The 22nd edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the largest festival for creative documentaries in the world, will take place in Amsterdam from 19 – 29 November 2009. Each year, IDFA selects and screens more than 300 documentaries, running the gamut from international audience favourites to artistic experiments along the fringes of the genre.
Two years ago we started our competitive section IDFA Competition for Student Documentary.
As it is one of IDFA’s aims to discover new daring films and new talent we would like to welcome you to submit your student graduation film(s) for the IDFA Competition for Student Documentary at IDFA 2009. The IDFA Competition for Student Documentary jury will grant the IDFA Award for Student Documentary to the best student film (€ 2,500). Selection for this competition also automatically allows you to take part in the exclusive IDFAcademy programme during the festival.
Documentaries of any length that were finished after 1 August 2008 are eligible for IDFA 2009. There are no fees involved, not even if your film gets selected, but please keep our deadlines in mind: the first one coming up is 1 May, the second one is August 1.
The main regulations of the IDFA Competition for Student Documentary can be found on www.idfa.nl
Submit with MyIDFA
In order to submit a film, you first have to create a MyIDFA account or use your MyIDFA account from previous years. This will allow you to submit films and projects to IDFA as well as to the Docs for Sale and FORUM markets. You can register for MyIDFA on our website.
Deadlines IDFA 2009
1 May for films finished between 10 August 2008 and 1 April 2009
1 August for films finished after 1 April 2009
Additional relevant deadlines
The FORUM for International Co-financing of Documentaries
Deadline: 1 September 2009
Regulations and entry form for the various categories will be available in June 2009
Deadline: 1 October 2009
Regulations and entry form will be available in June 2009
Deadline: 1 Juli 2009
Regulations and entry form will be available in June 2009
Deadlines: 1 June 2009 and 1 February 2010
Regulations and entry form will be available coming week
Contact
Programme department: Martijn te Pas - martijn@idfa.nl
Docs for Sale (online): Laurien ten Houten - docsforsale@idfa.nl
The Forum: Anne Vierhout - theforum@idfa.nl
Jan Vrijman Fund: Isabel Arrate Fernandez & Melanie de Vocht - janvrijman@idfa.nl
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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