IBF at IDFA 2022
Photo: Director Kani Lapuerta (2nd from right) with executive producer Martha Orozco (middle) winning the IDFA Forum Award for Best Pitch with their project Niñxs
Coming together at IDFA
Each year, the Fund invites all filmmakers of IBF-supported films that are selected for the IDFA program. Additionally, the Fund facilitates the participation of IBF-supported projects selected for the IDFA forum and IBF-supported filmmakers selected for the IDFAcademy. For the IBF Ukraine support in 2022, the Fund invited an extra group of filmmaking teams from the selected Ukrainian projects, as well as a group of documentary programmers and curators from Ukraine.
Below, you can find an overview of all these films, projects, and people at IDFA 2022.
IBF in the IDFA Program
IBF Films
Eleven films realized with the support of the IDFA Bertha Fund made it into the official festival selection. Four IBF films celebrated their World premiere and one its European premiere at IDFA 2022. The other six films in the Best of Fests section had their World premieres at other prestigious film festivals such as Berlin, Sundance, Visions du Reel and Venice Film Festival.
Photo: Nishtha Jain (middle) celebrating her World Premiere of The Golden Thread with her team
Photo: The IDFA award winners during the award show
Awards
Manifesto by Angie Vinchito won the IDFA Award for Best Film in the Envision Competition.
The NPO IDFA Audience Award went to Blue ID by Burcu Melekoglu and Vuslat Karan.
IDFA special screenings
In addition to the regular screenings, a lot of IBF films were included in Special programs at IDFA.
Best of IDFA - Audience Favorites: Blue ID
CJP: IDFA in one day (youth program): Alis
Groene Amsterdammer Dag: The New Greatness Case
IDFA at home (online): Alis
Not Yet Yes: Queer Day: Alis
Oxfam Novib Selection: All that Breathes
Surprise screening for IDFA volunteers: Alis
VPRO Preview: Manifesto and All that Breathes
Photo: Producer Aman Mann (left) and director Shaunak Sen (middle) giving an extended Q&A at the Oxfam Novib Special
Photo: Directors Clare Weiskopf (right) and Nicolas van Hemelryck (middle) in a Talk after the screening of Alis
IBF directors in IDFA Talks
With all filmmakers present at the festival, several Q&A sessions were organized after the screening of their films. Seven IBF-supported directors participated in more extended talks during the festival, including Filmmaker Talks, IDFAcademy Talks, and Industry Talks, with directors Shaunak Sen (All that Breathes), Nishtha Jain (The Golden Thread), Burcu Melekoglu and Vuslat Karan (Blue ID), Siyi Chen (Dear Mother, I Meant to Write about Death) and Clare Weiskopf and Nicolas van Hemelryck (Alis).
"My favorite part was speaking at the IDFAcademy. I started my journey there and I received generous support from the community. Last year was my chance to give back. I see that there's a healthy ecosystem where emerging filmmakers are nurtured, and as they grow they come back and share their experience."
- Siyi Chen
IBF in the IDFA Industry Program
Photo: Part of the Ukrainian delegation at the Filmmaker Support Department Lunch
IBF Ukrainian Delegation at IDFA
From the selected Ukrainian projects, nineteen directors and producers and eleven documentary programmers and curators attended IDFA 2022. Some participated in the IDFAcademy, others had access to the IDFA Forum or Docs for Sale.
"IDFA was a great experience, very intense and full of encounters and networking. Being part of the forum was very inspiring, getting to know filmmakers I admire. It was very much of a surprise for us to win the forum award, and also a great boost for the project in order to reach larger audiences."
- Kani Lapuerta
Experiencing IDFA 2022
"A dream come true! We really liked the film being part of such different focus programs, permitting the film to be received by different audiences with different levels."
- Clare Weiskopf & Nicolas van Hemelryck
