4-9 JUNE
MOLE ANTONELLIANA SALA CINE VR1 E VR2
9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, TUESDAY CLOSED
As in past festivals, this year’s program features a selection of films that explore environmental themes in virtual reality. Viewers can immerse themselves in experimental documentaries shown at two virtual reality theaters in the National Museum of Cinema.
21-22 USA
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER
THIERRY LOA
CANADA 2023, 37’
The United States seen from an aerial perspective in a virtual reality of ever-changing environments and landscapes: Urban growth and sprawl, industrial development, oil fields, climate disasters: the human impact on the Earth in the Anthropocene has left indelible marks.
Thierry Loa is a photographer, film director, and producer. He works in ethnographic photography (Faces), interactive video installations (A Man and A Woman), the cinematographic symphony (20-22 Omega), and the VR films 360° and 21-22 cHina, presented at last year’s CinemAmbiente Festival.
Bloom
DIRECTORS
FABIENNE GIEZENDANNER, FRANCK VAN LEEUWEN
PRODUZIONE
NASADY FILM, ZÉRO DE CONDUITE
SVIZZERA/FRANCIA 2023, 16’
On a parching hot day you have no choice but to take refuge in a nearby forest if you want to survive. The closer you come to an oak tree, the more transparent the ground under your feet appears, and the bark becomes a flowing dance of life’s vital essence. It wants to tell you something…
Fabienne Giezendanner, directed IglooSpirit in VR, founded and directs the production company Zéro de conduite.
Franck Van Leeuwen trained at the Académie Charpentier in Paris. He teaches at the École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle in Paris and at the Ceruleum school of visual arts in Lausanne.
Planet ∞
DIRECTOR
MOMOKO SETO
PRODUCTION
BARBEROUSSE FILMS
FRANCIA 2017, 7’
In a not too distant future, there is nature but humans have gone extinct. Insects, fungi, and hybrid marine creatures behave strangely. Is this science fiction or a prophetic vision? After seeing these images you’ll see animals and plants differently from before.
Momoko Seto studied at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Marseilles, and at the Fresnoy National Studio of Contemporary Art. The award-winning director debuted with Planet A (2008), the first in a series of shorts about the changes affecting the Earth. Several have been shown at CinemAmbiente.
Songbird
DIRECTOR
LUCY GREENWELL
PRODUCTION
THE GUARDIAN, LATE LOVE
UK/DENMARK 2018, 10’
A virtual moment of extinction.
Lucy Greenwell has made feature and documentary films for the BBC and The Guardian. She has produced audio series, including the popular The Butterfly Effect for Audible, presented by Jon Ronson. Songbird is her first work in VR.
