The complete list of awarded films at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam in 2023:
IDFA Award for Best Film – International Competition
1489
dir. Shoghakat Vardanyan
IDFA Award for Best Directing – International Competition
Life Is Beautiful
dir. Mohamed Jabaly
IDFA Award for Best Editing – International Competition
The World Is Family
editor Anand Patwardhan
IDFA Award for Best Cinematography – International Competition
Flickering Lights
cinematographers Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan
IDFA Award for Best Film – Envision Competition
Canuto’s Transformation
dir. Ariel Kuaray Ortega and Ernesto de Carvalho
IDFA Award for Best Directing – Envision Competition
Silence of Reason
dir. Kumjana Novakova
IDFA Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution – Envision Competition
Canuto’s Transformation
dir. Ariel Kuaray Ortega and Ernesto de Carvalho
IDFA DocLab Award for Immersive Non-Fiction
Turbulence: Jamais Vu
dir. Ben Joseph Andrews and Emma Roberts
Special Jury Award for Creative Technology for Immersive Non-Fiction
Natalie’s Trifecta
dir. Natalie Paneng
IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling
Anouschka
dir. Tamara Shogaolu
Special Jury Award for Creative Technology for Digital Storytelling
Borderline Visible
dir. Ant Hampton
IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary
At That Very Moment
dir. Rita Pauls and Federico Luis Tachella
Special Mention – Short Documentary
My Father
dir. Pegah Ahangarani
IDFA Award for Best Youth Film (13+)
Sister of Mine
dir. Mariusz Rusi?ski
IDFA Award for Best Youth Film (9-12)
And a Happy New Year
dir. Sebastian Mulder
IDFA Award for Best First Feature
Chasing the Dazzling Light
dir. Yaser Kassab
IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film
Gerlach
dir. Aliona van der Horst and Luuk Bouwman
Special Mention – Best Dutch Film
Mother Suriname – Mama Sranan
dir. Tessa Leuwsha
Beeld & Geluid IDFA Reframe Award
Selling a Colonial War
dir. In-Soo Radstake
Special Mention – Beeld & Geluid IDFA Reframe Award
Milisuthando
dir. Milisuthando Bongela
IDFA Forum Award for Best Pitch
Son of the Streets
dir. Mohammed Almughanni
IDFA Forum Award for Best Rough Cut
Coexistence, My Ass!
dir. Amber Fares
IDFA DocLab Forum Award
Turbulence
dir. Ben Joseph Andrews and Emma Roberts
