International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

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film festival

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam is one of the world’s leading documentary film festivals, renowned for premiering innovative non-fiction films and supporting documentary filmmakers globally.

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Label	Occurrences
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam canonical	2
IDFA DocLab	1

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Target entity: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Context triple: [Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case, worldPremiereAt, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]

A. Netherlands Film Festival
The Netherlands Film Festival is an annual Dutch film festival that showcases and celebrates national cinema, held in the city of Utrecht.
B. Ostend Film Festival
The Ostend Film Festival is an annual Belgian film festival held in the coastal city of Ostend, showcasing national and international cinema and presenting various film awards.
C. Silverdocs Documentary Festival
Silverdocs Documentary Festival is a prominent American film festival dedicated to showcasing documentary films and supporting non-fiction filmmakers.
D. Ghent Film Festival
The Ghent Film Festival is a prominent annual international film festival in Ghent, Belgium, renowned for its focus on film music and its World Soundtrack Awards.
E. Frameline Film Festival
Frameline Film Festival is a prominent San Francisco–based LGBTQ+ film festival, recognized as one of the oldest and largest queer film festivals in the world.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Target entity description: The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam is one of the world’s leading documentary film festivals, renowned for premiering innovative non-fiction films and supporting documentary filmmakers globally.

A. Netherlands Film Festival
The Netherlands Film Festival is an annual Dutch film festival that showcases and celebrates national cinema, held in the city of Utrecht.
B. Ostend Film Festival
The Ostend Film Festival is an annual Belgian film festival held in the coastal city of Ostend, showcasing national and international cinema and presenting various film awards.
C. Silverdocs Documentary Festival
Silverdocs Documentary Festival is a prominent American film festival dedicated to showcasing documentary films and supporting non-fiction filmmakers.
D. Ghent Film Festival
The Ghent Film Festival is a prominent annual international film festival in Ghent, Belgium, renowned for its focus on film music and its World Soundtrack Awards.
E. Frameline Film Festival
Frameline Film Festival is a prominent San Francisco–based LGBTQ+ film festival, recognized as one of the oldest and largest queer film festivals in the world.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film festival ⓘ
abbreviation	IDFA ⓘ
city	Amsterdam ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
focus	creative documentary ⓘ non-fiction cinema ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	documentary film ⓘ
hasAudience	general public ⓘ international film professionals ⓘ
hasAward	IDFA Audience Award ⓘ IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary ⓘ IDFA Award for Best First Appearance ⓘ IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary ⓘ IDFA DocLab Award ⓘ IDFA Special Jury Award ⓘ
hasMainVenue	De Balie ⓘ Eye Filmmuseum ⓘ linked to: EYE Filmmuseum Pathé Tuschinski ⓘ
hasProgram	IDFA Bertha Fund ⓘ IDFA Forum co-financing and co-production market ⓘ IDFA Industry program ⓘ IDFAcademy training program ⓘ
hasSection	Envision Competition ⓘ Frontlight ⓘ IDFA DocLab ⓘ linked to: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA Forum ⓘ IDFAcademy ⓘ International Competition ⓘ Luminous ⓘ
inception	1988 ⓘ
knownFor	industry activities for documentary professionals ⓘ large and diverse documentary program ⓘ support schemes for documentary projects ⓘ world premieres of creative documentaries ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ
locatedIn	Amsterdam ⓘ
mission	to promote and support documentary film worldwide ⓘ to stimulate emerging documentary talent ⓘ
organizer	IDFA Foundation ⓘ
reputation	leading international platform for documentary film ⓘ
scale	one of the world’s largest documentary film festivals ⓘ
supports	documentary filmmakers from around the world ⓘ innovative documentary storytelling ⓘ
typeOfEvent	cultural event ⓘ
typicalStartTime	November ⓘ
website	https://www.idfa.nl ⓘ