FIVARS 2024 Official Selections – At A Glance

4646 KM

4646 KM

Directed by Louis-Robert Bouchard
Country: Canada
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

4646 KM is a 360° film that explores the territory through contemporary dance over a distance of 4646 KM.

 

A Colorful Melancholy

A Colorful Melancholy

Directed by Francis Gélinas
Country: Canada
Format: Augmented Reality
(available in person only)

Through an augmented reality application, explore the home of an endearing little ghost and help her make peace with her colorful yet inexplicable sorrow.

 

A Journey Inside VR Poetry Experience

A Journey Inside

Directed by Lytisha Tunbridge
Country: United Kingdom
Country: COUNTRY
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

“I wonder whether many wander within their minds within this space..”

 

A Number From the Ghost

A Number From the Ghost

Directed by Peter Adams
Country: United States
Format: Spatial Web; Virtual Reality
(available online and in person)

Like a visit to an alternate reality, “A Number From the Ghost” transports participants into a landscape both familiar and strange.

 

A Vocal Landscape

A Vocal Landscape

Directed by Anne Jeppesen, Omid Zarei
Country: Denmark, United States
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

A Vocal Landscape is a hyper-realistic VR film that explores the strange anatomy of a conversation.

 

Altar

Directed by Avery Cather
Country: United States
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

On my 20th birthday, I search for signs of my late grandfather.

 

Astra

Directed by Eliza McNitt
Country: France
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

ASTRA is a Mixed Reality Experience that transports you from Earth to the deepest corners of the cosmos as you embark on a quest to uncover the key ingredients of life in the Universe.

 

Banquo’s Ghost

Banquo's Ghost

Directed by Timothy Powell
Country: United States
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

In the shadowy depths beneath an old university theater, a forgotten chamber hides a chilling secret.

 

Belzebubs: The 360° Hexperience

Belzebubs

Directed by JP Ahonen, Oscar Díaz Castillo
Country: Finland
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Belzebubs is a unique cross-media art project combining comics, animation and music.

 

Benthos 360

Benthos 360

Directed by Justin Perkinson
Country: United States
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Benthos 360 is an immersive 360° documentary experience about conserving the most-endangered group of animals in the United States: the freshwater mussel.

 

BETWEEN

BETWEEN

Directed by Howool Baek
Country: Germany, South Korea
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

To portray the social circumstances of our contemporary society choreographer Howool Baek combines body movement with technology.

 

Coffin Room

Coffin Room

Directed by Kay Kwan, Lam Nhi Le
Country: Australia
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Coffin Room is a 360-degree animated film that immerses viewers in the harsh realities of an elderly couple living in cramped conditions in Hong Kong.

 

Convergence

Convergence

Directed by Wessel Albertse
Country: South Africa
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Convergence speculates on a dystopian future in Cape Town, inspired by Rosi Braidotti’s convergence phenomenon.

 

Diatribes

Diatribes

Directed by Veronica Graham
Country: United States
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Diving into a surreal mind space, you must navigate through anxiety in an obstacle course of distractions.

 

East Beijing Road

East Beijing Road

Directed by Haoran Chang
Country: Canada
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

A VR installation that reimagines the stories of a building with a history spanning over 100 years in Shanghai.

 

Ed n’Ocean Augmented

Directed by Thibault Joyeux, Julien Kadouri
Country: France
Format: Augmented Reality
(available in person only)

A fantastic and unique dive into the consequences of abusive marine exploitation. The Ed n’Robot studio brings its Stop Motion paper universe into Augmented Reality.

 

Emperor

Emperor

Directed by Marion Burger, Ilan J. Cohen
Country: France, Germany
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Emperor invites the user to travel inside the brain of a father who is suffering from aphasia.

 

Finally Me VR

Directed by Marcio Sal
Country: Brazil
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

“Finally Me” is a story of liberation that follows the journey of Mr. Saul, a melancholic musician who finds freedom in music and Carnival in this immersive and interactive narrative.

 

Floating with Spirits

Floating with Spirits

Directed by Juanita Onzaga
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Two little sisters prepare for the Day of the Dead in the mystic mountains of Mexico. Behind each landscape hides a mystery. Have you ever seen the invisible?

 

Found in the Fjords

Directed by Louise Edwards, Tiff Duong, Aya Walraven
Country: Canada, United States
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Take a leap into frigid Arctic waters and experience firsthand how the orca of the North Atlantic are adapting to a changing ocean.

 

Frequency

Directed by Katsutoshi Machiba
Country: Japan
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

The story begins when Anne gives you a yellow marker to write your “frequency,” taking you on a journey through her struggles, self-discovery, and the beauty of individuality, culminating in the expression of your unique frequency and a celebration of diversity.

 

Ganga

Ganga

Directed by Carol Liu
Country: United States
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Two sisters collect and recycle plastic waste in order to conserve the holy Ganges river.

 

Ghosts in the Machine; The Old Zoo

Ghosts in the Machine: The Old Zoo

Directed by Koryn Wicks
Country: United States
Format: Augmented Reality
(available in person only)

“Ghosts in the Machine; The Old Zoo” is a mobile app and augmented reality (AR) experience from immersive creator Koryn Wicks.

 

Girl, Lamp, Radio

Girl Lamp Radio

Directed by Minhyuk Che
Country: South Korea
Format: Virtual Reality
(available online and in person – in person only)

Teenage K-Pop idol Gina is devastated by hate comments over rumors and hate comments online.

 

Hip Hop Lit

Hip Hop Lit

Directed by Tyechia Thompson, Nikita Shokhov
Country: United States
Format: Augmented Reality
(available online and in person)

This AR app contains introductory lectures from the course “Black American Literature.”

 

Hop Step Sing! By My Side

Hop Step Sing By My Side

Directed by Hiroshi Chida
Country: Japan
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Join Shikiri for a romantic seaside date under the midsummer sun.

 

Human Within

Directed by Michael Geidel, Jose Aguirre
Country: Canada, Germany
(available in person only)

Enhancing an artificial intelligence with a biological one.

 

Hunter Gatherers

Directed by Davor Rostuhar
Country: Croatia
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Immerse into the life of one of the last tribes on Earth that still live today the way humans lived for 99% of their evolution.

 

in this world nothing is coming back

in this world nothing is coming back

Directed by Yiying Jade Lin
Country: United Kingdom
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

“in this world nothing is coming back” is a VR walking simulator into a deeply personal virtual world of introspection and memory.

 

Jet of Blood

Jet of Blood

Directed by Elizabeth Goins
Country: United States
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Jet of Blood is a journey through a fractured dreamscape exploring identity and perception.

 

JFK Memento

JFK Memento

Directed by Chloé Rochereuil
Country: United States, France
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Travel back to 1963 and explore the events that shook the world in this 40-minute virtual reality documentary.

 

Joseph Rouleau: Final Encore

Joseph Rouleau Final Encore

Directed by Émilie Rosas, Colas Wohlfahrt
Country: Canada
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Joseph Rouleau: Final Encore is an immersive animated biopic based on the archives of opera singer Joseph Rouleau

 

Last We Left Off

Last We Left Off

Directed by Connor Illsley, Grayson Moore, Aidan Shipley, Jon Riera
Country: Canada
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

A family takes on a quest in real life when they discover that their Dungeon Master’s marriage is falling apart

 

LIMINAL

Directed by Rowan Wood
Country: Canada
Format: Real-time Performance
(available online and in person)

Somewhere Between Death and Dreaming — LIMINAL explores the formation of culture and rite-of-passage within the simulation of a higher-dimensional world.

 

Nirwana Gold

Nirwana Gold

Directed by Andreas Waldenmaier
Country: Germany
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Nirwana Gold is a multi-sensory virtual reality trilogy that offers the viewer three different spiritual experiences.

 

Ode to Uśas: This time let’s get the Dawn right

Ode to Uśas

Directed by Soudhamini
Country: Australia, India
Format: Spherical Video

A mythopoetic fiction experience set in the time of Covid.

 

Oneiro – 360 VR Movie

Oneiro - 360 VR Movie

Directed by Milos Tasic
Country: Serbia
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Does artificial intelligence dream?

 

Oto’s Planet

Directed by Gwenael Francois
Country: Luxembourg, Canada, France
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

This VR fable immerses us in the peaceful life of Oto and Skippy on their planet, which is then disrupted by a spaceship collision and cosmonaut Exo emerges. Cohabitation between them proves to be tricky.

 

Paint To Pixel

Paint To Pixel

Directed by Andrew Leeke
Country: United Kingdom
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Paint To Pixel is a virtual exhibition that charts the history of UK graffiti.

 

Partitura

Partitura

Directed by Jean-François Éthier
Country: Canada
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Step into the shoes of a conductor with the immersive virtual reality experience Partitura!

 

Planetary Assault

Directed by Marek Slipek
Country: Germany
Format: Dome Projection
(available online and in person)

Earth is going to Mars faster than we can fly there.

 

POLICE DISPATCH: The Double (episode 2)

Directed by Eric R. Williams
Country: United States
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Officer Regan pushes the limits by choosing to take a second shift as he rides the adrenaline of saving a young woman’s life.

 

Reimagined Volume III: Young Thang

Reimagined Volume III

Directed by Melissa Joyner, Julie Cavaliere, Michaela Ternasky-Holland
Country: United States
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Concealed within a flat world of insects where humans are forbidden, a young girl, Young Thang, must embrace her full self to save The Community she loves from a storm of her own creation.

 

Remember this place, 31°20’46”N 34°46’46”E

Directed by Patricia Echeverria Liras
Country: United States
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

“Remember this place, 31°20’46”N 34°46’46”E,” is an interactive virtual reality experience co-created with some of the last Bedouin communities left across historic Palestine.

 

Romancecar

Directed by Jonathan Hagard
Country: Japan
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Explore the evolution of Odakyu Romance Car from the 1960s to the present, enjoy the diverse cityscapes and landscapes from the different car windows.

 

SAT FEST

SAT FEST 2022

Directed by Sergey Prokofyev (Labyrinth), Frances Adair McKenzie (The Orchid and the Bee), Maarten Isaäk de Heer (Swarm), David Gardener (Grandma’s House), Weidi Zhang, Weilu Ge and Shaoyu Su (Astro), Sébastien Labrunie and Clément Putegnat (Jacinthe.xyz), Lydia Yakonowsky (Introduction à l’économétrie)
Country: Germany, Canada, USA, France
Format: Dome Projection
(available online and in person)

The SAT Fest shares a presentation of 7 award-winning films

 

Sen

Directed by Keisuke Itoh
Country: Japan
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

A work that allows you to experience traditional Japanese spaces through Sen, the spirit of tea.

 

Shadow Mend

Shadow Mend

Directed by Christine Ingaldson
Country: United States
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Explore a dream world where solving puzzles mends broken hearts—including your own—in an interactive VR narrative experience.

 

Shoot for the Moon

Shoot for the Moon

Directed by Michael Potts
Country: United States
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Who hasn’t dreamed of being up in space?

 

Sorella’s Story

Directed by Peter Hegedüs
Country: Australia
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Sorella’s Story is an immersive 360 film that brings to life a smuggled atrocity photograph taken during the 1941 Latvian Holocaust, following 10-year-old Sorella on her final journey to Šķēde beach.

 

Spectrum : Sacred Isles of Faeolahn

Spectrum

Directed by Holly Hansen and Timo Holst
Country: United States
Format: Spatial Web, Virtual Reality
(available online and in person)

After inheriting a mysterious family manor, Sebastian uncovers a portal to a magical world where he must navigate the secrets of the Sacred Isles of Faeolahn.

 

Surrounded Serenity

Surrounded Serenity

Directed by Malak Quota
Country: Saudi Arabia
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

The womb is a space we have all inhabited yet have no recollection of.

 

The Contrast or illusion

The Contrast or illusion

Directed by Mariusz Borzyszkowski
Country: Poland
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Step into a virtual world where you’re not just an observer, but the one being judged.

 

The Earth Above: A Deep Time View of Australia’s Epic Hisory

The Earth Above

Directed by The Ruwe Collective
Country: Australia
Format: Dome Projection
(available online and in person)

The Earth Above explores Australia’s past 140,000 years.

 

The Mirror VR

The Mirror VR

Directed by Gavin Reub
Country: United States, Chile
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

THE MIRROR is a multidisciplinary short film for Virtual Reality that merges immersive theatre, film, and original choreography.

 

The Tent

The Tent

Directed by Rory Mitchell
Country: United States, United Kingdom
Format: Augmented Reality
(available in person only)

When a woman discovers a mysterious tent has appeared in her front yard, she begins to question the meaning of activism and our shared humanity.

 

The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

Directed by Uli Futschik
Country: United States
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

The 360/VR film dives into the rich history of the fighter group who became more commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

 

TOM House the VR Experience

Directed by Márton Jelinkó, Carlos Marroquin
Country: Finland
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

A documentary VR Experience that immerses you into the world of Tom of Finland

 

Trans-composition

Directed by Shiuan Yan
Country: Taiwan
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

A surreal virtual reality poetic expression of transformation.

 

Une eau la nuit/Bodies of water

Directed by Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin
Country: Canada
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Hold your breath and let yourself be transported and transformed by water in the company of curious individuals

 

Vivo Vision

Vivo Vision

Directed by Marlies Pöschl
Country: Austria, Thailand, Germany
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person – in person only)

A dystopian mystery set in Thailand exploring the outsourcing of eldercare in a globalized economy.

 

Walker

Walker

Directed by Yonatan Oberklied
Country: Israel
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

Walker, an android, embarks on a journey to secure humanity’s resurrection on a new planet called Ad-Domus.

 

Wallace & Gromit in The Grand Getaway

Wallace Gromit in The Grand Getaway

Directed by Finbar Hawkins, Bram Ttwheam
Country: Framce, United Kingdom, United States
Format: Virtual Reality
(available in person only)

In The Grand Getaway, step into the shoes of Wallace, Gromit and their new contraption Auto-Caddy.

 

Wired: Gosiwon

Directed by Sojung Bahng
Country: Canada, South Korea
Format: Spherical Video
(available online and in person)

Wired: Gosiwon portrays three characters living in GosiwoWired: Gosiwon is a 3D animated VR film that portrays three characters living in Gosiwon, low-cost, single-room accommodations in South Korea that are often susceptible to fires, using wired figures to symbolize the entangled nature of individuals and complex realities emerging from emptiness.