The new theme for IDFA DocLab 2025 is unveiled
It explores the paradox of our time through innovative and immersive art.
The 19th edition of IDFA’s pioneering new media program, IDFA DocLab, returns with an immersive and interactive documentary program presented at de Brakke Grond, ARTIS-Planetarium, and @droog. This year’s theme, Off the Internet, explores the paradox of our time: a world perpetually connected through technology, at risk of disconnection by the same tools. The program grapples with the growing desire to disconnect, the impossibility of ever truly logging off, and the inherent privilege of stepping offline. With Off the Internet, DocLab turns to interactive and immersive art in search of new forms of presence and connection.
The first announced titles include several physical and collective immersive experiences, including the world premieres of Nothing to See Here by Celine Daemen, and Handle with Care by Ontroerend Goed (presented in collaboration with de Brakke Grond).