Venice International Film Festival announced the lineup of Virtual Reality works selected for the upcoming 78th edition, in the section titled Venice VR Expanded. Following the success of the 2020 edition, the Venice VR Expanded section will again be held online from September 1 – 19, 2021.
From September 1 – 11, for the entire duration of the Venice Film Festival, the Venice VR Expanded Program will be available on site at the VR Gallery in the Palazzo del Casinò (Lido di Venezia), Sala Amici, upon reservation.
The Venice VR virtual world, designed by VRrOOm within VRChat, will be the Venice VR Expanded hub – a fantastical virtual version of Venice and of our usual in-real-life VR Island Lazzaretto Vecchio, available to anyone with a VRChat account.
Venice VR Expanded will feature a brand new section, the Venice VRChat Worlds Gallery, with a selection of 35 virtual worlds, celebrating the creativity of creators using VRChat as a platform to build their own fantasy worlds. Additionally, 5 special events, including live performances, will take place in 5 different VRChat virtual venues.
Venice VR Expanded will present 37 projects from 21 Countries and 35 VRChat worlds
- 23 projects in Competition
- 1 Special Event – Out of Competition
- 12 projects Out of Competition – Best Of (selection of the finest VR work launched since the 2020 Edition)
- 1 project developed and financed during the fifth edition of the Biennale College Cinema – VR
- 35 selected worlds in VRChat in VRChat Worlds Gallery with 5 Special Events
VENICE VR EXPANDED
In Competition
ENGELEN VAN AMSTERDAM (ANGELS IN AMSTERDAM)
by ANNA ABRAHAMS, AVINASH CHANGA
Netherlands / 30’
END OF NIGHT
by DAVID ADLER
Denmark, France / 49’
LA PLAGE DE SABLE ÉTOILÉ (THE STARRY SAND BEACH)
by NINA BARBIER, HSIN-CHIEN HUANG
France / 15’
CAVES
by ISABEL GARCIA CARLOS
Switzerland / 19’
BEDLAM
by MAT COLLISHAW
France, UK, Taiwan / 45’
GENESIS
by JOERG COURTIAL
Germany / 13’
SPIRIT OF PLACE
by DALE DEACON
South Africa, Denmark / 30’
TEARLESS
by KIM GINA
South Korea, USA / 12’
LUN HUI (SAMSARA) COMPLETE PART 1 AND 2 VERSION
by HSIN-CHIEN HUANG
Taiwan / 21’
CLAP
by KEISUKE ITOH
Japan / 13’
LE BAL DE PARIS DE BLANCA LI
by BLANCA LI
France, Germany, Luxembourg / 35’
BLISS IN THE EAR OF A STORM
by ADAM LIEBER, HAL SORTA
UK, South Africa, USA/ 20’
IL DUBBIO – EPISODE 2
by MATTEO LONARDI, JAVIER LAJARA, JAVIER MARTINEZ
Spain, Italy / 7’
ANANDALA
by KEVIN MACK
USA / 15’
GOLIATH: PLAYING WITH REALITY
by BARRY GENE MURPHY, MAY ABDALLA
UK, France / 25’
MONTEGELATO
by DAVIDE RAPP
Italy / 28’
THE SEVERANCE THEORY: WELCOME TO RESPITE
by LYNDSIE SCOGGIN
USA / 60’
CONTAINER
by MEGHNA SINGH
South Africa / 16’
BING MEI GUEI (THE SICK ROSE)
by TANG ZHI-ZHONG, HUANG YUN-HSIEN
Taiwan / 17’
MYRIAD.WHERE WE CONNECT. |VR EXPERIENCE
by LENA THIELE, SEBASTIAN BAURMANN, DIRK HOFFMANN
Germany / 31’
THE LAST WORKER
by JÖRG TITTEL
UK / 30’
EXPLORING HOME
by SARA LISA VOGL
Germany / 16’
YI YUAN (THE FINAL WISH)
by WANG HAIPEI, WANG SHANSHAN
China / 20’
Special Event – Out of Competition
IN THE MIST
by CHOU TUNG-YEN
Taiwan / 15’
Best of VR Expanded – Out of Competition
(selection of the best VR works launched since the 2020 edition)
MASKMAKER
by BALTHAZAR AUXIETRE
France / 300’
MIND VR EXPLORATION
by DENG ZUYUN, YONG CAO
China / 15’
KUSUNDA
by FELIX GAEDTKE, GAYATRI PARAMESWARAN
Germany, Nepal, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan / 23’
MICRO MONSTERS WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
by ELLIOT GRAVES
UK, USA / 5’
MARE
by RUI GUERREIRO
Japan, Sweden / 180’
SPACE EXPLORERS: THE ISS EXPERIENCE – EPISODES 1-2
by FÉLIX LAJEUNESSE, PAUL RAPHAËL
Canada, USA / 55’
SAM & MAX: THIS TIME IT’S VIRTUAL!
by MICHAEL LEVINE
USA / 300’
MYST
by RAND MILLER, HANNAH GAMIEL, ERIC ANDERSON
USA / 120’
KNOT: A TRILOGY
by GLEN NEATH, DAVID ROSENBERG
UK / 65’
WRAITH: THE OBLIVION – AFTERLIFE
by ERIK ODELDAHL
Sweden / 480’
JURASSIC WORLD AFTERMATH
by RICHARD SNOWDON
UK, Australia, USA / 180’
REEDUCATED
by SAM WOLSON, BEN MAUK, NICHOLAS RUBIN, MATT HUYNH
USA, Kazakhstan / 20’
Biennale College Cinema – VR – Out of Competition
LAVRYNTHOS
by AMIR ADMONI e FABITO RYCHTER, producer: FABITO RYCHTER
Brazil, Peru / 16’produced with the Biennale College Cinema VR grant
VRChat Worlds Gallery
A MAZE. TRAIN STATION
AQUARIUS
ATLANTIS˸ SUPERRARE EXHIBITION
CLUB GUMBALL
CRAFTY CLIMBERS
CRYPT OF THE SPIRITS
CRYSTAL DUNES
CYCLE OF LIFE
DEEP BLUE NIGHT
EDEN
FFCR
FRANK
GUMBALL LOUNGE
KARAOKE CENTRA
LAST HOPE WATCH TOWER
LOST IT
MIRЯIM
MONORAIL COASTER
MONORAIL COASTER LITE
MOSCOW TRIP 1952
MUSEUM-OF-VRPAINTING
NOIR – CALL OF THE VOID (SPOOKALITY RELEASE|TECH DEMO)
RAAWRS’ ELNO-THEL FOREST
SAPIENSTRUCT
SUBMERGE 2
SURREAL HAZARD
SXSW XR 2021
THE DEVOURING
THE EDGE
THE FORT
THE HALLWYL MUSEUM
THE JUNKYARDǃ
TREEHOUSE IN THE SHADE
UNCANNY ALLEY
WORLD.EXECUTE (ME)
VRChat Worlds Gallery – Special Events
BRAINDANCE
JEAN MICHEL JARRE CONCERT
M.A.S.S.
MYCELIA
SHELTER