The 37th edition of IDFA - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, one of the world's most prestigious documentary film festivals and a leading co-production market, takes place this year from November 14 to 24 in the Dutch capital.
At the 37th edition, France continues to shine and maintain its strong presence with 42 productions and co-productions, including shorts, features, and immersive works, out of a total of 300 films presented. Eight completely new French documentaries will make their world premiere this year, including three in international competition.
This success is further proof of the vitality, connectedness, and great diversity of French documentaries on the international scene.
The festival's professional strand, which includes a co-production market, networking sessions, and presentations of projects in development, will take place from November 14 to 18, and will be an opportunity for industry professionals to explore new market trends.
As it does every year, Unifrance will be supporting French films and professionals throughout the festival, offering specific funding schemes to support the presence of French producers and directors, such as AIP (Aide Individuelle à la Promotion) promotional funding, travel grants in partnership with La Scam (grants reserved for directors), and the distribution of a communication medium inviting visitors to find all the French productions and co-productions selected for this year's IDFA, listed on the Unifrance website.
Unifrance will also be organizing a special networking event, with its traditional cocktail reception in partnership with La Scam and the Région Grand-Est, which will be held on Sunday November 17, 2024 and will bring together French teams, and French and foreign professionals.
A Unifrance delegation will be present in Amsterdam from November 15 to 18, 2024. For further information, please contact Johanna von Hessen : johanna.vonhessen@unifrance.org
French documentaries at IDFA 2024
Best of Fests
- A Sisters' Tale by Leila Amini
- Didy by Gaël Kamilindi and François-Xavier Destors
- Intercepted by Oksana Karpovych
- The Brink of Dreams by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir
- Save Our Souls by Jean-Baptiste Bonnet
- Songs of Slow Burning Earth by Olha Zhurba
- Sudan, Remember Us by Hind Meddeb
- The Flats by Alessandra Celesia
- The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder by Inadelso Cossa
- Trans Memoria by Victoria Verseau
- A Family by Christine Angot
Frontlight
- Missing Rio Doce by Claudia Neubern - WORLD PREMIERE
Luminous
- A Strange Colour of Dream by Yasemin Akıncı - WORLD PREMIERE
- The Shepherd and the Bear by Max Keegan
- The Jacket by Mathijs Poppe
- Until the Orchid Blooms by Polen Ly
International Competition
- Green Is the New Red by Anna Recalde Miranda - WORLD PREMIERE
- Writing Hawa by Najiba Noori - WORLD PREMIERE
- An American Pastoral by Auberi Edler - WORLD PREMIERE
Top 10
Signed
- A Fidai Film by Kamal Aljafari
- Elementary by Claire Simon
- Architecton by Victor Kossakovsky
- At Averroes & Rosa Parks by Nicolas Philibert
- Dahomey by Mati Diop
- Direct Action by Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell
- The Invasion by Sergei Loznitsa
- The Belle from Gaza by Yolande Zauberman
- The Typewriter and Other Headaches by Nicolas Philibert
- Things We Said Today by Andrei Ujica
Dead Angle: Borders
- In the Open by Guillaume Massart
- Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israël by Michel Khleifi and Eyal Sivan
- There Are So Many Things Still to Say by Omar Amiralay
- Would You Have Sex With an Arab? by Yolande Zauberman
Short Film: Paradocs
- 7 walks with Mark Brown by Pierre Creton and Vincent Barré
- Pepe by Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias
Short Film Competition
- Simply Divine by Mélody Boulissière and Bogdan Stamatin - WORLD PREMIERE
- Paci (peace) by Juliette Roudet - WORLD PREMIERE
Short Film: Out of Competition
Immersive Works: DocLab Competition
- Rapture II - Portal by Alisa Berger
- Burn From Absence by Emeline Courcier
- Impulse : Playing With Reality by Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla
->> The full IDFA 2024 lineup can be found on the official site
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