In the scorching desert of Balochistan, where only the wind drowns out the sluggish roaring of the dromedaries, shepherd Kannar contemplates his love-hate relationship with his favorite dromedary. …
Bear 71 VR
Canada
2016
DocLab: Elastic Reality, DocLab Program
A seminal piece in the history of interactive documentary, reimagined and re-released as a VR piece for the 10-year anniversary of IDFA DocLab.…
Bistro in Vitro
Koert van Mensvoort
Netherlands
2015
DocLab: Seamless Reality, DocLab Program
Blurring the boundaries between born and made, the futuristic menu of this fictional
restaurant includes knitted steak and 3D-printed marrow eggs.…
The Chinese Mayor
Hao Zhou
China
2015
87 min
Best of Fests, Benjamin Barber: Jihad vs. McWorld 2015
The mayor of the Chinese city of Datong embarks on an immense demolition and building project to transform his city into a tourist attraction.
…
Cucli
Xavier Marrades
Spain
2016
17 min
Panorama
An atmospheric short film about a lonely truck driver who finds a new life
companion in the form of a white dove.…
Deep Down Tidal
Tabita Rezaire
South Africa
2017
21 min
IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling, DocLab: Uncharted Rituals, DocLab Program
Internet isn’t in the air, but rather in 880,000 kilometers of fiber-optic cables on the ocean floor that trace old communication routes. …
Gatekeeper
Yung Chang
Canada, United States
2016
39 min
Panorama
Langs de rotskust van Tojinbo loopt oud-politierechercheur Yukio Shige zijn
patrouilles om potentiële ‘springers’ te weerhouden van een wanhoopsdaad. …
The Great Animal Orchestra
Thomas Deyriès
France
2016
IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling, DocLab: Elastic Reality, DocLab Program
Imagine you are the conductor of an animal orchestra in this interactive and incredibly detailed natural soundscape, compiled by artist and nature recordist Bernie Krause.…
Greenland Melting
Catherine Upin, Julia Cort, Nonny de la Peña, Raney Aronson-Rath
United States
2017
12 min
IDFA DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction, DocLab: Uncharted Rituals, DocLab Program
Let two NASA scientists show you around Greenland. Why have the glaciers been melting so fast over the past 15 years? On-site reservation required.…
Hairat
Jessica Beshir
Ethiopia, United States, Mexico
2017
7 min
IDFA Competition for Short Documentary
An enchanting cinematic poem about the symbiotic relationship between an Ethiopian man and a pack of hyenas. …
