Venice International Film Festival VR Section
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The Venice International Film Festival was one of the first festivals in the world to express interest in Virtual Reality and announces this year the first-ever competition for films made in Virtual Reality. For the complete line-up, please visit Venice International Film Festival VR Category page.
COMPLETE COMPETITION LINE-UP for VR Cinema & Installation Category
MELITA
by NICOLÁS ALCALÁ
Animation film / USA / 24’ / Oculus Stand Up
LA CAMERA INSABBIATA
by LAURIE ANDERSON, HSIN-CHIEN HUANG
Animation film / USA, Taiwan / 20’ / Installation
THE LAST GOODBYE
by GABO ARORA, ARI PALITZ
USA / 20’ / Installation
MY NAME IS PETER STILLMAN
by LYSANDER ASHTON
Animation film / Great Britain / 6’ / Oculus Stand Up
ALICE, THE REALITY PLAY
by MARIE JOURDREN, MATHIAS CHELEBOURG
with Robin Berry, Josh Jefferies / France / 20’ / Installation
ARDEN’S WAKE (EXPANDED)
by EUGENE YK CHUNG
Animation film / USA / 16’ / Oculus Stand Up
GREENLAND MELTING
by NONNY DE LA PEÑA, CATHERINE UPIN, JULIA CORT, RANEY ARONSON-RATH
USA / 11’ / Vive Stand Up
BLOODLESS
by GINA KIM
South Korea, USA / 12’ / VR Theater
NOTHING HAPPENS
by URI KRANOT, MICHELLE KRANOT
Animation film / Denmark, France / 14’ / Vive Stand Up
SHI MENG LAO REN (THE DREAM COLLECTOR)
by MI LI
Animation film / China / 11’ / Oculus Stand Up
SNATCH VR HEIST EXPERIENCE
by RAFAEL PAVÓN, NICOLÁS ALCALÁ
with Rupert Grint, Luke Pasqualino, Lucien Laviscount, Phoebe Dynevor
USA / 5’ / Installation
REBEL QUEEN
by RICHARD MILLS, KIM-LEIGH PONTIN
Animation film / Great Britain / 15’ / Vive Stand Up
PROXIMA
by MATHIEU PRADAT
with Adde Fabrice, Djaga Maud / France / 9’ / VR Theater
CHUANG (IN THE PICTURES)
by QING SHAO
Animation film / China / 5’ / VR Theater
DISPATCH
by EDWARD ROBLES
Animation film / USA, Great Britain / 6’ / Oculus Stand Up
THE ARGOS FILE
by JOSEMA ROIG
with Joshua Furtado, Matthew Amerman, April Fritz, Jamie Slovon / USA / 4’ / VR Theater
GOMORRA VR – WE OWN THE STREETS
by ENRICO ROSATI
with Marco D’Amore, Salvatore Esposito, Fabio De Caro / Italy / 14’ / VR Theater
DRAW ME CLOSE: A MEMOIR
by JORDAN TANNAHILL
Canada, Great Britain / 15’ / Installation
JIA ZAI LANRE SI (THE DESERTED)
by TSAI MING-LIANG
with Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-ching, Yin Shin / Taiwan / 55’ / VR Theater
I SAW THE FUTURE
by FRANÇOIS VAUTIER
France / 5’ / VR Theater
HVER SIN STILHED (SEPARATE SILENCES)
by DAVID WEDEL
with Elias Munk, Sine Lindstorff Kjeldsen, Marcus Aurelius Christensen, Anna Nøhr Tolstrup, Erik Engedal Christensen / Denmark / 17’ / Installation
FREE WHALE
by ZHANG PEIBIN
Animation film / China / 7’ / Oculus Stand Up
BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA VR OUT OF COMPETITION
CHROMATICA
by FLAVIO COSTA / producer: LAURA CATALANO
with Camilla Diana, Christian Burruano / Italy / 17’ / VR Theater
DENOISE (BEAUTIFUL THINGS)
by GIORGIO FERRERO / producer: FEDERICO BIASIN
with Van Quattro, Danilo Tribunal, Andrea Pavoni Belli, Vito Mirizzi / Italy / 12’ / VR Theater
ON/OFF
by CAMILLE DUVELLEROY, ISABELLE FOUCRIER / producer: LAURENT DURET
France / 10’ / VR Theater
The three projects were developed at Biennale College Cinema. Denoise (Beautiful Things) was entirely financed by La Biennale di Venezia. Chromatica was also financed by La Biennale di Venezia, with support from SONY.
VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE 2017 – PREVIOUS WORKS
OUT OF COMPETITION
SENS – PART 1
by CHARLES AYATS, MARC-ANTOINE MATHIEU
Animation film / France / 10’ / VR Theater
ALTERATION
by JEROME BLANQUET
Fiction / France / 16’ / VR Theater
HEAL TOMORROW
by ROMAIN CHASSAING
Music Video / Great Britain / 4’ / VR Theater
MULE
by GUY SHEMERDINE
Fiction / USA / 6’ / VR Theater
The four projects participated in the 2016 Venice Gap-Financing Market of the Venice Production Bridge.
BEST OF VR OUT OF COMPETITION
DEAR ANGELICA
by SASCHKA UNSELD
Animation film / USA / 13’ / Oculus Stand Up
MIYUBI
di FÉLIX LAJEUNESSE, PAUL RAPHÄEL
with Owen Vaccaro, P.J. Byrne, Richard Riehle, Emily Bergl, Ted Sutherland, Tatum Kensington Bailey, Lindsay Arnold, Noah Crawford, Jeff Goldblum
Canada / 40’ / VR Theater
