
Actress Lucy Liu will both executive produce and voice the Tribeca Festival-bound immersive experience, The Pirate Queen: the forgotten story of the legendary Cheng Shih, the most successful pirate in history.

Actress Lucy Liu will both executive produce and voice the Tribeca Festival-bound immersive experience, The Pirate Queen: the forgotten story of the legendary Cheng Shih, the most successful pirate in history.

Tribeca Festival unveiled the lineup for the 2023 Tribeca Immersive where top XR creators will debut their latest works. Now in its 11th year, Tribeca’s immersive program highlights virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and participatory experiences by artists who push the boundaries of creative and emotional storytelling.

Award-winning creative studio ScanLAB Projects will World Premiere the immersive art installation, FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth, as part of the prestigious Venice Immersive section at La Biennale di Venezia’s Venice International Film Festival 2022.

20 projects from 17 countries will be showcased in the 3rd edition of LFF Expanded, the BFI London Film Festival’s Immersive Art and Extended Realities strand. This year’s program showcases a rich selection of works from creators working at the forefront of emerging technologies, including interactive virtual reality, screen-based installations, augmented reality, mixed reality, immersive audio experience and live performance.

The virtual reality production Gumball Dreams from the award-winning VR production company Ferryman Collective and Screaming Color, will make its international premiere as an Official Selection of the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Directed by Deirdre V. Lyons, Gumball Dreams won the SXSW Audience Award XR Experience Competition.

Venice International Film Festival unveiled the selection of projects for Venice Immersive, the XR – Extended Reality section of the 79th edition of the festival. The Venice Immersive section will be held in person again this year, presenting 43 projects from 19 countries, including 30 projects in Competition, and 10 projects Out of Competition.

The 2022 Tribeca Festival announced its line-up for Tribeca Immersive program showcasing cinematic and cutting-edge virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and participatory experiences by top artists who push the boundaries of creative and emotional storytelling.

The live, immersive VR production, The Severance Theory: Welcome to Respite, will make its Asia premiere at the innovative Kaohsiung Film Festival this October via VR headset. Welcome to Respite is a standalone experience and the first chapter of The Severance Theory, a four-part series. This hour-long immersive journey will be available to experience as a live performance with a virtual reality headset on the VRChat platform during the festival.

BFI London Film Festival announced the complete lineup for LFF Expanded 2021, the Festival’s immersive art and XR strand, which will run from October 6-17 2021.

Academy Award-winning actor Tilda Swinton will narrate Goliath: Playing With Reality, a virtual reality experience directed by Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla, set to World Premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 1.

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.