The IDFA Forum is one of the most influential meeting places for filmmakers, creators, and producers working on ground-breaking creative documentaries and new media projects. The event takes place during the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, a festival supported by The Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and Creative Europe Media .
From November 24th to 27th 2019, 60 different projects in the field of documentary and new media were selected to pitch and present their idea, out of 730 submitted projects. Among them, Karim Ben Khelifa’s new AR journalistic project was selected. Thus, Seven Grams was presented at the IDFA DocLab Forum Selection, a showcase of the best interactive non-fiction storytelling and explores how the digital revolution is reshaping documentary art, among 17 projects dedicated to new forms of journalism.
