Between meetings at IFFR, the conversation with Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine quickly moved beyond the usual “how did you make it?” Because THE WORLD CAME FLOODING IN isn’t just another XR title on a festival slate. It’s a deliberate attempt to stage the afterlife of a climate disaster—the 2022 floods in eastern Australia—using immersion […]
Free access to education remains an enduring issue for a lot of children in Africa, especially those living in rural poor communities. According to UNICEF research, over 18 million children in Nigeria are out of school and girls make up
If you have been part of a VR festival lately, you didn’t miss Faber Courtial messages from space. 2ND STEP and their latest VR film 1ST STEP are widely selected worldwide. We spoke with Maria Courtial, co-director of these projects,
Cinemaleap is one of the most active XR companies in Japan. As a content producer (FEATHER, BEAT, Clap…), organiser of the Beyond The Frame festival and content distributor, it plays a leading role in the promotion and distribution of Japanese
Over the past two years, the link between virtual worlds and live events has become increasingly close. Covid19 has fast-tracked what was already a road in the making, but some questions still remain. Among them, how to recreate virtually the
GIFF is back this year with a fresh coat of paint on a proven model. The Festival and Market (the Geneva Digital Market) will take place from November 4 to 13 in different places of the city, and always with
The 22nd edition of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film marks a significant change of the festival’s dedication to XR creators. Two new initiatives. The Work-in-Progress Pitch and a collaborative project called “Tales from the Bathhouse” are