December 15th, 2020
New Frontier's online Gallery details for Sundance 2021
The Sundance Film Festival was one of the last major events of 20202 to run smoothly. We were hoping to see it come back in January for a "business as usual" edition, but the health crisis will have dashed our hopes. Instead of the snowy roads of Park City, the festival team has prepared an edition that pushes the walls and will offer its line-up (including for the XR) online and in satellite sites. Welcome in 2021.
January 13th, 2021
“I’m more and more invited to discover projects at their early stage of development - and that’s great!” - Jimmy Cheng (Iconic Engine)
Distribution is the central issue for XR creators and producers today. Who to sell their projects to, where, what are the prospects? To clarify this we start the year with a discussion on the subject with Jimmy Cheng, Director of Content at Iconic Engine, leading company in the distribution and license of XR content.
January 24th, 2021
"VR TO GO allowed us to conquer new audiences" - Myriam Achard (Phi Centre)
A place of cultural excellence in Montreal, the Phi Centre had a special year (as did everyone else) but did not lose its taste for innovation and curiosity, even in times of pandemic.
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Events of the week
1978, New York City. Lupe, a young Puerto Rican American teenager, meets Debbie in a juvenile detention centre. Debbie will introduce Lupe to the Punk scene of the Bowery and expose her to the secret worlds co-existing in Alphabet City. BattleScar explores the theme of identity through the use of animation and immersive environments in virtual reality.
Viewers are invited as a main character into a haunting fairytale world completely reimagined, and their choices determine the ending of this story of love, fortitude and magic.
The Changing Same is an immersive, room-scale virtual reality experience where the participant travels through time and space to witness the connected historical experiences of racial injustice in the United States. A haunting story infused with magical realism and afrofuturism, The Changing Same examines the uninterrupted cycle of the history of racial oppression, past and present.
February 19th 2021
Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories (FIVARS)
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