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The Imaginary Friend

2023 Belgium 🇧🇪 26 min 34 selections

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Become an Imaginary Friend! A grieving child struggles to separate reality from fantasy. He creates YOU–his (imaginary) friend–to fight the monsters in his mind. Although you have fun together, he starts to grow disconnected from his surroundings… Are you helping, or just making things worse?

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Awards

Impact Prize @ NewImages Festival 2024
2024France 🇫🇷
XR Story Award @ Beyond the Frame Festival 2023
2023Japan 🇯🇵
Nu:Reality “Van Eigen Bodem – Best of Dutch VR”
2025Netherlands 🇳🇱
Munich BEYOND @ Festival der Zukunft 2025
2025Germany 🇩🇪
Beijing International Film Festival (BJFF) 2025
2025China 🇨🇳
Virtual Reality @ Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2025
2025Netherlands 🇳🇱
Church of VR @ Immersive Tech Week 2024
2024Netherlands 🇳🇱
VR @ Animateka International Animated Film Festival 2024
2024Slovenia 🇸🇮
International Selection @ Mediamorfosis 2024 (Chile)
2024Chile 🇨🇱
Virtual Experience @ Dokumentale 2024
2024Germany 🇩🇪
VR Competition @ Animest International Animation Film Festival 2024
2024Romania 🇷🇴
Virtual Reality Room @ Minikino Film Week 2024
2024Indonesia 🇮🇩
Beyond Reality @ Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) 2024
2024Republic of Korea 🇰🇷
Future Visions @ Mediterrane Film Festival 2024
2024Malta 🇲🇹
Official selection – VR Works @ Annecy Festival 2024
2024France 🇫🇷
Vision @ Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2024
2024Poland 🇵🇱
Gabès Cinéma FEN 2024
2024Tunisia 🇹🇳
XR Competition @ NewImages Festival 2024
2024France 🇫🇷
VR Projects @ Kaboom Animation Festival 2024
2024Netherlands 🇳🇱
XR Experience Spotlight @ SXSW 2024
2024United States of America 🇺🇸
Immersive – All Around Cinema @ Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2023
2023Greece 🇬🇷
Dimensions of Empathy @ ART*VR Festival 2023
2023Czech Republic 🇨🇿
VR Experiences @ Beyond the Frame Festival 2023
2023Japan 🇯🇵
Virtual Alchemy @ Imagine Fantastic Film Festival 2023
2023Netherlands 🇳🇱
MediaLab @ Cinekid 2023
2023Netherlands 🇳🇱
Brussels Virtual Week 2023
2023Belgium 🇧🇪
European XR Awards – Nominees @ Stereopsia EUROPE 2023
2023Belgium 🇧🇪
LFF Expanded @ BFI London Film Festival 2023
2023United Kingdom 🇬🇧
NFF Digital Culture @ Nederlands Film Festival 2023
2023Netherlands 🇳🇱
Venice Immersive (Competition) @ La Biennale di Venezia 2023
2023Italy 🇮🇹
ImmerseInteract (XL) @ Netherlands Film Fund (November, 2021)
2021Netherlands 🇳🇱
Realisering – ImmerseInteract @ Netherlands Film Fund (March, 2020)
2020Netherlands 🇳🇱
Fonds d’aide aux Expériences Numériques – Aide au développement @ CNC – Avril 2019
2019France 🇫🇷
Venice Gap-Financing Market @ La Biennale di Venezia 2018
2018Italy 🇮🇹

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