Best of IDFA On Tour 2025

An American Pastoral
Auberi Edler | France | 2024 | 118' | English spoken | Dutch subtitles
When in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania the lion's share of the public school board is up for re-election, a fierce election campaign begins. A stark, observational micro-level portrait of a deeply divided country.
Winner IDFA Award for Best Directing

Mama Micra
Rebecca Blöcher | Germany | 2024 | 24' | German spoken | Dutch subtitles
Stop-motion animation about the filmmaker's mother who had an enormous desire for freedom and went out into the wide world. This came at the expense of contact with her daughter, but in this loving film, nothing is irreparable.
IDFA Special Mention 2024 in the Short Film Competition

Trains
Maciej J. Drygas | Poland | 2024 | 81' | no dialogues
A reflective journey through the 20th century composed entirely of archive footage. In this wordless film full of beauty and bitterness, the excitement of adventure becomes a curse, and tears of joy mix with the deepest despair.
Winner IDFA Award for Best Film & winner IDFA Award for Best Editing

The Guest
Zvika Gregory Portnoy & Zuzanna Solakiewicz | Poland, Qatar | 2024 | 78' | English, Polish, Arabic spoken | Dutch subtitles
A Polish family offers emergency shelter to a Syrian refugee trapped between Polish and Belarusian pushback in the grim border region. Time is short and options are few. Despite language difficulties, a bond develops.
Winner IDFA Award for Best Cinematography