IDFA
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Synthetic Sincerity
TECHNOLOGY: Blending science and cinema, Synthetic Sincerity follows AI researchers and migrants to ask what remains authentic when images and machines blur.
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Outliving Shakespeare
AGEING: In a remote Armenian retirement home, the clocks are no longer standing still.
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An Open Field
GRIEF: Processions, prayer, and stillness frame a community preserving the dead’s memory after a tragedy linked to institutional negligence.
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The Shipwrecked
MEXICO: Lives intersect through gardens, conservation, faith, and farming, as myth and landscape frame survival strategies in a country shaped by violence.
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Amílcar
AFRICA: Built from original letters, poems, and political writings, Amílcar offers a subjective, meditative portrait of Amílcar Cabral and the fight for Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde’s independence
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The Kartli Kingdom
GEORGIA: Three generations endure postwar exile in a fractured building above Tbilisi.
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dok.incubator to present eight new feature docs in IDFA 2025 preview
dok.incubator will present eight new feature-length documentaries at an industry preview during this year’s #IDFA. The showcase is scheduled for Sunday 16 November at 15:30 at LAB 111 in Amsterdam and is an invitation-only event aimed at festivals, sales agents and other industry decision-makers. The films come from the 2025 edition of the dok.incubator workshop…
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Chile showcases films, talent, and projects at IDFA
Chile will present a broad slate of films, projects and industry initiatives at the 38th #IDFA, running 13–27 November. Headlining the delegation is Blue Silence (Silencio Azul) by Matías Rojas Ruz, world-premiering in the International Short Film Competition. Set on the coast near Manquemapu, the short revisits the 1965 Janequeo sinking through textured analogue imagery…
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With Hasan in Gaza
GAZA: A 2001 MiniDV journey across the Gaza Strip captures quiet daily life under occupation while hinting at looming catastrophe and the resilience of its people.