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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 

Amsterdam, Nerherlands, November 13 to 23, 2025

Deadline for Films

July 10, 2025

Deadline for Interactive/Immersive Projects

July 3, 2025

CALL FOR ENTRIES   

(Documentaries – Feature and short films, immersive new media projects

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam is currently accepting entries for its upcoming edition. Please note that films must be submitted directly to the festival. 

DETAILS  

  • Competitive: Yes
  • Entry fees: Yes

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA  



ABOUT  

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam has developed into one of the most important documentary film festivals in the world. The festival welcomes some 295,000 visitors annually, including 3,000 industry professionals making it the world’s largest and most influential documentary film event. 

IDFA selects approximately 250 titles every year in its six competitions, a wide range of non-competitive sections, and an expansive new media program. 

Parallel to the festival is Docs for Sale, a marketplace where producers and sales agents offer creative documentaries to buyers, and  IDFA Forum, IDFA’s international co-financing and co-production forum, one of Europe’s largest gathering of filmmakers, commissioning TV editors and independent producers specialized in documentary.  

Recent Canadian feature documentaries selected at the festival: KOUTKEKOUT (AT ALL KOSTS), GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDES, BEYOND EXTINCTION: SINIXT RESURGENCE, MIDWIVES and SILENT HOUSE. 

Telefilm Canada recognizes the selection of features, short films and XR projects in the festival as well as projects selected for the Forum for applications to its International Promotion Program. 

Promotion and Communications  
Telefilm Canada, Montréal  
dl-festivals@telefilm.ca  
1 800 567-0890