For Sama wins the VPRO IDFA Audience Award
For Sama (Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts, United Kingdowm, 2019. 95 min., Best of Fests) has won the VPRO IDFA Audience Award (€ 5.000), the grand public prize of theInternational Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. The news was announced on Friday evening before screening the winning film in Pathé Tuschinski.
For Sama
For Sama is the first documentary by 26-year-old citizen journalist Waad al-Kateab. In the film, she dedicates the film to her newborn daughter: “I need you to understand why your father and I made the choices we did, what we were fighting for.” With a simple digital camera, al-Kateab documents the Syrian uprising against Assad in the rebel stronghold of Aleppo, from the first moments of the uprising through to the forced evacuation at the end of 2016.
The winner of the VPRO IDFA Audience Award is determined by festival visitors who, after an IDFA film screening, rank their appreciation for the film by way of a voting card. Now in its
fourth year, the VPRO IDFA Audience Award is made possible by VPRO.
This year 166 films were in the race for the Audience Award. In total 27.812 people voted,
resulting in the following Top 10:
- For Sama 9,680
- The Cave 9,573
- Collective 9,417
- They Call Me Babu 9,314
- Honeyland 9,307
- Midnight Traveler 9,292
- Objector 9,278
- The Euphoria of Being 9,196
- Máxima 9,134
- Our Time Machine 9,091
It is expected that IDFA 2019 will reach the record number of 295,000 visits. That is 10.000 more than last year. In addition, a total of 3,200 professional guests from around the world visited IDFA 2019. This is the last weekend of the festival, which lasts until Sunday. For a complete list of all IDFA Award winners click here:
Source: IDFA
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