Overall, the festival will present 254 documentaries and 27 new media projects.
I think we have a brilliant program, says IDFA Artistic Director Orwa Nyrabia.
We have very strong competitions.
IDFA Artistic Director Orwa Nyrabia on stage at the festival’s opening night@Coen Dijkstra
I do dare to say there will be instant classics here.
There are some really brilliant films.
This is Nyrabias 7thand final year leading the festival.
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Earlier this month, he announced he would be stepping down in July 2025.
Dont feel sad, Nyrabia tells Deadline.
Nyrabia, a native of Syria, succeeded IDFA co-founder and longtime festival leader Ally Derks in 2018.
Screening in International Competition is the world premiere ofRule of Stone, directed by Israeli-Canadian filmmaker Danae Elon.
So, people who belong to this heritage are fighting the others who belong to a different heritage.
Belgium, the U.S., and even the UN secretary general conspired to oust the charismatic pan-African politician.
He does this in a very special way.
IDFA runs from Nov. 14-24 in the Dutch capital.
But Agadez is also a place where migrants pass through on their way to Europe.
In the film, a Polish family takes in an exhausted Syrian refugee, the 27-year-old Alhyder…
The situation is dire, and a solution remains out of reach.
Im very happy were doing the side program we call Dead Angle.
This is a multi-year program.
Every year we will look at one dead angle through film, Nyrabia explains.
Sometimes only after the festival program has been selected do thematic elements cohere, Nyrabia adds.
