The worlds biggest documentary film festival is starting to roll out its competition lineup for the 2024 event.

[Scroll for the complete list of competition films and other titles announced today].

Those films include:

IDFAs International Competition lineup and other slates will be announced in the coming weeks.

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The program celebrates those with a unique artistic signature, beyond the canon.

This editions selection is illustrious, bringing together the most well-known filmmakers and a younger generation of exceptional auteurs.

With a singular artistic approach, Mati Diops widely celebratedDahomeycritically examines questions of repatriation of African artefacts from Europe.

Isabel Arrate Fernandez attends the IDFA Forum on Nov. 18, 2020

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Several renowned directors push the boundaries of music film in this years program.

The full program will be announced in October.

The selection uses vastly diverse styles and genres to take us to the worlds most burning topics.

The pressing urgency of conflict is ever-present in the selection.

The film received IDFA Bertha Fund support in 2022.

InSudan, Remember Us, Hind Meddeb captures young activists in their struggle for a livable and democratic Sudan.

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Paradocs showcases the years experimental documentary art.

Several established names in the visual arts present their explorations into filmmaking.

Avant-garde legend John Smith reflects on his life and career by means of his nondescript name inBeing John Smith.

The full selection will be announced in October.