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.
The films of Venice Virtual Reality Section
22 feature films in Competition e 3 developed at Biennale College Cinema.
Competition Line-up
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 CATHERINE UPIN, JULIA CORT, NONNY DE LA PEÑA, 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
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
Denoise was developed at Biennale College - Cinema. ON/OFF and Chromatica were developed at Biennale College - Cinema Virtual Reality. Chromatica was financed by La Biennale di Venezia, with support from SONY and the technical partnership of SGO, provider of the “Mistika VR” software.
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 / France / 4’ / VR Theater
MULE
by GUY SHELMERDINE
Fiction / USA / 6’ / VR Theater
The four projects are previous works by directors or producers invited at the Venice Gap-Financing Market of the 2017 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