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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

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    Best Feature-Length Documentary

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    IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary

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      Winner

      Mr. Landsbergis

      8.4 (301)
      Sergey Loznitsa
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      La Playa de los Enchaquirados (The Beach of Enchaquirados)

      7.1 (16)
      Iván Mora Manzano
      Corporacion La República Invisible
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      Children of the Mist

      7.6 (548)
      Ha Le Diem
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      Where Are We Headed?

      7.1 (113)
      Ruslan Fedotov
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      Las Delicias

      7.7 (19)
      Eduardo Crespo
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      A Thousand Fires

      7.2 (59)
      Saeed Taji Farouky
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      After A Revolution

      7.6 (19)
      Giovanni Buccomino
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      Anyadin...

      7.1 (31)
      Kamar Ahmad Simon

    • How the Room Felt

      7.0 (16)
      Ketevan Kapanadze
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      Viagem ao Sol

      7.8 (38)
      Susana de Sousa Dias
      Ansgar Schäefer
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      The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost

      6.9 (18)
      Qinyuan Lei
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      Turn Your Body to the Sun

      7.2 (87)
      Aliona van der Horst
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      Vedette

      6.3 (25)
      Claudine Bories
      Patrice Chagnard

    Best Short Documentary

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    Documentary Short Film

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      Five Scenes from the War in Afghanistan as They Appear in East Sussex

      Frank Eli Martin
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      Nuisance Bear

      6.8 (820)
      Jack Weisman
      Gabriela Osio Vanden
      Documist
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      Two-Spirit

      6.9 (37)

    First Appearance Award

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    Best First Documentary

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      Winner

      Where Are We Headed?

      7.1 (113)
      Ruslan Fedotov
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      Museum of the Revolution

      7.0 (42)
      Srdjan Keca
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      Makeup Artist

      6.4 (34)
      Jafar Najafi(director)

    Best Dutch Documentary

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      Winner

      Jason

      7.8 (57)
      Maasja Ooms

    Best Dutch Documentary

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      A Marble Travelogue

      7.4 (56)
      Sean Ali Wang
      Jia Zhao

    Audience Award

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    IDFA Audience Award

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      Writing with Fire

      7.3 (1.8K)
      Sushmit Ghosh
      Rintu Thomas

    Frontlight

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      Trond Giske - Makta rår

      6.7 (137)
      Håvard Bustnes
      UpNorth Film

    FIPRESCI Prize

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    IDFA Competition for First Appearance

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      Winner

      Makeup Artist

      6.4 (34)
      Jafar Najafi

    IDFA Kids & Docs Competition

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    Best Youth Documentary

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      Winner

      Shabu

      6.7 (199)
      Shamira Raphaela
      Tangerine Tree

    IDFA Award for Best Editing

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      Winner

      Mr. Landsbergis

      8.4 (301)
      Danielius Kokanauskis
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      The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost

      6.9 (18)
      Henrike Dosk

    IDFA Award for Best Cinematography

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      Winner

      Where Are We Headed?

      7.1 (113)
      Ruslan Fedotov
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      The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost

      6.9 (18)
      Julian Moser

    IDFA Award for Best Directing

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      Winner

      Children of the Mist

      7.6 (548)
      Ha Le Diem
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      The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost

      6.9 (18)
      Qinyuan Lei

    First Appearance Award - Special Mention

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      Winner

      Children of the Mist

      7.6 (548)
      Ha Le Diem

    IDFA ReFrame Award for Creative Use of Archive - Special Mention

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      Winner

      Babi Yar. Context

      7.7 (482)
      Sergey Loznitsa

    IDFA Award for Best Film in the Envision Competition

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      The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost

      6.9 (18)
      Qinyuan Lei
      Julian Moser
      Moserfilm

    Envision Competition

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    Best Directing

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      Winner

      O, Verzamelen van Eieren in Weerwil van De Tijd

      6.7 (15)
      Pim Zwier

    Best Documentary Film

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      Winner

      Octopus

      8.3 (44)
      Karim Kassem
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      Homemade Stories

      Nidal Debs
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      Eat Your Catfish

      7.5 (132)
      Adam Isenberg
      Senem Tüzen
      Noah Amir Arjomand
      Zela Film
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      O, Verzamelen van Eieren in Weerwil van De Tijd

      6.7 (15)
      Pim Zwier

    Lifetime Achievement Award

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    • Artavazd Peleshian
      Winner
      • Artavazd Peleshian

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    Event location

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Event links

    • http://www.idfa.nl/

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