Press & Media

This selection of press publications and media assets offers more insights into the 2025 program. From articles in Dutch newspapers NRC and Het Parool, to an extensive interview with XR Must, and audio interviews for Kent Bye's podcast, Voices of VR.

International & National Press (Selection)

Four projects awarded by the Film Fund DocLab Interactive Grant 2025 (Film Fund)
IDFA DOCLAB 2025: OF(F) THE INTERNET (XR Must)
Why IDFA DocLab is exploring the dark side of technology (Screen Daily)
Hoe 15 jaar aan handgeschreven brieven laten zien wat internet met ons doet (Trouw)
Op zoek naar echt–DocLab is klaar met internet (Cultureel Persbureau)
We willen af van het internet af maar zijn...(Parool)
Vroeger was alles beter (Filmkrant)
IDFA DocLab 2025 - A Special Vintage (Medium)

(Photo: Nina Schollaardt, published in Het Parool)

Commissioned Pieces

Embodiment, AI and the Perception of the Real – An IDFA MIT Research and Development Network Report 2024 (link)

Videos

NPO Doc | Experiment bij DocLab

Newsletters

IDFA DocLab announces first projects and this year's theme (September 10, 2025)
R&D Summit report, podcast interviews, DocLab at SXSW, and more (February 28, 2025)
A recap of IDFA DocLab 2024 (December 20, 2024)
Full program announced: official selection IDFA DocLab 2024 (October 16, 2024)
Eerste aankondigingen IDFA DocLab & IDFA on Stage (September 25, 2024)
Announcing the winners of the Film Fund DocLab Interactive Grant! (September 11, 2024)
Last Chance to apply for DocLab Forum + IDFA News (July 30, 2024)
We are open for Festival Entries! (April 10, 2024)
Official opening of Het Documentaire Paviljoen... (March 7, 2024)

Podcasts

Curators Preview of IDFA DocLab’s 2025 Selection of “Perception Art” & Immersive Stories (Voices of VR, listen)
Kunnen we nog leven zonder het gebruik van internet? (NPO, listen)
DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction Winner “Me, A Depiction” Performance Installation Confronts Objectifying Gaze (Voices of VR, listen)

Listen to all 25 episodes of Voices of VR, recorded at IDFA DocLab 2025