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NewsItalian IDFA title ‘Personale’ acquired for worldwide sales (exclusive) 5o5nt
The film tells the story of a housekeeping team in a hotel in the Italian Dolomites.
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News‘About A Hero’, hybrid doc about an AI-generated Werner Herzog film, to open IDFA 2024 b612q
‘About A Hero’ is directed by Polish artist and filmmaker Piotr Winiewicz.
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NewsIDFA Forum 2024 line-up includes ‘House Of The Holy Father’ with Trine Dyrholm 2s6i4c
’House Of The Holy Father’ is co-directed by Eva Mulad and Andreas Koefoed.
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NewsVitaly Mansky’s war doc ‘The Iron’ among early titles announced by IDFA 5p7063
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam confirms first titles to play at festival in November.
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IDFA to honour Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez 3w375d
The director is best known for Sundance award-winner ’Soundtrack To A Coup d’Etat’.
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Producer defends Palestinian director of BBC Storyville project after IDFA speech row 9186g
Mohammed Almughanni used the phrase ‘From the river to the sea’ while on stage at IDFA Forum.
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‘Tehachapi’: IDFA Review 245w2d
French artist JR mounts a large-scale project at the maximum security California Correctional Centre
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‘20 Days In Mariupol’ scoops IDFA audience award 1i83e
Mstyslav Chernov’s unflinching of the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine wins the public vote at the documentary festival
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Reviews‘1489’: IDFA Review 1f6i3s
IDFA winner from Armenia is an intensely personal portrait of a family coping with the loss of a brother and son in the 2020 Artsakh war
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IDFA head Orwa Nyrabia to organise symposium to help festivals navigate turbulent political times 6x2315
The documentary festival has experienced protests, open letters and film withdrawals this week.
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“We screen 440 hours of new content a year:” How Al Jazeera is becoming a major documentary player 5q6x6o
“We are a bridge between filmmakers to the north and to the south.”
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‘Life Is Beautiful’: IDFA Review 152f1c
Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly documents his fight to return to Gaza
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‘1489’ leads 2023 IDFA winners 2l6tn
Documentary chronicles the Armenian director’s search for her missing soldier brother.
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Palestinian doc ‘Son Of Streets’ wins best pitch at IDFA Forum 4065i
Mohammed Almughanni’s film about a boy coming of age in a Beirut refugee camp won the €1,500 cash prize.
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Joe Houlberg Silva explains how his debut feature doc ‘Ozogoche’ took flight 6i3ik
’Ozogoche’, a world premiere at IDFA, is about a species of sandpiper bird and the community who live around their lake.
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“We made this film to be shown,” says Palestinian director of IDFA competition title ‘Life Is Beautiful’ 3u3754
“Standing here and talking about my film is the only way I can feel I am doing something,” said Mohamed Jabaly.
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Periscoop swoops on five docs at IDFA for the Netherlands 11w3k
Periscoop is run by San Fu Maltha and Bruno Felix.
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‘Hiding Saddam Hussein’: IDFA Review 425p70
Iraqi farmer Alaa Namiq explains how and why he hid Saddam Hussein from US forces in 2003
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Peter Greenaway talks ‘Lucca Mortis’ starring Dustin Hoffman, living in the Netherlands and his eccentric concerns 1n2j2j
Greenaway is being honoured at this week’s IDFA festival in Amsterdam.
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‘The World Is Family’: IDFA Review b4o28
Veteran documentarian Anand Patwardhan turns the camera on his own parents to reflect on India’s turbulent history
