IDFA Forum Project Selection 2023

Is life worth passing on? '275 Million Births and Deaths', a VR-experience created with stop-motion, questions the complexity of doubt and self-determination in today’s world.

'A Body to Live In' is multi-disciplinary project about the underground cultural icon, Fakir Musafar (1930-2018), whose photography, performance and ritual practices in body modification and beyond, mobilized an entire subculture of artists and thinkers.

'The Algorithm' is an interactive experience simulating algorithmically-curated video feeds (such as TikTok and Instagram reels) to break down and demystify the algorithms powering our digital ecosystems.

An urgent, funny and tender feature documentary made in the North East of England, by Jeanie Finlay, in the place where she grew up. (Please note - Logline edited for privacy, full version available on logging in)

A local legend is born when a mysterious meteorite lands in northern Canada and transforms the lives of everyone involved, including a filmmaker dealing with a midlife crisis.

The Digital Doubles captured from spectators become parents in a family drama taking place in an unknown location in the future.

A journey into the void.

Based on diaries and photographs found in the houses destroyed during the Russian war against Ukraine, the film captures the stories of Mariupol, including that of the director’s family. It centers on the value of freedom and human life itself.

Russia’s descent into madness, from the 90s until the Ukrainian war told by a hothead, a former soldier of the Empire turned war reporter and opponent of Putin, Arkadi Babchenko.

Two hitmen kill a young Mapuche in a reclaimed community in southern Argentina. Before the Fire follows the judicial process of the murder and the daily life of the community that is defending their land to recover their ancestry. A film about the struggle for land and ancestral memory.