Screenings
All programs can be screened on Samsung gear
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PROGRAM 1 / COMPETITION
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INDEFINITE
by Darren Emerson
U.K. doc. in English 2016 14min
Production : Darren Emerson (VR City)Guided by the powerful voices of survivors, Indefinite takes the audience on an immersive journey into the uncertainty and despair of the UK’s immigration detention system.
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PLANET ∞
by Momoko Seto
France exp. 2017 7min
Production : Barberousse Films (François Martin Saint Léon), in coproduction with Arte France & AwkeyeIn a world in ruins, only fungi and mold grow in the middle of gigantic dried insects bodies. When a weather change occurs, rain irrigates the arid planet and floods it gradually. In the water springs an ecosystem, populated by giant carnivorous tadpoles.
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SERGENT JAMES
by Alexandre Perez
France fict. in French 2017 7min
Production : Avi Amar (Floréal Films)It’s bedtime, but Léo thinks there is something under his bed. Is it just his imagination, or something more sinister? Sergent James recaptures the innocence of youth, the wonder of the unknown, the folly of fear and the terrifying possibility that things are far creepier than they seem.
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PROGRAM 2 / COMPETITION
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MIYUBI
by Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël
Canada fict. in English 2016 40min
Production : Mathieu Dumont, Stéphane Rituit, Ryan Horrigan & Chris Bruss (Felix & Paul Studios), Christian Heuer & Sean Dacanay (Funny or Die)This 40-minute comedy experience lets you inhabit the heart and chassis of Miyubi, a domestic family robot. The year is 1982, and Dad is finally home for Christmas. To make up for multiple absences, he buys his kids a Japanese toy robot. Everyone is thrilled, but will the gift heal the family’s wounds?
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PROGRAM 3 / COMPETITION
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ALTERATION
by Jerôme Blanquet
France fict. in French 2017 17min
Production : Antoine Cayrol (Okio Studio)Alexandro volunteers for an experiment carried out to study dreams in this poetic trip into the future. He can’t imagine that he will be subjected to the intrusion of Elsa, a form of Artificial Intelligence who aims to digitize his subconscious in order to feed off of it.
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KINOSCOPE
by Philippe A. Collin and Clément Léotard
France anim. in French 2016 9min
Production : Ex Nihilo / Novelab in association with La Cinémathèque Française and Google Arts & CultureA VR experience immersing the spectator into a lively and colorful universe to discover the history of cinema. From Méliès and Chaplin to Kubrick and Tarantino, Kinoscope takes you on a journey through some of the most famous scenes ever captured on film.
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PROGRAM 4 / COMPETITION
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ZERO DAYS VR
by Scatter, Yasmin Elayat and Elie Zananiri
U.S.A. doc. in English 2016 15min
Production : Scatter, Mei-Ling Wong, Yasmin Elayat, Alexander Porter, Alex Gibney, Sarah Dowland, James GeorgeThis documentary tells the story of the Stuxnet, a computer malware hatched during a clandestine mission by the U.S. and Israel to sabotage an underground Iranian nuclear facility. The story places audiences inside the invisible world of computer viruses and allows them to experience the high stakes of cyber warfare. ALSO AVAILABLE ON OCULUS.
WITH YASMIN ELAYAT (DIRECTOR, PRODUCER).
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LINCOLN IN THE BARDO
by Graham Sack
U.S.A. fict. in English 2016 10min
Production : Jennifer 8. Lee, The New York Times, Plympton, Sensorium, Graham SackTo accompany the release of Georges Saunder’s latest novel The New York Times has produced this fictitious account of the night President Lincoln went to visit his son’s, Willie, final resting place. In a haunted cemetery over the course of one night, you will talk to ghosts.
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PROGRAM 5 / OUT OF COMPETITION
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FAN CLUB
by Vincent Ravalec
France-Luxembourg fict. in French 1x4min & 1x8min
Production : a_BAHN & Les Films du Garage With: Mathieu Kassovitz, Denis Lavant, Sylvie Testud, Irène Jacob
with : Mathieu Kassovitz, Denis Lavant, Sylvie Testud, Irène JacobAnna, a mainstream television star, believing she is responding to the wish of a famous filmmaker with whom she dreams of making a film, accepts her Fan Club's invitation to spend a weekend with them.
WITH VINCENT RAVALEC (DIRECTOR).
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GROUND BENEATH HER
by Gabo Arora et Ari Palitz
U.S.A. doc. in English 2016 7min
Production : Here Be Dragons in partnership with UNDP & LightShedThe earthquake that struck Nepal in April of 2015 displaced over 3 million people. One year later, families struggle to stand above the rubble. We follow a blacksmith’s daughter as she learns to balance the everyday duties of a fractured home with her own dreams for the future.
WITH GABO ARORA (DIRECTOR).
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PROGRAMME 6 / OUT OF COMPETITION
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A NEW REALITY, ALONG MY RIVER
by Minzayar Oo
Myanmar doc. in Burmese 2017 5min
Production : Digital District ArtAs a photographer documenting the changes in his country, Minzayar Oo took a VR camera very close into the daily-life of the people living along the river in his hometown, Yangon.
WITH MINZAYAR OO (DIRECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHER).
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PARIS, L’ENVERS DU DÉCOR : UNE PROMENADE EN RÉALITÉ VIRTUELLE
by Camille Ducellier et Romain Bonin
France doc. in French 2017 3x4min
Production : Le Forum des images & TV5MondeParis has a long and splendid history, art is everywhere in the heart of the city. You are invited to discover the hidden side of the most famous monuments of the French capital. All their secrets are now revealed.
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