NewImages Festival unveils its competitive selections

VR Competition

How far will VR take you?

This year, we selected a dozen projects out of the hundred or so that had been submitted. Twelve projects, all diverse in their content, country of origin, and approach, but all of stellar quality. They are part of our official competition, and can be experienced in the Forum’s main spaces. Dive right in!

The prizes: The Masque d’or (“Golden Mask”, Grand Prize – €10,000) and the Special Prize (€5,000). And, in partnership with Scam, the Prize for New Forms of Storytelling (€5,000). Members of the jury will be announced soon.

1. A Fisherman’s Tale
   Balthazar Auxietre, Alexis Moroz – Innerspace VR, ARTE
   France, 2019, video game, 20 min or so, French
   
   
   
2. Abandoned Temple (International Premiere)
   Wei-Hao Cheng – Kaohsiung Film Archive, Dramaholic Media Studio
   Taiwan, 2018, fiction, 9 min, English
   
   
   
3. Aripi
   Dmitri Voloshin – Simpals Studio
   Moldova, 2019, animation, 7 min, English
   
   
   
4. Ayahuasca
   Jan Kounen – ATLAS V, a_BAHN, Small Studio
   France, 2019, experimental, 15 min or so
   
   
   
5. Gloomy Eyes
   Jorge Tereso, Fernando Maldonado – ATLAS V, 3DAR, ARTE, RYOT, HTC Vive
   France, 2019, animation, 9 min or so, French
   
   
   
6. Mr. Buddha (European Premiere)
   Chung Lee – Cher Wang, Szu Ming Liu, HTC VR Content Center
   Taiwan, 2018, fiction, 19 min, Chinese with English subtitles
   
   
   
7. Mechanical Souls (European Premiere)
   Gaëlle Mourre – Digital Rise, Serendipity Films, DVgroup, Kaohsiung Film Archive
   France-Taiwan, 2018, fiction, 30 min or so, English
   
   
   
8. OPUS VR (French Premiere)
   Michael Kovich Jr. – Al Mango
   Paraguay, 2019, fiction, 18 min or so, Spanish with French subtitles
   
   
   
9. Pneumo Hacker (French Premiere)
   Kuan-Yuan Lai – Poké Poké Creative & Redbit Pictures, Innolux Education Foundation
   Taiwan, 2019, fiction, 11 min, Chinese with English subtitles
   
   
   
10. RocketMan 360
    Millo Simulov – SPIDER Group
    Romania, 2018, fiction, 20 min, English
    
    
    
11. Wolves in the Wall: It’s All Over
    Pete Billington – Fable Studio, Facebook Sound+Design
    USA, 2019, animation, 20 min or so, English
    
    
    
12. 7 Lives (European Premiere)
    Jan Kounen, Charles Ayats, Sabrina Calvo – Red Corner France Télévisions, a_Bahn, Frakas Productions 
    France, 2019, fiction, 20 mir or so, French
    
    
    

Interactive digital experiences (excluding XR)

Along with PXN (Digital Experiences Producers Association), NewImages will also highlight creativity in hybrid formats – excluding VR. PXN will distinguish five works from around the world (fiction, interactive documentary, video game, mobile app, etc.), and the PXN prize will be awarded to one of them during the festival.

1. Clit-moi
   Jeunes pousses : NFB x UQAM interactive school
   Canada, 2019, mobile educational game, 5 min, French
   
   
   
2. Florence
   Mountains (developer), Annapurna Interactive (publisher)
   USA, 2018, interactive story, French
   
   
   
3. One Last Beat
   Héctor Monerris Ivorra
   Spain, 2018, interactive story, English
   
   
   
4. Missing
   Kylie Boltin, Matt Smith – SBS Australia
   Australia, 2019, interactive documentary, English
   
   
   
5. Otis (ep. 1)
   Casey Stein – Nukhu
   USA, 2018, interactive story, 7 min, English