Kids & Docs Competition
Best of Fests
Elsbeth Fraanje
Matt Tyrnauer
IDFAcademy Results Che! The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 14 min A peek into the world of a tough kid named Che, which has changed radically since his parents’ divorce. sa 19 13:30 Tuschinski 2 Dutch audience only we 23 14:00 EYE Cinema 2 Live dubbing th 24 13:00 Tuschinski 5 sa 26 10:30 Tuschinski 5 Live dubbing
Panorama
Check It
Toby Oppenheimer, Dana Flor
USA, 2016, DCP, 91 min Getting involved in a major fashion project offers members of Check It, a gay gang in Washington, D.C., a chance to escape the spiral of prostitution and violence. we 16 21:00 Tuschinski 4 th 17 13:30 Munt 9 mo 21 13:45 EYE Cinema 1 [ Queer Day] fr 25 18:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 26 20:15 Munt 9
Panorama
China’s Van Goghs WP
Zhongguo Fangao Haibo Yu, Kiki Tianqi Yu
China, The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 81 min A Chinese replica painter feels a deep affinity with Van Gogh and travels to Amsterdam to find the spirit of his own work. su 20 17:45 Munt 10 mo 21 14:00 Tuschinski 1 sa 26 18:45 EYE Cinema 2 su 27 10:00 Tuschinski 4
Best of Fests
The Cinema Travellers
Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya
India, 2016, DCP, 96 min An affectionate, melancholy ode to a vanishing phenomenon in rural India: the traveling cinema. Can the ancient projector compete with TV? we 16 15:30 Munt 10 th 17 11:00 Tuschinski 1 fr 18 22:00 EYE Cinema 2 th 24 11:15 EYE Cinema 1 su 27 15:00 Tuschinski 2
76
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City IP USA, 2016, DCP, 97 min This portrait of journalist and activist Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) uses a treasure trove of archive material and interviews with contemporaries and experts to present her vision of the modern city. fr 18 16:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal sa 19 23:00 Tuschinski 2 we 23 13:30 Tuschinski 1 th 24 15:30 Tuschinski 5 su 27 12:00 Tuschinski 3
Dutch Competition
The Claim, the Search for Stolen Art from WWII WP De claim, zoektocht naar roofkunst uit WOII Ditteke Mensink
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 91 min The Dutch Restitutions Committee investigates the claims of Dutch Holocaust survivors on art treasures stolen by the Nazis. How do you prove a painting really did belong to your grandfather? sa 19 13:15 Tuschinski 3 [ Industry Screening] su 20 17:00 EYE Cinema 1 tu 22 19:45 Tuschinski 2 [NTR Avond van de Wolf] we 23 19:00 Ketelhuis Zaal 1 su 27 14:00 Tuschinski 4
IDFA DocLab Competition
Clickclickclick.click WP Roel Wouters, Luna Maurer
The Netherlands, 2016, cross‑platform In a likeable, playful clickbait experience, you are rewarded for exploring all the interactive possibilities of your mouse.
Screening during DocLab Live: The Art of Following fr 18 21:15 Brakke Grond Rode Zaal [Live] Installation in DocLab Expo: Elastic Reality th 17 t/m sa 26 9:00-23:00 Brakke Grond su 27 9:00-18:00 Brakke Grond
Student Competition
Close Ties
Wiezi Zofia Kowalewska
Poland, 2016, DCP, 19 min A loving portrait of a bickering couple who seems to have weathered every storm life has thrown at them. Everything falls into place during a family dinner. sa 19 20:00 Munt 13 mo 21 13:30 Tuschinski 4 th 24 17:45 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 15:00 Tuschinski 3
Student Competition
Coco Cabasa WP Klara Til
The Netherlands, 2016, DCP, 53 min In her free time, a university lecturer in gender studies teaches belly dance to women all over the world to free them from their inhibitions. fr 18 20:15 Tuschinski 5 mo 21 17:00 Munt 10 we 23 10:00 Munt 12 th 24 18:30 De Balie – Grote Zaal sa 26 17:30 Tuschinski 3
Mid-Length Competition
Coeurope WP Giovanni Troilo
Italy, 2016, DCP, 61 min Beneath an unchanging gray blanket of clouds, inhabitants of the once flourishing industrial city of Charleroi, Belgium try to keep it together in a changing world. sa 19 10:30 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] sa 19 20:00 Munt 13 mo 21 13:30 Tuschinski 4 th 24 17:45 Tuschinski 6 sa 26 15:00 Tuschinski 3
Shifting Perspectives
The Colonial Misunderstanding Le malentendu colonial Jean-Marie Teno
Cameroon, France, Germany, 2004, DCP, 75 min Before colonization, the missionaries came to Africa. Documentary filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno shows how they paved the way for European rule. we 16 20:30 Tuschinski 6 th 17 18:30 Kleine Komedie
Mid-Length Competition
Come Back Free WP Ksenia Okhapkina
Estonia, 2016, DCP, 51 min Beautifully filmed observations of daily life in a Chechen village, where a community has learnt how to survive the wounds of war. th 17 16:45 Munt 12 [ Industry Screening] fr 18 21:45 Tuschinski 4 mo 21 15:30 Munt 9 th 24 11:45 Tuschinski 6 su 27 10:30 Tuschinski 2
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam