– The selection includes works hailing from Italy, Portugal, France, Spain, the UK, South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines
The Pirate Queen: No Safe Waters by Eloise Singer
Nine as-yet unreleased works, hailing from eight countries, will be duking it out for the Best Immersive Work Award at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. The competition will unfold from 12-22 May at the Carlton Hotel and will make use of a technical solution that allows group screenings involving up to 200 participants to be organised.
“From large-scale video projection to virtual reality works, this selection showcases the vitality of an evolving art form – one that constantly reinvents how stories are created, shared and experienced,” say the festival’s representatives.
Here is the full list of works taking part:
Immersive Competition
Katábasis – Ugo Arsac
Production: Zorba (France)
The Black Mirror Experience – David Bardos, Damià Ferràndiz
Production: Banijay Live, Univrse (France/Spain)
Yellowfin – E del Mundo
Production: Screen Asia, Create Cinema (Philippines)
Playing with Fire – Pierre-Alain Giraud
Production: VIVE Arts, Atlas V (UK/France/Taiwan)
Red Planet 3009 – Mariano Leotta, Francesco Fiore/Skycon
Production: Alter Agent (Italy)
Gawd V. The People – Yamil Rodriguez, Ivan Alejandro Diaz Cardenas, Stephen Henderson
Production: Nilor Studio (UK)
The Pirate Queen: No Safe Waters – Eloise Singer
Production: Singer Studios (UK)
Lúcido – Vier
Production: COLA Animation (Portugal)
VOOOOOO—PEEEEEE— – Hyeunjoo Woo, Jiyun Park
Production: Ubac Studio (South Korea)
(Translated from French)
