International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

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IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary · 13

Hard to Break

Anna-Maija Heinonen, Krista Moisio

Hard to Break In their quest for connection and acceptance among their peers, two Finnish teens…

My Homeland

Tabarak Allah Abbas

My Homeland Baghdad, early 1990s, in a reality where humans have been replaced by cyborgs, a young…

Crushed

Camille Vigny

Crushed Through a powerful visual metaphor, Camille Vigny gives a first-person account of the…

The Daughter of Both Women

Malena Montiel and 4 co-directors

The Daughter of Both Women Catalan teenager Iona hates her mother, and she lets us know it right at the start of…

The Flower by the Road

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Giorgi Parkosadze

The Flower by the Road In a few brief moments in the life of a young girl, we see her drawing on the window with…

Simply Divine

Mélody Boulissière

Simply Divine In 1939 a young Romanian woman met a soldier. Love blossomed, but the man was sent to the…

With Grace

Julia Dahr, Dina Mwende

With Grace Grace, a witty 13-year-old girl, with the rare gift of making everyone around her laugh,…

Everything Will Be Alright

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Eefje Blankevoort, Lara Aerts

Everything Will Be Alright Samrawit was just eight years old when she decided to flee Eritrea on her own—leaving…

Hey Dad

WeiFan Wang

Hey Dad I’ve practiced these words for 20 years now, but maybe being candid isn’t the best idea.…

The Invisible Ones

Martijn Blekendaal

The Invisible Ones Filmmaker Martijn Blekendaal thinks there should be a superhero for invisible children:…

A Place to Call Home

Parisa Aminolahi

A Place to Call Home This is the story of a father and his two young daughters who traveled through Iran,…

Somewhere to Be

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Sara Fattahi

Somewhere to Be More than a year after fleeing Iran, young filmmaker Sara Fattahi faces a great void.…

What's the Film About?

Poorva Bhat

What's the Film About?During a camping weekend, Indian filmmaker Poorva Bhat tries to find the right way to…