“Into the Red” is a virtual journey to Mars – and into the psyche of the missing mission leader Kara….
Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories
October 7th – November 2nd 2020
~ Huffington Post
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS 2020
Sleeping Eyes
This interactive VR piece reconstructs the experiences and dreams of a Korean artist (Sungeun Lee) suffering from undiagnosed narcolepsy while in the army.
Indirect Actions
Join documentary filmmaker (Maranatha Hay) on a mission for justice at Standing Rock, where over 300 indigenous tribes stood together in solidarity against the Dakota Access Pipeline in this awarding feature-length film making its online debut at FIVARS20.
Being Perfectly Frank
A man brings a pair of soldier’s dog tags to an eccentric medium to contact someone presumably lost during the Korean War.
Paired
Paired is an Augmented Reality animated short film that delves into the lives of two socks who are “solemates” – Saul and Sadie.
The Cosmic Laughter of Cucci Binaca
“The Cosmic Laughter of Cucci Binaca” is next level 360 cinema that explores the mystical interior of a trans drag performer’s soul as she prepares to get onstage.
Spiral of Strength
A poetic inner journey created with the music of Steve Roach and the visuals of Audri Phillips
HIRAETH
A homesickness for a place of your ancestry. Where you have never been. Where you many never return to again.
Hominidae
This experience follows an Arachnid Hominid, an intelligent creature with human and spider physiology, as she struggles to raise her young in a hostile environment.
Impact: Beyond the Night Sky
Inspired by the work of Dr Katarina Miljković, a planetary scientist who specialises in planetary geoscience and space exploration at Curtin University’s Space Science and Technology Centre in Perth, Western Australia.
Iracema’s Promise
(Passive Experience – 360 Theater) Maria Eduarda is six years old. The girl was playing at home when she was…
Inside Lieutenant Gustl
Based on a play by Arthur Schnitzler and being one of the first virtual theatre experiences, “Inside Lieutenant Gustl” immerses the viewer in the mental headspace of a young Austrian officer from 1900 grappling with an existential crisis.
SUBMIT YOUR WORK
The FIVARS festival promotes the world’s finest Virtual Reality & Augmented & Mixed Reality stories year-round. Will your project be one of those featured in this year’s catalog of selections to represent the vanguard?
NEWS
FIVARS 2020 Spotlight: care(less) 2 – Virtual Hallucinations Explore Elder Care in Britain
FIVARS 2020 shines the spotlight on visually arresting 360 film experience “care(less) 2,” in a quick interview with the creators.
FIVARS 2020 Special Talks & Panels
FIVARS Talks, Panels and Special Presentations are included with the purchase of an All-Access Pass Holders and take place on…
PRESS
“Slowly but surely virtual reality (VR) movies and experiences are becoming just as important as VR videogames”
“A new wave of international filmmakers who are pushing the boundaries of cinema and narrative using Virtual Reality”
“FIVARS pushes the limits of Virtual Reality”
“Virtual Reality isn’t the stuff of fantasy any longer. Thanks to FIVARS, Canada’s first virtual reality film festival, this super-charged tech is destined to change how we experience on-screen storytelling.”
“Stellar works were exhibited, each pushing the form in novel ways.”
“Virtual reality has already changed film and gaming. Now it’s coming for theatre”
“Movies, video games, art — our vocabulary simply doesn’t do justice to the kind of sheer visceral experience offered by this new generation of virtual reality. The only way to really understand it is to experience it first-hand, when FIVARS in Toronto arrives…Here are some experiences that will turn VR skeptics into fanatics”
“One of the…global virtual reality events you shouldn’t miss this September”
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