Blue ID
Burcu Melekoglu, Vuslat Karan
2022
60 min
An intimate report on the gender affirmation of the former actor Rüzgar Erkoçlar, who has to go through his journey of self-realization under media scrutiny in the traditional society of Turkey.
School Program
Each year, approximately ten thousand high school and college students visit the IDFA school programs to discover creative documentaries with impact. The films are offered in combination with post-screening discussions and digital teaching materials for the classroom. Together with schools and other education organisations we bring new perspectives, and improve citizenship and media literacy.
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Champ
Cassandra Offenberg
2019
16 min
A rugged youth documentary about 14-year old kickboxing talent Esma, who
wants to become the world’s best fighter. She also lives in constant
fear of losing her mother, who’s gravely ill.
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Elsa
Julia Jansch
2022
15 min
An engaging portrait of Instagram celebrity and role model Elsa from
Kenya, who attracted attention during the pandemic with her feisty,
plain-speaking videos. But always “being yourself” also takes its toll.
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The Game
Roman Hodel
2020
17 min
Soccer refereeing is a demanding sport: you’ve got to run for 90 minutes, always be alert, and make tough decisions in a heaving stadium. A roller coaster ride packed with drama and excitement, filmed
from the perspective of referee Fedayi San.
Girl Gang
Susanne Regina Meures
2022
54 min
A portrait of 14-year-old Leonie, a successful teenage influencer from Berlin. It seems like a fairy tale, all the followers, attention and free products, but the continuous pressure to produce content threatens to overwhelm her family.
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Helaas ben je het niet geworden
Nicky Maas, Anne van Campenhout
2017
25 min
Sofie is an 18-year-old student looking for a room in Amsterdam. This means “speed-dating” interviews with potential student housemates—judging and being judged. How does the roller-coaster ride of high hopes and rejections affect a student?
His Name Is My Name
Eline Jongsma, Kel O'Neill
2022
33 min
A documentary about WWII in surprising form, unearthing the story of filmmaker Eline Jongsma’s great-grandfather, the infamous Dutch Nazi Gerrit Jongsma. Part family epic and part detective story, the series unfolds in ten binge-worthy episodes.
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Jasmin’s Two Homes
Inka Achté, Hanna Karppinen
2022
14 min
Finland is home to Jasmin and everything is familiar: the winters are cold, the playground is just around the corner and her best friend is called Maryam. But one day her parents decide to return to Somaliland.
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Kinderen van Mavungu
Mirjam Marks
2023
35 min
As amazing as it is to grow up in a village surrounded by rainforest, nothing can compare to the excitement of going to high school—especially if that means moving to Suriname’s capital city Paramaribo, as it does for Kenny, Maticha, and Yoseva.
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Love, Dad
Diana Cam Van Nguyen
2021
13 min
The discovery of letters written 15 years ago prompts Diana to renew contact with her absent father. Memory, recrimination, and yearning intertwine in this hybrid blend of animation and archive photography.
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A Mouthful of Petrol
Jess Kohl
2022
35 min
A coming-of-age documentary about 12-year-old JayDee, whose father brought him up on car racing. Now JayDee’s first race is approaching—and he doesn’t want to disappoint his father.
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Ndagukunda déjà
Sébastien Desrosiers, David Findlay
2020
21 min
Sébastien Desrosiers knows hardly anything about Rwanda, where his father was born. In this intimate and personal film, he goes in search of his roots, exactly 25 years after the genocide against the Tutsis.
Nieuw
Eefje Blankevoort
2014
19 min
The first day of school is always scary, but what if you can’t understand anyone and no one can understand you? Eight-year-old Tanans from Congo is wide-eyed as he encounters Dutch customs and learns the weird guttural language from new friends.
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Oasis
Justine Martin
2022
15 min
Camping together in the woods is what the twins Raphaël and Rémi like doing best. But Raphaël has an intellectual disability, and their paths will soon diverge. During this one last summer, time seems to stand still for a while.
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Scenes with My Father
Biserka Šuran
2022
47 min
In an abandoned factory, a father and daughter time travel through their past of migration. In search of answers, they discuss the choices that were made when they fled from the former Yugoslavia to the Netherlands, and a family trauma unfolds.
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Zomer zonder jou
Milou Gevers
2023
15 min
Ten-year-old Julie is on vacation with her mother and brother at a French campsite for single parents. Her parents are divorced, and she misses her father terribly. But luckily she makes friends with other children who are all in the same boat.