IDFA Festival | Program per day

Program per day

Program per day

Below, you will find the program with all films, events, and projects for IDFA 2025.

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Thursday, November 13

10:00

IDFAcademy Opening Talk: Firouzeh Khosrovani

IDFAcademy Opening Talk: Firouzeh Khosrovani

10:00⁠–12:00

De Balie: Grote Zaal

IDFAcademy 2025 kicks off with an inspirational talk by accomplished filmmaker Firouzeh Khosrovani, together with IDFA’s new Artistic Director Isabel Arrate Fernandez.

IDFAcademy Passholders & Invitees

13:00

IDFAcademy: Participants meet-up

IDFAcademy: Participants meet-up

13:00⁠–16:30

De Balie: Grote Zaal

Practice presenting yourself and your project and connecting with the other participants.

IDFAcademy Passholders

16:00

IDFAcademy: Opening drinks

IDFAcademy: Opening drinks

16:30⁠–18:00

De Balie: Bovenfoyer

The first day is a wrap! Join us for a welcome drink, open to all IDFAcademy participants.

IDFAcademy Passholders & Invitees

20:00

2000 Meters to Andriivka

2000 Meters to Andriivka

20:00⁠–21:51

Journalist and filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov (20 Days in Mariupol) follows a Ukrainian platoon as it attempts to liberate a strategically located village. This gripping report confronts us with the futility and dislocation of war.

IDFA Opening Night

IDFA Opening Night

20:00⁠–22:56

Festive opening night of the 38th edition of IDFA.

Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students

Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students

20:15⁠–21:50

In this spirited celebration of the power of literature, secondary school students across France share their experiences of reading the raw and compelling work of French author and Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux.

Under the Flags, the Sun

Under the Flags, the Sun

20:30⁠–22:05

Het Documentaire Paviljoen: De Spiegel

Produced entirely from archival footage, this film paints a picture of the propaganda machine surrounding dictator Alfredo Stroessner, who ruled Paraguay with an iron fist from 1954 to 1989.

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20:30⁠–22:19

Fly-on-the-wall documentary following the charismatic Dr Bini at work in his consultation room. As head of the fertility and gender department at a Milanese hospital, he takes an unconventional and deeply empathetic approach.

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20:45⁠–22:55

The war impacts young people in Ukraine as well as adults. Filmmaker Kateryna Gonorstai travels east through the country, filming schools in bomb shelters and lessons about mines. How do children cope with all this and how do they see the future?

21:00

Cherry Ferry

Cherry Ferry

21:00⁠–22:43

A filmmaker returns from Taiwan to his native Myanmar, a nation with a violent history. His atmospheric, tranquil shots—including views from the ferry—capture a country adrift.

Agatha’s Almanac

Agatha’s Almanac

21:15⁠–22:46

Bent over but self-assured, 90-year-old Agatha is still hard at work in the large garden of her old family farm in Manitoba, Canada. Captured on 16mm film, this is a sumptuous portrait of her world of traditional skills, far removed from modernity.