IDFA: Forum kicks off Nov 16
IDFA Head of Industry Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen talks to Business Doc Europe about this year's Forum (16-20 November) that not only catapults new projects towards funding and production, but also enables existing doc projects to engage in the type of co-pro interaction they have been denied by the pandemic.
IDFA: Strength and solidarity
“Filmmakers, young and old, showed up when the whole industry needed them. Watching these films makes one confident that cinema will survive,” Creative Director Orwa Nyrabia tells Business Doc Europe of the IDFA 2020 harvest.
IDFA 2020: Dutch warm to Nothing But The Sun
London-based sales outfit Film Republic has confirmed that Netherlands distribution of IDFA opening film Nothing But The Sun by Arami Ullón is to be handled by Cinema Delicatessen, who came on board last week. Meanwhile, Cineworx will be releasing the film in Switzerland.
IDFA: Truffles over the Atlantic
Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, the team behind Sundance hit The Truffle Hunters, have revealed further details of their new production company Beautiful Stories. The new outfit, which will make fiction as well as documentary, will be based out of the US and Sweden.
IDFA Bertha reacts to COVID challenge
The pandemic has thrown up new challenges for the IDFA Bertha Fund (IBF) which, in September, announced it was backing a record number of new projects in the latest IBF Classic selection.
CORE values at IDFA
Dutch CORE Sales Manager Margaret Stanneveld talks to Business Doc Europe about the large slate of home-grown (and beyond) documentaries that she and her team will be selling at Docs for Sale 2020.
