IDFA , one of world’s leading documentary festivals, has announced the first titles for its short documentary section, and revealed the lineups for the Signed, Best of Fests and Paradocs sidebars.

The festival’s 38th edition runs from Nov. 13 to 23 in Amsterdam.

Several titles in the short documentary competition use archival footage to examine how personal memories reveal political histories. “Intersecting Memory” by Shayma’ Awawdeh presents a portrait of a youth spent under occupation in Palestine’s West Bank. In “As I Lay Dying,” Mohammadreza Farzad and Pegah Ahangarani revisit shaky footage of social protests in Tehran in 2009.

The selection welcomes several filmmakers back to IDFA with new work, including Lasse Linder with “Air Horse One,” following prized showjumping horse Legacy

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