IDFA 2022: The Awards

International Competition
IDFA Award for Best Film
Apolonia, Apolonia (Denmark, Poland, France)
directed by Lea Glob

IDFA Award for Best Directing
Simon Chambers
for Much Ado About Dying (Ireland, UK)

IDFA Award for Best Editing
Mario Steenbergen
for Journey Through Our World (Netherlands)

The IDFA Award for Best Cinematography
Paul Guilhaume
for Paradise (France, Switzerland)

Envision Competiton
Best Film
Manifesto (Russia)
directed by Angie Vinchito

Best Directing
Roberta Torre
for The Fabulous Ones (Italy)

Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez
for My Lost Country (Costa Rica, Iraq, Chile, Egypt)

IDFA DocLab Competition
Award for Immersive Non-Fiction
Darren Emerson
for In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats (United Kingdom)

The Special Jury Award for Creative Technology
Miri Chekhanovich and Edith Jorisch
for Plastisapiens (Canada, Israel)

IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling
Taylor McCue
for He Fucked the Girl Out of Me

The Special Jury Award for Creative Technology
Eline Jongsma and Kel O’Neill
for His Name Is My Name (The Netherlands)

IDFA Competition for Short Documentary
Away
directed by Ruslan Fedotow

IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary
The IDFA Award for Best Youth Film (14+)
Home Is Somewhere Else (Mexico, United States)
directed by Carlos Hagerman and Jorge Villalobos

The IDFA Award for Best Youth Film (9-13)
Ramboy (Mexico, United States)
directed by Matthias Joulaud and Lucien Roux

Best First Feature
The Etilaat Roz (Afghanistan)
directed by Abbas Rezaie

Best Dutch Film
Journey Through Our World
directed by Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

The Beeld & Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award
Janaína Nagata
for Private Footage (Brazil)