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The 5th DocLab Interactive Conference at IDFA 2017 brought together leading artists and thinkers from the world of art, technology, science and documentary for a day full of inspiring presentations, visions of the future and audience experiments. Watch the presentations on this page.…

A number of Doc Talks and Filmmaker Talks that were held during IDFA 2017, were recorded. You can listen to them here.…

The festival is already over, but the heads of our visitors are still filled with all the stories told. Have a look at some reactions to the festival by the audience!…

Last Wednesday Mila Turajlic won the award for Best Feature-Length Documentary during IDFA 2017 with her film The Other Side of Everything. In this interview Mila talks more about her role as a filmmaker trying to make a portrait of her own family.…

With a heavy heart, filmmakers delete scenes they love - because they don't fit the story or don't really add anything, for instance. Watch a deleted scene from Kojo.…

In her film Lenno & The Angelfish (winner IDFA Award for Best Children’s Documentary) Shamira Raphaëla follow ten year old Lenno, a boy with a behavioral disorder that is living with his father and twin brother. How did she find him and what does Lenno think of all the attention to his story during IDFA?…

With a heavy heart, filmmakers delete scenes they love - because they don't fit the story or don't really add anything for instance. Watch a deleted scene from Silence Is a Falling Body.…

How do you make a film while hanging 3000 feet high against a rock? Filmmakers Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer talk about their endeavors during the filming of The Dawn Wall.…

It goes without saying that you can't have a festival director's farewell without a great present. The parting gift for Ally Derks is a special relay film called The Present.…

With a heavy heart, filmmakers delete scenes they love - because they don't fit the story or don't really add anything for instance. Watch a deleted scene from Two.…