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IN COMPETITION

I SAW THE FUTURE

François Vautier

In a dark expanse that could be the cosmos, we hear a voice: that of Arthur C. Clarke, whose face – taken from a BBC archive dating back to the 1960s – appears in the distance. His features quickly dematerialize into a multitude of shimmering pixels, creating an enveloping and immersive space out of which the thoughts of the famed author of 2001: A Space Odyssey emerge.

At the heart of this spectral environment, and with a magnetic voice sending us back to the time of cathode ray tubes and the golden age of television broadcasting, Arthur C. Clarke tells us about the arrival of the digital revolution, decades ahead of his time: the Internet, instantaneous communication, cryogenics, interstellar travel, artificial intelligence, and even cloning…

Written and directed by François Vautier

Produced by  Jeremy Sahel (Da Prod)



Experimental - 5'



This film is an invitation to travel, and a crepuscular form of poetry to be experienced immersively. It is a visual journey inside the visionary mind of Arthur C. Clarke. And, more than a representation of the future, it invites us to imagine it.

BEST OF VR

Miyubi

Felix & Paul Studios

Miyubi is a 40-minute virtual reality comedy about a Japanese toy robot - inhabited by you,

the viewer - gifted to a young boy on his birthday in 1982 suburban America. Over the

course of a year, as the boy’s family fractures apart, you experience love and your inevitable

obsolescence in an intimate, hilarious and endearing interactive story.

Directed by Felix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël

Produced by Felix & Paul Studios in collaboration with Funny Or Die and Occulus

Cast: Jeff Goldblum, P.J. Byrne, Richard Riehle, Emily Bergl, Owen Vaccaro, Ted Sutherland, Tatum Kensington Bailey, Lindsay Arnold, Noah Crawford



Comedy - 40’



“A reminder that the best VR reality does feel like magic”

New Yorker



“The first VR movie to feel like a real film”

The Verge



“A well-acted, multifaceted story filled with humor and pathos [...] the VR experience in MIYUBI feels like an organic outgrowth of the story it tells”

Variety

 

OUT OF COMPETITION

Alteration

Jérôme Blanquet

Alexandro volunteers for an experiment carried out to study dreams. He doesn’t even imagine that he’s going to be subjected to the intrusion of Elsa, a form of Artificial Intelligence, who’s going to digitize and dematerialize his subconscious in order to feed off it.

Directed by Jérôme Blanquet

Produced by Okio-Studio , Arte France

Cast: Bill Skarsgård,  Pom Klementieff, Lizzie Brocheré, Amira Casar, Coco Lee-Bolis, Jonah Daniels



Science Fiction, Drama - Upcoming

PLANET ∞

Momoko Seto

In a world in ruins, only fungi and mold grow in the middle of gigantic dried insects bodies.

When a weather change occurs, rain irrigates the arid planet and floods it gradually. In the

water springs an ecosystem, populated by giant carnivorous tadpoles.

Directed by visual artist and filmmaker Momoko Seto

Produced by Barberousse Films, Arte France, Awkeye



Experimental - 6’

Notes on Blindness: into Darkness

Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton & James Spinney

Into Darkness is an immersive virtual reality project based on John Hull’s sensory and psychological experience of blindness.

Each scene will address a memory, a moment and a specific location from John’s audio diary, using binaural audio and real time 3D animations to create a fully immersive experience in a ‘world beyond sight’.

Directed by Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton & James Spinney

Produced by Ex Nihilo, Arte France, Audiogaming



Experimental Documentary - 20’



"A magical VR experience"

The Guardian



“A fascinating subject matter […] Elegant, evocative and deeply affecting”

Screen Daily



 

I Philip

Pierre Zandrowicz

In early 2005, David Hanson, an American robotics, is developing its first android human. His name is Phil and it is simply the copy of the famous science fiction author Philip K. Dick. In a few weeks Phil became famous on the Web and in the author’s fan circles. It is presented in several conferences around the world. In late 2005, the head of the android disappeared during a flight America West Airlines between Dallas and Las Vegas. Through the memories of the android and those of the author, the film offers an interpretation of Phil’s life.

Directed by Pierre Zandrowicz

Produced by Okio-Studio, Arte France, Saint-George

Cast: Hélène Kuhn, Doug Rand, Dounia Sichov, Nathan Rippy



Science Fiction, Drama  - 12’



“Immediately grabs your attention”

VR Film Review

Kinoscope

A VR Journey into the World of Cinema

Clément Léotard, Philippe Collin

Kinoscope is a VR experience immersing the spectator into a lively and colorful universe to discover the history of cinema lead by the voice of the Hollywood legend Dean Tavoularis, motion picture production designer whose work appeared in numerous box office hits such as The Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, The Brink's Job, One from the Heart and Bonnie and Clyde.

 

Directed by Clément Léotard, Philippe Collin

Produced by Ex Nihilo / Novelab in association with the French Cinemathèque



Animation, Documentary - 9'

Superhot

SuperHot Team

The VR indie game reference



Superhot is the first person shooter where time moves only when you move. With its mesmerising gameplay and unique, stylized graphics SUPERHOT aims to finally add something new and disruptive to the FPS genre. See the bullets crawling towards you as you carefully plan your steps and aim your gun. Enjoy the mayhem that is unleashed as you put that plan into motion. Dodge bullets. Take out your enemies. One step at a time.

 

Developed by SuperHot Team



Gaming, First Person Shooter



“A pure, distilled injection of unadulterated adrenaline”

Polygon

Dolphin Man 360

Benoît Lichté

Dive, Search, Breathe: three films to experience diving with apnea World champions William

Trubridge and Sara Campbell and biologist Fabrice Schnökler.

Directed by Benoît Lichté

Produced by Seppia Interactive



Documentary (3X4’)

Leggenda

Leslie Lévi, Laura Desimages

Jump into a marvelous and evocative universe of music and thrilling acrobatics through immersive virtual reality. Two circus artists and a piano-violin duo drive this elegant, emotion-filled performance.

Directed by Leslie Lévi and Laura Desimages

Produced by Concert Digital 360-VR

Cast : Igor Gavva, Iuliia Palii, Christia Hudziy, Vladyslava Luchenko



Music, Dance - 6'