Embark on a journey into the realms of the most inventive and captivating creators globally, as they employ Virtual Reality or 360 filmmaking to narrate compelling stories.These remarkable films by renowned creators and artists worldwide will demonstrate how storytelling in the 21st century has the power to reshape our perception of reality and influence our daily lives. Don't pass up the chance to broaden your horizons and witness a completely new world unfold before your eyes!
These are the films available for viewing:
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David Attenborough’s CONQUEST OF THE SKIES by Lewis Ball
Learn how insects, reptiles and birds unshackled themselvesfrom the grips of gravity and took to the skies, with natural history legend, David Attenborough, as your guide. Today, over 100 billions creatures fly through the air: from nectar-drinking hummingbirds to bizarre, winged lizards. Human beings have always been fascinated by the act of flight, and it is only now in the 21st century that we can truly observe the cumulation of over 300 millions years of evolution. Thanks to cutting-edge image capture methods, scientists are able to document and study the aerodynamics and engineering of wings and feathers in unprecedented detail.
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AUFWIND by Florian Siebert
Aufwind is an immersive virtual reality film and tells the story of Charlotte Möhring and Melli Beese, the first German female pilots who want to make it in the male domain of aviation and obtain a pilot’s license. Our story takes place in the industrial Ruhr area of western Germany in 1912, where Charlotte and Melli meet on the occasion of an airship christening. While some men want to keep women away from flying and are not afraid to manipulate the planes and put the female pilots in danger, Charlotte and Melli fight for their dream and, as pioneers, shape the early history of aviation.
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Reimagined Volume II: Mahal by Michaela Holland & Julie Cavaliere
Inspired by Philippine mythology, the story focuses on Apolaki, Mayari, Tala, and Hanan, the four immortal children of the recently passed creator god, Bathala. As each of these deities wrestle with the grief of losing Bathala, their all-powerful actions create ripples throughout the universe. Can the siblings come together to defeat their own pain and learn how to accept the devastating loss before the world their father entrusted to them suffers from a celestial catastrophe?
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Perinatal Dreaming – Understanding Country by Marianna Wobcke & Volker Kuchelmeister
Perinatal Dreaming is a ground-breaking virtual reality experience developed by the felt Experience and Empathy Lab and led by artist, midwife and trauma support worker, Marianne Wobcke. As one of thousands of Indigenous children forcibly removed from her mother at birth, she has spent her career researching and supporting perinatal and intergenerational trauma. The VR artwork presents a visually stunning immersive audio-visual experience evoking early life in the womb and entry into the world.
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El Beat VR by Irene Lema, Sergio Bromberg
"El Beat" VR is a journey from the coast of Senegal to the territory of Palenque, following the route of enslaved African men during the colony. Through sound, music and palenquero language, we build a symbolic and dreamlike universe that explores the beginning of the African diaspora in Latin America. It is an immersive experience of 6DoF, integrating volumetric capture, 3D modeling, tilt brush, photogrammetry and binaural sound. The interactive film is a hybrid of documentary and fiction, intertwining the history of Biohó with the reality of maestro Rafael Cassiani, who has preserved the musical tradition of Palenque until today.
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Tales of the March by Stefano Casertano
In the winter between 1944 and 1945, thousands of prisoners were ordered by the SS to leave the concentration camps and walk towards Germany. This historical tragedy is the last act of the Shoah and is called the “Death Marches”. Of some 750,000 people subject to this ordeal, 250,000 could not survive. VR experience Tales of the March invites the viewer to become a witness of a march, portrayed as a fiction story based on the accounts of some survivors. Our protagonist, Eithan, isseen walking in a column, as he survives the abuses of the soldiers, until he is finally freed in a forest. But is this a true liberation? Possibly, the shadows of the camps will stay in Eithan’s soul for all his life.
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MLK: Now is the time by Fabian Limbert
An immersive journey that explores key themes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” Speech and highlights systemic inequities that persist in American society. It’s been sixty years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech, but the messages from that speech resonate today. “MLK: Now is the Time” is an immersive journey that explores key themes of Dr. King’s speech and highlights systemic inequities that persist in our society. Through first-person stories and interactions, “MLK: Now is the Time” will inform and inspire a new generation of activists.