International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Genre: DocumentaryEstablished in 1988, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) screens over 200 documentaries annually and attracts audiences of around 60,000 people. It has become one of the most important festivals on the international documentary calendar.
Its’ parallel industry program has annually approximately 3,000 professionals attend and IDFA has become a major meeting place for industry. It includes 2 markets – Docs for Sale, for business on the latest docs, and the co-financing/co-production market, IDFA Forum. DocLab, the new media program also has a number of events and talks.
Sections include: International Competition: Envision Competition, IDFA Competition for Short Documentary, IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary, Luminous, IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction, IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling.
Tips for Attendees
‘It gave me excellent exposure to many of the buyers I was targeting and served as a place to meet interested sales agents.’
‘Set up meetings before you arrive. Always attend the ‘Who’s Who’ that the festival sets up.’
‘A good sales agent is a huge advantage. Target in advance the most useful broadcasters and buyers.’
‘We didn’t get much publicity via the IDFA press office. They seemed more interested in the feature films than the shorts.’
Awards
2023 - Won - Turbulence: Jamais Vu - IDFA DocLab Award for Immersive Non-Fiction
2021 - Won - Ravi and Emma - Special Jury Award for Creative Technology - IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling
2007 - Won - End of the Rainbow - First Appearances
2005 - Won - Butterfly Man - Silver Cub - Best Short Documentary Under 30 Minutes
1998 - Won - Hephzibah - Silver Wolf - First Prize Award
1992 - Won - Black Harvest - Audience Award for Most Popular Film
Screenings
2024 - Wolves Always Come at Night, The
2024 - Black Harvest
2023 - Turbulence: Jamais Vu
2021 - Ravi and Emma
2021 - Indonesia Calling
2021 - Grannies, The
2019 - Australian Dream, The
2019 - Missing
2019 - Machine for Viewing, A
2018 - Island of the Hungry Ghosts
2018 - Awavena
2017 - Cocaine Prison
2017 - K'gari: The Real Story of a True Fake
2017 - Silica
2017 - Thin Black Line, A
2016 - Opposition, The
2016 - These Memories Won't Last
2015 - Only the Dead
2015 - Snow Monkey
2014 - That Sugar Film
2014 - I Will Not Be Silenced
2014 - After Six Four
2014 - Assent
2013 - Aim High In Creation!
2013 - Ukraine is Not a Brothel
2012 - Miss Nikki and The Tiger Girls
2012 - Missing in the Land of the Gods
2012 - Blush Of Fruit
2012 - Block: Stories From a Meeting Place, The
2012 - December 25
2011 - Goa Hippy Tribe
2011 - Hungry Tide, The
2011 - Mrs Carey's Concert
2011 - My Thai Bride
2011 - Tall Man, The
2011 - Then the Wind Changed
2010 - Memoirs Of A Plague
2010 - Cane Toads: The Conquest
2010 - Umoja: Where Women Run Wild
2009 - Contact
2009 - Miscreants of Taliwood, The
2009 - Snowman, The
2009 - Stolen
2009 - Matilda Candidate, The
2009 - My Uncle Bluey
2009 - Salt
2009 - Good Man, A
2009 - Indonesia Calling : Joris Ivens In Australia
2009 - Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story
2009 - Big Stories, Small Towns
2009 - Trendsmap.com
2009 - I, Psychopath
2008 - Wanja
2008 - Twelve Canoes
2008 - Solo
2008 - Skin
2008 - In My Father's Country
2008 - Indonesia Calling
2008 - Horsemen
2007 - Donkey in Lahore
2007 - End of the Rainbow
2007 - Night
2006 - Shift in Perception, A
2006 - Weeping Willow
2006 - Road Home, The
2006 - Fire of the Land
2006 - Dishlickers
2006 - Truckies Don't Eat Quiche
2006 - Castor And Pollux
2006 - Silence Full of Things, A
2006 - Afterwards
2006 - Soshin: In Your Dreams
2006 - Switch on the Night
2006 - Relative Strangers
2006 - Good Fight, The
2006 - Change of Heart
2006 - Generation
2006 - Butterfly Man
2006 - Merv
2006 - Gentle Birth, A
2006 - Work?
2006 - Secret Women's Business
2006 - Sentences
2006 - Sense of Smell, A
2006 - Feet Unbound
2006 - Balanda and the Bark Canoes, The
2006 - Pupusera: A Tale from My Kitchen
2005 - Butterfly Man
2005 - Kidnapped!
2005 - Kokoda Front Line
2004 - President Versus David Hicks, The
2004 - Bruce and Me
2004 - Tat Wam Asi
2003 - Molly and Mobarak
2003 - Rosalie's Journey
2003 - Mademoiselle and the Doctor
2003 - It's Like That!
2002 - Cannibal Tours
2002 - Sacred Sex
2002 - Advertising Missionaries
2002 - Making Venus
2001 - Facing the Music
2001 - Shadow Play: Indonesia's Forgotten Holocaust
2000 - Out Of Our Minds
2000 - Cunnamulla
1999 - Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
1999 - Sadness
1998 - Breath, A
1998 - Reunion
1998 - Hephzibah
1998 - To Get Rich is Glorious
1998 - My One Legged Dream Lover
1997 - Red Sands Blue Seas
1997 - Exile in Sarajevo
1997 - Pyongyang Diaries
1997 - Cinema Cinema
1997 - His Mother's Voice
1996 - Homelands
1996 - Billal
1996 - Come As You Are
1996 - Advertising Missionaries
1994 - Motherland
1993 - Cannibal Tours
1993 - Kangaroo
1993 - Couldn't Be Fairer
1993 - Shark Callers Of Kontu, The
1993 - Song Of Air, A
1993 - Yap ... How did you know we'd like TV?
1993 - Yumi Yet
1993 - Half Life
1993 - Ileksen
1993 - Homecomings
1993 - Good Woman Of Bangkok, The
1993 - Lalai Dreamtime
1993 - Last Man Hanged, The
1992 - Good Woman Of Bangkok, The
1992 - Black Harvest
1992 - When Mrs Hegarty Comes to Japan
1991 - Wonderful World of Dogs, The
1991 - Eclipse of the Man Made Sun
1991 - Plus ça Change
1990 - Tightrope Dancer, The
1989 - Joe Leahy's Neighbours
1989 - Australia Daze
1989 - State of Shock
1988 - Cannibal Tours
1988 - Australia Daze
1988 - State of Shock
1988 - Joe Leahy's Neighbours
Markets
- Website:
- www.idfa.nl
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Start:
- 13/11/2025
- End:
- 23/11/2025