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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Immersive

Overview of articles

  • Reality Check: Building the Future of Immersive Storytelling

    How can immersive storytelling be supported in ways that allow artistic ambition, institutional responsibility and long-term viability to develop together?

    Published on:
    • IFFR Pro
    • Immersive

  • Art Directions: A Constellation of Moving Images

    Thirty years ago, IFFR took a leap by introducing a programme defined not by format, but by curiosity. With the launch of Exploding Cinema in 1996, the festival posed a question that continues to resonate today: what can cinema be when it moves beyond the limits of the film theatre?

    Published on:
    • Immersive
    • Stories

  • Step into the Lightroom

    In 2026, the festival further ups the ante with the launch of Lightroom, which brings together the XR, VR, interactive and expansive installation projects previously presented as works-in-progress and works-in-development at CineMart and Darkroom.

    Published on:
    • IFFR Pro
    • Immersive

  • Lightroom immersive market announces nine works

    Nine immersive media projects have been selected for the first edition of Lightroom: IFFR’s new industry platform for immersive storytelling.

    Published on:
    • CineMart
    • IFFR Pro
    • Immersive
    • News

  • Art Directions at IFFR 2026

    Art Directions is IFFR’s transformative programme that presents cinema beyond the traditional screening room – through immersive media, performances, installations and exhibitions.

    Published on:
    • Immersive
    • Press release

  • Lucrecia Martel’s latest among IFFR-backed Venice premieres

    Several supported films screen on the Lido this edition, including two CineMart-presented works in the Venice Immersive Competition. 

    Published on:
    • CineMart
    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro
    • Immersive

  • The sky’s the limit: the innovative spirit of Eurimages New Lab Award-winner Duchampiana

    Reversing traditional restrictions placed on the female form throughout art history and beyond, the work invites the audience to ascend an infinite staircase. 

    Published on:
    • CineMart
    • Immersive
    • Interview

  • IFFR Pro Award winners 2025

    Nine awards were handed out to projects presented at the 42nd edition of IFFR’s co-production market CineMart and work-in-progress platform Darkroom.

    Published on:
    • CineMart
    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro
    • Immersive

  • Immersive storytelling at IFFR Pro’s CineMart and Darkroom 2025

    In its co-production market CineMart and Darkroom work-in-progress programme, IFFR Pro creates a space for immersive media projects to find the vital industry connections to help them flourish. At IFFR 2025, six immersive media projects can be found across the selections, with four presented by Dutch makers.

    Published on:
    • CineMart
    • IFFR Pro
    • Immersive

  • Darkroom works-in-progress 2025

    IFFR Pro’s Darkroom offers a platform to present to the international industry recently or nearly completed films and immersive media projects seeking completion or gap funding, sales agents and festivals.

    Published on:
    • CineMart
    • IFFR Pro
    • Immersive