A compact illustration of social disruption. A civilization blossoms, with all its contradictions, only to become a danger to itself.
Non-Competitive Programs | VR Animation
UNIT.Verse | B.12
7-8.09 | 13:00-19:00
To see when there is darkness around. To feel when everything you love is gone. To wish that all of the above had never happened.
This year's VR animation program offers a variety of emotions and experiences, allowing viewers to immerse themselves in worlds where reality meets imagination. Thanks to advanced technologies and talented authors, each viewer will feel like a part of fantastic events that captivate the imagination.
Space adventures, dystopia, surrealism, post-apocalypse, and the existential crisis of a blind boy — immersion in these animated worlds will help not only to escape from everyday life but also to see the world around us in a new way, expanding the horizons of the possible.
Entrance is free, and films are shown in English.
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France | 10:00 | 2022
All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost is a melancholic journey through a ghost town made of concrete and fog, based on the testimony of a woman who refused to evacuate her hometown village after a terrible disaster.
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France, Netherlands | 15:00 | 2023
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.
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Luxembourg, Canada, France | 23:00 | 2024
Oto's Planet follows the peaceful life of Oto, who loves nothing more than lounging in his hammock and enjoying the fruits of the single tree on his tiny planet. His tranquility is shattered when Exo, a hyperactive and cumbersome cosmonaut, crash-lands in a small spacecraft. The ensuing attempts at communication and cohabitation between these two unlikely roommates are fraught with difficulty.
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Japan | 33:00 | 2022
Thank you for sharing your world is a VR animation planned and produced by Kodansha VR Lab Ltd. The challenge with this film was to represent the world as seen by a blind boy in VR. Inspired by an interview with a blind man who said, "Blind people actually live in animaginative and colorful world," we created an original story and realized a beautiful world that unfolds through the imagination of a blind boy using CG animation and interaction.