FIVARS is the original narrative-specific Virtual and Augmented Reality stories festival. Unlike many other festivals, it is a standalone event…
FIVARS 2018
FIVARS 2018 Panels Announced
FIVARS 2018 isn’t just about amazing content from around the world – it is also an opportunity for wristband-holders to…
Battlescar
New York City, 1978: When Lupe, a Puerto Rican-American teen, meets fellow runaway Debbie, the Bowery’s punk scene and the…
FIVARS 2018 Spotlight on “William”
William is a short dramatic Virtual Reality film that immerses users in the shoes of William, a Canadian Aboriginal child,…
FIVARS 2018 Spotlight on “Second Date” from Jennifer Lyon Bell
From award-winning erotic filmmaker Jennifer Lyon Bell, “Second Date” is a lighthearted, unscripted Virtual Reality 3D 360° portrait of two young people fumbling towards ecstasy; it is a portrait of intimacy, emotional and physical.
I’m Fine
Using Augmented Reality, this piece sheds a light on the inner thoughts of those suffering with anxiety.
FIVARS 2018 Spotlight on “Filamu” by Maud Clavier
After 4 years at the head of Clap & Zap – a 360° & VR content company – Maud Clavier…
A Curious Mind
Dominic Monaghan takes 360-degree viewers beyond the bounds of earth to explain the breakdown of the atmospheres that surround the…
Deerbrook
Two strangers show up at a family’s cottage claiming to have spent their childhood summers there, but their behaviour seems…
Mel’s Wake
Mel’s Wake is a captivating, character-driven VR experience of self-discovery. In this interactive, 15-minute, cinematic VR users will experience multi-branched…
Acrobatic Conundrum
From director Gary Yost – dancing in the air…capturing the ineffable joy of flying in stereoscopic 360° at the San…
Help Me
Why didn’t you open the door back then? In this cel-shaded visual novella for VR, you are asked, why didn’t…
Contravision
In 2025 technology is almost too friendly; augmented reality is embedded in everyday life. Experience the future of technology through…
From the Earth
A journey to Space to find the heartwarming love between a father and a daughter. In this strange but heartwarming…
Ferris’s Room
Step inside the mind of one of the coolest teenagers ever with Ferris’s Room. Like most teenagers, Ferris Bueller’s bedroom…
Fly Beyond Les Logis
Reminiscent of Umbrellas of Cherbourg, this musical art experience mixes live action and animation, following a playful group of dancers…
Portal: An Extreme VR Experience
In this atmospheric take on a seance with a powerful psychic – the viewer is unexpectedly taken on a fearful…
The Hidden
Step into the shoes of an undocumented immigrant as you watch your daughter being grilled by two ICE officers while…
Going Home
Going Home is a surreal glimpse into the mind of an elderly man suffering a massive heart attack. As doctors…
as it is: A Grand Canyon Documentary
Drop into the heart of the Grand Canyon, held sacred and protected for millennia, to meet the people fighting a…
Humanity
Based on true events, we see the British and German troops take to no man’s land in a historical recreation…
Where Thoughts Go
Where Thoughts Go is an intimate, interactive Virtual Reality narrative and magical world full of non-fictional, user generated stories. A…
Lionhearted
Rida is 8-years-old. The extroverted girl fled with her family from Pakistan to Europe. Now she lives in Hotel City…
Window to Our World
5 days, 3 different locations and more than 20 professionals, 14 actors and 50 extras, moved to build this exceptional…
Unframed – The Intimacies
In this moving and whimsical black and white illustrated animation, we hear from the spurned mistress of Swiss painter and…
The Invisible Hours
The Invisible Hours is a complex murder mystery in which players freely explore an intricate web of interwoven stories within…
Made This Way: Redefining Masculinity
Comprised of photographs and Virtual Reality volumetric testimonials, Made This Way: Redefining Masculinity is an interactive mixed-media documentary that explores…
Rewilding: The Interactive Holograms of Michael Carter
This interactive installation focuses on each learner of the VARK model (Visual, Audio, Reading, Kinesthetic), and allows users to learn…
Museum of Symmetry
Using hand-drawn illustrated animations, the National Film Board of Canada’s “Museum of Symmetry” invites you to an “other-dimensional” VR adventure…
Thalu: Dreamtime is Now
An indigenous mine site worker is transported to the spirit world, where he meets the spirits and custodians of the…
Caliban Below
A short interactive story for room-scale VR: Become Caliban, the scion of a broken lineage struggling to understand your dark…
At Sea
Help a stranded survivor find something to eat among the dangers of the ocean. Created at Chapman University’s Institute for…
William
William is a short dramatic virtual reality film that will immerse users in the shoes of William, a Canadian Aboriginal…
Wahi
A closer look at the grand mosque of Mecca from a new and unique perspective in order to deliver the…
Second Date
Second Date is a lighthearted, unscripted Virtual Reality 3D 360° portrait of two young people fumbling towards ecstasy. Second Date…
Pierre et Colombine
The mundane moments shared by young lovers in the metropolis of the mid 21st Century. A young bohemian couple in…
Filamu
Two black Americans are asked to share their views on Africa by seeing 360° images filmed in Tanzania, as they…
700 Sharks
Follow Laurent Ballesta, famous underwater specialist and marine biologist in the tiny Fakarava atoll, lost in the middle of the…
The Great C
Based on the sci-fi short story by Philip K. Dick, The Great C is a cinematic narrative featuring a thrilling…