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)
- 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 [...] 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)
- Four projects awarded DocLab Interactive Grant 2025 (Film Fund)
(Photo: Nina Schollaardt, published in Het Parool)
Commissioned Pieces
Newsletters
- DocLab 2025, what stayed & what's next (December 17, 2025)
- IDFA DocLab 2025 starts tomorrow! (November 13, 2025)
- Full Program, Juries, DocLab Industry Track and more (October 31, 2025)
- Full Selection of IDFA DocLab announced (October 14, 2025)
- Winners of the Film Fund DocLab Interactive Grant (September 24, 2025)
- IDFA DocLab announces first projects and this year's theme (September 10, 2025)
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)
- Kunstenaar Jeroen van Loon over digitale cultuur en zijn project Life Needs Internet (Snap jij het nog?, listen)
Listen to all 26 podcast episodes of Voices of VR, covering IDFA DocLab 2025
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