IDU Film Festival
The IDU Film Festival is an annual event celebrating filmmaking and cinema across the International Democratic Union and allied regions. National delegations may submit entries honoring films and actors in cinema hailing from their nation. While categories have changed substantially from year-to-year, they usually include one for the best recent IDU film, classic film, and foreign film from outside the IDU. The event is typically hosted in a city chosen by the nation whose entrant won Best Film[a] at the previous year's festival.
History[edit | edit source]
2016 Film Festival[edit | edit source]
The 2016 IDU Film Festival took place in Suddery, Nova Sodor[1].
The winners were:
- Best New IDU Film - The Tale of Bearren and Lursienne, Bears Armed
- Best Classic IDU Film - The Society of the Red Rose, Laeral
- Best Foreign Film - A Dog in the Wolf's Lair, Westerheim
2017 Film Festival[edit | edit source]
The 2017 IDU Film Festival took place in Council Groves, Bears Armed[2].
The winners were:[3]
- Best New IDU Film - The Economics of Love, Lauchenoiria
- Best Actor - Melissa McDade, Camp, Libertas Omnium Maximus
- Best Classic IDU Film - The Silent Heroes, Comhar
- Best Non-IDU Film - Discovery, The Forodowaith
2018 Film Festival[edit | edit source]
The 2018 IDU Film Festival took place in Buttercity, Lauchenoiria[4].
The winners were:[5]
- Best Film - The Letter, Gnejs
- Best Classic Film - The Boarding School, Laeral
- Best Documentary - What the Janitor Saw, United New England
- Best Actor - June Peters, The Economics of Love, Lauchenoiria
2019 Film Festival[edit | edit source]
Due to budgetary and logistical concerns on the part of the scheduled host nation, Gnejs, the 2019 IDU Film Festival was cancelled. A committee was held by delegates of the nations competing in 2018 to determine the host nation for the 2020 edition. Due to its victory in the Best Classic Film category in 2018, Laeral was given the right to host.[6]
2020 Film Festival[edit | edit source]
The 2020 IDU Film Festival took place in Hanshui, Laeral[6].
The winners were:[7]
- Best Film - Sawdust, Libertas Omnium Maximus
- Best Classic Film - Swirls of Magic, Kerlile
- Best Documentary - The Council of Reform, Kerlile
- Best Foreign Film - Gaviria, Zamastan
- Best Actor - Eloi Liang, Legend of the Branded Swordsman, Laeral
2021 Film Festival[edit | edit source]
The 2021 IDU Film Festival took place in Lumeniola, Libertas Omnium Maximus[8].
The winners were:[9]
- Best Film - The Last Monarch, Gardavasque
- Best Classic Film - The Way of Zongong, Zongongia
- Best Actor - Cathy Sinclair, Father Christmas, Sanctaria
- Best Documentary - Conflict Inevitable, Lauchenoiria
2022 Film Festival[edit | edit source]
The 2022 IDU Film Festival took place in Eternity, Gardavasque[10].
The winners were:[11]
- Best Music - Blue Rings, Eiria
- Best Supporting Performance - Beth Hope, Little Betty, Ecclesiastical Dominions
- Best Lead Performance - Timothee Cimino, Kalipso, Gardavasque
- Best Picture - Blue Rings, Eiria
2023 Film Festival[edit | edit source]
The 2023 IDU Film Festival took place in Atlantis, Eiria.[12]
The winners were:[13]
- Best IDU Film - September Run, Laeral
- Best Actor - Andrés Molina, Beyond the Waves, Aredoa
- Best Supporting Actor - Stefen Vandel, Hide the Mask, Eiria
- Best Musical Score - The Sunny Side of Life, Aredoa
- Best Costume Design - Nouveau Riche, Haesan
- Best Documentary - The Sunny Side of Life, Aredoa
- Best Foreign Film - Too Camp to Camp?, Iceagea, Europe
2024 Film Festival[edit | edit source]
The 2024 IDU Film Festival will take place in TBD, Laeral.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Alternatively, Best IDU Film or Best New IDU Film, depending on if there are classic films or foreign films entered
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1716
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1751
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1782&pid=16847#pid16847
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1873
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1880&pid=18250#pid18250
- ↑ a b https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2048
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2124&pid=22174#pid22174
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2183
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2199&pid=22440#pid22440
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2373
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2378&pid=22830#pid22830
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2449&pid=23452#pid23452
- ↑ https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2454&pid=23508#pid23508