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IDFA Director Isabel Arrate Fernandez Explains Why Europe’s Biggest Documentary Festival Is Not Inviting State-Backed Israeli Bodies & Films

Isabel Arrate Fernandez, Artistic Director of the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), has confirmed its decision to become the first major film event to officially exclude Israeli ...
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Documentary Filmmaker Susana De Sousa Dias Named IDFA’s 2025 Guest Of Honor

Two of the films on de Sousa Dias’s Top 10 list — Monangambééé, the 1968 short documentary by Sarah Maldoror and Images of the World and the Inscription of War (1989) by Harun Farocki – explore ...
Variety

IDFA Stands for ‘Artistic, Bold Filmmaking,’ Chiefs Say, but ‘That’s Not Always What’s Celebrated at Some TV Stations and Streamers’

As Forum, the industry program of documentary festival IDFA, launches today, Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen, the festival’s head of industry, and its artistic director Isabel Arrate Fernandez, talk about ...
Variety

IDFA Reveals First Titles for Short Documentary Section, Including ‘Air Horse One,’ ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,’ ‘An Open Field’

IDFA, one of world’s leading documentary festivals, has announced the first titles for its short documentary section, and revealed the lineups for the Signed, Best of Fests and Paradocs sidebars. The ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Amsterdam Doc Fest IDFA Adds Gaza, Laura Poitras Films, Unveils Shorts Competition Titles

Overall, more than 107 films are now set for this year's program, with the four winners of the Film Fund DocLab Interactive Grant also unveiled on Tuesday. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The ...
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IDFA Reveals 250 Documentaries Headed for Amsterdam - Many Will Shape the International Doc Conversation for the Next Year

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) remains the most influential global platform for documentaries centered in Europe. This year's 38th edition (November 13-23) boasts 250 ...
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‘Confessions Of A Mole’ Trailer: Director’s Beauty Mark Triggers Family Crisis In Serio-Comic World Premiere Documentary — IDFA

EXCLUSIVE: A seemingly harmless beauty mark on the face of director Mo Tan triggers a cascading series of events and family crisis in the documentary Confessions of a Mole, set to make its world ...
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The Spanish Showcase presents five Spanish documentary projects at IDFA

12/11/2025 - The joint initiative by ICEX and ICAA will unveil works in progress at Amsterdam’s leading documentary festival Spanish non-fiction talent will enjoy prominent visibility at IDFA – ...
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Doc Talk Podcast At IDFA: Isabel Arrate Fernandez On Leading World’s Biggest Documentary Fest And Petra Costa On Her “Apocalyptic” Oscar Contender

IDFA, the world’s largest documentary film festival, wrapped in Amsterdam over the weekend after presenting a program of more than 250 films, many of them world and international premieres. The 38th ...
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Filmmakers Behind IDFA Openers Talk Role of Short Documentary at Times of Sociopolitical Unrest: ‘Art Is Never About Length’

This year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), taking place in the Dutch city between Nov. 13-23, will open with a short documentary selection as a way of “showcasing the ...
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New IDFA Bertha Fund Head Selin Murat Talks Supporting Documentaries That ‘Defy Easy Consumption’ Like Those Coming From Ukraine and Palestine

At the beginning of the year, Selin Murat left her role as markets manager at IDFA to take on the position of executive director of the IDFA Bertha Fund. She stepped into big shoes, taking over the ...