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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
LocationAmsterdam, Netherlands
Founded1988
Hosted byIDFA
LanguageInternational
Websiteidfa.nl

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Description

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IDFA is an independent, international meeting place for audiences and professionals to see a diverse (in form, content, and cultural background) program of high-quality documentaries. IDFA selects creative and accessible documentaries, which offer new insights into society.[1] By 2009, IDFA had achieved the reputation of the most important doc fest.[2][3] Every year in November, the festival takes place over the period of 11 days, in more than 40 venues around the city, welcoming an audience of 295.000 (2019), and a record number of documentary film professionals, as over 3500 gather for the festival, from more than 100 countries every year.[4]

The festival was initially held at the Leidseplein area in the centre of Amsterdam.[5] It has since spread to a number of other locations, including the Tuschinski Theatre and EYE Filmmuseum. 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. Since 2007, the festival's New Media program IDFA DocLab showcases the best interactive non-fiction storytelling and explores how the digital revolution is reshaping documentary art.[5] By that year, IDFA had grown to an audience of 145,000.[6]

In addition to the festival, IDFA has developed several professional activities, contributing to the development of filmmakers and their films at all stages. At the co-financing and co-production market IDFA Forum filmmakers and producers pitch their plans to financiers;[7] at Docs for Sale new documentaries are on offer to programmers and distributors; the IDFA Bertha Fund supports filmmakers and documentary projects in developing countries, and the IDFAcademy offers international training programs for up-and-coming doc talents.[5]

History

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IDFA was founded as a successor to the Festikon, a festival of educational cinema founded by the Dutch Film Institute in 1961 and closed in 1987 due to the lack of interest of the audience. Menno van der Molen, Festikon's director, envisioned the new festival, entirely dedicated to documentaries. Van der Molen invited Ally Derks, who had joined Festikon's team as an intern in 1985, to prompt the idea and create IDFA.[8][9][10] Derks headed IDFA from 1988 until 2017, when she stepped down.[11] First colleagues that were invited to join the team were Derks' fellow Theatre and Film Studies graduates Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen and Willemien van Aalst. As the festival's undoubted leader, Derks was nicknamed ‘Madam IDFA’ and ‘the High Priestess of Documentaries’, her vision was the one that shaped the event's program and profile for almost 30 years.[12] In 2001, she installed 7 official ‘pre-selectors’, the Dutch film professionals, who evaluated the submissions and chose 500 that would qualify for further evaluation by Derks.[8]

IDFA has always been politically charged and prioritised the socio-cultural impact of documentary cinema.[13][14] As explained by the team, it was opened to “to be a platform for voices that are usually not listened to”.[15]

In 2013, IDFA inaugurated the Emerging Voices from Southeast Asia program.[16]

In 2016, Derks announced stepping down. In almost three decades under her rule, IFDA grew into the largest and most prestigious doc festival in the world.[17] After Derks' resignation, Barbara Visser oversaw the 2017 edition as interim director.[18] In January 2018, Syrian film producer Orwa Nyrabia was appointed new artistic director of IDFA.[19]

At the opening ceremony in held on 8 November 2023 in the shadow of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, three activists burst onto the stage and waved a sign saying "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free", to show solidarity with the people of Gaza.[20][21][22] The audience, which included the festival director Orwa Nyrabia, applauded the activists. On 10 November members of Israel's film community condemned the use of the slogan and Nyrabia's applause.[23] Following the IDFA's official apology,[24] the Palestinian Film Institute withdrew its three documentaries from the festival and started a petition in protest.[25] In the aftermath, Orwa Nyrabia was forced to resign after the 2024 edition.[26]

Prizes

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In the first few years the festival had only the Joris Ivens competition. By 2007, it had four competition programs and the Audience Award, but the Joris Ivens Award (for feature-length documentaries) remained the main prize. Films in competition films must be world, international, or European premieres.[9] The Joris Ivens Award was renamed the IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary after the 2008 edition,[27][28][29] it was presented annually until 2020.[30]

In 2021, IDFA announced a new program structure and introduced new central sections: Envision and International Competitions for over 40 and 60 min, respectively, flanked by several cross-section awards (Best Dutch Film, Best First Feature and ReFrame Award). As before, only premieres are allowed to compete in the main competition.[31][32][33]

The best new documentaries of the year compete in IDFA's main competition programs:[34]

  • The IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary for best documentary longer than 70 minutes (€15,000 prize) + Special Jury Award
  • The IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary for best documentary between 40 and 70 minutes (€10,000 prize) + Special Jury Award
  • The IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary for best documentary under 40 minutes (€5,000 prize) + Special Jury Award
  • The IDFA Award for Best First Appearance for best debut film (€10,000 prize) + Special Jury Award
  • The IDFA Award for Best Student Documentary for best student documentary from film academies around the world (€5,000 prize) + Special Jury Award
  • The Beeld en Geluid IDFA Award for Dutch Documentary for best Dutch documentary (€7,500 prize) + the Special Jury Award[35]
  • The Peter Wintonick Special Jury Award for First Appearance (inaugurated 2013, €7,500 prize).[36]

Alongside the competition programs, five awards are awarded during IDFA:[37][33]

  • VPRO IDFA Audience Award for best film as voted by the audience (prize €5,000);
  • Amsterdam Human Rights Award for the documentary that best depicts the theme of human rights (€25,000 prize);
  • Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds Documentary Scholarship, a €50,000 grant for a documentary talent, allowing the recipient to make a documentary about a subject of their choice;
  • Filmfonds DocLab Interactive Grant, a cash prize for the development of interactive projects within the Netherlands;
  • Karen de Bok Talent Award for the winner of the IDFAcademy & NPO-fonds workshop. It is the successor of the Media Fund Award Documentary. The NPO Fund awards the winner €25,000 to further develop the project in collaboration with a producer and a broadcast.

Program sections

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In addition to the competitions, IDFA presents several non-competitive film programs:

Regular programs

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  • Masters

In this program section, the festival presents the latest documentaries by renowned documentary auteurs.

  • Best of Fests

In Best of Fests, the festival presents films that have made an impact on the international festival circuit this year.

  • Panorama

In this section, the festival presents films from all over the world, which are thought-provoking in their form and choice of theme.

  • Paradocs

The films in this section showcase what is going on beyond the frame of traditional documentary filmmaking, on the borders between film and art, truth and fiction, and narrative and design.

  • Music Documentary

Screenings of many films from this program are accompanied by live performances connected to the films.

Specials

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In addition to the regular programs, each year the festival presents programs like Queer Day, featuring new documentaries about LGBTQ-related topics; Focus programs which zoom in on aspects like sound design, editing, and cinematography or a topical theme; a themed program by DocLab, featuring live events and an interactive exhibition; and a retrospective of a filmmaker who also chooses a personal documentary Top 10.

Award winners

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Best film

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IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary (Until 2020, formerly: Joris Ivens Award)

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For the award given at the French festival Cinéma du Réel, see Joris Ivens Prize for a Young Filmmaker.
Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
1988 Birthplace Unknown Karin Junger [fr]  Netherlands
1988 Ksjsiner Ruben Gevorksjanz  Soviet Union
1989 Šķērsiela Ivars Seleckis [et; fr; lv; ru]  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 Viktor Kossakovsky  Russia
1994 Solo, de wet van de Favela Jos de Putter  Netherlands
1995 Délits Flagrants [fr] 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 The Sea That Thinks Gert de Graaff [nl]  Netherlands
2001 Family Phie Ambo [da; fr] & 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 [ca] Adán Aliaga [ca; es]  Spain
2006 The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun Pernille Rose Grønkjær[38][39]  Denmark
2007 Stranded Gonzalo Arijon [pt]  France
2008 Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country Anders Østergaard [ar; arz; da; de; fi; fr; pt]  Denmark
2009 Last Train Home Lixin Fan  Canada
2010 Position Among the Stars Leonard Retel Helmrich  Netherlands
2011 Planet of Snail Seung-jun Yi [ko]  South Korea
2012 First Cousin Once Removed Alan Berliner  United States
2013 Song from the Forest Michael Obert  Germany
2014 Of Men and War Laurent Bécue-Renard  France /  Switzerland
2015 Don Juan Jerzy Sladkowski  Sweden /  Finland
2016 Nowhere to Hide Zaradasht Ahmed  Norway /  Sweden
2017 The Other Side of Everything[40] Mila Turajlić  Serbia
2018 Reason[41] Anand Patwardhan  India
2019 In a Whisper Heidi Hassan & Patricia Pérez Fernández  Cuba /  Cuba
2020 Radiograph of a Family Firouzeh Khosrovani  Iran
Category split as of 2020

Best Film Award International Competition

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
2021 Octopus[42] Karim Kassem  Lebanon /  Qatar /  United States
2022 Manifesto[42] Angie Vinchito  Russia
2023 1489[43][42] Shoghakat Vardanyan  Armenia
2024 Trains[42] Maciej J. Drygas  Poland

Best Cinematography Award International Competition

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
2021 Where Are We Headed[42] Ruslan Fedotow  Belarus /  Russia
2022 Paradise [42] Paul Guilhaume  France /  Switzerland
2023 Flickering Lights [42] Anirban Dutta & Anupama Srinivasan  India
2024 The Guest [42] Zvika Gregory Portnoy & Zuzanna Solakiewicz  Poland /  Qatar

Best Directing Award International Competition

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Year Film Director Nationality of director

(at time of film's release)

2021 Children of the Mist[42] Diem Ha Le  Vietnam
2022 Apolonia, Apolonia[42] Lea Glob  Denmark
2023 Life is Beautiful[42] Mohamed Jabaly  Norway /  Palestine
2024 An American Pastoral[42] Auberi Edler  France

Best Editing Award International Competition

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Year Film Director Nationality of director

(at time of film's release)

2021 Mr. Landsbergis[42] Danielius Kokanauskis  Lithuania /  Netherlands
2022 Journey Through Our World[42] Mario Steenbergen  Netherlands
2023 The World Is Family [42] Anand Patwardhan  India
2024 Trains[42] Maciej J. Drygas  Poland

DFA Audience Award

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
1988 The Last Judgement Herz Frank [arz; de; fr; he; it; lt; lv; ru; uk]  Soviet Union
1989 Skierskala Ivars Seleckis [et; fr; lv; ru]  Soviet Union
1990 In Memory of the Day Passed By Šarūnas Bartas  Lithuania
1991 Djembéfola Laurent Chevallier [fr]  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  United Kingdom
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  United Kingdom
2006 We Are Together / Thina simunye Paul Taylor  United Kingdom
2007 To See If I'm Smiling Tamar Yarom  Israel
2008 RiP: A Remix Manifesto Brett Gaylor  Canada
2009 The Cove[42] Louie Psihoyos  United States
2010 Waste Land[42] Lucy Walker  United Kingdom /  Brazil
2011 Broken Cameras[42] Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi  Palestine /  Israel /  Netherlands /  France
2012 Searching for Sugar Man[42] Malik Bendjelloul  Sweden /  United Kingdom
2013 Twin Sisters[42] Mona Friis Bertheussen  Norway
2014 Naziha's Spring[42] Gülsah Dogan  Netherlands
2015 Sonita[42] Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami  Iran
2016 La Chana[42] Lucija Stojevic  Spain /  Iceland /  United States
2017 Deaf Child[42] Alex de Ronde  Netherlands
2018 Don't Be a Dick About It[42] Benjamin Mullinkosson  United States
2019 For Sama[42] Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts  United Kingdom
2021 Writing with Fire[42] Sushmit Ghosh & Rintu Thomas  India
2022 Blue ID[42] Burcu Melekoglu &Vuslat Karan  Turkey
2023 20 Days in Mariupol[42] Mstyslav Chernov  Ukraine
2024 No Other Land[42] Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor  Palestine /  Norway

Special Jury Prize

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
1988 Hôtel 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 [et; fr; lv; ru]  Soviet Union
1990 The Collector E. Strömdahl  Sweden
1991 Djembéfola Laurent Chevallier [fr]  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 Viktor 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
2008 Forgetting Dad Rick Minnich & Matthew Sweetwood  Germany /  United States
2009 The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Judith Ehrlich & Rick Goldsmith [de; pt]  United States
2012 Teached Kelly Amis  United States
2013 A Letter to Nelson Mandela Khalo Matabane  South Africa /  Germany
2014 Something Better to Come Hanna Polak  Denmark /  Poland
2015 Ukrainian Sheriffs Roman Bondarchuk  Ukraine /  Latvia /  Germany
2016 Still Tomorrow Jian Fan  People's Republic of China
2017 The Deminer Hogir Hirori  Sweden /  Iraq
2018 Los Reyes Bettina Perut & Iván Osnovikoff  Chile /  Chile

IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary (formerly: Silver Wolf Award)

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
1995 6 Open, 21 Closed Amit Goren  Israel
1996 Mr. Behrmann – Leben Traum Tod Andreas Voigt (director) [de]  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 [fr]  Belgium
2000 Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin Fabrizio Lazzaretti [it], Alberto Vendemmiati [it], Giuseppe Petitto  Italy
2001 Haj-Abba's Wives Mohsen Abdolvahab [fa]  Iran
2002 Interesting Times: The Secret of My Success Jinchuan Duan  Chile
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
2008 Boris Ryzhy Aliona van der Horst [nl]  Netherlands
2009 Iron Crows Bong-Nam Park  South Korea
2010 People I Could Have Been And Maybe Am Boris Gerrets  Netherlands
2011 Montenegro Jorge Gaggero  Argentina
2012 Red Wedding Lida Chan & Guillaume Suon  Cambodia /  France
2013 Pussy Versus Putin Gogol's Wives  Russia
2014 Kamchatka — The Cure for Hatred Julia Mironova  Russia
2015 At Home in the World Andreas Koefoed [da]  Denmark
2016 Death in the Terminal Tali Shemesh & Asaf Sudra  Israel
2017 The Dread Martin Benchimol & Pablo Aparo  Argentina /  Argentina
2018 Summa Andrei Kutsila [be]  Belarus
2019 Articlockwise Jalal Vafaei  Iran
2020 The Wheel Nomin Lkhagvasuren  Mongolia

IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary (formerly: Silver Cub Award)

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
2005 Butterfly Man Samantha Rebillet  Australia
2006 My Eyes Erlend E. Mo  Denmark
2007 The Tailor Oscar Pérez  Spain
2008 Slaves – An animated documentary Hanna Heilborn & David Aronowitsch  Sweden /  Denmark
2009 Six Weeks Marcin Janos Krawczyk [pl]  Poland
2017 Vi bara lyder (we merely obey)[44] Erik Holmström och Fredrik Wenzel[45][46]  Sweden
2018 I Signed the Petition Mahdi Fleifel  Denmark
2019 Up at Night Nelson Makengo  Republic of the Congo
2020 Unforgivable Marlén Viñayo  El Salvador
2021 Handbook Pavel Mozhar  Germany /  Belarus
2022 Away Ruslan Fedotow  Russia

IDFA Award for Best First Appearance

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
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 [it; ru]  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
2008 Constantin and Elena Andrei Dascalescu  Romania
2009 Colony Ross McDonnell & Carter Gunn  Ireland /  United States
2010 Kano: An American and His Harem Monster Jimenez  Philippines
2011 The Vanishing Spring Light Xun Yu  China /  Canada
2012 Soldier on the Roof Esther Hertog  Netherlands
2013 My Name Is Salt Farida Pacha  Switzerland /  India
2014 Drifter Gábor Hörcher  Hungary /  Germany
2015 When the Earth Seems to Be Light Salome Machaidze & Tamuna Karumidze & David Meskhi  Georgia
2016 Who We Were Sine Skibsholt  Denmark
2017 The Distant Barking of Dogs Simon Lereng Wilmont  Denmark
2018 Giacinto Scelsi. The First Motion of the Immovable Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva  France
2019 Solidarity Lucy Parker  United Kingdom
2020 This Rain Will Never Stop Alina Gorlova  Ukraine

Movies that Matter Human Rights Award

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
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 Broomsfield & 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
2008 Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country Anders Østergaard [ar; arz; da; de; fi; fr; pt]  Denmark

IDFA DOC U! Award for the youth jury's favorite film (formerly: Moviesquad DOC U! Award)

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
2005 Shadya, Roy Roy Westler  Israel
2006 A Lesson of Belarusian Miroslaw Dembinski  Poland
2007 Planet B-Boy Benson Lee  United States
2008 Kassim the Dream Kief Davidson  United States
2009 The Yes Men Fix the World Andy Bichlbaum & Mike Bonanno  France /  United States
2010 Autumn Gold Jan Tenhaven [de]  Germany
2011 The Last Days of Winter Mehrdad Oskouei  Iran
2012 Little World Marcel Barrena  Spain
2013 #chicagoGirl – The Social Network Takes on a Dictator Joe Piscatella  United States /  Syria

IDFA Award for Best Student Documentary

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
2007 Paradise – Three Journeys in This World Elina Hirvonen  Finland
2008 Shakespeare and Victor Hugo's Intimacies Yulene Olaizola  Mexico
2009 Redemption Sabrina Wulff  Germany
2015 My Aleppo Melissa Langer  United States

IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction

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The IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction rewards the best immersive non-fiction of the festival.

Year Work Artist(s) Nationality of artist
(at time of work release)
2021 Museum of Austerity[42] Sacha Wares, John Pring  United Kingdom
2022 In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats[42] Darren Emerson  United Kingdom
2023 Turbulence Jamais Vu[42] Ben Joseph Andrews, Emma Roberts  Australia
2024 Me, a Depiction[42] Lisa Schamlé  Netherlands

Special Jury Award for Creative Technology

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Year Work Artist(s) Nationality of artist
(at time of work release)
2021 Symbiosis[42] Marcel van Brakel, Mark Meeuwenoord,  Netherlands
2022 Plastisapiens[42] Miri Chekhanovic, Edith Jorisch  Canada / Israel
2023 Natalie's Trifecta[42] Natalie Paneng  South Africa
2024 The Liminal[42] Alaa Al Minawi  Netherlands /  Lebanon /  Palestine

IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling

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The IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling rewards the best Digital Storytelling.

Award-winning works

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film or website's release)
2010 Out My Window Katerina Cizek  Canada
2011 In Situ Antoine Viviani  France
2018 1 the Road[47] Ross Goodwin  United States
2019 The Waiting Room VR[48] Victoria Mapplebeck  United Kingdom
2021 Un(re)solved[49] Tamara Shogaolu  United States
2022 He Fucked the Girl Out of Me[50] Taylor McCue  United States
2023 Anouschka Tamara Shogaolu The Netherlands, United-States, Switzerland

Zapper Award (1994–1996)

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Year Film Director Nationality of director
(at time of film's release)
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

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