is dedicated to the artistic heritage of Eastern European film and New Media. The agenda of goEast, conceived as a forum of East-West dialogue, is dominated by questions of (multiple) European identities and processes of rapid social and political transformation.The participants from Central and Eastern Europe presented virtual reality and 360 projects curated by the XR pioneer Georgy Molodtsov. The Open Frame Award prize, granted by the BHF Bank Foundation, beckons the best immersive work evaluated by an international jury.
For the creative team, The Spheres City is the first interactive computer-generated VR experience and being part of the GoEast community is a recognition of the innovative quality of the work.
Chupacabra by
Grigory Kolomytsev, which according to the jurors is âa remarkable fiction feature debut with a clear mise-en-scène and wonderfully poetic sound design that reveals problems in understanding between adults and childrenâ.
As for the Open Frame Award for virtual-reality works, sponsored by the BHF BANK Foundation, it went to the virtual reality and 360° documentary project
The Spheres City â Tangible Utopias by Romanian director
Ioana Mischie, for âgiving children a voice in such a creative manner and embracing and celebrating them as the true hope for our global future.â A Special Mention was handed to
#PRISONERSVOICE by
Nikita Bohdanov, which interweaves clear and immediate stories of activists with a dense atmosphere, thus providing an intense look at a world that is otherwise unfamiliar to the vast majority of the audience.
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