Enjoy these IDFA films at home

Films from previous IDFA editions, and sometimes even from 2025, can often be viewed online. For example, Gaza's Twins, Come Back to Me (IDFA 2025) by Mohammed Sawwaf is already available to watch on NPO Start (in NL only). And Life Invisible (IDFA 2025) by Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff can already be viewed online at The Guardian. Below you find tips for enjoying top documentaries at home (or on the go).

A microbiologist searches the Atacama Desert in Chile for a life-saving medicine against antibiotic resistance. Time is running out, because the delicate ecosystem is being disrupted by lithium mining for electric cars.

Camping together in the woods is what the twins Raphaël and Rémi like doing best. But Raphaël has an intellectual disability, and their paths will soon diverge. During this one last summer, time seems to stand still for a while.

Also part of IDFA's Education program.

Ollie Launspach wants to know what it’s like for his girlfriend Sterre Mulder that he’s transitioning, but discovers in this graduation film—a playful, colorful, and uplifting collage—that his wariness mainly reveals his own insecurities.  

On the shortlist of the 96th Academy Awards (Best Documentary Short Film). 

Palestinian actor Hiam Abbass (Paradise Now, Succession) left her homeland more than 30 years ago. Daughter Lina’s personal search for the reasons behind her mother’s emigration brings a fresh perspective to their family history.

NPO Start has collected a number of films that have been shown at IDFA over the years. Examples include The Propagandist, No Other Land and Black Box Diaries. But also Gaza's Twins, Come Back to Me from IDFA 2025. Watch them via the link below. Due to right holders these films can't be watched outside of the Netherlands.