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IDFA x National Geographic

IDFA x National Geographic

This year, National Geographic Documentary Films is once again present at IDFA with very special films!

Through the power of documentary films and a focus on beauty, National Geographic aims to tell compelling, thought-provoking, and globally relevant stories. This year is no exception: the film Love+War by Chai Vasarhelyi Jimmy Chin and Ghost Elephants by Werner Herzog. 

Click the film titles below for screenings.

Love+War

Lynsey Addario’s work as a war photographer is as dangerous as it is crucial, but she’s also got a family to stay alive for. Oscar-winning directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin present a powerful portrait of that dual commitment.

Love+War

Love+War

Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

Ghost Elephants

Latest documentary film by renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog. An obsessed zoologist searches the high plains of Angola for the last descendants of a mysterious, giant elephant species. A mission that is scientific as well as poetic, accompanied by the distinctive voice of Herzog.