This year marks the 35th edition of IDFA, also known as, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
In particular, for this edition, the festival will be held in various locations all over Amsterdam from November 9 to November 20 and will include, beside the screening of the selected titles, performances and talks, as well as markets for industry professionals.
IDFA aims at promoting documentaries that could highlight this “genre” artistry through a selection of titles innovative in their immersiveness and interactivity, in their use of visual language and structure or in their ability to show lesser-known cultures or perspectives.
This festival substantially believes in documentary films power of informing and raise awareness about delicate topics via cinematic language.
Seven the Italian titles selected this year.
In the Masters section, dedicated to great documentary auteurs of our generation, 3 are the chosen titles:
In viaggio (21uno Film, Stemal Entertainment, Rai Cinema), by Gianfranco Rosi,
The March on Rome (Palomar) by Mark Cousins,
We’re Here to try (Ubulibri, Rai Cinema), by Greta De Lazzaris and Jacopo Quadri.
Then we have, Bella Ciao – The story beyond the myth (Palomar, Luce Cinecittà, Rai Documentari, Imagissime), by Giulia Giapponesi, in the Frontlight section, which consists of 23 titles focused on shocking global developments concerning our society, which could be either political events, economic events or even events that involve the media industry.
Meanwhile Caesar Must Die (Kaos Cinematografica, Ministry of Culture, Rai Cinema, Le Talee, Stemal Entertainment, La Ribalta-Centro Studi Enrico Maria Salerno), by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani, is part of the Around Masculinity focus program, which is dedicated to the social construct of masculinity. This section invites audiences to take a hard look at their classics heroes and to think about fragile masculinity, the relationship between masculinity, religion and nationalism and the institutional domination of women by men.
The Fabulous Ones (Stemal Entertainment, Les Films d’Ici, Rai Cinema, Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Emilia-Romagna Film Commission), by Roberta Torre can be found in the Envision Competition, along with 11 other titles which managed to astound the jury with their novel cinematic language. Experimenting with staging reality, stimulating collective filmmaking and reappropriating one’s own cultural narrative through existing footage are all essential parts of this section.
Lastly, The adventures of Gigi the Law (Okta Film, Idéale Audience, Michigan Films, Rai Cinema), by Alessandro Comodin, is part of the Best of Fests section, which includes the highlights of this year’s film festivals.
For more information refer to idfa.nl
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