live panels,
special events, a selection of
360° videos from the Virtual Cinema program, as well as 2D video feeds of SXSW programming. Austin venues recreated in the space include The Paramount Theatre, the Contemporary Austin, Mohawk, Empire Control Room & Garage, and Cedar Street Courtyard. SXSW worked with world-renowned artists and the social XR events studio VRrOOm to design and produce the festival’s virtual edition, which will be hosted on VRChat.
The complete
Virtual Cinema Program, including previously-announced Virtual Cinema Competition and Virtual Cinema Spotlight projects, will also be accessible and downloadable via the VRrOOm store online. The VRChat worlds can be experienced on PC, PCVR and Oculus Quest headsets.
4 Feet High began four years ago, when our producer
Ezequiel Lenardon suggested making a VR documentary about my life after I gave a TEDx talk in Córdoba. I wanted to talk about the sexuality of people with disabilities. Together with Maria, we started to create this universe.
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Maria Belen Poncio: When Lenardon invited me to develop the project, I was captivated by the idea of rethinking the perception of disability and getting closer to that reality. Working with Rosario to create this piece has been a great journey. We shared many experiences and reflections that ended up being in the script. We also had a very talented team of writers â the two writers who worked on the last draft,
Rosario Perazolo Masjoan are the writers and directors of
4 Feet High, a new Argentinian-French co-production presented in the Indie Series strand of this year s Sundance Film Festival.
The young-adult series is a transmedia project, composed of six 16:9 episodes and four 360/3D VR experiences taking part in the festival’s New Frontier programme. While the VR experiences centre on the lead character s emotions and sensory climax, the focus of this review will be on the six 16:9 episodes only. The story of
4 Feet High is set in the Argentinian city of Córdoba and revolves around Juana (played by the talented
Marisol Agostina Irigoyen), a 17-year-old girl in a wheelchair, ashamed of her body and tired of society s continuous paternalism towards her. We follow Juana during her last year of secondary school, exploring her own identity and making two new friends, Julia (
Sundance Film Festival will let you hang out in space next to the ISS (apparently)
The fest s New Frontier program always packed with virtual reality and other tech-driven storytelling is pulling out all the stops next month during Sundance s mostly virtual festival. Listen - 08:13
Sundance typically takes place in Park City, Utah. Getty Images
The Sundance Film Festival is going more virtual than ever, which is saying something for the fest that helped put virtual reality on Hollywood s radar.
Running for eight days starting Jan. 28, Sundance will take place both on custom online platforms and through in-person events, including satellite screenings across the US as permitted by COVID-19 public-health protocols. But no part is going more virtual than New Frontier, the fest s branch focused on cutting-edge storytelling. In recent years, New Frontier s emphasis on tech-driven