Robin by Orban Wallace
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam announced October 6 the 60 projects selected for the 30th edition of IDFA Forum, the festival’s co-production and co-financing market. The edition returns to in-person presentation, with all selected project teams slated to physically attend the event in Amsterdam.
In addition to the 22 projects selected for the market’s flagship Forum Pitch category, and the 6 projects selected for the annual Rough Cut Presentations, the upcoming event marks the second edition of the Producers Connection, an exclusive producer-to-producer showcase of 12 selected projects ripe for international co-production.
The market’s new media section, IDFA DocLab Forum, expands this year into a two-day event with a showcase of 20 interactive and XR projects. “Subjects range from urgent to introspective, all creatively explored through immersive installations, web XR, social games, AR and more,” organisers underline.
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The 30th anniversary of IDFA Forum takes place in person November 12-16 in Amsterdam’s Felix Meritis, also the home to Docs For Sale this year. “Bringing the Forum and Docs for Sale under one roof forges a new professional universe where production, financing, and distribution opportunities are integrated, in addition to more seamless networking,” the festival writes.
IDFA Forum Pitch: Selected projects
- Catching Them Young, dir. Pankaj Johar, prod. Penny Wise Films (India), Ventana Film (Germany)
- Displaced, dir. Olha Zhurba, prod. Darya Bassel (Ukraine), Final Cut for Real (Denmark)
- Don’t Call Me Mad, dir. Zora Kuettner, prod. Delaval Film, Charlie Phillips, Kat Amara-Korba (United Kingdom), DocLab (Italy)
- Edhi and Alice, dir. Ilrhan Kim, prod. yPinks, SonaFilms (South Korea)
- The Eternal Memory, dir. Maite Alberdi, prod. Micromundo Producciones, Fabula (Chile)
- Frontline (working title), dir. Alisa Kovalenko, prod. HAKA Films (Poland), Ström Pictures (Denmark), Trueman Production (Ukraine)
- The Golden Swan, dir. Anette Ostrø, prod. Fri Film (Norway), Made in Copenhagen (Denmark), HALAL (the Netherlands)
- Hacking Hate, dir. Simon Klose, prod. Nonami AB (Sweden)
- Ice Grave, dir. Robin Hunzinger, prod. Seppia (France), Making Movies Oy (Finland)
- Jump Out, dir. Nika Saravanja, prod. Tico Film Company S.r.l. (Italy), Playtime Films (Belgium), Fade In (Croatia)
- Love Exposed, dir. Filip Remunda, prod. Hypermarket Film (Czech Republic), FreeSaM Ltd., Farges / Kolam Productions (France), HBO MAX
- Niñxs, dir. Kani Lapuerta, prod. La Sandía Digital Producción Audiovisual (Mexico), Jyoti Films, Dirkmanthey Film (Germany)
- The Phantom Pain of Rojava, dir. Maryam Ebrahimi, prod. Mantaray Film (Sweden), Stray Dogs (Norway)
- Robin, dir. Orban Wallace, prod. Snowstorm Productions, Gallivant Film (United Kingdom)
- Seeds of a Nation, dir. Catherine Lee, prod. Pointe Media, Clear & Present Pictures (United States, Kenya)
- Theft of Fire, dir. Amer Shomali, prod. Intuitive Pictures Inc. (Canada), made in palestine project (Palestine)
- Underage Astronauts, dir. Aleksandra Skowon, prod. Mediolia (Poland)
- Under her Skin, dir. Simon Hernandez Estrada and Liliana Andrade, prod. La Popular (Colombia), Cinema 226 (Mexico)
- Welded Together, dir. Anastasiya Miroshnichenko, prod. An|Da Films (Belarus)
- Where We Belong, dir. Susanne Opstal, prod. HALAL (the Netherlands)
- Women of My Life, dir. Zahraa Ghandour, prod. Karada Films (Iraq), Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion (Switzerland), WG Film AB (Sweden)
IDFA DocLab Forum: Selected projects
- The Anticipation of Rain-6DoF, dir. Naima Karim, prod. Creative Solutions Program, Ithra, Bramble Media, Far Few Giants, Schallgeber Ltd, Wilhelm Perfume GmbH, Fat Red Bird (Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom)
- The Chaos Simulator, dir. Dov Heichemer, prod. XR Coven (Germany)
- DoX, dir. Nimrod Shanit, prod. HCXR – Holy City VR (Canada), INVR.SPACE GmbH (Germany)
- Fresh Memories, dir. Ondřej Moravec and Volodymyr Kolbasa, prod. Brainz Immersive (Czech Republic, Ukraine)
- Hong Kong Café, dir. Yan Ting Yuen and Doris Yeung, prod. Docmakers (the Netherlands)
- House of Stone, dir. Florencia Curci, Joshua Madalitso Chiundiza, Frances Yeung, David Callanan, and Anna West, prod. Anna West (United Kingdom)
- If These Streets Could Talk, dir. Barna Szász, prod. Parallel Stories Cultural Organization, Andrea Ausztrics, (Hungary), Institute for Transmedia Design (Slovenia)
- Jacob’s Journey, dir. Joanne Popinska, prod. Infinite Frame Media (Canada)
- Masquerade. Chapter One: Pillaro’s Devil’s Dance, dir. Juan Pablo Urgilés, prod. Imán Transmedia (Ecuador), INVR.SPACE GmbH (Germany), Realidad 360º Argentina (Argentina)
- Nexus, dir. Rodolfo Lissia, prod. ONIRA (the Netherlands), Small Studio (France), Nexus Vision (United Kingdom)
- The Pathogen of War, dir. Yasmin Fedda, prod. Black Leaf Films, May Abdalla (United Kingdom)
- Plunge, dir. Ellie Land, prod. Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Daria Nitsche (United Kingdom)
- Project Leaves, dir. Chen Chen Chen, prod. Ren Studios (Hong Kong, United Kingdom), OXYZ3 (China)
- Tartupaluk, dir. Laakkuluk J Williamson Bathory, prod. LMDP Co., Ánorâk Film (Canada)
- There Exists, dir. Anrick Bregman and Shehani Fernando, prod Studio ANRK, Grace Baird, Kylie Boltin (United Kingdom, Australia)
- Totem, dir. Glen Neath and David Rosenberg, prod. Darkfield (United Kingdom)
- Waking Barb, dir. Justin Blinder, prod. Justin Blinder, Nim Shapira (United States)
- We Speak Their Names In Hushed Tones, dir. Osakpolor Omoregie, prod. Electric South (South Africa)
- When Silence Talks, dir. Paulina Donoso, prod. Gabriel Torres (Ecuador, France, Argentina)
- Zonnebloem renamed District Six, dir. Haroon Gunn-Salie, prod. Electric South (South Africa)
Producers Connection: Selected projects
- Angels Street, dir. Silvia Rey Canudo, prod. Limbusfilmak (Spain)
- Breaking the Wall, dir. Weichao Xu, prod. Yiqian Zhang (China)
- December, dir. Grzegorz Paprzycki, prod. Telemark (Poland)
- Dom (“Home” in Russian), dir. Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop, prod. DokLab GmbH (Switzerland)
- The Fifth Eye, dir. Ali Hamraz, prod. Fanoos Films (Iran)
- Hawa, dir. Gul Begum, prod. YUZU Productions (France)
- Let’s Play Soldiers, dir. Mariam Al-Dhubhani, prod. Mohammed Al-Jaberi (Yemen, Qatar)
- The Lions on the River Tigris, dir. Zaradasht Ahmed, prod. Screen Story (Norway)
- Lust For Life / Carry On, dir. Viktor Nordenskiöld, prod. Freetownfilms AB, Sisyfos Film Production, Karin Ekberg (Sweden)
- The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class into Foreigners, dir. Samir, prod. Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion (Switzerland)
- Rabbit, dir. Chloe Fairweather, prod. Mark Lacey (United Kingdom)
- We Had the Moon, dir. Pamella Edouard, prod. Piano Piano Production (France, Mauritius), Selven Naidu (Mauritius)
Rough Cut Presentations: Selected projects
- The Castle, dir. Martín Benchimol, prod. Gema Films (Argentina), Sister Productions (France)
- Memory, dir. Vladlena Sandu, prod. haut les mains productions (France), BZ SH.P.K. (Kosovo), Revolver (the Netherlands), Mimesis (Russia)
- Motherland, dir. Kristoffer Juel and Christian Als, prod. Elk Film (Denmark), Mantaray Film (Sweden), Ogii Burnebataar (Mongolia)
- Nightwatchers, dir. Juliette de Marcillac, prod. Dryades Films, Lyon Capitale TV, Division, 8 Mont-Blanc (France)
- Ozogoche, dir. Joe H Silva, prod. Boton films (Ecuador), Seredipity (Belgium)
- The Tuba Thieves, dir. Alison O’Daniel, prod. Rachel Nederveld, Eliza Moley (United States)
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