IDFA DocLab is a festival program for new media within the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam(IDFA). Throughout the year, IDFA DocLab showcases interactive webdocs and other new forms of digital storytelling that expand the documentary genre beyond linear filmmaking. Projects are presented online, as well as during live cinema events, exhibitions, workshops and industry panels.
Since the first pilot program in 2007, IDFA DocLab has developed into a unique platform for documentary innovation. Since 2010, IDFA DocLab annually invites an international jury to nominate and award the best examples of digital documentary storytelling. Throughout the year, IDFA DocLab maintains an online database for digital storytelling and organizes guest programs at other events, such as SXSW and the new PhotoStories conference.
Projects that previously premiered at IDFA DocLab include GazaSderot, Highrise/OutMyWindow,Welcome to Pine Point, PrisonValley, From Zero, Young Me Now Me, and many others.
Festival Dates
IDFA DocLab takes place during IDFA
Financing
Alongside the IDFA DocLab festival program, IDFA’s co-financing market The FORUM offers a platform for crossmedia projects looking for financing.
Submission Deadlines
The entry deadlines for IDFA 2011 have passed. The first upcoming deadlines will be:
IDFA DocLab competition program for Digital Documentary Storytelling 2012
Next Call for Entry: March 2012. Please use the regular IDFA Festival Entry Form and classify your project as interactive.
IDFA FORUM for Crossmedia Projects 2012
Next Call for Entry: tbd. Projects looking for financing should use the FORUM Entry Form.
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