American filmmaker Auberi Edler won IFDA’s best director prize for An American Pastoral, a portrait of a small conservative town in Pennsylvania, and the ideological battle that erupts around a debate over the curriculum of the local public school.
“By simply looking and listening, this director reveals the current complexity at the heart of the United States,” the jury said. “Her deep commitment to observation allows the viewer to come face to
face with the communities in the film and provides critical insight into the results of the last presidential elections.”
The 37th IDFA runs through November 24.
IFDA 2024 Winners
IDFA Award for Best Film in International Competition
IDFA Award for Best Directing in International Competition
Auberi Edler for An American Pastoral
IDFA Award for Best Film in Envision Competition
Chronicles of the Absurd by Miguel Coyula
IDFA DocLab Award for Immersive Non-Fiction
Me, a Depiction by Lisa Schamlé
IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling
Entropic Fields of Displacement by Pegah Tabassinejad
IDFA Award for Best Short Documentary
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing by Theo Panagopoulos
Everything Will Be Alright by Eefje Blankevoort and Lara Aerts
IDFA Award for Best Youth Documentary (9-12)
What’s the Film About? by Poorva Bhat
IDFA Award for Best First Feature
CycleMahesh by Suhel Banerjee
IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film
The Propagandist by Luuk Bouwman
Beeld & Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award
My Stolen Planet by Farahnaz Sharifi
FIPRESCI Award
Writing Hawa by Najiba Noori
