International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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Location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Founded | 1988 |
Language | International |
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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 Americain, 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.
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[edit] Prizes
Prizes at IDFA are awarded in different categories:
- The Joris Ivens Award for best documentary over 60 minutes in length.
- The Special Jury Prize winner equals "Special Mention" or "Runner-up Prize" on some other festivals.
- The Silver Wolf Award for best documentary under 60 minutes in length.
- The Silver Cub Award for films in a selection of 16 documentaries less than 30 minutes in length.
- The First Appearance Award for best debut film.
- The Audience Award for best film as voted by audience
- The Movies that Matter - Human Rights Award for best film dealing with human rights issues. Prior to 2006 this award was called the Amnesty International Award.
- The DOC U! Award for best youth documentary selected by a special youth jury.
- The IDFA Student Award, introduced in 2007.
[edit] Award winners
[edit] VPRO Joris Ivens Award
Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
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1988 | Birthplace Unknown | Karin Junger | Netherlands |
1988 | Ksjsiner | Ruben Gevorksjanz | Soviet Union |
1989 | Skierskala | Ivars Seleckis | Soviet Union |
1990 | Christo in Paris | D. Maysles | United States |
1991 | Dreams and Silence | Omar Al-Quattan | Belgium |
1992 | La Memoria del Agua | Hector Faver | Spain |
1993 | Belovy | Victor Kossakovsky | Russia |
1994 | Solo, de wet van de Favela | Jos de Putter | Netherlands |
1995 | Délits Flagrants | Raymond Depardon | France |
1996 | Atman | Pirjo Honkasalo | Finland / Germany |
1997 | Auf der Kippe | Andrei Schwartz | Germany |
1998 | Fotoamator / Photographer | Dariusz Jablonski | Poland |
1999 | André Hazes - Zij gelooft in mij | John Appel | Netherlands |
2000 | De zee die denkt | Gert de Graaff | Netherlands |
2001 | Family | Phie Ambo & Sami Saif | Denmark |
2002 | Stevie | Steve James | United States |
2003 | Checkpoint | Yoav Shamir | Israel |
2004 | Stand van de maan | Leonard Retel Helmrich | Netherlands |
2005 | My Grandmother's House | Adán Aliaga | Spain |
2006 | The Monastery – Mr. Vig & the Nun | Pernille Rose Grønkjær | Denmark |
2007 | Stranded | Gonzalo Arijon | France |
[edit] Volkskrant Audience Award
Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
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1988 | The Last Judgement | Herz Frank | Soviet Union |
1989 | Skierskala | Ivars Seleckis | Soviet Union |
1990 | In Memory of the Day Passed By | Šarūnas Bartas | Lithuania |
1991 | Djembéfola | Laurent Chevallier | France |
1992 | Black Harvest | Robin Anderson & Bob Connolly | Australia |
1993 | Belovy | V. Kossakovsky | Russia |
1994 | Choice and Destiny | Tsipi Reibenbach | Israel |
1995 | Anne Frank Remembered | Jon Blair | England |
1996 | Blue Eyed | B. Verhaag | Germany |
1997 | Vision Man | W. Long | Sweden |
1998 | Twee Vaders | Ko van Reenen | Netherlands |
1999 | Crazy | Heddy Honigmann | Netherlands |
2000 | Desi | Maria Ramos | Netherlands |
2001 | Offspring, B | B. Stevens | Canada |
2002 | Bowling for Columbine | Michael Moore | United States |
2003 | My Flesh and Blood | Jonathan Karsh | United States |
2004 | The Yes Men | Dan Ollman & Sarah Price & Chris Smith | United States |
2005 | Sisters in Law | Kim Longinotto & Florence Ayisi | England |
2006 | We Are Together / Thina simunye | Paul Taylor | United Kingdom |
2007 | To See If I'm Smiling | Tamar Yarom | Israel |
[edit] Special Jury Prize
Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
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1988 | Hotel Terminus: the Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | Marcel Ophüls | France / United States |
1988 | 'The Power of Solovki | Marina Goldovskaya | Soviet Union |
1989 | Skierskala | Ivars Seleckis | Soviet Union |
1990 | The Collector | E. Strömdahl | Sweden |
1991 | Djembéfola | Laurent Chevallier | France |
1992 | Black Harvest | Robin Anderson & Bob Connolly | Australia |
1993 | Mit Verlust ist zu Rechnen | Ulrich Seidl | Austria |
1994 | Choice and Destiny | Tsipi Reibenbach | Israel |
1995 | Picasso Would Have Made a Glorious Waiter | Jonathan Schell | United States |
1996 | The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera | Adam Simon | England |
1997 | Little Dieter Needs to Fly | Werner Herzog | Germany |
1998 | Pavel and Lyalya / a Jerusalem Romance r | Victor Kossakovsky | Russia |
1999 | A Cry from the Grave | Leslie Woodhead | England |
2000 | Keep the River on Your Right: a Modern Cannibal Tale | Laurie Gwen & David Shapiro | United States |
2001 | Elsewhere | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Austria |
2002 | On Hitler's Highway | Lech Kowalski | France |
2003 | The Corporation | Mark Achbar | Canada |
2004 | Liberia: an Uncivil War | Jonathan Stack & James Brabazon | United States |
2005 | Our Daily Bread | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Austria |
2006 | Tender’s Heat. Wild Wild beach | Alexander Rastorguev | Russia |
2007 | Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go | Kim Longinotto | United Kingdom |
[edit] Silver Wolf Award
Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
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1995 | 6 Open, 21 Closed | Amit Goren | Israel |
1996 | Mr. Behrmann - Leben Traum Tod | Andreas Voigt | Germany |
1997 | Gigi, Monica...& Bianca | Yasmina Abdellaoui & Benoït Dervaux | Belgium |
1998 | Hephzibah | Curtis Levy | Australia |
1999 | Les Enfants du Borinage - Lettre à Henri Storck | Patric Jean | Belgium |
2000 | Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin | Fabrizio Lazzaretti & Alberto Vendemmiati | Afghanistan / Italy |
2001 | Haj-Abba's Wives | Mohsen Abdolvahab | Iran |
2002 | Interesting Times - the Secret of my Success | Jinchuan Duan | Chile |
2003 | 2003 Surplus - Terrorized into Being Consumers | Erik Gandini | Sweden |
2004 | Georgi and the Butterflies | Andrey Paounov | Bulgaria |
2005 | Before Flying Back to the Earth | Arūnas Matelis | Lithuania |
2006 | Enemies of Happiness | Eva Mulvad | Denmark |
2007 | To See If I'm Smiling | Tamar Yarom | Israel |
[edit] Silver Cub Award
Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
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2005 | Butterfly Man | Samantha Rebillet | Australia |
2006 | My Eyes | Erlend E. Mo | Denmark |
2007 | The Tailor | Oscar Pérez | Spain |
[edit] First Appearance Award
Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
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1997 | Anthem, an American Road Story | Shainee Gabel & Kristin Hahn | United States |
1998 | Les Amoureux de Dieu / Howling for God | Dan Alexe | Belgium |
1999 | Zwischen 2 Welten | Bettina Haasen | Germany |
2000 | Hybrid | Monteith McCollum | United States |
2001 | Suka | Igor Voloshin | Russia |
2002 | Barbeiros | M. Junkkonen | Finland |
2003 | My Flesh and Blood | Jonathan Karsh | United States |
2003 | The very best day | Pavel Medvedev | Russia |
2004 | Podul Peste Tisa | Ileana Stanculescu | Romania |
2005 | The Angelmakers | Astrid Bussink | Netherlands / Scotland |
2006 | We Are Together / Thina simunye | Paul Taylor | United Kingdom |
2007 | End of the Rainbow | Robert Nugent | France / Australia |
[edit] Movies that Matter Human Rights Award
Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
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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 Bloomsfield & 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 |
[edit] Moviesquad DOC U! Award
Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
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2005 | Shadya, Roy | Roy Westler | Israel |
2006 | A Lesson of Belorussian | Miroslaw Dembinski | Poland |
2007 | Planet B-Boy | Benson Lee | United States |
[edit] IDFA Student Award
Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
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2007 | Paradise – Three Journeys in This World | Elina Hirvonen | Finland |
[edit] Zapper Award (1994 -1996)
Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) |
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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 |
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Docs That Inspire Coverage of IDFA 2006
- Official YouTube channel of the IDFA (contains all the movie trailers)