International Documentary Filmfestival Amster

The echoes of the war

“When they grow big, they leave the shells they are in. And then, the shell they’ve left behind … a smaller crab will find it and it will become its home.”

Tokyo in the 1980s, how many traces of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story" are left? This is a sincere letter from Wenders to Ozu.

Arum, the director, delves into her parents' integral roles in shaping Korea's democratization, using their family history as a lens to examine the broader political landscape of the country. Through this journey, she reflects on her generation's role in the social movement.

In Tokyo in the 1980s, how many traces of Ozu Yasujiro's "Tokyo Story" are still left? This is a sincere letter written by Wenders to Ozu.

Watch the conversation between Wenders and master Yohji Yamamoto, and step into the kaleidoscope of fashion, cities and movies!

Vitaliy Akimov portrays his family in the shrinking Russian provincial town of Arsenyev. His ten-year-old nephew Stepan acts as a guide to this grim environment, appropriately filmed in black and white.

After living in England for many years, can she still be a standard Japanese wife, or even a Japanese?

Is bleeding and sweating in the wrestling ring only for men? This group of Gaea girls also want to make their mark in the Japanese wrestling world!

The portrait of a small Appalachian town where a group of electro-hypersensitive refugees live by the shadow of the world’s biggest radio telescope.

Adapted from the internationally bestselling book that shocked Japan! Directed by the author herself, Shiori Ito.

A field study of fourteen paintings from China’s Dafen village, as the government rebrands the copy-painting district as a hub for original art. IDFA and Sundance selection.

For the first time, the Laibach Orchestra was allowed to perform in North Korea. What will they give to North Korea as they prank Communism?

As a black child, the director has always felt guilty about his parents and decided to return to China to visit relatives in an attempt to repair the estranged family.

The 12-year-old girl Yi Jie had a different childhood from other children. Her "home" was filled with plastic garbage from all over the world...

The Chinese mayor Geng Yanbo, who is full of ideals and arrogance, + the ancient city of Datong with a history of more than 1,600 years.

爵士小號大師克拉克面對多年的病痛纏身，始終堅持自己的使命，將畢生所學傳授給年輕的學生

The musical muse of famous director Wong Kar-Wai, one of the top crazy weird doctors in the American music scene.

應該歸還給誰？一個深刻的困境變成了法庭上的戲劇。

"I force myself against myself in order not to conform to my own taste." - Marcel. Duchamp