“This experience is a metaphor for how care can heal society” – Melodie Mousset (EMPATHY CREATURES)
We recently had the opportunity to reconnect with Melodie Mousset and dive back into EMPATHY CREATURES, a work…
“Festivals matter more than ever, as places where work is promoted, ideas circulate, and different viewpoints are expressed” – Anaïs Emery (GIFF 2025)
Opening on October 31, the 31st GIFF (Geneva International Film Festival) presents an immersive section full of new…
“A story built on multiple layers of time and space that naturally lend themselves to the medium of VR” – Singing Chen, Chuan Ming-Yuan, Huang Yu-Jie (THE CLOUDS ARE TWO THOUSAND METERS UP)
Winner of the GRAND PRIZE at Venice Immersive 2025, THE CLOUDS ARE TWO THOUSAND METERS UP is the…
“What people need now is a return to beauty, and we tried to carry that into this experience” – Kristina Buozyte, Vitalijus Zukas (CREATION OF THE WORLDS)
A guided deep dive into one of my five favorite experiences at Venice Immersive 2025: CREATION OF THE…
“Avatars as extensions of ourselves that offer new perspectives” – Kazuki Yuhara (FIRST VIRTUAL SUIT)
A bright experiment in an often serious field, FIRST VIRTUAL SUIT turns identity into play, showing that immersive…
“INTERSTELLAR ARC’s true promise lies in its ability to connect with people as intensely as real-life experiences” – Félix Lajeunesse (Felix & Paul Studios)
“To infinity and beyond”, as a character from a famous animated film once said. And while this phrase…
“A project where each component can stand on its own, while still belonging to a unified whole” – Michelle Kranot, Peter Fisher, Kathrine Fremming (THE GARDEN SAYS…)
How does an immersive work come to life and evolve? At XRMust we often ask ourselves this question,…
“A growing interest in telling big stories through a language that’s much closer to cinema than in the past” – Liz Rosenthal, Michel Reilhac (Venice Immersive 2025)
Nearly ten years after the first edition of the world’s largest international immersive event, Venice Immersive returns with…
Official 2025 Venice Immersive Selection and Competition Unveils 69 projects from 27 countries
The selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR – Extended Reality section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (27th August…
Editorial⎜Five Reasons Why I Keep Falling for CPH:DOX Inter:Active
CPH:DOX Inter:Active 2025: a declaration of love in five points to a festival with a big heart. Cover:…
“Form follows people… and the stories they want to tell” – Stephan Bernardes, Lukas Koll (Arkanum Pictures)
At the NewImages market, this year, we had the opportunity to discover two projects that immediately called for…
“Entertainment isn’t about being superficial. It’s about creating an environment people genuinely want to return to, emotionally and imaginatively”- Rene Hyewon Lee (GiiÖii)
At this year’s NewImages Festival, XRMust had the opportunity to meet one of the festival’s most significant delegations:…