International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
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IDFA
28th edition
Nov 16 - Nov 27, 2021
Estimated
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Open Call Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Documentary
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Mission / description
Every year, IDFA presents the best documentaries, selected from a huge field. This selection is made on the basis of clear criteria. In short, IDFA looks for documentaries that are inte…resting from a stylistic point of view, or are particularly innovative, relevant to social issues and successfully manage to communicate with their audiences. full text
Festival website www.idfa.nl/industry.aspx
Rating Summary
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I had a great time at IDFA. Their reputation is well deserved. As a filmmaker you felt welcomed and your request and wishes were taken seriously. The festival is an excellent place for developing your view on documentaries and seed future collabs. And there is an audience that is curious. I find this hugely important. The only criticism is I could bring forward, is that the festival is slightly to big. I was in constant fear of missing out :)
Melanie-Lentz-Janney attended with An Affair of the Heart (Rick Springfield & Diehard Fans Documentary) in 2012
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
IDFA

28th edition
Nov 16 - Nov 27, 2021
Estimated
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Documentary
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Mission / description Every year, IDFA presents the best documentaries, selected from a huge field. This selection is made on the basis of clear criteria. In short, IDFA looks for documentaries that are inte…resting from a stylistic point of view, or are particularly innovative, relevant to social issues and successfully manage to communicate with their audiences. full text
Festival website www.idfa.nl/industry.aspx
Rating Summary
One-on-One
I had a great time at IDFA. Their reputation is well deserved. As a filmmaker you felt welcomed and your request and wishes were taken seriously. The festival is an excellent place for developing your view on documentaries and seed future collabs. And there is an audience that is curious. I find this hugely important. The only criticism is I could bring forward, is that the festival is slightly to big. I was in constant fear of missing out :)
Melanie-Lentz-Janney attended with An Affair of the Heart (Rick Springfield & Diehard Fans Documentary) in 2012