IDFA Adds More Than 100 Documentaries, Including Films by Kevin Macdonald, Radu Jude, Mati Diop
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Leading documentary festival IDFA has added more than 100 films to the program of its 37th edition, which runs from Nov.
14 to 24 in Amsterdam, as it unveiled the first titles for the Signed, Best of Fests and Paradocs selections, as well as the Short Documentary and the Youth Documentary sections.
The Signed section includes Radu Jude’s found-footage documentary “Eight Postcards from Utopia,” showing the commercials from Romania’s transition to a capitalist democracy, and impressionist desktop film “Sleep #2,” capturing live stream recordings of Andy Warhol’s grave.
Mati Diop’s “Dahomey” examines questions of repatriation of African artefacts from Europe. Several renowned directors push the boundaries of music film in this year’s program.
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