IDFA 2017 Talks

IDFA 2018

Vita Activa - The Spirit Of Hannah Arendt IDFA Q&A 26 November 2015

Getting a documentary noticed in a heavily crowded market requires a solid marketing strategy and creative solutions. This session by Mathias Noschis (Alphapanda) provides the main tools to identify a film's target audiences and to reach them through clear positioning. Two practical case studies show how the strategy can be translated into promotional activities, in particular in the digital space.

Marketing Documentaries In The Age Of Social Media. IDFA Industry Talk 23 November 2016

The IDFA Bertha Fund (IBF) supports filmmakers of creative documentaries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe. Over the last 19 years, IBF has supported over 600 film projects with funding for development and production. In 2015, the Fund expanded its funding opportunities, launching IBF Europe, which supports the production and distribution of documentaries realized through co-productions between European producers and producers from developing countries. The Fund's Managing Director Isabel Arrate Fernandez and Project Manager Mélanie de Vocht explain the different funding opportunities the Fund offers.

IDFA Bertha Fund. IDFA Industry Talk 19 November 2016

Sandi DuBowski has been Good Pitch Outreach Director for BRITDOC for the last seven years and has successfully worked with numerous directors to craft innovative outreach, funding and impact campaigns for their films. He tells you all about the opportunities of this rapidly growing field, which can enlarge the impact, love, and life for a film, as well as a filmmaker's long-term sustainability as a creator and changemaker who is truly making a difference. DuBowski shares tips from his work in the field and case studies for his own films Trembling Before G-d and his film-in-progress Rabbi.

How To Create An Impact And Funding Campaign For Your Film. IDFA Industry Talk 20 November 2016

What is happening at a European level in terms of harmonizing authors' rights laws? While new distribution models and VOD platforms are mushrooming, in many countries appropriate legislation to guarantee author royalties is a step behind. While filmmakers are making films, European collective management organizations are working to secure rights for the creators of these audiovisual works in the future. What does the single digital market concept mean for filmmakers? Cecile Despringre of the Society of Audiovisual Authors sets the scene on European legislation in a talk moderated by Martijn Winkler, president of the Dutch Directors Guild.

Can An Authors Organisation Help You Make A Living? IDFA Industry Talk  21 November 2016

Nicolas Rapold talks with cameraman Ed Lachman about Tokyo-Ga by Wim Wenders. Lachman, who has also worked with Werner Herzog, the Maysles brothers and Ulrich Seidl, discusses the specific cinematography of Tokyo-Ga and his collaboration with Wenders. (Recorded November 20, 2017 at EYE Cinema.)

Doc Talk: Tokyo-Ga

Joumana El Zein Khoury (Director at the Prins Claus Fund) discusses the opening film of IDFA with director Mohamed Siam. (Recorded November 17, 2017 at De Kleine Komedie.)

Doc Talk: Amal

After the screening of Chris Marker’s classic Le joli mai at IDFA 2017, Nicolas Rapold talks with cinematographer and co-director Pierre Lhomme. Lhomme, who worked as cameraman on several of Marker’s films, discusses their collaboration and the cinematography of this film. (Recorded November 18, 2017 at EYE Cinema.)

Doc Talk: Le joli mai

Everardo González is one of the strongest voices in the documentary genre in Latin America today. In this Filmmaker Talk, he discusses his work, methods and views in a conversation moderated by David Wilson. (Recorded November 21, 2017 at De Brakke Grond.)

Filmmaker Talk: Everardo Gonzalez

Wolfgang Thaler only filmed 30 days for the three-part Whores’ Glory by Michael Glawogger. He captured the lives of prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico, and not without putting his own life in danger. Eric Hynes talks with Thaler, Ulrich Seidl’s go-to cameraman, about his cinematic choices and his experiences during the shoot. They also discuss his long-lasting collaboration with Glawogger, who died in 2014 and with whom he also filmed Megacities and Workingman’s Death. (Recorded November 18, 2017 at EYE CInema.)

Doc Talk: Whores' Glory

In the late 1980s, Depeche Mode invited D.A. Pennebaker and his wife Chris Hegedus to make a film about the band, using Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back as an example. Like that film, Depeche Mode: 101 is largely in the Direct Cinema style that characterizes Pennebaker’s work, and it’s much more than a concert recording. After the screening, Eric Hynes talks with the legendary documentary duo about the film and shooting music documentaries in general. (Recorded November 19, 2017 at EYE Cinema.)

Doc Talk: Depeche Mode: 101

Director Raed Andoni enlists Palestinian former prisoners to first reconstruct the infamous Israeli prison that once held them, and then re-enact their own suppressed memories. After the screening, filmmaker Eyal Sivan interviews director Raed Andoni about his award-winning, poignant and confrontational film. (Recorded November 19, 2017 at De Kleine Komedie.)

Doc Talk: Ghost Hunting

After the screening of Atman, film journalist Nicolas Rapold speaks with Pirjo Honkasalo, who in addition to directing is also responsible for the impressive camerawork of the film. A conversation about filming documentaries in the pre-digital age. (Recorded November 17 at EYE Cinema.)

Doc Talk: Atman

Welcome to the podcast of IDFA 2018. 

In this podcast we’re presenting a selection of recordings from this year’s industry sessions and doc talks. Please check out recordings of other talks and events of IDFA at idfa.nl and subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date.

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This Talk looks to the growing need for fair co-producing practices. How can we come to a just practice of co-producing that respects aesthetics, cultures, and economies across borders?

This was discussed by guests: Cecilia Lidin (Danish Film Institute), Diana El Jeiroudi (Dox Box), Estelle Robin-You (Les Films du Balibari), Gema Juárez Allen (Gema Films) and Isabel Arrate Fernandez (IDFA Bertha Fund). The session is moderated by Mikael Opstrup of the EDN and was recorded on November 17, 2018.

Industry Talk: Code of Conduct - Towards an Ethical Way of Co-producing

This episode features a recording of the IDFA 2018 Doc Talk with director Avi Mograbi about his semi-documentary Happy Birthday, Mr Mograbi. In this 1998 film, screened as part of IDFA 2018 focus program “Me”, Mograbi connects the very personal with the geopolitical through an unforgettable tint of black humor. This Doc Talk was recorded on November 16, 2018

Doc Talk: Happy Birthday Mr Mograbi

Industry Talk: Solidarity with Filmmakers at Risk

This episode features the recording of the IDFA 2018 Industry Talk: Solidarity with Filmmakers at Risk

With civil society shrinking in many parts of the world, documentary filmmakers are increasingly struggling to make their voices heard, leading to their arrest, imprisonment and sometimes even murder. IDFA invited filmmakers and other stakeholders to share their experiences, and to try to outline a possible coordinated strategy for action, a strategy that effectively serves filmmakers at risk.

Guests - among others - are: Maxim Tuula (Marx Film), Tuki Jencquel (Oninokia Filmproduktion), Steven Markovitz (Big World Cinema), Andrea Kuhn (Human Rights Film Network), Cara Mertes (JustFilms, Ford Foundation), Claire Aguilar (International Documentary Association), Jess Search (Doc Society), Julie Trebault (Artists at Risk Connection, PEN America), Rasmus Steen (International Media Support), and Rebecca Lichtenfeld (Bertha Foundation). This session was moderated by Boris Dittrich - human rights activist, former politician and writer - and was recorded on November 18, 2018

Industry Talk Solidarity With Filmmakers At Risk

This episode features the DocTalk with among others director Steve James that took place after the full-day screening of the documentary series America to Me. It was recorded on November 18, 2018 and hosted by Sean Farnel.

Doc Talk: America To Me

This episode features the recording of the IDFA 2018 Industry Talk: The Act of… Releasing: How to Bring Documentaries to Theatres Successfully. Is there an ‘X factor’ that makes a documentary suitable for theatrical distribution? And what are the recipes to get audiences in the screening room? This Talk was co-hosted by Europa Distribution.

The guests are: Huub Roelvink (Cherry Pickers), Kateřina Dvořáková (Aerofilms), Greta Akcijonaite, (Greta Garbo Films), Cecilie Bolvinkel (EDN/Moving Docs), Dan Braun (Submarine Entertainment). The session is moderated by Mathias Noschis (Alpha Panda).

Industry Talk: The Act of… Releasing: How to Bring Documentaries to Theatres Successfully

This episode features the recording of the IDFA 2018 Industry Session: Data driven audience engagement. Speakers are Sarah Mosses from Together Film and Sonja Henrici of the Scottish Documentary Institute. The session was recorded on November 20, 2018.

Industry Session: Data Driven Audience Engagement

This episode features a recording of the Industry Talk: SVoD Platforms: Repositioning the European Digital Single Market.

Our documentary industry is going through major changes that we, the documentary community, need to discuss. Between new EU regulations and the influential demand of streaming giants, are we facing a great new opportunity or losing one?

Industry Talk co-hosted with Creative Europe Desk for the Netherlands and Flanders. Guests: Marijn Duijvestein (European Commission), Axel Arno (European Broadcasting Union, SVT), Justine Nagan (POV), James Bridges (iwonder), Paul Pauwels (European Documentary Network). 

The session is moderated by Simon Kilmurry (International Documentary Association) and was recorded on November 20, 2018.

Industry Talk: SVoD Platforms: Repositioning the European Digital Single Market

This episode features the Filmmaker Talk with Maria Ramos. Following the screening of her film “The Trial”, Brazilian-Dutch filmmaker Maria Ramos’ speaks to Jean Perret about her film work and her view of Brazil today. The talk was was recorded on 22 November 2018.

Filmmaker Talk: Maria Ramos

This episode features the Filmmaker Talk with Audrius Stonys. 

Using excerpts from his films, film programmer and journalist Pamela Cohn talks to the filmmaker who has more than 20 films to his name. This talk was recorded on November 20, 2018.

Filmmaker Talk: Audrius Stonys

This episode features the Doc Talk with filmmaker Wang Bing, after the screening of his monumental film Dead Souls. This Doc Talk was moderated by Ian Yang and it was recorded on November 22, 2018.

Doc Talk: Dead Souls

​Film critic Dana Linssen spoke to Madeleine Leroyer about her film #387, which had its world premiere at IDFA 2019.

IDFA 2019 | Interview with Madeleine Leroyer

Film critic Dana Linssen interviews Alan Berliner, director of IDFA 2019 film 'Letter to the Editor'. The film won the IDFA Beeld en Geluid Reframe Award for the best creative use of archive in a documentary film.

IDFA 2019 | Interview with Alan Berliner

Film critic Dana Linssen interviews Laura Herrero Garvin, director of IDFA 2019 film 'La Mami'. The film was part of the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary.

IDFA 2019 | Interview with Laura Herrero Gavin

Film critic Dana Linssen interviews Marija Stojnić, director of the IDFA 2019 film 'Speak So I Can See You'. The film was screened within the IDFA Competition for First Appearance.

IDFA 2019 | Interview with Marija Stojnic

​Film critic Dana Linssen speaks to Kivu Ruhorahoza about 'Europa, Based on a True Story'​,  his new Hybrid film at IDFA 2019.

IDFA 2019 | Interview with Kivu Ruhorahoza

​Film critic Dana Linssen speaks to author/filmmaker David Shields about his experimental archive film 'Marshawn Lynch: A History at IDFA 2019.

IDFA 2019 | Interview with David Shields

Welcome to the podcast of IDFA. The IDFA podcast contains post screening Q&A's, Doc Talks and Industry Talks Sessions. Please check out other recordings of talks and events of IDFA at idfa.nl and subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date.

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