Being Robert Fisk
When director Yung Chang was approached about making a film on journalist and Middle East expert, Robert Fisk, he didn’t hesitate to take the commission.
Don Quixote with a camera
A ubiquitous presence at documentary festivals around the world, much loved Canadian documentary guru Peter Wintonick (1953-2013) is the subject of a feature doc himself.
Appel on tragedy and tourism
Leading Dutch documentarist John Appel describes his latest feature Once the Dust Settles as a “three-act film with one theme”.
Fat Front in Amsterdam
It’s big and it’s bold, it’s fat, fun and fearless. And to any detractors out there, including fat-shaming YouTuber Nicole Arbour, it’s 'get a life'.
Moving and grooving at DocLab
This year's DocLab, IDFA’s showcase for innovation, experimentation and a satisfying touch of weird, moves to the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam North.
iHuman – the shape of things to come?
Tonje Hessen Schei’s iHuman offers a sobering, some may argue terrifying, assessment of AI and its seemingly inevitable trajectory towards a state of self-sufficiency.
Woodhead, Ella and all the jazz…
An avowed fan of jazz, veteran director Leslie Woodhead is taking on the revered Ella Fitzgerald as the subject of his latest feature doc.
An exile speaks
For a man living in exile, who has spent several years in prison and who is on the wrong side of Vladimir Putin, former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky cuts a surprisingly cheerful figure.





















