The Films Catching Our Attention at IDFA
Seven films that have impressed us most at the 2024 International Doc Fest Amsterdam
With just a few days left, Modern Times Review looks at the films that impressed us most at the 2024 IDFA. The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam runs through 24 November.
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Films
Dear Beautiful Beloved
Director: Juri Rechinsky
War’s ceaseless, painful impact on society and family.
On The Border
Director: Gerald Igor Hauzenberger, Gabriela Schild
At the entrance to the Sahara, Agadez, Niger, reveals the human cost of EU migration policy.
Songs of Slow Burning Earth
Director: Olha Zhurba
Olha Zhurba's meditative take on the war avoids frontline images to show how the conflict affects ordinary people.
The Jacket
Director: Mathijs Poppe
Like the Old Testament Joseph and his coat of many colours, a patch-covered jacket becomes a symbol for a greater truth in Mathijs Poppe's touching film of yearning for home, The Jacket.
Valentina and the MUOSters
Director: Francesca Scalisi
A nuclear family's high-tech dissolution
War Game
Director: Jesse Moss, Tony Gerber
A high-stakes, six-hour simulation where veterans navigate complex choices, aiming to prevent a fictional civil war amid insurgent threats.
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