International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam.
The festival was initially held at the Leidseplein area in the centre of Amsterdam. The festival has since spread to a number of other locations. Cinemas and other institutes that have hosted the festival are: de Balie, Pathé City Theater, Filmmuseum Cinerama, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, Paradiso, the Ketelhuis, the Hotel American, Tuschinski Cinema, Pathé De Munt multiplex, Theatercompagnie and Arti et Amicitiae.
The objective of the IDFA is to promote creative documentaries and to present them to as wide an audience as possible. It started as a small festival and has grown to an eleven-day festival, screening more than 200 documentaries and attracting nearly 120,000 visitors.
Apart from its international film program, the variety of genres and the many European and world premieres featured each year, the festival also hosts debates, forums and workshops.
Contents
- 1 Prizes
- 2 Award winners
- 2.1 VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary (formerly: Joris Ivens Award)
- 2.2 Nederland 2 IDFA Audience Award
- 2.3 Special Jury Prize
- 2.4 NPS IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary (formerly: Silver Wolf Award)
- 2.5 IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary (formerly: Silver Cub Award)
- 2.6 IDFA Award for Best First Appearance
- 2.7 Movies that Matter Human Rights Award
- 2.8 IDFA DOC U! Award for the youth jury’s favorite film (formerly: Moviesquad DOC U! Award)
- 2.9 IDFA Award for Best Student Documentary
- 2.10 IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling
- 2.11 Zapper Award (1994 -1996)
- 3 External links
Prizes
In IDFA's main competition programs, the best new documentaries of the year compete for six different awards.
- The VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary for best documentary over 60 minutes in length.
Prize: euro 12,500 (The jury may also present a Special Jury Award)
- The NPS IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary for best documentary between 30 and 60 minutes in length.
Prize: euro 10,000
- The IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary for best documentary under 30 minutes in length.
Prize: euro 5,000
- The IDFA Award for Best First Appearance for best debut film.
Prize: euro 5,000
- The IDFA Award for Best Student Documentary for best student documentary from film academies around the world.
Prize: euro 2,500
- The Dioraphte IDFA Award for Dutch Documentary for best Dutch documentary.
Prize: euro 5,000
In addition to the competitions, IDFA presents several non-competitive film programs:
- Nederland 2 IDFA Audience Award for best film as voted by audience.
Prize: euro 5.000 euro
- IDFA DOC U! Award for the youth jury’s favorite film.
Prize: euro 1.500
- Mediafundprize Documentary for the winner of the IDFA Documentary Workshop.
Prize: euro 125.000
Award winners
VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary (formerly: Joris Ivens Award)
Nederland 2 IDFA Audience Award
Special Jury Prize
NPS IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary (formerly: Silver Wolf Award)
IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary (formerly: Silver Cub Award)
| Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Butterfly Man | Samantha Rebillet |  Australia |
| 2006 | My Eyes | Erlend E. Mo |  Denmark |
| 2007 | The Tailor | Oscar Pérez |  Spain |
| 2008 | Slaves - An animated documentary | Hanna Heilborn & David Aronowitsch |  Sweden / Denmark |
| 2009 | Six Weeks | Marcin Janos Krawczyk |  Poland |
IDFA Award for Best First Appearance
Movies that Matter Human Rights Award
| Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Day I Will Never Forget | Kim Longinotto |  United Kingdom |
| 2002 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | Eugene Jarecki |  United States / United Kingdom /  Chile |
| 2003 | Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer | Nick Broomsfield & Joan Churchill | United Kingdom |
| 2004 | The 3 Rooms of Melancholia | Pirjo Honkasalo |  Finland |
| 2005 | China Blue | Micha X Peled | United States |
| 2006 | New Year Baby | Socheata Poeuv | United States |
| 2007 | Jerusalem Is Proud to Present | Nitzan Gilady |  Israel |
| 2008 | Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country | Anders Østergaard | Denmark |
IDFA DOC U! Award for the youth jury’s favorite film (formerly: Moviesquad DOC U! Award)
| Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Shadya, Roy | Roy Westler | Israel |
| 2006 | A Lesson of Belorussian | Miroslaw Dembinski | Poland |
| 2007 | Planet B-Boy | Benson Lee | United States |
| 2008 | Kassim the Dream | Kief Davidson | United States |
| 2009 | The Yes Men Fix the World | Andy Bichlbaum & Mike Bonanno |  France / United States |
| 2010 | Autumn Gold | Jan Tenhaven |  Germany |
| 2011 | The Last Days of Winter | Mehrdad Oskouei | Germany |
| 2012 | Little World | Marcel Barrena | Spain |
| 2013 | #chicagoGirl - The Social Network Takes on a Dictator | Joe Piscatella | United States /  Syria |
IDFA Award for Best Student Documentary
| Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Paradise – Three Journeys in This World | Elina Hirvonen | Finland |
| 2008 | Shakespeare and Victor Hugo´s Intimacies | Yulene Olaizola |  Mexico |
| 2009 | Redemption | Sabrina Wulff | Germany |
| 2015 | My Aleppo | Melissa Langer | United States |
IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling
| Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film or website's release) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Out My Window | Katerina Cizek |  Canada |
| 2011 | In Situ | Antoine Viviani | France |
Zapper Award (1994 -1996)
| Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy | David Munro |  England |
| 1995 | My Vote is My Secret Chroniques Sud Africaines 1994 | Julie Henderson & Thulani Mokoena & Donne Rundle | France |
| 1996 | Grenzeloze Liefde - Made in Japan | Puck de Leeuw |  Netherlands |
External links
- Official site
- Official YouTube channel of the IDFA (contains all the movie trailers)
