Online 44 immersive projects from 24 Countries /
Celine Tricart (Usa), Asif Kapadia (Gb), Hideo Kojima (Japan) are the members of the International Jury
The selection is now complete for the Virtual Reality works to be presented at the 77th Venice International Film Festival (2 – 12 September 2020) in the section this year titled Venice VR Expanded.
As previously announced, the Virtual Reality works in this edition of the Venice Film Festival will no longer be shown in Venice Lido on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio, but will be available to enjoy entirely online, thanks to an innovative digital platform supported by HTC VIVEPORT, Facebook’s Oculus, VRChat and VRrOOm.
Venice VR Expanded will present 31 immersive projects in Competition, nine projects Out of Competition – Best of VR (International selection of the finest VR works) and four projects developed during the fourth edition of the Biennale College Cinema – VR, or previous editions, one of which, the Italian project Vajont, was supported by a Biennale grant. All 44 projects come from 24 Countries.
The Venice International Film Festival was one of the first film festivals in the world to demonstrate interest in Virtual Reality. The development of the VR Theater in 2016 sparked enormous interest among the participants of the Venice Production Bridge. Starting in 2017, La Biennale di Venezia launched the first competition of Virtual Reality works in an A-list festival, which was held for three editions, through 2019, in the venue on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio on the Lido, judged by an International Jury. This year, the exclusively online accessibility of the Venice VR Expanded section represents a new commitment and a new challenge to guarantee that the Venice International Film Festival may continue to offer the experience of the new and rapidly evolving art form that is Virtual Reality.
The accredited viewers of the VIFF will have access to all titles, a special VR Accreditation will also be issued.
All selected VR contents will accessible to viewers 14+.
The Venice VR Expanded platform will also be accessible in different locations around the world, thanks to the availability of different institutions which have joined the Satellite venues network program. The list of Satellite locations will be announced shortly.
The members of the International Jury of Venice VR Expanded are:
The Venice Virtual Reality Jury will award the following prizes: Grand Jury Prize for Best VR Immersive Work, Best VR Immersive User Experience and Best VR Immersive Story.
VENICE VR EXPANDED
In Competition
HERE
by LYSANDER ASHTON
USA, UK / 5’
TERRAIN
by LILY BALDWIN, SASCHKA UNSELD, KUMAR ATRE
USA, Germany / 45’
FINDING PANDORA X
by KIIRA BENZING
USA / 40’
SMAGEN AF SULT (A TASTE OF HUNGER)
by CHRISTOFFER BOE, DAVID ADLER
Denmark, Sweden, France / 15’
HAVFOLKET KALDER MØRKNET VAND (HUSH)
by VIBEKE BRYLD
Denmark / 10’
GOODBYE MISTER OCTOPUS
by AMAURY CAMPION
France, USA / 8’
OM DEVI: SHEROES REVOLUTION
by CLAUDIO CASALE
Italy, India / 23’
AFRICAN SPACE MAKERS
by THE NRB BUS COLLECTIVE
Kenya, Germany / 50’
BABA YAGA
by ERIC DARNELL, MATHIAS CHELEBOURG
USA / 15’
SHA SI DA MING XING (KILLING A SUPERSTAR)
by FAN FAN
China / 20’
GNOMES AND GOBLINS
by JON FAVREAU, JAKE ROWELL
USA / up to 120’
AGENCE
by PIETRO GAGLIANO
Canada / 10’
AU PAYS DU CANCRE MOU (IN THE LAND OF FLABBY SCHNOOK)
by FRANCIS GELINAS
Canada / 6’
DREAMIN’ ZONE
by FABIENNE GIEZENDANNER
France, Switzerland, Germany, South Korea / 18’
PENGGANTIAN (REPLACEMENTS)
by JONATHAN HAGARD
Japan, Germany, Indonesia / 12’
PAPER BIRDS
by GERMAN HELLER, FEDERICO CARLINI
Argentina / 19’
GREAT HOAX: THE MOON LANDING
by JOHN HSU, MARCO LOCOCO
Taiwan, Argentina / 17’
BEAT
by KEISUKE ITOH
Japan / 12’
LA COMÉDIE VIRTUELLE
by GILLES JOBIN
Switzerland / 30’
THE HANGMAN AT HOME – AN IMMERSIVE SINGLE USER EXPERIENCE
by MICHELLE KRANOT, URI KRANOT
Denmark, France, Canada / 25’
ONCE UPON A SEA
by ADI LAVY
Israel, Canada / 22’
THE METAMOVIE PRESENTS: ALIEN RESCUE
by JASON MOORE
USA / 40’
4 FEET HIGH
by MARIA BELEN PONCIO, ROSARIO PERAZOLO MASJOAN
Argentina, France / 15’
AJAX ALL POWERFUL
by ETHAN SHAFTEL
USA, China / 15’
MINIMUM MASS
by RAQI SYED, AREITO ECHEVARRIA
New Zealand, France, USA / 20’
WE LIVE HERE
by ROSE TROCHE
USA / 12’
SILTOJEN ALTA TULEVAISUUDEN IHMISELLE (MAN UNDER BRIDGE)
by HANNA VÄSTINSALO
Finland / 7’
RECODING ENTROPIA
by FRANÇOIS VAUTIER
France / 8’
KINSHASA NOW
by MARC-HENRI WAJNBERG
Belgium, Congo / 25’
WO SHENG MING ZHONG DE 60 MIAO (ONE MORE MINUTE)
by WAN DAMING
China / 26’
MIRROR: THE SIGNAL
by PIERRE ZANDROWICZ
France / 9’
Best of VR – Out of Competition
(International selection of the finest VR works)
SOUND SELF: A TECHNODELIC
by ROBIN ARNOTT
USA / 20’
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
by RYAN BEDNAR
Sweden / up to 300’
1ST STEP - FROM EARTH TO THE MOON
by JÖRG COURTIAL, MARIA COURTIAL
Germany / 14’
THE ROOM VR: A DARK MATTER
by MARK HAMILTON
UK / up to 180’
JIOU JIA (HOME)
by HSU CHIH YEN
Taiwan / 18’
BLIND SPOT
by HU ZHANGYANG
China / up to 360’
THE BOOK OF DISTANCE
of RANDALL OKITA
Canada / 25’
DOUBLE
of DAVID ROSENBERG, GLEN NEATH
UK / 20’
GRAVIDADE VR (GRAVITY VR)
by FABITO RYCHTER, AMIR ADMONI
Brazil, Peru / 15’
Biennale College Cinema - VR – Out of Competition
VAJONT
by IOLANDA DI BONAVENTURA, producer: SAVERIO TRAPASSO
Italy / 25’
produced with the Biennale College Cinema VR grant
MEET MORTAZA VR
by JOSÉPHINE DEROBE, producer: ORIANE HURARD
France, Belgium / 13’
developed during Biennale College VR , but not financed directly
IL DUBBIO – EPISODIO 1
by MATTEO LONARDI, producer: FRANCESCO LONARDI
Italia / 7’
developed during Biennale College VR , but not financed directly
QUEERSKINS: ARK
by ILLYA SZKILAK, CYRIL TSIBOULSKI, producer: SARAH VICK, DIEGO PRILUSKY
USA / 17’
developed during Biennale College VR , but not financed directly
07.08.2020 | Mostra Internazionale d Arte Cinematografica Venice's blog
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