Welcome to the first iteration of VRrOOm’s social events in Virtual Reality! Discover here the full list of the off-competition VR films specially selected by VRrOOm and Forum des images in Paris for the NewImages Festival. Most of them will only be showcased in VR in VRrOOm’s social VR application – wait no more to download the app!
We are very happy to announce the launch of VRrOOm’s new virtual events platform’s early access version with the production of the Paris NewImages Festival’s VR version in partnership with Forum des images and Manzalab Group. The NewImages festival is an event entirely dedicated to all forms of digital creation and all kinds of virtual worlds.
The event takes place in Paris from April 4 to 8, 2018. By downloading the app on Oculus store, wherever you are located, as long as you have a stable internet connection you will be able to access NewImages’ VR films competing in the official selection as well as VRrOOm’s selection of VR films. You will meet with other people’s avatars to watch VR creations together. You’ll also be able to talk with them and share your impressions inside our VR Chatroom.
For this first event, we invite the owners of Samsung S7, S8 or S9 smartphones to download the VRrOOm app on the Oculus store and to join the festival using a Samsung Gear VR headset. Our service will be extended to other formats in the near future, including Oculus, HTC and Windows platforms.
Here’s how to register in order to access the early access version of the app :
– register here by giving us your contact email, your Oculus store account email address (in case it’s not the same as your usual address), and indicate the gender you would like to allocate to your avatar.
– you’ll receive a confirmation email first, then we will send you a password, which will allow you to download the app.
You can read more about some of the films that will be featured in the Paris NewImages Festival’s official selection programme below. We will announce another program including VRrOOm’s own selection of curated works next week, stay tuned!
ANTHOLOGY I: KORA
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Director : Tristan Tyler Daniels
Production : Auberweir
Year : 2016
VR music/horror/suspense
Runtime : 4:11 minutes
Country : USA
The first part of Anthology Kora. A young girl searches for a mysterious relic only to unleash terror upon her world. What will happen to her after the horror has set in?
ANTHOLOGY II: D
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Director : Tristan Tyler Daniels
Production : Auberweir
Year : 2016
VR music/horror/suspense
Runtime : 3:25 minutes
Country : USA
The second part of Anthology Kora. Battling consciousness: due to a fatal strike, the young girl continues her struggle by unleashing wrath upon the land of the dead.
FAVELA STATION I
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Director : Marcelo Henrique
Production : Sandrão RZO and QG3D
Year : 2018
VR Fiction
Runtime : 2:07 minutes
Country : Brazil
In 2079, the whole world suffers from overpopulation. The Brazilian government, with the support of the corrupt elite, creates a space station (dormitories), where “excluded” people are only allowed to sleep and work.
HIT BY A CAR – VR experiment
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Director : Tristan Tyler Daniels
Production : Auberweir
Year : 2017
VR Horror/experimental
Runtime : 0:34 minutes
Country : USA
Don’t stay on the street, as bad things may happen.
Filmed by leaving my Ricoh Theta camera on a busy San Francisco road and testing my luck. – Make sure to look both ways…
HÔTEL DE VILLE
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Directors : Camille Ducellier et Romain Bonnin
Production : Forum des Images, TV5 Monde
Year : 2017
VR 360 – Documentary – Collection : PARIS, L’ENVERS DU DÉCOR
Runtime : 5:01 minutes
Country : France
Synopsis : A 360° visit of one o the most emblematic monuments in Paris : l’Hôtel de Ville. This huge XIXth century building is still Europe’s largest city hall. Uncover its hidden secrets in VR!
LE MUSÉE D’ORSAY
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Directors : Benjamin et Vincent Ravalec
Production : Forum des Images, TV5 Monde, M’O
Year : 2017
VR 360 – Documentary – Collection : PARIS, L’ENVERS DU DÉCOR
Runtime : 7:13 minutes
Country : France
Synopsis : PIt’s time to dive into the mesmerizing story of this palace, known as Gare d’Orsay during the Universal Exhibition of 1900, then totally forgotten until 1977, when it was decided to convert it into a museum. Inaugurated in 1986, the Musée d’Orsay is dedicated to showcasing the extreme diversity of artistic creation from 1848 to 1914.
PARIS, LA SEINE
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Director : Raphaël Beaugrand
Production : Forum des Images, TV5 Monde
Year : 2017
VR 360 – Documentary – Collection : PARIS, L’ENVERS DU DÉCOR
Runtime : 3:35 minutes
Country : France
Synopsis : Enjoy a quiet and romantic promenade on the Seine river, listening to Siân Pottock’s song : Good Morning Paris.
RIP VAN WINKLENESS I
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Director : Tristan Tyler Daniels
Production : Auberweir
Year : 2017
VR music/mystery/experimental
Runtime : 3:32 minutes
Country : USA
Rip Van Winkleness is a modern day man who enjoys letting loose. See what happens after an eerie night of overindulgence.
RIP VAN WINKLENESS II
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Director : Tristan Tyler Daniels
Production : Auberweir
Year : 2017
VR music/mystery/experimental
Runtime : 3:06 minutes
Country : USA
Rip Van Winkleness is a modern day man who enjoys letting loose. See what happens after an eerie night of overindulgence. (Part 2)
SAVING TOMAS
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Director : Samuel Lepoil
Production : Rémi Large
Year : 2017
VR Fiction
Runtime : 5:55 minutes
Country : France
Synopsis : Tomas disappears on the day he was supposed to leave the Reunion island. It seems the islands had other plans for him. Now you’re stuck in Tomas’ head. This 360 short film mixes animation and live action to tell us the story of his initiation.
SEANCE
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Director : Harry Chadwick
Production : Debbie Chadwick
Year : 2017
Thriller
Runtime : 11 minutes
Country : United Kingdom
Come sit at our 1920’s Seance as the participants contact the dead, but when they answer, each must atone for the sins of their pasts.
THE CONJURING 2 – Enfield Experience
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Director : Paper Triangles, SunnyBoy Entertainment
Year : 2016
Branded Horror
Runtime : 3:04 minutes
Country : USA
Experience the thrill of being in the Enfield house, just as Ed and Lorraine Warren did back in 1977 England. This was one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations.
THE DREAM COLLECTOR
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Director : Mi Li
Production: Pinta Studios
Year : 2017
Animation
Runtime : 12 minutes
Country : China
An old man and his playful dog live together in a garbage dump, where they spend their days sorting through the trash left behind by others. The objects – a broken guitar, a torn baseball glove, a deflated soccer ball – are the remnants of people’s abandoned dreams.
Determined to bring these dreams back to life, the man tinkers away, carefully mending each piece of “garbage” until he can re-gift it to someone who will cherish it.
THE KILLER – A VR Horror Short
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Director : Tom Stoddart
Production: Irresistible Films
Year : 2017
Fiction / Horror
Runtime : 11:05 minutes
Country : United Kingdom
The Killer is a 360˚ experiential horror short that premiered across London over Halloween weekend.
A VR advocacy film in disguise, the dark and disturbing film was created to support Spitalfields Crypt Trust, an East London charity that has helped people recovering from addiction and homelessness for over 50 years.
TRANSITIONS
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Director : Paper Triangles, Ethan Stickley
Production: Frank Shi, Xuan Buddhavong
Year : 2017
Abstract 360
Runtime : 3:10 minutes
Country : USA
An abstract world of rejuvenation and revitalization. To give them a virtual representation of Greenery, the Pantone color of 2017.
WHO DIDN’T DRINK
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Director : Harry Chadwick
Production: Grace Monroe
Year : 2017
Comedy
Runtime : 5:40 minutes
Country : United Kingdom
Witness the last moments of a cult as they give their lives to ZOG, but is their leader just taking advantage of them?