NewImages Festival

2022-08-29

Official Website: https://newimagesfestival.com/en/

Date: 2022/06/08-2022/06/12

Venue: Forum des images, Paris, France

Exhibition Info:

Launched in 2018, it is now the biggest annual XR festival in France, physically welcoming 8,000 visitors during 5 days in the heart of Paris. It is dedicated to cinema, digital creation and extended reality (XR) works. 800 French and international accredited professionals took part in the Industry Days, the XR Financing Market (now XR Development Market) and the newly launched XR Art Fair each year.

 

 

TAICCA's Presence at NewImages Festival 2022

• Official Selection
  • XR Competition:
    • Red Tail Ep.1 《紅尾巴Ep.1》 - Special Mention
    • Madame Pirate: Becoming A Legend 《女海盜：成名之路》
    • The Sick Rose 《病玫瑰》
    • The Reflected City 《海影城事》
  • XR Development Market:
    • The Awake
    • Colored
    • The Mirror
  • XR Art Fair:
    • Kaohsiung VR FILM LAB
    • Nau-Tai Delusional Studio
    • This Moment Lab
    • Yi-Ting Cheng

 

 

• Taiwan x France XR Days program - stage 1
  • Date: 2022/06/07-2022/06/13
  • The Taiwan x France XR Days networking program aims to strengthen the links between French and Taiwanese industries, allowing alliances to form, as well as all sorts of cooperation and business opportunities to accelerate Taiwan's XR industry ecosystem, making Taiwan a leader in XR content internationally. In 2022, a delegation of 5 Taiwanese XR talents visited Paris to meet with French counterparts and explore co-production opportunities.
• Immersive Experiences (XR) Focus program organised by Institut Français
  • Date: 2022/06/07-2022/06/12
  • TAICCA was invited by Bureau Français de Taipei and joined the Focus program devoted to immersive experiences organised by the Institut Français. With 25 other international professionals including festival directors and programmers, managers and curators of culture spaces, producers, etc. from 24 different countries, we met French creators and stakeholders during meetings and visiting tours in the major Parisian venues and institutions.
  • Attendee links
• Press release
  • 4 Taiwanese XR Works Selected in NewImages Festival's XR Competition
  • TAICCA Spearheads International XR Collaborations at NewImages Festival 2022

 

 

TAICCA's Presence at NewImages Festival 2021(online)

In January 2021, TAICCA established a partnership with NewImages Festival, France's largest immersive contents festival, and officially launched the bilateral Taiwan–France Talent Networking Program, called Taiwan x France XR Days.

• Taiwan x France XR Days program - stage 2
  • Date: 2021/11/08-2021/11/09
  • TAICCA and NewImages Festival have jointly selected 12 French talents to meet virtually 13 Taiwanese XR leaders. 2 days of workshops including panels and 1-on-1 meetings in order to know each others' works and exchange experiences and ideas, hoping these sparkles lead to long-term cross-country collaborations.
  • Video links:
    • Part I
    • Part II​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 
• Taiwan x France XR Days program - stage 1
  • Date: 2021/06/08-2021/06/09
  • For the very first time, 13 Taiwanese emerging XR creators and producers had the chance to meet French key players and to know in detail the ecosystem nourishing the XR industry and co-productions. More than 70 meetings and a dozen talks and roundtable discussions took place.
  • Open call information
  • Short introduction video
• Press release
  • TAICCA and NewImages Festival Sign MOU to accelerate XR cooperation and co-productions between Taiwan and France
• ​​​​​​​Other reports
  • ​​​​​​​“Hiya! I wanna get to know ya!” XR virtual world avatars allow for shared experience