Each year, the IDFA DocLab R&D Program focuses on specific research questions that arise from developments in the interactive and immersive field. Below, you can explore MIT Open Documentary Lab's research results from the first years of the program, as well as the current focus area for 2023.
IDFA DocLab is supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Netherlands, CLICKNL, Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Netherlands Film Fund, Onassis Foundation and IDFA Special Friends+.
DocLab research collaboration partners include: MIT Open Documentary Lab, Sound & Vision, ARTIS-Planetarium, Atlas V, Bombina Bombast, Diversion cinema, East City Films, Eye Filmmuseum, Flemish Cultural Center de Brakke Grond, The Immersive Storytelling Studio (National Theatre), Kaspar AI, National Film Board of Canada, ONX Studio, Polymorf, POPKRAFT, Sandman Studio.