🚀Job Opportunity at IDFA DocLab!
DocLab seeks a Communications Coordinator (maternity leave cover). Are you a communications professional with an interest in digital culture, immersive arts, and technology? Join our team!
📅Apply by August 9
More info jobs.idfa.nl

Join us on July 19 to celebrate Afrofuturism! With short films, a pop-up exhibition, a club night, and artists talks featuring Tamara Shogaolu, mo Futures, and jahi quasim reeberg, we explore the intersection of African diasporic cultures. Info & tickets bit.ly/4d1razA

Seeking financial backing for your project? Apply before April 25 for the @Filmfonds Interactive Grant and support through our R&D porgram. Details: bit.ly/3VIWqOd

We are open for festival entries to @idfa 's XR section DocLab. We’re looking for the best XR projects, live performances and other interactive/immersive artworks that use digital media and emerging tech to tell stories and reflect on reality. More info: bit.ly/3VIWqOd

From March 16-23 we officially open 'Het Documentaire Paviljoen'. What is the role of documentary in these turbulent times? With this question in mind, filmmakers, artists and students were asked to curate a day-long program. More info & tickets: bit.ly/49BQAlY

🔥 Exciting Internship Opportunity! Are you passionate about documentary film and new media? We are looking for an intern to join our team @idfa in Amsterdam from March to August 2024. Deadline to apply: 🔜 Wednesday February 28 💛 More info:
jobs.idfa.nl/internship-new…

Don't miss @idfafestival's DocLab Forum in November! Present your projects, get feedback, and explore partnerships with industry pros. Submit by August 1. More info: bit.ly/doclabforum #IDFADocLabForum #NewMedia #FilmFestival @OsakpolorOmo

Tomorrow our Call for Festival Commissions closes. This open call offers artists working across interactive and immersive media financial support to realize a new work and present it during the upcoming edition of @idfa #opencall #documentary #XR

NOW OPEN - Call for all sorts of non-fiction artworks that use emerging media to represent reality: web and audio experiences, games, VR/AR, fulldome, physical installations, live performances & experimental theater. Show us what you've got! bit.ly/3JeXhhX 💫DL: June 27

Pioneering immersive artist @CelineTricart just launched FIGHT BACK VR, an exciting new project that aims to inspire and empower people through martial arts-free download on Meta App Lab.
🔗 ocul.us/3Zw8KR4
@WeCoven @Redcornerlabel @LucidDreamsFilm @francetvlab #VRforGood

#opencall📣Artists working across interactive and immersive media, we offer financial support to realize a new work and present it during the upcoming edition of @idfa. The call is open to both experienced artists and new talent from around the world: bit.ly/3SF7jNt

We are looking for a Head of Operations with a passion for storytelling, documentaries and new technology to join the DocLab team @idfafestival.

Go to jobs.idfa.nl for more details & apply.

With every film made, certain films also die and never make it to the silver screen. From December 15, @EYE_film presents the VR project Missing Pictures, where 5 filmmakers show us around the story they never got to tell: bit.ly/3AZOLjs

Last chance to visit the DocLab exhibition @brakkegrond today from 11:30-18:00. Here you can discover and experience a selection of groundbreaking interactive and multi-sensory XR documentaries. For free! Register online for a free entry ticket at idfa.nl/doclab

In less than 2 hours, live from ITA - Amsterdam, the official IDFA Award Show! IDFA DocLab's competition programs present the best immersive and interactive works at the festival, judged by an international jury. Tune in 8pm > bit.ly/3Xelfji

We dance alone and yet together. This Sunday we bring together different artists who search for disruption of dominant systems and for togetherness within them in DocLab Live: Unlocking the System - Join us! > bit.ly/3NJ6MHU

Our festival juries are an indispensable part of IDFA and fulfil an honorable role of immense value. They help us to serve the outstanding projects in the selection; to provide them with their much-deserved launchpad and to draw all possible attention to them and to their makers.

The 12-title Immersive Competition showcases the growth of the immersive art form on all fronts. Proud to announce the 2022 selection: bit.ly/3FaqbiB

With 10 selected titles, the @IDFA DocLab Digital Storytelling Competition builds on the rich history of interactive storytelling with both established names and newcomers. Check out the 2022 selection here: bit.ly/3eJBAex

Excited to announce our theme program: Nervous Systems. Referring to our nervous systems—both inside the body and in the reality that surrounds us—our expo + live events (Amsterdam-Nov.'22) focus on experiential storytelling through different senses, art forms and technologies.

🥁 The 2022 @Filmfonds DocLab Interactive Grant goes to.. The Butterfly Effect by Mathilde Renault and Dancing with Dead Animals by Maarten Isaäk de Heer! Read more about both projects here: bit.ly/3BhODeo

Whether you are looking for funding for your interactive documentary project, or have an amazing #immersive #storytelling project ready to show the world, IDFA DocLab is open for festival submissions: bit.ly/3QFtcei
Image: Tabita Rezaire - Orbit Diapason

Looking for co-producers, funders, commissioners, or distributers for your interactive documentary? The Call for IDFA DocLab Forum is now Open💥
Find out more and submit before August 1: bit.ly/3HoUYHw

Ben je geïnteresseerd in creatieve technologie, VR/AR kunst, communicatie, en live performance? Wil je meer weten over hoe een festival wordt georganiseerd? Wij zoeken een stagiaire om ons team te versterken. Lees meer en solliciteer: bit.ly/3O2oGUR 💛

Ben je geïnteresseerd in creatieve technologie, kunst, media, communicatie, interactieve documentaire, VR/AR en live performance? Dan is deze stageplaats in het IDFA nieuwe mediaprogramma team iets voor jou! Solliciteer voor 22 juni: bit.ly/3O2oGUR

Do you have a great documentary #indiegame you want to present to a big audience? Our call for festival submissions is open! (deadline 28 June). Find out more and submit: bit.ly/3NaruPP
🖼️Gates of Aleppo @ DocLab 2021 by @causacreations play via: bit.ly/3m0l8qj

Our call for Festival Submissions is open! We welcome a wide variety of #interactive and #immersive projects from all over the world, that push the boundaries of #documentary and use emerging media and tech in alternative and exciting ways. Find out more: bit.ly/3MWLl4F

If you’re interested in interactive documentary art and storytelling, VR/AR, and live performances, we’ve got a position available within the IDFA New Media program team that might be for you! > bit.ly/3ON1POz #Job #Hiring

What opportunities have been discovered in the numerous hybrid experiments of artists and festivals combining online and offline, physical and remote, live and pre-recorded? Join us in the event NFF Extended: Hybrid Spaces bit.ly/3DeGPe8 and let's take stock!👀

Our #OpenCall for Festival Commissions is now closed. Thank you for sharing the call with your friends, and most of all a big thanks to all the artists submitting their projects. We are honoured to have received your wonderful proposals. You are making this festival happen!

Dear artists: get financial support to realise a new work and present it @idfa 2022 📣 Tomorrow is the last day for submitting your project proposal to our open call: bit.ly/357zoZD.
We deeply appreciate your efforts and are so excited to hear from you! 🍀 Good luck!

Dear Artists, one more week to submit your proposals! In total, a budget of €50K is made available for the realization of new immersive interactive art and storytelling projects- We'd love to hear from you! Find out more and share: bit.ly/3ImvQjL
#opencall

Do you have an amazing idea for a new interactive/immersive non-fiction project, and need financial support to realise it?📣 Our 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 is now open! We welcome artists from all around the world: bit.ly/3pC0DlZ

@michaela_french provides some historical context and insightful reflections on the conventions of the fulldome planetarium and its potential for meaningful storytelling across genres in ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ ᴛᴀʟᴋꜱ by IDFA DocLab and @kentbye🔗Listen: bit.ly/3Gf3Ayr

In the interview series ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ ᴛᴀʟᴋꜱ by IDFA DocLab & @kentbye, @WilliamUricchio discusses the affordances of various methodological approaches to emerging media and their philosophical implications.🔗Listen: bit.ly/3g3JbBU

In ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ ᴛᴀʟᴋꜱ by DocLab & @kentbye, Rahima Gambo discusses her journey into developing A Guide to Rest for a Tired Nigerian Artist, and what happens when we shift attention from the artwork to the people for whom art is their work.🔗Listen: bit.ly/3tYp7c0

Are you interested in immersive and interactive documentaries? Want to learn more about how these works are realised and presented? We are looking for an intern to strengthen IDFA's New Media team during the preparations of IDFA 2022 - Find out more via: bit.ly/3ERSnDa

"What happens when media and place combine?" Learn more about augmentation as public media from @WilliamUricchio - Principal Investigator of MIT @opendoclab, collaboration partner of #IDFA DocLab's R&D Program.

Read the full article on Immerse ➡️ bit.ly/3pjLrsI

Last chance to see #IDFA DocLab: Liminal Reality today @tolhuistuin @alab_AMS and @EYE_film! Give a stranger a virtual brain massage, experience and learn some sign language, discover more about our desire to be "normal", and get inspired on how to find peace in a troubled world.

Don't miss the selection of films that harmonizes with #IDFA DocLab's theme program Liminal Reality. These films respond by searching for the spaces between the lines, where binaries and polarities dissolve, and lives lie suspended between certainties. 👉bit.ly/30UNGKL

Join our new experimental communication channel Be My Guest!
• Become a host and let others join in the fun at the Messy Metaverse Party tonight ➡ bit.ly/2Ziz0V5
• Or be a participant and hop between different views:
💻bit.ly/3FL7jUs
📱bit.ly/3CMnWNJ

Another great DocLab Live event @brakkegrond with presentations of artists about reproduction and parenthood, hormone cycles, bodies stuck in the pandemic, posthuman bodies being pregnant and a brain massage to make you feel good 🧠 Thank you all for being there!

For those who joined DocLab Live: Elastic Presence @artis Planetarium tonight, thank you for immersing yourself in the full domed pieces Saravá, Pieced & Conversation #7, and the special presentations of artists Michaela French and Mariam Natroshvili!

See you tonight at DocLab Live: Elastic Presence! Under the dome screen of the @artis Planetarium, this evening program brings together artists who each question our place in time and space and the boundaries of the planetarium as a creative space ➡️ bit.ly/3oeawFc

🎊 Join us for the online Messy Metaverse Party on Wed 24 Nov 20:30 (CET) to hop between virtual worlds and digital devices, accessible with or without you own VR gear.

RSVP now ➡️ bit.ly/30GXuYH

🎮 Thanks for joining DocLab Live: Gaming Reality with live coding, the interactive game pngs vs things, give aways of artists favourite games and beers, and of course presentations of #IDFA DocLab projects - all happening simultaneously @brakkegrond and online at Twitch!

For those who can't make it to Amsterdam tonight, join DocLab Live: Gaming Reality about the twilight zone of digital reality, and the seductive beauty of games, live at Twitch ➡️ bit.ly/3DCtcEW

Rahima Gambo at the DocLab: Liminal Reality Opening Night about her project A Rest Guide for a Tired Nigerian Artist: “These guidebooks are for me, but I think we all needed this”

Come and see it at the exhibition @tolhuistuin until 28 Nov 📕📗📘📙

🎉Tonight we will have a festive opening of DocLab: Liminal Reality! It's invite only, but from 11am (CET) today the exhibition @tolhuistuin is open for everyone!

Make sure to get your tickets online for the special installations and (VR) performances 👉 bit.ly/3qO5Ybj

What happens when state safety nets fail? The mixed reality Museum of Austerity documents events from austerity measures in the UK, inviting you to contemplate what happens when the state’s rhetoric and its citizens’ lived reality tell different stories👉bit.ly/30aZokh

Can’t make it to Amsterdam this year? Join the online interactive, personal experiment TM from home. Is there such a thing as a person who is all good or all bad? Could you kill someone? A series of questions and assignments push your moral boundaries👉bit.ly/3CLfz5V

For those who cannot attend #IDFA DocLab on site in Amsterdam, you can explore our Online Exhibition opening on Friday night 19 Nov. Here you can experience a selection of digital projects and performances at every hour of the day from wherever you are ➡️ idfa.nl/doclabonline

Build-up of the Exhibition, VR Gallery, and the special installations and (VR) performances are in full swing. We can't wait to welcome you to a festive and safe #IDFA DocLab from this Friday on at @tolhuistuin, @alab_AMS, @EYE_film and more.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3DnnwP4

We are very happy to confirm that our DocLab Live events can happen safely from 20 until 24 Nov at various locations in Amsterdam. From Gaming Reality to Fluid Bodies and Elastic Presence, don't miss out!

🔗 Get your tickets and stay up to the latest via bit.ly/3cbH4dc

Immerse yourself in a selection of VR @alab_AMS from 19-28 Nov in the DocLab: VR Gallery! Each ticket includes a 50-minute time slot to watch the VR projects of your choice undisturbed.

Check out the projects and get your tickets here 👉 bit.ly/3DkPZou

Yesterday the first audiences experienced Symbiosis @EYE_film. With special soft robotics suits, scents, tastes and sounds all your senses are ignited.
Experience this spectacular VR-experience yourself. Get your tickets here 👉 bit.ly/2YKLfcV

The VR film Water & Coltan by Daniel Kötter contrasts the depleted coal mines of the Ruhr region in Germany, which are now filling with water.

🎟️ Get your tickets for this world premiere at @alab_AMS (19-28 Nov) now: bit.ly/31MNzRR

Dive into an evening @brakkegrond filled with artist talks and presentations - including @wiseshrimp and @maydayblues - about the systems that control our lives.

Tickets for DocLab Live: Liminal Systems on sale now ➡️ bit.ly/3bVrke7

In One-Fifth of the Earth’s Surface Hakeem Adam & @maxwellmutanda take water as a dynamic source of inspiration to explore new ways of archiving, making maps, and sharing knowledge.

19-28 Nov: 🆓DocLab Exhibition
23 Nov: 🎟️DocLab Live: Liminal Systems

🔗bit.ly/3H6uzxO

Director Sacha Wares is inviting audiences to explore what happens when state safety nets fail in the mixed reality Museum of Austerity.

•19-28 Nov: Timeslot by choice @tolhuistuin
•23 Nov: DocLab Live: Liminal Systems @brakkegrond

🔗 Info & tickets: bit.ly/30aZokh

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 by Alexandra Barancova, Jae Perris, Luna Maurer and @woutersroel is an interactive VR experience about the fascinating relationship between our body and games.

19-28 Nov:🎟️VR Gallery & 🆓Exhibition
20 Nov:🎟️DocLab Live: Gaming Reality

🔗 bit.ly/30d8LQr

In the game Gates of Aleppo by Wolfswift, Georg Hobmeier and Joshua Hollendonner, four arrows and an “Action” button is all you get to survive in Aleppo, a city under siege.

•DocLab Exhibition (19-28 Nov)
•DocLab Live: Gaming Reality (20 Nov)

🔗 bit.ly/2YoJT7m

Life is not a game. And yet we find ourselves in a world of games, online interactions, and virtual simulations. DocLab and @weareanagram, invite you to the event DocLab Live: Gaming Reality on 20 November @brakkegrond.

Get your tickets now ➡️ bit.ly/2YoJT7m

In China, internet gaming is described as “electronic heroin”. As a suspected internet addict Mengtai Zhang was send to a re-education camp. The VR experience Diagnosia places you at the center of his haunting experiences.
More info and tickets 👉 bit.ly/3ET3Y5p

Experience the VR Goliath: Playing with Reality by Barry Gene Murphy and @maydayblues (@weareanagram) in the VR Gallery @alab_AMS or at the free DocLab Exhibition in @tolhuistuin (19-28 Nov). Also part of the event DocLab Live: Gaming Reality (20 Nov) 👉 bit.ly/3mTHIC6

Come to the DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies @brakkegrond on 22 November and explore the malleability, unknown potential, and physical limitations of the human body seen through the eyes of different artists.

Get your tickets here ➡️ bit.ly/3EQRqvb

Get to know more about how DocLab started, our ongoing R&D program, and our plans for the future, in the interview of Caspar Sonnen - head of New Media at IDFA and founder/curator of IDFA DocLab - with CLICKNL, supporter of IDFA DocLab 👉 clicknl.nl/case/idfa-docl… (Dutch only)

Why is the stereotypical image of pregnancy a glowingly blissful young woman? Experience [Posthuman Wombs] by Anna Fries and @MaluPeeters in a time slot by choice @tolhuistuin (19-28 Nov). Also part of DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies (22 Nov).
More info 👉 bit.ly/3k7axsY

Testing Times by @Vicmapplebeck is a personal but utterly familiar audio experience about the effects of the global pandemic on family life.
Part of the free DocLab Exhibition (19-28 Nov) and the event DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies (22 Nov). Info and tickets 👉bit.ly/31nsdtV

In the interactive animation Brainstream by Caroline Robert, you give a stranger a virtual brain massage.
Come and see it as part of the free DocLab Exhibition (19-28 Nov) and the event DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies (22 Nov). More information and tickets 👉 bit.ly/301OHjY

How far should we go in engineering the reproductive process? The multimedia installation Surrogate by @laurenleemack is part of the free DocLab Exhibition (19-28 Nov) and the event DocLab Live: Fluid Bodies (22 Nov).
More information and tickets 👉 bit.ly/3GTAJRN