Ask the audience: Why are you here at IDFA?

Tessa and Jessica: At our high school we got the assignment to go and see a film here, not that we have to write about it or anything. We just picked one, Punches and Ponytails, because it was still playing and there were still tickets available. We like films, but not ones that are too serious! Normally, we never watch documentaries.

Tibor : I’m studying camerawork at the Film Academy and came here to watch films I choose on the spot. So far I’ve seen Rembrandt’s J’Accuse, Koyaanisqatsi and I Wanna be Boss. The Q&A with Peter Greenaway was a little disappointing. He criticised our too-literate society: We wouldn’t know how to ’read’ an image. But his own film, although informative, I think was not very interesting in terms of cinematography.

David : There is a documentary festival in North-West Ireland that I’m the director of, called Guth Gafa. I’m here to scout European films for our programming: mainly observational films, human rights films, but above all personal stories. A non-European film that I especially liked is a South African one called Sea Point Days. I feel it’s a very gentle observational film.

Ellen : I come here ever year since I am retired and have time for it. The films I watched were all on a dramatic subject, Project Kashmir to name one. Developing countries are of special interest to me. I used to be a stewardess and have travelled a lot. Youssou Ndour was giving a concert here and we went to see him. Of course we danced!

Compiled by Jessica Hartman