IDFA Specials

Experience the festival in a compact format with Best of IDFA: Audience Favorites. Four audience favorites in one day, November 21–23 at Pathé Noord. Comfortable seating, lunch options, and films in or subtitled in English. The film selection will be announced during the Award Ceremony on Thursday evening, 20 November.

Experience the festival in a compact format with Best of IDFA: Award Winners. Four award-winning films in one day, November 21–23 at Pathé Noord. Comfortable seating, lunch options, and films in or subtitled in English. The film selection will be announced during the Award Ceremony on Thursday evening, 20 November.

The editorial team at De Groene Amsterdammer magazine presents a full day program of extraordinary and urgent documentaries on themes including politics, society, history and culture.

Bor Beekman, film editor at Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant, and editor-in-chief of Volkskrant Magazine Aimée Kiene, present highlights from the festival in a full day program in which their personal choices guarantee a unique cross-section of IDFA.

Start the festival with gems from the IDFA program at the most beautiful cinema in the world: Royal Theater Pathé Tuschinski, featuring a carefully curated program by the film editorial team of VPRO.