IDFA: ‘A Fox Under a Pink Moon,’ ‘Past Future Continuous’ Win Amsterdam Doc Fest Awards

IDFA: ‘A Fox Under a Pink Moon,’ ‘Past Future Continuous’ Win Amsterdam Doc Fest Awards

A Fox Under a Pink Moon and Past Future Continuous are among the winners of the top awards at the 38th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), unveiled at a ceremony held at the Dutch city’s Eye Filmmuseum. Mehrdad Oskouei’s Pink Moon, a self-portrait of 16-year-old Soraya who creates drawings and sculptures, won…

Read More
Amsterdam Doc Fest IDFA Adds Gaza, Laura Poitras Films, Unveils Shorts Competition Titles

Amsterdam Doc Fest IDFA Adds Gaza, Laura Poitras Films, Unveils Shorts Competition Titles

IDFA, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, on Tuesday unveiled more of the lineup for its 38th edition, including its Short Documentary Competition titles, as well as selections for its Signed, Best of Fests, Current Future, and Paradocs sections, along with the winners of this year’s Film Fund DocLab Interactive Grant. Overall, more than 107 films…

Read More
#AI Trained in Werner Herzog’s Works Wrote Murder Mystery Doc ‘About a Hero,’ Starring Vicky Krieps

#AI Trained in Werner Herzog’s Works Wrote Murder Mystery Doc ‘About a Hero,’ Starring Vicky Krieps

Werner Herzog travels to Getunkirchenburg to investigate the death after a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances in Piotr Winiewicz’s feature film debut About a Hero. Vicky Krieps also stars, and Stephen Fry appears. “But Herzog, our narrator, is not who he seems, and the film is not what we expect…,”…

Read More
#‘The Shadow Scholars’ Director Eloise King on Diving Into the Essay-Writing Industry in Kenya and Using AI to Protect People

#‘The Shadow Scholars’ Director Eloise King on Diving Into the Essay-Writing Industry in Kenya and Using AI to Protect People

Eloise King’s documentary The Shadow Scholars takes a deep dive into a multilayered, complex topic: “a twilight academic industry” that has often been covered only from a very specific perspective. Filmed across three continents, the Film4 movie, being sold by Dogwoof, includes British writer and director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Blitz) among its executive producers….

Read More
#War Documentary ‘1489’ Wins Best Film at IDFA

#War Documentary ‘1489’ Wins Best Film at IDFA

1489, an Armenian war documentary from director Shoghakat Vardanyan, has won the top prize for best film at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). The prize comes with a €15,000 ($16,000) cash bursary. In the film, Vardanyan records her and her family’s efforts to find out what happened to her brother, Soghomon, a 21-year-old student…

Read More