Report⎪The Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival 2022

Last weekend there was a call for collaboration, funding and accessibility from the vibrant centre of Johannesburg, South Africa. The Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival is being held from 13 - 21 October 2022 at the Tshimologong Precinct in Braamfontein, celebrating a wide range of immersive film, animation, gaming and XR works from across Africa. […]

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Luxembourg, a co-production territory serving immersive and audiovisual creation for Tarantula

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A prestigious success in 2024 (with a host of festival selections and awards, including Venice, Geneva and the XRMust Awards), OTO’S PLANET was also released on stores before the end of the year. Now accessible to everyone, this French-language production