{"id":275480,"date":"2025-11-21T13:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/275480\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:41:14","slug":"idfa-top-doc-prizes-go-to-films-by-iranian-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/275480\/","title":{"rendered":"IDFA Top Doc Prizes Go To Films By Iranian Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFilmmakers from Iran won the top prizes as International Documentary Festival Amsterdam<\/a> (IDFA<\/a>), the world\u2019s biggest nonfiction cinema festival, handed out its awards tonight.<\/p>\n

\n\tA Fox Under a Pink Moon, directed by Mehrdad Oskouei, was named Best Film in International Competition, an award that comes with a \u20ac15,000 prize. The film focuses on 16-year-old Soraya, a young artist \u201ccreating stunning drawings and sculptures that are as beautiful as they are dark. This strong-willed Afghan sculptor and illustrator has been trying for five years to escape Iran and join her mother in Austria.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"'A<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\u2018A Fox Under a Pink Moon\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIDFA<\/p>\n

\n\tIn its citation, the jury said, \u201cThis film opens a window onto the power of art and hope during the difficult times through which we\u2019re living. Through masterful cinematography often filmed in dangerous conditions, and the protagonist\u2019s radiant energy, this empowering collaboration between an established filmmaker and a young new artist enables her to reclaim identity amid exile and domestic violence, to bloom despite repression, and to find solace through creation. A self-portrait that witnesses the growth of an Afghan artist whose work will continue to resonate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJury members for International Competition included Eric Hynes, Isabelle Glachant, Maya Daisy Hawke, Michel K. Zongo, and Myriam Sassine. <\/p>\n

\n\tScroll for the full list of IDFA awards winners.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe prize for Best Directing in International Competition went to Tamar Kalandadze and Julien Pebrel for The Kartli Kingdom. Deadline shared the teaser-trailer<\/a> for the film with you last week. The award comes with a \u20ac5,000 prize.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"'The<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\u2018The Kartli Kingdom\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSakdoc Film\/Habilis Productions<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA visual labyrinth that takes us deep inside a single location yet continuously reveals new facets and faces,\u201d jurors said of The Kartli Kingdom, \u201cthis film depicts something scarcely seen in stories of the refugee experience: the long arc of permanent exile in which dislocation engenders new communities defined by survival and defiance\u2014communities that are then forcefully dissolved, creating another wave of trauma,\u201d jurors wrote. \u201cWe were struck by the evident time and care the directors took in working with members of this community, in their ability to capture and convey a sense of home in such an unlikely place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"'December<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\u2018December (Diciembre)\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCompa\u00f1\u00eda de Cine<\/p>\n

\n\tThe IDFA Award for Best Editing in International Competition went to December (Diciembre)<\/a> directed by Lucas Gallo, with editing by Fernando Epstein. Best Cinematography in that category was claimed by Silent Flood by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, with cinematography by Ivan Morarash, Oleksandr Korotun, Viacheslav Tsvietkov, and Dmytro Sukholytkyy- Sobchuk.<\/p>\n

\n\tFlood, directed by Katy Scoggin, was awarded a Special Mention for International Competition.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn IDFA\u2019s equally prestigious Envision Competition, the Best Film award was earned by Past Future Continuous, directed by Iranian filmmakers for Morteza Ahmadvand and Firouzeh Khosrovani. The honor comes with a \u20ac15,000 prize.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"'Past<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Past Future Continuous\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIDFA<\/p>\n

\n\tThe documentary centers on Maryam, a woman who \u201cfled Iran decades ago and settled in the United States. Her parents remained in Tehran. Now that they are growing older and political unrest is intensifying, she is concerned. She persuades them to install security cameras in every room, so she can stay in direct contact with them from a distance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is composed largely of that security footage interspersed with home video of Maryam\u2019s childhood.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn this film, with an outstanding text, the form elevates the subject to another level,\u201d wrote Envision Competition jurors Ansuya Blom, Gladys Joujou, Ignacio Ag\u00fcero, Massimo D\u2019Anolfi, and Salom\u00e9 Jashi, who noted their choice was unanimous. \u201cHere, time and space are both concrete and suspended. The authors invented and set up a reality where cinematic experience offers emotional truth. The film presents itself as an unusual and poignant cinematic experiment that holds together various lines of reflection: diaspora, exile, historical repetition, and personal memory.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Award for Best Directing (accompanied by a \u20ac5,000 prize) in the Envision Competition went to Aist\u0117 \u017degulyt\u0117-Zapolska for Holy Destructors. The Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution was presented to Miguel Eek for Am\u00edlcar.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"'Paikar'\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Paikar\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIDFA<\/p>\n

\n\tPaikar, directed by Dawood Hilmandi, won two awards: Best First Feature (accompanied by a \u20ac5,000 prize) and the FIPRESCI Award, chosen by a group of international critics. A Special Mention in the Best First Feature category was awarded to The Kartli Kingdom (directed, as noted above, by Tamar Kalandadze and Julien Pebrel).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe NPO Doc IDFA Audience Award will be announced Friday. IDFA, the largest documentary film festival in the world, runs through Sunday in the Dutch capital.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Prize<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tPrize winners at IDFA\u2019s awards ceremony in Amsterdam, Thursday, Nov. 20.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIDFA<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is the full list of winners announced Thursday:<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA Award for Best Film \u2013 International Competition: A Fox Under a Pink Moon, dir. Mehrdad Oskouei<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA Award for Best Directing \u2013 International Competition: The Kartli Kingdom, dir. Tamar Kalandadze and Julien Pebrel<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA Award for Best Editing \u2013 International Competition: December, dir. Lucas Gallo<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA Award for Best Cinematography \u2013 International Competition: Silent Flood, dir. Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 Special Mention \u2013 International Competition: Flood, dir. Katy Scoggin<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA Award for Best Film \u2013 Envision Competition: Past Future Continuous, dir. Morteza Ahmadvand and Firouzeh Khosrovani<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA Award for Best Directing \u2013 Envision Competition: Holy Destructors, dir. Aist\u0117 \u017degulyt\u0117-Zapolska<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution \u2013 Envision Competition: Am\u00edlcar, dir. Miguel Eek<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA DocLab Award for Immersive Non-Fiction: Feedback VR, un musical antifuturista, dir. Claudix Vanesix for Collective AMiXR<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 Special Mention \u2013 IDFA DocLab for Immersive Non-Fiction: Under the Same Sky, dir. Khalil Ashawi<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling: Artificial Sex (Ep. 1 & 2), dir. Anan Fries<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 Special Mention \u2013 IDFA DocLab for Digital Storytelling: Coded Black, dir. Maisha Wester<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary: An Open Field, dir. Teboho Edkins<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 Special Mention \u2013 Short Documentary: Dreams for a Better Past, dir. Albert Kuhn<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA Award for Best First Feature: Paikar, dir. Dawood Hilmandi<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 Special Mention \u2013 IDFA Award for Best First Feature: The Kartli Kingdom, dir. Tamar Kalandadze and Julien Pebrel<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film: My Word Against Mine, dir. Maasja Ooms<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 Special Mention \u2013 IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film: Paikar, dir. Dawood Hilmandi<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 Beeld & Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award: Remake, dir. Ross McElwee<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 Special Mention \u2013 Beeld & Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award: The Memory of Butterflies, dir. Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski<\/p>\n

\n\t\u2013 FIPRESCI Award: Paikar, dir. Dawood Hilmandi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filmmakers from Iran won the top prizes as International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the world\u2019s biggest nonfiction cinema…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,105972,112907,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-275480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-idfa","tag-international-documentary-festival-amsterdam","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}