IDFA Forum: Dogwoof with reasons to wag its tail
Oli Harbottle, Head of Distribution & Acquisitions at leading UK documentary outfit Dogwoof, gives an upbeat forecast for the UK doc sector in 2021. He also predicts that Dogwoof will be able to survive any continuing slowdown in the theatrical business caused by the pandemic.
IDFA Dutch Doc Competition: Silence of the Tides
Not just a jubilant homage to the beauty of the Wadden’s unique intertidal wetlands, Pieter-Rim de Kroon’s film also sets out to show the place in a less than idyllic light…
IDFA Feature-length Comp review: Morning Star
Madagascan Nantenaina Lova’s story of protecting sacred land from foreign mining interests hits just the right tone: no sentimentality, no voyeurism, just honesty.
IDFA Feature-length Comp review: War and Peace
War and Peace is no simplistic reinforcement about the horrors of conflict, but rather an examination of how imagery of war can and perhaps should be used.
Four European films nominated for IDA Best Feature 2020
Gunda, The Reason I Jump, Reconnected and Collective among Best Feature noms for 2020 International Documentary Association Awards. Jerry Rothwell (The Reason I Jump) also nominated in Best Director category.
IDFA Feature-length Competition review: The New Gospel
Milo Rau’s restaging of Christ’s Passion makes for a heart-felt and at times profoundly angry film set against the backdrop of workers campaigning for basic living conditions and rights in Italy.
Docs for Sale: Antipode expecting a caffeine rush
Buyers are beginning to pick up the aroma of 'Growth', Russian sales outfit Antipode Sales and Distribution’s hot new Iranian feature doc, which tells the story of one of the world’s most popular drinks…coffee.
IDFA Feature-length Comp review: Radiograph of a Family
Like an X-ray, this documentary gets under your skin to touch invisible points both in the body and the mind.
IDFA Best of Fests review: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Cinematic boundaries are boozily and blissfully blurred in brothers Bill and Turner Ross’s absorbing and intoxicating film.
IDFA Feature-length Comp review: Inside the Red Brick Wall by Hong Kong Doc Filmmakers
It makes you feel like you’re part of this brave and energetic movement, modern day heroes, fighting repression with little more than their innate intelligence and an overpowering sense of (in)justice.
