“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
Feb 19th – March 2nd 2021
~ Huffington Post
SUBMIT YOUR WORK
Important Submission Dates & Deadlines
- Opening Date
November 28, 2020 - Earlybird Deadline
December 12, 2020 - Regular Deadline
January 2, 2021 - Late Deadline
January 22, 2021 - Extended Deadline
February 12, 2021 - Notification Date
February 15, 2021 - Show Dates
February 19 – March 2, 2021
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.
NEWS
The 7th Annual Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories Announces New February Edition
The Spring Edition Runs February 19 to March 2, 2021 Early bird submission for FIVARS are open until December 12…
The 6th Annual FIVARS Awards – Official Winners
The 6th Annual FIVARS Awards Announces Winners in a Groundbreaking New Kind of Awards Show
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”
Embreate
“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”
Watch the 2020 FIVARS Awards Ceremony!
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