Articles Tagged ‘IDFA’
IDFA ’12: “Sugar Man” triumphs in Amsterdam
FILMMalik Bendjelloul’s Searching for Sugar Man (pictured) picked up the audience and the music doc awards at the 25th IDFA in Amsterdam, while Alan Berliner’s Alzheimer’s doc First Cousin Once Removed won the best feature doc prize.
IDFA ’12: Taskovski Films picks up Lat Am docs
FILMLondon-based sales outfit Taskovski Films has picked up two Latin American docs at IDFA: Mercedes Moncada’s Magic Words (to break a spell) (pictured) and Patricia Correa and Valentina Mac-Pherson’s The Women and the Passenger.
IDFA ’12: Lucy Walker, HBO prep snowboarding doc
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSTwo-time Oscar nominee Lucy Walker (pictured) is teaming up with U.S. net HBO to make a US$1 million documentary on snowboarding, centering on the achievements and injury of pro snowboarder Kevin Pearce.
IDFA ’12: Making progress at the Forum
FILM / TVIDFA Forum head Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen (pictured) discusses cuts, crowdfunding and the introduction of work-in-progress screenings for the 20th annual doc pitch-fest, which kicks off on Monday.
IDFA ’12: Pushing the boundaries
FILMAs the 25th IDFA kicks off today, realscreen examines the exceptional recent crop of docs about the Israel/Palestine conflict and looks at how filmmakers in the region are moving the conversation forward. (pictured: The Gatekeepers)
Fraser, Tykwer to speak at IDFA Congress on Dutch docs
FILMBBC ‘Storyville’ editor Nick Fraser (pictured), ad man Erik Kessels and filmmaker Tom Tykwer are among the speakers confirmed for IDFA’s new day-long event dedicated to Dutch documentaries.
“Staircase 2,” “Gatekeepers” set for 25th IDFA
FILMDutch festival IDFA has unveiled the program for its 25th edition, with Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s (pictured) sequel to The Staircase set to premiere in Amsterdam among the docs in competition.
“Wrong Time Wrong Place” to open 25th IDFA
FILMDirector John Appel’s Wrong Time Wrong Place (pictured) uses last year’s mass shooting and bomb attack in Norway as a jumping off point to explore questions of chance and the “fine balance between life and death.”
IDFA to host second annual music doc competition
FILMThe Russian Winter featuring American musician John Forté (pictured), Ghost of Piramida, Charles Bradley: Soul of America and Balkan Melodie are among the films that will screen during IDFA’s second annual music doc competition strand.
IDFA awards “Woman with a Camera,” “Red Wedding”
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSDutch festival IDFA has given its WorldView Award to two projects, Woman with a Camera by Morocco’s Karima Zoubir and Red Wedding by Cambodia’s Guillaume Suon and Lida Chan.
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