Line-up IDFA 2011
Line-up Dutch Docs at IDFA 2011
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, November 16 - 27, 2011
Feature-Length Competition & Dutch Competition
ABOUT CANTO
Directed by Ramon Gieling
A journey into the mystery that is Canto Ostinato, a composition that has dramatically affected the lives of many people.
Prod: Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, Janneke Doolaard, janneke.doolaard@eyeworks.tv, www.eyeworks.tv
Co-prod: Prime Time (Belgium) & Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation (NL)
Sales: NPO Sales, www.nposales.nl
Thu 17-11, 14:00 Tuschinski 3
Sat 19-11, 21:00 Tuschinski 1
Tue 22-11, 22:00 Munt 09
Thu 24-11, 15:30 Munt 09
Sat 26-11, 19:30 DLM: Mary Dresselhuys Zaal
GOZARAN - TIME PASSING
Directed by Frank Scheffer
A picturesque impression of a period in the life of Vienna-based Iranian composer Nader Mashayekhi, who was asked to lead the Tehran Symphony Orchestra.
Prod: Pieter van Huystee Film, info@pvhfilm.nl, www.pvhfilm.nl
Co-prod: EuroArts Medien AG (Germany)
Thu 17-11, 15:45 Tuschinski 3
Sat 19-11, 21:00 Munt 11
Tue 22-11, 18:45 Tuschinski 4
Thu 24-11, 16:00 Tuschinski 2
Sun 27-11, 16:15 Tuschinski 4
Competition for First Appearance & Dutch Competition
STORIES FROM LAKKA BEACH
Directed by Daan Veldhuizen
The daily life and dreams of the future of five villagers in a coastal town in post-war Sierra Leone.
Prod: Bydesign, Daan Veldhuizen
Co-prod: Viewpoint Productions, docs@viewpointdocs.com
Sales: Illumina Films, Robin Brinster, info@illuminafilms.nl, www.Illuminafilms.nl
Thu 17-11, 14:00 Munt 13
Sat 19-11, 15:15 Tuschinski 2
Tue 22-11, 20:00 Munt 09
Thu 24-11, 14:30 OBA
Mid-length Competition & Dutch Competition
PAINFUL PAINTING
Directed by Catherine van Campen
A portrait of artist Ronald Ophuis, whose work often focuses on extreme violence.
Prod: Zuidenwind Filmproductions, Joost Seelen, info@zuidenwind.nl, www.zuidenwind.nl
Thu 17-11, 17:45 Tuschinski 3
Sat 19-11, 17:45 Tuschinski 2
Sun 20-11, 16:30 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Mon 21-11, 22:00 Munt 09
Dutch Competition
I AM A WOMAN NOW
Directed by Michiel van Erp
A portrait of several first-generation transsexuals, all old women now. Did their sex change operation change their lives as they had hoped?
Prod: De Familie, info@defamilie.net, www.defamilie.net
Sales: CAT&Docs, Catherine Le Clef, info@catndocs.com
Thu 17-11, 10:30 Tuschinski 3
Sat 19-11, 16:30 Munt 11
Sun 20-11, 20:00 Tuschinski 5
Thu 24-11, 20:00 Tuschinski 6
ONE FINE DAY
Directed by Klaas Bense
Portraits of six anonymous, ordinary people who changed the course of history with their small acts of protest.
Prod: Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, Janneke Doolaard, janneke.doolaard@eyeworks.tv, www.eyeworks.tv
Co-prod: Prime Time (Belgium) & Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation (NL)
Thu 17-11, 17:45 Munt 13
Sun 20-11, 12:15 Tuschinski 1
Tue 22-11, 19:30 OBA
Thu 24-11, 15:15 Munt 10
Sun 27-11, 16:00 Podium Mozaïek
HINTERLAND - A CHILD SOLDIER'S ROAD BACK TO SOUTH SUDAN
Directed by Albert Elings
The life story of a former child soldier from South Sudan who seeks asylum in the Netherlands and enrolls in law school so he can help reconstruct his country.
Prod: IDTV Docs, Suzanne van Voorst, docs@idtv.nl, www.idtv.nl
Thu 17-11, 12:15 Tuschinski 3
Sat 19-11, 12:00 Munt 11
Mon 21-11, 18:00 Tuschinski 2
Thu 24-11, 20:00 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Sun 27-11, 14:00 Podium Mozaïek
JEROME JEROME
Directed by Peter Lataster, Petra Lataster-Czisch
Two days in the life of an autistic teenager who puts his mother and coach's patience to the test with almost devilish pleasure.
Prod: IDTV Docs, Carolijn Borgdorff, docs@idtv.nl, www.idtv.nl
Sat 19-11, 16:30 Tuschinski 3
Tue 22-11, 19:30 Munt 11
Wed 23-11, 22:30 Tuschinski 5
Fri 25-11, 11:15 Munt 09
JUSTICE FOR SALE
Directed by Femke van Velzen, Ilse van Velzen
In a subtle and surprisingly open documentary, a bold Congolese attorney investigates a rape case in which the suspect has fallen victim to a failing justice system.
Prod: IFProductions, Ilse van Velzen & Femke van Velzen, info@ifproductions.nl
Sales: Films Transit International Inc, Jan Röfekamp, office@filmstransit.com
Thu 17-11, 12:00 Munt 13
Sun 20-11, 17:00 Tuschinski 1
Tue 22-11, 22:15 Munt 10
Wed 23-11, 19:30 OBA
THE SOUND OF THE BANDONEÓN (El sonido del bandoneón)
Directed by Jiska Rickels
"Anything of great value returns when the time is ripe," knows the famous old Argentine composer and bandoneón player Néstor Marconi, remembering the tango prohibition of the former military regime....
Prod: Selfmade Films, Jan de Ruiter & Niek Koppen, mail@selfmadefilms.nl
Co-prod: NTVF Producties, Marc Nelissen
Thu 17-11, 10:30 Munt 13
Fri 18-11, 20:00 Tuschinski 1
Mon 21-11, 22:00 Escape Club
Thu 24-11, 13:30 Munt 09
MEET THE FOKKENS
Directed by Gabriëlle Provaas, Rob Schröder
The life stories of prostitute twin sisters Martine and Louise Fokkens provide a sometimes hilarious, sometimes distressing peek into the world of paid love.
Prod: Submarine, Bruno Felix & Femke Wolting, info@submarine.nl, www.submarine.nl
Sales: Autlook Filmsales, Peter Jäger, peter@autlookfilms.com
Fri 18-11, 13:30 Tuschinski 3
Sat 19-11, 18:30 Tuschinski 1
Tue 22-11, 22:00 Tuschinski 1
Wed 23-11, 18:00 Munt 09
900 DAYS
Directed by Jessica Gorter
Survivors of the Siege of Leningrad (September 1941-January 1944) matter-of-factly separate the propagandistic myth from their horrific personal memories.
Prod: Zeppers Film & TV, Frank van den Engel,info@zeppers.nl, www.zeppers.nl
Sales: Deckert Distribution, Heino Deckert, info@deckert-distribution.com
Thu 17-11, 10:30 Munt 12
Mon 21-11, 20:00 Tuschinski 2
Wed 23-11, 17:00 OBA
Thu 24-11, 13:15 Munt 10
BEER IS CHAPER THAN THERAPY
Directed by Simone de Vries
This film looks for an answer to the question of why the number of suicides among young American veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is so frighteningly high.
Prod: Zeppers Film & TV, Frank van den Engel, info@zeppers.nl, www.zeppers.nl
Sales: First Hand Films, Esther van Messel, info@firsthandfilms.com
Thu 17-11, 12:15 Munt 12
Sat 19-11, 22:00 Tuschinski 2
Mon 21-11, 14:30 OBA
Wed 23-11, 17:45 Munt 10
WHEN I WAS DEAD
Directed by Ingrid Wender, Maasja Ooms
Three people speak candidly about the impact of a near-death experience on their lives. Are they living life differently now?
Prod: Zeppers Film & TV, Frank van den Engel,info@zeppers.nl, www.zeppers.nl
Sales: First Hand Films, Christiane Dankbar, info@firsthandfilms.com
Thu 17-11, 14:00 Munt 12
Sat 19-11, 19:30 Tuschinski 2
Tue 22-11, 16:00 Tuschinski 5
Thu 24-11, 15:30 Munt 13
For Dutch documentaries screening in other IDFA competitions and IDFA programmes, please go to: www.idfa.nl