Il Festival di Cannes annuncia otto progetti per il Concorso Immersive, che prevede opere di  realtà virtuale collettiva basata sulla posizione ed esperienze di realtà mista, mapping di proiezione e opere olografiche.

Queste opere coinvolgenti mostrano l’avanguardia di questa nuova era della narrazione, sfidando le convenzioni, abbracciando nuove tecnologie e soprattutto celebrando nuovi artisti così come quelli vecchi.

Il Premio per la Miglior Opera Immersive sarà consegnato dal Presidente della Giuria durante la Cerimonia di Chiusura il 23 maggio. La sezione Immersive del Festival di Cannes è un nuovo concorso dedicato alle opere immersive, la cui prima edizione si terrà dal 15 al 24 maggio 2024 al Cineum di Cannes e all'Université Côte d'Azur, Campus Georges Méliès.

IMMERSIVE COMPETITION

EN AMOUR

France

Claire Bardainne, Adrien Mondot, Laurent Bardainne

Casting Claire Bardainne (voice over), November Ultra (singing voice)

Produced by Adrien M & Claire B, Ekleroshock records

EVOLVER

UK, France, United States

French Premiere

Barnaby Steel, Ersin Han Ersin, Robin McNicholas

Casting Cate Blanchett (voice)

Produced by Marshmallow Laser Feast, Atlas V, Pressman Film, Orange, Bia-Echo Foundation

HUMAN VIOLINS: PRELUDE (multi-user version)

Romania, France

World Premiere

Ioana Mischie

Casting Cabiria Morgenstern (English Voice)

Produced by Storyscapes, Da Prod, Studioset

MAYA: THE BIRTH OF A SUPERHERO

UK, France, United States

European Premiere

Poulomi Basu, CJ Clarke

Casting Indira Varma, Kathy Packianathan (French voices), Indira Varma, Charithra Chandran (English voices), Florrie Antoniou (voices)

Produced by Just Another Production Company, Floréal, Meta VR for Good, France Télévisions, Francetv Storylab, Meta

COLORED

France, Taiwan

Tania de Montaigne, Stéphane Foenkinos, Pierre-Alain Giraud

Casting Tania de Montaigne, Rebecca Naluyange, Keril Daniel Elombe, Véronique Bailey, Jona Kraft, Sergei Laev, Mbongiseni Kunene, Craig Thomas Crawford, John Harve Jackson, Gwei Lun-Mei (Mandarin voice), Susanna Dimitri (Italian voice).

Produced by Novaya, Flash Forward Entertainment, Centre Pompidou

TELOS I

Canada, Sweden, Denmark

World Premiere

Dorotea Saykaly, Emil Dam Seidel

Produced by Dorotea Saykaly, Emil Dam Seidel

Casting Dorotea Saykaly

THE ROAMING

France, Luxembourg, Canada

Mathieu Pradat

Casting Axel Beaumont, Pierre Tallaron, Tony Sanial, Mila Pousséo, Chloé Froget, Anne Klein, Marianne Bourg

Produced by La prairie productions, Wild Fang Films, Normal Studio, Small Creative

TRAVERSING THE MIST

Taiwan

Tung-Yen Chou

Casting Jing-Yan Lin

Produced by Very Theatre

IMMERSIVE SELECTION

Opere non competitive

Sei opere non competitive saranno presentate alla mostra esplorando l'evoluzione del mezzo e tracciando parallelismi tra realtà virtuale, produzione virtuale, cinema e narrazione collettiva.

BATTLESCAR

France, United States

Martin Allais, Nico Casavecchia

Casting Dawson (English voice), Jehnny Beth (French voice), Lo Rivera (German voice)

Produced by Atlas V, Albyon, 1STAveMachine, ARTE France, Oculus, Ryot

EMPEROR

France, Germany

Marion Burger, Ilan J. Cohen

Casting Olivia Cooke (English voice), Vimala Pons (French voice)

Produced by Atlas V, Reynard Films, France Télévisions

GLOOMY EYES

Argentina, France, United States

Fernando Maldonado, Jorge Tereso

Casting Tahar Rahim (French voice), Colin Farrell (English voice), Max Riemelt (German voice), Jorge Drexler (Spanish voice), Jam Hsiao (Mandarin voice) Produced by Atlas V, 3dar, ARTE France, HTC, Ryot

MISSING PICTURES: NAOMI KAWASE

France, UK, Taiwan, Luxembourg, South Korea

Clément Deneux

Casting Naomi Kawase

Produced by Atlas V, ARTE France, BBC, PTS, Serendipity Films, Wild Fang Films, Giioii

NOTES ON BLINDNESS

France, UK

Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton, James Spinney

Casting John Hull (English version), Lambert Wilson (French version)

Produced by Ex Nihilo, ARTE France, Archer’s Mark, Novelab

SPHERES

United States, France

Eliza McNitt

Casting Jessica Chastain, Millie Bobby Brown, Patti Smith

Produced by Protozoa Pictures, City Lights, Crime of Curiosity, Atlas V