The Festival de Cannes announces eight projects as a part of the Immersive Competition including collective location-based virtual reality and mixed reality experiences, and projection mapping and holographic works. These carefully selected immersive works showcase the cutting edge of this new era in storytelling, challenging convention, embracing new technologies, and above all celebrating new artists as well as old.
The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the inaugural line-up for its Immersive Competition section, the first-ever selection of augmented and virtual reality works to screen at the austere French film fest. The lineup highlights cutting-edge VR and AR techniques and includes location-based virtual reality, mixed reality experiences, projection mapping, and holographic works.
The 8 competition titles and 6 out-of-competition screenings include works featuring such talents as Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Millie Bobby Brown, and Tahar Rahim.
EN AMOUR | Claire Bardainne, Adrien Mondot, Laurent Bardainne Casting Claire Bardainne (voice over), November Ultra (singing voice) Produced by Adrien M & Claire B, Musée de la musique — Philharmonie de Paris, Ekleroshock records © Adrien M & Claire B |
EVOLVER | Barnaby Steel, Ersin Han Ersin, Robin McNicholas Casting Cate Blanchett (voice) Produced by Marshmallow Laser Feast, Atlas V, Pressman Film, Orange, Bia-Echo Foundation, Dirty Films © DR |
| HUMAN VIOLINS: PRELUDE (MULTI-USER VERSION)  | Ioana Mischie Casting Cabiria Morgenstern (English Voice) Produced by Storyscapes, Da Prod, Studioset © Alexandru Pop |
MAYA: THE BIRTH OF A SUPERHERO | 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, France Télévisions, Meta © Poulomi Basu, CJ Clarke |
COLORED | 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 © Novaya |
TELOS I | Dorotea Saykaly, Emil Dam Seidel Produced by Dorotea Saykaly, Emil Dam Seidel Casting Dorotea Saykaly © Kristoffer Engholm Aabo |
THE ROAMING | 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 © La prairie productions |
TRAVERSING THE MIST | Tung-Yen Chou Casting Jing-Yan Lin Produced by Very Theatre © Very Theatre |
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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
Cannes has introduced a new immersive section with the goal of showcasing the up-and-coming international artists who are pushing the boundaries of storytelling and creating new narrative experiences beyond traditional cinema. This section is being organized in partnership with the French national film board, the CNC, and will feature immersive works displayed at an exhibition space in the Cannes Cineum and the Université Côte d’Azur, at the Georges Méliès film school campus.
A ceremony on May 23 will award the best immersive work, and the immersive sidebar will run from May 15-24 alongside the 2024 Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).