Press & Media

This selection of press publications and media assets offers more insights into the 2024 program. From articles in Dutch newspapers NRC and Het Parool, to an extensive interview with XR Must, and audio interviews for Kent Bye's impeccable podcast, Voices of VR.

International & National Press (Selection)

Is this a simulation? IDFA DocLab 2024: Expectations vs. Reality (Aa Magazine)
IDFA DocLab 2024: Field Notes (Sandra Gaudenzi)
How IDFA’s DocLab is pushing the boundaries of documentary and reality (Screen Daily)
"Reality is not a simulation" - Interview with Caspar Sonnen about IDFA DocLab 2024 (XR Must)
Editorial: A Look Back at IDFA DocLab R&D Summit (XR Must)
DocLab. This Is Not a Simulation (We Make Money Not Art)
IDFA: interviewing IDFA DocLab Head Caspar Sonnen (SEE NL)
Nederlanders verkennen grenzen van de documentaire op IDFA (NRC, print)
Zes generaties de toekomst in kijken: het kan met AI op het Idfa (Het Parool, print)
Documentaire en AI: tijd voor regels (Filmkrant)

(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

IDFA DocLab 2024 | DocLab at the Planetarium: Homes Unbound | Recap

Newsletters

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

IDFA DocLab Curators Preview 2024 Slate of AI & XR Immersive Documentaries (Voices of VR, listen)
Roaming as Resistance: “Entropic Fields of Displacement” wins DocLab Digital Storytelling Award (Voices of VR, 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 2024