Paris-based Xr distributor Diversion Cinema has scooped up a pair of award-winning titles, adding director Singing Chen’s “The Man Who Couldn’t Leave,” and both director Thierry Loa’s “21-22 China” and his follow-up “21-22 USA” to a premium catalog of prestige immersive fare.
Produced by The Walkers Films and Outland Film Production, “The Man Who Couldn’t Leave” won the top prize at last year’s Venice Immersive and will be presented in competition at this year’s NewImages Festival. Directed with aplomb by Singing Chen, the heartbreaking docudrama recounts the history of political repression in mid-century Taiwan, filling a 360 screen with handsome chiaroscuro compositions supporting classical film language.
“’The Man Who Couldn’t Leave’ is an instant classic,” says Diversion head of acquisitions Paul Bouchard. “With breathtaking visual sophistication, this ode to freedom reaches levels of embodiment never experienced before, and offers proof that the 360 narrative experience...
Produced by The Walkers Films and Outland Film Production, “The Man Who Couldn’t Leave” won the top prize at last year’s Venice Immersive and will be presented in competition at this year’s NewImages Festival. Directed with aplomb by Singing Chen, the heartbreaking docudrama recounts the history of political repression in mid-century Taiwan, filling a 360 screen with handsome chiaroscuro compositions supporting classical film language.
“’The Man Who Couldn’t Leave’ is an instant classic,” says Diversion head of acquisitions Paul Bouchard. “With breathtaking visual sophistication, this ode to freedom reaches levels of embodiment never experienced before, and offers proof that the 360 narrative experience...
- 4/5/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Mediamorfosis, Latin America’s largest new media forum, is returning this summer after the Covid-19 pandemic saw its cancellation last year. As the global health crisis continues to rage across the region, the forum will take place online over July 27-31 this year.
The virtual conference has launched its open call, which will run from May 10 to June 10, for immersive and interactive projects to participate in what will be its 27th edition.
Projects in various formats and genres such as transmedia, VR, Ar, and mixed reality are invited to participate in its pitching workshop, designed to prepare Latin American Xr and interactive projects for international presentations, pitching sessions and market activities.
Chile is the host country for the second time since 2018. Mediamorfosis has been based in 10 other countries since its launch.
This year’s predominant theme will be Xr, or immersive reality. Said Damian Kirzner, director of Mediamorfosis: “This is...
The virtual conference has launched its open call, which will run from May 10 to June 10, for immersive and interactive projects to participate in what will be its 27th edition.
Projects in various formats and genres such as transmedia, VR, Ar, and mixed reality are invited to participate in its pitching workshop, designed to prepare Latin American Xr and interactive projects for international presentations, pitching sessions and market activities.
Chile is the host country for the second time since 2018. Mediamorfosis has been based in 10 other countries since its launch.
This year’s predominant theme will be Xr, or immersive reality. Said Damian Kirzner, director of Mediamorfosis: “This is...
- 5/10/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
The 40 projects (see link here) presented at NewImages’ Xr Financing Market go before a panel of industry professionals, who offer their unvarnished advice, critiques and praise. To get a better sense of what moved the industry this year, Variety spoke with two participating decision makers.
Paul Bouchard, Diversion Cinema, head of Xr acquisitions and sales
What are you looking for in a project?
At Diversion, we’re always looking for our picks, projects that speak to our sensibilities. That could be either due to thematic reasons or formal ones; I think we’re all susceptible to projects that are formally audacious and artistically sound. We ask, what can be artistically daring while remaining possible to exhibit?
Of course, Diversion has a very technical side as well. We’re always looking for adventurous projects that we can realistically mount. We have to consider practical, distribution questions as well.
What past success can you point to?...
Paul Bouchard, Diversion Cinema, head of Xr acquisitions and sales
What are you looking for in a project?
At Diversion, we’re always looking for our picks, projects that speak to our sensibilities. That could be either due to thematic reasons or formal ones; I think we’re all susceptible to projects that are formally audacious and artistically sound. We ask, what can be artistically daring while remaining possible to exhibit?
Of course, Diversion has a very technical side as well. We’re always looking for adventurous projects that we can realistically mount. We have to consider practical, distribution questions as well.
What past success can you point to?...
- 9/25/2020
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Carne y Arena was the highlight of this year’s Vr crop at the festival.
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s lauded Carne y Arena was the star of Cannes’ Vr offering this year but the Marche’s innovation hub Next also offered up plenty of debate and experiences.
Among companies to showcase Vr compilation experiences were Arte, Telefilm Canada, Cnc and China’s Polyhedron Vr Studio.
San Francisco-based operation Penrose Studios screened the first episode of Arden’s Wake, an immersive 15-minute experience, which tells the story of a young girl living with her father in a lighthouse.
The experience was created with Penrose’s software Maestro, which allows their development team to fully collaborate in a virtual space.
Read: ‘The Revenant’ director Iñárritu’s Cannes Vr project: report
Meanwhile, Zach Richter of Within screened an immersive 360 rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, using Lytro’s Immerge camera.
In the booked-out interactive effort Ximoan, part of the...
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s lauded Carne y Arena was the star of Cannes’ Vr offering this year but the Marche’s innovation hub Next also offered up plenty of debate and experiences.
Among companies to showcase Vr compilation experiences were Arte, Telefilm Canada, Cnc and China’s Polyhedron Vr Studio.
San Francisco-based operation Penrose Studios screened the first episode of Arden’s Wake, an immersive 15-minute experience, which tells the story of a young girl living with her father in a lighthouse.
The experience was created with Penrose’s software Maestro, which allows their development team to fully collaborate in a virtual space.
Read: ‘The Revenant’ director Iñárritu’s Cannes Vr project: report
Meanwhile, Zach Richter of Within screened an immersive 360 rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, using Lytro’s Immerge camera.
In the booked-out interactive effort Ximoan, part of the...
- 5/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
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