The festival, which includes more than 250 films total, runs from Nov. 8-19.
The result is a kaleidoscopic and personal film that travels through time fluidly.
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Selected films: International Competition
1489, dir.
IDFA
Shoghakat Vardanyan (Armenia), 76 World Premiere
As the Tide Comes In, dir.
Juan Palacios (Denmark), 89 International Premiere
The Burden, dir.
Midi Z (Taiwan/Myanmar), 87 World Premiere
Danger Zone, dir.
IDFA
Vita Maria Drygas (Poland/United Kingdom), 93 International Premiere
Flickering Lights, dir.
Anirban Du[a, Anupama Srinivasan (India), 90 European Premiere
The Last, dir.
Sebastian Pena-Escobar (Paraguay/Uruguay/France), 87 World Premiere
Life Is Beautiful, dir.
Mohamed Jabaly (Norway/Pales6ne), 90 World Premiere
Limitation, dir.
Elene Asatiani, Soso Dumbadze (Georgia), 125 World Premiere
Selling a Colonial War, dir.
In-Soo Radstake (Netherlands), 133 World Premiere
The World Is Family, dir.
Others turn to look at recent socio-political history through a personal gaze.
Selected films: Envision Competition
La cancha, dir.
Mustafa Uzuner (Canada), 54 World PremiereCanutos Transformation, dir.
Yaser Kassab (Syria/Qatar/Sweden), 63 World PremiereDamnatio Memoriae, dir.
Thunska Pansirvorakul (Thailand/Germany), 108 European PremiereGAMA, dir.
Kaori Oda (Japan), 53 International PremiereMud, dir.
Ilya Povolotsky (Russia), 50 World PremiereParagate, dir.
Jialai Wang (Belgium), 72 World PremiereA Picture to Remember, dir.
Olga Chernykh (Ukraine/France/Germany), 72 World PremiereSilence of Reason, dir.
Kumjana Novakova (North Macedonia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), 63 International PremiereTales of Oblivion, dir.
Dulce Fernandes (Portugal), 63 World PremiereThermodielectric, dir.
Ana Costa Ribeiro (Brazil), 72 International PremiereThe Wasp and the Orchid, dir.
The winners will be announced during the IDFA 2023 awards ceremony on Thursday, November 16.
