Caliban Below at toronto International Film Festival

Caliban Below

Directed by:

Michael Conelly

Country:

USA

Runtime:

15 minutes

A short interactive story for room-scale VR: Become Caliban, the scion of a broken lineage struggling to understand your dark inheritance. Explore the ruins of the family estate, and the incredible realm below seeking clues to your past, and to the events that severed you from your family long ago.

The sun will not rise, just endless moons – and you, Caliban, must try to learn why you have become trapped in a dream. It is 1680, Northern Italy. You are the last heir of a noble lineage, struggling to understand your dark inheritance. Explore the ruins of the family estate, and the incredible realm below, seeking clues to your past, and to the events that severed you from your family long ago. The darkness below reaches back centuries, and your place in this story is about to become terrifyingly clear.

Caliban Below is about the darkness that comes when love is overpowered by avarice and desperation. It’s a fully room-scale VR experience, and is a spiritual heir to Edgar Allen Poe and HP Lovecraft. It uses a bit of A.I. to transparently enhance the storytelling, and give each visitor a bespoke experience.

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Caliban Below at toronto International Film Festival