White Tiger Column Heads to IDFA With World Premiere in Amsterdam
Canadian filmmakers Robert Mentov, Dwight Jantzi and Bryan Dickie will world-premiere their documentary White Tiger Column in the International Competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). The Hollywood Reporter published an exclusive first look at the film on 12 November 2026.
The film is set to open the festival on Friday 13 November. IDFA runs through 22 November.
The documentary follows Gen Z volunteers as they go through 45 days of makeshift training in a top-secret camp in the jungles of Myanmar. Only then do they face the military junta, the army-led government that holds power in the country.
The filmmakers were invited to the secret camp to observe a regiment of the People's Defense Force, an armed group that opposes the military. Production began in January 2024, after an extended research trip to the region.
This is the debut feature for all three directors. They worked together before, on the 2025 hybrid short Paradise Heights, which featured members of Toronto's Burmese diaspora, the community of people from Myanmar who live abroad. Their collaboration now reaches the festival circuit in Amsterdam.
Lightwood Green is handling world sales on the film. World sales means selling the film to distributors in cinemas, television and streaming across territories around the globe. No buyers or deal terms have been reported.
For IDFA, the premiere places a first feature in its International Competition, the section where the festival's top documentaries compete. For audiences in Amsterdam and beyond, the film's first public screenings will come at the festival over the coming ten days.
