2024 update: which cultural events select immersive content? Through our XR Agenda (free access, upon registration) we inform you about festivals, conferences, workshops or marketplaces that make the news in the XR creative industry.
While we are going through a troubled period for physical events – with a lot of innovation and reactivity to organize virtual events – here is a list of 100 events to encourage them to organize future editions full of surprises, halfway between their know-how “in reality” and the learning of interactive digital platforms. (2024 edition)
To know more about upcoming events and deadlines submissions
Cover: MONSIEUR VINCENT @ XR Dreamland, Kaohsiung Film Festival
JANUARY (3)
The Biennale College Cinema – Immersive @ La Biennale di Venezia (Italy)
Smart – Barritz Immersive – FIPADOC (France)
International Film Festival Rotterdam – IFFR (Netherlands)
FEBRUARY (5)
The Producers Guild of America Awards – PGA (USA)
Atelier Grand Nord XR (Canada)
The SIMA Awards (USA)
VR Pavilion @ Luxembourg City Film Festival (Luxembourg)
Adelaide Fringe (Australia)
MARCH (6)
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Greece)
SXSW (USA)
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival – CPH:DOX (Denmark)
One World Festival (Czech Republic)
Immersity (France)
Festival ZERO1 (France)
APRIL (9)
LICHTER Film Festival Frankfurt International (Germany)
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Kaboom Animation Festival (Netherlands)
Open City Documentary Festival (UK)
Atlanta Film Festival (USA)
European Creators’ Lab (France, Germany, Luxembourg)
Recto VRso @ Laval Virtual (France)
NewImages (France)
Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival (Germany)
MAY (7)
DOK.fest München (Germany)
Anifilm (Czech Republic)
Vision @ Millenium Docs Against Gravity (Poland)
Telly Awards (USA)
Realities in Transition (Europe)
Immersive Competition (Festival de Cannes) (France)
Beldocs (Serbia)
JUNE (16)
Animafest Zagreb (Croatia)
River Film Festival (Italy)
XR PORT BERLIN (Germany)
Urban Immersion Summit (Germany)
Raindance Immersive (UK)
Annecy Festival (France)
Doc Edge Film Festival (New Zealand)
Sunny Side of the Doc (France)
Sónar Barcelona (Spain)
CinemAmbiente Festival (Italy)
Immersive & Interactive @ Peabody Awards (Greece/USA)
Augmented World Expo – AWE (USA)
Games for Change Festival – G4C (USA)
Alternate Realities @ Sheffield DocFest (UK)
The Fine Arts Film Festival (USA)
ShorTS International Film Festival (Italy)
JULY (7)
Beyond Reality @ Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival – BIFAN (South Korea)
Sandbox Immersive Festival (China)
Anibar Animation Festival (Kosovo)
Galway Film Fleadh (Ireland)
Spectacle vivant & scènes numériques (France)
Guanajuato International Film Festival – GIFFMX (Mexico)
VRTO Conference (Canada)
AUGUST (4)
SIGGRAPH (USA)
Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia)
DOQUMENTA (Mexico)
Gamescom (Germany)
SEPTEMBER (9)
Venice Immersive @ La Biennale di Venezia (Italy)
BLON Animation and Games Festival (Lithuania)
Ars Electronica (Austria)
Fak’ugesi Festival (South Africa)
Camden International Film Festival (USA)
ANIDOX:VR @ Viborg Animation Festival (Denmark)
#NarrarElFuturo (Colombia)
VR Corner @ Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg – FEFFS (France)
Ottawa International Animation Festival – OIAF (Canada)
OCTOBER (19)
XR Dreamland @ Kaohsiung Film Festival (Taiwan)
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (Czech Republic)
Art*VR Festival (Czech Republic)
Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo (Brazil)
FIVARS – Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories (Canada)
Animest International Animation Film Festival (Romania)
Dokumentale (Germany)
LFF Expanded @ BFI London Film Festival (UK)
Octobre Numérique – Faire Monde (France)
Courant3D (France)
Byron Bay International Film Festival (Australia)
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image (Germany)
DOK Neuland @ DOK Leipzig (Germany)
Bolton International Film Festival (UK)
Beyond The Frame (Japan)
Esquina VR (France)
KIKK Festival (Belgium)
Imagine Fantastic Film Festival (Netherlands)
Mediamorfosis – Festival de medios (Chile, Ecuador)
NOVEMBER (11)
Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece)
Geneva International Film Festival – GIFF (Switzerland)
CHRONIQUES (France)
International Documentary Film Amsterdam – IDFA (Netherlands)
Festival International d’Art Vidéo de Casablanca – FIAV (Marocco)
Talents and Short Film Market (Italy)
Aesthetica Short Film Festival (UK)
V-Unframed (Canada)
MixBrasil (Brasil)
VERZIO – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Hungary)
Immersive Tech Week (Netherlands)
DECEMBER (4)
Stereopsia (Belgium)
BOGOSHORTS – Festival de Cortos de Bogotá (Colombia)
