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IDFA DocLab Interactive Grant & R&D Program
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The IDFA DocLab Interactive Grant offers crucial presentation support for creators of interactive, immersive, and performance-based documentary and new media projects. This highly specialized funding mechanism provides up to €5,000 to bridge the gap between digital production and physical exhibition, ensuring complex media works are presented with the highest technical fidelity. It targets new ...
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Support for the physical presentation and finalization of new interactive works, VR, and mixed-media performances, ensuring high technical fidelity for an international audience of industry professionals at IDFA 2026.
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This grant is open to creators of interactive, immersive, and performance-based documentary and new media projects. It specifically targets new interactive works, VR, and mixed-media performances intended to premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- Final entry deadline; an early deadline of April 14, 2026, is also available.
- Programme dates
- During IDFA 2026 (festival usually in November)
- Duration
- Festival presentation
- Costs to the artist
- €25-€45 (application fee) + any costs beyond the €5,000 grant.
- Language
- Not specified (assume English)
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