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THE QUEST: Everest VR

'THE QUEST: Everest VR' is a one-of-a-kind "real-life" Virtual Reality documentary to climb and reveal the most legendary mountain on earth, Mt. Everest, in stunning 360 degree video! It is the only real-life Virtual Reality experience that puts you directly in the boots with filmmaker and explorer, Alex Harz, on an epic 52 day quest to the Top of the World (29,032 feet / 8849 meters), and the closest thing to climbing Everest without all the rigorous training, planning and high risk needed to physically step foot on the mountain! 'THE QUEST: Everest VR' can be experienced worldwide in Virtual Reality headsets, and on computers, phones, tablets, etc...

No Borders

Lychgate

Lychgate reimagines the selection of The Chosen One in the iconic ballet The Rite of Spring, depicting a community of women performing a ritual, not to sacrifice, but to honor the unknown and empower one member to envision it. This 360º dance film blurs the boundaries between terrestrial and ethereal planes, sweeping the viewer up in the fervor of bodies moving in ceremony and synchronicity.

COS ENDINS Inside the body

After so many generational repetitions and beneath so many layers is a territory to be negotiated beyond each person’s skin, inside: the cavity that echoes the intimate and singular identity of everyone. The voice that populate this film bring us to various spaces in Matera, from tourist agglomerations to the town’s internal spaces (grottes, caves, cisterns, lanes, rooms) and the body’s own unassailable space: pleasure and desire for other bodies that no one can cancel.

Attractivité

Immersion

VR: Real life

In a society divided between the luxury of those in “Volnix” and the squalor of the “free zone,” VR. Real Life explores the limits of the body, of poverty, and of freedom. Andrei and Alexa find in virtual reality the only horizon where love and freedom can exist. When betrayal shatters this illusion, the two are left trapped between worlds: the harsh reality and the impossible dream of a life without borders.

"REDEEMED IN HIM"

The short film "REDEEMED IN HIM" follows Mellow and Kilo, two followers of God, as they grapple with their sins and feelings of being distant from God's love. But with faith, Mellow seeks the Lord and helps his brother in Christ, even while dealing with the same hardships as his brother. Will they find peace and have a change of mind and heart in Christ?

The Age of the Monster

Through a series of leaps in time from the 1970s to a post-Anthropocene future, we follow in the footsteps of a mysterious creature.

VR

David receives his new VR glasses and one morning, while his girlfriend goes shopping, he tries them out.

Vulcano | La vita che dorme

Firenze VR

The Italian Baba

Così è (o mi pare)

The Cave

Gus spends every waking hour in Virtual Reality, ignoring the Gigworkers who tend to his physiological needs.

Goldmine

Singer Lorelai's father suffers a heart attack and is placed on VR life support. She enters his virtual reality to revive him through shared memories, but becomes trapped in an Old Western VR world.

Virtual Lies

The sci-fi film "Virtual Lies" is about a story related to VR world. Xu Ze is a programmer. He developed a VR world to help the people who lost their beloved. Su Tiantian came close to him for his invaluable virtual coins. But they fell into love. Shui Sheng, a colleague of Xu, disclosed Su Tiantian's secret. Then Xu's virtual coins are all gone. At last, Xu fould the truth and saved his lover.

Sparks 2048

College student MERİÇ sees his crush SUDE in anxiety. They must complete a questionnaire to learn their grades for this semester. This questionnaire is a VR game designed for students to have fun while completing their questions. The game shapes itself depending on the player and their individual experience. When MERİÇ enters the game, he meets with his fun guide 1STQUESTION (A robot that helps him complete his questionnaire). Throughout his journey, we meet with several characters in the game that we also see in real-life sequences. SPARKS PIRATE and her APPRENTICE are the villains who try to capture 1STQUESTION and make MERİÇ trapped in the game. He must complete all questions, fight for what he loves the most, and fulfill his destiny.

Playing with Fire: An Immersive Odyssey with Yuja Wang

Through the fire of Yuja Wang's piano performance, step inside a surreal human odyssey — a multisensory mixed reality concert where music takes shape before your eyes.

FaceTape

A junkie decides to come clean from abusing an analog VR drug called FaceTape only to find his life outside of his addiction is far from stable.