This year’s edition of the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (20 November to 1 December 2013) will feature a series of films about World War One. The programme section The First World War: The First War On Screen was curated by Elif Rongen-Kaynaci (EYE Film Institute), David Barnou from NIOD (Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies), and Bert Hogenkamp (Sound and Vision).
The documentaries shown in the scope of the programme section are also available on the EFG Portal or will be made available soon:
- A Day in the Life of a Munition Worker [GB 1917]
- Friedensverhandlungen in Brest-Litowsk [DE 1918]
- Hochseefischerei der Deutschen Marine [DE 1918]
- Holland neutraal, de leger- en vlootfilm [The Netherlands 1917]
- Lille im dritten Kriegsjahr [DE 1917]
- Der Magische Gürtel [DE 1917]
- Met onze jongens aan den IJzer [ Belgium, 1928]
- Mrs. John Bull Prepared [GB 1918]
On 24 November 2013 at 10:30, Elif Rongen- Kaynaci will present a special programme Moving tales from the trenches: EFG1914, featuring 12 films from EYE's collection.
More information and the programme schedule are available at the IDFA website.