Venice Unveils vr Interactive Lineup

The Venice Film Festival Has Unveiled the lineup for the 2025 Venice Immersive Section, ShowCASING The CUTTING EDGE OF VR AND IMMersive Cinema.

Venice Immersive Will Present 69 Projects From 27 Countries, 30 Of Them in Competition.

Among The Highlights of This Year’s Selection Are SubmergedA new immersive film from Conclave Director Edward Berger for Apple; Asteroidan xr thriller from Edge of Tomorrow Director and vr Enthusiast Doug Liman, Due to Launch on Google’s XR App Later this Year; Charlotte Mikkelberg’s Adventure: Ice Dive for Apple; Agnès molia’s Dance Dance Dance – Matissean immersive, dance-led Trip Through Henri Matisse’s Most Iconic Works; an La magie OpéraA vr Exploration of the Palais Garnier by Jonathan Astruk. Also Featured Are The Exploding Girl VR by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, WHICH Premiered Earlier this Year in Cannes’ Immersive Competition, and and BlurA Mixed-Reality Theater Experience from Craig Quintero and Phoebe Greenberg That Debutked at Montreal’s Phi Centre.

Venice Was The FIRST A-LIST Festival to Launch a vr Competition, Debuting the Section in 2017, and Venice Immersive Remains the Leading International Platform for Immersive and Xr.

The 2025 International Jury Will Be Headed by Eliza Mcnitt, The Emmy-Nominated Director of Spheres and The Darren Aronofsky Executive-PowcedCed Ancestra. Joinging Her Are Gwenael François, Co-FOUNDER OF LUXEMBURG’s Skill Lab and Winner of the 2024 Venice Immersive Special Special Jury Prize for Oto’s Planetand French Animator and Installation Artist Boris Labbé, Whose Vr Debut Ito Meikyū Won The Venice Immersive Grand Prize in 2024.

The jury Will Award Three Prizes: The Venice Immersive Grand Prize, the Special Jury Prize, and the Achievement Prize.

Other Titles in Competition Include La triste histoire de la petite souris, Creation of the Worlds, 8pm and the cat, Mulan2125, If you see a catand Miagewhochh incorporates haptics. A Full List of Selected Projects Spans Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, and Immersive Installations from Over 18 Countries.

Venice Immersive Will Run Aug. 27-Sept. 6, parallel to the venice festival.

Check Out the Full Venice Vr immersive lineup belay.

Competition

La magie Opéraby Jonathan Astruck, France / 25 ‘ / Installation, Virtual Reality
1968by Rose Bond, USA / 9 ‘ / Installing, Virtual Reality
La Triste Histoire De la petite souris qui voulait absolment defumenir quelqu’un (The Sad Story of The Little Muse Who Wanted to Become Somebody)by Nicolas Bourniquel, France, Germany, Belgium / 30 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Creation of the Worldsby kristina buohestė, vitalijus žukkas, Lithuania / 28 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Face jumpingby Danny Cannzyzaro, Samantha Gorman, USA / 25 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Jeonyeok 8si Wa Goyangi (8pm and the Cat)by minhyuk che, South Korea / 14 ‘ / Virtual Reality
The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Upby Singing Chen, Taipei, Germany / 50 ‘ / Installation, Virtual Reality
Dark Roomsby Mads Damsbo, Anne Sofie Steen Sverdrup, Denmark, Germany, Taipei / 35 ‘ / Installation, Virtual Reality
The Great Oratorby Daniel Ernst, The Netherlands / 40 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Heartbeat – Son Cœur a Trouvé SA CADence Dans Le Silence Des Rencontresby Fanny Fortage, France / 10 ‘ / Immersive Installation
The Big Cubeby menghui huang, Finland, Belgium, China, Portugal / 7 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Miageby Naima Karim, Aleena Hanif, Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK / 8 ‘ / Virtual Reality, HAPTICS
Reflections of Little Red Dotby Chloé Lee, Germany, USA / 40 ‘ / Installation, Mixed Reality
L’ombre (the shadow)by Blanca Li, Edith Canat de Chizy, France, Taipei / 60 ‘ / Installation, Mixed Reality, Live Performance
Asteroidby Doug Liman, USA, Canada / 30 ‘ / Installation, Virtual Reality
The Time Beforeby Leo Metcalf, Michael Golembwski, UK / 15 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Danse Danse Danse – Matisse (Dance Dance Dance – Matisse)by agnès molia, Gordon, France / 10 ‘ / Virtual Reality
LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRONby Négar MotevalyMeidanshah, France / 7 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Empathy Creaturesby mélodie mousset, switzerland / 10 ‘ / installing, Virtual Reality
La Fille Qui Explose Vr (The Exploding Girl VR)by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, France / 20 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Blurby Craig Quintero, Phoeebe Greenberg, Canada, Taipei / 50 ‘ / Installation, Virtual Reality, Live Performance
Black Cats & Chequed Flagsby Elisabetta Rotolo, Siobhan McDonnell, Italy / 20 ‘ / Installation, Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality
EDDIE AND Iby Maya Shekel, Israel, Germany, France / 25 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Collective Bodyby sarah silverblatt -buser, France, USA / 20 ‘ / Installion, Virtual Reality
Alien Perspectiveby Jung Ah Suh, Cristina Rambaldi, USA, ITaly / 15 ‘ / Installation, Virtual Reality
The Great Escapeby Jorenn Vandeenbrucke, Belgium, Luxembourg / 20 ‘ / Virtual Reality
A long goodbyeby Kate Voet, Victor Maes, Belgium / 35 ‘ / Installation, Virtual Reality
If you see a catby attsushi Wada, Japan / 37 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Mulan2125by mo Huang, China / 56 ‘ / Virtual Reality
SENSE OF NOWHEREby hsin -hsuan yeh, Taipei, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, France / 30 ‘ / Virtual Reality Submergedby Edward Berger for Apple, USA / 17 ‘ / immersive film
Adventure: Ice Diveby Charlotte Mikkelborg for Apple and Atlantic Studios, Usa, Iceland / 15 ‘ / Immersive Film

Out of Competition

BEST OF Experiences
Wall Town Wondersby ives Agems, Belgium / 30 ‘ / mixed reality
One True Path, Part 1by Baltazar Auxietre, France / 90 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Submergedby Apple, USA / 17 ‘ / immersive film
Ghost Townby Fireproof Games, UK / 300 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Adventure: Ice Diveby Apple and Atlantic Studios, USA, Iceland / 15 ‘ / immersive film
Ancistorsby Steye Hallema, The Netherlands / 70 ‘ / Immersive Installation
Liliby Navid Khonsari, Vassiliki Khonsari, USA / 30 ‘ / Immersive Installation
On the Other Earthby Wayne McGregor, UK / 50 ‘ / Immersive Installation, Mixed Reality
The Midnight Walkby Olov Redmalm, Klaus LyNGeled, Sweden, Brazil, India / 360 ‘ / Virtual Reality
D -Day: The Camera Soldierby chloé rochereuil, France, USA / 22 ‘ / Virtual Reality
Constantinopoliadby Sister Sylvester, Nadah El Shazly, UK, GREECE / 55 ‘ / IMMersive Installation

Best of Worlds
Natura’s Queendomby Anders Fray, Starheart
Cyberlove ｜ A7by Artsy Glitch
Uncanny Loungeby christopher lane davis, rick treweek
Ritualby drMORRO
The Colony – Flat 804by glary nya
Exhbition ⁄ Back Seeingby haruki_haru
What is virtual art – Volume 1by jessien
The Reality of Hopeby joe hunting
Neuronby juice…
Yorutougeby mikkabouzu / kikuo
Flat Earthby niko lang
Experienceby nootau
Powdergameby pema malling
Light aquariumby Phi16
Break 15˸ Arcanumby pk / rekluma
Vent.by premium²
Fzmz point zeroby reeeznd
Scale journeyby s_asagiri
Shinonome Balnoonby sakanaplus
Dracula’s Castleby tanner white
Miageby tokyo waiyoz
Neoworldsby widget365
Flashing Warningby xlxxl