Virtual Reality
Short Films
Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, Traversée centrale
Saturday February 3th - Friday February 9th, 10 am to 18 pm
Saturday February 10th - 10 am to 16 pm
On presentation of a festival ticket or an accreditation
1 festival ticket= 2 shorts films less than 16 mn, or 1 short film more than 25 mn
On accreditation: 2 films max bookable per day
In collaboration with Festivals Connexion and EVAVEO.
VR COMPETITION
Flow
By Adriaan Lokman
Netherlands, France / 2023 / Animation / Without dialogue / 16'
Flow invites you to surrender to the whims of the wind on a seemingly ordinary day, concealing within its turbulence a captivating night in the life of a woman, portrayed through the dance of air currents. The interplay of scents, warmth, respiration, and both natural and artificial gusts of wind, influenced by invisible forces, renders the imperceptible tangible.
Production : Valkproduction, in co-production with Lucid realities
Distribution : Unframed collection , Sara Fatucci
Public : Adult
Emperor
By Marion Burger et Ilan Cohen
France, Germany / 2023 / Animated documentary / 40' / Dutch, English (voice of Olivia Cooke), French (voice of Vimala Pons).
Production : Atlas V, Reynard films, France télévision nouvelles écritures, PICO
Distribution : Astrea, Alexis Bourson
Public : adult
From The Main Square
By Pedro Harres
Germany / 2022 / Animation / 23' / Without dialogue
A civilization blossoms, with all its contradictions, only to become a danger to itself. From The Main Square is a compact illustration of social disruption.
Production : Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
Distribution : Pedro Harres
Public : Teenager, Adult
Nous les barbares
By Bertrand Mandico
Luxembourg, France, Belgium / 2023 / Fiction / 27’ / French, English
Inside a VR headset, you are on the dark and abandoned set of CONANN. Four characters introduce themselves as the film’s actresses and offer to guide you through the ghostly sets and hellish creatures that populate the set.
Production : Floréal, Films fauves, Ecce films
Distribution : Floréal, Avi Amar
Public : Adult
The Man Who Couldn't Leave
By Singing Chen
Taïwan / 2022 / Documentary / 36’ / Mandarin with English subtitles
Within the walls of the former Green Island prison, political detainee A-Kuen, tells the stories of imprisonment and persecution that happened in the 1950s in Taiwan. Among fellow inmates, frozen in time, he recounts his own experiences and those of his friend, A-Ching, who never made it out.
Production : A-Ken
Distribution : Diversion cinéma, Agata Di Tommaso
Public : adult
VR PANORAMA
Draw for change: existimos, resistimos
By Mariana Cadenas Sangronis
Belgium / 2023 / Fiction - animation / Spanish, french, english, dutch / 15'
Femicides happen every day in Mexico. We follow Maremoto in her fight against sexisme, fear and anxiety. She is a creative visual artist, with a strong sensibility.
Production : Clin d'oeil film
Distribution : Unframed collection, Sara Fatucci
Public : Adult
Immortelle
By Line Katcho
Canada / 2023 / Expérimental / 12' / Without dialogue
Immortelle is a cathartic and dynamic 6DOF trip into the mind of an artist in turmoil. In this immersive artwork with light interaction, viewers travel through different scenes and seasons that show both the soft and fiery sides of a fighter spirit. Based on a live show by composer Line Katcho.
Production : Mutek
Distribution : ASTREA, Alexis Bourson
Public : Adult
Le temps du monstre / Age of the monster
By Benjamin Nuel
France / 2023 / Animation / 15' / French (voice of Romane Bohringer).
Through a succession of time jumps from the 70s to a post-anthropocene future, we follow in the footsteps of a mysterious creature with whom we journey across eras. Directed by Benjamin Nuel, winner of the Best VR Story Award in Venice in 2018, AGE OF THE MONSTER is an interactive and dreamlike experience.
Distribution : Astrea, Alexis Bourson
Public : Adult
Fresh memories: the look
By
Ukraine, Czech Republic / 2023 / Documentary / 10’ / Without dialogue
Look into the eyes of inhabitants from Kharkiv as they face the consequences of war in Ukraine. Bombed houses, schools and hospitals are food for thought about the reality of war. The faces you see - men and women, young or old - offer no explanation, no friendly sign. Can you hold their gaze?
Production : Brainz Studios, Ondrej Moravec, Robin Pultera
Distribution : Ondrej Moravec
Public : Teenager, Adult
21-22 USA
By Thierry Loa
Canada / 2023 / Documentary / 37’ / Without dialogue
We live in the Anthropocene epoch marked by the human impact on the planet. "21-22 USA" offers an immersive cinematic journey across the world's largest superpower for a profound look at its landscapes: urban expansion, suburban sprawls, industrial development, oil fields, climate disasters, transformed natural territories.
Production : Hellohello Productions, Thierry Loa
Distribution : Diversion cinéma, Agata Di Tommaso
Public : Adult
