Nest World Premieres & More at IDFA 2019
IDFA has announced that this year’s festival features the highest percentage of women filmmakers in the event’s 31-year history: 64% of competition titles and 47% of the total program. We were egg-static to see that news, plus the world premieres of Number 387 and The Letter at IDFA this year.
IDFA is home of the second and last Chicken & Egg Award retreat of the year, where Award recipients will be taking meetings about their film projects, which are currently in development and production. Plus 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab grantees Milisuthando (working title) and Between Fire and Water and AlumNest filmmaker (A Thousand Girls Like Me) Sahra Mani’s project Kabul Melody will be heading to the IDFA Forum from Sunday, November 24 to Wednesday, November 27.
Check out the Nest-supported films screening at IDFA below:
Number 387
2018 (Egg)celerator Lab
World Premiere — IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary
Directed by Madeleine Leroyer; Produced by Valérie Montmartin
Find showtimes and more information here.
The Letter
2018 Diversity Fellows Initiative (past program)
World Premiere — Frontlight
Directed and produced by Christopher King and Maia von Lekow
Find showtimes and more information here.
Buddha in Africa
Dutch premiere — Best of Fests
Directed and produced by Nicole Schafer
Find showtimes and more information here.
Always in Season
2018 (Egg)celerator Lab
European Premiere — Frontlight
Directed by Jacqueline Olive; Produced by Jacqueline Olive and Jessica Devaney
Find showtimes and more information here.
One Child Nation
2017 (Egg)celerator Lab
Dutch Premiere — Best of Fests
Directed by Nanfu Wang (2018 Chicken & Egg Award) and Jialing Zhang; Produced by Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman, Christoph Jörg, Christopher Clements, and Carolyn Hepburn
Find showtimes and more information here.
AlumNest Films
Flower Punk
International Premiere — Luminous
Directed and produced by AlumNest filmmaker Alison Klayman (Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry) | tickets and more information here
The Brink
Dutch Premiere — Best of Fests, Focus: The Villain
Directed by AlumNest filmmaker Alison Klayman (Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry); Produced by Alison Klayman and Marie Therese Guirgis | tickets and more information here
Desert One
Dutch Premiere — Masters
Directed by AlumNest filmmaker Barbara Kopple (2011 Chicken & Egg Pictures Celebration Award); Produced by Barbara Kopple, David Cassidy, and Eric Forman | tickets and more information here
Shoofting the Mafia
Dutch Premiere — Masters
Directed by AlumNest filmmaker Kim Longinotto (Dreamcatcher); Produced by Niamh Fagan | tickets and more information here
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