FIVARS 2024 Official Selections – At A Glance
4646 KM
4646 KM is a 360° film that explores the territory through contemporary dance over a distance of 4646 KM.
A Colorful Melancholy
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
“I wonder whether many wander within their minds within this space..”
A Number From the Ghost
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 is a hyper-realistic VR film that explores the strange anatomy of a conversation.
Altar
On my 20th birthday, I search for signs of my late grandfather.
Astra
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
In the shadowy depths beneath an old university theater, a forgotten chamber hides a chilling secret.
Belzebubs: The 360° Hexperience
Belzebubs is a unique cross-media art project combining comics, animation and music.
Benthos 360
Benthos 360 is an immersive 360° documentary experience about conserving the most-endangered group of animals in the United States: the freshwater mussel.
BETWEEN
To portray the social circumstances of our contemporary society choreographer Howool Baek combines body movement with technology.
Coffin Room
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 speculates on a dystopian future in Cape Town, inspired by Rosi Braidotti’s convergence phenomenon.
Diatribes
Diving into a surreal mind space, you must navigate through anxiety in an obstacle course of distractions.
East Beijing Road
A VR installation that reimagines the stories of a building with a history spanning over 100 years in Shanghai.
Ed n’Ocean Augmented
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 invites the user to travel inside the brain of a father who is suffering from aphasia.
Finally Me VR
“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
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
Take a leap into frigid Arctic waters and experience firsthand how the orca of the North Atlantic are adapting to a changing ocean.
Frequency
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
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” is a mobile app and augmented reality (AR) experience from immersive creator Koryn Wicks.
Girl, Lamp, Radio
Teenage K-Pop idol Gina is devastated by hate comments over rumors and hate comments online.
Hip Hop Lit
This AR app contains introductory lectures from the course “Black American Literature.”
Hop Step Sing! By My Side
Join Shikiri for a romantic seaside date under the midsummer sun.
Human Within
Enhancing an artificial intelligence with a biological one.
Hunter Gatherers
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” is a VR walking simulator into a deeply personal virtual world of introspection and memory.
Jet of Blood
Jet of Blood is a journey through a fractured dreamscape exploring identity and perception.
JFK Memento
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 is an immersive animated biopic based on the archives of opera singer Joseph Rouleau
Last We Left Off
A family takes on a quest in real life when they discover that their Dungeon Master’s marriage is falling apart
LIMINAL
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 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
A mythopoetic fiction experience set in the time of Covid.
Oneiro – 360 VR Movie
Does artificial intelligence dream?
Oto’s Planet
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 is a virtual exhibition that charts the history of UK graffiti.
Partitura
Step into the shoes of a conductor with the immersive virtual reality experience Partitura!
Planetary Assault
Earth is going to Mars faster than we can fly there.
POLICE DISPATCH: The Double (episode 2)
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
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
“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
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
The SAT Fest shares a presentation of 7 award-winning films
Sen
A work that allows you to experience traditional Japanese spaces through Sen, the spirit of tea.
Shadow Mend
Explore a dream world where solving puzzles mends broken hearts—including your own—in an interactive VR narrative experience.
Shoot for the Moon
Who hasn’t dreamed of being up in space?
Sorella’s Story
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
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
The womb is a space we have all inhabited yet have no recollection of.
The Contrast or illusion
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 explores Australia’s past 140,000 years.
The Mirror VR
THE MIRROR is a multidisciplinary short film for Virtual Reality that merges immersive theatre, film, and original choreography.
The Tent
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 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
A documentary VR Experience that immerses you into the world of Tom of Finland
Trans-composition
A surreal virtual reality poetic expression of transformation.
Une eau la nuit/Bodies of water
Hold your breath and let yourself be transported and transformed by water in the company of curious individuals
Vivo Vision
A dystopian mystery set in Thailand exploring the outsourcing of eldercare in a globalized economy.
Walker
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
In The Grand Getaway, step into the shoes of Wallace, Gromit and their new contraption Auto-Caddy.
Wired: Gosiwon
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.