Venice International Film Festival - Venice Immersive

2024-10-01

Official Website: https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2024/venice-immersive-0
Date: 2024/08/28-2024/09/07
Venue: Venice, Italy
Exhibition Info:
Venice Immersive is the Virtual Reality section of the Venice International Film Festival, which was an early champion of Virtual Reality, first introducing the medium to its programme in 2016.

2024

• Venice Immersive 
  • In Competition
    • Free UR Head 《放開你的頭腦》
    • The Guardians of Jade Mountain《玉山守護者》
    • Encounters《漫步源雨㵵》
    • Address Unknown: Fukushima Now《住所不明：福島今》
    • A Simple Silence《寂靜》
  • Biennale College Cinema Immersive – Out of Competition
    • Somewhere Unknown in Indochina《中南半島未知某處VR》
      Venice Immersive 2024 shortlist
      Taiwan Pavilion Full Lineup
       
• Taiwan Panel: Alliance for Innovation: Taiwan's Role in Global Immersive Experiences
  • Moderator：Myriam Achard｜Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR, PHI
  • Panelists：
    • Craig Quintero - Artistic Director, Riverbed Theater
    • Tung-Yen Chou - Artistic Director, Very Theatre Company & Very Mainstream Studio
    • Samantha King - Head of Programme, VIVE Arts
    • Leo Li - CEO, Funique VR
    • Rae Yen - Senior Manager, International Partnership, Dept. of Content & Culture Technology, TAICCA​​​​​​​

2023

• Best of Immersive - Out of Competition
  • Over the Rainbow《彩虹彼端》
• Highlight Venice Immersive Market
  • Taiwan Immersive Catalogue
• Panel: Driving Forces and Integration of Future Content in Taiwan
  • Panelists
    • Jimmy Cheng - International Immersive Content Distributor
    • Kun Ying Lin - Co-Founder, LuxuryLogico    
    • Tung Yen Chou - Artistic Director, Very Theatre       
    • Ami Wu - Director of Interactive Department, Moonshine Studio 
    • Jasmine Chou - General Manager, AMBI SPACE ONE 
    • Grace Lee - Director of Content & Culture Technology, TAICCA
       

• Taiwan Immersive Full Lineup
• Showreel

2022

• Venice Immersive
  • In Competition:
    • The Man Who Couldn’t Leave《無法離開的人》- Best Experience
    • All that Remains 《遺留》
    • Red Tail 《紅尾巴》
  • Venice Immersive 2022 shortlist
• Venice Production Bridge - Taiwan in Focus
  • The Taiwan Pavilion includes a combination of 67 projects, companies, practitioners and venue operators: Full Lineup
  • Taiwan Immersive Catalogue
• Panel: Culture & Tech – The Joint Forces Empowering Taiwan’s Future Content
  • Panelists:
    • Baboo Liao, theater director
    • Dar-Kuen Wu, director of Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab’s Contemporary Art Platform
    • Ming-Yuan Chuan, creative director of Funique VR Studio
    • Jay Tseng, director of Ultra Combos
    • Shane Wu, Brogent Technologies
• Videos
  • Venice Film Festival & Venice Production Bridge 2022｜TAIWAN in Focus, beyond your imagination!
  • Taiwan Immersive Highlight｜Venice Intl. Film Festival 2022 - Venice Immersive Market
• Press release
  • VPB Taiwan in Focus: Taiwan Receives Special Invite from Venice Production Bridge
  • Taiwan Showcases Its Talent and Creative Might With Big Presence at Upcoming Venice Film Festival

2021

• Venice VR Expanded
  • In Competition:
    • Samsara Ep.1《輪迴》
    • The Last Worker
    • The Sick Rose《病玫瑰》
    • The Starry Sand Beach《星砂》
    • Bedlam
  • Best of VR Expanded - Out of Competition:
    • Speak to Awaken Ep.2 KUSUNDA 《喚說其語 Ep.2 庫桑達》
  • Special Event - Out of Competition:
    • In The Mist《霧中》
  • Links
    • Shortlisted Works Showreel
    • Selection Complete for the Works of Venice VR Expanded
    • Venice VR Expanded 2021 shortlist
• Venice Production Bridge Online Panel: Taiwan - XR Player One
  • Taiwan was equipped with emerging technologies and full ecosystems to become a great XR leader and international partner. TAICCA would continue to invest in training and productions to accelerate the process. It embraced international co-financing and co-production with Taiwan to deliver more groundbreaking outputs, and demonstrated this ambition to the world.
  • Recordings of this panel: https://youtu.be/Oq4sh9CazW8 
     

• Press Release
  • Taiwan VR Content Sets Nomination Record at the 78th Venice International Film Festival
  • Taiwan - XR Player One Panel at 2021 Venice International Film Festival Taiwan Excels in XR to Create Metaverse with the World