- Independent film festival to showcase filmmakers in online event and physical events
- April 17th-18th Indy Film Library will host international streaming event
- April 19th will see IFL return to Amsterdam’s Filmhuis Cavia with physical event
Indy Film Library (IFL) will be hosting its sixth annual awards festival, starting on the 17th of April 2025. As with the previous three events, screenings will take place digitally and in cinemas.
Jack Benjamin, Chief Editor of Indy Film Library, commented, “Our hybrid events have been an important part of Indy Film Library for years now. While it has been great to return to cinemas in London and Amsterdam in the time since lockdown, introducing international audiences to the films we review is also a core part of our plans. That’s why our digital theatre will return for our 2024 programme – to help us show some fantastic films on both the big and small screens this April!”
As was the case for the last three editions, IFL will be showing a special showcase of Benelux-based artists in its Amsterdam cinema event. But in order to help a diverse range of artists publicise their work, films from further afield will be shown online.
Taking place each evening on the 17th and 18th of April, an expanded programme of top cinematic talent will be screened via IFL’s online theatre platform. Films selected include Angelina Fernandez’s beautifully shot documentary A Mano, Nico Fulton Lavachek’s tense Hollywood drama The Chemists, and Angeliki Pardalidou’soffbeat comedy music-video Be Like Angel Pardalos.
The digital programme can be found here. Meanwhile, tickets for each event can be purchased via FilmFreeway. There is a 30% discount for tickets ordered in the first week of sales, which you can take advantage of by using the code IFL2530.
Following that, IFL is also offering the chance to see films at a physical screening. On the 19th of April, Amsterdam arthouse venue Filmhuis Cavia will host a half-day event, showcasing the finest films from the Netherlands that IFL has received in its 2023-24 season.
Among the movies featured, cinema lovers will have a chance to witness breath-taking experimental, documentary and narrative shorts. These include Robin Noorda‘s stunning stop-motion Lunatic; Maarten de Bruijne‘s tense family drama L’Audition de Jeanne; and Sitou Akolly‘s thought-provoking cultural documentary Zāgbéto: Les Murmures du Masque. The full programme for that event is available here, while tickets can also be purchased via FilmFreeway.
While a full programme and running order of films is available on the IFL website, the productions featuring at the event are spread across nominations for six categories:
Short Documentary
Waarom stopt ie niet gewoon?
Zāgbéto: Les Murmures du Masque
A Mano
A Man Aman
Short Narrative
The Soul in My Head
Rewind, Replay
Concrete
Vestige
L’Audition de Jeanne
De vlieger wacht niet
The Nettle Man
De Bomen Houden Grote Droefheid Vast
Dysphoria
Looking she said I forget
Let’s Play
Feature Documentary
All Politics is Local
We Are Denver North
Feature Narrative
Experimental
Lunatic
Float
Household Pain
Don’t Shoot the President
Up close
Anemoia
Music Video