The 32nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) opened Wednesday with gender parity, inclusion, and young talent front and center. Twenty-one year-old Canadian-Vietnamese director…
’s commitment to young talent and women filmmakers. Nguyen said that she was optimistic about the position of women in film.
Over the 11 days of the festival, IDFA will present 329 films and new media projects, coming from 85 countries, and will welcome more than 3,000 professional guests from more than 90 countries, 17 national delegations, and host 147 world and international premieres. “Reaching a fairer representation was much easier than it seemed to be,” Nyrabia had said when unveiling the festival lineup last month. “We only had to keep our goal in mind. The outstanding films that found their way to us this year was a humble reminder that we are in the presence of exceptional female filmmakers.”
Rounding out the selection of 12 world or international premieres are Valentina Pedicini’s “Faith”; Hilal Baydarov’s “Mother and Son”; Maasja Ooms’s “Punks”; Marlene Edoyan’s “The Sea Between Us”; and Seung-Jun Yi’s “Shadow Flowers.”
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