The Venice Film Festival has unveiled the lineup of projects for Venice Immersive, the Extended Reality (XR) section of the event. The program, which will include 63 projects from 25 countries, takes place on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio from Aug. 29 to Sept. 7.
There are 26 projects in Competition, including 19 world premieres and seven international premieres.
There are 30 projects playing Out of Competition, including the best works that have been released or premiered elsewhere since the last edition of the Venice Film Festival; this section is divided into: Best of Experiences (10 projects), and Best of Worlds (20 projects), created by independent artists on the VRChat social platform, an ecosystem of virtual worlds presented in guided tours.
There are seven projects developed during the Biennale College Cinema – Immersive: one project produced thanks to the grant from this year’s eighth edition, six projects developed within the international workshop of the eighth, seventh, sixth and fifth editions.
The members of the international jury are:
Celine Daemen (The Netherlands) – president. She is a director of transdisciplinary art and the founder of Studio Nergens. In 2022 her VR opera “Eurydice” premiered in the Venice Immersive selection in competition. Her latest VR opera “Songs for a Passerby” won the Venice Immersive Grand Prize last year.
Marion Burger (France). She is a production designer who has worked on many feature films, including “Divines” by Houda Benyamina, which won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes Film festival in 2016, “Gagarine” by Jérémy Trouilh and Fanny Liatard, in Cannes official selection in 2020, and more recently “Mother and Son” by Léonor Serraille, also in Cannes in 2022 edition. Her directorial debut “Emperor,” an empathic VR experience co-created with Ilan J. Cohen, won Venice Immersive achievement prize last year.
Adriaan Lokman (The Netherlands). He is creator of time based, linear, interactive and cross-media projects. In 2002 his film “Barcode” was awarded the Grand Prix d’Annecy. In the last edition of Venice, his work “Flow” was awarded the Special Immersive Jury prize.
The jury will award the Venice Immersive Grand Prize, the Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize
and the Venice Immersive Achievement Prize.
VENICE IMMERSIVE
IN COMPETITION
“Mamie Lou”
By Isabelle Andreani
France, Luxembourg, 25’, virtual reality
“Mammary Mountain”
By Tara Baoth Mooney, Camille C. Baker, Maf’j Alvarez
U.K., Ireland, 23’, installation, haptic, virtual reality
“Bodies of Water”
By Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage
Canada, 10’, virtual reality
“Uncanny Alley: A New Day”
By Stephen Butchko, Rick Treweek
U.S., South Africa, 75’, world, virtual reality, immersive theater
“In the Realm of Ripley”
By Soo Eung Chuck Chae, Eun Jung Chae
South Korea, 50’, installation, virtual reality, interactive film
“Free Ur Head”
By Tung-Yen Chou
Taipei, 30’, installation, virtual reality, live performance
“Project: Lost Worlds”
By Fins
U.S., 60’, world, virtual reality
“The Art of Change”
By Simone Fougnier, Vincent Rooijers
Italy, The Netherlands, U.S., 10’, virtual reality
“Oto’s Planet”
By Gwenael François
Luxembourg, Canada, France, 28’, virtual reality
“Un Soir Avec Les Impressionnistes, Paris 1874”
By Pierre Gable
France, 42’, installation, virtual reality
“Ceci Est Mon Cœur”
By Stéphane Hueber-Blies, Nicolas Blies
Luxembourg, Canada, France, 35’, installation, haptic, projection
“Pudica”
By Keisuke Itoh
Japan, 15’, installation, mixed reality
“Address Unknown: Fukushima Now”
By Arif Khan
Japan, U.S., Taiwan, 25’, virtual reality
“The Guardians of Jade Mountain”
By Hayoun Kwon
France, Taiwan, 18’, installation, virtual reality
“Ito Meikyu”
By Boris Labbé
France, Luxembourg, 15’, virtual reality
“Strangeways”
By Adam Lieber, Chris Bianchi
U.K., South Africa, Malta, 30’, world, virtual reality
“Fragile Home”
By Ondřej Moravec, Victoria Lopukhina
Czech Republic, 30’, installation, mixed reality
“Impulse: Playing With Reality”
By Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla
U.K., France, 35’, installation, mixed reality
“Play Life”
By Zilvinas Naujokas, Vilius Petrauskas, Mantas Pronckus, Donatas Ulvydas, Algis Krisciunas, Darius Zickus
Lithuania, 26’, virtual reality
“Rencontres”
By Mathieu Pradat
France, Taiwan, 50’, installation, virtual reality
“A Simple Silence”
By Craig Quintero
Taiwan, 12’, virtual reality
“Project_Y: Working Title”
By Yuzo Sugano, Shingo Yoshimura, Toshiki Sakamoto, Taro Hirai
Japan, 90’, virtual reality
“Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom”
By Kenichi Suzuki
Japan, France, U.S., 90’, virtual reality
“Symbiosis/\Dysbiosis: Sentience”
By Tosca Terán, Brendan Lehman, Andrei Gravelle, Sven Steffens
Canada, Germany, Chile, 90’, installation, virtual reality, live performance
“Champ De Bataille”
By François Vautier
France, Belgium, Luxembourg, 21’, virtual reality
“All I Know About Teacher Li”
By Zhuzmo
U.S., 20’, virtual reality
OUT OF COMPETITION
BEST OF EXPERIENCES
“Turbulence: Jamais Vu”
By Ben Joseph Andrews, Emma Roberts
Australia, 10’, installation, virtual reality
“What If…? – An Immersive Story”
By Dave Bushore
U.S., 50’, mixed reality
“40 Days Without the Sun”
By Joao Furia
Brazil, 15’, virtual reality
“Nightmara: Episode 3”
By Gianpaolo Gonzalez
U.S.,14’, virtual reality
“Astra”
By Eliza Mcnitt
France, U.S., 60’, mixed reality
“Adventure”
By Charlotte Mikkelborg, Elliot Graves
U.K., 25’, virtual reality
“Riven”
By Rand Miller, Richard Wende, Hannah Gamiel, Eric Anderson, Tony Fryman
U.S., 45’, virtual reality
“Museum Alive Immersive With David Attenborough”
By Bhaumik Patel
U.K., 10’, mixed reality
“Telos I”
By Emil Dam Seidel, Dorotea Saykaly
Canada, Sweden, Denmark, U.K., 23’, installation
“The 7th Guest VR”
By Paul Van Der Meer
The Netherlands, virtual reality
BEST OF WORLDS
“․⁄ Complication”
By Ende
“Chromatic Frequency”
By Axinovium
“Concrete”
By Concrete
“Eccentic Rooms”
By Suzuki_I
“Endless Residents Super Ultra Deluxe Edition”
By Spencer Filson
“Exoplanet Journey”
By Niko
“Finishing Touch – Art Studio ＆ Gallery” By Mixieǃ
“Like a Canvas”
By Haruki_Haru
“Liminal Dreams: The Poolrooms”
By ∗Lotus∗
“Magic Ai-Art: Dimensions”
By Niko∗
“Magnetize”
By Juice…
“Mormoverse: Under the Pillow”
By Georgymolodtsov
“Overview Effect Experience”
By The Shushu
“Phatta”
By Sumeru
“Polyrhythm”
By Skyesage
“Sanctum Reactor”
By Juno
“Smew Brushǃ”
By Smew
“Snr_Test_001”
By Apple_Blossom
“Suku”
By Durk＠Work
“VRC Museum”
By Ectique
BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA – IMMERSIVE – OUT OF COMPETITION
“Earths to Come”
By Rose Bond
Producer: Melanie Coombs
U.S., 13’, virtual reality
“Duchampiana”
By Lilian Hess
Producer: Sarah Arnaud, Kathrin Brunner, Oliver Czeslick
France, Germany, 10’, installation, virtual reality
“Garden Alchemy”
By Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot
Producer: Uri Kranot, Peter Fisher, Simon Lajboschitz
Denmark, 45’, installation, virtual reality
“Somewhere Unknown in Indochina”
By Asio Chihsiung Liu, Feng Ting Tsou Producer: Feng Ting Tsou, Asio Chihsiung Liu
Taipei, Belgium, Canada, Vietnam, Cambodia, 38’, virtual reality
“Below Deck”
By Martina Mahlknecht, Martin Prinoth Producer: Martina Mahlknecht, Martin Prinoth
Germany, Italy, 23’, installation, virtual reality
“The Gossips’ Chronicles”
By Corinne Mazzoli
Producer: Marta Bianchi
Italy, 30’, installation, mixed reality
“Echos of Ash Valley”
By Shu Zhu
Producer: Sultan Pirzhan, Jonathan Warner, Zemo Zheng
U.S. 17’, installation, virtual reality