For its second year at the Cannes Film Festival, the Immersive competition features nine world or international premieres in Competition, including three French productions and two works Out of Competition, one of which is French.
The Competition selection includes Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, who will present the VR version of their short film La fille qui explose VR, produced by Atlas V. Floréal, another production company familiar with festivals, will present In the Current of Being by Cameron Kostopoulos, following its presentation at the SXSW festival in Austin.
Last but not least, Lili by Navid Khonsari, produced in France by Alambic Production, will have its world premiere.
Out of Competition, there will be the world premiere of Chez moi, directed by Victoria Yakubova and Frédéric Le Louêt, and produced by Olma Djon Productions.
Finally, the Focus strand will offer a chance to catch up with works that have circulated around the world, including four French works among the five selected, a sign of the great vitality of French creation in the immersive field:
- This is my heart by Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies, produced by Lucid Realities (which received its world premiere at last year's Venice Film Festival)
- Champ de bataille by François Vautier, produced by DA PROD (Best Story Award at Beyond the Frame)
- Ito Meikyu by Boris Labbé, produced by Sacrebleu Productions (Immersive Golden Lion at Venice.
- Oto's Planet by Gwenaël François, produced by Small Creative (Best Visual Experience at Stereopsia, Special Jury Prize at Venice, among others)
The jury in charge of awarding the best work is: Luc Jacquet, its president, Laurie Anderson, Tania De Montaigne, Martha Fiennes, and Tetsuya Mizuguchi.
Launch of the Immersive Market
We herald In its first year, the Immersive Market, which will take place from May 13 to 19. Its ambition is to bring together in Cannes some sixty curators from all over the world as part of the Curator Network.
Located at the Pantiero, between the Art Explora boat and the Innovation Village, the Marché Immersif will feature pitch sessions, workshops, and exclusive events designed to bring together catalog holders of immersive works with museum curators, cultural venue managers, and theme park programmers looking for innovative immersive experiences.
In parallel, the Immersive Spotlights will feature a series of conferences, hands-on workshops, and professional meetings, fostering dialogue between immersion experts and key players from related sectors such as generative artificial intelligence, the performing arts, gastronomy, and many others.
Unifrance will be organizing a portrait session of the directors of French works in the various selections, to promote the faces of immersive creation.
