The 2026 Cannes Film Festival awarded the prize for Best Immersive Work to KATÁBASIS, by Ugo Arsac. This virtual reality experience, which takes viewers on a journey through New York’s underground tunnels, exemplifies the Cannes Film Festival’s commitment to combining narrative excellence with new forms of immersive experience. We take a closer look at this work with its director. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v45qh4Ps8iU Most of us experience city life every day without really noticing what is unfolding beneath our feet. And yet everything that allows the surface to function passes through this underground…
KATÁBASIS, a VR walkthrough of NYC’s underground tunnels, Best Immersive Work at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival
