Call for applications: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2023

The call is open to all sorts of non-fiction artworks that use emerging media to represent reality, including live performances, audio experiences, web experiences, digital art, games, immersive experiences (such as VR/AR/MR, social VR and full dome films), physical installations and immersive theatre.

Submissions of performances/live projects that combine documentary film elements with music, theatre, dance, and/or emerging media are also welcome. Project submissions will be considered for IDFA DocLab, IDFA on Stage, and other programme sections that explore different ways of showcasing documentary art.

How to submit interactive/immersive project or performance:

• Applicants should read the regulations carefully before filling out the entry form before 27 June.
• Go to MyIDFA (in the section ‘My Entries’) to submit the online entry form and pay the entry fee.
• For any questions about the submission process, applicants should visit the submission FAQs for interactive/immersive projects.
• Applicants whose questions are not answered in the FAQs, should email doclab@idfa.nl.
• Applicants should provide appropriate viewing materials via a password-protected streaming/download link or by uploading supporting documentation.

For more information about the types of works IDFA can showcase, read about IDFA DocLab and other various programme sections such as IDFA on Stage.

• Flat fee for projects – €50 (about $54).
• Student projects – €20.

“We can preview interactive/immersive projects on most platforms and devices such as MAC, PC, iOS, Android, Oculus, VIVE, Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, etc,” IDFA said. “We can also consider projects made for other platforms, devices, and VR/AR headsets. For projects using custom platforms or devices, please specify what’s required in the online entry form. If your project is selected, we encourage you to provide more accessible formats for festival visitors with disabilities. We will contact you about how we can present your work in the best and most accessible way.”

Applicants who require assistance submitting their projects because they have a disability, or they experience language barriers in the submission process, should email the organisers at doclab@idfa.nl or call +31 (0)20 6273329.

View the original call here.