TheInternational Documentary Festival Amsterdamhas announced the 55 documentary projects selected for this yearsIDFAForum, chosen from among 820 entries.
[Scroll for the full list of films selected this year].
Tana Gilbert, prod.
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Paola Castillo/Errante (Chile), co-prod.
Dirk Manthey/Dirk Manthey Film (Germany)
Untitled Chilean Documentary, dir.
Carola Fuentes, prod.
Rafael Valdeavellano/LaVentana Cine (Chile), pro.
Ina Fichman/Intuitive Pictures Inc. (Canada)
Concrete Land, dir.
Asmahan Bkerat, prod.
Asmahan Bkerat, Ban Maraqa (Jordan), co-prod.
Sam Soko (Kenya)
Dry Sky, dir.
Ibrahim Omar, prod.
Ibrahim Omar, Sudan Film Institute (Sudan), Aya Yusuf/Shogl Cairo Pictures (Egypt), co-prod.
Nadim Cheikhrouha/Tanit Films (France)
Home Movie, dir.
Anu Czerwinski, prod.
Anna Stylinska, Katarzyna Slesicka/My Way Studio (Poland), co-prod.
Alex Tondowski/Tondowski Films (Germany)
House of the Holy Father, dir.
Eva Mulvad, Andreas Koefoed, prod.
Pernille Rose Grnkjr/Danish Documentary Production, Emil Wergeland/Danish Documentary Production (Denmark)
Nanyang, dir.
Enrico Parenti, prod.
Susanna Trojano/Elliot Films (Italy), co-prod.
Signe Byrge Srensen/Final Cut for Real (Denmark)
Queen of the Stone Age, dir.
David Bernet, prod.
Sarah Born/Catpics (Switzerland), Katharina Bergfeld/Ma.ja.de.
Filmproduktions (Germany), co-prod.
Rajko Jazbec/Catpics, Dario Schoch/Catpics
Replica, dir.
Chouwa Liang, prod.
Andy Huang/Axel Rise Films (Australia)
The Apologist, dir.
Kristof Bilsen, prod.
Kristof Bilsen/Limerick Films, co-prod.
Jukka Karkkainen, prod.
Juha Lopponen/Mouka Filmi, Sami Jahnukainen/Mouka Filmi (Finland), co-prod.
Luuk Bouwman, Tomas Kaan, prod.
Lea Fels/Scenery, Nanneke Landman/Scenery (The Netherlands)
Confidential project, dir.
a collective of filmmakers from Afghanistan
In Front of Us, dir.
Inna Sahakyan, prod.
Vardan Hovhannisyan/Bars Media Documentary Film Studio (Armenia), co-prod.
Inna Sahakyan/Bars Media Films (United States)
The Return, dir.
Aliona van der Horst, prod.
Ilja Roomans/Docmakers (The Netherlands)
The Road, dir.
Cecile Allegra, Antares Bassis, prod.
Estelle Robin You/Grande Ourse Films (France)
The Way We Move, dir.
Nicolas Davenel, Vanessa Dumont, prod.
Matthieu Belghiti/Whats Up Films (France), co-prod.
Arnaud Le Guilcher/Wagram Productions, Hubert Cornet/Wagram Productions
Transparency Booth: Echoes of the Future, dir.
Anna Kapustina, Alexander Mihalkovich, prod.
Francesca Tosarelli and Kamal Al Azraq, prod.
Kamal Al Azraq/Voirex Production Company, Francesca Tosarelli (State of Palestine, Italy)
Your Honour, dir.
Bircan Birol, prod.
Reece Cargan/Bombito Productions (United Kingdom)
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As Red as Water, dir.
Fabrizio Albertini, prod.
Giorgio Viscardini/Studio x01, co-prod.Gabriele Rossi/ Studio x01 (Italy)
Chunyu: A Death Foretold, dir.
Fan Yang, prod.
Yiqian Zhang/Electric Shadow (Canada), co-prod.
Fan Yang (China)
Clones In Heat, dir.
Andrew Moir, prod.
Jessica Adams/Hands Up Films (Canada)
Emptiness, dir.
Viesturs Kairss, prod.
Gints Grube/Mistrus Media, Elina Gedina-Ducena/Mistrus Media (Latvia), co-prod.
Livia Radulescu/Dash Film (Romania)
Expelled, dir.
Tudor Platon, prod.
Carla Fotea/microFILM, Ada Solomon/microFILM (Romania)
For Those Who Will Inherit The Earth, dir.
Sara Hatira, prod.
Sophie Haikali/Joe Vision Production (Namibia), co-prod.
Tiny Mungwe/STEPS, Don Edkins/STEPS (South Africa)
Green Gold, dir.
Selim Benzeghia, Ivonne Serna, prod.
Geoffrey Livolsi/Tati Films (France)
How Love Moves, dir.
Pallavi Paul, prod.
Aman Mann/KiteRabbit Films (India)
Looking for the Mermaid, dir.
Yara Costa, prod.
Yara Costa/YC Films (Mozambique), co-prod.
Tiny Mungwe (South Africa)
Matriarchy, dir.
Zara Arrehed, prod.
Malcolm Dixelius/Dixit International, Ilja Stenberg/Dixit International (Sweden), co-prod.
Esther van Messel/First Hand Films, Daniel Schneider/First Hand Films (Switzerland)
Peoples Republic of Letters, dir.
Ruoyun Chen, prod.
Ruoyun Chen/9BULAS (United States), co-prod.
Kayo Zhang
The Long Rescue, dir.
Jennifer Huang, prod.
Jennifer Huang/Treeclimber Media, Jethro Patalinghug (United States), co-prod.
Hanz Florentino/ Studio Inspiro (Philippines)
Untitled KQT Project, dir.
Patrick Lee, prod.
Tom Fassaert, prod.
Renko Douze/Een van de jongens (the Netherlands), co-prod.
Carine Wallauer, prod.
Camilo Cavalcanti/Clario Filmes, Viviane Mendonca/MVM Movimentos Culturais (Brazil), co-prod.
Pietra Brettkelly, The Critics/Clan Yujo, prod.
Pietra Brettkelly (New Zealand), The Critics/Clan Yujo (Nigeria)
Do You Love Me, dir.
Lana Daher, prod.
Jean-Laurent Csinidis/Films de Force Majeure (France), Lana Daher/My Little Films (Lebanon), co-prod.
Jasper Mielke/Wood Water Films (Germany)
The Eternal Soldier, dir.
Aleksandar Nikolic, prod.
Milos Ivanovic/Set Sail Films (Serbia), Friedemann Hottenbacher/Inselfilm Produktion (Germany), co-prod.
Tomer Heymann, prod.
Estelle Fialon/Les Films du Poisson (France)
Whispers in May, dir.
Dongnan Chen, prod.
Jia Zhao/Muyi Film (China, the Netherlands), co-prod.
Heejung Oh/Seesaw Films (South Korea)
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Amorphous,dir.
May Abdalla, prod.
Kirsty Jennings/Anagram (United Kingdom), co-prod.
Katayoun Dibamehr/Floreal Films (France)
Atomic Paradise: The Unseen Horizon, dir.
John Harvey, prod.
Sally Aitken/SAM Content (Australia)
Battlefield of Dreams, dir.
Floor Houwink ten Cate, prod.
Anne Breure/Theater Utrecht (the Netherlands), co-prod.
(United Kingdom)
Beyond?dir.
Yango Gonzalez, prod.
Yango Gonzalez (Germany)
From Memory, dir.
John Nathan, Damian Hale, prod.
Toby Coffey (United Kingdom), co-prod.
Alex Eckford
Homeing: Lost&Found Bureau, dir.
Maria Kremer, prod.
Maria Kremer/zvon studio/Homeing platform (Armenia), co-prod.
Alina Mikhaleva Savelyeva/Less Media Group (Georgia)
I M U, dir.
Juul van der Laan, prod.
Juul van der Laan/studio thnkthnk (the Netherlands), co-prod.
V2_ (the Netherlands)
Lady Lazarus, dir.
Willemiek Kluijfhout, prod.
Nienke Huitenga/Studio ZZZAP (the Netherlands)
Normandie: A Documentary Video Game, dir.
Sam Butin, prod.
Nicolas Escarpentier/On The March (United States)
Slipstreaming, dir.
Giuseppe Chico, prod.
Barbara Matijevic (France, Croatia)
The Four Floors of Faneuil Hall, dir.
Simon Wood, Meghna Singh, prod.
Maria Laura Ruggiero, Ana Fraile, prod.
Ana Fraile/Pulpo Films, Maria Laura Ruggiero/SeirenFilms (Argentina), co-prod.
(United Kingdom)
The Time of a Moment, dir.
Kate Voet, Victor Maes, prod.
Emmy Oost/Cassette for timescapes, An Oost/Cassette for timescapes (Belgium), co-prod.
(Luxembourg, the Netherlands)
to the other side…dir.
Oliver Czeslik, prod.
Kathrin Brunner/mYndstorm productions (Germany)
Trolls vs Elves, dir.
Aleks Rydzkowska, prod.
