Showcasing new and unexpected forms of digital documentary storytelling
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Past events
DocLab at SXSW 2012 12 Mar 2012 at 15:30
IDFA DocLab presents two sessions on interactive documentary at SXSW. With Jeremy Mendes (NFB), Marshall Heald (SBS Australia) and Caspar Sonnen (IDFA DocLab).
Exhibition: Expanding Documentary 2011 25 Nov 2011 at 10:00
Interactive installations, immersive performances and other unexpected representations of reality, presented by IDFA DocLab, Paradocs and Brakke Grond.
Live Cinema Event: Stories We Love to Forget 23 Nov 2011 at 22:00
An evening packed with embarrassing, true stories told live on stage. With Micha Wertheim, Paulien Cornelisse, Kevin Allison (The Risk Show) and someone reading an excerpt from their adolescent diary.
This American Life
Live in the cinema, Ira Glass presents the best of 12 years of his popular radio documentary series.
Ira Glass is Doc Lab’s special guest this year. Twelve years ago, he started a new radio documentary program on NPR entitled This American Life. Five hundred radio stations now carry the show, and it is also available as a free download.
In each of the weekly broadcasts, Glass presents three or four stories around a given subject. These themes range widely, from “impossible loves” to “swapped at birth” to “returning to the scene of a crime.” This series has become one of the most popular documentary series in the world — with audiences of 1.8 million every week — and has received many awards.
A TV version began two years ago, and a dozen feature films based on true stories from Glass and his editorial team are in production. Recently, Glass started organizing live theater performances in cinemas in which he presents ordinary people’s extraordinary stories.
At IDFA, Glass will present a once-only showcase featuring the best of 12 years of This American Life. In addition to clips from the radio program, Glass will also show the audience selections from the TV series, live performances, and radio stories with added animations.
Project details
Year of development :1997, ongoingCreated by:Ira Glass
