Tegen de Iraanse muzikant Shahin Najafi werd in 2012 een fatwa uitgesproken. Hij ontvlucht Turkije en strijkt neer in Keulen, waar hij "slaapt met één oog open en een mes onder het kussen." Toch blijft hij muziek maken. When God Sleeps, vanavond om 21.45:
In this year’s IDFA Competition for Short Documentary (€ 5,000), the IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary goes to UNFORGIVABLE by
@marlenvinayo
.
@docunforgivable
Ja, wij houden dus al jaren een gratis online collectie van IDFA-films en nieuwe media projecten bij. Quarantaine of geen quarantaine. Veel kijkplezier!🍿
#stayhomechallenge
Vanavond een tv-primeur: Bellingcat - Truth in a Post-Truth World ging vrijdag in première op IDFA en zie je vanavond al op
@NPO2
, om 20.25u. Verbazingwekkende burgerjournalistiek, die moderne techniek vaak slimmer inzet dan veel grote nieuwsinstanties.
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk and undersigned parties vehemently protest against the arrest of Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti and demand her immediate and unconditional release.
Read the full statement here:
In the Competition for Feature-Length Documentary, the IDFA Award for Best Editing (€ 2,500) goes to an anonymous collective of Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers for INSIDE THE RED BRICK WALL
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk, the partnership established by
@idfa
,
@IFFR
and the European Film Academy, has set up a special Emergency Fund for Filmmakers, for film practitioners directly in danger due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Together with the film community, we mourn the passing of the great Senegalese cineaste, scholar, teacher and actor, Safi Faye, last week, aged 79.
She leaves a legacy of 12 films that give nuanced centrality to the women’s voice within rural Senegalese communities.
#safifaye
This year IDFA celebrates filmmakers Wang Bing and Peter Greenaway 🎞️ 🎉. Wang Bing will be Guest of Honor, and Peter Greenaway will receive IDFA's Lifetime Achievement Award. We're also glad to announce our in-depth focus programs. Read more here ▶️
Filmmaker Shoghakat Vardanyan opens up about her personal, intimate, and heard-earned debut feature-length IDFA Award-winning documentary 1489: "I was always choosing to trust my gut and hands". Read the full interview >>>
20 Days in Mariupol by Mstyslav Chernov has won the NPO IDFA Audience Award, the grand public prize of IDFA. The prize will be awarded in the Royal Theater Tuschinski on November 18, followed by a special screening of the film.
Read more:
Yes! Our film fund is now open for submissions. Filmmakers: send your work to the
@IDFABerthaFund
by June 10 and you could get up to €5,000 in development support or €17,500 in (post-)production support 👉
5 IDFA-supported films are on track to
#Oscars
nominations! Bravo, filmmakers! 🍾
COLLECTIVE, IDFA Forum '16
GUNDA, IDFA Forum '17
THE MOLE AGENT, IDFA Forum '17
@IDFABerthaFund
'16 & '18
THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF, IDFAcademy Summer School '17
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS, IDFA Forum '18
Bettina Perut & Iván Osnovikoff (
@perutosnovikoff
) winnen voor Los Reyes (Chili, Duitsland) de IDFA Special Jury Award for Feature-Length Documentary. Congratulations! 🐶♥️
Friday night the amazing
#PattiSmith
gave a surprise visit to the
#Tuschinski
cinema in Amsterdam in honour of the legendary filmmaker Artavazd Pelechian and his new poetic masterpiece
#Nature
, showing at
#IDFA2021
.
Today we honor Diane Weyermann, who spent her entire career visualizing paths toward a better documentary film industry.
To read the full piece from the IDFA team, please visit:
The Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award for best creative use of archive (€ 5,000) goes to Firouzeh Khosrovani for RADIOGRAPH OF A FAMILY.
@BeeldenGeluid
IDFA's
@DocLab
explores the art of interactive and immersive storytelling, re-imagining how we perceive and engage with non-fiction narratives.
Discover the DocLab program:
The Iranian authorities have arrested filmmakers Mohamad Rasoulof & Mostafa Al-Ahmad for speaking out against the disproportionate repression of civil protestors.
#ICFR
calls on the Iranian authorities to immediately & unconditionally release them:
After more than 13 years as an integral member of the IDFA Program team, our beloved
@RaulNinoZ
is moving on to his next adventure. We wish him all the best in his exciting new role as Head of Film Programmes at
@sheffdocfest
!
Read more:
🇺🇦 Call for submissions: With thanks to
@OpenSociety
, the
@IDFABerthaFund
has set up a special fund to support documentary projects by Ukrainian filmmakers.
In addition to grants, tailored support is offered based on project needs. Deadline: Aug 1.
Info:
Need a grant for your documentary project?
The
@IDFABerthaFund
is accepting entries for IBF Classic, our flagship grant program for projects in development or (post)production 🎬
Now with higher amounts for filmmakers 💪
Deadline: June 10
Info:
Heel veel liefde voor
@MoviesMatter
Festival, dat alle fysieke activiteiten moest cancelen maar alsnog zo veel mogelijk online doet 🙌 Je kunt ze steunen door een aantal festivalfilms te bekijken via
@PiclNL
, waaronder een paar IDFA-titels:
Deze week wordt er volop stilgestaan bij de genocide van Srebrenica, aanstaande zaterdag precies 25 jaar geleden. In samenwerking met het collectief Bosnian Gir stelden we dit filmprogramma samen:
Filmmmakers! A friendly reminder that the IDFA Bertha Fund is still accepting submissions to IDFA Bertha Fund Classic, which supports the development or (post-)production of your film.
Read more and apply before December 10 here:
Up 23 juli werd filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof tot een jaar cel veroordeeld in zijn thuisland Iran. Wij roepen op tot zijn onmiddellijke en onvoorwaardelijke vrijlating.
And the winner is... de winnaar van de IDFA Award for Feature-Length Competition 2020 draait vanavond om 20:15 online. Er zijn nog tickets! Benieuwd naar de andere winnaars? Bekijk het overzicht hier:
.
@vpro
tipt tien topdocumentaires! O.a. een Spaanse moeder met verzamelwoede, een ongemakkelijke close-up van Europa's gevaarlijkste nationalistische partij en drie mensen ontsnappen aan de ultra-orthodox joodse gemeenschap in NY.
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk protest the travel ban against Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, which prevents him from leaving his home country.
Read the full statement here:
#ICFR
#mohammadrasoulof
#iran
#filmmaker
#protests
Yes! We are supporting more projects than ever before. 20 projects from around the world will receive a total of €203,650 in development and (post-)production support via IDFA Bertha Fund Classic.
Dive into our new selection 👉
We're delighted to unveil the 62 documentary projects selected for IDFA Forum 2021, our co-production and co-financing market 🎉 See you in Amsterdam, pitch teams!
Dive into the Forum selection here 👉
Het programma van
#IDFA2020
blijft maar groeien: vandaag hebben we maar liefst 90 titels toegevoegd! Verheug je vast op de eerste competitiefilms en de selecties voor Luminous, Frontlight en IDFA on Stage.
Bekijk de nieuwe selecties 👉
IDFA's artistiek directeur Orwa Nyrabia in
@oneworldnl
: "Er is een geschiedenis van een postkoloniale blik in documentaires gemaakt door westerse filmmakers in niet-westerse landen".
"We, the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk, hereby declare our full and heartfelt solidarity with all those in Iran who stand up for their basic human rights and the freedom of expression."
Read the full statement by ICFR: .
To celebrate Short Film Day on the shortest day of the year, we've curated a stunning online selection of nine short films that were previous award winners at IDFA. Watch them here: .
#shortfilm
#documentaryfilm
#idfa
It is with great sadness that IDFA has learned of the death of the lauded documentary filmmaker Heddy Honigmann. In 2013 she received IDFA’s Living Legend Award for her oeuvre. We send out our condolences to family and friends for this great loss.
📣 Yes! Today is the day we present the films in our premiere sections and first competitions.
Dive into the
#IDFA2021
lineup for Luminous, Frontlight, the Shorts Competition, the Youth Competition, and IDFA on Stage now.
See the new selection:
Bravo to the IDFA-backed works at
@sundancefest
!
• 32 SOUNDS, Sam Green (
@DocLab
Forum '20)
• ALL THAT BREATHES, Shaunak Sen (
@IDFABerthaFund
'19, Forum '20, IDFA Project Space '21)
• A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS
@simonwilmont
(Forum '20)
• SEVEN GRAMS
@KBenK
(DocLab Forum '19)
Het programma van
#IDFA2019
is compleet! Kijk op voor de belangrijkste competities, de openingsfilm, het volledige programma en de presale van de IDFA Specials ⚡.
As part of the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk, we come together with Freemuse and PEN Amsterdam to condemn rights violations and stand in solidarity with Myanmar’s artistic community. Read more 👉
IDFA 2018 is begonnen! Klaar om de komende 12 dagen van film naar film, van Doc Talk naar Filmmaker Talk en van Expo naar IDFA on Stage-voorstelling te rennen? Houd onze site en socials in de gaten voor alle actuele info. We wensen je veel plezier!
Since it was launched 3 weeks ago, the Emergency Fund for Filmmakers has helped 108 filmmakers in direct danger due to the war in Ukraine.
But the work is just beginning. Together with
@IFFR
@EuroFilmAcademy
, we ask for your support.
Donate:
"More than ever it is crucial that the international film community comes together and speaks up on behalf of those who have become silenced through repression and imprisonment"
Read the open letter by Mike Downey &
@orwany
for the ICFR:
Gefeliciteerd! Simon Lereng Wilmont won de IDFA Award for Best First Appearance (€ 10.000) voor The Distant Barking of Dogs (Denemarken, Zweden, Finland).
#idfa2017
Sinds deze week is de nieuwe festivalcommercial van IDFA te zien in de theaters. De campagne, ontwikkeld door creatief bureau
@wearepiams
, neemt daarom de meest pure uiting van emotie als uitgangspunt, namelijk de traan. Lees meer over de campagne 👉
"This device cures heartache", staat op het deck van een van de skaters in
@MindingGapFilm
geschreven. Afgelopen IDFA vertoonden we deze veelgeprezen skatedocumentaire op een geheel passende locatie en nu kun je hem zien in de bioscoop.
#filmtip