increasingly familiar with. IDFA remains devoted to its goals, acknowledging the fact that the industry is in flux and that we do not know what is coming. What we do know is that we have to work together to emerge from this transformative time as a fairer, more diverse, creative, artistic, more democratic documentary cinema landscape; and one based on an economically sustainable model that supports and promotes all kinds of voices and expressions.
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SUPPORTING FILMMAKERS
Last year, IDFA solidified its activities aimed at supporting filmmakers in all stages under the umbrella Filmmaker Support Department. Overseen by deputy director of IDFA Isabel Arrate Fernandez, the department brings together the IDFA Bertha Fund and the Talent Development Activities. Placing the filmmaker front and center, the Filmmaker Support Department aspires to safeguard a space for the creative process of documentary filmmaking with the aim to diversify the documentary artform and narrative in the broadest sense. From the angle of the industry in transformation, there are parallels between the Filmmaker Support Department and how other segments of IDFA are changing in response to the needs of filmmakers and the industry. The department’s activities are aimed at moving beyond the established narrative and creative models, examining what happens outside them, and exploring how 20
to create room for new ones. It is about putting forward what is different in all aspects of documentary cinema, from the directors’ perspectives and narrative approaches to production models. By offering filmmakers the space for exploration, the department aspires to enable them to develop their projects beyond the standard market requirements. By exchanging ideas and experiences with peers from across the globe, participating filmmakers have the opportunity to gain a diverse insight into other perspectives and lived experiences. This leads to development of the genre as a whole and a wide understanding of what documentary film can be—and takes industry in a new direction; which is at the core of Envision Competition, Producers Connection (see IDFA Markets), and the work of the IDFA Bertha Fund.
THE IDFA BERTHA FUND
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
The IDFA Bertha Fund focuses on grants and tailor-made support for filmmakers and projects from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania (IBF regions) with the aim of stimulating and empowering the creative documentary sector in these regions. The Fund provides development, production, and distribution grants through two funding schemes: IBF Classic for filmmakers from and living in the above-mentioned regions, and IBF Europe for European co-producers of documentaries from these regions.
While IDFA has developed into an important marketplace, it is just as crucial to endorse and empower filmmakers from all over the world and support them in their creative work. Talent development within IDFA offers a range of activities focusing on talent development and project development, combining a broad offer with a tailor-made approach.
For the first time in ten years, the amount of grants and the number of supported projects for IBF Classic will increase thanks to the support of Bertha Foundation and JustFilms Ford Foundation. Now, 25 projects instead of 20 will be supported every year, and production grants will jump from €17,500 to € 25,000, which is a 43% rise, while the development grants will increase from €5,000 to €7,500, or by 50%. The production and financing landscape has changed dramatically and finding alternative funding sources has become crucial in the past ten years. Even before the pandemic, budget allocations for culture, including film, were drastically cut in many countries, while on the other hand, some new opportunities arise as international markets seem to be gradually opening up to films from IBF regions. This reality is spurring an increase in international co-productions, and is raising the priority of developing more balanced and fair collaboration paradigms and models. The film market defines the balance of rights and controls based on the financing that each co-producer brings to the table, meaning producers from so-called small production countries are at disadvantage from the start of almost any new collaboration. With the new increase in grant amounts, IBF aims to strengthen the position and international visibility of the producers from IBF regions, to help empower their creative freedom and foster a more balanced coproduction environment. This is why the tailor-made support through the talent development activities complements the financial push they receive from the IBF. By giving IBF-supported filmmakers access to online opportunities and offers, and inviting them to the festival while they are still working on their projects, IBF tries to make sure that they find the knowledge and experts they might need, and to watch new films, meet peers from around the world, seek potential collaborations, and experience an environment that provides equal opportunity. This support increasingly extends to IDFA markets: this year, there are ten IBF-supported projects selected for IDFA Forum, which is by far the highest number ever. From funding to tailor-made support to exposure in the markets, filmmakers who receive IBF grants now have a real opportunity not to only to make their films the way they envision them, but to expand those visions and play a role in shaping the genre and the direction that the industry is heading towards.
IDFA PROJECT SPACE Established in 2020, IDFA Project Space is a year-round talent development program. Sixteen projects have been selected for this year’s edition, and filmmakers receive individual consultancies tailored to the projects’ needs and creative development. Scheduled flexibly from spring until the festival in November, and then continuing until the end of the year, five or six of these consultancies match project teams with a tutor (an experienced filmmaker, producer, or editor). An additional tutor is brought on when needed. Additionally, monthly group sessions, and an inspirational program before and after summer are all part of the IDFA Project Space. These larger sessions respond to the needs of participants in the market in the run-up to the festival, in addition to broader inspiration. Besides the core group, the program invites a bigger group of filmmakers attached to IDFA in various ways to attend the weekly sessions. This has allowed the Filmmaker Support Department to create a truly fluid, organic program with a lot of flexibility and to foster a community in the times of isolation. Even in normal circumstances, filmmakers often work from a very isolated place, and get to meet their peers and exchange ideas only when they travel. The online approach brings them together and opens a door for collaboration, sharing knowledge and feedback. With Project Space, the goal was to create the room where it is about the creative process of filmmaking and development of projects, and not about looking for financing. In this ongoing process, creative ideas and the best ways to shape them are explored. The focus is also on offering alternative content and emphasizing non-traditional forms of storytelling by inviting speakers who can inspire this outside-the-box way of thinking. Many of the Project Space participants previously took part in IDFAcademy activities or were supported by the IBF, so with the Filmmaker Support Department, IDFA creates and fosters a more sustainable, longer-term relationship with the emerging professionals. However, it also welcomes new generations of filmmakers with an open call for participants set for 2022.
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IDFA MARKETS
IDFA hosts a dynamic market-place that caters to filmmakers, producers, and industry professionals throughout the full life cycle of documentary film. For nearly three decades, its array of market services has a proven track record in the international documentary industry, whether you are looking to form new partnerships, initiate dialogue, find financial support, meet distribution partners, or gain knowledge about the current documentary climate. Adapting to the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, IDFA continues to facilitate the online participation in its markets, in addition to on-site activities during the festival.
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DOCS FOR SALE Docs for Sale facilitates sales of high-end documentaries by bringing together all films, buyers, distributors, and festivals together under one roof. Over the years, it has grown into one of the world’s premiere markets for documentary cinema. Docs for Sale welcomes artistic documentaries from all over the world, and is open to films that target cinema, television, and online audiences. The on-site marketplace is a bustling hub during the festival. The space hosts screening facilities, organizes pre-arranged meetings between films and interested parties, offers expert consultancies daily, and hosts excellent networking opportunities punctuated by social gatherings at the end of each day, hosted by industry leaders. This comprehensive offering is complemented by an online library containing hundreds of fresh documentary films, including many titles from the IDFA 2021 program.
IDFA FORUM Alongside the Docs for Sale market, the IDFA Forum, first of its kind, gathers some of the strongest documentary projects currently being developed and produced globally, and offers them a platform to present and connect with potential financial and creative partners. Celebrating its 29th edition this year, the co-production and co-financing market welcomes the world’s leading established filmmakers, artists, and emerging talents back to Amsterdam to present a dynamic slate of artistic approaches, subjects, and points of view to the international documentary industry. IDFA Forum takes place over the course of seven days in Amsterdam’s Compagnietheater and other festival locations. 62 projects in four categories will take center stage during the Forum: 23 projects in Forum Pitch, 15 in Producers Connection, 7 in Rough Cut Presentations, and 17 in DocLab Forum.
Forum Pitch A long-established element of IDFA Forum, the pitch caters to projects in development or production, which are seeking financing or distribution. The project team (consisting of the producer and director) presents the project to a hand-picked group of decision makers ranging from five to six people. The Pitch is an opportunity to discuss the content and form of the project and discover the relevant steps to take the project further. The project teams will each get twenty minutes for their presentation: The pitch—including visual material such as a trailer or selected scenes—lasts around ten minutes; the following ten minutes are set aside for feedback from the panel. All presentations can be customized to fit the needs of the team and the project. The teams will get feedback from a tailor-made group of potential financiers matched to each project being pitched to allow room for in-depth conversations about the artistic intentions and goals of the team.
potential collaborators, all working or interested in the immersive and interactive field. Here, project teams will present for approximately five to seven minutes each, followed by a Q&A with the moderator. The market welcomes four extra projects from the IDFA DocLab Research & Development Program, supporting them, and the other selected projects, in their search for international collaborations by arranging one-on-one meetings with curators, distributors, exhibition platforms, funds, and XR producers.
Producers Connection For IDFA, one of the ways to contribute towards a truly diverse landscape of films is to help producers to find the right partners. This is why IDFA is introducing a new market service, the Producers Connection, a bespoke platform for fostering international coproduction, providing a necessary space for sustaining this collaborative model of realizing documentary projects. Parallel to the Forum’s selection of Pitches and Rough Cut Presentations, as well as DocLab Pitches and Presentations, fifteen projects have been selected for the inaugural Producers Connection event. These projects are in stages where they are looking for international co-production partners, so in addition to the projects’ directors and producers, some seventy dynamic, independent producers, and established companies have been invited to attend the event. The Producers Connection aims to be intimate, democratic, and effective. For several years, IDFA has offered a helping hand for producers to connect with each other through our various industry activities. The new market is the next step in creating a tailormade service devoted to bringing producers together with other producers to discuss co-production possibilities and enter sustainable partnerships. The producers who will attend are not only well-versed in coproductions, but they are a group of professionals who are doing it out of passion, who are driven to tell stories they care about with filmmakers they admire, and with partners who share this dedication and spirit. Bringing the seventy participating professionals with projects in key stages of development together will not only help foster future partnership and bring useful feedback, but also spark excitement and intensify this spirit and drive. Short project presentations will be followed by a full day of curated one-on-one meetings between project teams and attending producers, drawing on the matchmaking expertise of the IDFA Industry team in close discussion with participants to facilitate potential collaborations. A balance of low-volume and high-volume production countries will be represented at the event, with all countries offering funding possibilities for minority co-productions. In this way, the Producers Connection complements the well-known and established IDFA Forum.
Rough Cut Presentations This presentation format caters specifically to film projects in the last stages of production or in rough cut stage that are looking for sales, distribution, buyers, or other exhibition opportunities for their films.
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During the event in Amsterdam, the Forum will host Rough Cut Presentations in a cinema, where project teams show an excerpt of twenty minutes and participate in a short, moderated Q&A. All Rough Cut Presentations are available to decision makers with a Forum or Docs for Sale accreditation. The Rough Cut Presentations also allow project teams to feature their full rough cut on IDFA’s online platform, where it is made available to key groups of acquisitions and exhibition professionals.
DocLab Forum Since 2007, the Forum has given space to documentary projects in development and in production phase in the field of new media. These non-fiction new media projects vary in format—like virtual reality, full dome, augmented reality or web projects—and sometimes there are also documentary feature films included in the overall project. Out of the seventeen selected new media projects, four of them will present in the Forum pitch set up as described above, explaining their project in around ten minutes to an audience of documentary and immersive professionals and getting direct feedback from a panel of industry stakeholders. Nine selected projects will present their projects in a more intimate setting, to an international audience of peers and
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MEDIA invests in documentaries! The EU invests in the European film and audiovisual industries through several funding schemes within MEDIA, the audiovisual subprogramme of Creative Europe. The new Creative Europe programme 2021-2027 helps to launch projects with a European dimension and stimulates efforts that use digital technologies, are sustainable and inclusive. The documentary industry as a whole benefits from access to international cooperation networks, provided by the programme. MEDIA has supported the development and international distribution of thousands of films, including jewels like Diego Maradona, I’m not Your Negro, Gunda and Amy. Want to find out what MEDIA can do for you? Get in touch with the MEDIA desk in your country: bit.ly/contactMEDIAdesks
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INDUSTRY PROGRAM AND IDFA TALKS As always, IDFA will host various talks and sessions to address the current developments in the film industry. Appreciating the value of personal encounters more than ever, IDFA 2021 takes upgrading favorite formats and discovering new ones a step further. The Industry Program includes various talks, sessions, and meetups organized exclusively for professional guests, while IDFA Dialogues, IDFA Film Talks, and Filmmaker Talks are open to all visitors.
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SOCIAL EVENTS Daily social events give IDFA guests the opportunity to network with each other. Producers Connection drinks – hosted by FeverFilm & Posta Producers meet each other over drinks and bites. Amsterdam based post-production companies FeverFilm & Posta invite you for a drink during the Producers Connection. As a key player in offering full-service picture and sound post under one roof, we are open for collaboration on documentary co-productions. With a long and award-winning track record in sound design, re-recording mix, grading, and finishing for international documentaries, we welcome you to have a chat with us. feverfilm.nl | posta.nl SA 20 Nov, 16:30 By invitation
IDFA Dance Night Saturday night fever—IDFA style. Dance the evening away on both classics and brand new tracks. Expect soul, rock, world, reggae, hip hop, electronic, and beyond. SA 20 and SA 27 Nov, 20:00, Café Kuyl Public
IDFA DocLab Forum: Lunch As a welcome break from the busy DocLab Forum, the lunch offers an informal setting to meet, greet, and eat. SU 21 Nov, 13:00, Tolhuistuin Concertzaal IDFA Forum passholders
Producers Connection Lunch Participants of the Producers Connection program can enjoy an energizing lunch in between the packed program of meetings. SU 21 Nov, 13:00 By invitation
Guests Meet Guests All IDFA guests are invited to meet, exchange ideas and have a drink at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour.
Guests Meet Guests – hosted by Polish Docs and HBO Europe
TH 18 to WE 24 Nov, 18:00 Zuiderkerk Passholders
All IDFA Guests are invited to meet, exchange ideas, and have a drink at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour.
Docs for Sale: Happy hour
We invite you to celebrate together the presence of our documentary films at IDFA 2021!
We invite you to join for drinks on behalf of our sponsors: Autlook, Dutch CORE, Eye International, Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Lightdox, and Rise and Shine World Sales. FR 19 to TU 23 Nov, 17:00, Arti et Amicitiae Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
Guests Meet Guests – hosted by Scandinavian Films All IDFA guests are invited to meet, exchange ideas, and have a drink at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour. This Guests Meet Guests is hosted by Scandinavian Films, the umbrella for the five Nordic Film Institutes*. We invite you to meet the Scandinavian filmmakers presenting their films and new projects at IDFA. The five film institutes are national agencies supporting and encouraging national film and cinema culture. We support the development, production, and distribution of national films, and offer funding for international co-productions. We hope you will all join us for drinks, snacks and lots of talk—we missed you! *Scandinavian Films: Danish Film Institute, Finnish Film Foundation, Icelandic Film Centre, Norwegian Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute. SA 20 Nov, 18:00, Zuiderkerk Passholders
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Within the frames of the Polish Docs project, Krakow Film Foundation promotes Polish documentary films and projects at international festivals and film markets, recommends 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’s original production is focusing on feature documentaries and documentary series with high production values. www.polishdocs.pl | www.hbo-europe.com SU 21 Nov, 18:00, Zuiderkerk Passholders
French Docs Drink at IDFA Hosted by UniFrance, LaScam and Région Grand Est, in partnership with the European Regional Development Fund, FIPADOC, and L’Œil d’or. Come and mingle with international documentary professionals during the French Docs Drink, also attended by French documentary talents, producers, and sales agents attending IDFA 2021. SU 21 Nov, 19:00, Groene Paleis By invitation
IDFA Market Drinks – hosted by German Films & German Documentaries Celebrating the future of documentary storytelling. The IDFA Markets will kick off this year’s editions with an informal meet and greet. German Films Service + Marketing GmbH is the national information and advisory center for the promotion of German films worldwide and the official external representation for German films appointed by the federal government of Germany. In cooperation with the German Documentary Association (AG DOK), German Films is promoting German documentaries all over the world. German Films organizes pre-selection screenings, collective submissions to international documentary festivals, provides information for filmmakers and festivals, coordinates umbrella stands for documentary filmmakers, and organizes co-production meetings. Together with the German Documentary Association, the label German Documentaries was developed. It provides a website and an online catalogue with further information on German documentary productions.
Guests Meet Guests – hosted by ARTE All IDFA Guests are invited to meet, exchange ideas, and have a drink at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour. During this Guests Meet Guests reception, ARTE is treating you to drinks. ARTE is a European culture media accessible to all audiences, at all times, and free of charge. Its exceptional creativity, independence, and the high quality of its programs are the foundation of the original channel’s success. ARTE.tv is now available in six languages. In addition to French and German, a selection of programs are available online with English, Spanish, Polish, and Italian subtitles. arte.tv/fr | arte.tv/de | arte.tv/en | arte.tv/es | arte.tv/pl | arte.tv/it MO 22 Nov, 18:00, Zuiderkerk Passholders
IDFA Forum: Lunch – hosted by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel
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A welcome break from the busy pitch schedule, the daily lunch offers an informal setting to meet, greet, and eat. AJD is celebrating its 15th anniversary with IDFA Guests.
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AJD is honoured to invite you to celebrate its 15th anniversary at IDFA 2021, AJD is the first and only Arab-centered broadcaster dedicated to producing high-quality documentary films. Covering a wide range of topics, it presents unique stories—enriching the lives of millions of Arabs and inspiring future generations of great filmmakers. Since launching in 2007, AJD has produced and co-produced hundreds of passionate documentary films, it tells authentic stories about people everywhere. AJD has garnered international praises for its creative documentaries and cinematic approaches. Our films have been premiered in most key film festivals globally, including, but not limited to, IDFA, Cannes Film Festival, HotDocs, Vision Du Réel, RIDM, CPH:DOX, Dok Leipzig, Nordisk Panorama, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and many others. doc.aljazeera.net
IDFA Forum: Producers Breakfast – hosted by KCA and RAPA Producers meet each other over coffee and croissants! The pre-arranged table setting will ensure you meet colleagues you would like to establish a relationship with. Koreans are back at IDFA! Documentary filmmakers from various backgrounds in Korea are attending IDFA and presenting their projects on Korean Pitching Day. Korean pitching day is programmed with the support of Korea Communication Agency and Korea Radio Promotion Association and has been presenting various projects at IDFA since 2014. Want to meet Korean filmmakers in person again? Sign up for the Producers Breakfast! kca.kr | rapa.or.kr MO 22 to WE 24 Nov, 08:00, Compagnie Zuilenzaal By invitation
IDFA Forum: Lunch – hosted by Chicken & Egg Pictures A welcome break from the busy pitch schedule, the daily lunch offers an informal setting to meet, greet, and eat. In honor of the recipients of the 2021 Chicken & Egg Award, Chicken & Egg Pictures cordially invites you to join the Forum Lunch. Chicken & Egg Pictures is a US-based media organization that supports women non-fiction filmmakers whose artful and innovative storytelling catalyzes social change. We envision an inclusive media industry in which women and gender non-conforming filmmakers, representing a range of experiences and backgrounds, are fully supported to realize their artistic goals and build fulfilling careers in the documentary film industry. www.chickeneggpics.org
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Guests Meet Guests – hosted by Catalan Films and DocsBarcelona All IDFA Guests are invited to meet, exchange ideas, and have a drink at the daily Guests Meet Guests cocktail hour. Catalan Films and DocsBarcelona invite you to meet the Catalan delegation attending IDFA 2021. Catalan Films is the driving force behind the internationalization of the Catalan audiovisual industry—establishing local, national, and international connections. DocsBarcelona is a flagship documentary project, celebrating its 25th edition from 17 to 28 May 2022, that offers an international competitive festival, a financing market, an international documentary training programme and the largest distribution brand and documentary exhibition network with 70 venues in Spain. catalanfilms.cat | docsbarcelona.com TU 23 Nov, 18:00, Zuiderkerk Passholders
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IDFA Forum: Lunch Wednesday A welcome break from the busy pitch schedule, the daily lunch offers an informal setting to meet, greet, and eat. WE 24 Nov, 13:00, Zuiderkerk IDFA Forum Passholders
Awards Ceremony The highly anticipated IDFA Awards Ceremony will be streamed directly from Amsterdam and available to watch worldwide. TH 25 Nov, 20:30, Compagnie Grote Zaal By invitation
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DELEGATION PROJECT PRESENTATIONS Get to know some of the Delegations of �ilmmakers attending the festival with these presentations of projects and �inished documentary �ilms. Delegation Project Presentation: South Korea After overcoming COVID-19, Korean filmmakers are back to IDFA! Nine wonderful projects with great variety will be presented at the Korean Pitching Day on Saturday, November 20. The Korean Pitching Day has been held since 2014 with the support of IDFA. This year’s Korean Pitching Day is evermore captivating thanks to the co-programming and co-support of Korea Communications Agency and Korea Radio Promotion Association. We welcome all of you to this fascinating event! SA 20 Nov, 16:00, Brakke Grond Tuinzaal Passholders
Delegation Project Presentation: Poland Organized within a frame of Polish Delegation, Polish Docs Pro showcase presents Polish creative documentary projects in progress. It consists of the pitching of the projects and is followed by the individual meetings with the decision makers. These projects include: Leon by Wojciech Gostomczyk—a performative artist Leon creating his dream project he finds himself in conflict with society and family, including his boyfriend, Manfred Thierry Mugler. 5 Pills Away by Karolina Domagalska—four women running a support group called Abortion Dream Team when Poland is about to introduce the strictest abortion ban in Europe. Pianoforte by Jakub Piątek—an intimate coming-of-age portrait of young pianists taking part in the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition. Base 13 by Paweł Hejbudzki—a documentary about ambition and dreams in the world of children’s kart racing. Addressed to film professionals, Polish Docs Pro focuses primarily on the wide-ranging promotion of the Polish documentary film industry at international events. It supports filmmakers and producers in developing their projects by facilitating access to markets, pitching forums, and co-production meetings. It’s organized by the Krakow Film Foundation. www.polishdocs.pl MO 22 Nov, 16:00, Brakke Grond Tuinzaal Passholders
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Delegation Project Presentation: Palestine Inspired by IDFA’s focus program The Future Tense, The Palestine Documentary Meetup—attending IDFA for the third time—explores the struggle in looking forward when the past remains unresolved. The session will open with a curated conversation between several directors with films that received support from the Palestine Film Institute, and whose works highlight the significance of documentary practice as a means for understanding the past, in search of an uncertain future. WE 24 Nov, 16:00, Brakke Grond Tuinzaal Passholders
THINK TANKS By invitation only Think Tanks dive deeper into various industry related topics. Think Tank: The art of documentary film editing For the first time, IDFA teams up with TEMPO – Federation of Film Editors Associations for a combined Think Tank on the future of documentary editing.
Think Tank: Thinking in progress Professionals in various capacities working in the fields of children’s documentaries are invited for a Think Tank focusing on challenges, solutions, and the mutual vision on European children’s documentaries. The aim is to establish a more sustainable surrounding for filmmakers where the children’s documentary genre can thrive. WE 24 Nov, 15:00, Het Groene Paleis By invitation
IDFA recognizes that in all filmmaking, but especially in documentaries, the editing phase is essentially where a film gets it’s form, shape, balance, subtlety, and substance. This and future talks will be about the art of documentary film editing. The first edition will focus on the results of a new survey by the German Film Editors Association BFS. Initiated by a BFS work group called Dok:Schnitt:Zukunft (Docs:Edit:Future), the survey analyzes the current working conditions for documentaries in the German film industry. It reveals how the quality of documentaries could be much better if conditions for editors were improved. Topics of discussion will include: realistic planning of editing durations, realistic fees, transparency in budgets, assistant editors on all docs, and post-production funding. Film editors Anne Fabini (Germany, BFS) and Giusy Naitana (Denmark, DFKS) will lead the think tank; several international members of TEMPO associations will join in. TEMPO – Federation of Film Editors Associations provides a platform for film editors organizations, associations, guilds, and their members, to collaborate, to support and inspire each other, and to strengthen the standing of our beloved field of expertise. www.tempofilmeditors.com SU 21 Nov, 15:00, IDFA Office By invitation
Think Tank: Representation and diversity in film criticism Diversity and representation are among the key topics that society and industry are dealing with today. Visibility and inclusion of underrepresented groups in front of the camera and behind it, and their presence on our screens, affect their perception in society. Critics interpret and evaluate how these issues are treated in films for the audience. It is therefore critical to discuss who gets to write about what kind of films for which media and in which way. This ultimately leads to the question of the role of critics in today’s society. Tackling this issue can’t be reduced to one-sided opinions and knee-jerk reactions on social media, and there can be no definite answers or one-size-fits-all solutions. Instead, this session aims to identify the questions around which the conversation should revolve and direct it in a manner that is thoughtful, analytical, inclusive, and affirmative. Participants: Oris Aigbokhaevbolo (African film/media consultant, contributing critic for The Film Verdict, Nigeria), Devika Girish (co-deputy editor, Film Comment, USA), Fionnuala Halligan (chief critic and reviews editor, Screen International, UK), Katarina Hedrén (freelance film critic and curator, South Africa), Girish Shambu (editor, Film Quarterly Quorum, USA), Phuong Le (Vietnamese freelance film critic, France) MO 22 Nov, 15:00, IDFA Office By invitation
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INDUSTRY SESSIONS Industry Sessions cover a broad range of topics brought to you by experts in the �ield. Industry Session: Why, when, and how to work with sales agents Estelle De Araujo (head of TV sales) and Théo Lionel (festival manager) of The Party Film Sales will share their insights on everything related to the distribution of your film. How to develop a strategy for different distribution windows? How to navigate the world of festivals to find the right place to release your film? This session will also cover the questions of how, why, and when to start working with a sales agent, especially considering the new trend of sales agents increasingly becoming more involved in financing and co-production. The Party Film Sales is the union of Jour2Fête and Doc & Film International’s sales departments teaming up to distribute their respective catalogues and common new acquisitions. The structure handles both fiction films and documentaries as well as TV content. Past best-sellers include films by Frederick Wiseman, Gianfranco Rosi, and Chantal Akerman. SA 20 Nov, 10:00, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders
IDFAcademy Talk: Niels Pagh Andersen Very few editors have done to contemporary documentary film what Niels Pagh Andersen has. Through the many films he edited, but also through generous work as consultant and as tutor, he is a leading figure in shaping documentary as we know it today. His works on iconic films—such as The 3 Rooms of Melancholia, The Act of Killing, and The Look of Silence—inspired a whole generation of directors and editors, and provided a new reference to many. To mark the launch of Niels Pagh Andersen’s new book Order in Chaos, IDFA Artistic Director Orwa Nyrabia will engage in a conversation with the renowned editor, presenting the book in which he distills a clear vision from his extensive experience to share with us all. They will be discussing the process of the editor, Andersen’s method, his experience working with different filmmakers on diverse films, contemporary questions of pluralism and inclusivity in dramaturgy, and the act of writing itself. SU 21 Nov, 10:00, Compagnie Grote Zaal Passholders (upon registration)
Industry Session: Co-productions and film financing in the U.S. and EU Hosted by DAE and DPA
Industry Session: Alice Diop on her career as a filmmaker Hosted by LaScam French documentary filmmaker Alice Diop will set the scene on her work, career, remuneration, and how she deals with authors’ rights and income. Highlighted by excerpts from her films, with a conversation and Q&A moderated by Dutch director Martijn Winkler. Alice Diop has been directing creative documentaries since 2005. Her films have been screened at internationally renowned festivals including Cinéma du Réel, BFI London, Karlovy Vary, Viennale, and Lussas. In 2017 she won the César—French Academy Award—for Best Short Film for Vers la tendresse (2016), and was awarded the main prize in the French competition at Cinéma du Réel for her feature-length documentary La permanence (2016). At the same festival, she took home the Prix des Bibliothèques for her documentary La mort de Danton (2011) five years before. Her latest film Nous won the Best Documentary Film Award at the Berlinale 2021 and the Grand Prize in the Encounters Competition. SA 20 Nov, 11:30, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders
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These sessions are designed to pull back the curtain on co-productions between the U.S. and Europe, and give filmmakers a better understanding of the benefits and challenges of international collaboration. Broken into two parts, the first hour will focus on the main sources of documentary funding in the U.S. compared with those in Europe. For example, many American filmmakers apply for grants or seek equity whereas Europeans typically secure funding from a variety of national and regional funds and broadcasters. The second hour will be devoted to the ins and outs of co-productions, how such collaborations work and what to expect. This session is intended for filmmakers from any country interested in learning more about how to build their network and produce on a global stage. Speakers Ina Fichman (Intuitive Pictures Inc, CA), Tracie Holder (Means of Productions, USA), Jia Zhao (MUYI FILM, NL) and Christian Popp (YUZU Productions, FR) Moderator Derren Lawford (Woodcut Media, UK) SU 21 Nov, 10:00, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders SU 21 Nov, 11:30, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders
Industry Session: One year later – update on the VOD/OTT universe
Industry Session: Representation and diversity in film criticism
International and overseas streamers have started buying more Library and Currents, including across wider genres to meet consumer appetites and improve their competitive position. Various streamers have taken a step further, venturing into new production and funding or co-funding Originals. In this context, it might be the right time for you to look beyond your usual docs buyers/funders—and beyond just the Big Name streamers—to explore competitors and/or complementary VODs.
Diversity and representation are among the key topics that society and industry are dealing with today. Visibility and inclusion of underrepresented groups in front of the camera and behind it, and their presence on our screens, affect their perception in society. Critics interpret and evaluate how these issues are treated in films for the audience. It is therefore critical to discuss who gets to write about what kind of films for which media and in which way. This ultimately leads to the question of the role of critics in today’s society. Tackling this issue can’t be reduced to one-sided opinions and knee-jerk reactions on social media, and there can be no definite answers or one-size-fits-all solutions. Instead, this session aims to identify the questions around which the conversation should revolve and direct it in a manner that is thoughtful, analytical, inclusive, and affirmative.
Digital sector expert Wendy Bernfeld of Rights Stuff will give an updated overview of various platforms—looking beyond just the big 5-10 Netflix/Amazon types, across different licensing windows & business models (TVOD / SVOD / AVOD / etc.). She will also address more recent trends, such as OTT FAST (free, linear style) channels and other thematics—all with appetite for docs, indie film, and foreign language titles—who can be buyers of ready films/series, as well as funders/co-funders of Originals across different formats. Bernfeld will also highlight some pragmatics around outreach, rights, windowing, and deals. MO 22 Nov, 10:00, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders
Industry Session: The future of financing? If the past year has shown us anything, it’s that accessibility for all is crucial to the survival of filmmaking. Kicking the doors wide open brings much-needed fresh air to the greenlighting process. For the past three years Decentralized Pictures has been quietly building the cornerstones for its January 2022 launch. Its non-profit mission is to nurture new filmmakers with funding and mentoring—starting with documentary films. They are reviewed using blockchain technology by the DCP community of discerning film fans for which anyone can sign up. As the world slowly emerges from its lockdown with a sense of urgency around social awareness and building a new normal for future generations, can tech offer the democracy that the old model lacked? What are the current roadblocks for documentary makers looking to get their foot in the door? What would the ‘new normal’ look like for them?
This session will share the reflections discussed at a think tank that took place earlier in the festival, followed by a public panel between acclaimed critics from diverse backgrounds, and the IDFA event is the first in a series that will be taking place at other festivals throughout the year. Speakers Oris Aigbokhaevbolo (African film/media consultant, contributing critic for The Film Verdict, Nigeria), Devika Girish (co-deputy editor, Film Comment, USA), Fionnuala Halligan (chief critic and reviews editor, Screen International, UK), Katarina Hedrén (freelance film critic and curator, South Africa), Girish Shambu (editor, Film Quarterly Quorum, USA) Moderator Phuong Le (Vietnamese freelance film critic, France) TU 23 Nov, 12:00, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders
Industry Session: DAE members and prospective members meetup
Speakers Leo Matchett (DCP co-founder & CEO), Michael Musante (DCP co-founder, American Zoetrope VP of Production) Moderator Simon Kilmurry
Documentary Association of Europe is a member’s network for all professionals and institutions working in the field of documentary filmmaking. Membership is open to all in the world, regardless of where you live, where you work, or what passport you hold. If you want to collaborate with like-minded professionals and have a voice in shaping the European documentary industry, then DAE is the network for you. In this informal session we will share more information about the work we’ve been doing and how you can be involved. DAE is a rapidly growing movemet and we can’t wait to meet you.
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Industry Session: Framing of Us
Industry Session: The Uncertainty – a conversation about developing character driven documentary
Hosted by Creative Europe desk NL, NO, DK, VL (BE) Intended as a call to shape a new perspective on cultural ethics in the documentary industry, Tessa Boerman and Shamira Raphaëla launched Framing of Us at IDFA 2020. The industry is increasingly aware of the need for diverse stories to reflect the complex and pluralistic societies we live in. This eye-opener led to a growing search for more diverse casts and crews. Nevertheless the industry hasn’t yet sufficiently prepared for this shifting paradigm; if the mindset isn’t elevated, behavior won’t change and the shift won’t be sustainable. Framing of Us brings to light this trend of recurring practices and behaviors by encouraging filmmakers of the diaspora and Global South—as well as other film industry professionals—to (anonymously) submit their testimonies on the issues of framing, gazes, and biases without fear of repercussion. By exploring and challenging the roots of the problem and recalibrating the lens that, up until now, has determined the dominant perspective, this initiative will challenge mindsets, shift the frameworks, and aspire to bring about a greater transparency and inclusivity in decision-making processes at the apex of the eco-system where films are funded and financed.
Salomé Jashi (dir/prod) in conversation with Danish Mikael Opstrup, independent documentary developer and mentor for many filmmakers. Opstrup is the author of The Uncertainty – A book about Developing Character driven Documentary in which he shares his observations on what he calls “the art beyond our control”. The Uncertainty is launched at IDFA. TU 23 Nov, 14:00, Brakke Grond Grote Zaal Passholders
Work-in-Progress Screening: The Missing Image The Industry program also will host a preview of a cinematic portrait of the great Armenian filmmaker Artavazd Pelechian, whom IDFA is honoring this year with a Lifetime Achievement Award. This special screening will present an early version of the film, followed by an extensive Q&A with director Hrant Vardanyan. SU 21 Nov, 11:00, Compagnie Kleine Zaal Passholders (upon registration)
Speakers Speakers Shamira Raphaela (dir. Shabu, NL), Themba Bhebhe (EFM, DE) and Dalia Al Koury (co-dir. Kids Cup, NO) TU 23 Nov, 10:00, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders
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Industry Session: Opening the box with the documentary “Society&Culture” Dpt in Arte France
Industry Session: Understanding the distribution landscape in China
Hosted by Arte France
Getting your documentary out in China is not an easy task. What kind of documentaries can be shown where? Who do you need to know in and outside of China to successfully reach a Chinese audience? What are the possibilities to get your film on the big screen, platforms, and TV channels? What are the regional sensitivities and to what extend can filmmakers navigate restrictions? Jing Xu, Rediance Film, presents this wide landscape of territories, industry players, quotas, and content specificities to help you strategize on how to get your film out in China.
Arte is a European cultural platform and broadcaster that offers programs in six languages through its linear and non-linear channels. The Arte group’s mission is to present European and worldwide talents and relevant programs to a European audience. Is the “Society & Culture” department the go-to place for all feature-length film projects in the market? Are we interested in documentaries about contemporary history? How is the program grid organized and how do we define thematics such as “society”, “culture” and “investigation”? Does the unit coproduce films intended for theatrical release? And what is our non-linear policy? Questions that might seem basic, but are nonetheless crucial, that will structure this session intended as a dynamic outreach to forge new bonds as well as strengthen those already in place. The “Society&Culture” department believes its mission is to embrace the complexity and nuances of our contemporary world mired in instability and mediate them by multiplying singular, subjective perspectives. Speakers Alexandre Marionneau (Head of Int. Copro) and Fabrice Puchault (Head of the Department Society & Culture). TU 23 Nov, 16:00, Brakke Grond Tuinzaal Passholders
Industry Session: Creating good stories for young audiences – Why collaborating matters Aimed at professionals interested in the realm of children’s documentaries, this session looks at how strategic partnerships in the early development and financing stages of a project can open new horizons for reaching the young audience. What are the underlying support structures and collaborations that can help filmmakers to develop, produce, and reach audiences with their films? Who are financiers and platforms contributing to this? And what can we learn from existing models? Through inspiring case studies, this interactive hour-long program is based on knowledge-sharing and is an opportunity for professionals interested in content for young audiences to come together and network. The session is in collaboration with KIDS Regio and Real Young. The session is followed by a think tank where invited professionals will discuss how the genre could be strengthened further. WE 24 Nov, 10:00, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders
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Established in Beijing in 2017, Rediance specializes in international sales, film production, and financing. With a global perspective, Rediance strives to discover filmmakers with original styles and bring the finest arthouse films to the international market. Production and financing projects include Kabul, City in the Wind by Aboozar Amini, I’m so Sorry by Zhao Liang and A Marble Travelogue by Sean Wang. Speaker Jing Xu (festival, culture, and sales manager, Rediance) WE 24 Nov, 12:00, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders
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French-speaking society for documentary authors guaranteeing a fair remuneration to its 49.000 members. lascam.fr
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INDUSTRY TALKS Industry Talks cover bigger trends and urgent discussions within the industry. Industry Talk: Filmmaking collaborations across borders in a dangerous world How can documentary producers and industry creators cooperate with filmmakers in countries where it is dangerous to make films and there is a real threat of political prosecution for their work? How can setting up film collectives and international advocacy networks offer support? And how can the filmmaker’s safety be ensured, their identity kept anonymous, while nurturing creativity through long-distance online collaboration and eventually producing high quality creative films? In this panel talk, we focus on two case studies of films premiering at IDFA this year, exploring political but also very practical ways to offer support. Amsterdam-based documentary studio ZINDOC has joined with young anonymous filmmakers to establish the Myanmar Film Collective and to collaborate on film projects through workshops and production to realize their films. Russian filmmaker Nina Guseva joins the conversation to discuss security while making IDFA world premiere The Case. Speakers Nina Guseva (dir The Case, RU), Bo Thet Htun (cinematographer, Letter to San Zaw Htway, TH), Petr Lom (dir. Letter to San Zaw Htway, NL) and Corinne van Egeraat (prod. Letter to San Zaw Htway, NL),
Industry Talk: My film, my vision! Maintaining the editorial voice within international collaborations Ensuring artistic independence and keeping your editorial voice while working with international collaborators isn’t always a straightforward endeavor. When looking for funding and professional advice, from the development phase to the eventual release of their work, filmmakers are often confronted with a plethora of possible paths: Pitching platforms, industry workshops, international co-producers, and financiers with different territories and audience targets. While this can mean a supportive boost, it can also become a set of exhausting stumbling blocks on the road to exhibition. Through this transformative period, the editorial voice of the creator can quickly become confronted with varying influences and cultural differences. With a particular focus on intercontinental co-productions, this talk aims to work out the challenges filmmakers face and reflect on how to overcome them. Through the stories of three filmmakers, we will shed light on how the process of making a film together can ultimately help funders, financiers, and broadcasters reimagine a different story, paving the way for a different and more nuanced cultural conversation. To cut through the thicket, we will mark the detours on the rollercoaster of experiences and how to follow your instincts in a labyrinth of advisors, while ultimately daring yourself to tell the story you want to tell. Speakers Aïcha Macky (dir. Zinder, NE), Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas (dir/prod Writing with Fire, IN)
Moderator Margje de Koning (Artistic Director Movies that Matter)
Moderator Tereza Simikova (CPH:DOX, DK)
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Industry Talk: Innovations in (online) distribution – revisited
Industry Talk: Remembering the future – archived alternative realities
How will online distribution models evolve now that cinemas are open again? Can online and theatrical distribution models co-exist and even expand in a mutually creative partnership? What did the past year’s experiences teach us about the change in current and future audiences? How sustainable are online festivals , VOD, hybrid formats and the varied changes in windowing and rights and how have filmmakers been affected by the industry’s accelerated turn towards virtual exhibition?
Hosted by The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Following up on our industry talk in 2020, then in response to the major changes and challenges in distribution caused by COVID-19, this talk will draw on the past year’s lessons and concentrate on the effects online screenings have had on traditional forms of theatrical releases, filmmaking, and distribution, to identify positive and negative outcomes. How did festivals change through online exhibition and how did this, in turn, influence their traditional roles as locally driven events and presenters of film work? How did VOD platforms further the creative discourse and the economics? Have online film markets successfully replaced physical exchanges in industry decision-making regarding funding and distribution of new work? Speakers Anke van Diejen (Picl, NL), Elissa Federoff (NEON, USA – joining remotely through zoom) and Eve Gabereau (Modern FIlms, UK) Moderator Wendy Bernfeld (Rights Stuff, NL) SU 21 Nov, 15:00, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders
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How do we remember past visions of the future? In this talk we explore the research of complex histories by imagining alternative scenarios through the use of archival footage. Using the works as a starting point, we will look into the relevance of using archival material as tools in depicting different pasts, presenting alternative realities, and shaping envisioned futures and how these change over time. In this conversation, we address the foundations of our thinking about the past, present, and future. Which ideas, dreams, and thoughts lie at the basis of our thinking about the future? Who owns the histories that are conserved in the archive and by extension the images that we collectively remember? The filmmakers will discuss these questions and possible tools to appropriate their histories and ways to use archival images to depict alternative realities and possible futures. Speakers Audrey Jean-Baptiste, Maxime Jean-Baptiste (dirs Listen to the Beat of Our Images, FR), Shin-ichi Ise (dir Now Is the Past – My Father, Java & the Phantom Films, JP), Yumiko Horie (translator) and Priya Swamy (National Museum of World Cultures, NL) Moderator Stephanie Welvaart (KNIOW) TU 23 Nov, 15:00, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders
Industry talk: The Messy Metaverse – How to create a meaningful connections online After 1.5 years of lockdowns, what have festivals, cinemas, museums, and theater performers learned from their many and very different online and virtual experiments? What are the biggest learnings and discoveries from trying to translate the physical and social human experience into a cold and cumbersome digital platform? Looking back on various failed and successful experiments online and in virtual reality, key industry players across different disciplines explore the future of digital and virtual events and exhibition. What can cinema, theaters, festivals, and museums learn from each other? Are there elements of the sudden boom in online events, performances, and social gatherings that can or should be taken into a post-COVID-19 world? Did they provide an awkward glimpse into the metaverse, the new frontier that tech giants are pushing with virtual reality and other technologies to remove the boundaries between the physical and digital world? How do we move on from here? Is there a digital baby to be saved from the bathwater? Speakers Jody Arlington (SXSW, USA), Marc Lopato (Diversion Cinema, FR), Valentine Umansky (Tate Modern, UK), Andrew Lin (Ohyay, USA – joining remotely through zoom), Gilles Jobin (CH). Moderator Amy Dotson (Northwest Film Center, USA) WE 24 Nov, 15:00, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Passholders
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IDFA DIALOGUES This edition introduces IDFA Dialogues, a selection of talks which invites different �ilmmakers to discuss the themes crystallized in the IDFA 2021 program together. Combining the insight of artistic research with the energy of public debate, these collective talks will explore formal �ilmmaking elements and tropes, but also potentially touch upon broaderpsychological, societal, and philosophical questions of today. These four IDFA Dialogues will have different set-ups and take place in different locations, traversing the city and the festival—just like the format transcends the standard models of panel talk. IDFA Dialogue: WWII – Cinematic Excavations The war that shaped much of our social and political reality today has been examined time and again in documentary, fiction, literature, academic manuscripts, and thousands of other works of culture. Yet there come new astonishing artworks. Stories from WWII that we did not know about or that fell off our view; realities that could not fit into the great narrative, perspectives that still challenge our knowing of what had happened. In this IDFA Dialogue authors of the exceptional films on the Second World War gather to reflect on finding new angles in the theme. This informal panel with Aliona van der Horst, Susana de Sousa Dias, Ansgar Shaefer, and Sergei Loznitsa will be moderated by writer Pamela Cohn. How does one build a relationship with a story that everybody knows? How does a gravity of the canon impact the cinematic choices, the logic, the thinking? The subject matter which became a genre in itself — will be explored by the filmmakers, along with the related cinematic aspects and broader notions of memory and past. FR 19 Nov, 20:00, Compagnie Grote Zaal Public
IDFA Dialogue: Hito Steyerl and her Top 10 With her curated Top 10 program, which in fact consists of fourteen titles, the multi-hyphenate filmmaker, media artist, and writer Hito Steyerl offers a window into her kaleidoscopic world of film and media art. Key to apprehending her own seismic body of work, Steyerl’s selection presents a lineup of dissident filmmakers who, each in their own way, have radically shaped the art of political documentary cinema. In this informal panel talk, Hito Steyerl — brings together the filmmakers that inspired her career, to discuss their influence on her work and the complex relationship with mentorship and inspiration in filmmaking. This exciting session may bring together renowned makers such as Zelimir Zilnik (Kenedi Goes Back Home, Black Film), Rabih Mroue (The Pixelated Revolution, On Three Posters) Andrei Ujica (Videograms of a Revolution), Akram Zaatari (Letter to a Refusing Pilot), and Laura Poitras (Citizenfour). IDFA’s Guest of Honor will also be joined by the festival’s artistic director Orwa Nyrabia.
IDFA Dialogue: We the Youth – Hosted by the European Cultural Foundation Pietro Marcello, one of the filmmakers behind Futura—engages in a contemplative debate with young thinkers on global uncertainty, the overwhelming pressure of coming-of-age in Europe today, and about “youth” as a returning social and cinematic trope. This dialogue idea was sparked by something that the narrator mentions very early in the film: “But what do we mean by young people?” A simple question. Even small “but” here hints on some default, habitual understanding, an obvious answer that it wants to doubt… But who do we refer to as youth? Is this still a working category? How do young people relate to the questions of the future, in the shaping of which they have so little say? And what is their relationship with “we” who is asking?… We want to pull on this thread together with the authors of the film, and it feels only fair if the representatives of the young would steer the conversation this time. Several young Europeans will sit across Pietro Marcello and discuss how the Italian experiences portrayed in the film relate to other cultural contexts. This special collaboration with De Balie and European Cultural Foundation will be moderated by Lola t’Hart. SU 21 Nov, 20:30, De Balie Grote Zaal Public
IDFA Dialogue: Glimpsing the Future Documentary cinema often defines itself by expressing what already happened or that which is ongoing; similar to how the camera can only capture images that immediately become a record of the past. The Future Tense focus program presents an engagement with the rarer creative documentary practice. It showcases artists who find a way to divine, conjure, and complicate glimpses of the future within and through the cinematic image. Three directors with work presented in the program—Kidlat Tahimik, Zhao Liang, and Viera Čákanyová—come together to discuss their approach to filmmaking, and how for each of them uniquely, the faculty of vision has transformed into a tool of the visionary. This conversation, moderated by the programmer Sarah Dawson, will explore the difference in the methods of making the films that report and record, versus those that imagine and intuit. How to shift cinematic perspective from leaning back into posterity, to forward into hope, warning, or speculation? Can the medium of documentary allow present images to reveal possible futures? And what do these envisioned futures reflect about where we are now? MO 22 Nov, 20:00, Brakke Grond Grote Zaal Public
SA 20 Nov, 20:30, Compagnie Grote Zaal Public
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Hito Steyerl
FILMMAKER TALKS Filmmaker Talks are hour-long interviews with renown documentary directors, which focus on their creative methods, body of work, and views on �ilmmaking, and are highlighted with excerpts from various works. Hito Steyerl: The Empty Center + Master Talk Following screening of The Empty Center, Orwa Nyrabia, Artistic Director of IDFA, talks to Steyerl about her multifaceted creative trajectory. IDFA 2021’s guest of honor Hito Steyerl examined the large parcel of land between former East and West Berlin with an archeological eye for her 1998 graduation project Die leere Mitte. After the fall of the Wall in 1989, Potsdamer Platz had to again become the center of the city, as it had been in the past. But it’s no easy thing to erase history, and walls live on even after they have been demolished. Steyerl shows us old and new boundaries, captures the rising xenophobia and racism of post-unification Germany, raises questions about a reconstruction financed by multinationals, and reveals that few people benefit from gentrification. Much more than a portrait of an era, this ingenuously edited film is a kaleidoscopic dive into central Berlin’s past: from the destruction and renovation of the Reichstag to the boundaries of colonial Germany that were defined there. We discover that the center is a place from which people are always excluded. Hito Steyerl is considered one the most influential figures in the contemporary art world, her works being exhibited at the leading art institutions and shaping entire film study curriculums. Steyerl’s artistic career developed in intense engagement with documentary film, making it the heart of her innovative media pieces and academic practices. Charged, layered, ironic, deeply political—Steyerl’s films critique and confront reality using a kaleidoscopic mix of digital, textual, and performative elements. She has once again expanded the territory of what we know as documentary. The renowned pieces How Not to Be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational .MOV File, In Free Fall, Liquidity Inc., and Factory of the Sun will be among many discussed in this filmmaker talk. FR 19 Nov, 14:30, Tuschinski 1 Public
Filmmaker Talk: Yuri Ancarani An in-depth conversation with Italian director Yuri Ancarani. He will discuss his body of work, artistic choices, and views on cinematic art with film critic Nicolas Rapold. With the new film Atlantide, full of intense energy and magical realism, Yuri Ancarani confirms to be one of the most exciting filmmakers of today. Approaching documentary stories like magnificent sets, he creates work that is infused with visual grandeur and bold sound design. Ancarani’s films tend to escape the prevailing labels, and playfully balance between non-fiction and scripted genres. Films directed by Ancarani have been equally celebrated by film festivals, fashion outlets, and major art intuitions, including the international exhibition at Venice Biennale and a solo show at The Hammer Museum Los Angeles. This inspirational session will include excerpts from Ancarani’s various works, among which The Challenger and trilogy The Roots of Violence. SA 20 Nov, 13:30, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Public
Filmmaker Talk: Diego Gutiérrez – hosted by VEVAM Fund An in-depth interview with director Diego Gutiérrez. Filmmaker, and board member of VEVAM Fund, Marjoleine Boonstra talks with him about his creative methods and views on filmmaking. Diego Gutiérrez is an intriguing Mexican-Dutch documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, and video artist. After majoring in art at the UNAM in Mexico City and Rijksacademie in Amsterdam, Gutiérrez participated in the Binger Filmlab Doc Lab program, making two elements—deep immersion into the worlds of his characters and constant experimental search—the signature of his cinematic works. Many of Diego’s films result from intense and longstanding artistic collaborations. In 2013 his film Partes de una familia/ Parts of a Family won the Golden Calf for Best Long Documentary. In the brand new The Mirror and the Window, Diego returns to familiar characters at a dramatic moment, to then give way to another profound cinematic connection. The talk is highlighted by excerpts of Diego’s various films. The Mirror and the Window has its world premiere in IDFA Envision Competition. TH 25 Nov, 16:00, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Public
Filmmaker Talk: Susana de Sousa Dias An in-depth interview with renowned filmmaker Susana de Sousa Dias. Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks with her about her creative methods and views on filmmaking. The talk is highlighted by excerpts from Journey to the Sun and her earlier films. Filmmaker and scholar, Susana de Sousa Dias is known for creating powerful cinematic work by giving voice to archival images. Her films reveal the forgotten pages of Portuguese history while exploring the greater notions of memory and memorization. In Still Life, she delves into the indoctrination of the early Salazar era; in her remarkable 48 strips down the decades of collective trauma to deposition of individual expressions; she blends the boundaries between the past and present of industrial colonialism in her recent Fordlandia Malaise. De Sousa Dias is also a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon and author of acclaimed theoretic works on the cinematic representation of history. SU 21 Nov, 17:30, Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Public
Filmmaker Talk: Mai Masri An inspirational, hour-long conversation with renowned Palestinian filmmaker Mai Masri. Writer Pamela Cohn talks with Masri about her creative methods, the body of work, and views on filmmaking. Mai Masri’s pictures thematically revolve around Palestine and the Middle East and bring to focus ordinary civilians in the midst of devastating situations. Her gentle, poetic, and deeply humanistic perspective brings forward a different story to the mainstream vocabulary of stereotypes and opposition. Among her renowned works are Under the Rubble, Children of Fire, Children of Shatila, and Frontiers of Dreams and Fears. In her first fiction feature 3000 Nights, where she studies women’s incarceration experience, Masri applies the documentary approach she knows so well to empower the scripted narrative. In total, her many works won over 80 international prizes and have been broadcast on more than 100 television stations worldwide. This in-depth session will be highlighted by excerpts from both the new film Beirut: Eye of the Storm and Masri’s earlier works. WE 24 Nov, 16:30, Brakke Grond Grote Zaal Public
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FILM TALKS IDFA Film Talks are elaborate conversations between �ilmmakers, experts, and moderators, which follow directly after the screening of the �ilm. Amsterdam Global Village + Talk The screening of this classic film followed by an interview by Carlo Chatrian, artistic director of the Berlinale and connoisseur of Van der Keuken’s work—with producer Pieter van Huystee, sound woman Nosh van der Lely, and characters from the film. TH 18 Nov, 18:45, Live from Tuschinski
IDFA Hit: Rebellion + Talk (Oxfam Novib Selection) Followed by a conversation with directors Maia Kenworthy and Elena Sánchez Bellot, and Farhana Yamin, lawyer and climate activist from the film, who was closely involved in the founding of Extinction Rebellion in 2019 and the movement’s strategies. SA 20 Nov, 11:00, Carré
The History of the Civil War + Talk Exactly one hundred years after it was made, this film by Dziga Vertov will finally be premiered. This unique screening is accompanied by live performance of The Anvil Orchestra, and followed by a conversation with film historian Nikolai Izvolov. SA 20 Nov, 14:00, Tuschinski 1
Resources + Talk co-presented by De Balie This observational film depicts the parallel worlds of Latin American asylum seekers and the meat processing industry in Quebec—and how their paths eventually cross in the factories. The screening is followed by an interview with directors Hubert Caron-Guay and Serge-Olivier Rondeau. SA 20 Nov, 14:30, De Balie Grote Zaal
IDFA Hit: Judges Under Pressure + Talk hosted by European Cultural Foundation Premiere screening followed by a conversation with Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal, professor Kees Sterk and lawyers from the film about Poland’s lack of judicial independence and their increasing conflict with the European Union. In collaboration with European Cultural Foundation and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. SA 20 Nov, 14:30, Carré
Cow + Talk After the screening, IDFA’s artistic director Orwa Nyrabia interviews Andrea Arnold, the acclaimed director of Fish Tank and American Honey. Arnold’s documentary debut is a moving and heart-breaking portrait of a dairy cow named Luma. SA 20 Nov, 17:15, Tuschinski 1
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IDFA Hit: The Treasures of Crimea + Talk hosted by Het Parool This world premiere is followed by a conversation with Jan Pieter Ekker from Het Parool, director Oeke Hoogendijk and a few individuals directly involved with the lawsuit concerning the art treasures of the Crimea—waiting in the Allard Pierson Museum depot to be returned to their rightful owner. SA 20 Nov, 18:00, Carré
We + Talk hosted by OneWorld After the screening of her prestigious prize-winning film, director Alice Diop will talk with Saeda Nourhussen about the family histories of different Parisiennes that Diop encounterd along the RER B train route. SU 21 Nov, 13:00, Eye Cinema 1
Bigger than Us + Talk (Oxfam Novib Selection) Followed by a conversation between Ikenna Azuike and director Flore Vasseur and Memory Banda from the film about what motivates young people across the globe to fight against inequality, climate disruption and other injustices. SU 21 Nov, 13:00, Tuschinski 1
State of Dogs + Talk Following the screening, the film’s two directors—Peter Brosens and Turmunkh Dorjkhand—reunite after many years, to join Nicolas Rapold in conversation about their fascinating and particular odyssey through Mongolian landscape and lore. SU 21 Nov, 14:00, Eye Cinema 2
Writing with Fire + Talk hosted by Mama Cash Followed by an interview with directors Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas and one of the main characters. Moderated by Happy Mwende Kinyili (Mama Cash), the conversation will discuss this portrait of a local newspaper in India, run by women from the lowest caste. SU 21 Nov, 16:15, Tuschinski 1
Marx Can Wait + Talk In this personal film, Marco Bellocchio delves into his family history and memories of his twin brother Camillo, who lost his life to suicide at 29 years old. Followed by a conversation between IFFR’s Artistic Director Vanja Kaludjercic and the acclaimed director on his creative process. SU 21 Nov, 20:30, Live from Tuschinski
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Film Talks
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PROGRAM SECTIONS IDFA’s program sections are a testament to the evolving world of documentary film. From emerging art forms to established cinematic traditions, our slate of competitions and non-competitive sections offer something for every filmmaker and film lover.
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International Competition
IDFA on Stage
The best of the art. Singular films that are artistically confident, wellrounded, and universally relevant. An international jury of five jurors will award the best film as well as other films that champion the craft and innovation of filmmaking.
With seven selected titles, the IDFA on Stage selection presents a boundary-breaking program of live cinema events—bridging film, new media, and the performing arts—that mark artists’ return to the stage after a lengthy period of online performances.
Envision Competition
IDFA DocLab Spotlight
With stylistic integrity and courage, these films traverse our current reality, offering visions of a documentary art form that can, might, and will be. An international jury of five jurors will award the best film as well as other films that champion the craft and innovation of filmmaking.
Documentary art across disciplines, presenting emerging media works and research projects by masters and new talents.
IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction A testament to the power of exceptional non-fiction storytelling across media and technologies, the selected works for the IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction reveal the full spectrum of immersive art.
Paradocs Pushing the limits of the documentary form. A showcase of the year’s best experimental documentary art.
Masters The latest films by today’s auteurs of documentary cinema, whose renowned names and careers never disappoint.
IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling The selected projects in the IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling illustrate all the different ways to create stories in new ways to innovate and re-imagine the potential of interactive storytelling, often moving between the digital and the physical.
Best of Fests
IDFA Competition for Short Documentary
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
With an influx of young filmmakers, the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary has grown in scope, with twenty selected titles that showcase a healthy boom for the short film form. A mosaic of styles and themes defines this selection, exploring everything a short documentary can be: from animation to personal archive films to classic documentary cinema, with plenty of experimenting in between.
Ten films selected by IDFA’s Guest of Honor, from influential masterpieces to hidden documentary gems.
IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary With nine selected films, the IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary (formerly the IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs) presents a worldclass offering of documentary films for audiences aged eight to thirteen.
Luminous The premiere-only section’s 21-film lineup includes eleven world premieres. A wide range of styles and formalist approaches dot the Luminous selection, from observational to personal to experimental. Collectively, the selection expresses a highly intimate engagement with our fellow humans—those who resiliently strive to overcome adversity.
Frontlight The premiere-only section includes nineteen films—of which twelve are world premiering—that take an artistic approach to exploring the urgent issues of our time. This year, many films in the selection tend towards the experiential, transcending journalistic or explanatory labe.
Prize-winners, public favorites, and high-profile titles from the international festival circuit.
Artavazd Pelechian selection IDFA presents the European premiere of Nature by the great Armenian director Artavazd Pelechian. On this special occasion, the festival will also award Pelechian with the Lifetime Achievement Award and screen three treasures from his oeuvre.
Focus Program: The Future Tense As humanity finds itself in a time of great change, is it possible to already see the future in what surrounds us now? Always lying beyond reach, the future occupies a central place in our imaginations, orienting our sense of the world and helping us make meaning from the here and now. Taking this precipice as a starting point, The Future Tense presents a mosaic of cinematic reflections and contemplations of the future, exploring what might lie beyond the vanishing point.
Focus Program: unConscious Bias unConscious Bias explores today’s discourse on the meaning of the colonial past, and the many ways that this past continues to leave its mark on the present. Despite the brutal role played by the Netherlands and other European countries in colonization, challenging the dominant Western narratives has only just begun. With documentary filmmakers leading the way, how do we look at our collective past? And what do we see?
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AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS Every year, outstanding new films compete for IDFA’s coveted awards. Explore the overview of all awards per competition as well as our cross-section awards and other prizes.
IDFA Award Winners 2019
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Awards in the International Competition From the films selected for the International Competition, an international jury of five jurors will choose the winner of the IDFA Award for Best Film. The award is accompanied by a €15,000 cash prize. The jury also selects the winners of the IDFA Award for Best Director (worth €5,000), the IDFA Award for Best Editing, and the IDFA Award for Best Cinematography (worth €2,500).
Awards in the Envision Competition From the films selected for the Envision Competition, an international jury of five jurors will choose the winner of the IDFA Envision Award. The award is accompanied by a €15,000 cash prize. The jury also selects the winners of IDFA Award for Best Director (worth €5,000) and the IDFA Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (worth €2,500).
OTHER AWARDS: NPO IDFA Audience Award The film that is most highly rated by festival audiences will win the NPO IDFA Audience Award. All IDFA-selected films made in the past year are eligible.
IDFA Forum Awards From the projects selected for IDFA Forum, an international jury of three jurors will choose the winner of the IDFA Forum Award for Best Project and the IDFA Forum Award for Best Rough Cut Project. From the projects selected for IDFA DocLab Forum, an international jury of three jurors will choose the winner of the IDFA DocLab Forum Award for Best Project.
Cross-section awards From the International Competition, Envision Competition, Luminous, and Frontlight, three international juries will choose the winners of the IDFA Award for Best First Feature (€5,000), the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film supported by VEVAM Fund (€7,500), and the FIPRESCI Award (€5,000).
NPO Fund - Karen de Bok Talent Award This prize is awarded to one of the projects in the IDFAcademy & NPO Fund Workshop. It consists of a grant of €25,000 for the development of the project and €5,000 for the production of a teaser.
From across the program, an international jury will choose the winner of the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award for Best Creative Use of Archive (€5,000).
IDFA Spotlight Award
Awards in the IDFA DocLab Competitions
Awarded at international festivals and markets throughout the year, this prize goes to talented filmmakers and promising documentary projects. The award consists of free travel and accommodation during IDFA in addition to accreditation and mentorship.
Projects selected for the IDFA DocLab Competition program are eligible for one of the IDFA DocLab Awards that celebrate artistic excellence across immersive art, digital art, and interdisciplinary installations and performances.
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Documentary Stipend
Award in the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary From the films selected for the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary, an international jury of three jurors will choose the winner of the IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary. The award is accompanied by a €5,000 cash prize.
With this stipend, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds awards a documentary talent with a grant of €50,000 that allows the recipient to make a documentary film about a subject of their choice. The award is intended for a documentary filmmaker with a proven track record who has already earned modest recognition in the documentary field.
IDFA’s competition program is supported by Ammodo
Award in the IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary From the films selected for the IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary, an international jury of three jurors will choose the winner of the IDFA Award for Best Youth Film. The award is accompanied by a €5,000 cash prize.
FIPRESCI Award An international jury from the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) will choose the winner of the FIPRESCI Award. The award is accompanied by a €5,000 cash prize.
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CALL FOR TALENT Webseries
3LAB Shorts
Work in teams to research and write your fiction webseries. Get inspired during the scenario workshop sessions.
Opportunity for upcoming filmmakers to create an online short film.
kick-off on the 9th of - Join our online kic December to hear everything about this programme and the associated workshop. - Deadline for submission 2022: March 15.
- Deadlines for submission 2022: - February 17 - March 3: non-fiction. Sep - September 15 - 29 : fiction. - Apply at NPO3.nl/3LAB
Team up
Research
Join an experienced team of writers and co-write on Dutch drama series.
For more experienced directors and writers who want to explore new forms of filmmaking or storytelling.
- Deadlines for submission 2022: January 18, March 1, April 12, May 31, September 6 and October 25.
- Deadlines for submission 2022: 1 March 1, April 12, May 31, January 18, September 6 and October 25.
Check www.npo-fonds.nl for more information & terms and conditions
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The European Cultural Foundation develops and supports cultural initiatives that share, experience and imagine Europe. We support the pathway Life in Europe as it tells stories essential for developing a sense of belonging, and for challenging the status quo where it seems insufficient.
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VEVAM Fonds is the Cultural Fund of The Dutch Collective Management Organisation (CMO) for film and television directors. www.vevam.org
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VPRO Preview IDFA Special
Collection of the best IDFA films selected by VPRO. Tickets at vpro.nl/dagenidfa2021
Industry Wednesday program 17 November 09:00
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Wednesday 17 November 13:00
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IDFA Opening Night: Four Journeys
Carré
By invitation
Four Journeys, Envision Competition
LEGENDA The colors used in the schedules and A to Z lists provide more information about the �ilms, projects, and events.
What do the labels mean?
All screenings of �ilms that have their European, international, or world premiere at IDFA are listed in red.
IDFAcademy Harvest Films workshopped at one of IDFAcademy’s talent programs.
Harvest All screenings of �ilms that have previously shown in Europe or the Netherlands are listed in blue.
IDFA Forum Harvest Films pitched at IDFA Forum in previous years.
Forum All new media �ilms and projects are listed in yellow.
Harvest IDFA Bertha Fund Films supported by the IDFA Bertha Fund.
The industry program is listed in gray. Events are listed in gray.
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Thursday 18 November 10:00 Tuschinski 1
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Public screenings 13:00
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Louis Hothothot
Ousmane Samassekou
Johan van der Keuken
Four Journeys
The Last Shelter
Envision Competition
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Amsterdam Global Village + Talk
Best of Fests
Focus: unConscious Bias
Followed by an extended conversation with special guests.
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Amsterdam Global Village + Talk
Tuschinski Online Cinema
Johan van der Keuken Focus: unConscious Bias
Followed by an extended conversation with special guests.
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Sanshou Hu
María Alvarez
Petr Lom
The Burrows
Tuschinski 2
Near and Dear
Envision Competition
Letter to San Zaw Htway
Luminous
Frontlight
The Case
Nina Guseva Frontlight
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Words of Negroes
Tuschinski 3
When a Farm Goes Aflame
Sylvaine Dampierre
Jide Tom Akinleminu
Focus: unConscious Bias
Best of Fests
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18:45
I’m So Sorry
Tuschinski 4
Iván Guarnizo Best of Fests
International Competition
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Laura Poitras
Alice Diop
Venice Atienza
Citizenfour
We
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Last Days at Sea
Best of Fests, Focus: unConscious Bias
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Loup Bureau
Abbas Kiarostami
Tal Elkayam
Trenches
Tuschinski 6
On the Other Side
Ruslan Fedotow
Best of Fests, Focus: The Future Tense
Tuschinski 5
21:15
Where Are We Headed
Zhao Liang
Homework
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
20:45
Figure–Ground
Focus: The Future Tense
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
Luminous
Avi Mograbi Masters
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May God Be With You
Munt 9
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Peter Watkins
Pedro Figueiredo Neto, Ricardo Falcão
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
Cléo Cohen
Yoon
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
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Kiwi Chow
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Daniela Muñoz Barroso
Revolution of Our Times
Munt 10
Homo Sapiens
Best of Fests
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Searchers
Munt 11
Mafifa
Focus: The Future Tense
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Engeli Broberg
Laurence Turcotte-Fraser
Raising a School Shooter
Pacho Velez Best of Fests
Luminous
Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13
Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors
The End of Wonderland
Youth Competition
Luminous
Best of Fests
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Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt
Peter Nicks
Cusp
Homeroom Frontlight
Best of Fests
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Maria Speth
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Pawel Lozinski
Mr. Bachmann and His Class
The Painter
Best of Fests
The Balcony Movie
Masters
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Peter Brosens, Turmunkh Dorjkhand
Natalia Almada
Yuri Ancarani
Maasja Ooms
State of Dogs
Users
Atlantide
Best of Fests
Focus: The Future Tense
50 Eye Cinema 2
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Tomasz Wolski Best of Fests
Munt 13
Eye Cinema 1
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1970
Munt 12
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Miko Revereza, Carolina Fusilier
Maya Watanabe
The Still Side
Jason
Masters
Bullet
Paradocs
Luminous
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Shorts Playgrounds
Shorts Competition,
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State of Dogs
Eye Cinema 1
Peter Brosens, Turmunkh Dorjkhand
Users
Atlantide
Jason
Best of Fests
Masters
Luminous
Natalia Almada
Focus: The Future Tense
Yuri Ancarani
Maasja Ooms
Public screenings 10:00 Eye Cinema 2
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Thursday 18 November 13:00
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Miko Revereza, Carolina Fusilier
Maya Watanabe
The Still Side
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Bullet
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Shorts Playgrounds
Paradocs
Shorts Competition, Paradocs, Best of Fests
In the Billowing Night
Focus: The Future Tense
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Erika Etangsalé
Paradocs, Focus: unConscious Bias
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Kriterion 1
De Balie Grote Zaal
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
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Liz Garbus Masters
Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier
Shannon Walsh
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21:00
Ahmet Necdet Çupur
Gustavo Vinagre, Fábio Leal
Bing Liu, Joshua Altman
Becoming Cousteau
Les Enfants terribles Best of Fests
The Velvet Queen
The Gig Is Up Best of Fests
Best of Fests
God Has AIDS
Survive & All These Sons
Best of Fests
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests
15:00
18:00
21:00
Abdallah Al Khatib
Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas
Samaher Alqadi
Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege Best of Fests
Writing With Fire
As I Want Best of Fests
Best of Fests
18:30
21:15
Jean-Gabriel Périot
Salomé Jashi
Returning to Reims (Fragments) Focus: unConscious Bias, Masters
Taming the Garden Best of Fests
18:30
Rialto VU 4
21:45
Set!
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Scott Gawlik
Payal Kapadia
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
18:30
21:00
C. Stephens The filmmaker will perform her accompanying narration live, in the style of an illustrated travel lecture.
Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher An atmospheric, spooky and strangely comforting live cinema performance.
IDFA on Stage Terra Femme
IDFA on Stage Spectral Transmissions
20:00
IDFA Meets Narges Mohammadi: Wild Relatives Focus: The Future Tense
Artist Narges Mohammadi brings context to Wild Relatives with an evening of written, spoken and musical interventions.
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Thursday 18 November 09:00 Compagnie Grote Zaal
10:00
11:00
Industry program 12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
09:30
15:00
IDFAcademy Passholders
Followed by the award ceremony of the Karen de Bok Talent Award.
IDFAcademy Four Journeys + Filmmaker Talk with Louis Hothothot
17:00
18:00
19:00
Project Presentations IDFAcademy & NPO Fund Workshop
By invitation
13:30
Compagnie Kleine Zaal
IDFAcademy Participants meet-up IDFAcademy Passholders
13:30
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
IDFAcademy Participants meet-up IDFAcademy Passholders
16:30
Compagnie Café
IDFAcademy Drinks IDFAcademy Passholders
17:00
Compagnie Foyer Upstairs
IDFAcademy & NPO Fund drinks By invitation
18:00
Zuiderkerk
Guests Meet Guests Passholders
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20:00
21:00
22:00
Industry program
Thursday 18 November
Amsterdam Global Village, Focus: unCconscious Bias
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Friday 19 November 10:00
11:00
12:00
Public screenings 13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
14:30
Hito Steyerl: The Empty Center + Master Talk
Tuschinski 1
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00 21:00
Artavazd Pelechian
Oeke Hoogendijk
Nature
Housewitz
Artavazd Pelechian
Envision Competition
After the screening Pelechian receives IDFA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
A film screening of Hito Steyerl’s earlier work, followed by an extensive conversation between the IDFA’s Guest of Honor and Artistic Director Orwa Nyrabia.
22:00
17:30
21:00
Housewitz
Tuschinski Online Cinema
Oeke Hoogendijk
Envision Competition
11:30
14:00
18:00
John Akomfrah
Youth Competition
Chiara Marotta
Handsworth Songs
Tuschinski 2
Youth Firsthand
English subtitled or spoken.
Focus: unConscious Bias, Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
20:30
The Moment of Transition
Medusa
Chloé Malcotti Luminous
Luminous
21:30
Just a Movement
Tuschinski 3
Vincent Meessen Paradocs
14:00
17:45
20:15
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Etna Ozbek
Nicolas Videla
Flee
Tuschinski 4
Nosema
Travesti Odyssey
Frontlight
Luminous
Lead Me Home
Best of Fests
Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk Frontlight
19:15
Set!
Tuschinski 5
Scott Gawlik Best of Fests
20:45
Bigger than Us
Tuschinski 6
Flore Vasseur Best of Fests
13:45
16:45
Nũhũ yãg mũ yõg hãm: This Land Is Our Land!
Munt 9
20:15
locks & keys, water, trees
Homes
Laila Pakalnina
Penny Andrea
Masters
Envision Competition
Isael Maxakali, Sueli Maxakali, Carolina Canguçu, Roberto Romero Best of Fests
11:30
How to Live in the Federal Republic of Germany
Munt 10
14:30
17:30
20:45
Rithy Panh
Karim Aïnouz
Shorts Competition
France Is Our Mother Country
Harun Farocki
Mariner of the Mountains
Focus: unConscious Bias
Shorts Existential Routes
Masters
Focus: The Future Tense
11:45
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Munt 11
15:00
18:00
21:15
(NPO 2Doc Primeur)
(NPO 2Doc Primeur)
Diem Ha Le
Jason
Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Maasja Ooms
Best of Fests
Children of the Mist
Salvador Gieling
Luminous
International Competition
Luminous
13:30
Videograms of a Revolution
Munt 12
Lessons for Luca
17:30
20:30
Pavel Mozhar
Hubert Caron-Guay, Serge-Olivier Rondeau
Handbook
Harun Farocki, Andrei Ujica
Resources
Shorts Competition
Voice
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Frontlight
Nadya Zaytseva Frontlight
Eye Cinema 1
54 Eye Cinema 2
13:00
16:30
19:45
Marco Bellocchio
Maia Kenworthy, Elena Sánchez Bellot
Sebastián Molina
Marx Can Wait
Munt 13
Rebellion
Masters
The Hostilities Luminous
Frontlight
11:00
14:30
18:00
20:30
Chris Wright, Stefan Kolbe
Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher
Bianca Stigter
Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard
Anamnesis Best of Fests
Futura Masters
Three Minutes – A Lengthening Best of Fests
Vedette
International Competition
12:00
15:00
18:30
21:30
Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt
Želimir Žilnik
Lucas Bambozzi
Neary Adeline Hay
Cusp
Black Film
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Ironland Frontlight
Eskape
Envision Competition
23:00
Anamnesis
Eye Cinema 1
Futura
Chris Wright, Stefan Kolbe
Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher
Best of Fests
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
Best of Fests
International Competition
Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard
17:00
18:00
Friday 19 November 19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
12:00
15:00
18:30
21:30
Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt
Želimir Žilnik
Lucas Bambozzi
Neary Adeline Hay
Cusp
Eye Cinema 2
16:00
Vedette
Bianca Stigter
Masters
Public screenings
Three Minutes – A Lengthening
Black Film
Ironland
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Eskape
Frontlight
Kenedi Goes Back Home
Best of Fests
23:00
Envision Competition
Želimir Žilnik
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
12:15
Where Are We Headed
DeLaMar: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
14:45
17:45
21:00
Vera Krichevskaya
Theo Anthony
Kiwi Chow
F@ck This Job
Ruslan Fedotow
All Light, Everywhere
Best of Fests
Revolution of Our Times
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
International Competition
16:00
Youth Big Little World
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Kriterion 1
Tal Elkayam Luminous
Marija Zidar
17:00
Reconciliation Best of Fests
20:15
Shorts Anatomies
Atlantide
Yuri Ancarani Masters
Best of Fests, Shorts Competition
15:00
18:00
21:00
Aicha Macky
Stefan Pavlovic
Tuija Halttunen
Zinder
De Balie Grote Zaal
Aliaksei Paluyan Best of Fests
English subtitled or spoken.
Figure–Ground
21:30
Courage
Youth Competition
14:00
18:30
Best of Fests
Looking for Horses
How to Kill a Cloud
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
18:30
21:15
Kids Cup
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
The Silence of the Mole
Line Hatland
Anaïs Taracena
Youth Competition
Best of Fests
18:00
21:00
Shengze Zhu
Gustavo Vinagre, Fábio Leal
A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces
Rialto VU 4
God Has AIDS Best of Fests
Paradocs
18:30
21:00
C. Stephens The filmmaker will perform her accompanying narration live, in the style of an illustrated travel lecture.
Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher An atmospheric, spooky and strangely comforting live cinema performance.
IDFA on Stage Terra Femme
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
IDFA on Stage Spectral Transmissions
20:00
IDFA Dialogue WWII – Cinematic Excavations
Compagnie Grote Zaal
Four great filmmakers gather to reflect on the profound new angles in the theme. 11:00
Tolhuistuin
DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality Liminal Reality
Play, discover and experience a selection of interactive artworks, VR installations and social XR experiments in the DocLab exhibition: Liminal Reality in Tolhuistuin. Entrance to the exhibition is free, but for some installations a ticket is required.
20:30
DocLab Live: Liminal Reality Opening Night
Tolhuistuin Concertzaal
Liminal Reality
Festive opening of the DocLab: Liminal Reality program. Invite only. 11:00
A Lab
DocLab: VR Gallery Liminal Reality
Experience the best virtual reality works that DocLab has to offer this year. A ticket provides you with 50 minutes to watch a selection of VR films and experiences of your choice.
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Friday 19 November 09:00
10:00
11:00
Industry program 12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
14:30
Hito Steyerl: The Empty Center + Master Talk
Tuschinski 1
A film screening of Hito Steyerl’s earlier work, followed by an extensive conversation between the IDFA’s Guest of Honor and Artistic Director Orwa Nyrabia.
Tuschinski 3
10:00
12:30
15:00
18:30
Diego Gutiérrez
Maia Kenworthy, Elena Sánchez Bellot
Hubert Caron-Guay, Serge-Olivier Rondeau
Susana de Sousa Dias, Ansgar Schaefer
Press & Industry The Mirror and the Window Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Tuschinski 5
Press & Industry Rebellion Frontlight Passholders (upon registration)
12:30
14:30
R. Fedotow
Oeke Hoogendijk
Diem Ha Le
Press & Industry Where Are We Headed
Press & Industry Housewitz Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
10:00
Press & Industry Turn Your Body to the Sun Aliona van der Horst International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Press & Industry Journey to the Sun
Frontlight Passholders (upon registration)
10:15
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Tuschinski 6
Press & Industry Resources
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
17:00
Press & Industry Children of the Mist
Press & Industry Shabu
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Youth Competition Passholders (upon registration)
12:45
Shamira Raphaëla
15:00
Press & Industry How the Room Felt
18:00
Press & Industry Four Journeys
Press & Industry The Treasures of Crimea
Louis Hothothot
Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
K. Kapanadze
Oeke Hoogendijk
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Frontlight Passholders (upon registration)
11:00
Market Screening
Munt 9
Passholders (upon registration)
10:00
Brakke Grond Steegzaal
Industry Consultancies Group consultancies and walk-in consultancies
Sign up for the last spots at one of our consultants at the industry desk. Passholders (upon registration)
10:00
Compagnie Grote Zaal
IDFAcademy Talk Aliona van de Horst and Salomé Jashi – the visual language of storytelling
13:00
IDFAcademy Talk The collaboration from start to finish IDFAcademy Passholders
15:30
20:00
IDFAcademy Meetings Round tables international co-producing
IDFA Dialogue WWII – Cinematic Excavations
Four great filmmakers gather to reflect on the profound new angles in the theme.
IDFAcademy Passholders
IDFAcademy Passholders
15:30
IDFAcademy Meetings Round tables international co-producing
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
IDFAcademy Passholders
11:00
14:30
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Arti et Amicitiae
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
17:00
Docs for Sale: Happy hour
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
10:00
Arti Sociëteit
Docs for Sale open Docs for Sale Passholders
18:00
Zuiderkerk
Guests Meet Guests Passholders
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22:00
Industry program
Friday 19 November
How the Room Felt, International Competition
The Mirror and the Window, Envision Competition
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Saturday 20 November 10:00
11:00
Public screenings
12:00
13:00
09:30
Tuschinski 1
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
14:00
I’m So Sorry
The History of the Civil War + Talk
Zhao Liang
20:00
21:00
Andrea Arnold
Kamar Ahmad Simon
Day after...
International Competition
Followed by an extended conversation with director Andrea Arnold.
Accompanied by The Anvil Orchestra and followed by a conversation with Nikolai Izvolov.
22:00
21:00
Masters
Special Screening
Coffee Screening hosted by Saeco.
19:00
Cow + Talk
Dziga Vertov
Focus: The Future Tense, Best of Fests
18:00
17:15
21:00
Day after...
Tuschinski Online Cinema
Kamar Ahmad Simon
International Competition
11:15
14:30
Pavel Mozhar
Lucas Bambozzi
Handbook
Tuschinski 2
17:45
Ironland
Shorts Competition
After a Revolution Giovanni Buccomino
Ketevan Kapanadze
Frontlight
Voice
20:30
How the Room Felt
International Competition
International Competition
Nadya Zaytseva Frontlight
21:45
The Gig Is Up
Tuschinski 3
Shannon Walsh Best of Fests
11:30
14:30
Shorts Existential Routes
Tuschinski 4
17:30
The Hostilities
Now Is the Past – My Father, Java & the Phantom Films
Jon Bang Carlsen
Luminous
Shorts Competition
20:15
The Banality of Grief
Sebastián Molina
Shin-ichi Ise
Masters
Luminous, Focus: unConscious Bias
21:30
Raising a School Shooter
Tuschinski 5
Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors Best of Fests
21:00
A People’s Radio – Ballads from a Wooded Country
Tuschinski 6
Virpi Suutari Masters
Skin
Marcos Pimentel
Envision Competition
12:00
15:15
18:15
20:45
Chiara Marotta
Sêro Hindê
Stephen Loye
Cléo Cohen
The Moment of Transition
Munt 9
Stories of Destroyed Cities
Luminous
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
May God Be With You
Paradocs
Best of Fests
10:30
14:00
17:30
20:15
Petr Lom
Chloé Malcotti
Caroline Rumley
Leonardo Mouramateus
Letter to San Zaw Htway
Munt 10
The Belly of the Mountain
Medusa
Frontlight
Dixie
Luminous
The Case
Half a Light-Year
Shorts Competition
Nelly’s Memory
Nina Guseva
Focus: unConscious Bias
Chelas nha Kau Bataclan 1950, Bagabaga Studios
Nicolas Wouters
Frontlight
Shorts Competition, Focus: unConscious Bias
11:30
14:30
Neary Adeline Hay
Shamira Raphaëla
Eskape
Munt 11
Shabu
Envision Competition
Focus: unConscious Bias
17:45
21:00
Diego Gutiérrez
Aliona van der Horst
The Mirror and the Window
Youth Competition
Turn Your Body to the Sun
Envision Competition
Munt 12
10:15
13:30
Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas
Alice Diop
Writing With Fire
We
Best of Fests
17:00
20:15
Shorts Competition, Masters, Best of Fests
Audrey JeanBaptiste, Maxime Jean-Baptiste
Shorts Remnants
Best of Fests, Focus: unConscious Bias
International Competition
Listen to the Beat of Our Images Paradocs
On the Zenith’s Edge
N. Pontalier Luminous, Focus: unConscious Bias
12:45
15:30
Sylvaine Dampierre
Rosine Mbakam
Words of Negroes
Munt 13
Delphine’s Prayers
Focus: unConscious Bias
Best of Fests
18:30
21:30
Karim Aïnouz
Ruslan Fedotow
Mariner of the Mountains
Where Are We Headed
Masters
58 Eye Cinema 2
11:30
15:00
19:00
Susana de Sousa Dias, Ansgar Schaefer
Sergei Loznitsa
Artavazd Pelechian
Shorts Artavazd Pelechian
Eye Cinema 1
10:00
Semiotics of the Kitchen Martha Rosler
Journey to the Sun
International Competition
Mr. Landsbergis International Competition
International Competition
12:30
15:30
18:30
21:00
Samaher Alqadi
Mónica Taboada-Tapia
Cindy Jansen
Oliver Hirschbiegel
As I Want Best of Fests
Two-Spirit
Shorts Competition
Prince of Muck Luminous
The Painter Masters
23:00
Shorts Artavazd Pelechian
Eye Cinema 1
Journey to the Sun
10:00
11:00
12:00
Eye Cinema 2
Semiotics of the Kitchen
International Competition
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
Saturday 20 November 17:00
19:00
21:00
22:00
18:30
21:00
Samaher Alqadi
Mónica Taboada-Tapia
Cindy Jansen
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Two-Spirit
Best of Fests
Prince of Muck
Shorts Competition
Nitrate Kisses
Ultraviolette and the Blood-Spitters Gang
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Luminous
Barbara Hammer
23:00
The Painter
Luminous
Masters
Robin Hunzinger
11:00
14:30
18:00
(Oxfam Novib Selection)
hosted by European Cultural Foundation
hosted by Het Parool
IDFA Hit Rebellion + Talk
IDFA Hit Judges Under Pressure + Talk
Maia Kenworthy, Elena Sánchez Bellot Frontlight Followed by a conversation with filmmaker and protagonists. Ticket sales through Carré.
IDFA Hit Jagged (VPRO Extra) Alison Klayman Best of Fests
Ticket sales through Carré.
Oeke Hoogendijk Frontlight
Ticket sales through Carré.
12:00
15:00
18:00
Maasja Ooms
hosted by European Cultural Foundation
Pacho Velez
The Balcony Movie
Luminous
21:00
IDFA Hit The Treasures of Crimea + Talk
Kacper Lisowski Frontlight Followed by a discussion, made possible by Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. Ticket sales through Carré.
Jason
DeLaMar: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
20:00
15:30
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Carré
18:00
12:30
As I Want
Martha Rosler
Sergei Loznitsa
International Competition
Public screenings 10:00
Mr. Landsbergis
Susana de Sousa Dias, Ansgar Schaefer
Artavazd Pelechian
21:00
Searchers
Laurent Garnier: Off the Record Gabin Rivoire
Best of Fests
Pawel Lozinski
Best of Fests
Masters
11:00
Wild Relatives
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
15:00
18:30
21:00
Jide Tom Akinleminu
Bianca Stigter
Engeli Broberg
When a Farm Goes Aflame
Jumana Manna
Focus: The Future Tense
Best of Fests
12:00
Shorts Playgrounds
Kriterion 1
Three Minutes – A Lengthening Best of Fests
Youth Competition
15:15
18:30
21:15
Aliaksei Paluyan
Juan Vicente Manrique
Peter Nicks
Courage
Don’t Worry
Best of Fests
Shorts Competition, Paradocs, Best of Fests
Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13
Homeroom Frontlight
Shorts Competition, Focus: The Future Tense
Two Minutes to Midnight
Yael Bartana Paradocs, Focus: The Future Tense
11:00
Bigger than Us
De Balie Grote Zaal
14:30
17:45
20:30
presented by De Balie
Loup Bureau
Vera Krichevskaya
Resources + Talk co-
Flore Vasseur
Hubert Caron-Guay, Serge-Olivier Rondeau
Best of Fests
Trenches
F@ck This Job
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
Frontlight
Followed by a conversation with the filmmakers.
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
10:00
13:00
16:00
Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard
Salvador Gieling
Venice Atienza
Vedette
International Competition
Lessons for Luca Luminous
Last Days at Sea
21:30
Payal Kapadia
Rami Farah
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Best of Fests
Our Memory Belongs to Us
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
13:00
18:00
21:00
Maria Speth
Sanshou Hu
María Alvarez
Mr. Bachmann and His Class
Rialto VU 4
18:30
Best of Fests
The Burrows
Near and Dear
Envision Competition
Luminous
20:30
DocLab Live: Gaming Reality
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Liminal Reality
A unique evening program about the twilight zone of digital reality.
13:30
Filmmaker Talk Yuri Ancarani
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
An hour-long inspiration talk with Yuri Ancarani. 20:20
IDFA Dialogue Hito Steyerl and Her Top 10
Compagnie Grote Zaal
Hito Steyerl interviews the authors of the films that inspired her career. 11:00
Tolhuistuin
DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality Liminal Reality
Play, discover and experience a selection of interactive artworks, VR installations and social XR experiments in the DocLab exhibition: Liminal Reality in Tolhuistuin. Entrance to the exhibition is free, but for some installations a ticket is required. 11:00
A Lab
DocLab: VR Gallery Liminal Reality
Experience the best virtual reality works that DocLab has to offer this year. A ticket provides you with 50 minutes to watch a selection of VR films and experiences of your choice. 20:00
Café Kuyl
IDFA Dance Night
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Saturday 20 November 09:00
10:00
11:00
Industry program 12:00
10:30
Press & Industry Medusa
Tuschinski 3
13:00
Chloé Malcotti
Luminous Passholders (upon registration)
Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard
Giovanni Buccomino
Virna Molina
Press & Industry Skin
Marcos Pimentel
Luminous Passholders (upon registration)
Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
16:15
19:00
Nina Hedenius, William Long
Seydou Cissé
Press & Industry Song to Bergslagen Masters Passholders (upon registration)
21:00
Press & Industry Taamaden
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
15:45
Press & Industry Portraits of the Future
IDFA on Stage, Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
20:00 19:45
Salvador Gieling
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Penny Andrea
19:00
Press & Industry Lessons for Luca
Press & Industry After a Revolution
12:45
18:00
17:15
Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
13:15
10:00
17:00
Nidal Al Dibs
Luminous Passholders (upon registration)
10:30
Press & Industry locks & keys, water, trees
16:00
Press & Industry Homemade Stories
Srđan Keča
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Tuschinski 6
15:00 15:00
Press & Industry Museum of the Revolution
Press & Industry Vedette
Tuschinski 5
14:00
12:30
Press & Industry Mr. Landsbergis Sergei Loznitsa
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Focus: The Future Tense, Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
09:15
Munt 9
Market Screening Passholders (upon registration)
09:30
Munt 13
Market Screening
Passholders (upon registration)
13:00
IDFA Forum Producers Connection presentations
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Producers Connection
10:00
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Industry Session Why, when and how to work with sales agents
11:30
13:30
hosted by LaScam
An hour-long inspiration talk with Yuri Ancarani.
Industry Session Alice Diop on her career as a filmmaker
Passholders
15:30
Filmmaker Talk Yuri Ancarani
Industry Talk Filmmaking collaborations across borders in a dangerous world Passholders
Passholders
16:00
Delegation Project Presentation South Korea
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
Passholders
10:00
Brakke Grond Steegzaal
Industry Consultancies Group consultancies and walk-in consultancies
Sign up for the last spots at one of our consultants at the industry desk. Passholders (upon registration)
10:00
Compagnie Grote Zaal
IDFAcademy Pitch & Trailer Workshop
IDFAcademy Passholders
13:00
IDFAcademy Meetings Round tables finance & funding
15:30
IDFAcademy Meetings Round tables IDFAcademy Passholders
IDFAcademy Talk Karim Aïnouz
IDFAcademy Passholders
13:00
IDFAcademy Meetings
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
IDFAcademy Passholders
11:00
14:30
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Arti et Amicitiae
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
17:00
Docs for Sale: Happy hour
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
60 Arti Sociëteit
10:00
Docs for Sale open Docs for Sale Passholders
IDFA Dialogue Hito Steyerl and Her Top 10
Hito Steyerl interviews the authors of the films that inspired her career.
IDFAcademy Passholders
13:00
Compagnie Kleine Zaal
20:30
22:00
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Arti et Amicitiae
Industry program 09:00
10:00
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale: Happy hour
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
Saturday 20 November 18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
10:00
Arti Sociëteit
Docs for Sale open Docs for Sale Passholders
18:00
Zuiderkerk
Guests Meet Guests hosted by Scandinavian Films Passholders
Niñxs, IDFA Forum Producers Connection
No Place Like Home, IDFA Forum Producers Connection
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Sunday 21 November 10:00
11:00
Public screenings
12:00
13:00
10:00
Tuschinski 1
14:00
15:00
16:00
13:00
Taming the Garden
Bigger than Us + Talk
Salomé Jashi
18:00
19:00
20:00
hosted by Mama Cash
Marco Bellocchio
Followed by an extended conversation with the filmmaker.
22:00
23:00
Marx Can Wait + Talk
Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas
Best of Fests
21:00
20:30
Writing with Fire + Talk
(Oxfam Novib Selection)
Flore Vasseur
Best of Fests
17:00
16:15
Masters
Followed by an extended conversation with director Marco Bellocchio.
Best of Fests
Followed by an extended conversation with the filmmakers and their protagonist.
20:30
Marx Can Wait + Talk
Tuschinski Online Cinema
Marco Bellocchio Masters
Followed by an extended conversation with director Marco Bellocchio.
11:15
14:30
Homes
Tuschinski 2
18:00
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
Laila Pakalnina Masters
21:00
Taamaden
The Beach of Enchaquirados
Seydou Cissé
Ivan Mora Manzano
International Competition
Avi Mograbi
International Competition
Masters
19:00
21:30
Pilar Moreno, Ana Endara Mislov
Isael Maxakali, Sueli Maxakali, Carolina Canguçu, Roberto Romero
For Your Peace of Mind, Make Your Own Museum
Tuschinski 3
Nũhũ yãg mũ yõg hãm: This Land Is Our Land!
Envision Competition
Best of Fests
17:45
21:00
Words of Negroes
Tuschinski 4
I Am Trying to Remember
Sylvaine Dampierre
Pegah Ahangarani
Focus: unConscious Bias
Shorts Competition
Lake Forest Park Kersti Jan Werdal Luminous
18:15
21:30
Nina Hedenius, William Long
Chris Wright, Stefan Kolbe
Song to Bergslagen
Tuschinski 5
Anamnesis
Masters
15:00
20:15
Jon Bang Carlsen
Noah Arjomand, Adam Isenberg, Senem Tüzen
The Banality of Grief
Tuschinski 6
Eat Your Catfish
Masters
12:00
Kids Cup
Munt 9
Envision Competition
15:15
18:30
21:30
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Shorts Competition
Shengze Zhu
Shorts Top 10
Line Hatland
Youth Competition
11:00
Shorts Being Tamed
14:45
Shorts Anatomies
Munt 10
The Silence of the Mole
A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces Paradocs
18:00
21:15
Loup Bureau
Mónica Taboada-Tapia
Trenches
Anaïs Taracena
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests
Best of Fests
Two-Spirit
Best of Fests
Shorts Competition
Ultraviolette and the Blood-Spitters Gang
Best of Fests
Robin Hunzinger Luminous
11:15
14:15
Raising a School Shooter
Munt 11
17:30
The Last Shelter
Ousmane Samassekou
Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors
A Thousand Fires Saeed Taji Farouky
Helena Třeštíková
Best of Fests
International Competition
Masters
Best of Fests
10:30
13:15
Near and Dear
Munt 12
20:30
René - The Prisoner of Freedom
Shorts Remnants
María Alvarez Luminous
16:30
19:30
Aicha Macky
Luke Johnstone, Tsogo Kupa, Djibril Cullis, Matthijs Vuijk, Alex Sono
Zinder
Sikelela Tapes
Best of Fests
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests, Masters
Frontlight
One Take Grace Lindiwe Matshikiza
Munt 13
10:00
12:45
Tuija Halttunen
Stefan Pavlovic
How to Kill a Cloud Best of Fests
Looking for Horses Best of Fests
16:00
18:45
21:30
Adéla Komrzý
Deniz Tortum, Kathryn Hamilton
Theo Anthony
Intensive Life Unit
Our Ark
All Light, Everywhere Best of Fests
Shorts Competition, Focus: The Future Tense
Luminous
The Still Side
Miko Revereza, Carolina Fusilier
Eye Cinema 1
10:00
13:00
17:00
Artavazd Pelechian
Alice Diop
hosted by OneWorld
Sean Wang
Nature
We + Talk
Artavazd Pelechian
62 Eye Cinema 2
11:00
IDFA on Stage locks & keys, water, trees
A Marble Travelogue
Darkness There and Nothing More Tea Tupajic
Frontlight
Focus: unConscious Bias, Best of Fests
Envision Competition
Followed by an extended conversation with director Alice Diop.
14:00
18:00
Peter Brosens, Turmunkh Dorjkhand
Virna Molina
State of Dogs + Talk
20:30
Portraits of the Future
21:00
Bullet
Maya Watanabe Paradocs
Eye Cinema 1
Nature
Artavazd Pelechian
A Marble Travelogue
Alice Diop
Frontlight
Tea Tupajic
Focus: unConscious Bias, Best of Fests
Public screenings
Envision Competition
Sunday 21 November
Followed by an extended conversation with director Alice Diop.
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
11:00
IDFA on Stage locks & keys, water, trees
Eye Cinema 2
Darkness There and Nothing More
Sean Wang
hosted by OneWorld
Artavazd Pelechian
10:00
We + Talk
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
14:00
18:00
Peter Brosens, Turmunkh Dorjkhand
Virna Molina
State of Dogs + Talk
Special screening with live narration by Penny Andrea.
22:00
23:00
Bullet
Maya Watanabe Paradocs
In the Billowing
Night + Talk hosted by OneWorld Erika Etangsalé
Paradocs, Focus: unConscious Bias
10:00
Carré
21:00 21:00
Focus: The Future Tense, Envision Competition
Followed by an extended conversation with the filmmakers.
Envision Competition, IDFA on Stage
20:00
Portraits of the Future
Focus: The Future Tense
Penny Andrea
19:00
20:00
de Volkskrant-dag
IDFA Hit Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
IDFA Special
Ticket sales through Carré.
Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine Best of Fests
Ticket sales through Carré.
11:45
14:45
17:45
21:00
Shannon Walsh
Liz Garbus
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier
The Gig Is Up
DeLaMar: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
Becoming Cousteau
Best of Fests
Flee (VPRO Extra)
Masters
18:00
20:45
Salvador Gieling
Cindy Jansen
Oeke Hoogendijk
Prince of Muck
Luminous
11:00
Just a Movement Paradocs
Paradocs
20:30
Virpi Suutari
Best of Fests, Shorts Competition
Marcos Pimentel
Envision Competition
Focus: InConsciousBias
11:00
13:30
16:30
Tal Elkayam
Nina Guseva
Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher
Figure–Ground Luminous
The Case
20:30
Futura
Frontlight
IDFA Dialogue We the Youth
hosted by the European Cultural Foundation
Masters
10:30
13:15
15:45
18:30
Etna Ozbek
Sebastián Molina
Daniela Muñoz Barroso
Marija Zidar
Nosema Frontlight
Lead Me Home
Shorts Traumata
Skin
N. Pontalier Luminous,
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
17:00
Masters
On the Zenith’s Edge
De Balie Grote Zaal
Envision Competition
A People’s Radio – Ballads from a Wooded Country
Vincent Meessen
A. Jean-Baptiste, M. Jean-Baptiste
Housewitz
Luminous
13:45
Listen to the Beat of Our Images
Kriterion 1
Best of Fests
15:00
Lessons for Luca
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
The Velvet Queen
Best of Fests
The Hostilities Luminous
Mafifa
Reconciliation
On the Other Side Iván Guarnizo
Best of Fests
Luminous
Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk
The filmmakers behind Futura in conversation with young thinkers. 21:15
Best of Fests
Frontlight
10:00
Rialto VU 4
Revolution of Our Times Kiwi Chow
Best of Fests
14:00
Now Is the Past – My Father, Java & the Phantom Films Shin-ichi Ise
17:00
Turn Your Body to the Sun Aliona van der Horst
International Competition
Luminous, Focus: unConscious Bias
20:00
Handbook
Pavel Mozhar
Shorts Competition
Voice
Nadya Zaytseva Frontlight
17:30
Filmmaker Talk Susana de Sousa Dias
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
An in-depth interview with the filmmaker. 11:00
Tolhuistuin
DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality Liminal Reality
Play, discover and experience a selection of interactive artworks, VR installations and social XR experiments in the DocLab exhibition: Liminal Reality in Tolhuistuin. Entrance to the exhibition is free, but for some installations a ticket is required.
11:00
A Lab
DocLab: VR Gallery Liminal Reality
Experience the best virtual reality works that DocLab has to offer this year. A ticket provides you with 50 minutes to watch a selection of VR films and experiences of your choice.
20:30
ARTISPlanetarium
DocLab Live: Elastic Presence Liminal Reality
Experience a unique evening under the huge domed screen in the ARTIS-Planetarium.
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Sunday 21 November 09:00
10:00
Industry program
11:00
12:00
13:00
10:30
Press & Industry One Take Grace
Tuschinski 3
14:00
15:00
13:30
Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
11:30
Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
14:30
IDFA Forum Rough Cut Screenings
IDFA Forum Rough Cut Screenings Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
10:00
Press & Industry A Thousand Fires
Tuschinski 5
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
16:00
Jafar Najafi
Karim Kassem
Press & Industry Octopus
Luminous Passholders (upon registration)
09:15
Tuschinski 6
13:15
Press & Industry Makeup Artist
Saeed Taji Farouky
Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
12:15
Market Screening
17:30
Press & Industry The Beach of Enchaquirados
Passholders (upon registration)
18:00
Tea Tupajic
P.Moreno, A.E.Mislov
Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Tuschinski 4
17:00
Press & Industry Darkness There and Nothing More
Press & Industry For Your Peace of Mind, Make Your Own Museum
Lindiwe Matshikiza
16:00
15:30
Press & Industry The Last Chapter Gianluca Matarrese
Ivan Mora Manzano
Luminous Passholders (upon registration)
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
09:15
Munt 9
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Market Screening Passholders (upon registration)
09:00
15:00
By invitation
By invitation
IDFA Forum Producers Connection one-on-one meetings
10:00
09:00
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
11:30
Industry Session Co-productions and film financing in the USA and EU
Industry Session Co-productions and film financing in the USA and EU
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
IDFA Forum Producers Connection one-on-one meetings
15:00
17:30
Passholders
An in-depth interview with the filmmaker.
Industry Talk Innovations in (online) distribution – revisited
Filmmaker Talk Susana de Sousa Dias
Passholders
Passholders
IDFA Forum Producers Connection lounge Producers Connection
10:00
Brakke Grond Steegzaal
Industry Consultancies Group consultancies and walk-in consultancies
Sign up for the last spots at one of our consultants at the industry desk. Passholders (upon registration)
15:00
Think Tank The art of documentary film editing
IDFA Office
By invitation
10:00
Compagnie Grote Zaal
IDFAcademy Talk Niels Pagh Andersen
Passholders (upon registration)
13:00
IDFAcademy Session Sales strategies, the inside information IDFAcademy Passholders
10:00
Compagnie Kleine Zaal
15:30
IDFAcademy Meetings Round tables IDFAcademy Passholders
15:30
Work-inProgress Screening: The Missing Image
IDFAcademy Session How to make your film seen IDFAcademy Passholders
Passholders (upon registration)
13:00
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
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IDFAcademy Meetings IDFAcademy Passholders
17:00
IDFAcademy Closing Drinks IDFAcademy
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
IDFAcademy Meetings
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
IDFAcademy Passholders
Industry program 09:00
10:00
Sunday 21 November 11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
17:00
IDFAcademy Closing Drinks
Compagnie Café
IDFAcademy Passholders
11:00
14:30
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Arti et Amicitiae
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
17:00
Docs for Sale: Happy hour Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
10:00
Arti Sociëteit
Docs for Sale open Docs for Sale Passholders
18:00
21:00
hosted by Polish Docs and HBO Europe
hosted by German Films & German Documentaries
Guests Meet Guests
Zuiderkerk
IDFA Market Drinks
Passholders
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
20:30
IDFA Dialogue We the Youth
De Balie Grote Zaal
hosted by the European Cultural Foundation
The filmmakers behind Futura engage in an exciting debate with young thinkers. 10:30
Tolhuistuin Concertzaal
IDFA DocLab Forum Project presentations IDFA Forum Passholders
13:00
IDFA DocLab Forum Lunch
IDFA Forum Passholders
14:30
DocLab R&D Summit: Opening By invitation
15:30
Tolhuistuin IJzaal
DocLab R&D Summit: Expert meetings By invitation
17:30
DocLab R&D Summit: Networking drinks By invitation
15:30
A Lab - DocLab R&D Hub @ Videodock
DocLab R&D Summit: Expert meetings By invitation
Cordillera Blanca, IDFA DocLab Forum
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Monday 22 November 10:00 Tuschinski 1
11:00
Public screenings
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
10:30
13:30
17:00
Pawel Lozinski
Yé Yé
Penny Lane
The Balcony Movie
H6
Masters
19:00
20:00
21:00
Listening to Kenny G
Best of Fests
22:00
23:00
21:00
The Last Shelter + Talk
(Oxfam Novib Selection)
Ousmane Samassekou
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
Followed by an extended conversation with director Marco Bellocchio.
21:00
The Last Shelter + Talk
Tuschinski Online Cinema
(Oxfam Novib Selection)
Ousmane Samassekou Best of Fests
Followed by an extended conversation with director Marco Bellocchio.
12:00
15:30
17:45
20:30
Susana de Sousa Dias, Ansgar Schaefer
Caroline Rumley
Juan Vicente Manrique
Andreas Wilcke
Journey to the Sun
Tuschinski 2
Dixie
Shorts Competition
Nelly’s Memory
International Competition
Nicolas Wouters
Shorts Competition, Focus: unConscious Bias
Don’t Worry
The Voice of the People
Shorts Competition, Focus: The Future Tense
Frontlight
Two Minutes to Midnight
Yael Bartana Paradocs, Focus: The Future Tense
20:00
Beirut: Eye of the Storm
Tuschinski 3
Mai Masri Masters
12:45
15:45
18:45
Seydou Cissé
Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard
Eduardo Crespo
Taamaden + Talk
Tuschinski 4
Vedette
International Competition
Followed by an extended conversation with director Seydou Cissé.
21:30
The Delights
May God Be With You Cléo Cohen
International Competition
International Competition
Best of Fests
17:30
21:00
Half a Light-Year
Tuschinski 5
Listen to the Beat of Our Images
Leonardo Mouramateus
Chelas nha Kau
Audrey Jean-Baptiste, Maxime Jean-Baptiste
Focus: unConscious Bias
On the Zenith’s Edge
Focus: unConscious Bias
Bataclan 1950, Bagabaga Studios
Paradocs
N. Pontalier Luminous, Focus: unConscious Bias 20:30
Babi Yar. Context
Tuschinski 6
Sergei Loznitsa Masters
13:15
16:00
18:45
Pacho Velez
Tomasz Wolski
Samaher Alqadi
Searchers
Munt 9
1970
Best of Fests
21:30
As I Want
Best of Fests
How to Live in the Federal Republic of Germany
Best of Fests
Harun Farocki
Focus: The Future Tense
12:00
Our Memory Belongs to Us
Munt 10
15:30
18:15
Chloé Malcotti
Etna Ozbek
Medusa
Rami Farah
21:00
Nosema
Luminous
Tonight’s Homework
Ashkan Nejati, Mehran Nematollahi
Frontlight
Lead Me Home
Best of Fests
Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk
Focus: The Future Tense, Luminous
Frontlight
Munt 11
11:30
14:30
17:30
Louis Hothothot
Nina Guseva
Håvard Bustnes
Four Journeys Envision Competition
The Case
20:45
Name of the Game
Frontlight
O, Collecting Eggs Despite the Times Pim Zwier
Frontlight
Envision Competition
12:00
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Munt 12
Payal Kapadia Best of Fests
15:00
Shorts Anatomies
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests
21:15
Sanshou Hu
Karim Kassem
The Burrows
Octopus
Envision Competition
Envision Competition
12:30
15:45
19:15
Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher
Giovanni Buccomino
Nina Hedenius, William Long
Futura
Munt 13
18:00
After a Revolution
Song to Bergslagen
International Competition
Masters
Masters
Eye Cinema 1
11:30
15:00
18:00
Nicolas Videla
+ Talk hosted by Mama Cash
Gianluca Matarrese
Queer Day Travesti Odyssey Luminous
Followed by a conversation with the director and members of the Travesti Odyssey Cabaret group.
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Queer Day How the Room Felt Ketevan Kapanadze
International Competition
Followed by a conversation with the director and protagonists.
21:15
Queer Day The Last Chapter
Queer Day The End of Wonderland
Luminous
Followed by a conversation with the director and protagonist.
12:00
15:30
19:30
Mitsuo Sato, Kyoichi Yamaoka
Želimir Žilnik
Giuseppe Tornatore
Yama: Attack to Attack Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Black Film
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Ennio
Masters
Laurence Turcotte-Fraser Luminous
Followed by a conversation with the director and protagonist Tara Emory.
Queer Day Travesti Odyssey
Eye Cinema 1
Queer Day How the Room Felt
Nicolas Videla Luminous
Public screenings 10:00
Followed by a conversation with the director and members of the Travesti Odyssey Cabaret group.
11:00
12:00
13:00
Luminous
Laurence Turcotte-Fraser
Monday 22 November
Followed by a conversation with the director and protagonist.
International Competition
14:00
Queer Day The End of Wonderland
Gianluca Matarrese
Ketevan Kapanadze
Followed by a conversation with the director 15:00 16:00 and protagonists.
17:00
18:00
19:00
Luminous
15:30
19:30
Mitsuo Sato, Kyoichi Yamaoka
Želimir Žilnik
Giuseppe Tornatore
Black Film
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Followed by a conversation with the director and protagonist Tara Emory.
20:00
12:00
Yama: Attack to Attack
Eye Cinema 2
Queer Day The Last Chapter
+ Talk hosted by Mama Cash
21:00
22:00
23:00
Ennio
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Masters
Kenedi Goes Back Home Želimir Žilnik
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
14:00
17:00
20:00
Scott Gawlik
Bing Liu, Joshua Altman
Andrea Arnold
Set!
DeLaMar: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
All These Sons
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
15:00
18:00
Maia Kenworthy, Elena Sánchez Bellot
Diego Gutiérrez
Rebellion
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Youth Firsthand
Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Youth Competition
English subtitled or spoken.
17:30
Lucas Bambozzi
Natalia Almada
Frontlight
Shabu
Shamira Raphaëla Youth Competition
20:30
Users
Shorts Existential Routes
Best of Fests
15:00
The Belly of the Mountain
Kriterion 1
21:00
Envision Competition
14:30
Ironland
Masters
The Mirror and the Window
Frontlight
11:30
Cow
Shorts Competition
18:15
21:00
Jafar Najafi
Alison Klayman
Makeup Artist
Stephen Loye
Jagged
Luminous
Best of Fests
Paradocs
15:00
Children of the Mist
De Balie Grote Zaal
+ Talk
Diem Ha Le
International Competition
Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Diem Ha Le.
18:30
21:15
Aicha Macky
Rosine Mbakam
Zinder
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
Delphine’s Prayers
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
18:00
21:00
Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege + Talk
Rialto VU 4
Eskape
Neary Adeline Hay
Envision Competition
hosted by VU
Abdallah Al Khatib Best of Fests
Followed by a conversation with VU prof. dr. Wouter G. Werner. 20:00
IDFA Dialogue Glimpsing the Future
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Filmmakers from the Future Tense focus program reflect on their roles as seers. 20:30
DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Liminal Reality
A unique evening program about the malleability of the human body.
11:00
Tolhuistuin
DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality Liminal Reality
Play, discover and experience a selection of interactive artworks, VR installations and social XR experiments in the DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality in Tolhuistuin. Entrance to the exhibition is free, but for some installations a ticket is required.
11:00
A Lab
DocLab: VR Gallery Liminal Reality
Experience the best virtual reality works that DocLab has to offer this year. A ticket provides you with 50 minutes to watch a selection of VR films and experiences of your choice.
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Monday 22 November 09:00
10:00
Industry program
11:00
12:00
13:00
11:30
Tuschinski 3
15:00
18:00
Qinyuan Lei
Neary Adeline Hay
Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
11:15
14:30
Kamar Ahmad Simon
Sanshou Hu
19:00
20:00
21:00
Press & Industry Eskape
Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Press & Industry The Burrows
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
12:15
Market Screening
Tuschinski 6
17:00 17:30
Press & Industry The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost
Press & Industry Day after...
16:00
14:45
Press & Industry O, Collecting Eggs Despite the Times Pim Zwier
Tuschinski 5
14:00
15:15
18:00
E. Crespo
Helena Třeštíková
Press & Industry The Delights
Passholders (upon registration)
Press & Industry René – The Prisoner of Freedom
International Competition Passholders (upon registration)
Masters Passholders (upon registration)
10:15
Market Screening
Munt 9
Passholders (upon registration)
20:00
IDFA Dialogue Glimpsing the Future
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Filmmakers from the Future Tense focus program reflect on their roles as seers. 10:00
12:00
Industry Session One year later – Update on the VOD/OTT universe
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
15:00
Industry Session The future of financing?
Industry Talk My film, my vision! Maintaining the editorial voice within international collaborations
Passholders
Passholders
Passholders
10:00
16:00
Industry Consultancies Group consultancies and walk-in consultancies
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
Delegation Project Presentation Poland
Passholders (upon registration)
Passholders
15:00
Think Tank Representation and diversity in film criticism
IDFA Office
By invitation
13:00
Industry Consultancies Group consultancies and walk-in consultancies
Het Groene Paleis Courantzaal
Sign up for the last spots at one of our consultants at the industry desk. Passholders
09:00
Compagnie Grote Zaal
14:45
IDFA Forum Pitches day 1
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings
IDFA Forum Passholders
By invitation
14:45
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings
Compagnie Kleine Zaal
By invitation
08:00
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
14:45
IDFA Forum Producers Breakfast
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings By invitation
hosted by KCA and RAPA By invitation
15:00
DocLab R&D Summit: Expert meetings
Tolhuistuin IJzaal
By invitation
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11:00
14:30
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
17:00
Docs for Sale: Happy
22:00
DocLab R&D Summit: Expert meetings
Tolhuistuin IJzaal
By invitation
Industry program 09:00
10:00
Monday 22 November 11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
16:00
14:30
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Arti et Amicitiae
15:00
11:00
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
17:00
Docs for Sale: Happy hour
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
10:00
Arti Sociëteit
Zuiderkerk
Docs for Sale open Docs for Sale Passholders
13:00
18:00
hosted by Chicken & Egg Pictures
hosted by ARTE
IDFA Forum Lunch
Guests Meet Guests Passholders
IDFA Forum Passholders
15:00
A Lab - DocLab R&D Hub @ Videodock
DocLab R&D Summit: Expert meetings By invitation
Farming the Revolution, IDFA Forum pitch
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Tuesday 23 November 10:00 Tuschinski 1
11:00
Public screenings
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
10:45
13:45
16:45
21:00
Liz Garbus
Peter Nicks
Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier
Tea Tupajic
Becoming Cousteau
Homeroom
Masters
The Velvet Queen + Talk
Frontlight
23:00
Darkness There and Nothing More + Talk
Best of Fests
Envision Competition
Followed by an extended conversation with director Marie Amiguet.
Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Tea Tupajic.
21:00
Darkness There and Nothing More + Talk
Tuschinski Online Cinema
Tea Tupajic
Envision Competition
Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Tea Tupajic.
12:30
15:30
René - The Prisoner of Freedom
Tuschinski 2
A Marble Travelogue
21:30
(NTR Avond van de Wolf)
(NTR Avond van de Wolf)
The Treasures of Crimea
Sean Wang
Helena Třeštíková
18:30
Frontlight
Masters
Turn Your Body to the Sun
Oeke Hoogendijk
Aliona van der Horst
Frontlight
International Competition
20:30
Our Ark
Tuschinski 3
Deniz Tortum, Kathryn Hamilton
Shorts Competition, Focus: The Future Tense
Alda
Viera Čákanyová
Focus: The Future Tense
13:00
16:00
Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege
Tuschinski 4
Youth Big Little World
Abdallah Al Khatib
21:45
Gianluca Matarrese
Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt
The Last Chapter
English subtitled or spoken.
Best of Fests
17:15
20:30
Shorts Competition
Hubert Caron-Guay, Serge-Olivier Rondeau
Shorts Existential Routes
Tuschinski 5
Cusp
Luminous
Youth Competition
Best of Fests
18:45
Resources Frontlight
18:15
21:00
Qinyuan Lei
Virpi Suutari
The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost
Tuschinski 6
A People’s Radio – Ballads from a Wooded Country
International Competition
Masters
Skin
Marcos Pimentel
Envision Competition
12:30
18:00
Mr. Landsbergis
Munt 9
21:00
Shorts Traumata
Sergei Loznitsa
International Competition
Shoot from the Heart
Alan Barker, Joan Churchill Masters
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests
Homemade Stories Nidal Al Dibs
Envision Competition
11:45
14:45
Flee
Munt 10
For Your Peace of Mind, Make Your Own Museum
Jonas Poher Rasmussen Best of Fests
Pilar Moreno, Ana Endara Mislov
Envision Competition
11:30
14:15
Adéla Komrzý
Ivan Mora Manzano
Intensive Life Unit
Munt 11
The Beach of Enchaquirados
Luminous
20:30
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet
Shorts Stranded Frontlight
Raoul Peck
Focus: The Future Tense, Focus: unConscious Bias
17:00
20:00
Vera Krichevskaya
Kamar Ahmad Simon
F@ck This Job
Day after...
Best of Fests
International Competition
International Competition
11:45
15:00
The Painter
Munt 12
17:15
17:45
Nũhũ yãg mũ yõg hãm: This Land Is Our Land!
Oliver Hirschbiegel Masters
Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13 Engeli Broberg
Youth Competition
Isael Maxakali, Sueli Maxakali, Carolina Canguçu, Roberto Romero
20:45
The Home Front – A Journey in Italy with Domenico Quirico Paola Piacenza Frontlight
Best of Fests
12:15
15:30
18:45
21:15
Chris Wright, Stefan Kolbe
Marco Bellocchio
Noah Arjomand, Adam Isenberg, Senem Tüzen
Jide Tom Akinleminu
Anamnesis
Munt 13
Best of Fests
Marx Can Wait
Eat Your Catfish
Masters
Envision Competition
Eye Cinema 1
11:00
14:00
17:00
Pedro Figueiredo Neto, Ricardo Falcão
Ruslan Fedotow
Jean-Gabriel Périot
Yoon
Best of Fests
Where Are We Headed + Talk International Competition
Masters, Focus: unConscious Bias
12:00
15:30
Miko Revereza, Carolina Fusilier
Liminal Reality
The Still Side + Talk
Best of Fests
Returning to Reims (Fragments)
Followed by an extended conversation with director Ruslan Fedotow.
70 Eye Cinema 2
When a Farm Goes Aflame
DocLab Live: Beyond the Cyborg Manifesto
18:00
21:00
Kidlat Tahimik
Natalia Almada
Perfumed Nightmare Focus: The Future Tense
Users
Best of Fests
Yoon
Eye Cinema 1
Pedro Figueiredo Neto, Ricardo Falcão
Public screenings 11:00
12:00
Returning to Reims (Fragments)
International Competition
Masters, Focus: unConscious Bias
Ruslan Fedotow
Best of Fests
10:00
Where Are We Headed + Talk
13:00
Jean-Gabriel Périot
Followed by an extended conversation with director Ruslan Fedotow. 14:00 15:00 15:30
Miko Revereza, Carolina Fusilier
Liminal Reality
The Still Side + Talk
Eye Cinema 2
16:00
12:00
DocLab Live: Beyond the Cyborg Manifesto
Focus: The Future Tense
Special DocLab: Live event about the work of philosopher and feminist Donna Haraway.
Followed by an extended conversation with filmmakers.
19:00
20:00
21:00
Kidlat Tahimik
Natalia Almada
Perfumed Nightmare
Best of Fests
18:00
21:00
Shamira Raphaëla
Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas
Flore Vasseur
Writing With Fire
Youth Competition
The Belly of the Mountain Stephen Loye
18:00
21:30
Salomé Jashi
Sergei Loznitsa
Gustavo Vinagre, Fábio Leal
14:15
Kids Cup
Line Hatland
Youth Competition
Paradocs
Babi Yar. Context
Best of Fests
17:15
20:30
Shorts Being Tamed
Near and Dear María Alvarez Luminous
Shorts Competition
17:00
20:30
Gabin Rivoire
Virna Molina
Srđan Keča
Best of Fests
14:30
The Gig Is Up
De Balie Grote Zaal
God Has AIDS
Masters
14:00
Laurent Garnier: Off the Record
Kriterion 1
Best of Fests
15:00
Best of Fests
11:30
Bigger than Us
Best of Fests
Taming the Garden
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Shannon Walsh Best of Fests
23:00
Users
Focus: The Future Tense
15:15
Shabu
22:00
21:00
Cindy Jansen Luminous
Ketelhuis Zaal 2
18:00 18:00
12:30
Prince of Muck
DeLaMar: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
17:00
Tuesday 23 November
Portraits of the Future
Museum of the Revolution
Envision Competition, Focus: The Future Tense
Luminous
17:15
20:30
The Silence of the Mole
Now Is the Past – My Father, Java & the Phantom Films + Talk
Anaïs Taracena Best of Fests
co-presented by De Balie
Shin-ichi Ise Luminous, Focus: unConscious Bias
Followed by an extended conversation with director Shin-ichi Ise.
18:30
21:15
Ahmet Necdet Çupur
Saeed Taji Farouky
Les Enfants terribles
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
A Thousand Fires
Best of Fests
18:00
20:45
Tuija Halttunen
Kacper Lisowski
How to Kill a Cloud
Rialto VU 4
International Competition
Best of Fests
Judges Under Pressure Frontlight
20:30
DocLab Live: Liminal Systems
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Liminal Reality
Live event with artist talks and performances about the systems that control our lives. 11:00
Tolhuistuin
DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality Liminal Reality
Play, discover and experience a selection of interactive artworks, VR installations and social XR experiments in the DocLab exhibition: Liminal Reality in Tolhuistuin. Entrance to the exhibition is free, but for some installations a ticket is required.
11:00
A Lab
DocLab: VR Gallery Liminal Reality
Experience the best virtual reality works that DocLab has to offer this year. A ticket provides you with 50 minutes to watch a selection of VR films and experiences of your choice.
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Tuesday 23 November 09:00
10:00
11:00
Industry program 12:00
13:00
14:00
11:15
Press & Industry Homes
Tuschinski 3
15:00
16:00
Masters Passholders (upon registration)
Daniela Muñoz Barroso
Sean Wang
Press & Industry A Marble Travelogue Frontlight Passholders (upon registration)
Luminous Passholders (upon registration)
09:45
Market Screening
Tuschinski 4
Passholders (upon registration)
11:30
14:00
Press & Industry The End of Wonderland
Tuschinski 5
Press & Industry Travesti Odyssey Nicolas Videla
Luminous Passholders (upon registration)
Laurence Turcotte-Fraser
Luminous Passholders (upon registration)
10:00
12:45
Passholders (upon registration)
Passholders (upon registration)
Market Screening
Tuschinski 6
15:30
Market Screening
Press & Industry The Moment of Transition Chiara Marotta
Luminous Passholders (upon registration)
10:15
Market Screening
Munt 9
Passholders (upon registration)
12:00
14:00
Industry Session DAE members and prospective members meetup
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Industry Session Framing of Us
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Industry Session The Uncertainty Passholders
Passholders
10:00
12:00
15:00
Passholders
hosted by The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Industry Session Representation and diversity in film criticism
Passholders
Industry Talk Remembering the future – archived alternative realities
Passholders
10:00
Industry Consultancies Group consultancies and walk-in consultancies
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
16:00
Industry Session Opening the box “Society& Culture” Dpt in Arte France
Passholders (upon registration)
hosted by Arte France Passholders
13:00
Industry Consultancies Group consultancies and walk-in consultancies
Het Groene Paleis Courantzaal
Sign up for the last spots at one of our consultants at the industry desk. Passholders
09:00
Compagnie Grote Zaal
14:45
IDFA Forum Pitches day 2
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings
IDFA Forum Passholders
By invitation
14:45
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings
Compagnie Kleine Zaal
By invitation
08:00
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
14:45
IDFA Forum Producers Breakfast
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings By invitation
hosted by KCA and RAPA By invitation
11:00
14:30
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Arti et Amicitiae
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
17:00
Docs for Sale: Happy hour
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
72 Arti Sociëteit
10:00
Docs for Sale open Docs for Sale Passholders
18:00
17:15
Press & Industry Mafifa
Laila Pakalnina
17:00
14:30
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Arti et Amicitiae
Industry program 09:00
10:00
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale: Happy hour
Tuesday 23 November
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
10:00
Arti Sociëteit
Zuiderkerk
Docs for Sale open Docs for Sale Passholders
13:00
18:00
hosted by Al Jazeera Documentary Channel
hosted by Catalan Films and DocsBarcelona
IDFA Forum Lunch
Guests Meet Guests
Passholders
IDFA Forum Passholders
Father, IDFA Forum pitch
Travesti Odyssey, Luminous
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Wednesday 24 November 10:00 Tuschinski 1
11:00
12:00
Public screenings
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
11:00
13:30
16:30
21:00
Jafar Najafi
Noah Arjomand, Adam Isenberg, Senem Tüzen
Liminal Reality
(VPRO Extra)
Makeup Artist
Eat Your Catfish
Luminous
DocLab Live: In Fragments with Jonathan Harris
Three Minutes – A Lengthening
One-off presentation of In Fragments, the result of a six-year ritual journey by artist Jonathan Harris.
Envision Competition
22:00
Bianca Stigter Best of Fests
21:00
Three Minutes – A Lengthening
Tuschinski Online Cinema
(VPRO Extra) Bianca Stigter Best of Fests
12:30
20:00
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Tuschinski 2
The Last Shelter
Ousmane Samassekou
Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
15:30
Portraits of the Future
Tuschinski 3
18:00
20:30
Sylvaine Dampierre
Alan Barker, Joan Churchill
Words of Negroes
Virna Molina
Shoot from the Heart
Focus: unConscious Bias
Masters
Homemade Stories
Focus: The Future Tense, Envision Competition
12:30
Envision Competition
16:15
Users
Tuschinski 4
Nidal Al Dibs
19:30
O, Collecting Eggs Despite the Times
Natalia Almada
Day after... + Talk
Kamar Ahmad Simon
Pim Zwier
Best of Fests
International Competition
Followed by a conversation with director Kamar Ahmad Simon.
Envision Competition
17:30
20:45
Pedro Figueiredo Neto, Ricardo Falcão
Sanshou Hu
Yoon
Tuschinski 5
The Burrows Envision Competition
Best of Fests
18:00
21:15
Paola Piacenza
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests, Paradocs
The Home Front – A Journey in Italy with Domenico Quirico
Tuschinski 6
Shorts Playgrounds
Frontlight
Munt 9
11:30
14:45
Lucas Bambozzi
Iván Guarnizo
Ironland
17:30
On the Other Side
Frontlight
20:15
Beirut: Eye of the Storm
Handbook
Pavel Mozhar
Mai Masri
Best of Fests
Shorts Competition
Voice
Masters
Nadya Zaytseva Frontlight
12:45
16:00
18:45
21:15
Jide Tom Akinleminu
Pegah Ahangarani
Audrey Jean-Baptiste, Maxime Jean-Baptiste
Chiara Marotta
When a Farm Goes Aflame
Munt 10
I Am Trying to Remember
Best of Fests
Listen to the Beat of Our Images
Shorts Competition
Lake Forest Park
On the Zenith’s Edge
Kersti Jan Werdal
N. Pontalier Luminous, Focus: unConscious Bias
Luminous
12:15
15:30
Listening to Kenny G
18:15
Laurent Garnier: Off the Record
Penny Lane
21:00
All These Sons
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Bing Liu, Joshua Altman
Gabin Rivoire
Best of Fests
Luminous
Paradocs
+ Talk
Munt 11
The Moment of Transition
Payal Kapadia
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
13:15
16:45
20:00
Penny Andrea
Youth Competition
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests, Luminous
locks & keys, water, trees
Munt 12
Youth Firsthand
11:45
The End of Wonderland
Laurence Turcotte-Fraser
Shorts Family Ties
English subtitled or spoken.
IDFA on Stage, Envision Competition
Munt 13
Best of Fests
14:45
17:15
Eduardo Crespo
Alice Diop
The Delights International Competition
20:30
We
Best of Fests, Focus: unConscious Bias
Luminous
Eye Cinema 1
Jean-Gabriel Périot
Masters, Focus: unConscious Bias
11:30
17:30
20:30
Karim Aïnouz
+ Talk hosted by de Groene Amsterdammer
Ed Lachman
Mariner of the Mountains
Les Enfants terribles
Masters
Ahmet Necdet Çupur Best of Fests
Followed by a conversation with director Ahmet Necdet Çupur.
74 Eye Cinema 2
Returning to Reims (Fragments)
12:30
15:30
+ Talk
Saeed Taji Farouky
Wild Relatives Jumana Manna
A Thousand Fires International Competition
Songs for Drella
Special Screening
Followed by a conversation with director Ed Lachman.
18:30
21:00
Joris Ivens
Shorts Competition
Indonesia Calling
Shorts Being Tamed
23:00
Mariner of the Mountains
Eye Cinema 1
Les Enfants terribles
Masters
Public screenings 10:00
11:00
Songs for Drella
+ Talk hosted by de Groene Amsterdammer
Karim Aïnouz
Ed Lachman
Special Screening
Wednesday 24 November Followed by a conversation with director Ed Lachman.
Ahmet Necdet Çupur Best of Fests
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
12:30
15:30
+ Talk
Saeed Taji Farouky
Wild Relatives
Eye Cinema 2
16:00
Followed by a conversation with director Ahmet Necdet
17:00 Çupur. 18:00
A Thousand Fires
Jumana Manna
19:00
20:00
Focus: The Future Tense
22:00
21:00
Joris Ivens
Shorts Competition
Indonesia Calling
International Competition
21:00
18:30
23:00
Shorts Being Tamed
Focus: unConscious Bias
Geographies of Freedom
Followed by a conversation with director Jumana Manna.
Miguel Luis Peres Antunes dos Santos
Focus: unConscious Bias
DeLaMar: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
11:00
13:45
17:00
20:30
Oeke Hoogendijk
hosted by de Groene Amsterdammer
Aliaksei Paluyan
Giuseppe Tornatore
Housewitz
Name of the Game + Talk
Envision Competition
Courage
Ennio
Best of Fests
Masters
Håvard Bustnes Frontlight
Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Håvard Bustnes. 15:00
Tonight’s Homework
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
18:00
21:00
Rosine Mbakam
Stefan Pavlovic
Delphine’s Prayers
Ashkan Nejati, Mehran Nematollahi
Looking for Horses
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
Focus: The Future Tense, Luminous
Ketelhuis Zaal 2
11:15
14:30
17:30
20:30
Leonardo Mouramateus
Loup Bureau
Chloé Malcotti
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests
Shorts Anatomies
Half a Light-Year
Trenches
Medusa
Best of Fests
Focus: unConscious Bias
Luminous
Chelas nha Kau Bataclan 1950, Bagabaga Studios
Focus: unConscious Bias
12:30
Children of the Mist
Kriterion 1
15:30
18:30
Shengze Zhu
Ketevan Kapanadze
A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces
Diem Ha Le
International Competition
Paradocs
The Last Chapter Gianluca Matarrese Luminous
International Competition
14:30
17:00
Karim Kassem
Marija Zidar
Octopus
De Balie Grote Zaal
21:00
How the Room Felt
20:30
Reconciliation
Envision Competition
One Take Grace + Talk co-presented by De Balie Lindiwe Matshikiza
Best of Fests
Envision Competition
Followed by a conversation with director Lindiwe Matshikiza and her protagonist. 18:30
21:30
Mónica Taboada-Tapia
Artavazd Pelechian
Two-Spirit
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
Nature
Shorts Competition
Ultraviolette and the Blood-Spitters Gang
Artavazd Pelechian
Robin Hunzinger Luminous
18:30
21:30
Alison Klayman
Aicha Macky
Jagged
Rialto VU 4
Zinder
Best of Fests
Best of Fests
20:00
IDFA Meets Nour Magazine: Before the Dying of the Light
Podium Mozaïek
Nour Magazine present visual art, music, and conversation around Ali Essafi’s Before the Dying of the Light. 16:30
Filmmaker Talk Mai Masri
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
An hour-long conversation with renowned filmmaker Mai Masri.
19:30
Queer Day Special: Seek Bromance Samira Elagoz IDFA on Stage
Part performance, part diary, Seek Bromance is an intimate account of what it means to become and to be a man.
20:30
DocLab Live: Messy Metaverse Party
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Liminal Reality
A scavenger hunt for new forms of social interaction: on site, online, and in VR. Invitation only.
11:00
Tolhuistuin
DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality Liminal Reality
Play, discover and experience a selection of interactive artworks, VR installations and social XR experiments in the DocLab exhibition: Liminal Reality in Tolhuistuin. Entrance to the exhibition is free, but for some installations a ticket is required.
11:00
A Lab
DocLab: VR Gallery Liminal Reality
Experience the best virtual reality works that DocLab has to offer this year. A ticket provides you with 50 minutes to watch a selection of VR films and experiences of your choice.
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Wednesday 24 November 09:00
10:00
11:00
Industry program
12:00
11:15
14:00
15:00
Nina Guseva
Frontlight Passholders (upon registration)
18:00
Sebastián Molina
Luminous Passholders (upon registration)
12:15
15:15
Press & Industry Eat Your Catfish
Lucas Bambozzi
Noah Arjomand, Adam Isenberg, Senem Tüzen
Frontlight Passholders (upon registration)
11:45
Envision Competition Passholders (upon registration)
14:30
Market Screening
Tuschinski 6
17:00
Press & Industry The Hostilities
Press & Industry Ironland
Tuschinski 5
16:00
13:15
Press & Industry The Case
Tuschinski 3
13:00
Press & Industry Beirut: Eye of the Storm
Passholders (upon registration)
Mai Masri
Masters Passholders (upon registration)
10:30
Market Screening
Munt 12
Passholders (upon registration)
16:30
Filmmaker Talk Mai Masri
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
An inspirational, hour-long conversation with the filmmaker. 10:00
12:00
Industry Session Creating good stories for young audiences
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
15:00
Industry Session Understanding the distribution landscape in China
Passholders
Industry Talk The Messy Metaverse – How to create a meaningful connections online Passholders
Passholders
10:00
16:00
Industry Consultancies Group consultancies and walk-in consultancies
Brakke Grond Tuinzaal
Delegation Project Presentation Palestine
Passholders (upon registration)
Passholders
13:00
Industry Consultancies Group consultancies and walk-in consultancies
Het Groene Paleis Courantzaal
Sign up for the last spots at one of our consultants at the industry desk. Passholders
09:00
Compagnie Grote Zaal
14:45
IDFA Forum Pitches Day 3
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings
IDFA Forum Passholders
By invitation
14:45
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings
Compagnie Kleine Zaal
By invitation
08:00
Compagnie Zuilenzaal
14:45
IDFA Forum Producers Breakfast
IDFA Forum One-on-one meetings By invitation
hosted by KCA and RAPA By invitation
17:30
IDFA Forum Awards
Compagnie Café
Docs for Sale & IDFA Forum Passholders
15:00
Think Tank Thinking in progress
Het Groene Paleis
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By invitation
11:00
14:30
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
Think Tank Thinking in progress
Het Groene Paleis
By invitation
Industry program 09:00
10:00
Wednesday 24 November 11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
16:00
14:30
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
Arti et Amicitiae
15:00
11:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings
10:00
Arti Sociëteit
Zuiderkerk
Docs for Sale open Docs for Sale Passholders
13:00
18:00
IDFA Forum Passholders
Passholders
IDFA Forum Lunch
Guests Meet Guests
Bride in Search of Happiness, IDFA Forum pitch
Per tua Colpa (For All my Sins), IDFA Forum pitch
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Thursday 25 November 10:00
11:00
Public screenings
12:00
13:00
14:00
10:00
Tuschinski 1
15:00
16:00
14:00
Song to Bergslagen
The Treasures of Crimea
Nina Hedenius, William Long Coffee Screening hosted by Saeco.
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:00
21:00
Children of the Mist
Beirut: Eye of the Storm
Diem Ha Le
Oeke Hoogendijk
Masters
17:00 16:45
International Competition
hosted by Mama Cash
Frontlight
Mai Masri Masters
21:00
Beirut: Eye of the Storm
Tuschinski Online Cinema
hosted by Mama Cash Mai Masri Masters
11:30
Youth Big Little World
Tuschinski 2
14:45
21:30
Yuri Ancarani
Zhao Liang
Atlantide
English subtitled or spoken.
12:00
15:30
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests, Paradocs
Frontlight
Shorts Playgrounds
Tuschinski 3
I’m So Sorry
Masters
Youth Competition
18:30
Shorts Stranded
13:15
Shabu
Tuschinski 4
Focus: The Future Tense, Best of Fests
Mr. Bachmann and His Class Maria Speth Best of Fests
16:30
20:00
+ Talk
Rithy Panh
The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost
Shamira Raphaëla Youth Competition
France Is Our Mother Country
Qinyuan Lei
Focus: unConscious Bias
International Competition
Followed by an interview with director Qinyuan Lei.
Tuschinski 5
11:15
14:30
17:30
Shorts Competition, Masters, Best of Fests
Engeli Broberg
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests
Shorts Remnants
Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13 Youth Competition
Theo Anthony Best of Fests
18:00
Kacper Lisowski
Shorts Competition, Luminous, Best of Fests
12:30
For Your Peace of Mind, Make Your Own Museum
H6
Yé Yé
Best of Fests
15:30
18:15
21:15
Miko Revereza, Carolina Fusilier
Sean Wang
Sebastián Molina
The Still Side
A Marble Travelogue
The Hostilities
Frontlight
Focus: The Future Tense
Pilar Moreno, Ana Endara Mislov
21:00
Shorts Family Ties
Frontlight
Munt 9
All Light, Everywhere
15:15
Judges Under Pressure
Tuschinski 6
20:30
Shorts Traumata
Luminous
Envision Competition
13:00
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
Munt 10
16:30
19:45
Chris Wright, Stefan Kolbe
Laura Poitras
Anamnesis
Citizenfour
Best of Fests
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Avi Mograbi Masters
12:00
The Mirror and the Window
Munt 11
15:00
18:00
21:00
Alison Klayman
Nicolas Videla
Shannon Walsh
Jagged
Diego Gutiérrez
Travesti Odyssey
Best of Fests
The Gig Is Up
Luminous
Best of Fests
Envision Competition
13:45
17:30
Museum of the Revolution
Munt 12
20:15
Cow
René – The Prisoner of Freedom
Andrea Arnold
Srđan Keča
Helena Třeštíková
Masters
Luminous
12:45
15:30
18:45
21:30
Deniz Tortum, Kathryn Hamilton
Susana de Sousa Dias, Ansgar Schaefer
Gustavo Vinagre, Fábio Leal
Pawel Lozinski
Our Ark
Munt 13
Masters
Journey to the Sun
Shorts Competition, Focus: The Future Tense
God Has AIDS
International Competition
The Balcony Movie Masters
Best of Fests
Alda
Viera Čákanyová
Focus: The Future Tense
11:00
Eye Cinema 1
1970
Tomasz Wolski Best of Fests
14:00
I Am Trying to Remember
Pegah Ahangarani
17:00
Babi Yar. Context Sergei Loznitsa Masters
Shorts Competition
Lake Forest Park Kersti Jan Werdal Luminous
78 Eye Cinema 2
14:30
17:30
Artavazd Pelechian
Martha Rosler
Shorts Artavazd Pelechian
Semiotics of the Kitchen
20:00
Yama: Attack to Attack
Mitsuo Sato, Kyoichi Yamaoka Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
1970
Eye Cinema 1
I Am Trying to Remember
Tomasz Wolski
11:00
Sergei Loznitsa Masters
Shorts Competition
Public screenings 10:00
Babi Yar. Context
Pegah Ahangarani
Best of Fests
Thursday 25 November
Lake Forest Park Kersti Jan Werdal Luminous
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00 17:30
Artavazd Pelechian
Martha Rosler
Shorts Artavazd Pelechian
Eye Cinema 2
18:00
14:30
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:00
20:00
Semiotics of the Kitchen
Yama: Attack to Attack
Mitsuo Sato, Kyoichi Yamaoka Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Nitrate Kisses
Barbara Hammer
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
12:00
How the Room Felt
DeLaMar: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
15:00
18:00
21:30
Andreas Wilcke
Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard International Competition
Maia Kenworthy, Elena Sánchez Bellot
Frontlight
15:00
18:00
Venice Atienza
Aliona van der Horst
The Voice of the People
Ketevan Kapanadze International Competition
Vedette
Last Days at Sea
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Frontlight
21:00
Turn Your Body to the Sun
Best of Fests
Homes
Laila Pakalnina Masters
International Competition
10:00
Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Rebellion
17:30
Low-stimulus Screening: Housewitz
20:30
The Banality of Grief
Dixie
Caroline Rumley
Jon Bang Carlsen
Oeke Hoogendijk
Shorts Competition
Nelly’s Memory
Masters
Nicolas Wouters
Envision Competition
Shorts Competition, Focus: unConscious Bias
More information on this screening can be found at idfa.nl/accessibility 14:15
17:00
Taamaden
Kriterion 1
20:00
O, Collecting Eggs Despite the Times
Seydou Cissé
La Commune (Paris, 1871) Peter Watkins
Pim Zwier
International Competition
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Envision Competition
14:30
17:15
20:30
Rami Farah
Juan Vicente Manrique
Giovanni Buccomino
Our Memory Belongs to Us
De Balie Grote Zaal
Don’t Worry
After a Revolution + Talk co-presented by De Balie
Shorts Competition, Focus: The Future Tense
Best of Fests
International Competition
Followed by an extended conversation with director Giovanni Buccomino.
Two Minutes to Midnight
Yael Bartana Paradocs, Focus: The Future Tense
21:15
Looking for Horses
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
Stefan Pavlovic Best of Fests
18:00
21:00
Peter Nicks
Pacho Velez
Homeroom
Rialto VU 4
Searchers
Frontlight
14:00
On the Zenith’s Edge
Podium Mozaïek
Natyvel Pontalier
16:00
When a Farm Goes Aflame Jide Tom Akinleminu Best of Fests
Luminous, Focus: unConscious Bias
Best of Fests
19:00
21:00
In the Billowing Night
May God Be With You Cléo Cohen
Erika Etangsalé
Best of Fests
Focus: unConscious Bias, Paradocs
20:00
IDFA Meets Young Amsterdam & VoorUit
De Appel
Following Constrain and Lead Me Home, we investigate what citizenship means to young people with two youth organizations from Nieuw West. 19:30
Queer Day Special: Seek Bromance
Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Samira Elagoz IDFA on Stage
Part performance, part diary, Seek Bromance is an intimate account of what it means to become and to be a man.
16:00
Filmmaker Talk Diego Gutiérrez
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
hosted by VEVAM Fund 11:00
Tolhuistuin
DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality
A Lab
DocLab: VR Gallery
Liminal Reality
Play, discover and experience a selection of interactive artworks, VR installations and social XR experiments in the DocLab exhibition: Liminal Reality in Tolhuistuin. 11:00 Liminal Reality
Experience the best virtual reality works that DocLab has to offer this year. A ticket provides you with 50 minutes to watch a selection of VR films and experiences of your choice.
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Thursday 25 November 09:00
10:00
11:00
Industry program 12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
20:30
IDFA Awards Ceremony
Compagnie Grote Zaal
By invitation
10:00
Docs for Sale open
Arti Sociëteit
Docs for Sale Passholders
16:00
Filmmaker Talk Diego Gutiérrez
Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
hosted by VEVAM Fund 09:00
Forum one-onone Meeting Space
IDFA Forum Online one-on-one meetings
Industry Hub Online
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings online
By invitation
09:00
80
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
22:00
Industry program
Thursday 25 November
Song to Bergslagen, Masters
The One Who Runs Away Is The Ghost, International Competition
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Friday 26 November 10:00
11:00
Public screenings
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
09:50
Tuschinski 1
22:00
23:00
21:00
VPRO Review
The Beach of Enchaquirados + Talk
Collection of the best IDFA films selected by VPRO. Tickets at vpro.nl/dagenidfa2021
Ivan Mora Manzano
International Competition
Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Ivan Mora Manzano.
21:00
The Beach of Enchaquirados + Talk
Tuschinski Online Cinema
Ivan Mora Manzano
International Competition
Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Ivan Mora Manzano.
10:30
Tuschinski 2
13:15
The End of Wonderland
Medusa Luminous
21:30
Payal Kapadia
Daniela Muñoz Barroso
Attend an extra screening of a film that was a resounding success during the festival.
Mafifa
Surprise Screening
Luminous
Best of Fests
Luminous
Tuschinski 3
18:45
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Chloé Malcotti
Laurence TurcotteFraser
15:30
11:00
14:15
17:15
20:15
Luke Johnstone, Tsogo Kupa, Djibril Cullis, Matthijs Vuijk, Alex Sono
Shorts Competition, Luminous, Best of Fests
Sêro Hindê
Penny Andrea
Sikelela Tapes
Shorts Family Ties
Frontlight
Stories of Destroyed Cities
locks & keys, water, trees
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
IDFA on Stage, Envision Competition
One Take Grace Lindiwe Matshikiza
12:15
15:15
18:00
Jean-Gabriel Périot
Ashkan Nejati, Mehran Nematollahi
Qinyuan Lei
Returning to Reims (Fragments)
Tuschinski 4
Tonight’s Homework
Focus: unConscious Bias, Masters
11:00
Tuschinski 5
Luminous, Focus: The Future Tense
13:45
Reconciliation
Eduardo Crespo International Competition
International Competition
20:00
The Home Front – A Journey in Italy with Domenico Quirico
Anaïs Taracena
Best of Fests
The Delights
16:45
The Silence of the Mole
Marija Zidar
21:00
The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost
Words of Negroes Sylvaine Dampierre
Focus: unConscious Bias
Paola Piacenza
Best of Fests
Frontlight
Tuschinski 6
11:30
14:30
Frontlight
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Shorts Stranded
Shorts Top 10
17:15
20:30
Alan Barker, Joan Churchill
Jafar Najafi
Shoot from the Heart
Makeup Artist
Masters
Luminous
Homemade Stories Nidal Al Dibs
Envision Competition
14:45
F@ck This Job
Munt 9
18:00
20:45
John Akomfrah
Juan Vicente Manrique
Handsworth Songs
Vera Krichevskaya Best of Fests
Don’t Worry Shorts Competition, Focus: The Future Tense
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10, Focus: unConscious Bias
Two Minutes to Midnight
Yael Bartana Paradocs, Focus: The Future Tense
12:30
Half a Light-Year
Munt 10
15:30
18:30
Harun Farocki, Andrei Ujica
Srđan Keča
Videograms of a Revolution
Leonardo Mouramateus
Focus: unConscious Bias
Chelas nha Kau
Name of the Game Håvard Bustnes Frontlight
Luminous
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Bataclan 1950, Bagabaga Studios
21:15
Museum of the Revolution
Focus: unConscious Bias
Munt 11
12:00
20:15
During the final festival weekend, award-winning documentaries of IDFA 2021 are screened in one program.
Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt
Best of IDFA: Award Winners
Cusp
Best of Fests
13:45
17:45
20:45
Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas
Alison Klayman
Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher
Writing with Fire
Munt 12
Jagged
Best of Fests
Eye Cinema 1
82 Eye Cinema 2
Masters
13:15
16:45
19:30
Aicha Macky
Karim Kassem
Kiwi Chow
Zinder
Munt 13
Futura
Best of Fests
Octopus
Best of Fests
Revolution of Our Times
Envision Competition
Best of Fests
12:00
15:00
17:30
20:30
Andrea Arnold
Artavazd Pelechian
Abbas Kiarostami
IDFA Special
Cow
Masters
Nature
Artavazd Pelechian
12:30
Perfumed Nightmare Kidlat Tahimik
Focus: The Future Tense
Homework
Focus: The Future Tense
15:30
18:30
Hito Steyerl
+ Talk
The Empty Center
O, Collecting Eggs Despite the Times
VICE Night Astonishing stories and visual highlights from the IDFA program, selected by VICE.
21:30
For Your Peace of Mind, Make Your Own
Cow
Eye Cinema 1
Nature
Andrea Arnold
Artavazd Pelechian
Masters
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
12:30
Perfumed Nightmare
Eye Cinema 2
VICE Night
Focus: The Future Tense
Astonishing stories and visual highlights from the IDFA program, selected by VICE.
Abbas Kiarostami
Artavazd Pelechian
Public screenings
Homework
16:00
Friday 26 November 17:00
18:00
15:30
18:30
Hito Steyerl
+ Talk
The Empty Center
Kidlat Tahimik
Focus: The Future Tense
19:00
20:00
21:00
Pilar Moreno, Ana Endara Mislov
Envision Competition
Followed by a conversation with the film’s director Pim Zwier.
Envision Competition
18:15
Best of IDFA: Audience Favorites
21:30
NPO IDFA Audience Award Winner
IDFA Special
A program consisting of IDFA 2021 audience favorites.
23:00
For Your Peace of Mind, Make Your Own Museum
Pim Zwier
10:15
22:00
21:30
O, Collecting Eggs Despite the Times
Focus: unConscious Bias
DeLaMar: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
IDFA Special
Four Journeys Louis Hothothot
Envision Competition
Special Screening
Announcement of the NPO IDFA Audience Award 2021 winner including screening.
09:45
DeLaMar: Wim Sonneveld Zaal
Best of IDFA: Award Winners IDFA Special
During the final festival weekend, award-winning documentaries of IDFA 2021 are screened in one program.
17:15
20:15
Scott Gawlik
Saeed Taji Farouky
Penny Lane
Set!
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
A Thousand Fires
Best of Fests
10:00
Ketelhuis Zaal 2
14:00
Low-stimulus Screening: Last Days at Sea
Listening to Kenny G
International Competition
Best of Fests
12:30
18:00
21:00
Johan van der Keuken
Hubert Caron-Guay, Serge-Olivier Rondeau
Adéla Komrzý
Amsterdam Global Village
Resources
Focus: unConscious Bias
Intensive Life Unit
Frontlight
Venice Atienza
Luminous
Best of Fests
More information on this screening can be found at idfa.nl/accessibility 14:00
17:00
The Voice of the People
Kriterion 1
1970
Tomasz Wolski
Andreas Wilcke
Best of Fests
Frontlight
14:30
Darkness There and Nothing More
De Balie Grote Zaal
Tea Tupajic
17:15
20:30
Handbook
Courage + Talk
Pavel Mozhar
co-presented by De Balie
Aliaksei Paluyan
Shorts Competition
Voice
Envision Competition
Best of Fests
Nadya Zaytseva
Followed by an extensive conversation with the collective of filmmakers.
Frontlight
18:30
21:15
May God Be With You
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
Now Is the Past – My Father, Java & the Phantom Films
Cléo Cohen
Shin-ichi Ise
Best of Fests
Luminous, Focus: unConscious Bias
18:00
20:45
Natalia Almada
Alice Diop
Users
Rialto VU 4
We
Best of Fests
13:30
16:00
19:00
Pedro Figueiredo Neto, Ricardo Falcão
Vincent Meessen
Samaher Alqadi
Yoon
Podium Mozaïek
Focus: unConscious Bias, Best of Fests
Just a Movement Paradocs
21:30
As I Want Best of Fests
Delphine’s Prayers
Rosine Mbakam Best of Fests
Best of Fests
20:00
Flee + Talk
De Appel
hosted by New Metropolis Nieuw West & Oxville Cinema
Jonas Poher Rasmussen Best of Fests
11:00
Tolhuistuin
DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality Liminal Reality
Play, discover and experience a selection of interactive artworks, VR installations and social XR experiments in the DocLab exhibition: Liminal Reality in Tolhuistuin. Entrance to the exhibition is free, but for some installations a ticket is required.
11:00
A Lab
DocLab: VR Gallery Liminal Reality
Experience the best virtual reality works that DocLab has to offer this year. A ticket provides you with 50 minutes to watch a selection of VR films and experiences of your choice.
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Friday 26 November 09:00
10:00
11:00
Industry program 12:00
09:00
Forum one-onone Meeting Space
IDFA Forum Online one-on-one meetings
Industry Hub Online
Docs for Sale: One-on-one meetings online
By invitation
09:00
84
Docs for Sale Passholders (upon registration)
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
Industry program
Friday 26 November
Octopus, Envision Competition
The Beach of Enchaquirados, International Competition
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Saturday 27 November 10:00
11:00
12:00
Public screenings 13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
10:00
Tuschinski 1
22:00
21:00
Best of IDFA: Audience Favorites
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
IDFA Special
A program consisting of IDFA 2021 audience favorites.
Avi Mograbi Masters
21:00
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
Tuschinski Online Cinema
Avi Mograbi Masters
10:30
13:30
Three Minutes – A Lengthening
Tuschinski 2
16:30
All These Sons
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet
Bing Liu, Joshua Altman
Bianca Stigter
Best of Fests
Raoul Peck
Best of Fests
Focus: The Future Tense, Focus: unConscious Bias
10:00
Tuschinski 3
13:00
The Belly of the Mountain
16:00
Two-Spirit
Our Memory Belongs to Us
Mónica Taboada-Tapia
Stephen Loye
Ultraviolette and the Blood-Spitters Gang
Paradocs
Shorts Competition, Focus: unConscious Bias
13:00
16:45
Ahmet Necdet Çupur
Gustavo Vinagre, Fábio Leal
Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine
God Has AIDS
20:00
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Best of Fests
Ironland
Lucas Bambozzi Frontlight
Best of Fests
10:30
14:00
17:45
21:00
Scott Gawlik
Sergei Loznitsa
María Alvarez
Loup Bureau
Set!
Tuschinski 5
Masters
Nicolas Wouters
10:00
Best of Fests
Laila Pakalnina
Homes
Nelly’s Memory
Best of Fests
Luminous
Les Enfants terribles
Caroline Rumley
Shorts Competition
Robin Hunzinger
Tuschinski 4
21:30
Dixie
Rami Farah
Shorts Competition
19:00
Babi Yar. Context
Best of Fests
Masters
Trenches
Luminous
Best of Fests
11:00
15:15
18:15
21:30
Giuseppe Tornatore
Nicolas Videla
Luke Johnstone, Tsogo Kupa, Djibril Cullis, Matthijs Vuijk, Alex Sono
Virna Molina
Ennio
Tuschinski 6
Near and Dear
Travesti Odyssey
Masters
Sikelela Tapes
Luminous
Portraits of the Future Focus: The Future Tense, Envision Competition
Frontlight
One Take Grace Lindiwe Matshikiza
11:00
16:00
19:00
Maria Speth
Jafar Najafi
Vincent Meessen
Mr. Bachmann and His Class
Munt 9
Makeup Artist
Best of Fests
10:30
14:15
Kamar Ahmad Simon
Sanshou Hu
Day after...
Munt 10
Just a Movement
Luminous
Paradocs
The Burrows
International Competition
18:00
20:45
Venice Atienza
Abdallah Al Khatib
Last Days at Sea
Envision Competition
Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege
Best of Fests
Munt 11
10:00
18:30
21:30
During the final festival weekend, award-winning documentaries of IDFA 2021 are screened in one program.
Andreas Wilcke
Gabin Rivoire
Best of IDFA: Award Winners
Frontlight
Best of Fests
15:00
17:30
20:15
Oeke Hoogendijk
Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt
Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard
Housewitz
Envision Competition
10:45
Shorts Being Tamed
Cusp
Best of Fests
Vedette
International Competition
14:00
18:00
21:00
Yé Yé
Peter Nicks
Penny Lane
H6
Homeroom
Best of Fests
Shorts Competition
86 Eye Cinema 2
Laurent Garnier: Off the Record
Marco Bellocchio Masters
Munt 13
The Voice of the People
11:30
Marx Can Wait
Munt 12
Eye Cinema 1
Best of Fests
Frontlight
Listening to Kenny G Best of Fests
10:00
17:30
21:00
IDFA Special
Attend an extra screening of a film that was a resounding success during the festival.
Giovanni Buccomino
Tomorrow’s Classics
Surprise Screening
Discount available for Cineville members.
13:30
Indonesia Calling Joris Ivens
16:00
Bullet
Maya Watanabe Paradocs
18:30
I Am Trying to Remember
Pegah Ahangarani
After a Revolution International Competition
21:30
Homo Sapiens
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Focus: The Future Tense
23:00
Tomorrow’s Classics
Eye Cinema 1
Surprise Screening
Discount available for Cineville members.
Public screenings 10:00
11:00
After a Revolution Giovanni Buccomino
Attend an extra screening of a film that was a resounding success during the festival.
IDFA Special
International Competition
Saturday 27 November
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
13:30
Indonesia Calling
Eye Cinema 2
17:00
18:00
16:00
Bullet
In the Billowing Night
Geographies of Freedom
22:00
23:00
21:30
Homo Sapiens
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Focus: The Future Tense
Shorts Competition
Lake Forest Park
Erika Etangsalé
Miguel Luis Peres Antunes dos Santos
21:00
Pegah Ahangarani
Paradocs
Focus: unConscious Bias
20:00
I Am Trying to Remember
Maya Watanabe
Joris Ivens
19:00
18:30
Kersti Jan Werdal
Paradocs, Focus: unConscious Bias
Luminous
Focus: unConscious Bias
10:00
DeLaMar: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
De Groene Amsterdammer-dag
The must-sees of IDFA 2021 selected by the editors of De Groene Amsterdammer.
09:30
DeLaMar: Wim Sonneveld Zaal
Best of IDFA: Award Winners IDFA Special
During the final festival weekend, award-winning documentaries of IDFA 2021 are screened in one program.
10:45
The Treasures of Crimea
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
16:15
19:30
Louis Hothothot
Sergei Loznitsa
Four Journeys
Oeke Hoogendijk
Mr. Landsbergis
Envision Competition
International Competition
Frontlight
10:00
Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Low-stimulus Screening: The Balcony Movie
12:45
15:45
18:30
21:15
Shengze Zhu
Frontlight
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests
Shorts Competition, Masters, Best of Fests
A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces
Pawel Lozinski
Shorts Stranded
Paradocs
Shorts Traumata
Shorts Remnants
Masters
More information on this screening can be found at idfa.nl/accessibility 11:00
Kriterion 1
CJP: IDFA in één dag
Youth Competition, Frontlight, Best of Fests
The best of IDFA in one day for film buffs under 30.
11:00
De Balie Grote Zaal
Shoot from the Heart
14:00
Alan Barker, Joan Churchill
Beirut: Eye of the Storm
Homemade Stories
Masters
Masters
Nidal Al Dibs
17:00
20:30
Nina Hedenius, William Long
Seydou Cissé
Song to Bergslagen
Mai Masri
Taamaden
Masters
International Competition
Envision Competition
12:00
15:00
Ousmane Samassekou
Samaher Alqadi
The Last Shelter
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
18:00
As I Want
Best of Fests
20:30
Nũhũ yãg mũ yõg hãm: This Land Is Our Land!
Best of Fests
Journey to the Sun
Susana de Sousa Dias, Ansgar Schaefer International Competition
Isael Maxakali, Sueli Maxakali, Carolina Canguçu, Roberto Romero Best of Fests
11:00
Rialto VU 4
All Light, Everywhere Theo Anthony Best of Fests
14:15
René – The Prisoner of Freedom
20:30
Zhao Liang
Tal Elkayam
I’m So Sorry
Helena Třeštíková
Figure–Ground
Best of Fests, Focus: The Future Tense
Masters
Luminous
14:00
16:00
19:00
21:30
Daniela Muñoz Barroso
Luke Johnstone, Tsogo Kupa, Djibril Cullis, Matthijs Vuijk, Alex Sono
Maia Kenworthy, Elena Sánchez Bellot
Flore Vasseur
Mafifa
Podium Mozaïek
17:15
Luminous
Sikelela Tapes
Rebellion Frontlight
Bigger than Us Best of Fests
Frontlight
Chelas nha Kau Bataclan 1950, Bagabaga Studios
Focus: unConscious Bias
17:00
20:00
hosted by New Metropolis Nieuw West & Female Economy
hosted by New Metropolis Nieuw West & Meervaart Studio
Delphine’s Prayers + Talk
De Appel
Rosine Mbakam Best of Fests
Skin + Talk
Marcos Pimentel
Envision Competition
11:00
Tolhuistuin
DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality Liminal Reality
Play, discover and experience a selection of interactive artworks, VR installations and social XR experiments in the DocLab exhibition: Liminal Reality in Tolhuistuin. Entrance to the exhibition is free, but for some installations a ticket is required. 11:00
A Lab
DocLab: VR Gallery Liminal Reality
Experience the best virtual reality works that DocLab has to offer this year. A ticket provides you with 50 minutes to watch a selection of VR films and experiences of your choice. 20:00
Café Kuyl
IDFA Dance Night
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Sunday 28 November 10:00
11:00
Public screenings
12:00
13:00
10:00
Tuschinski 1
Taming the Garden
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00 17:00
Aliona van der Horst
Ruslan Fedotow
Turn Your Body to the Sun
Salomé Jashi Best of Fests
Coffee Screening hosted by Saeco.
18:00
13:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
Where Are We Headed
International Competition
International Competition
Accessible to IDFA Friends and the public. idfa.nl/vriend
Accessible to IDFA Friends and the public. idfa.nl/ vriend 17:00
Where Are We Headed
Tuschinski Online Cinema
Ruslan Fedotow International Competition
10:30
Children of the Mist
Tuschinski 2
13:30
16:00
Adéla Komrzý
Tuija Halttunen
Intensive Life Unit
Diem Ha Le
International Competition
Luminous
11:00
The Mirror and the Window
Tuschinski 3
How to Kill a Cloud Best of Fests
14:00
16:30
Karim Kassem
Neary Adeline Hay
Octopus
Diego Gutiérrez
Eskape
Envision Competition
Envision Competition
Envision Competition
Tuschinski 4
10:00
12:45
15:45
Stefan Pavlovic
Yuri Ancarani
Håvard Bustnes
Looking for Horses Best of Fests
Atlantide
10:30
Tonight’s Homework
Tuschinski 5
Name of the Game
Masters
Frontlight
13:15
16:15
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cindy Jansen
The Painter
Ashkan Nejati, Mehran Nematollahi
Prince of Muck
Masters
Luminous
Focus: The Future Tense, Luminous
11:00
Museum of the Revolution
Tuschinski 6
13:45
16:45
Line Hatland
Sebastián Molina
Kids Cup
Srđan Keča
The Hostilities
Youth Competition
Luminous
Luminous
10:45
13:15
16:15
Tal Elkayam
Hubert Caron-Guay, SergeOlivier Rondeau
Ketevan Kapanadze
Figure–Ground
Munt 9
Luminous
10:00
Munt 10
Resources
The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost Qinyuan Lei
How the Room Felt
Frontlight
12:45
Mariner of the Mountains Karim Aïnouz Masters
International Competition
15:45
The Delights
Eduardo Crespo International Competition
International Competition
10:15
Munt 11
Judges Under Pressure Kacper Lisowski
13:00
16:00
Rosine Mbakam
Saeed Taji Farouky
Delphine’s Prayers Best of Fests
Frontlight
10:45
The Banality of Grief
Munt 12
Jon Bang Carlsen
International Competition
13:15
16:15
Gianluca Matarrese
Daniela Muñoz Barroso
The Last Chapter Luminous
Masters
Munt 13
A Thousand Fires
Mafifa
Luminous
10:30
13:30
16:30
Attend an extra screening of a film that was a resounding success during the festival.
Zhao Liang
Tomasz Wolski
Surprise Screening
I’m So Sorry Best of Fests, Focus: The Future Tense
1970
Best of Fests
16:30
Best of IDFA: Award Winners
Eye Cinema 1
88 DeLaMar: Mary
Dresselhuys Zaal
During the final festival weekend, award-winning documentaries of IDFA 2021 are screened in one program.
10:15
Best of IDFA: Audience Favorites IDFA Special
A program consisting of IDFA 2021 audience favorites.
22:00
23:00
Best of IDFA: Award Winners
Eye Cinema 1
During the final festival weekend, award-winning documentaries of IDFA 2021 are screened in one program.
Public screenings 10:00
11:00
Sunday 28 November 12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:00
10:15
Best of IDFA: Audience Favorites
DeLaMar: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
IDFA Special
A program consisting of IDFA 2021 audience favorites.
09:45
DeLaMar: Wim Sonneveld Zaal
Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Best of IDFA: Award Winners IDFA Special
During the final festival weekend, award-winning documentaries of IDFA 2021 are screened in one program.
10:00
12:45
15:45
Pim Zwier
Noah Arjomand, Adam Isenberg, Senem Tüzen
Tea Tupajic
O, Collecting Eggs Despite the Times Envision Competition
Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Eat Your Catfish
Darkness There and Nothing More Envision Competition
Envision Competition
10:15
13:15
Sean Wang
Etna Ozbek
A Marble Travelogue
16:00
Nosema
Frontlight
Shorts Family Ties
Frontlight
Shorts Competition, Luminous, Best of Fests
Lead Me Home Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk Frontlight
11:00
15:00
Ivan Mora Manzano
Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier
International Competition
Best of Fests
11:00
15:00
The Beach of Enchaquirados
Kriterion 1
The Velvet Queen
The Home Front – A Journey in Italy with Domenico Quirico
De Balie Grote Zaal
Revolution of Our Times Kiwi Chow
Best of Fests
Paola Piacenza Frontlight
10:15
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
On the Other Side Iván Guarnizo Best of Fests
13:00
A People’s Radio – Ballads from a Wooded Country
16:15
The Case
Nina Guseva Frontlight
Virpi Suutari Masters
Skin
Marcos Pimentel
Envision Competition
10:15
Rialto VU 4
Courage
13:15
16:30
Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Chiara Marotta
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Aliaksei Paluyan Best of Fests
The Moment of Transition
Best of Fests
11:30
14:00
16:00
Ahmet Necdet Çupur
Bing Liu, Joshua Altman
Louis Hothothot
Les Enfants terribles
Podium Mozaïek
Luminous
Best of Fests
All These Sons Best of Fests
Four Journeys Envision Competition
11:00
Tolhuistuin
DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality Liminal Reality
Play, discover and experience a selection of interactive artworks, VR installations and social XR experiments in the DocLab exhibition: Liminal Reality in Tolhuistuin. Entrance to the exhibition is free, but for some installations a ticket is required.
11:00
A Lab
DocLab: VR Gallery Liminal Reality
Experience the best virtual reality works that DocLab has to offer this year. A ticket provides you with 50 minutes to watch a selection of VR films and experiences of your choice.
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IDFA FILMS A-Z 2021 Best of Fests
1970
Best of Fests
Masters
Tomasz Wolski Poland, 2021, 70
All Light, Everywhere
Theo Anthony United States, 2021, 109
Atlantide
Not the rebels, but the rulers are the “heroes” of this story about the Polish protests of 1970. Stop-motion animation and archive recordings of telephone conversations bring the machinations of the Communist crisis team to life.
Blending styles and different points of view, this cinematic essay explores the shared histories of image technology, weapons, and policing—from the earliest photos and pigeons fitted with cameras to modern combat drones and bodycams.
In Venice, city of water, teenagers like Daniele don’t have souped-up mopeds but powerful speedboats, or barchini. This atmospheric, hyper-realistic film progresses from a dreamlike beginning to an operatic climax.
Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award
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14:15 16:00 11:00 17:00 16:30
Munt 12 Munt 9 Eye Cinema 1 Kriterion 1 Munt 13
2 Pasolini
Masters
EP
17:00 13:15 11:15 21:15
Munt 12 Munt 12 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Adjusting
Prilagođeni Dejan Petrović Serbia, 2021, 20
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Shorts Competition
WP
21 23 24 27
18:30 17:15 21:00 10:45
Munt 9 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Eye Cinema 2 Munt 13
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
International Competition
After A Revolution Giovanni Buccomino Libya, Italy, 2021, 121
WP
A look into the lives of a brother and sister who fought on different sides of the uprising in Libya in 2011: he supported Gaddafi, she was one of the “rebels”. As war flares up in the years that follow, their fervor for justice is challenged. SA SA MO TH SA
20 20 22 25 27
13:15 20:30 15:45 20:30 21:00
Alda
Tuschinski 5 Tuschinski 2 Munt 13 De Balie Grote Zaal Eye Cinema 1
P&I
+ Talk
Focus: The Future Tense
Viera Čákanyová Czech Republic, 2009, 52
A defiantly independent woman films her life in Prague with great humor and selfdeprecating insight. She has Alzheimer’s disease and sometimes thinks she’s living under Communism, with a secret agent for a neighbor. TU 23 20:30 Tuschinski 3 TH 25 12:45 Munt 13
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Best of Fests
18 22 24 27 28
21:00 17:00 18:15 13:30 14:00
Eye Cinema 1 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 2 Tuschinski 4
Awards Ceremony
Babi Yar. Context
Amsterdam Global Village Johan van der Keuken Netherlands, 1996, 240
Masters
+ Talk + Talk
Best of Fests
Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award 22 23 25 27
20:30 18:00 17:00 14:00
Masters
Film balkonowy Pawel Lozinski Poland, 2021, 101
Anmaßung Chris Wright, Stefan Kolbe Germany, 2021, 111
The sidewalk in front of his apartment is the stage at which director Pawel Lozinski directs his camera. Passersby stop for a chat, tell their life story, and collectively paint a picture of contemporary Poland.
An original portrait of a murderer during his last year in jail. The film confronts us with questions about the impact of our past and whether there is such a thing as “the truth.”
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The Banality of Grief
19 21 23 25
11:00 21:30 12:15 16:30
Eye Cinema 1 Tuschinski 5 Munt 13 Munt 10
As I Want
Best of Fests
Samaher Alqadi Egypt, Norway, France, Palestine, Germany, 2021, 88 In January 2013, two years after the popular revolt on Tahrir Square, an explosion of sexual violence prompts rage and protests. What does it mean to be a woman in Egypt today? Filmmaker Samaher Alqadi exposes the ubiquitous sexism. TH SA MO FR SA
18 20 22 26 27
21:00 12:30 18:45 19:00 15:00
De Balie Grote Zaal Eye Cinema 2 Munt 9 Podium Mozaïek Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
18 20 22 25 27
20:30 15:00 10:30 21:30 10:00
Munt 13 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Tuschinski 1 Munt 13 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Low-stimulus
Jon Bang Carlsen Denmark, 2021, 71
Masters
IP
After his wife dies, the renowned Danish documentary filmmaker Jon Bang Carlsen starts work on a new film. But everything he sees reminds him of her absence. His film thus becomes “a little stammering love letter.” SA SU TH SU
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17:30 15:00 17:30 10:45
Tuschinski 4 Tuschinski 6 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Munt 12
17:00 13:15 11:15 21:15
Munt 12 Munt 12 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
The Beach of Enchaquirados
WP La playa de los Enchaquirados Ivan Mora Manzano Ecuador, 2021, 86
A sense of unfulfilled longing intermingles with irresistible, liberating warmth in this poetic portrait of the Ecuadorian fisher Vicky and the local transgender community she’s part of. SU SU TU FR FR SU
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12:15 21:00 14:15 21:00 21:00 11:00
Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 2 Munt 11 Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski Online Cinema Kriterion 1
Becoming Cousteau
P&I
+ Talk + Talk
Masters
Liz Garbus United States, 2021, 93
Tuschinski 6 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Eye Cinema 1 Tuschinski 5
The Balcony Movie
20 21 25 27
International Competition
A reconstruction based entirely on archive footage of the mass execution in 1941 of some 33,000 Jews, in a ravine near the then German-occupied city of Kiev. From the lead up to the massacre to its aftermath.
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Santiago performs each action with intense concentration: searching out the right stone, chiseling it a bit, carefully positioning it atop the others. And with equal serenity and attentiveness, this stunning, mysterious film contemplates his masterly work. SA SU TH SA
Sergei Loznitsa Netherlands, Ukraine, 2021, 121
Focus: unConscious Bias
Anamnesis
17:00 20:15 14:45 12:45
TH 25 20:30 Compagnie Grote Zaal
Kriterion 1 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Munt 11 Tuschinski 2 Podium Mozaïek
TH 18 18:45 Tuschinski 1 TH 18 18:45 Tuschinski Online Cinema FR 26 12:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
18 19 25 28
The highly anticipated IDFA Awards Ceremony will be streamed directly from Amsterdam and available to watch worldwide.
Director Johan van der Keuken uses countless storylines and multiple detours to paint an epic portrait of multicultural Amsterdam in the 1990s. His documentary realism avoids romanticism as well as the toxicity of the later public debates on immigration.
Distinctively framed, observational footage of a dog rescue center in Serbia, and in particular of the endearing dog Vanja and her anonymous trainer. Can humans and animals learn from each other? And what works best: punishment or reward? SU TU WE SA
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Bing Liu, Joshua Altman United States, 2021, 88
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WP Rafael Montezuma Spain, 2021, 29
Yuri Ancarani Italy, France, 2021, 105
On Chicago’s South and West sides, gun violence is destroying countless lives. Two men dedicate their lives educating, empowering and healing young Black men at high risk of becoming victims—or perpetrators—of shootings.
A poetic montage of images from Pasolini’s Il vangelo secondo Matteo combined with archive footage of his visit to Palestine, with a touch of 2Pac. After all, every era has its rebels. 20 21 25 27
17:45 21:30 20:30 11:00
All These Sons
Andrei Ujica Germany, 2021, 11
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Shorts Competition
Bancal
In this chronological and richly documented portrait of Jacques Cousteau, we discover that his life was packed with plot twists. Cousteau was a pioneering diver, filmmaker, and climate activist, and his warnings have never been more urgent. TH 18 15:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 SU 21 14:45 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal TU 23 10:45 Tuschinski 1 Masters
Beirut: Eye of the Storm
Beirut fi Ain Al-Assifa Mai Masri Lebanon, France, 2021, 75
WP
Four young women in Beirut document a turbulent period in recent Lebanese history, from the uprising against the ruling regime to the subsequent lockdown and then, just months later, the gigantic explosion at the port. MO WE WE TH TH SA
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20:00 14:30 17:30 21:00 21:00 14:00
Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 6 Munt 9 Tuschinski Online Cinema Tuschinski 1 De Balie Grote Zaal
P&I
Paradocs
The Belly of the Mountain
Le ventre de la montagne Stephen Loye France, 2021, 76
20 22 23 27
18:15 15:00 11:30 10:00
Munt 9 Kriterion 1 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 3 IDFA Special
Best of IDFA: Audience Favorites
DLM: Wim Sonneveld Zaal Munt 11 DLM: Wim Sonneveld Zaal Munt 11 DLM: Wim Sonneveld Zaal Eye Cinema 1 Best of Fests
Tuschinski 6 De Balie Grote Zaal Tuschinski 1 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Podium Mozaïek
Black Film
+ Talk
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Crni film Želimir Žilnik Republic of Yugoslavia, 1971, 17 What should filmmaker Želimir Žilnik do with the six homeless people he has temporarily housed in his own flat? He makes this worryingly topical problem the subject of this 1971 film. FR 19 15:00 Eye Cinema 2 MO 22 15:30 Eye Cinema 2
Buck Fever
Youth Competition
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Frontlight
WP
18 20 21 22 24 28
20:00 10:30 13:30 14:30 11:15 16:15
Tuschinski 2 Munt 10 De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 11 Tuschinski 3 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
FR 19 14:00 Tuschinski 2 MO 22 11:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 WE 24 16:45 Munt 12
Video artist Maya Watanabe explores deep ravines, jagged-edged craters and bony reefs: the ominous “landscape” in the skull of one of the many unidentified victims of the 1980–2000 Peruvian Civil War. + Talk
At the start of the corona pandemic, young transmasculine filmmaker Cássio Kelm ends up isolated in a small apartment with his father. Close to You subtly tells a layered story combining personal transition, unspoken tenderness, and Brazilian politics. WE TH FR SU
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Peter Watkins France, 2000, 208
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Children of the Mist WP
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14:30 21:15 15:00 12:30 16:45 10:30
Tuschinski 5 Munt 11 De Balie Grote Zaal Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski 2
P&I + Talk
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Laura Poitras United States, Germany, 2014, 114 A real-time documentary thriller about the large-scale illegal surveillance practices of the NSA, disclosed in 2013 by whistleblower Edward Snowden through filmmaker Laura Poitras and Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald. TH 18 13:00 Tuschinski 5 TH 25 19:45 Munt 10
Best of Fests
+ Talk
Masters
Andrea Arnold United Kingdom, 2021, 94
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Tuschinski 1 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Munt 12 Eye Cinema 1
+ Talk
Best of Fests
Histoires d’entrejambres Myleine Guiard-Schmid Belgium, France, 2021, 36
An exuberant animation film in which Myleine Guiard-Schmid asks whether giving birth can also be enjoyable, and receives answers from both mothers and midwives. She discovers, among other things, that an orgasm can help the delivery. 19 21 22 24
17:00 11:00 15:00 11:15
Kriterion 1 Munt 10 Munt 12 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Best of Fests
Cusp
Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt United States, 2021, 84
Contraindre Antoine Fontaine, Galdric Fleury France, 2020, 11
In the misty mountains of northern Vietnam, a Hmong teenage girl faces the challenges of growing up. In Di’s traditional culture, girls marry as early as 14. But at school she learns there are alternatives.
Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Kriterion 1 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal De Balie Grote Zaal Rialto VU 4
Cow
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Constrain
Những đứa trẻ trong sương Diem Ha Le Vietnam, 2021, 92
18:30 15:15 17:00 20:30 10:15
Crotch Stories
A creative portrait of a young generation navigating between old traditions and modern social media codes. A year after her Catholic First Communion, how does Andrea look back on the event? Could it have been different, perhaps better?
International Competition
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Youth Competition
A comuñón da miña prima Andrea Brandán Cerviño Spain, 2021, 13
Munt 10 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Munt 10 Podium Mozaïek
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The Communion of My Cousin Andrea
The Portuguese rappers Bataclan 1950 use film and music to focus on racism and solidarity. Much of the time it’s the young music makers themselves behind the camera, making an honest portrait of life in the Chelas neighborhood in Lisbon.
Despite mass protests, in August 2020 Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner of the Belarus presidential election. A portrait of the courage of the protesters, as seen through the eyes of three perceptive theater practitioners.
An anonymous supplier of milk becomes a cow with a personality. In this cinema verité documentary, Andrea Arnold (American Honey) follows a cow named Luma as she goes about her daily life. A whispered, but powerful indictment of the dairy industry.
A compelling and purposely anachronistic documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the Paris Commune. TV interviews and reports track how a people’s revolution flared up, only to be extinguished with blood. TH 18 15:45 Munt 9 TH 25 20:00 Kriterion 1
Bataclan 1950, Bagabaga Studios Portugal, 2020, 57
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La Commune (Paris, 1871)
P&I
Best of Fests
Courage
Aliaksei Paluyan Germany, Belarus, 2021, 90
Focus: unConscious Bias
Citizenfour
Paradocs
Luminous
IP
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Chelas nha Kau
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Hunting is the most normal thing in the world for eight-year-old Emily. She wants to shoot her first deer, and her father and older brother lovingly prepare her for her first attempt.
TH 18 15:30 Eye Cinema 2 SU 21 21:00 Eye Cinema 2 SA 27 16:00 Eye Cinema 2
Perto de você Cássio Kelm Brazil, 2021, 32
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature
Hertenkoorts Griet Goelen, Louise Van Assche Belgium, 2021, 17
Bullet WP Bala Maya Watanabe Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Peru, 2021, 10
Close to You
Lawyer Maria Eismont works to get the wrongly convicted activist Konstantiv Kotov released. All her media appearances come to nothing, and each appeal is rejected—until Putin suddenly appears on the scene.
Young people all over the world are opposing inequality, climate disruption, and other injustices. Melati, an Indonesian activist combating plastic pollution, travels the world visiting courageous fellow activists of her own generation. What motivates them? 20:45 11:00 13:00 21:00 21:30
Cusp
EP
Дело Nina Guseva Russia, 2021, 76
Flore Vasseur France, 2021, 96
19 20 21 23 27
P&I
Screening in DocLab Live: Beyond the Cyborg Manifesto TU 23 15:30 Eye Cinema 2
The Case
The best films from IDFA 2021 selected by an international jury, especially compiled into a full day program. Tickets are €47.50 each. Purchase your tickets now to ensure your seat for this outstanding program!
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The art of storytelling melds with science fiction, biology, and linguistics to explore the symbiosis between humans and non-humans. An experimental essay in the form of a narrative duet told by philosophers Vinciane Despret and Donna Haraway.
IDFA Special
Bigger than Us
13:30 18:00 14:30 18:00 20:45 14:15
Diana Toucedo France, Spain, 2021, 46
Best of IDFA: Award Winners
09:45 12:00 09:30 10:00 09:45 16:30
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Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
FR 26 10:15 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal SA 27 10:00 Tuschinski 1 SU 28 10:15 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
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Camille & Ulysse
Each year, IDFA audiences select their favorite documentaries by rating films for the NPO IDFA Audience Award. Some of the best-rated films will be screened during a full day program (for €47,50). Buy your tickets now and be sure not to miss the 2021 audience favorites!
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Sanshou Hu China, 2021, 101
Envision Competition
WP
In keeping with tradition, the filmmaker and his family build a tomb for his grandparents. This carefully composed portrait of a village—with scenes of the work, personal memories, and philosophical reflections—is a mirror of existence itself.
In a remote Alpine town, a plane crash ends 150 lives. Filmmaker Stephen Loye zooms out from the world news to make a freely associated poetic essay about mortality and the meaning of life. SA MO TU SA
The Burrows
An experimental, politically charged animated film in which a voiceover confronts us with the restraints imposed on us on the basis of physical characteristics, nationality, and social conditions.
A raw but empathetic account of a languid summer in Texas, where three teenage girls fill their days hanging out at parties fueled by drink and drugs. They talk candidly about relationships, sex and problematic interactions with parents.
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Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts IDFA Meets
Shorts Competition
Contents Inventory Irene Lusztig United States, 2021, 31
WP
What is the true value of things? What makes a house a home? Irene Lusztig looks beyond the clichés in this compassionate, thoughtful documentary, as she interviews some of her neighbors who have lost everything in a major forest fire. SU TU TH SA
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20:30 18:00 17:30 18:30
Kriterion 1 Munt 9 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
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17:00 12:00 21:45 20:15 17:30
Munt 12 Eye Cinema 2 Tuschinski 4 Munt 11 Munt 12 Envision Competition
Darkness There and Nothing More WP
Tea Tupajic Netherlands, Croatia, 2021, 88
Bosnia-born director Tea Tupajic invites two Dutch war veterans who served during the fall of Srebrenica to spend a night in her company. She wants answers to painful questions, but also tries to discover something in the two men that can give her hope. Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature and the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film SU SU TU TU FR SU
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15:30 20:30 21:00 21:00 14:30 15:45
Tuschinski 3 Eye Cinema 1 Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski Online Cinema De Balie Grote Zaal Ketelhuis Zaal 1
P&I + Talk + Talk
91
Best of Fests
Filmmaker Talk: Diego Gutiérrez - hosted by VEVAM Fund
An intimate and gripping account of fierce generational conflict in a Turkish village. The filmmaker’s young sister Zeynep is struggling with her parents and their traditional values. The film won the Special Jury Award at Visions du Réel.
An in-depth interview with director Diego Gutierrez. Filmmaker Marjoleine Boonstra talks with him about his creative methods and views on filmmaking. The talk is highlighted by excerpts from The Mirror and the Window and his earlier films.
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Yaramaz çocuklar Ahmet Necdet Çupur France, Turkey, Germany, 2021, 93
The End of Wonderland
Day after...
International Competition
WP Kamar Ahmad Simon Bangladesh, France, Norway, 2021, 115
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21:00 21:00 11:15 20:00 19:30 10:30
Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski Online Cinema Tuschinski 5 Munt 11 Tuschinski 4 Munt 10
P&I + Talk
Las Delicias Eduardo Crespo Argentina, 2021, 65
At Las Delicias agrotechnical boarding school in the Argentine countryside, high school students find their way through friendships and boyhood adventures, against an inviting backdrop of dogs and chickens, fields, greenhouses, and meadows. MO MO WE FR SU
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15:15 18:45 14:45 21:00 15:45
Best of Fests
Delphine, now 30, tells the story of her life, which has been marked by sexual violence, starting when she was raped at the age of 13 and became pregnant. Intense and impressive testimony from a Cameroonian woman living in Belgium. 20 22 24 26 27 28
15:30 21:15 18:00 21:30 17:00 13:00
Munt 13 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Podium Mozaïek De Appel Munt 11
+ Talk
EP Caroline Rumley United States, 2020, 15
In serene black-and-white, filmmaker Caroline Rumley embarks on a personal quest, digging into her family’s past in the southern states of the U.S. and revealing a disconcerting history. Can she reconcile herself with her roots? SA MO TH SA
20 22 25 27
17:30 15:30 20:30 19:00
Munt 10 Tuschinski 2 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 3 Liminal Reality
DocLab Live: Beyond the Cyborg Manifesto What if humans, nature, and machine eventually merge together? Immerse yourself in the dizzying future vision of biologist, philosopher of science, and feminist Donna Haraway. Featuring the film Camille & Ulysse by Diana Toucedo and the makers of the spectacular installation Symbiosis. TU 23 15:30 Eye Cinema 2
92
20 22 25 26
18:30 17:45 17:15 20:45
Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 2 De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 9
For her 1998 graduation film, Steyerl turned her perceptive gaze to the history of central Berlin. After the fall of the Wall, this former no man’s land became Europe’s biggest construction site, a place where new, invisible walls were built. Master Talk
Luminous
The End of Wonderland
WP
Adult performer Tara Emory has been working for years on her “trans sci-fi porn epic” Up Uranus, featuring amazing design on a super-low budget—like everything in her life. A tender portrait of an intriguing transgender artist, auto mechanic, and hoarder. 18 22 23 24 26
21:00 21:15 11:30 11:45 10:30
Munt 11 Eye Cinema 1 Tuschinski 5 Munt 13 Tuschinski 2
IDFA Talks
Filmmaker Talk: Susana de Sousa Dias
Envision Competition
21:30 11:30 17:30 21:00 16:30
An in-depth interview with renowned filmmaker Susana de Sousa Dias. Film critic Nicolas Rapold talks with her about her creative methods and views on filmmaking. The talk is highlighted by excerpts from “Journey to the Sun” and her earlier films. SU 21 17:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Filmmaker Talk: Yuri Ancarani
Eye Cinema 2 Munt 11 Tuschinski 3 Rialto VU 4 Tuschinski 3
P&I
IDFA Talks
An in-depth conversation with Italian filmmaker Yuri Ancarani. Film critic Nicolas Rapold will talk to him about his body of work, creative methods, and views on cinematic art, highlighted by excerpts from his films.
Best of Fests
F@ck This Job
19 20 23 26
14:45 20:30 17:00 14:45
DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 11 Munt 9
P&I
Die leere Mitte Hito Steyerl Germany, 1998, 62
TH MO TU WE FR
19 20 22 22 28
An inspirational, hour-long conversation with renowned Palestinian filmmaker Mai Masri. Writer Pamela Cohn talks with her about her body of work, creative methods, and views on filmmaking, highlighted by excerpts from her films. WE 24 16:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
WP Adeline Neary HAY France, 2021, 70
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Focus: unConscious Bias
La fin de Wonderland Laurence Turcotte-Fraser Canada, 2021, 85
Fascinating and thrilling homage to the composer of unforgettable film scores such as The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, and Once Upon a Time in America. In an extended interview Morricone, who died in 2020, offers insights into his method.
In 2008, the Russian socialite Natasha Sindeeva embarked on an adventure with her well-to-do husband: she set up an independent TV channel. The Russian government proves to be less than pleased about this, and Natasha begins a long, exhausting battle.
Tuschinski 6 Munt 13 Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
FR 19 14:30 Tuschinski 1 FR 26 15:30 Eye Cinema 2
Masters
Eskape
IDFA Talks
Filmmaker Talk: Mai Masri
Vera Krichevskaya United Kingdom, Germany, 2021, 104
The hell of ALS filmed with brutal honesty from the point of view of ALS patient Kathryn, who is completely paralyzed. The disease has destroyed everything, from Kathryn’s muscles to her marriage, but her sharp wit remains unaffected. 20:15 18:45 13:30 15:15 12:45
+ Talk
SA 20 13:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
WP Noah Arjomand, Adam Isenberg, Senem Tüzen United States, Spain, Turkey, 2021, 74
21 23 24 24 28
Kriterion 1 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Eye Cinema 1 Tuschinski 4 Podium Mozaïek
Ennio IP Giuseppe Tornatore Italy, 2021, 152
FR SA MO MO SU
Eat Your Catfish
SU TU WE WE SU
15:00 18:30 17:30 10:00 11:30
Fourty years after their flight from the Khmer Rouge, filmmaker Neary Adeline Hay hopes her mother will break her silence. She follows the trail back from France, in this very personal, elegantly filmed journey through their memories.
The Empty Center
Shorts Competition
Dixie
WP No te agüites Juan Vicente Manrique Mexico, 2021, 20
Envision Competition
P&I
Les prières de Delphine Rosine Mbakam Belgium, Cameroon, 2021, 91
SA MO WE FR SA SU
Don’t Worry
SA MO TH FR
Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 4 Munt 13 Tuschinski 4 Munt 10
Delphine’s Prayers
Shorts Competition, Focus: The Future Tense
In the highlands of the Mexican state Guerrero, 14-year-old Tavo gives his friends weapons training. It’s a daily reality in a region where villagers are increasingly taking the defense of their community into their own hands.
WP
18 23 24 27 28
MO 22 19:30 Eye Cinema 2 WE 24 20:30 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal SA 27 11:00 Tuschinski 6
WE 24 16:30 Tuschinski 1
International Competition
The Delights
DocLab Live: In Fragments with Jonathan Harris WP In Fragments captures the bizarre journey media artist Jonathan Harris made in recent years to come to terms with the traumas of his family history. Four years after sharing the first fragments as IDFA’s Guest of Honor, he returns to Tuschinski 1 to share the result with the world.
The Rocket is a century-old paddle steamer still regularly transporting passengers along the river delta of Bangladesh. All aboard for this philosophical and kaleidoscopic film in which rich and poor, young and old, and East and West come together. SA SA MO TU WE SA
Liminal Reality
IDFA Talks
Les Enfants terribles
Queer Day P&I
The Facility
Frontlight
EP
Urgent documentary investigation made up of webcam interviews with immigrants in a private detention centre in the U.S. Precisely how long they’ll stay locked up waiting to be processed or deported is unclear. When Covid strikes they rise up. 23 25 26 27
20:30 15:30 11:30 15:45
Munt 10 Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 6 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Figure–Ground
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Luminous
WP
בצל הים Tal Elkayam Israel, 2021, 70 A creative compilation of YouTube material brings together two parallel worlds—the beach of Tel Aviv and the hills of the West Bank—in a raw, associatively edited, unorthodox portrayal of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. TH FR SU SA SU
18 19 21 27 28
18:00 14:00 11:00 20:30 10:45
Masters
Avi Mograbi France, Finland, Israel, Germany, 2021, 110
How to occupy a country? Avi Mograbi provides a step-by-step guide based on the now 54-year-long Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. Supported by archive material and confessions, the resulting film is factual, instructive, and shocking. Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award
Seth Freed Wessler United States, 2021, 27
TU TH FR SA
The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
Tuschinski 6 Kriterion 1 De Balie Grote Zaal Rialto VU 4 Munt 9
TH SU TH SA SA
18 21 25 27 27
20:45 14:30 13:00 21:00 21:00
Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 2 Munt 10 Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski Online Cinema Shorts Competition
Five Scenes from the War in Afghanistan as They Appear in East Sussex WP Frank Eli Martin United Kingdom, 2021, 12
In a greenhouse, a British military veteran talks about returning from Afghanistan with PTSD. His therapy consists of gardening. A powerful contemplation of the effect of memory and trauma, framed by the flowers he planted himself. SU TU TH SA
21 23 25 27
20:30 18:00 17:30 18:30
Kriterion 1 Munt 9 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Best of Fests
Flee
Jonas Poher Rasmussen Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, 2021, 90
Gabi, mellan åren 8 och 13 Engeli Broberg Sweden, 2021, 78
The story of Amin, a gay man who fled Afghanistan in the 1980s, is told mostly in animation. Flee shows the unforgiving environment in which he lived, and the scars that remain from living as a second-class citizen. FR SU TU FR
19 21 23 26
14:00 17:45 11:45 20:00
Tuschinski 4 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Munt 10 De Appel
Youth Competition
Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13
Gabi just wants to be herself, not a girl but not a typical boy either. And this is quite a challenge if the people around you—and ultimately also your own body—want to push you in a particular direction.
+ Talk
TH SA TU TH
18 20 23 25
17:45 21:00 17:45 14:30
Munt 11 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Munt 12 Tuschinski 5
Envision Competition
For Your Peace of Mind, Make Your Own Museum WP
Abdessamad El Montassir Western Sahara, Morocco, 2021, 19
Para su tranquilidad, haga su propio museo Pilar Moreno, Ana Endara Mislov Panama, 2021, 71 The late Senobia was an endearing woman who transformed her house in a Panamanian village into “The Museum of Antiquities of All Species.” Pilar Moreno and Ana Endara capture her personality and creation in a quirky, conceptual documentary. SU SU TU TH FR
21 21 23 25 26
13:30 19:00 14:45 12:30 21:30
Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 3 Munt 10 Munt 9 Eye Cinema 2
Four Journeys
Louis Hothothot Netherlands, 2021, 112
20:00 11:30 15:00 11:30 21:30 16:15 16:00
WP
Focus: unConscious Bias
France Is Our Mother Country
Rithy Panh (director of the Oscar-nominated The Missing Picture) re-edited silent propaganda films on France’s “purely fraternal intentions” towards Indochina into a disturbing alternative history of colonization. FR 19 14:30 Munt 10 TH 25 20:00 Tuschinski 4 Masters
Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher Italy, 2021, 108 Italian teenagers talk about their dreams and fears in an incisive portrait of a generation that feels ignored and misunderstood. A film packed with thoughtful, moving, and confrontational perspectives on today’s world. 19 21 22 26
14:30 16:30 12:30 20:45
Eye Cinema 1 De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 13 Munt 12
18 20 24 25
19:00 12:00 21:15 12:00
Eye Cinema 2 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 3
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Focus: unConscious Bias
Miguel Luis Peres Antunes dos Santos Curaçao, Netherlands, 2019, 47
A compilation of archival footage and images of the present-day landscape on Curaçao lays bare the painful historical relationship between the oil refineries of Dutch multinational Shell and the inhabitants of the Netherlands Antilles. WE 24 18:30 Eye Cinema 2 SA 27 13:30 Eye Cinema 2 Best of Fests
Shannon Walsh Canada, France, 2021, 90
A wide-ranging documentary about the gig economy, focusing on several self-employed people working for online platforms. Experts analyze how this system works. Have the limits been reached or breached? TH SA SU TU TH
18 20 21 23 25
21:00 21:45 11:45 14:30 21:00
Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Tuschinski 3 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 11
God Has AIDS
Best of Fests
Deus tem AIDS Gustavo Vinagre, Fábio Leal Brazil, 2021, 82
Seven artists and an activist doctor—all HIV positive—fight against the invisibility of AIDS in Brazil. Prejudice is rampant, the infection rate is rising, and people are dying from a disease that doesn’t have to be fatal. TH FR TU TH SA
18 19 23 25 27
18:00 21:00 21:30 18:45 13:00
Kriterion 1 Rialto VU 4 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Munt 13 Tuschinski 4
A small group of gamers playing Red Dead Online embark on a virtual journey of discovery to the boundaries of its world—and beyond. These modern pioneers boldly go where no one has gone before. TH SA WE TH
18 20 24 25
19:00 12:00 21:15 12:00
Eye Cinema 2 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 3
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
WP
English-born Oli London has spent a fortune on plastic surgery to make them look like Korean pop-star Jimin. A delightful blend of documentary and theatrical drama on the subject of idol worship, with Oli also performing a re-imagining of a Korean myth.
The Gig Is Up
La France est notre patrie Rithy Panh France, 2014, 75
FR SU MO FR
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Shorts Competition
TH SA WE TH
Paradocs
WP
Marie Foulston United Kingdom, Australia, 2021, 17
Geographies of Freedom
Carré Opening Film Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski 6 P&I Munt 11 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Podium Mozaïek
Futura
Munt 12 Munt 12 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Yan Tomaszewski France, 2020, 24
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature and the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film 17 18 19 22 26 27 28
17:00 13:15 11:15 21:15
Gangnam Beauty
Amsterdam-based filmmaker Louis Hothothot was born in China, a second child in the era of the one-child policy. His birth had devastating consequences for his parents, and when he visits them he discovers other distressing events in the family as well.
WE TH FR MO FR SA SU
20 21 25 27
P&I
Envision Competition
The Grannies
A tragedy took place on a sandy plain scattered with ruins. The people who experienced it don’t want to talk about it. They are as silent as the cacti and the stones—the eternal, mute witnesses to what occurred. SA SU TH SA
The Grannies
Best of Fests
Galb’Echaouf
Frontlight
The Great Abandonment
WP Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya India, 2021, 30
23 25 26 27
20:30 15:30 11:30 15:45
Handbuch Pavel Mozhar Germany, Belarus, 2021, 29 The Belarusian police dealt brutally with protesters demonstrating against the re-election of President Lukashenko in August 2020. The protesters’ re-enacted testimonies form a dry but impactful instruction video. FR SA SU WE FR
19 20 21 24 26
17:30 11:15 20:00 20:15 17:15
Munt 12 Tuschinski 2 Rialto VU 4 Munt 9 De Balie Grote Zaal
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10, Focus: unConscious Bias
Munt 10 Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 6 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Best of Fests
H6
Shorts Competition
IP
Handsworth Songs
When Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announces the world’s biggest Covid lockdown, millions of domestic migrant workers are caught up an unprecedented exodus from cities. Can Modi’s call to suffering ignite the spark of revolution? TU TH FR SA
Handbook
John Akomfrah United Kingdom, 1986, 59
This hard-hitting, critical and poetic film essay places the UK race riots of the 1980s into a broader perspective, exploring the optimism and dashed hopes of Black immigrants. FR 19 11:30 Tuschinski 2 FR 26 18:00 Munt 9
Herd
Shorts Competition
IP
Yé Yé France, 2021, 114
עדר Omer Daida Israel, 2021, 37
Observational portrait capturing the goings-on in an immense hospital in Shanghai, focusing on four patients and their families. Alongside the affectionate care, H6 reveals an unyielding class-based society.
A thoughtful father-daughter portrait in which 10-year-old Na’ama considers her father’s business—he’s a livestock farmer supplying the meat industry. Na’ama loves animals and has questions about their fate. Is it possible to do business differently?
MO 22 13:30 Tuschinski 1 TH 25 21:00 Tuschinski 6 SA 27 14:00 Munt 13
SU TU WE SA
21 23 24 27
18:30 17:15 21:00 10:45
Munt 9 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Eye Cinema 2 Munt 13
Focus: unConscious Bias
Half a Light-Year Meio Ano-Luz Leonardo Mouramateus Portugal, Brazil, 2021, 19
IP
20 22 24 26
20:15 17:30 14:30 12:30
IDFA on Stage
The History of the Civil War WP
In this observational film about time and space, director Leonardo Mouramateus explores the boundary between fiction and documentary. How do shots of a street in Lisbon converge with a dialogue between two lovers? SA MO WE FR
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Munt 10 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Munt 10
Istoriya grazhdanskoi voiny Dziga Vertov Russia, 1921, 94
The world premiere of the reconstructed version of Dziga Vertov’s long-lost chronicle of the 1918-1921 Russian Civil War. This pioneer of Soviet cinema filmed a chaotic nation characterized by unstable alliances and brutal violence. SA 20 14:00 Tuschinski 1
Best of Fests
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Hito Steyerl: The Empty Center + Master Talk
A portrait of legendary singer and poet Leonard Cohen, centering on his bestknown and most-covered song, “Hallelujah.” Cohen worked on the song for seven years—like the singer himself, it needed time to blossom.
FR 19 14:30 Tuschinski 1
Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine United States, 2021, 115
FR SU WE SA SU
19 21 24 27 28
11:45 20:00 12:30 16:45 13:15
Munt 11 Carré Tuschinski 2 Tuschinski 4 Rialto VU 4
+ Talk
A screening of The Empty Center followed by an extensive conversation with filmmaker, writer, and IDFA’s Guest of Honor Hito Steyerl. Orwa Nyrabia, artistic director of IDFA, talks to Steyerl about her multifaceted creative trajectory, and views of cinematic art.
IDFA Hit
93
Focus: The Future Tense
How to Live in the Federal Republic of Germany
Leben – BRD Harun Farocki Germany, 1990, 83
An absurdist dissection of West German society: In 32 scenes, we see citizens attending workshops and training courses, methodically preparing for every possible situation in life. FR 19 11:30 Munt 10 MO 22 21:30 Munt 9
I Am Trying to Remember WP
I Am Trying to Remember Frontlight
The Home Front – A Journey in Italy with Domenico Quirico WP
Focus: The Future Tense
Homo Sapiens Nikolaus Geyrhalter Austria, 2016, 94
Il fronte interno – Un viaggio in Italia con Domenico Quirico Paola Piacenza Italy, 2021, 110
There’s not a soul to be seen in this intriguing sequence of abandoned locations. Through long, static shots the film confronts us with the vulnerable and ephemeral nature of our existence.
Humans may have made great technological strides, but has humanity itself progressed? Journalist Domenico Quirico travels to various Italian cities to shine a light on modern poverty.
TH 18 17:00 Munt 10 SA 27 21:30 Eye Cinema 2
TU WE FR SU
23 24 26 28
20:45 18:00 16:45 11:00
The Hostilities
Munt 12 Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 5 De Balie Grote Zaal
Las hostilidades Sebastián Molina Mexico, 2021, 70
Envision Competition
Homemade Stories
ﺣﻛﺎﯾﺎ ﺑﯾﺗﯾﺔ Nidal Al Dibs Syria, Egypt, 2021, 69
WP
After filmmaker Nidal Al Dibs fled to Cairo from Syria, he started filming his Egyptian friends working to get a local community cinema reopened. A film about cinema as a symbol for the hopes and dreams of ordinary people in the Arab world. SA TU WE FR SA
20 23 24 26 27
15:00 21:00 20:30 17:15 11:00
Tuschinski 3 Munt 9 Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 6 De Balie Grote Zaal
Homeroom
P&I
Frontlight
EP
The 2019-2020 academic year was one of great upheavals for final year students at Oakland High School. It was the year of the pandemic, George Floyd’s murder, and their battle to abolish the school police force. 18 20 23 25 27
20:00 21:15 13:45 18:00 18:00
Homes
20:15 11:15 11:15 21:00 21:30
Munt 12 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 1 Rialto VU 4 Munt 13 Masters
Munt 9 Tuschinski 2 Tuschinski 3 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Tuschinski 3
The way society educates its members says a lot about that society. In interviews with six-year-old schoolchildren filmed in Iran in 1989, during the bloody war with Iraq, a picture emerges of corporal punishment, indoctrination, and constant uncertainty. TH 18 14:45 Tuschinski 6 FR 26 17:30 Eye Cinema 1
P&I
Envision Competition
P&I
How the Room Felt
IDFA Dialogue: Glimpsing the Future Directors from the Future Tense lineup reflect on their roles as seers, exploring our relationship to the future through film. Kidlat Tahimik, Viera Čákanyová, and Miko Revereza in conversation with the curator of the focus program Sarah Dawson. MO 22 20:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Tuschinski 5 P&I Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski Online Cinema Ketelhuis Zaal 1 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Low-stimulus Munt 12
Ketevan Kapanadze Georgia, 2021, 74
WP
IDFA Talks
IDFA Dialogue: Hito Steyerl and her Top 10
Hito Steyerl interviews the filmmakers behind the films that inspired her career. This exciting session may bring together renowned makers such as Zelimir Zilnik, Rabih Mroue, Andrei Ujica, Akram Zaatari and Laura Poitras. SA 20 20:30 Compagnie Grote Zaal IDFA Talks
IDFA Dialogue: We the Youth – hosted by the European Cultural Foundation
A gentle and intimate portrait of a small community of young queer people in a Georgian city, formed around the local women’s football team. Here in this selfmade family, shielded from outside threats, they can share love and friendship.
Pietro Marcello, one of the filmmakers behind Futura—engages in a contemplative debate with young thinkers on global uncertainty, the overwhelming pressure of coming-of-age in Europe today, and about “youth” as a returning social and cinematic trope.
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature
SU 21 20:30 De Balie Grote Zaal
FR SA MO WE TH SU
19 20 22 24 25 28
12:45 17:45 15:00 18:30 12:00 16:15
Tuschinski 6 P&I Tuschinski 2 Eye Cinema 1 Queer Day Kriterion 1 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Munt 9
How to Kill a Cloud
Best of Fests
Tuija Halttunen Finland, Denmark, 2021, 81
Finnish scientist Hannele Korhonen has received a research grant from the United Arab Emirates to develop a way to make it rain in the desert. But all her time is being swallowed up by presentations, conferences, and political agendas. FR SU TU SU
19 21 23 28
21:00 10:00 18:00 16:00
De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 13 Rialto VU 4 Tuschinski 2
Together with Young Amsterdam and Stichting VoorUit, two entrepreneurial youth organizations from Amsterdam’s Nieuw West district, this evening will screen Constrain and Lead Me Home. With guest speakers from the city district, we investigate what citizenship means to young people and the countless ways you can contribute to the city. TH 25 20:00 De Appel
WP
Focus: The Future Tense
Mashq-e shab Abbas Kiarostami Iran, 1989, 74
94
12:30 21:00 21:00 20:45 11:00 10:00 15:00
WE 24 20:00 Podium Mozaïek
IDFA Talks
Scenes which seem very ordinary—filmmaker Oeke Hoogendijk’s elderly mother in her living room, watching television with her cat—gradually develop into the portrait of an astute woman who has to live each day with the Holocaust as her housemate.
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Creators of Nour Magazine, a new publication shedding light on the light on the beauty of Magreb and the Middle East, present a lineup of visual art, music, and conversation around Ali Essafi’s film Before the Dying of the Light to take us on exhilarating and nostalgic journey to the vibrant art scene of Morocco in the 1970s.
Best of Fests, Frontlight
SA 20 20:00 Café Kuyl SA 27 20:00 Café Kuyl
International Competition
WP
Homework
Housewitz
FR FR FR SU WE TH SA
Occupants pose in simple tableaux vivants in front of their own homes. The camera films them from inside, through the window. That’s all there is to it in this charming film about people, their houses, and making films. 19 21 23 25 27
Munt 13 Tuschinski 4 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Tuschinski 3 Munt 9 Tuschinski 6
IDFA Meets Nour Magazine: Before the Dying of the Light
IDFA Meets Young Amsterdam & VoorUit
Saturday night fever—IDFA style. Dance the evening away on both classics and brand new tracks. Expect soul, rock, world, reggae, hiphop, electronic, and beyond.
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film
Mājas Laila Pakalnina Latvia, 2021, 121
FR SU TU TH SA
19:45 14:30 13:15 13:15 21:15 16:45
Tuschinski 4 Munt 10 Eye Cinema 1 Eye Cinema 2
IDFA Dance Night
Thuiswitz Oeke Hoogendijk Netherlands, 2021, 71
Peter Nicks United States, 2020, 91
TH SA TU TH SA
19 20 21 24 25 28
21:00 16:00 14:00 18:30
Luminous
IP
Rural Mexico is in the grip of the drug cartels. In a once sleepy village, older residents look back nostalgically at more peaceful times, while young men are enticed by the money, drugs, and women. FR SA SU WE TH SU
Shorts Competition
To the accompaniment of a powerful sound score, filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani uses photographs, videos, and vivid recollections from her own childhood to evoke a collective memory of the Iranian revolution. 21 24 25 27
Dutch artist Narges Mohammadi brings context to Jumana Manna’s film Wild Relatives with a special evening of written, spoken and musical interventions that explore the delicate connections between utopia and survival, and the shining potential of hope in life’s uncertainties. TH 18 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Man saei mikonam faramoush nakonam Pegah Ahangarani Iran, Czech Republic, 2021, 16
SU WE TH SA
Focus: The Future Tense
IDFA Meets Narges Mohammadi: Wild Relatives
IDFA Talks
IDFA Dialogue: WWII – Cinematic Excavations
Authors of the exceptional films on the Second World War gather to reflect on finding new angles in the theme. This panel talk with Aliona van der Horst, Susana de Sousa Dias, Ansgar Shaefer, and Sergei Loznitsa will be moderated by writer Pamela Cohn. FR 19 20:00 Compagnie Grote Zaal
Best of Fests, Focus: The Future Tense
I’m So Sorry
Wu qu lai chu Zhao Liang Hong Kong, France, Netherlands, 2021, 96 A prophetic panorama of nuclear power, with unexpectedly poetic moments. Moving encounters with returned residents offer a human counterweight to the silent threat of nuclear disaster areas. TH SA TH SA SU
18 20 25 27 28
12:30 09:30 21:30 17:15 13:30
Tuschinski 4 Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski 2 Rialto VU 4 Munt 13
In Flow of Words
Best of Fests
Eliane Bots Netherlands, 2021, 23
What does translating gruesome court testimony do to you? Three interpreters at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague discuss the disconnect between professionalism and the intense emotion generated by their work. SU TU TH SA
21 23 25 27
20:30 18:00 17:30 18:30
Kriterion 1 Munt 9 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
In Fragments
WP Jonathan Harris United States, 2021, 135
Coming into the complicated inheritance of a family property in Vermont with a legacy of alcoholism, divorce, depression, and secret abuse, Jonathan Harris performed a series of 21 intensely personalized rituals to heal and transform his lineage. Screening in Doclab Live: In Fragments with Jonathan Harris WE 24 16:30 Tuschinski 1
Paradocs, Focus: unConscious Bias
International Competition
In the Billowing Night
Journey to the Sun
Myth and memory intertwine as the father of director Erika Etangsalé tells his story for the first time. His account is deeply marked by France’s colonial past and the dislocation it caused.
Archive films bring to life the bittersweet memories of Austrians who as preschoolers were sent to stay with host families in Portugal to recuperate after the Second World War.
TH SU TH SA
Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award
WP Viagem ao Sol Susana de Sousa Dias, Ansgar Schaefer Portugal, 2021, 109
Lèv la tèt dann fénwar Erika Etangsalé Réunion, France, 2021, 51
18 21 25 27
15:30 21:00 19:00 16:00
Eye Cinema 2 Eye Cinema 2 Podium Mozaïek Eye Cinema 2 Focus: unConscious Bias
Indonesia Calling
Joris Ivens Australia, 1946, 23
19 20 22 25 27
18:30 15:00 12:00 15:30 20:30
Tuschinski 3 Eye Cinema 1 Tuschinski 2 Munt 13 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
Luminous
Ondřej and Kateřina’s patients know they’re going to die, but their conversations are all about life. What is a good life? How do you want to approach the end of your life? Each patient has a different answer.
Just a Movement
Frontlight
19 20 22 24 24 27
18:30 14:30 14:30 11:30 12:15 20:00
Eye Cinema 2 Tuschinski 2 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Munt 9 Tuschinski 5 Tuschinski 4
P&I
21:00 21:00 18:30 15:00 17:45
Carré Kriterion 1 Rialto VU 4 Munt 11 Munt 12
Jason WP Maasja Ooms Netherlands, 2021, 90
Paradocs
19 21 26 27
21:30 13:45 16:00 19:00
Tuschinski 3 Kriterion 1 Podium Mozaïek Munt 9 Best of Fests
A visual poem on the legend of the Indian goddess Kalsu. Her story resonates in the contemporary lives of the women who live at the foot of Mount Kalsubai and still sing to her in the night. SA SU TH SA
20 21 25 27
17:00 13:15 11:15 21:15
IDFA Hit
Munt 12 Munt 12 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Kenedi Goes Back Home Kenedi se vraća kući Želimir Žilnik Serbia and Montenegro, 2003, 75
When he is deported back to Serbia, Kenedi, a young Serbian Roma man, starts a taxi service from Belgrade airport. His passengers are people like himself, who also have to find a new home. FR 19 15:00 Eye Cinema 2 MO 22 15:30 Eye Cinema 2
Luminous
The final part of Maasja Ooms’ shocking trilogy about the failing Dutch youth welfare services. She follows 22-year-old Jason as he undergoes trauma therapy and pursues his mission to save others from suffering in the same way. Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film TH 18 20:30 Eye Cinema 1 FR 19 15:00 Munt 11 SA 20 12:00 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
Kids Cup
Youth Competition
Bortebane Line Hatland Norway, Denmark, Finland, 2021, 90 Young soccer players from all over the world travel to Norway for an international youth tournament. In this heartwarming ensemble film, the teenagers learn to deal with all sorts of challenges—both on and off the field. FR SU TU SU
19 21 23 28
18:30 12:00 14:15 13:45
Kersti Jan Werdal United States, 2021, 60
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Munt 9 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 6
Luminous
EP
An atmospheric portrait of a group of high school students in the American northwest who have been through a shocking experience. The camera observes from a distance and captures their inexpressible sadness in beautifully composed tableaux.
Best of Fests
Laurent Garnier: Off the Record
Gabin Rivoire United Kingdom, Belgium, France, 2021, 89
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature
An energetic and atmospheric portrait of one of the godfathers of house music, Laurent Garnier, club scene DJ for more than 30 years. Packed with archive footage and contributions from living legends Jeff Mills, Carl Cox, Miss Kittin, and more.
SU WE TH SA
SA TU WE SA
21 24 25 27
21:00 16:00 14:00 18:30
Tuschinski 4 Munt 10 Eye Cinema 1 Eye Cinema 2
The Last Chapter
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Alanis Morissette’s album Jagged Little Pill hit the charts in 1995 like a primal scream. Morissette looks back on her career in the music industry, the questionable men she encountered, and the battle she fought to forge her own path. 20 22 24 25 26
IDFA Hit
Kalsubai
EP Alison Klayman United States, 2021, 99
SA MO WE TH FR
Carré Rialto VU 4 Tuschinski 6 Munt 11
Yudhajit Basu India, 2020, 20
Best of Fests
Jagged
14:30 20:45 15:15 10:15
Stimulating, associative portrait of the Senegalese activist Omar Blondin Diop, who was deeply involved in the tumultuous 1960s and also had a small role playing himself in Jean-Luc Godard’s La chinoise. FR SU FR SA
After an environmental disaster in Minas Gerais, a Brazilian geographer returns to show how mining has both shaped and harmed her native region and its inhabitants, in a road movie that is both activist and poetic. FR SA MO WE WE SA
20 23 25 28
Juste un mouvement Vincent Meessen Belgium, France, 2021, 111
Munt 13 Munt 11 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 2
Ironland WP Lavra Lucas Bambozzi Brazil, 2021, 97
Lake Forest Park
In Poland, judicial independence is under serious pressure from the right-wing government: judges are being vilified, fired, or arrested. Judge Igor Tuleya becomes the face of the protest movement and fears for his job and his life. SA TU TH SU
16:00 11:30 21:00 13:30
WP
Sędziowie pod presją Kacper Lisowski Poland, 2021, 87
IP Jednotka intenzivního života Adéla Komrzý Czech Republic, 2021, 73
21 23 26 28
The Last Shelter
Judges Under Pressure
WE 24 18:30 Eye Cinema 2 SA 27 13:30 Eye Cinema 2
SU TU FR SU
P&I
Frontlight
A pamphlet-style film on the dock strikes that broke out in Australia in solidarity with the Indonesian Republic, following the Dutch decision to send troops and weapons to Indonesia in 1945.
Intensive Life Unit
FR SA MO TH SA
La dernière séance Gianluca Matarrese Italy, France, 2021, 100
Luminous
IP
21 22 23 24 28
17:30 18:00 18:45 21:00 13:15
Tuschinski 6 Eye Cinema 1 Tuschinski 4 Kriterion 1 Munt 12
Last Days at Sea
P&I Queer Day
20:00 16:00 15:00 10:00 18:00
Lead Me Home
Frontlight
IP
FR SU MO TH SU
19 21 22 25 28
17:45 10:30 18:15 20:00 13:15
Tuschinski 4 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Munt 10 De Appel Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Lessons for Luca Best of Fests
Reyboy’s world in the Philippine fishing village Karihatag is one of water, rocks, and sky. This film is an attempt to capture the beauty of his childhood. Just one more summer, and then he leaves for the city, and high school. 18 20 25 26 27
DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Kriterion 1 Munt 11 Munt 11
Compassionate account of life among the homeless in three major U.S. cities. Personal stories from several homeless people throw light on the underlying social issues.
Venice Atienza Philippines, Taiwan, 2021, 72
TH SA TH FR SA
21:00 14:00 15:30 21:30
Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk United States, 2021, 40
A tender and unabashed portrayal of the filmmaker’s older lover and BDSM master Bernard. In the run-up to the move to a new apartment, he looks back on his eventful life as he embarks on its last chapter. SU MO TU WE SU
20 23 24 27
Tuschinski 5 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Low-stimulus Munt 10
La educación de Luca Salvador Gieling Netherlands, 2021, 88
IDFA Meets
Luminous
WP
In Cuba—modern Cuba—a farmer gets a six-year sentence for selling his own cow. Like all the best family sagas, Lessons for Luca paints a picture that’s both about individuals and society as a whole. Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film FR SA SA SU
19 20 20 21
18:00 13:00 17:15 15:00
Munt 11 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Tuschinski 3 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
P&I
Shorts Competition
The Last Shelter
Best of Fests
Le dernier refuge Ousmane Samassekou France, Mali, South Africa, 2021, 86
18 21 22 22 24 27
15:00 14:15 21:00 21:00 20:00 12:00
Tuschinski 1 Munt 11 Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski Online Cinema Tuschinski 2 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
EP Cartas desde Eusapia Andrés Cornejo Pinto Portugal, Hungary, Belgium, Ecuador, 2021, 19 The son sends robotic cameras into the sewers of Brussels; the father performs keyhole surgery in Ecuador. Both are investigating disease and decline, which affects them personally when the Covid-19 pandemic makes their separation palpable.
At the southern edge of the Sahara, two brave teenage girls from Burkina Faso arrive at a stopping place for migrants on their way to Europe. Their dreams clash with the shocking stories of those who went before them and failed. TH SU MO MO WE SA
Letter from Eusapia
+ Talk + Talk
FR SA MO TU
19 20 22 23
20:45 11:30 20:30 17:15
Munt 10 Tuschinski 4 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 5
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Letter to a Refusing Pilot
Akram Zaatari Lebanon, 2013, 34
Archive footage, a Lebanese school class, and paper airplanes reminiscent of fighter jets. All this and more in a layered experimental work, inspired by an Israeli pilot who refused to bomb a school. SU 21 15:15 Munt 9 FR 26 14:30 Tuschinski 6
Shorts Shorts
95
Makeup Artist Jafar Najafi Iran, 2021, 76
Luminous
EP
IP Chloé Malcotti Belgium, 2021, 72
Tradition and ambition clash when a young mother in rural Iran wants to train as a makeup artist in the city. She tries to break the deadlock with her loving but inflexible husband in this sometimes funny, sometimes painful film.
An unorthodox film about the ambivalent relationship between Italian coastal town Rosignano and the company that pollutes its beaches and sea, but has also brought prosperity and fame: the unnaturally white beaches and blue sea are a major attraction.
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature SU MO WE FR SA
Love, Dad Frontlight
Letter to San Zaw Htway
WP
Petr Lom Netherlands, 2021, 25
Deftly edited footage and letter excerpts tell the tragic story of artist and political activist San Zan Htway, and Myanmar in the grip of military juntas.
Paradocs
Listen to the Beat of Our Images
Écoutez le battement de nos images Audrey Jean-Baptiste, Maxime JeanBaptiste France, 2021, 15 Hypnotic archive footage of rocket launches accompanies the stories told by the indigenous inhabitants of Kourou, French Guiana, about the arrival of the French space center CNES. Pulsating stardust is all that’s left of their former lives. 20 21 22 24
20:15 11:00 21:00 18:45
Munt 12 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 5 Munt 10 Best of Fests
Listening to Kenny G Penny Lane United States, 2021, 97
EP
22 24 26 27
17:00 12:15 20:15 21:00
Tuschinski 1 Munt 11 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Munt 13 Best of Fests
Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege
15:00 18:00 13:00 20:45
De Balie Grote Zaal Rialto VU 4 Tuschinski 4 Munt 10
+ Talk
Envision Competition, IDFA on Stage
locks & keys, water, trees WP
A moving journey through the life and mind of artist Penny Andrea, based entirely on her drawings. By studying her sketchbooks, she hopes to learn how a brain tumor shaped both her and her art. 19 20 21 24 26
16:45 10:00 11:00 13:15 20:15
Munt 9 Tuschinski 6 Eye Cinema 2 Munt 12 Tuschinski 3
Best of Fests
Love, Dad
20:00 18:00 14:15 16:00
Munt 12 Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 3 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
P&I IDFA on Stage
SU TU TU TH SU
21 23 23 25 28
17:00 15:30 17:15 18:15 10:15
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature FR SA SA MO WE FR
19 20 20 22 24 26
WP
20:30 10:30 14:00 15:30 20:30 13:15
Tuschinski 2 Tuschinski 3 Munt 10 Munt 10 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 2
P&I
Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction, Focus: The Future Tense
Messages to a Post Human Earth IP May Abdalla, Anagram United Kingdom, 2021, 45
An interactive, multi-sensory journey through a beautiful garden. You and your travel partner embark on an evocative audio journey featuring augmented reality (AR) to reimagine your relationship with the natural world.
Eye Cinema 1 Tuschinski 2 Tuschinski 3 Munt 9 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
P&I
This is a two-person experience. You can only buy a combi-ticket for a time slot by choice (regular ticket sales). Special Installation FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin
17:30 18:30 11:30 12:45
Munt 10 Munt 13 Eye Cinema 1 Munt 10
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film FR SA MO TH SU
Masters
Marx Can Wait Marx può aspettare Marco Bellocchio Italy, 2021, 91
P&I
Mahalle’s School – Family Going Live
Mahallenchi shala – Family Going Live Akshay Pradip Ingle India, 2021, 10
FR SU SU TU SA
19 21 21 23 27
13:00 20:30 20:30 15:30 11:30
Munt 13 Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski Online Cinema Munt 13 Munt 12
Cléo Cohen France, 2021, 80
As the granddaughter of Jewish Arabs from Tunisia and Algeria, filmmaker Cléo Cohen is on a quest for her own identity. She looks to her grandparents for answers in this intimate and personal debut film. 18 20 22 25 26
13:00 20:45 21:30 21:00 18:30
10:00 17:45 18:00 12:00 11:00
Tuschinski 3 Munt 11 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Munt 11 Tuschinski 3
P&I
Artavazd Pelechian
The Missing Image Image Absente Hrant Vardanyan Armenia, 2021, 54
Portrait of the great Armenian cinema auteur Artavazd Pelechian—whom IDFA is honoring this year with a Lifetime Achievement Award—as he travels around Portugal and France, where his work is being rediscovered by a new generation.
The Moment of Transition WP
Munt 9 Munt 9 Tuschinski 4 Podium Mozaïek Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
Luminous
Il momento di passaggio Chiara Marotta Italy, 2021, 68
+ Talk + Talk
Best of Fests
May God Be With You
TH SA MO TH FR
19 20 22 25 28
ZO 21 11:00 Compagnie Kleine Zaal
With the help of his family, award-winning filmmaker Marco Bellocchio tells the story of his twin brother Camillo, who died at the age of 29. Archive footage illustrates an era and a lost life. A film that acts as a confession.
Filmmaker Daniela Muñoz Barroso, who is almost completely deaf, wants to discover the identity of the remarkable musician Mafifa. Her quest leads her on the trail of an enigmatic woman, and also makes her question her own head and heart.
Janu and Vedu are attending classes online for the first time. These two Indian children are inquisitive, but sometimes a bit rebellious too. They explore this new world together with their parents. An unusual and playful family portrait.
19 20 24 28
Diego Gutiérrez is asked to film the final phase of life of two loved ones: his mother and his best friend. On the threshold of death, events that have shaped their lives emerge.
FR 19 to WE 24 More information and titles on idfa.nl
Luminous
Munt 10 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 2 Podium Mozaïek Munt 12
FR SA WE SU
Envision Competition
The Mirror and the Window WP
Diego Gutiérrez Netherlands, 2021, 93
A dreamlike, melancholy, and highly personal journey to a mountain village in Algeria, where the father of filmmaker Karim Ainouz was born. There Ainouz discovers wonderful places and people, and the remarkable story of his parents.
For the first time this year, we’ve introduced Market Screenings to the festival: a showcase of films outside the official selection to our professional guests. The screenings take place in Pathé Tuschinski or de Munt, and they are accessible to all accredited guests.
TU 23 17:15 Munt 10 SA 27 16:30 Tuschinski 2
20:15 15:45 14:30 18:45 14:00 16:15
Shi shi shi Sean Wang Netherlands, Hong Kong, France, Greece, 2021, 97
Market Screenings
A groundbreaking, personal analysis of the way politicians and the Western media manipulated the public image of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, who was murdered in 1961.
FR 19 16:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 TU 23 16:00 Tuschinski 4 TH 25 11:30 Tuschinski 2
96
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Lumumba: la mort du prophète Raoul Peck France, Germany, Switzerland, 1990, 69
18 21 23 26 27 28
Frontlight
Marinherio das montanhas Karim Aïnouz Brazil, France, Germany, 2021, 99
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet
TH SU TU FR SA SU
A Marble Travelogue
Mariner of the Mountains
The discovery of letters written 15 years ago prompts Diana to renew contact with her absent father. Memory, recrimination, and yearning intertwine in this hybrid blend of animation and archive photography. 24 25 26 28
P&I
Masters
Milý tati Diana Cam Van Nguyen Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2021, 13
WE TH FR SU
Tuschinski 5 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski 6 Munt 9
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film
De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 13 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Tuschinski 4
Youth Competition
Penny Andrea United Kingdom, 2021, 99
FR SA SU WE FR
18:00 12:45 21:00 21:15 10:00
WP Daniela Muñoz Barroso Cuba, 2021, 77
This insider’s report shows how a Palestinian refugee camp in a district of Damascus withstands Assad’s siege. As well as hunger and stampedes for scarce aid packages, there is pride, singing, and children’s dreams. 18 22 23 27
19 21 24 25 28
Mafifa
Abdallah Al Khatib Lebanon, France, Qatar, 2021, 89
TH MO TU SA
FR SU WE TH SU
13:15 18:15 11:00 20:30 16:00
With a light touch and wry humor, A Marble Travelogue portrays the Greek and Chinese marble production chain. The film makes complex connections and highlights the European aspirations of the Chinese middle class in a visually seductive style.
Focus: The Future Tense, Focus: unConscious Bias
Is he a musical mastermind or a soulless money machine? Opinions on Kenny G are sharply polarized. Both sides are represented, but the lovable artist himself is placed center stage. He’s charming, driven, and not averse to a bit of self-deprecating humor. MO WE FR SA
Stefan Pavlovic Netherlands, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, 2021, 88
In this personal experiment in film, Stefan Pavlović uses his camera to bridge the gaps between language, hearing, and verbal communication. A stutterer seeking connection, he befriends a deaf and nearly blind hermit in Bosnia.
TH 18 20:00 Tuschinski 2 SA 20 10:30 Munt 10
SA SU MO WE
Looking for Horses
Best of Fests
21 22 24 26 27
Luminous
Medusa
Chiara Marotta returns to the Christian community she grew up in and to which her grandmother, mother, and sister still belong. She seeks explanations for their behavior, an understanding of her own situation, and, perhaps, reconciliation. Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature FR SA TU WE SU
19 20 23 24 28
18:00 12:00 15:30 21:15 16:30
Tuschinski 2 Munt 9 Tuschinski 6 Munt 10 Rialto VU 4
P&I
Best of Fests
Mr. Bachmann and His Class
La mémoire de Nelly Nicolas Wouters Belgium, 2021, 40
Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse Maria Speth Germany, 2021, 217
18 20 25 27
12:30 13:00 18:30 11:00
SA MO TH SA
Munt 13 Rialto VU 4 Tuschinski 3 Munt 9 International Competition
Mr. Landsbergis WP Sergei Loznitsa Lithuania, Netherlands, 2021, 246
20 20 23 27
15:45 19:00 12:30 19:30
Tuschinski 6 Eye Cinema 1 Munt 9 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Luminous
Srđan Keča Serbia, Croatia, Czech Republic, 2021, 91
12:30 20:30 13:45 18:30 11:00
Tuschinski 3 Kriterion 1 Munt 12 Munt 10 Tuschinski 6
Trond Giske – Makta rår Håvard Bustnes Norway, 2021, 101
Frontlight
WP
The Norwegian Labor Party politician Trond Giske was for many years expected to become prime minister, until allegations of sexual abuse and assault brought about his downfall. Now he goes all out for a comeback. MO 22 17:30 Munt 11 WE 24 13:45 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal FR 26 21:15 Munt 10 SU 28 15:45 Tuschinski 4
+ Talk
Artavazd Pelechian
Nature
EP La Nature Artavazd Pelechian France, Armenia, Germany, 2020, 64
Artavazd Pelechian delivers an urgent work rooted in his own unique film idiom, using found footage sequences of volcanic eruptions, floods, and windstorms to shake us from the illusion that humanity can control nature. FR SU WE FR
19 21 24 26
17:30 10:00 21:30 15:00
Las cercanas María Alvarez Argentina, 2021, 81
Luminous
WP
Cleverly structured portrait of elderly twin sisters in Buenos Aires who used to form a duo of professional pianists. Their artistic career brought fame and the world lay at their feet. In their small shared apartment, they look back on the glory years. TH SA SU TU SA
18 20 21 23 27
17:15 21:00 10:30 20:30 17:45
Tuschinski 2 Rialto VU 4 Munt 12 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 5
18 20 22 24 26 27
21:45 18:30 12:00 21:00 15:30 10:00
Rialto VU 4 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Munt 12 Munt 11 Tuschinski 2 Eye Cinema 1 Tomorrow’s Classics
Nosema
17:45 10:30 18:15 13:15
Frontlight
IP
Shorts Competition
Tuschinski 4 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Munt 10 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Japanese filmmaker Shin-ichi Ise traces the route taken by his father, a film editor who made propaganda films in Indonesia during the Second World War, when Japan claimed to liberate Asian countries from colonialism. Eyewitnesses tell their stories.
18:30 17:15 21:00 10:45
Munt 9 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Eye Cinema 2 Munt 13
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
O, Collecting Eggs Despite the Times WP
O, verzamelen van eieren in weerwil van de tijd Pim Zwier Netherlands, 2021, 80 A fascinating archive film about the oologist Max Schönwetter, who devoted his life to the study of birds’ eggs. He collected 19,206 beautiful specimens, from birds ranging from the tiny warbler to the rhea. In the meantime, WWII was looming.
MO MO WE TH FR SU
22 22 24 25 26 28
11:30 20:45 16:15 17:00 18:30 10:00
+ Talk
NPO IDFA Audience Award Winner
P&I
+ Talk
Best of Fests
Announcement of the NPO IDFA Audience Award 2021 winner, followed by a screening of the prize-winning film.
19 21 22 24
17:00 11:00 15:00 11:15
Kriterion 1 Munt 10 Munt 12 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
P&I
Best of Fests
Del otro lado Iván Guarnizo Colombia, Spain, 2021, 83
TH SU WE SU
18 21 24 28
21:15 21:15 14:45 10:15
Tuschinski 4 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Munt 9 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
Luminous, Focus: unConscious Bias
On the Zenith’s Edge
Sur le fil du zénith Natyvel Pontalier France, Belgium, Gabon, 2021, 55
WP
“Who were we before we were discovered?” wonders filmmaker Natyvel Pontalier aloud. After centuries of colonization, the time has come to rediscover the culture of her Gabonese forebears. 20 21 22 24 25
20:15 11:00 21:00 18:45 14:00
Munt 12 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 5 Munt 10 Podium Mozaïek
On Three Posters
Rabih Mroué Lebanon, 2004, 18
An analysis of three video takes in which Jamal Salti, a resistance fighter against the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon (1982 - 2000), rehearsed his video testimony, shortly before committing a suicide operation in 1985. SU 21 15:15 Munt 9 FR 26 14:30 Tuschinski 6
Film student Paloma Orlandini Castro revisits the images and words that tell the history of her sexual awakening. Making her own pornographic drawings opens up space for experimentation and ambiguity. FR SU MO WE
Tuschinski 5 Munt 12 De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 13 Tuschinski 3
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Tuschinski 3 Munt 11 Tuschinski 4 Kriterion 1 Eye Cinema 2 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
Ob Scene
16:00 21:15 14:30 16:45 14:00
On the Other Side
SA SU MO WE TH
Ob Scena Paloma Orlandini Castro Argentina, 2021, 18
Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award
FR 26 18:15 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
21 23 24 27
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film and the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award
Shin-ichi Ise Japan, 2021, 89
Tuschinski 4 Rialto VU 4 De Balie Grote Zaal Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
SU TU WE SA
21 22 24 26 28
How to bridge the gap between perpetrator and victim? Filmmaker Iván Guarnizo attempts to do just that in this harrowing reconstruction of his mother’s kidnapping by the Colombian guerrilla movement FARC.
Envision Competition
Focus: unConscious Bias, Luminous
20:15 14:00 20:30 21:15
Munt 9 Tuschinski 3 Munt 12 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
Churchill, Manitoba is a famous destination for photographing polar bears. But how do they experience the attention? Beautifully composed shots assume a bear’s perspective as it navigates a suspenseful obstacle course of human activity.
Now Is the Past – My Father, Java & the Phantom Films IP
20 21 23 26
13:45 21:30 15:00 18:00
SU MO WE FR SU
IP Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden Canada, 2021, 15
They had already fled their Turkish mountain village several times, but the Assyrian couple Hürmüz and Şimuni Diril kept coming back to resume their lives. Filmmaker Etna Özbek followed them three months before they vanished without a trace. 19 21 22 28
19 21 23 27
Envision Competition
WP
The aftermath of the explosion that took place at the Port of Beirut in August 2020 is revealed in quiet stillness, from the destroyed buildings and the despair of local residents to the cautious first sounds of reconstruction.
A personal, first-hand account of the struggle of the Maxakali, a small group of indigenous people in Brazil. Although driven from their land, they keep the stories of their ancestors alive. FR SU TU SA
Octopus
Karim Kassem Lebanon, Qatar, United States, 2021, 64
Nũhũ yãg mũ yõg hãm: Essa terra é nossa! Isael Maxakali, Sueli Maxakali, Carolina Canguçu, Roberto Romero Brazil, 2020, 70
Nuisance Bear
Etna Ozbek Turkey, 2021, 32
FR SU MO SU
Nũhũ yãg mũ yõg hãm: This Land Is Our Land!
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
SA 20 10:00 Eye Cinema 2 TH 25 17:30 Eye Cinema 2
SA SU TU FR
Tuschinski 1 Eye Cinema 1 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Eye Cinema 1
Near and Dear
Best of Fests
Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award TH SA MO WE FR SA
Our Ark
Best of Fests
That which is kept, named, and shown is what matters. A dazzling historical essay by the pioneer of lesbian experimental cinema Barbara Hammer, about hidden visual histories and the importance of being seen. P&I
Name of the Game
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Nitrate Kisses
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature 20 23 25 26 28
Munt 10 Tuschinski 2 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 3
Barbara Hammer United States, 1992, 67
A basement in Belgrade, the only remnant of a 1961 plan to build a grand Museum of the Revolution as a tribute to Socialist Yugoslavia, now houses the outcasts of Serbian society.
SA TU TH FR SU
17:30 15:30 20:30 19:00
An Indian film student writes letters to her forbidden lover. Her pain, dreams, and observations about the changing political climate reflect those of many of her fellow students. Fact and fiction intertwine in this Cannes award-winning film. P&I
Museum of the Revolution WP
20 22 25 27
Payal Kapadia France, India, 2021, 97
Singing even a peaceful song can unleash a revolution. Lithuanian politician Vytautas Landsbergis looks back on his country’s independence struggle in this captivating masterclass on the collapse of the Soviet Union by the great chronicler Sergei Loznitsa. SA SA TU SA
WP
A grandson of colonists in the Belgian Congo wants to know what life there was really like—behind the photos, letters, and films of his grandparents. As it turns out, this is a hopeless task. Silence and looking the other way were the essence of colonial life.
A monumental portrait of a teacher whose students learn far more than the standard curriculum: the capacity for self-reflection, how to build self-confidence, and the musical skills for a shaky but heartwarming rendition of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” TH SA TH SA
Shorts Competition, Focus: unConscious Bias
Nelly’s Memory
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Shorts Shorts
Envision Competition
One Take Grace
Lindiwe Matshikiza South Africa, 2021, 90
IP
Life has been hard for South African domestic worker Mothiba Grace Bapela, and she’s lived it in service to others. In between, she pursued a career as an actor. A poignant portrait of social inequality and the oppression of women. Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature SU SU WE FR SA
21 21 24 26 27
10:30 19:30 20:30 11:00 18:15
Tuschinski 3 Munt 12 De Balie Grote Zaal Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 6
P&I + Talk
97
Prince of Muck
Luminous
IP
Cindy Jansen Netherlands, United Kingdom, 2021, 75 A warm, observational portrait of Lawrence MacEwen, an amiable figure who for several decades ran the picturesque Scottish island of Muck. Now that he’s stepping aside for the next generation, his thoughts turn to the past. SA SU TU SU
Prosopagnosia International Competition
Masters
A People’s Radio – Ballads from a Wooded Country
九樓日記 Qinyuan Lei Germany, China, 2021, 75
Kansanradio – Runonlaulajien maa Virpi Suutari Finland, 2021, 27
Two young sisters spend most of their time at an electronics market in Shenzhen. Their gaze transforms the impersonal world of electronics into a universe full of ghosts and monsters.
An array of images of summery Finnish landscapes, in the city as well as the countryside, accompany cries from the heart from various listeners to a popular radio program, offering insights into the Finnish soul.
22 23 25 26 28
14:45 18:15 16:30 18:00 10:00
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P&I + Talk
Shorts Competition, Focus: The Future Tense
Our Ark IP Deniz Tortum, Kathryn Hamilton Netherlands, United States, 2021, 13
Artavazd Pelechian
The 20th century, characterized by a relentless race to go ever higher, further, and faster. Our compulsion for technological achievement is condensed into a stunning anthology of humankind’s rises and falls. SA 20 11:30 Eye Cinema 1 TH 25 14:30 Eye Cinema 2
Shorts Shorts
Best of Fests
Rami Farah Denmark, France, Palestine, 2021, 90 Nearly 10 years after the start of the Syrian revolution, three Syrian citizen journalists come together at a theatre in Paris. There they are confronted with their own videos from this period, bringing suppressed memories to the surface. 20 22 25 27
21:30 12:00 14:30 16:00
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Munt 10 De Balie Grote Zaal Tuschinski 3
The Painter
Masters
98
17:30 21:00 11:45 13:15
Munt 13 Eye Cinema 2 Munt 12 Tuschinski 5
Kriterion 1 Munt 10 Munt 12 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors Denmark, Sweden, France, Belgium, 2021, 74
Perfumed Nightmare
TH 18 15:00 Munt 11 SA 20 21:30 Tuschinski 5 SU 21 11:15 Munt 11
Yohan Guignard France, 2021, 30
Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
IP Mourad Bncr, Sean Caruso Canada, 2020, 5
To the electronic sounds of the music project [indistinct voices over PA], a self-learning algorithm creates an endless morph of imaginary cityscapes in 360 degrees, like the fever dreams of an alternative intelligence.
Shorts Competition
EP
20:45 11:30 20:30 17:15
Munt 10 Tuschinski 4 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 5
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Frontlight
FR FR SA MO TH SA
Retratos del futuro Virna Molina Argentina, 2021, 88
WP
SA SU TU WE SA
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12:45 18:00 17:00 15:30 21:30
Tuschinski 6 Eye Cinema 2 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 6
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12:30 16:30 11:00 15:00 21:30 19:00
Tuschinski 3 P&I Munt 13 Carré IDFA Hit Ketelhuis Zaal 1 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Podium Mozaïek
Reconciliation
Best of Fests
Odpuščanje Marija Zidar Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, 2021, 82
An 18-year-old girl is shot dead in the remote highlands of Albania, the victim of a bitter family feud. Her grieving father is pressured from different sides to break the cycle of violence.
A creative and futuristic visual essay in which the Argentinian director, trapped at home during lockdown, connects social issues with a personal investigation of the past and future of her generation. P&I
An observational film about the meat industry in Quebec, where asylum seekers, mainly from Latin America, process a vast herd of livestock into meat. What is life like at various points along this chain? FR FR SA TU FR SU
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15:00 20:30 14:30 20:30 18:00 13:15
Tuschinski 3 Munt 12 De Balie Grote Zaal Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Munt 9
P&I + Talk
Returning to Reims (Fragments)
Retours à Reims (Fragments) Jean-Gabriel Périot France, 2021, 83 Archive material and film fragments tell the history of the French working class from the 1950s to today. Woefully little has changed, except that the former Communists are now voting in large numbers for Front National party.
Revolution of Our Times
19 20 22 23
Rabih Mroué reframes and recontextualizes a selection of found videos of clashes and confrontations, shot and posted on the internet by Syrian insurgents, highlighting the fragility of the human body and popular technology in the reality of war. Shorts Shorts
Ressources Hubert Caron-Guay, Serge-Olivier Rondeau Canada, 2021, 99
FR SA MO TU
The Pixelated Revolution
SU 21 15:15 Munt 9 FR 26 14:30 Tuschinski 6
Frontlight
IP
TH TU WE FR
We follow Extinction Rebellion from its launch in 2018, as the movement calls for radical action on the climate emergency. Clashing with the authorities forms part of the strategy, but the members’ diverse backgrounds also cause internal collisions.
Rabih Mroué Lebanon, Germany, 2012, 22
P&I
An award-winning short film shot entirely from the passenger seat, about a police officer patrolling an Oklahoma City suburb. A multifaceted portrait of a man scarred by his work for the police force.
WP Maia Kenworthy, Elena Sánchez Bellot United Kingdom, 2021, 92
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Munt 11 Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 2 Munt 12 Rialto VU 4
Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award
Rebellion
Screening in DocLab Live: Elastic Presence SU 21 20:30 ARTIS-Planetarium
17:30 18:00 12:30 20:15 14:15
Masters, Focus: unConscious Bias
Three parents of school shooters speak candidly and movingly about their lives after the horrific and incomprehensible act of their child. How do you say sorry to the parents of dead classmates?
Random Patrol
21 22 23 25 27
Resources
Best of Fests
Focus: The Future Tense
Pieced
17:00 11:00 15:00 11:15
Lovable Czech criminal René became a cause celebre in his home country, following the release in 2008 of a prize-winning documentary about his life inside and outside prison. In this sequel, he’s still struggling to get his life on track.
Shorts Competition
Filmmaker Steven Fraser lives with prosopagnosia, otherwise known as “face blindness,” which means he can’t remember or recognize faces. In this DIY film he uses animation to convey what this means to him. 19 21 22 24
Helena Třeštíková Czech Republic, 2021, 102
SU MO TU TH SA
Raising a School Shooter
Tuschinski 6 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 6 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
Portraits of the Future
Actor Ben Becker plays the German painter Albert Oehlen, directed by Oehlen himself. With visible enjoyment, the resulting docufiction creates confusion about authorship, the myth of the genius artist, and the line between irony and authenticity. 18 20 23 28
21:00 17:00 21:00 13:00
Envision Competition, Focus: The Future Tense
Der Maler Oliver Hirschbiegel Germany, Switzerland, 2021, 95
TH SA TU SU
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TU 23 18:00 Eye Cinema 2 FR 26 12:30 Eye Cinema 2
Mer dare Artavazd Pelechian Armenia, 1990, 30
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SA SU TU SU
A Filipino jeepney driver wants to become an astronaut in America in this groundbreaking feature film, a fusion of comedy and social criticism that was ahead of its time in its dismantling of imperialism, post-colonialism, and consumerist society.
SU 21 18:45 Munt 13 TU 23 20:30 Tuschinski 3 TH 25 12:45 Munt 13
Our Memory Belongs to Us
Eye Cinema 2 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Tuschinski 5
IP Steven Fraser United Kingdom, 2021, 11
FR SU MO WE
Mababangong bangungot Kidlat Tahimik Philippines, Germany, 1977, 94
Now that it’s technologically possible, we are trying to record virtually our entire world. In this video essay, Deniz Tortum and Kathryn Hamilton ask complex philosophical questions that are easily overlooked as developments hurtle ever onwards.
Our Century
18:30 18:00 12:30 16:15
Prosopagnosia
The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost WP
MO TU TH FR SU
20 21 23 28
Masters
René – The Prisoner of Freedom WP
FR SU WE FR
19 21 24 26
21:30 18:30 17:00 11:00
Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal De Balie Grote Zaal Tuschinski 5
18 23 24 26
18:30 17:00 20:30 12:15
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Eye Cinema 1 Munt 13 Tuschinski 4 Best of Fests
Kiwi Chow Hong Kong, United Kingdom, 2021, 152
An in-depth visual reportage on mass protests escalating in Hong Kong. The increasingly embittered battle brings heartbreak and despair, but also a powerful sense of fellowship among everyone from teens to seniors. TH FR SU FR SU
18 19 21 26 28
12:30 21:00 10:00 19:30 15:00
Munt 10 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Rialto VU 4 Munt 13 De Balie Grote Zaal
A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces
Paradocs
Shengze Zhu United States, 2021, 87
Along the banks of the Yangtze River lies Wuhan, a city that’s in constant motion. But in the calmer depths beneath the bustling surface, memories of halted lives linger. FR SU WE SA
19 21 24 27
18:00 21:30 15:30 12:45
Saravá
Rialto VU 4 Munt 9 Kriterion 1 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
Pedro Rodolpho Ramos Germany, Brazil, 2021, 16 A soundscape of voices, sounds, and noises of nature generate abstract visualizations, creating audiovisual music in a meditative dome film that merges multiple languages under a single roof. Screening in DocLab Live: Elastic Presence SU 21 20:30 ARTIS-Planetarium
Best of Fests
Searchers
Shoot from the Heart
Masters
Pacho Velez United States, 2021, 81
Alan Barker, Joan Churchill United States, 2021, 26
Heartfelt, poignant, and humorous stories from single New Yorkers aged 20 to 90. We watch as they arrange dates online and share their struggle to answer the big questions like “What is love?” and “What am I actually looking for?”
A rollicking evening with renowned filmmakers Haskell Wexler, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus—as seen through the lens of Joan Churchill—is at the core of this portrait of Wexler, whose life as a cinematographer and activist were inextricably connected.
TH SA MO TH
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12:00 18:00 13:15 21:00
Munt 11 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Munt 9 Rialto VU 4
TU WE FR SA
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Artavazd Pelechian
Seasons of the Year
Highly personal and expressive films about the power and vulnerability of the human body. This compilation program includes: Ob Scene, Sine die, Prosopagnosia and Crotch Stories.
A reclusive community in the Armenian Highlands demonstrates the pure art of survival over the course of the four seasons. A stunningly beautiful, bittersweet symphony of human existence. Shorts Shorts
IDFA on Stage
Seek Bromance
WP
Samira Elagoz Netherlands, Finland, 2021, 210
FR SU MO WE
19 21 22 24
17:00 11:00 15:00 11:15
Kriterion 1 Munt 10 Munt 12 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Artavazd Pelechian
Shorts: Artavazd Pelechian
Three films by Armenian filmmaker Artavazd Pelechian, to whom IDFA is presenting the Lifetime Achievement Award this year. This compilation program includes: We, Seasons of the Year and Our Century.
A romance between two transmasculines who met during the pandemic. Through the deserts of Vegas and LA, far from other people, with just a car, some cash, and a supply of testosterone, they expose the integral dynamics of masculinity and femininity.
SA 20 11:30 Eye Cinema 1 TH 25 14:30 Eye Cinema 2 Shorts Competition
WE 24 19:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal TH 25 19:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Semiotic Plastic
Shorts Competition, Best of Fests
Shorts: Being Tamed
Best of Fests
Plastic Semiotic Radu Jude Romania, 2021, 22
The relationship between humans and animals is beautifully portrayed in this selection of short films. They ask the question: Who tames whom? This compilation program includes: Nuisance Bear, Adjusting and Herd.
Human existence imitated by plastic toys. Striking and witty, but often also rather sinister tableaux vivants lead us from birth to death, with every recognizable banality of human life along the way.
SU TU WE SA
TH SA WE TH
Shorts: Existential Routes
18 20 24 25
19:00 12:00 21:15 12:00
Eye Cinema 2 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 3
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Semiotics of the Kitchen Martha Rosler United States, 1975, 7
Best of Fests
Shabu
Youth Competition
Tuschinski 5 Munt 11 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Tuschinski 4
Munt 10 Tuschinski 4 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 5
Each of the filmmakers included in this moving selection of short films seeks to get closer to their family members, in an attempt to better understand each other. This compilation program includes: Wolf Whispers, Close to You and Love, Dad. 24 25 26 28
20:00 18:00 14:15 16:00
Munt 12 Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 3 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Experimental reflections on play expose the performativity and laws of modern life. Each of the filmmakers pushes boundaries in this selection of expressive, challenging, and hybrid short films. This compilation program includes: The Grannies, Constrain, Semiotic Plastic and Gangnam Beauty.
Rialto VU 4 Tuschinski 5 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Tuschinski 5
TH SA WE TH
18 20 24 25
19:00 12:00 21:15 12:00
Eye Cinema 2 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 3
Shorts Competition, Masters, Best of Fests
Shorts: Remnants
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film 17:00 14:30 21:00 15:15 13:15
20:45 11:30 20:30 17:15
Shorts Competition, Paradocs, Best of Fests
When 14-year-old Shabu wrecks his grandmother’s car on a joyride, he has to work all summer to repair the damage—both to the car and to the family ties. Meanwhile, more enticing things beckon, such as making music, for which he has big plans.
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Shorts: Playgrounds
WP Shamira Raphaëla Netherlands, Belgium, 2021, 75
FR SA MO TU TH
The protagonists in these gripping short films try to find their way in life and seek answers to life’s big questions. This compilation program includes: Random Patrol, Letter from Eusapia and Survive.
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A humourous portrait of a group of contestants in what they themselves call “the Olympics of table setting.” They devote all their time, creativity, and money to this annual competition in Orange County. Who will win the coveted ribbon? 18:30 19:15 14:00 14:00 10:30
Munt 9 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Eye Cinema 2 Munt 13
Shorts Competition, Luminous, Best of Fests
Scott Gawlik United States, 2021, 105
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18:30 17:15 21:00 10:45
Shorts: Family Ties
SA 20 10:00 Eye Cinema 2 TH 25 17:30 Eye Cinema 2
TH FR MO FR SA
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Shorts Competition
FR SA MO TU
A woman at a kitchen counter, Martha Rosler guides us through the kitchen from A to Z, giving a whole new layer of meaning to frying pans, measuring spoons, and an ice pick. Feminist video art as a parody of cooking shows.
Set!
Skin
Shorts: Anatomies
Vremena goda Artavazd Pelechian Armenia, 1975, 29
SA 20 11:30 Eye Cinema 1 TH 25 14:30 Eye Cinema 2
Munt 9 Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 6 De Balie Grote Zaal
P&I
Frontlight
Shorts: Stranded
Urgent and moving charges against the inhuman treatment of refugees in various continents and the failing systems that sustain these circumstances. This compilation program includes: The Great Abandonment, When We Were Them and The Facility. TU TH FR SA
23 25 26 27
20:30 15:30 11:30 15:45
Munt 10 Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 6 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Shorts: Top 10
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
In this compilation you will see three films selected by Guest of Honor Hito Steyerl: The Pixelated Revolution, On Three Posters and Letter to a Refusing Pilot. SU 21 15:15 Munt 9 FR 26 14:30 Tuschinski 6 Shorts Competition, Best of Fests
Shorts: Traumata
The main characters of these candid short films try to come to terms with their trauma, suffering, and loss in the aftermath of major events. This compilation program includes: Five Scenes from the War in Afghanistan as They Appear in East Sussex, In Flow of Words and Contents Inventory. SU TU TH SA
21 23 25 27
20:30 18:00 17:30 18:30
Kriterion 1 Munt 9 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Frontlight
Munt 12 Tuschinski 3 Podium Mozaïek Tuschinski 6
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Munt 10 De Balie Grote Zaal Tuschinski 5 Shorts Competition
WP Camila Moreiras Spain, 2021, 15
The beautiful landscapes in these poetic films bear enigmatic memories of times past. This compilation program includes: 2 Pasolini, Galb’Echaouf, Kalsubai and Bancal. SA SU TH SA
FR SU MO WE
17:00 13:15 11:15 21:15
Munt 12 Munt 12 Tuschinski 5 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
19 21 22 24
17:00 11:00 15:00 11:15
Kriterion 1 Munt 10 Munt 12 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Song to Bergslagen
Sång till Bergslagen Nina Hedenius, William Long Sweden, 2021, 111
P&I
+ Talk
Masters
IP
Against the backdrop of the passing seasons, this film observes the iron-ore region of Bergslagen, Sweden, where old ways of life are disappearing and an as-yet unformed future is emerging. SA SU MO TH SA
20 21 22 25 27
16:15 18:15 19:15 10:00 17:00
Tuschinski 5 Tuschinski 5 Munt 13 Tuschinski 1 De Balie Grote Zaal
P&I
Special Screening
A stunning recording of a live performance by Lou Reed and John Cale of their Songs for Drella album in 1990. In a strippeddown stage setting, their homage to Andy Warhol’s life becomes a narrative in image, verse, and music.
WP
An atmospheric, spooky and strangely comforting live cinema performance with a variety of artists. With words, images and music these ghost stories explore the space between the earthly and the intangible. An evening of therapeutic haunting.
Focus: The Future Tense
State of Dogs
Nohoi oron Peter Brosens, Turmunkh Dorjkhand Belgium, Mongolia, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, 1998, 88
The soul of the stray dog Baasar is free to roam in this poetic travelogue played out around the smoky cities and untamed steppes of Mongolia. Music, myth, social commentary, and philosophical reflections all blend together in this singular film. TH 18 11:30 Eye Cinema 1 SU 21 14:00 Eye Cinema 2
There’s plutonium buried beneath the village of Palomares in southern Spain, and it’s still radioactive. The landscape and the director’s own body come together in parallel stories, shot on celluloid, about recovery and survival.
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Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 6 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 6 De Appel Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
TH 18 21:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal FR 19 21:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
A carefully composed portrait of the journalist Elías Barahona, also known as “the Mole.” In the mid-1970s, he risked his life by infiltrating the repressive regime running Guatemala and succeeded in saving many lives.
Sine die
19:45 21:00 17:00 21:00 20:00 13:00
Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher United States, 2021, 70
Anaïs Taracena Guatemala, 2021, 92
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IDFA on Stage
Best of Fests
19 21 23 26
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Spectral Transmissions
The Silence of the Mole
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The walls in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte are inundated with painted pictures and words: from stunning murals to oldschool graffiti, and from enigmatic cries from the heart to furious cursing.
WE 24 20:30 Eye Cinema 1
A lively assemblage of fiction, animation, and YouTube videos about imperialism and the diffuse South African identity, in which five film students in Johannesburg examine their personal relationship with the national anthem. 19:30 11:00 16:00 18:15
Pele Marcos Pimentel Brazil, 2021, 75
Ed Lachman United States, 1990, 60
EP Luke Johnstone, Tsogo Kupa, Djibril Cullis, Matthijs Vuijk, Alex Sono South Africa, 2020, 18
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Envision Competition
WP
Songs for Drella
Sikelela Tapes
SU FR SA SA
Skin
+ Talk
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
99
Luminous, Focus: The Future Tense
Tonight’s Homework
WP
Mashgh-e emshab Ashkan Nejati, Mehran Nematollahi Iran, 2021, 78
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21:00 15:00 15:15 10:30
Travesti Odyssey The Still Side
Focus: The Future Tense
El lado quieto, Miko Revereza, Carolina Fusilier Philippines, Argentina, 2021, 70
Salomé Jashi Switzerland, Germany, Georgia, 2021, 92
An abandoned vacation resort is slowly being taken over by nature. Where once cruise ships moored and families enjoyed themselves, now there is decay and dereliction. A poetic documentary that looks back on progress. TH SU TU TH
18 21 23 25
13:00 18:45 12:00 15:30
Taming the Garden
Best of Fests
+ Talk
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Stories of Destroyed Cities
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21:15 10:00 15:00 10:00 10:00
IDFA on Stage
Courtney Stephens United States, 2021, 63
Reality and fiction blend in stories of the destruction and reconstruction of three cities in the autonomous region of Rojava in Syria, recaptured by Kurdish fighters from IS. Will things ever be the way they were before?
Stunningly beautiful found footage edited from the amateur films of women who traveled the world in the first half of the 20th century. Filmmaker Courtney Stephens will perform her accompanying narration live, in the style of an illustrated travel lecture.
SA 20 15:15 Munt 9 FR 26 17:15 Tuschinski 3
Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award
Shorts Competition
21:00 20:45 11:30 20:30 17:15
Kriterion 1 Munt 10 Tuschinski 4 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 5
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
International Competition
Taamaden WP Seydou Cissé Mali, Cameroon, South Africa, Belgium, France, 2021, 84
100
19:00 18:00 12:45 14:15 20:30
Tuschinski 5 Tuschinski 2 Tuschinski 4 Kriterion 1 De Balie Grote Zaal
10:00 20:30 21:15 15:30 17:15 16:00
Tuschinski 5 Munt 11 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Eye Cinema 2 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Munt 11
Three Minutes – A Lengthening
In found vacation footage from 1938, the Jewish residents of a Polish village wave cheerfully at the camera. Who were they? Bianca Stigter’s quest for answers postpones their inevitable fate, creating a cinematic Holocaust memorial.
P&I + Talk
19 20 24 24 27
18:00 18:30 21:00 21:00 10:30
Queer Day P&I
Frontlight
19 20 23 25 27
18:00 18:00 18:30 14:00 10:45
Tuschinski 6 Carré Tuschinski 2 Tuschinski 1 Ketelhuis Zaal 1
P&I IDFA Hit
Best of Fests
Trenches
Tranchées Loup Bureau France, 2021, 85
P&I
Film debut of war journalist Loup Bureau, who in aesthetic black-and-white perfectly captures how young Ukrainian soldiers experience the war in the Donbas region. Sometimes there’s gunfire, but there’s also downtime, resignation, and domesticity. TH SA SU WE SA
18 20 21 24 27
12:00 17:45 18:00 17:30 21:00
Tuschinski 6 De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 10 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Tuschinski 5
Best of Fests
Bianca Stigter Netherlands, United Kingdom, 2021, 69
FR SA WE WE SA
Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature 20 21 22 25 27
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Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award
Faith, hope and harsh reality: Taamaden is an original story about the everyday lives of West African immigrants and their ties with mystical and religious fortune tellers— African occultism reaches to Europe via the smartphone.
SA SU MO TH SA
The Treasures of Crimea WP
FR SA TU TH SA
Understated, poetic portrait of a Burmese couple who drill oil from the ground by hand. They hope this grueling work will yield them enough money to give their children a better future. SU SU TU WE FR SU
Burnt-out twentysomething Leon is struggling in a residential rehab clinic. His father Hans-Joachim, by contrast, is brimming with zest for life—in fact, this landscape artist is planning to live forever, as a “homo digitalis.” 18 19 20 22 23
Tuschinski 4 Eye Cinema 1 Tuschinski 5 Munt 11 Tuschinski 6
Amsterdam’s Allard Pierson Museum inadvertently finds itself involved in an international wrangle over a loaned collection of art. This multifaceted reconstruction sheds light on the affair from every angle: political, legal, and emotional.
A Thousand Fires IP Saeed Taji Farouky France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Palestine, 2021, 90
FR 26 21:30 Tuschinski 2 SA 27 17:30 Eye Cinema 1 SU 28 10:30 Munt 13
TH FR SA MO TU
20:15 11:30 14:00 18:00 15:15
International Competition
Attend an extra screening of a film that was a resounding success during the festival.
Survive IP Überleben Lara Milena Brose, Kilian Armando Friedrich Germany, 2021, 30
19 22 23 25 27
De schatten van de Krim Oeke Hoogendijk Netherlands, 2021, 82
TH 18 18:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal FR 19 18:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Surprise Screenings
FR MO TU TH SA
Eye Cinema 1 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Tuschinski 1 Tuschinski Online Cinema Tuschinski 2
International Competition
Turn Your Body to the Sun WP
Aliona van der Horst Netherlands, 2021, 93
The powerful story of a Soviet soldier who was a prisoner of war during the Second World War and afterwards sent to a gulag. His daughter never got to hear the whole story. Archive footage and personal sources evoke the past in subtle but potent ways. Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film and the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award FR SA SU TU TH SU
19 20 21 23 25 28
10:00 21:00 17:00 21:30 18:00 13:00
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18:30 17:45 17:15 20:45
Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 2 De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 9 Shorts Competition
Two-Spirit
WP Mónica Taboada-Tapia Colombia, 2021, 16 A transgender woman in a small indigenous community in Colombia, Georgina counters the hostility directed at her with the words, “I have only love.” SA SU WE SA
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15:30 21:15 18:30 13:00
Eye Cinema 2 Munt 10 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Tuschinski 3 Luminous
Ultraviolette and the Blood-Spitters Gang WP
Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award
Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Tuschinski 1 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Eye Cinema 1 Tomorrow’s Classics Tuschinski 1 Vriendenvoorstelling
Terra Femme
Çîroka bajarên wêrankirî Sêro Hindê Syria, 2016, 78
Travesía Travesti Nicolas Videla Chile, Argentina, 2021, 96
Luminous
IP
The last ever performance of the highly entertaining activist transvestite show Cabaret Travesía Travesti, in October 2019, coincided with the Chilean uprising. Filmmaker Nicolás Videla was part of this vibrant troupe. Why did they stop performing?
Dozens of rare and ancient trees are transported across Georgia, destined for the private botanical garden of the country’s former prime minister. In absurd scenes, we see an operation that takes away the soul and oxygen from a powerless population.
Eye Cinema 2 Munt 13 Eye Cinema 2 Munt 9
SA MO TH FR
Munt 10 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Tuschinski 4 Tuschinski 5
Two-Spirit
Yael Bartana Germany, Netherlands, 2021, 47
Might female leaders be able to turn the tide in these times, when the world is in danger of being obliterated by hotheaded men? It’s a question that is gaining ever more complex layers in this tantalizing blend of fiction and political debate.
Repeating the questions that Abbas Kiarostami put to school children in Homework (1989), this film provides an indirect portrait of contemporary Iran, where poverty, illiteracy, and emotional neglect are more pressing issues than schoolwork. MO WE FR SU
Paradocs, Focus: The Future Tense
Two Minutes to Midnight
Tuschinski 6 P&I Munt 11 Rialto VU 4 Tuschinski 2 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Tuschinski 1 Vriendenvoorstelling
Ultraviolette et le gang des cracheuses de sang Robin Hunzinger France, 2021, 74
The passionate letters that a girl called Marcelle wrote to her childhood sweetheart from a sanatorium during the interwar period evoke the image of a rebel, way ahead of her time, who goes her own way with a group of kindred spirits. Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award SA SU WE SA
20 21 24 27
15:30 21:15 18:30 13:00
Eye Cinema 2 Munt 10 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Tuschinski 3 Best of Fests
Users
Natalia Almada United States, 2021, 81 When machines can do everything better than we can, will our children love their perfect devices more than their imperfect parents? This visual essay, winner of the U.S. Documentary Directing Award at Sundance, poses exciting, topical questions. TH MO TU WE FR
18 22 23 24 26
14:15 17:30 21:00 12:30 18:00
Vedette
Eye Cinema 1 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 Eye Cinema 2 Tuschinski 4 Rialto VU 4 International Competition
EP Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard France, 2021, 100 A year in the life of Vedette, a cow with a feisty personality who has to face the agonizing truth that she’s no longer Queen of the Swiss Alps. An affectionate documentary about aging that offers an alternate perspective on animals. FR SA SA MO TH SA
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20:30 10:00 10:30 15:45 18:00 20:15
Eye Cinema 1 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Tuschinski 5 Tuschinski 4 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Munt 12
The Velvet Queen
P&I
Best of Fests
La panthère des neiges Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier France, 2021, 92
In the harsh landscape of the Tibetan Highlands, two adventurers go in search of the rare snow leopard. A moving film about a breathtakingly magnificent wilderness, the animals that live in it, and humanity’s lowly position in this hierarchy. TH SU TU SU
18 21 23 28
18:00 21:00 16:45 15:00
Ketelhuis Zaal 1 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Tuschinski 1 Kriterion 1
+ Talk
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Videograms of a Revolution
мы Artavazd Pelechian Armenia, 1969, 26
Videogramme einer Revolution Harun Farocki, Andrei Ujica Germany, 1992, 107 How does a revolution come into being? From a meticulous analysis of amateur videos and Romanian state television footage, a reconstruction of the events leading up to Ceausescu’s removal and execution is distilled. FR 19 13:30 Munt 12 FR 26 15:30 Munt 10 Frontlight
WP Nadya Zaytseva Belarus, 2021, 45
17:30 11:15 20:00 20:15 17:15
Munt 12 Tuschinski 2 Rialto VU 4 Munt 9 De Balie Grote Zaal
The Voice of the People
WP
Tuschinski 2 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Kriterion 1 Munt 11
This VR film contrasts the depleted coal mines of the Ruhr region in Germany, which are now filling with water, with active coltan mines in DR Congo, revealing humanity’s ruthless exploitation of both the Earth and itself. Time slot by choice, regular ticket sales. FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 A Lab SU 28 11:00-18:00 A Lab Presentation in DocLab Live: Liminal Systems TU 23 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Youth Competition
Water, Wind, Dust, Bread
Ab, Bad, Khak, Nan Mahdi Zamanpour Kiasari Iran, 2021, 25
A colorful and tender observational film about the lives of Abolfazl and Setayesh, two children in rural Iran. By a twist of fate, they lead very different lives in the same idyllic oasis. FR 19 16:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 TU 23 16:00 Tuschinski 4 TH 25 11:30 Tuschinski 2
Nous Alice Diop France, 2021, 116
Danis Tanović, Damir Šagolj Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2021, 15
IP
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20:30 15:30 11:30 15:45
Munt 10 Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 6 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Ruslan Fedotow Belarus, Russia, 2021, 63 The imposing, theatrical corridors of the Moscow Metro form the backdrop to a continuous tragicomedy. Small incidents and conversations create a colorful picture of this underground society in miniature. Nominated for the IDFA Award for Best First Feature TH FR FR SA TU SU SU
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18:45 10:15 12:15 21:30 14:00 17:00 17:00
Tuschinski 4 Tuschinski 5 P&I DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Munt 13 Eye Cinema 1 + Talk Tuschinski 1 Vriendenvoorstelling Tuschinski Online Cinema
Wild Animal Animal salvatge Maria Besora Spain, 2021, 23
Youth Competition
IP
Three-year-old Janira lives on a goat farm. She has a speech delay and finds it hard to relate to her peers. But her love of nature and animals is infinite. And she doesn’t need words for these feelings. FR 19 14:00 Tuschinski 2 MO 22 11:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 WE 24 16:45 Munt 12
Wild Relatives
+ Talk
Tomorrow’s Classics
Pedro Figueiredo Neto, Ricardo Falcão Portugal, 2021, 84
“Since I was a child, my brother has been absent.” This is how the filmmaker describes her relationship with her autistic brother. In a sensitive, highly visual film she goes beyond the limitations of words to put herself in the world he experiences. WE TH FR SU
24 25 26 28
20:00 18:00 14:15 16:00
Best of Fests
Yoon
Munt 12 Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 3 Ketelhuis Zaal 2
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
Mbaye Sow works as a courier between his two home countries, Portugal and Senegal. In a station wagon packed with goods, he drives the thousands of miles up and down, tinkering with his dilapidated car and checking in with home. TH TU WE FR
18 23 24 26
20:45 11:00 17:30 13:30
Munt 9 Eye Cinema 1 Tuschinski 5 Podium Mozaïek Youth Competition
Focus: unConscious Bias
Words of Negroes
Paroles de nègres Sylvaine Dampierre France, Guadeloupe, 2020, 80
Employees at a sugar factory in Guadeloupe read out testimonies from the trial of a 19th-century slaveholder. Their words evoke uncomfortable parallels with the present day. TH SA SU WE FR
18 20 21 24 26
17:45 12:45 17:45 18:00 20:00
Tuschinski 3 Munt 13 Tuschinski 4 Tuschinski 3 Tuschinski 5 Best of Fests
Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas India, 2021, 94 In Uttar Pradesh, a local newspaper is run by women from the lowest caste, the Dalits—a unique situation in conservative India. Armed with courage, perseverance, and smartphones, they report on thorny issues. 18 20 21 23 26
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Youth documentaries about children and their outlook on life. This compilation program includes: Water, Wind, Dust, Bread, Mahalle’s School – Family Going Live, and The Communion of My Cousin Andrea. Three vibrant stories that will take us on a journey around the world in less than an hour. This program is English spoken or subtitled. FR 19 16:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 TU 23 16:00 Tuschinski 4 TH 25 11:30 Tuschinski 2 Youth Competition
Writing with Fire
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Youth: Big Little World
De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 12 Tuschinski 1 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal Munt 12
Youth: Firsthand
IP
Youth documentaries where children show us their lives. This compilation program includes: Buck Fever, Wild Animal, and Yaren and the Sun. Each film focuses on a young girl who shows us how vulnerability and resilience can go hand in hand. The films in this program are English spoken or subtitled. FR 19 14:00 Tuschinski 2 MO 22 11:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 WE 24 16:45 Munt 12
+ Talk
Hito Steyerl’s Top 10
Yama: Attack to Attack
Yama – Yararetara yarikaese Mitsuo Sato, Kyoichi Yamaoka Japan, 1985, 111
Day laborers in Tokyo rise up against the Japanese mafia and local politicians in protest of their miserable working conditions. Just three copies exist of this activist film, which cost both directors their lives.
Zinder
Best of Fests
Aicha Macky Niger, France, Germany, 2021, 84 Returning to her home city of Zinder in Niger, Aicha Macky shows how her young compatriots are faring there. A powerful, candid, and surprisingly hopeful glimpse into the world of the local gangs. FR SU MO WE FR
19 21 22 24 26
15:00 16:30 18:30 21:30 13:15
De Balie Grote Zaal Munt 12 Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal Rialto VU 4 Munt 13
Youth Competition
Yaren and the Sun
Yaren en de Zon Joren Slaets, Renate Raman Belgium, 2021, 19
TH 18 20:00 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal SA 20 11:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 WE 24 12:30 Eye Cinema 2
Shorts Competition
EP
MO 22 12:00 Eye Cinema 2 TH 25 20:00 Eye Cinema 2
Jumana Manna Lebanon, Norway, Germany, 2018, 64
Following the journey of a seed collection between the Arctic and the Middle East, a series of encounters uncovers tensions between state and individual, industrial and organic approaches to seed saving, climate change and biodiversity.
Alice Diop stops at stations along the RER B train route and meets a car mechanic, a district nurse, a writer, and a band of hunters. All these slices of life ultimately form a compelling whole—creating a possible ‘we’. Tuschinski 5 Munt 12 Eye Cinema 1 Munt 13 Rialto VU 4 Eye Cinema 1
Tuschinski 3 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 Munt 13 Munt 10 Podium Mozaïek
Focus: The Future Tense
Focus: unConscious Bias, Best of Fests
16:45 13:30 13:00 17:15 20:45 10:00
Murmures du loup Chloé Belloc France, 2020, 25
International Competition
WP Daniel Kötter Germany, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, 2021, 52
18 20 21 24 26 27
20:30 15:00 21:15 12:45 16:00
Wolf Whispers
Where Are We Headed WP
Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction
TH SA SU WE FR SA
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When We Were Them
TU TH FR SA
Water & Coltan
We
Wild Animal
A powerful indictment of the inhumane treatment of refugees in Bosnia. How can it be that people who in the recent past were themselves subjected to deadly hatred should now treat refugees as criminals?
Four MPs from the right-wing populist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) are followed for three years. A close look on their communication strategies gives insight into the realism of their claim that they’re just an ultra-conservative party. 20:30 15:00 14:00 18:30
Jide Tom Akinleminu Germany, 2021, 113
Frontlight
Volksverreter Andreas Wilcke Germany, Greece, 2021, 96
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Shorts Shorts
When a Farm Goes Aflame
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Frontlight
MO TH FR SA
SA 20 11:30 Eye Cinema 1 TH 25 14:30 Eye Cinema 2
A failed marriage, a return migration from Nigeria to Denmark, a husband with two families on two continents. Home videos, letter excerpts, and interviews tell the layered story of filmmaker Jide Tom Akinleminu’s mother.
A young woman on the run from the repressions in Belarus ends up in Saint Petersburg. Her story, told in an uninterrupted flow, offers a compelling picture of the aggression, absurdity, and threat of a dictatorship. 19 20 21 24 26
The breathing of Armenia is captured in a vibrant piece of cinema. Everything—religion, industry, nature, people—is connected in a cycle of creative and destructive forces.
Best of Fests
Voice
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Artavazd Pelechian
We
IDFA Meets + Talk
Ten-year-old Yaren was six when her mother died. Now she’s going to Missing You, a mourning camp for children. Here she gets the space she needs to share her grief with children in the same position, and above all to laugh and dance together. FR 19 14:00 Tuschinski 2 MO 22 11:30 Ketelhuis Zaal 2 WE 24 16:45 Munt 12
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NEW MEDIA & PERFORMANCE A-Z In addition to the �ilm program, IDFA also explores the boundaries of the documentary genre with interactive art, performance, and new media. Find an overview of all the installations, VR projects, and live events presented as part of IDFA DocLab, IDFA On Stage, and related projects from the �ilm program.
IDFA On Stage and DocLab: Live events Live cinema, documentary performance, digital theater, dome screenings, interactive theme-nights, and experiments in Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, Tuschinski, Eye, and the ARTIS Planetarium.
Exhibition in Tolhuistuin The main location of IDFA DocLab is Tolhuistuin. Experience a selection of the best new interactive documentaries, XR installations, and performances in and around the building. Entrance is free.
VR Gallery in A Lab The DocLab: VR Gallery is located in A Lab, a 1-minute walk from Tolhuistuin. With a ticket you get a 50-minute time slot to view VR projects of your choice.
Special Installations & VR Performances Limited spaces are available for some special installations and VR performances. Purchase a ticket in advance to ensure your spot. For ticket sales information see page 16 idfa.nl/doclab | idfa.nl/idfaonstage
Spectral Transmissions
Liminal Reality, Digital Storytelling
#AMiNORMAL
Mika Orr France, Israel, 2021, 96
WP
Liminal Reality, Digital Storytelling
Brainstream
WP Sérotonine anonyme Caroline Robert Canada, 2021, 20
A lighthearted web series taking a humorous and compassionate look at our desire to be seen as “normal.” Online interviews with people around the world explore the boundary between normal and deviant behavior.
In this interactive animation, you give a stranger a virtual brain massage. This intimate act evokes a stream of emotions and memories, and offers an original glimpse into the workings of the brain.
On show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin
On show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin
Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction, IDFA on Stage
Presentation in DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies MO 22 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Artificial Awakening Jakob la Cour Denmark, Austria, 2021, 20
IP
In this immersive VR performance, you are invited on a participatory tour into the virtual universe of a spiritually awakened artificial intelligence. An intimate ceremony, led by a virtually present performer, carries you to this mystical hyperspace. Time slot by choice, regular ticket sales. Special VR Performance FR 19 to SU 21 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin
Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
Camille & Ulysse
Diana Toucedo France, Spain, 2021, 46
EP
The art of storytelling melds with science fiction, biology, and linguistics to explore the symbiosis between humans and non-humans. An experimental essay in the form of a narrative duet told by philosophers Vinciane Despret and Donna Haraway. Screening in DocLab Live: Beyond the Cyborg Manifesto TU 23 15:30 Eye Cinema 2 Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction
The Choice
IP
Joanne Popińska Canada, Poland, 2021, 25
In this interactive VR experience, you talk to Kristen about her choice to have an abortion and the painful attempts by the health care system in her home state of Texas to deprive her of that choice. Part of DocLab: VR Gallery FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 A Lab SU 28 11:00-18:00 A Lab
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Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction
The City Was Asleep and It Had a Dream WP ეძინა ქალაქს და ხედავდა სიზმარს Mariam Natroshvili, Detu Jincharadze Georgia, 2021, 20
A virtual tour shows how the city of Tbilisi has changed since the end of the Soviet Union. The old communist architecture is being overrun by new neoliberal construction projects. The clash of two ideological systems is giving birth to a new city. Part of DocLab: VR Gallery FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 A Lab SU 28 11:00-18:00 A Lab Presentation in DocLab Live: Elastic Presence SU 21 20:30 ARTIS-Planetarium Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
The Cycle Club: A 10-Day Hormone Safari WP Maandverbond Eefje Suijkerbuijk Netherlands, 2021, interactive
A taboo-breaking, ten-day crash course on the monthly hormone cycle and the biology behind it. In a Telegram “hormone safari,” the hosts dive into this wonderful world, talking to people about their experiences, and including input from gynecologists. Join via vpro.nl/cycleclub and start on 20 November Presentation in DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies MO 22 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction
Diagnosia
WP Mengtai Zhang, Lemon Guo United States, 2021, 30
In China, internet gaming is described as “electronic heroin” and many parents of suspected internet addicts send them to re-education camps. One of them was the director of this VR experience that places you at the center of his haunting experiences. As part of the VR Gallery (time slot by choice, regular ticket sales) and on show at the Exhibition: Liminal Reality (free on location). Part of DocLab: VR Gallery FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 A Lab SU 28 11:00-18:00 A Lab Also on show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin Presentation in DocLab Live: Gaming Reality SA 20 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction
Disarmed
WP Alexandra Barancova, Jae Perris, Luna Maurer, Roel Wouters Netherlands, 2021, 10 An interactive and playful VR experience about the fascinating relationship between our body and games. The visitors’ own arms and hands become part of a virtual sculpture of limbs that’s constantly changing shape. As part of the VR Gallery (time slot by choice, regular ticket sales) and on show at the Exhibition: Liminal Reality (free on location). Part of DocLab: VR Gallery FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 A Lab SU 28 11:00-18:00 A Lab Also on show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin Presentation in DocLab Live: Gaming Reality SA 20 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Liminal Reality
DocLab Live: In Fragments with Jonathan Harris WP In Fragments captures the bizarre journey media artist Jonathan Harris made in recent years to come to terms with the traumas of his family history. Four years after sharing the first fragments as IDFA’s Guest of Honor, he returns to Tuschinski 1 to share the result with the world. WE 24 16:30 Tuschinski 1 Liminal Reality
DocLab Live: Liminal Reality Opening Night
Festive opening of the fifteenth edition of IDFA DocLab and the Liminal Reality program. With contributions from a.o. Rahima Gambo and Jonathan Harris and the opportunity to meet each other in the exhibition. Invite only. FR 19 20:30 Tolhuistuin Concertzaal
do {not} play
Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
Goliath: Playing with Reality
This year IDFA DocLab’s do {not} play returns as part of the DocLab: Online Exhibition. In this online meeting place you can experience a special showcase of social and interactive experiments made by artists from the DocLab program. Go to: idfa.nl/doclabonline Liminal Reality
DocLab Exhibition: Liminal Reality
Play, discover and experience more than thirty interactive artworks and XR installations in and around Tolhuistuin. Entrance to the exhibition is free, but for some installations a ticket is required. FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin Liminal Reality
DocLab Live: Beyond the Cyborg Manifesto What if humans, nature, and machine eventually merge together? Immerse yourself in the dizzying future vision of biologist, philosopher of science, and feminist Donna Haraway. Featuring the film Camille & Ulysse by Diana Toucedo and the makers of the spectacular installation Symbiosis.
DocLab Live: Liminal Systems
Can interactive artists offer alternative insights into the big questions of our times? Live event with artist talks and performances about the systems that control our lives—from climate to colonialism, from neoliberalism to artificial intelligence. TU 23 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
This VR depicts the disorienting experience of schizophrenia, and how Goliath finds his footing in the virtual world of online multiplayer gaming. The voiceover by Tilda Swinton reminds us that every reality is a mental construct.
DocLab Live: Messy Metaverse Party
A scavenger hunt—taking place in the physical world, online and in virtual reality—in search of new forms of social interaction, collective connection, and intimacy at a distance. Access by invitation only. WE 24 20:30 On Site in Brakke Grond Rode Zaal, ánd Online and in VR. Liminal Reality
DocLab: Online Exhibition In addition to the physical exhibition and performances in and around Tolhuistuin, DocLab also presents an experimental online exhibition. Discover digital documentaries and meet other visitors. Visit the online expo at: idfa.nl/doclabonline
Liminal Reality
Liminal Reality
Experience a unique evening under the huge domed screen in the ARTIS Planetarium, during which filmmakers invite audiences to question their place in time and space. SU 21 20:30 ARTIS-Planetarium
DocLab: VR Gallery
Experience the best virtual reality works that DocLab has to offer this year. A ticket provides you with 50 minutes to watch a selection of VR films and experiences of your choice. FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 A Lab SU 28 11:00-18:00 A Lab
As part of the VR Gallery (time slot by choice, regular ticket sales) and on show at the Exhibition: Liminal Reality (free on location).
DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies An evening in which interactive artists confront us with the malleability, the unknown potential, and the limits of the human body. From the brain to the uterus, and from virtual reality to telegram. MO 22 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Liminal Reality
DocLab Live: Gaming Reality
Life is not a game. And yet we find ourselves in a world of games, online interactions, and virtual simulations—now more than ever. DocLab and immersive media artists Anagram invite you to a live event about the twilight zone of digital reality, and the seductive beauty of games. SA 20 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
locks & keys, water, trees WP
Also on show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin
Penny Andrea United Kingdom, 2021, 99
Presentation in DocLab Live: Gaming Reality SA 20 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
The Grannies
Paradocs
WP
Marie Foulston United Kingdom, Australia, 2021, 17
A small group of gamers playing Red Dead Online embark on a virtual journey of discovery to the boundaries of its world—and beyond. These modern pioneers boldly go where no one has gone before. TH SA WE TH
18 20 24 25
19:00 12:00 21:15 12:00
Eye Cinema 2 Kriterion 1 Tuschinski 6 Tuschinski 3
The History of the Civil War WP
DocLab: VR On Demand Do you own a VR headset? Then you can also watch some VR documentaries from the DocLab: Liminal Reality program at home during the festival. Find the full VR On Demand selection at: idfa.nl/doclabonline
Liminal Reality, Digital Storytelling
Gates of Aleppo
IP Wolfswift, Georg Hobmeier, Joshua Hollendonner Austria, Syria, 2020, 8
In this minimalist game, four arrows and an “Action” button is all you get to survive in Aleppo, a city under siege. Experience short snatches from everyday life transformed into a deadly game. On show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin Presentation in DocLab Live: Gaming Reality SA 20 20:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
Part of DocLab: VR Gallery FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 A Lab SU 28 11:00-18:00 A Lab Envision Competition, IDFA on Stage
Part of DocLab: VR Gallery FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 A Lab SU 28 11:00-18:00 A Lab
Shorts Shorts Shorts Shorts
IDFA on Stage
Istoriya grazhdanskoi voiny Dziga Vertov Russia, 1921, 94 The world premiere of the reconstructed version of Dziga Vertov’s long-lost chronicle of the 1918-1921 Russian Civil War. This pioneer of Soviet cinema filmed a chaotic nation characterized by unstable alliances and brutal violence. SA 20 14:00 Tuschinski 1
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A moving journey through the life and mind of artist Penny Andrea, based entirely on her drawings. By studying her sketchbooks, she hopes to learn how a brain tumor shaped both her and her art. FR SA SU WE FR
19 20 21 24 26
16:45 10:00 11:00 13:15 20:15
Munt 9 Tuschinski 6 Eye Cinema 2 Munt 12 Tuschinski 3
P&I IDFA on Stage
Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction, Focus: The Future Tense
Messages to a Post Human Earth IP May Abdalla, Anagram United Kingdom, 2021, 45
An interactive, multi-sensory journey through a beautiful garden. You and your travel partner embark on an evocative audio journey featuring augmented reality (AR) to reimagine your relationship with the natural world. This is a two-person experience. You can only buy a combi-ticket for a time slot by choice (regular ticket sales). Special Installation FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-17:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-17:00 Tolhuistuin Presentation in DocLab Live: Liminal Systems TU 23 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
Hito Steyerl: The Empty Center + Master Talk A screening of The Empty Center followed by an extensive conversation with filmmaker, writer, and IDFA’s Guest of Honor Hito Steyerl. Orwa Nyrabia, artistic director of IDFA, talks to Steyerl about her multifaceted creative trajectory, using excerpts from her own and her Top 10 favorite works. FR 19 14:30 Tuschinski 1 IDFA Talks
Liminal Reality
Liminal Reality
In this VR experience you get to speak out and join the campaign to revitalise Kusunda, one of the many dormant indigenous languages across the world.
Liminal Reality
TU 23 15:30 Eye Cinema 2
DocLab Live: Elastic Presence
Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran Germany, Nepal, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, 2021, 25
Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla United Kingdom, France, 2021, 25
Liminal Reality Liminal Reality
Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
Kusunda
IDFA Dialogue: Hito Steyerl and her Top 10
Hito Steyerl interviews the filmmakers behind the films that inspired her career. This exciting session may bring together renowned makers such as Zelimir Zilnik, Rabih Mroue, Andrei Ujica, Akram Zaatari and Laura Poitras. SA 20 20:30 Compagnie Grote Zaal Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
In Fragments
WP Jonathan Harris United States, 2021, 135
Coming into the complicated inheritance of a family property in Vermont with a legacy of alcoholism, divorce, depression, and secret abuse, Jonathan Harris performed a series of 21 intensely personalized rituals to heal and transform his lineage. Screening in Doclab Live: In Fragments with Jonathan Harris WE 24 16:30 Tuschinski 1
The Miracle Basket Abner Preis Netherlands, 2021, 13
WP
A pop-up book brought to life tells a fairy tale about overconsumption, thoughtlessness, and environmental damage. There is a happy ending, but the story has a moral—as befits a fairy tale. Part of DocLab: VR Gallery FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 A Lab SU 28 11:00-18:00 A Lab Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
Missing Pictures Episode 2: Tsai-Ming Liang, the Seven-Story Building
Clément Deneux France, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, South Korea, 2021, 12
The second episode of a VR series in which famous directors get the chance to envisage a film they never made. Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang transports us into his youth for a making-of film of his entire film career. Part of DocLab: VR Gallery FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 A Lab SU 28 11:00-18:00 A Lab Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction
Museum of Austerity
Sacha Wares United Kingdom, 2021, 30
IP
Combining verbal testimony, original music, and volumetric capture, this mixed reality exhibition documents events from a decade of austerity measures in the UK, inviting audiences to explore what happens when state safety nets fail. Time slot by choice, regular ticket sales. Special Installation FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin Presentation in DocLab Live: Liminal Systems TU 23 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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[Posthuman Wombs]
Liminal Reality, Digital Storytelling
One-Fifth of the Earth’s Surface IP Hakeem Adam, Maxwell Mutanda United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Ghana, 2021, interactive
The Atlantic Ocean has affected countless lives. The makers of this online voyage of discovery take water as a dynamic source of inspiration to explore new ways of archiving, making maps, and sharing knowledge. On show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin Presentation in DocLab Live: Liminal Systems TU 23 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Pieced
Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
IP Mourad Bncr, Sean Caruso Canada, 2020, 5
To the electronic sounds of the music project [indistinct voices over PA], a self-learning algorithm creates an endless morph of imaginary cityscapes in 360 degrees, like the fever dreams of an alternative intelligence. Screening in DocLab Live: Elastic Presence SU 21 20:30 ARTIS-Planetarium Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction
[Posthuman Wombs]
Anna Fries, Malu Peeters Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, 2021, 20
WP
Why is the stereotypical image of pregnancy a glowingly blissful young woman? Take a trip into this interactive womb and you’ll see a world where the concept of pregnancy goes beyond the cliché, freed from the constraints of gender and age. Time slot by choice, regular ticket sales. Special VR Performance FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin Presentation in DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies MO 22 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal Liminal Reality, Digital Storytelling
Ravi and Emma
IP Kylie Boltin, Ella Rubeli, Ravi Vasavan, Emma Anderson Australia, 2021, 12
A colorful and inventively designed interactive experience about the love between Ravi, who was born deaf, and Emma, who can hear. Experience sign language and use it to participate in this story in three short chapters. On show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin
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Liminal Reality, Digital Storytelling
A Rest Guide for a Tired Nigerian Artist WP
An interactive storytelling project about the personal world of our digital gurus Siri and Alexa. How do they experience their own existence? What does your ever-obliging virtual assistant know about you? Everything! But do you know anything about her?
What happens if we shift the focus from artwork to the people whose work is making art? In a series of illustrated guidebooks, Nigerian artists explain how they find peace in a troubled world. On show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight
Screening in DocLab Live: Elastic Presence SU 21 20:30 ARTIS-Planetarium IDFA on Stage
WP
Samira Elagoz Netherlands, Finland, 2021, 210
Special Performance FR 19 to MO 22 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin or choose an online experience from home
Spectral Transmissions
WP
An atmospheric, spooky and strangely comforting live cinema performance with a variety of artists. With words, images and music these ghost stories explore the space between the earthly and the intangible. An evening of therapeutic haunting. TH 18 21:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal FR 19 21:00 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal Liminal Reality, Digital Storytelling
Surrogate
WP Lauren Lee McCarthy United States, 2021, interactive
Liminal Reality, Digital Storytelling
Un(re)solved
This VR experience for multiple users and multiple senses transports you to a post-human future in which Homo sapiens have been absorbed into a biotope teeming with mixed life-forms: human, animal, and technological hybrids. We advise pregnant people to not take part in the experience because of the use of oxytocin. Time slot by choice, regular ticket sales.
Terra Femme
IDFA on Stage
Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher United States, 2021, 70
WP Marcel van Brakel, Mark Meeuwenoord, Polymorf Netherlands, 2021, 20
IP Tamara Shogaolu United States, Netherlands, 2021, interactive An interactive documentary about the more than 150 cold case murders involving racist violence that have been reopened under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. The stories are drawn together into a forest of symbolism. On show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction
Presentation in DocLab Live: Beyond the Cyborg Manifesto TU 23 15:30 Eye Cinema 2
WE 24 19:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal TH 25 19:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal
This experience is an interactive, personal experiment that will determine whether you can become a member of the secretive organization TM. A series of questions and assignments push the participant’s moral boundaries.
Presentation in DocLab Live: Liminal Systems TU 23 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Special VR Installation FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Eye SU 28 11:00-18:00 Eye
A romance between two transmasculines who met during the pandemic. Through the deserts of Vegas and LA, far from other people, with just a car, some cash, and a supply of testosterone, they expose the integral dynamics of masculinity and femininity.
WP Alexander Devriendt, Ontroerend Goed Belgium, United Kingdom, Netherlands, 2021, 30
Choose between an online experience from home or attend in Tolhuistuin (regular ticket sale).
Symbiosis
A soundscape of voices, sounds, and noises of nature generate abstract visualizations, creating audiovisual music in a meditative dome film that merges multiple languages under a single roof.
Liminal Reality, Doclab Spotlight, IDFA on Stage
TM
On show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin
Liminal Reality, Immersive Non-Fiction
Pedro Rodolpho Ramos Germany, Brazil, 2021, 16
Seek Bromance
Liminal Reality, Digital Storytelling
WP
Sue Roh United States, 2020, interactive
Rahima Gambo Nigeria, United Kingdom, 2021, interactive
Saravá
Susan
IDFA on Stage
Courtney Stephens United States, 2021, 63 Stunningly beautiful found footage edited from the amateur films of women who traveled the world in the first half of the 20th century. Filmmaker Courtney Stephens will perform her accompanying narration live, in the style of an illustrated travel lecture. Nominated for the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award TH 18 18:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal FR 19 18:30 Brakke Grond Grote Zaal Liminal Reality, Digital Storytelling
Testing Times
WP Victoria Mapplebeck United Kingdom, 2021, 30
How far should we go in engineering the reproductive process? A multimedia installation about reproduction and parenthood, centering on the complete control of a surrogate’s body and the child carried within.
A personal but utterly familiar audio experience about the effects of the global pandemic on family life. How did Victoria Mapplebeck and her teenage son get through the pandemic and lockdown, at home and outdoors?
On show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin
On show in DocLab Exhibition FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 Tolhuistuin SU 28 11:00-18:00 Tolhuistuin
Presentation in DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies MO 22 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Presentation in DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies MO 22 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
Water & Coltan
WP Daniel Kötter Germany, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, 2021, 52
This VR film contrasts the depleted coal mines of the Ruhr region in Germany, which are now filling with water, with active coltan mines in DR Congo, revealing humanity’s ruthless exploitation of both the Earth and itself. Time slot by choice, regular ticket sales. FR 19 to SA 27 11:00-21:00 A Lab SU 28 11:00-18:00 A Lab Presentation in DocLab Live: Liminal Systems TU 23 20:30 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal
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