IDFA – the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, which has been running since 1988, is one of the most important international centres dedicated to documentary cinema. Its activities include a film and new media festival, project funding initiatives, industry markets, talent development programmes and educational activities. The organisation also runs a year-round documentary centre in Amsterdam’s Vondelpark.
This year, Paweł Łoziński’s “The Balcony Movie” will return to Amsterdam; it was screened in the IDFA Specials section in 2021. This time, it will be presented as part of the special programme Dead Angle: Common Ground, dedicated to various forms of community, solidarity and encounters in public spaces. From the balcony of his flat, the director points his camera at a Warsaw pavement and strikes up conversations with passers-by, creating a polyphonic portrait of contemporary society from these chance encounters.
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