The immersive VR piece “Bodyless,” director Hsin-Chien Huang’s dreamlike exploration of his own childhood growing up under Taiwanese martial law, took home top honors at Paris’ NewImages Festival on Friday evening. Along with its newly minted Masque d’Or for best VR work, the 25-minute piece walked away with €6,000 in prize money.
Led by French music producer and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, this year’s jury – which also included directors Julie Bertuccelli, Jérémy Clapin and Alice Diop alongside actor Vimala Pons – honored two films with a second place tie, offering the special jury prize to both Ainslee Robson’s exploration of Ethiopian-American identity “Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir in VR,” and Fabito Rychter and Amir Admoni’s wryly surrealist “Gravity VR.”
Jarre’s jury also awarded Marie Blondiaux and Charles Ayats’ interactive project “Moa – My Own Assistant,” which was adapted from a novel by French writer Alain Damasio, and...
Led by French music producer and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, this year’s jury – which also included directors Julie Bertuccelli, Jérémy Clapin and Alice Diop alongside actor Vimala Pons – honored two films with a second place tie, offering the special jury prize to both Ainslee Robson’s exploration of Ethiopian-American identity “Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir in VR,” and Fabito Rychter and Amir Admoni’s wryly surrealist “Gravity VR.”
Jarre’s jury also awarded Marie Blondiaux and Charles Ayats’ interactive project “Moa – My Own Assistant,” which was adapted from a novel by French writer Alain Damasio, and...
- 9/26/2020
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
NewImages Festival has unveiled the Xr competition lineup for its 3rd edition, running at Forum des Images in Paris from Sept. 23-27. Sixteen VR or Ar projects, including six world premieres, have been selected from the 130 submitted to compete for the Masque d’Or and two Special Jury Prizes.
One of the world premieres is “Missing Pictures Ep. 1 – Birds of Prey,” produced by France’s Atlas V, Arte France, and Albyon Studio, and Britain’s BBC. The documentary series gives film directors a chance to tell the story they were never able to bring to the screen, and explains why it had to be given up. In episode one, U.S. director Abel Ferrara brings to life his story for “Birds of Prey” with animations based on his original film’s preproduction material.
“Legends of the Brush: The Girl and the Crane” (pictured) was selected to world premiere at SXSW,...
One of the world premieres is “Missing Pictures Ep. 1 – Birds of Prey,” produced by France’s Atlas V, Arte France, and Albyon Studio, and Britain’s BBC. The documentary series gives film directors a chance to tell the story they were never able to bring to the screen, and explains why it had to be given up. In episode one, U.S. director Abel Ferrara brings to life his story for “Birds of Prey” with animations based on his original film’s preproduction material.
“Legends of the Brush: The Girl and the Crane” (pictured) was selected to world premiere at SXSW,...
- 7/25/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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