“We must learn from theatre to shape the story” – Valentina Paggiarin (DREAMS OF BLUE)

In 2017, one of the works selected for the VR Days Europe was DREAMS OF BLUE, directed by Valentina Paggiarin, an Italian interactive writer specialized in new media and videoludic narrative. While in the past few years Italy has shown a certain attention to virtual reality for entertainment, it is still a relatively rare occurrence to have VR works directed by Italian artists at international movie festivals. At the 76th Venice Film Festival, the VeniceVR competition did not include any work by Italian directors and in 2018 only two were…