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Program

Discover the IDFA 2024 program and let yourself be captivated by our exceptional selection of documentary films and projects. All industry events accessible to Festival and Press Pass holders are listed in the AZ and Program per day, filter Industry Events.
Press and Industry screenings are only listed in the Program per Day, filter Industry Events.

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Thursday, November 14

09:00

VPRO Preview

VPRO Preview

09:50⁠–19:32

In 2020, with Covid on the increase, almost half a million farmers in India rose up in protest against the new farming laws. The film crew spent a year immersed in the daily struggle and the unyielding spirit of this historic and triumphant movement.

10:00

IDFAcademy Opening Talk: Sophie Fiennes

IDFAcademy Opening Talk: Sophie Fiennes

10:00⁠–12:00

De Balie: Grote Zaal

IDFAcademy 2024 kicks off with an inspirational talk by accomplished filmmaker Sophie Fiennes.

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 connect 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

19:00

One to One: John & Yoko

One to One: John & Yoko

19:00⁠–20:44

Creative visual collage of historical television and audio material, guiding you through an era when John Lennon and Yoko Ono took a unique approach to making the world a better place. Vibrant, musical, and surprisingly topical.

A Family

A Family

19:30⁠–20:55

This unsettling directorial debut from Christine Angot pinpoints the isolation experienced by incest victims, and shows how this unfathomable form of abuse leaves a trail of impotence and destruction within families.

Averroès & Rosa Parks

Averroès & Rosa Parks

19:30⁠–21:56

A contemplative portrait of the patients and staff in a French psychiatric hospital. In long, unhurried scenes, we see the philosophical, intelligent, sometimes hopeful human being beneath the layers of complex delusions, fears or depression.

20:00

Black Box Diaries

Black Box Diaries

20:00⁠–21:46

When journalist Shiori Ito is raped by a colleague, she decides to seek justice, in the face of a Japanese culture of silence. In a legal battle that lasts years, she takes on police and politicians, and the unequal relationship between men and women.

Ernest Cole, Lost and Found

Ernest Cole, Lost and Found

20:00⁠–21:49

Ernest Cole (1940-1990) was one of the first photographers to capture what apartheid meant to Black South Africans like himself. During his exile in the US, he photographed scenes of untold freedom next to scenes of overt racism.

Favoriten

Favoriten

20:00⁠–22:02

None of the children in Ilkay Idiskut’s class are native German speakers, all needing extra attention. There’s a major shortage of teachers in Vienna. What this means for the children becomes clear when their teacher goes on maternity leave.

At this Moment, in the Nation’s Sky

At this Moment, in the Nation’s Sky

20:30⁠–22:18

The election of the current Brazilian president Lula da Silva led to the storming of Congress by supporters of his opponent Bolsonaro. In the turbulent months that preceded it, Sandra Kogut portrays a country divided to the core.

My Stolen Planet

My Stolen Planet

20:45⁠–22:11

In her directorial debut, the filmmaker reflects on her life under the Iranian regime after 1979. The lives of countless strangers seep into her story through purchased home videos. Together, they create a single narrative about living in two worlds.