Cross Video Days Calling For VR/AR/360 Video Project Submission – Your Chance to Receive Funding
If you are a VR/AR/360 Video developer or producer looking for funding or financing opportunities, this is your perfect chance! Taking place in Paris, France from June 8-10, Cross Video Days the Leading European Market for digital-first content is pleased to announce the first co-production and financing market dedicated to virtual reality, augmented reality and 360 video content. Applications are open until Monday, March 21, 2016. Submissions are free of charge and unlimited. For detail, please visit this page.
About Cross Video Days Content Market June 10, Paris (France)
With 378 projects received from 51 countries in 2015, Cross Video Days is the Leading European Market for Digital-First Content, one of the best place to capture market trends and discover the very finest of the International digital creation without any restriction regarding the genres. Documentary, fiction, animation, educational programs will again be honoured through the 4 following categories of projects:
- Immersive projects (eg. virtual reality or augmented projects, 360° …)
- Interactive projects (eg. serious games, webdoc, mobile applications …)
- Web linear projects (eg. Webseries, web fiction …)
- Multi-platform projects (eg. cross or transmedia projects …)
In addition, third year partnership with Le Marché du Film of Cannes http://www.marchedufilm.com/fr/next offers 4 fictional feature length projects from cross Video days 2016 selection, VR projects Included, the opportunity to be pitched at Le Marché du Film in Cannes in May 2016
In a context when A/V digital industry is still experimenting with business models, Cross Video Days strive to multiply financing and coproduction opportunities. The event brings together a large diversity of players including: Traditional broadcasters, Funds for interactive A/V works, Online Broadcasters & VOD platforms, Publishers, Multi-Channel Networks, Brands, VCs or crowdfunding platforms…
Last editions, the content market hosted 500 pre-arranged one-to-one business meetings between 60 selected projects and 60 Commissioners among the most emblematic decision makers of the digital world such as Tribeca, POV Digital, Youtube, Sony Pictures, Red Bull Media House, Rightster, VICE, Channel 4, BBC, ZDF, BR, ARD, Arte, France Televisions, Canal+… In 2016, Cross Video Days Grand Prix rewarded Sequenced http://apelab.ch/sequenced/, a VR project from Swiss production company Apelab, recently selected at Sundance in January 2016.
Virtual Reality @ Cross Video Days On June 8
Besides the Content Market on June 10, Cross Video Days will also feature on June 8 & 9 Panels, workshops, case studies helping participants to share and learn from best-practices, to discuss economic, technological and narrative challenges of the digital A/V market.
In particular, this year, Cross Video Days launch “DIGITAL FIRST” a 30mn Keynote series (20mn + 10mn Q&A) allowing 10 Media to present their strategy and their expectations for 2016-2017 to all producers on spot.
June 8 will be fully dedicated to Virtual reality topic with panel on VR distribution challenges, dedicated pitch session and Keynotes. BBC R&D & Arte Future department already confirmed their presence. If you are interested to speak or exhibit on Cross Video Days VR demo spaceat Cross Video Days VR conference, please contact elie@mobilevent.com
VR demo Space (June 8-9): New opportunity for VR start-ups
Cross video Days team up with Laval Virtual (FRANCE), http://www.laval-virtual.org/en/
the leading European Professional event for Virtual Reality (18TH Edition, 14.000+ participants, 150+ exhibitors in 2015). Together, both events will feature 2 new demonstration areas dedicated to Cinematic Virtual Reality.
During their respective 2016 edition, will be created:
- At Laval Virtual (Laval, France) on March 23-27: a VR Content Village sponsored by UNITY and curated by Cross Video Days.
- At Cross Video Days (Paris, France) on June 8-9: A Demo VR space dedicated to innovative content & technologies organized in association with Laval Virtual
Cross Video Days Event Information
Website: www.crossvideodays.com/en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrossVideoDays
Twitter: https://twitter.com/crossvideodays
About MobilEvent, organizer of the Cross Video Days MobilEvent, the agency created by Bruno Smadja in 2005, has imagined and organized the Cross Video Days, 1st European cross-media market since 2010. MobilEvent also innovates with the Mobile Film Festival, first mobile festival in the world since 2005. MobilEvent, Think beyond TV.
