Cinecittà organizes the Italian selections for the next IDFA - Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (12th – 22nd November 2026).
Laura van Halsema, Senior Programmer of the festival, will be our guest to watch this year’s submissions  8 – 9 July, 2026.
These are the main guidelines of the selections:
* IDFA has two main competitions: International Competition and Envision Competition. In addition to these, there is also the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary section.
* Each contest has its own awards:
International: best film, best director, best cinematography and best editing
Envision: best film, best director, award for outstanding artistic contribution
There are also three awards, independent of the section in which the film was selected: best first feature documentary (60 minutes and up), best Dutch film and best film with creative use of archival footage.
These three additional awards are cross sectional and could also come out of Luminous and Frontlight sections.
A world or international premiere is required and only feature-length films can apply (40 minutes and up).
Films must have been completed after July 10, 2025.
Films presented in the past selections, though altered considerably, cannot be submitted again and will not be considered. Films that have already been submitted for this edition are NOT eligible for this call.
>At this link< you can find the complete regulation.
We remind you that the documentaries proposed by us will be exempt from paying the admission fee but you still must fill the Entry Form >at this link< to complete the registration.
To have your waiver code you will need send a request to the following email address, however no later than Tuesday July 7th, specifying the title, direction and duration. Short films are not eligible for this waiver.
The waiver code will still be valid until the festival deadline, Thursday July 9th.
We therefore invite you to submit a Vimeo link with English s / t of films you intend to submit, with reference to IDFA 2026, to:
Alessio Massatani: [email protected] 
Cecilia Spano: [email protected]