“If you want to create empathy, it doesn’t matter what kind of medium, there’s craft in telling the story” – Steye Hallema (ANCESTORS)

Karen Cirillo

ANCESTORS is a unique participatory journey six generations into the future, exploring how today’s choices shape tomorrow’s world. In a large-group experience, the piece uses AI and guides you by your smartphone to connect with others around you. Directed by Steye Hallema (THE IMAGINARY FRIEND) for the Smartphone Orchestra, it premiered at IDFA 2024 and […]

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Decoding XR: IL DUBBIO – EPISODIO 1, Matteo Lonardi

Recently selected for Venice VR Expanded and Raindance Immersive, IL DUBBIO is an animated immersive experience that reflects on (...)

Hybrid event LFF Expanded is back at the BFI London Film Festival 2021

The BFI London Film Festival, in partnership with American Express, today announced the complete lineup for LFF Expanded, the Festival’s immersive art and XR strand, which will run from 6-17 October 2021. Presented in partnership with the National Theatre, this

Villa Formose / “To act or to observe: it’s this freedom of the spectator that lies at the heart of the experience” – Mathieu Pradat (ENCOUNTERS)

After several years in development, Mathieu Pradat had a successful year in 2024, presenting two multi-user experiences at festivals. After THE ROAMING at Cannes, RENCONTRES made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. This latest project was the result

“I wanted to experiment and document how VR filmmaking can be an emancipatory practice for communities” – Myriam Hernandez (GAWI)

GAWI, meaning “Mother Earth”, is a VR dream experience co-created with the Rarámuri, an indigenous community in Northern Mexico. You will join them on an intimate journey in which you follow their collective dream. You enter this VR dream with

“Sunny Side of the Doc has always been an event where new projects are born” – Stephane Malagnac (PiXii Festival)

For the 5th edition of PiXii Festival, dedicated to new media, Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle (France) is exploring new horizons in a future-oriented hybrid 2021 format: a professional market combined with an opening to the public,

“We have to make content that is going to speak to everyone” – Victor Agulhon (TARGO)

One of the main problems in relation to immersive productions is the audience: how can we make more people interested in this medium?