April is flying by – and our three-day 2024 festival is just 24 hours away!
We will begin with an online showcase of international films on the 11th and 12th of April. Viewers from outside the Netherlands can access the event from the comfort of their own homes – with the selection of independent movies showing via the private theatre page of our website.
Then, on the 13th of April, we will present our annual showpiece event in the storied theatre of Filmhuis Cavia, in Amsterdam! This our fifth festival, but it also takes place during a major milestone of the theatre’s – having just celebrated its 40th anniversary.
Tickets for both programmes are selling fast – but there is still time to book your seat for all of the events. You can get yours for both our physical and digital events via the Indy Film Library tickets page, where there are breakdowns of both sets of programmes.
Tickets: Amsterdam IFL Awards Showcase
Tickets: Online IFL Awards Showcase
To whet your appetite for the upcoming feast of films, here’s what our reviews had to say about some of this year’s selection:
Waar thuis was (2023) – Short Experimental
Filmhuis Cavia, Saturday 13th April, 16:00
“Telling the story of a young family as a supernatural force dismantles their home, Waar thuis was is a very impressive piece of work. Smaal has a fantastic eye for visual storytelling, while he has assembled a cast whose performances make an odd, minimalistic story come to life, and resonate with us in the real world.”
Flash/Crash (2022) – Short Drama
Filmhuis Cavia, Saturday 13th April, 17:30
“A drug addict fights his inner demons, when he is given an inhuman task by his dealer. Angelo Perez Lebbink clearly has a lot to offer as a director. His production has created a rich, textured world of visual and emotional contrasts. I just wish more of that world was on display in this particular film.”
Dinoman (2023) – Feature Documentary
Filmhuis Cavia, Saturday 13th April, 19:45
“A film documenting the struggles of a historical artist, trying to build a dinosaur from disparate parts, is itself disrupted by the pandemic. Both artist and director are both driven by a unique human trait – not just a need to ‘make order’ from chaos, but to embrace that chaos, dance around and make art from it.”
Moon Students (2023) – Feature Narrative
IFL Website, Thursday 11th April, 19:00
“Two students and their teacher go on a journey of introspection and political discovery, during the nightmarish year of 2020. Moon Students is a production which is carried to breath-taking heights by the electric performances of its actors, as well as its composed, emotionally mature, approach to the socio-political conflicts which have defined our pandemic era.”
Para Esteban (2023) – Short Documentary
IFL Website, Friday 12th April, 19:00
“Amid the isolation of the Covid-19 lockdown, three great-grandparents construct remote messages of advice to the newest member of their family. As they are evidently coming up on their eighties – if they have not already reached that point – they have each lived through the formative history of modern Cuba, and through that they have learned the importance of love and shared memories, in the face of hardship.”
Shall We Dance (2022) – Short Drama
IFL Website, Thursday 11th April, 19:00
“Shall We Dance follows the inner turmoil of a private detective as he develops a friendship with the woman he has been hired to monitor by her controlling husband. This is a heartfelt and accomplished piece of independent cinema, which examines the potential of art to bring people together, and to offer them an alternative to the cold alienation of their daily lives.”
