IDFA announces winners at the 2022 edition of the world’s largest documentary film festival

Documentary by Lea Glob Apollonia, Apolloniaabout the Paris-born painter Apolonia Sokol, won the award for best film in international competition at tonight’s IDFA awards ceremony in Amsterdam.

The prestigious award comes with a cash prize of 15,000 euros. When the award was announced, the five-strong jury commented: “This film has characters that breathe life and take us on a journey that opens us into the world of culture and art, business and politics, the mechanisms of a success story It is imbued with love.”

Glob has been following Soko’s career for over a decade. According to the Villa Medici website, the figurative painter is “known for her political stance on portraiture, claiming to use it as a tool to empower and deconstruct marginalization or dominance. the representation of women in art history and body politics in general.”

Simon Chambers was awarded best director in the International Competition category for his film A lot of fuss about dying, a tender and often hilarious look at the filmmaker’s colorful uncle David in the final years of his life. This award is awarded with 5,000 euros. [see below for full list of IDFA winners].

In an interview with Deadline earlier at IDFA, Chambers recalled his late uncle’s cheerful outlook on life, even as his advanced age took its toll.

“He said things like — to say something really bad happened — he said, ‘When life is good, it’s very, very good. But when it’s bad, it’s terrible. So you get through the bad things, but then there’s always a good part.'”

In the separate category of the IDFA’s Envision competition, Angie Vinchito won the award for best picture before the manifesta film composed entirely of found footage from “often shocking videos posted on social media by Russian teenagers.”

Envision’s grand prize also includes a cash prize of €15,000.

“This film is the result of the digital age, of a whole generation of children whose reliable outlet for their intimacy, fears and longings is social media,” said the jury. manifest. “The filmmaker blew us away with his ability to structure the found footage of these individual voices and edit them into a powerful collective chorus. Dark at times, the film is a humorous but heartbreaking portrait of a lost generation under a dictatorial regime. Surrounded by violence and hopelessness, from home and school to the intimidating political system, they show enduring rebellion and dignity.”

Roberta Torre was awarded “Best Director” and €5,000 in the “Envision Competition” category The fantastic.

IDFA, the world’s largest documentary film festival, opened on November 9 and runs until Sunday November 20. These are the honorees announced at today’s ceremony:

Best Film – International Competition: Apollonia, Apollonia, to you. Leah Globe

Best Director – International Competition: A lot of fuss about dying, to you. Simon’s room

Best Editing – International Competition: Travel through our world, Editor Mario Steenbergen

Best Camera – International Competition: paradiseCinematographer Paul Guilhaume

Best Film – Screening Competition: manifest, to you. Angie Vincito

Best Director – Performance Competition: The fantastic, to you. Robert Torre

Outstanding Artistic Contribution – Envision Competition: my lost country, to you. Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez

Imagine your competition: Notes for a movie, to you Ignacio Aguero

IDFA DocLab Award for Compelling Nonfiction: Chase repetitive beats, to you. Darren Emerson

Special Jury Prize for Creative Technology: plastypia, to you. Miri Cherkhanovich and Edith Jorisch

DFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling: He fucked the girl out of me, to you Taylor McCue

Special Jury Prize for Creative Technology: His name is my name, to you Eline Jongsma and Kel O’Neill.

IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary: one direction, to you Ruslan Fedotov

Honorable Mention – Short Documentary: The porters, to you Sarah Tonight

IDFA Award for Best Youth Film (14+): home is somewhere else, to you Carlos Hagerman and Jorge Villalobos.

IDFA Award for Best Youth Film (9-13): ram boy, to you Mathias Jolaud

Special Mention – Youth Film: Jasmine’s two houses, to you Inka Achté and Hanna Karppinen

IDFA Award for Best First Feature: The Etilate Rose, to you Abbas Rezaie

Special Mention – First Feature: Guapo’y, to you Sofia Pauli Dorn

IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film: Travel through our world, to you Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

Special Mention – Best Dutch Film: In my heart, to you. Saskia Bodeke

Image and Sound IDFA Reframe Award: Private recordings, to you Janina Nagata

Special mention – Image and Sound IDFA Reframe Award: The march to Rome, to you. Mark Neven

IDFA Forum Award for Best Pitch: Nothing, to you Kani Lapuerta

IDFA Forum Award for Best Rough Track: The Tuba Thieves, to you Alison O’Daniel

IDFA DocLab Forum Award: We speak their names in hushed tones, to you Omoregie Osakpolor