Meeting Dutch producer–director Richard Valk is a sharp way to read the Dutch landscape. Through Valk Productions, founded in the late 1990s, he has built a bridge between auteur animation, documentary and immersive work – and his trajectory captures how the Netherlands has become a small but very active hub for XR creation and co-production. This article is part of our French XR in Benelux coverage, a 2026 initiative in partnership with Institut français in the Netherlands, the French Embassy in Belgium, and Institut français du Luxembourg, to promote the…
From Animation to Immersive Stories: How Richard Valk Builds International XR Collaborations
