M Pire Magazine February 2014 | Page 35

ntary Film Festival Amsterdam International documentary institution Aside from the festival, IDFA consists of three industry components: the IDFA Bertha Fund, the FORUM and Docs for Sale. All of these were established in order to improve the international climate for creative documentaries. The IDFA Bertha Fund offers support to documentary projects and festivals in developing countries, the IDFA Forum is Europe’s biggest co-financing market for international documentary productions, and Docs for Sale is an international documentary market where buyers, sales agents and distributors can see a selection from the best creative documentaries of the past year. Together, these activities have propelled IDFA to its current, top-ranked status within the world of creative documentary cinema. See more at: http://www.idfa.nl/industry/organization. aspx#sthash.AwjpQdLT.dpuf 35