Katya and Vasya go to school
EDUCATION: Education takes on an entirely new meaning when two idealistic young city slickers take up teaching jobs in a provincial Russian town.
IDFA
Located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
IDFA offers an independent and inspiring meeting place for audiences and professionals to see a diverse and high-quality program. The diverse nature of the event applies to the form and content of the films as well as to the cultural backgrounds of the filmmakers. IDFA offers an alternative to mass entertainment and uniformity, confirming that there is an increasing need in audiences for high-quality films that delve deep and urge us to reflect.
Ordinary people. Ordinary activities
COMMUNISM: The banality of evil in communist-era Poland explored through archive footage of secret police audio and film recordings.
The journey of a ghost
COLONIALISM: Almost 500 years after the Spanish Conquest, a ghostly figure merges history and the present reflecting on the legacy of colonialism.
IDFA launches new talent development programme, IDFA Project Space
To provide year-round support for #IDFA Alumni, the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam has launched IDFA Project Space, its new talent
China’s Uncle Smog Buster on the struggle to combat pollution
ENVIRONMENT: Balancing conflicting political demands for clean air and water – and a thriving economy – in a one party state is not an easy task.
Taking care of business: Jonathan Perel on Corporate Accountability
INTERVIEW: Modern Times Review talks with Argentina’s Jonathan Perel on his Berlinale-premiered new film, Corporate Accountability
With interest at unprecented levels, IDFA to expand Online Collection
In response to heightened interest, #IDFA has begun developing and optimizing its Online Collection online. In the coming months, the
Can we live together?
CONFLICT: Two women navigate their lives in Beirut three decades past its civil war
The beauty of abandoned places
PERSEVERANCE: The bleached white concrete bones of an abandoned Soviet-era nuclear reactor frame Alexandra Westmeier’s poetic study of lives lived out in a post-apocalyptic era.
Postscript: the new virtual normal, covering a film festival during COVID-19
VIEWS: In the new COVID-19 reality, the virtual film festival has become the new normal.
Nostalgia for public places
COMMUNITY: In the shadows of Las Vegas, real people, in an unreal situation, face an uncertain future.