IDFA DocLab at 20: Caspar Sonnen on Saving, Showing and Sharing Immersive Art
For its 20th edition, held in Amsterdam from 12 to 22 November 2026, IDFA DocLab has chosen not…
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Editorial⎜About the XR Distribution Pipelines Report, by IDFA DocLab R&D and MIT Open Documentary Lab
If you go to any lab or feedback session these days, one consistent question is “where do you…
Decoding XR: from VR to dome adaptation, with Claudix Vanesix, Avinash Changa (FEEDBACK VR, UN MUSICAL ANTIFUTURISTA)
In 2018, IDFA DocLab launched a partnership with the Artis Planetarium to present dome-based immersive artworks during the…
Editorial⎜IDFA Doclab 2025: OF(F) the Internet
At IDFA Doclab, you can be sure of two things: 1) the ever evolving and creative programming means…
“If you want to create empathy, it doesn’t matter what kind of medium, there’s craft in telling the story” – Steye Hallema (ANCESTORS)
ANCESTORS is a unique participatory journey six generations into the future, exploring how today’s choices shape tomorrow’s world.…
Editorial⎜A look back at IDFA DocLab R&D Summit 2024
There was an irony at the core of IDFA’s DocLab programme this year. Distribution, which has long been…
“Reality is not a simulation” – Caspar Sonnen (IDFA DocLab 2024)
The DocLab section of the IDFA is a key event for digital creation, in the broadest sense of…
“With TRAVERSING THE MIST, we share a certain intimacy between each other” – Tung-Yen Chou (Very Theatre)
Tung-Yen Chou is a Taiwanese theatre director, filmmaker and founder/artistic director of Very Mainstream Studio and Very Theatre in…
“We knew we wanted to blend 360-degree visuals and animation to transform our reality” – Josephine Anderson, Claire Sanford (TEXADA)
TEXADA, an IDFA DocLab 2023 selected experience, is a VR documentary that contrasts two experiences of time: the…
“In my practice, I have control on how to present realities” – Natalie Paneng (NATALIE’S TRIFECTA)
NATALIE’S TRIFECTA premiered at IDFA, where it won a special jury award for creative technology. The interactive piece…
“I created a VR experience where I can see things moving in real time inside my own brain” – Ben Joseph Andrews, Emma Roberts (TURBULENCE: JAMAIS VU)
TURBULENCE: JAMAIS VU, an IDFA DocLab 2023 selected experience, is the first part of a series of mixed…
Editorial⎪Back from IDFA DocLab: 30 pieces of Phenomenal Friction
Phenomenal friction. When the New Media team at IDFA came up with this title, they knew it would…