The winners of IDFA’s 35th edition competition programs were announced at the Awards Ceremony which took place November 17 at the ITA (Internationaal Theater Amsterdam) and live-streamed.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Jury members: Pirjo Honkasalo, Vanja Kaludjercic, Yousry Nasrallah, Mary Stephen and Yoshihiko Yatabe. Read the jury statements here
- Apolonia, Apolonia by Lea Glob won IDFA Award for Best Film. The award is accompanied by a €15,000 euro cash prize.”This film has characters who breathe life and take us on a journey, opening us up to the worlds of culture and art, of business and politics, of the mechanics of a success story. It is infused with love. The Award for Best Film goes to Lea Glob for her film Apolonia, Apolonia, ” the jury reported.
- The IDFA Award for Best Directing (worth €5,000) in the International Competition went to Simon Chambers for Much Ado About Dying (Ireland, United Kingdom).
- The IDFA Award for Best Editing (worth €2,500) in the International Competition went to Mario Steenbergen for Journey Through Our World (The Netherlands)
- The IDFA Award for Best Cinematography (worth €2,500) in the International Competition went to Paul Guilhaume for Paradise (France, Switzerland)
ENVISION COMPETITION
Jury members: Rosa Bosch, Thania Dimitrakopoulou, Pawel Lozinski and Jumana Manna. Read the jury statements here
- Angie Vinchito won the IDFA Award for Best Film in the Envision Competition for Manifesto (Russia). The award is accompanied by a €15,000 cash prize.
- The Award for Best Directing (worth €5,000) in the Envision Competition went to Roberta Torre for The Fabulous Ones (Italy)
- The Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (worth €2,500) went to Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez for My Lost Country (Costa Rica, Iraq, Chile, Egypt).
- The jury for the Envision Competition decided to award a special mention to Notes for a Film (Chile, France) by Ignacio Agüero.
IDFA DOCLAB COMPETITION FOR IMMERSIVE NON-FICTION
Jury members: Marcel van Brakel, Katayoun Dibamehr and Amelia Winger-Bearskin. Read the jury statements here
- Darren Emerson won the IDFA DocLab Award for Immersive Non-Fiction for In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats (United Kingdom). The award is accompanied by a €5,000 cash prize.
- The Special Jury Award for Creative Technology (worth €2,500) went to Miri Chekhanovich and Edith Jorisch for Plastisapiens (Canada, Israel)
- The jury members for the IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction were Marcel van Brakel, Katayoun Dibamehr and Amelia Winger-Bearskin.
IDFA DOCLAB COMPETITION FOR DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Jury members: Loren Hammonds, Jepchumba and Leonieke Verhoog. Read the jury statements here
- Taylor McCue won the IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling with He Fucked the Girl
- Out of Me (United States). The award is accompanied by a €5,000 cash prize.
- The Special Jury Award for Creative Technology went to His Name Is My Name (The Netherlands) by Eline Jongsma and Kel O’Neill.
IDFA COMPETITION FOR SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Jury members: Manuel Abramovich, Núria Aidelman and Stefan Pavlović. Read the jury statements here
- Away (Hungary, Belgium, Portugal) by Ruslan Fedotow won the IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary. The award is accompanied by a €5,000 cash prize.
- A special mention in the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary went to The Porters (Belgium) by Sarah Vanagt.
IDFA COMPETITION FOR YOUTH DOCUMENTARY
Jury members: Ulla Haestrup, Eef Hilgers, and Edwin Mingard. Read the jury statements here
- The IDFA Award for Best Youth Film (14+) went to Carlos Hagerman and Jorge Villalobos for Home Is Somewhere Else(Mexico, United States). The award is accompanied by a €5,000 cash prize.
- The IDFA Award for Best Youth Film (9-13) went to Matthias Joulaud and Lucien Roux for Ramboy (Mexico, United States). The award is accompanied by a €5,000 cash prize.
- A special mention in the IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary went to Jasmin’s Two Homes (Finland) by Inka Achté and Hanna Karppinen.
