IDFA 2023

IDFA announced October 18 that A Picture to Remember by Olga Chernykh will open the festival in 2023, an unveiled the selections for the Envision and International Competitions, the entire IDFA DocLab program and the nominations for all cross-section awards. The official selection of more than 250 titles is now complete. The 36th edition of IDFA takes place in Amsterdam from November 8 to 19.

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam unveiled the selections in its premiere-only sections Luminous and Frontlight, in addition to titles selected for the live cinema section IDFA on Stage and experimental art section Paradocs. IDFA will once again presents the Contagious & Queer program, curated by Simon(e) van Saarloos, and announces this year’s DocLab theme as Phenomenal Friction.

IDFA announces line-ups for its Short Doc and Youth Doc competitions as well as the new Signed section, and Best of Fests. In total, 100 films have been included in the IDFA 2023 program to date. In addition, IDFA Forum has expanded to a total of 64 projects, including seven by Ukrainian filmmakers. The 36th edition of IDFA runs from November 8 to 19 in Amsterdam.

Doc filmmaker and artist Wang Bing, Guest of Honour at IDFA 2023, will be celebrated with a retrospective of his work as well as a personally curated Top 10 which comprises a “contemplative journey into contemporary Chinese cinema.” IDFA Lifetime Achievement award-winner Peter Greenaway will also be honoured with a retrospective programme. The 36th edition of IDFA takes place from November 8 to 19 2023.

The Amsterdam-based fund is now accepting submissions for IBF Classic, the grant program that supports doc projects in development or (post-)production, with funding of up to €7,500 and €25,000 respectively per project, in addition to tailored support from the Filmmaker Support department. The deadline is June 10 2023.