Editorial⎜A look back at IDFA DocLab R&D Summit 2024

Karen Cirillo

There was an irony at the core of IDFA’s DocLab programme this year. Distribution, which has long been a topic of conversation in the community, was front and center at its day-long DocLab R&D Summit. A difficult discussion for any art form, but as technologies are rapidly changing – both in the software used to […]

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Inside Venice Gap Financing 2023: AN EMPTY SEAT (Art et essai, Makropol)

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Diversion announces the acquisition of two projects presented at Venice Immersive 2024

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