idfa 2022 - 短片竞赛

Jury [Manuel Abramovich, Núria Aidelman and Stefan Pavlović]

IDFA Competition for Short Documentary

19 exceptionally strong films are selected for the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary, as a growing number of acclaimed directors turn to the documentary short as an art form in its own right.

The selection welcomes virtuosos such as Martín Benchimol, winner of IDFA’s Mid-Length Competition in 2017, who peers into the souls of Argentine slaughterhouse workers in A Robust Heart. Ruslan Fedotow, one year after winning Best First Feature and Best Cinematography at IDFA, returns with Away, a poignant portrait of two teenage Ukrainian refugees at a school in Budapest. Arun Bhattarai, known from his breakout feature The Next Guardian, is back with Mountain Man, a sensitive look at the world of Bhutan’s only glaciologist through the eyes of his daughter.

Other highlights include Solmatalua, Rodrigo Ribeiro-Andrade's electrifying dreamscape of memories from the African diaspora, The Porters by Sarah Vanagt, a pensive reflection on colonialism in conversation with Brussels’ young people, and This Was Your Nicest Auntie Ria, in which prolific youth documentary director Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden turns the camera on her own family, filming over a period of seven years.

The IDFA Competition for Short Documentary showcases a healthy boom for the short film form. A mosaic of styles and themes defines this selection, exploring everything a short documentary can be. An international jury of three jurors will award the best film.

Achewiq, the Song of the Brave Women, dir. Elina Kastler (France), 16’
World Premiere

Away, dir. Ruslan Fedotow (Hungary/Belgium/Portugal), 28’
International Premiere

Budapest Silo, dir. Zsófia Paczolay (Netherlands/Hungary/Portugal/Belgium), 25’
World Premiere

A Country in a Corner, dir. Neema Ngelime (Belgium/Hungary/Portugal/Tanzania), 16’
World Premiere

Dust Away, dir. Tanita Rahmani, Dea Gjinovci (United States/Indonesia/Switzerland), 12’
International Premiere

Is There a Pine on the Mountain, dir. Chongyan Liu (France), 37’
European Premiere

Mother Earth’s Inner Organs, dir. Ana Bravo Pérez (Colombia/Netherlands), 22’
World Premiere

Mountain Flesh, dir. Valentina Shasivari (Switzerland), 18’
World Premiere

Mountain Man, dir. Arun Bhattarai (Bhutan), 22’
World Premiere

My Courtyard, dir. Shrutiman Deori (India), 10’
European Premiere

The Porters, dir. Sarah Vanagt (Belgium), 32’
International Premiere

A Robust Heart, dir. Martín Benchimol (Argentina/United States/United Kingdom), 12’
World Premiere

The Silence of the Banana Trees, dir. Eneos Çarka (Hungary/Belgium/Portugal/Albania), 24’
World Premiere

Solmatalua, dir. Rodrigo Ribeiro-Andrade (Brazil), 15’
International Premiere

Still Static, dir. Adam Kaplan (France), 22’
World Premiere

This Was Your Nicest Auntie Ria, dir. Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden (Netherlands), 37’
World Premiere

Till the End, dir. Beatrice Perego (Italy), 24’
International Premiere

Violet Gave Willingly, dir. Claire Sanford (Canada), 23’
International Premiere

Wild Wounded Animals, dir. Jakob Pagel Andersen (Denmark), 29’
International Premiere