Since 2009, CPH:LAB has established itself as a leading talent program dedicated to nurturing groundbreaking interactive documentary projects. As a dynamic incubator, we empower creators to explore digital interactive technologies, including Mixed Reality (MR), Extended Reality (XR), and immersive experiences, reshaping the landscape of documentary storytelling in the digital era. Each year, on average, 9 projects are selected.

Our program encourages bold experimentation and fosters collaboration across diverse fields such as film, art, science, technology, and social entrepreneurship. 

Through our comprehensive 8-month training program, selected teams have the opportunity to develop their projects in a supportive environment. Participants attend two immersive residential workshops in the heart of Copenhagen and receive valuable mentorship both on-site and online throughout the journey. 

The lab culminates with the presentation of prototypes during CPH:DOX festival, where financiers and industry representatives from around the world gather to engage with the teams and experience their innovative creations firsthand.

CPH:LAB track record

Many projects have been developed at CPH:LAB, and then premiered at international festivals:

• Breathe and Prison X Breathe and Prison X (Sundance Film Festival)
• Captured (London Film Festival)
• Nerd_funk (IDFA)

Thanks to the experimental nature of the LAB projects, many of them found their place in art and cultural festivals:

• The Garden Says premiered at the INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition of CPH:DOX 2025
• The Forest that Breathes Us premiered at the INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition of CPH:DOX 2025
• Dark Rooms premiered in Venice Film Festival 2025
• Non-Aligned Newsreels was selected for Berlin Biennial 2022
• Oceanic Feeling was part of the ULTRAMARIN – an Immersive Exhibition of VRHAM! and at the Venice Film Festival. 
• The Pathogen of War was selected for first public preview at Battersea Arts Centre, as part of Shubbak, the UK’s largest festival of contemporary Arab culture.
• Local Binaries is shortlisted for the VR Art Prize by Contemporary Arts Alliance (CAA) Berlin — the first art prize for virtual reality in the field of visual arts with an institutional exhibition in Germany.