Virtual Lies

FaceTape(en)

A junkie decides to come clean from abusing an analog VR drug called FaceTape only to find his life outside of his addiction is far from stable.

The Cave(en)

Gus spends every waking hour in Virtual Reality, ignoring the Gigworkers who tend to his physiological needs.

Sparks 2048(tr)

College student MERİÇ sees his crush SUDE in anxiety. They must complete a questionnaire to learn their grades for this semester. This questionnaire is a VR game designed for students to have fun while completing their questions. The game shapes itself depending on the player and their individual experience. When MERİÇ enters the game, he meets with his fun guide 1STQUESTION (A robot that helps him complete his questionnaire). Throughout his journey, we meet with several characters in the game that we also see in real-life sequences. SPARKS PIRATE and her APPRENTICE are the villains who try to capture 1STQUESTION and make MERİÇ trapped in the game. He must complete all questions, fight for what he loves the most, and fulfill his destiny.

VR: Real life(ro)

In a society divided between the luxury of those in “Volnix” and the squalor of the “free zone,” VR. Real Life explores the limits of the body, of poverty, and of freedom. Andrei and Alexa find in virtual reality the only horizon where love and freedom can exist. When betrayal shatters this illusion, the two are left trapped between worlds: the harsh reality and the impossible dream of a life without borders.

Firenze VR(it)

Terra(es)

Terra tells the story of a separated couple when the man is sent on a space mission in the Skyline. After three months without communication and without her return, the woman - pregnant - faces uncertainty and loss. Unexpectedly, he receives a message from the man from the mission, assuring that he is still alive. In the outcome, the narrative takes a revealing turn: someone opens his eyes in front of a graphical interface, insinuating that everything seen has been a simulation that restarts from scratch. An intimate science fiction story that explores memory, waiting and the fragility of reality.

The Clouds are Two Thousand Meters Up(zh)

After the sudden death of his wife, Guan discovers her unfinished novel—a tale intertwining the endangered clouded leopard and the Rukai tribe’s sacred origin myth, which tells of their descent from the elusive animal. Grief-stricken and seeking connection, he sets out on a surreal journey into dreamlike scenes—a maze of the subconscious, mist-shrouded forests, ancient tree hollows, and symbolic inner landscapes.

Oneroom-Babel(ko)

One Room Babel is the name of a tower created from data collected using a LIDAR scanner on the one-room apartments of young adults in their 20s and 30s, as well as the name of an interactive VR project. Users can explore the interior of One Room Babel, which is made of coral reefs, through VR and discover text placed throughout the space.

THE QUEST: Everest VR(en)

'THE QUEST: Everest VR' is a one-of-a-kind "real-life" Virtual Reality documentary to climb and reveal the most legendary mountain on earth, Mt. Everest, in stunning 360 degree video! It is the only real-life Virtual Reality experience that puts you directly in the boots with filmmaker and explorer, Alex Harz, on an epic 52 day quest to the Top of the World (29,032 feet / 8849 meters), and the closest thing to climbing Everest without all the rigorous training, planning and high risk needed to physically step foot on the mountain! 'THE QUEST: Everest VR' can be experienced worldwide in Virtual Reality headsets, and on computers, phones, tablets, etc...

Lockdown 2020 | L'Italia Invisibile(it)

Omar Rashid's documentary uses virtual reality and the voices of Matilde Gioli and Vinicio Marchioni to recount a unique journey through the beauty and desolation of Italy's most important cities of art during the Covid-19 emergency.

Così è (o mi pare)(it)

VR(es)

David receives his new VR glasses and one morning, while his girlfriend goes shopping, he tries them out.

Goldmine(en)

Singer Lorelai's father suffers a heart attack and is placed on VR life support. She enters his virtual reality to revive him through shared memories, but becomes trapped in an Old Western VR world.

Routine(en)

A repetitive day of a teenager who has dreams that represents a more peaceful and fulfilling life that they’d like to have.

Lychgate(en)

Lychgate reimagines the selection of The Chosen One in the iconic ballet The Rite of Spring, depicting a community of women performing a ritual, not to sacrifice, but to honor the unknown and empower one member to envision it. This 360º dance film blurs the boundaries between terrestrial and ethereal planes, sweeping the viewer up in the fervor of bodies moving in ceremony and synchronicity.

The Age of the Monster(fr)

Through a series of leaps in time from the 1970s to a post-Anthropocene future, we follow in the footsteps of a mysterious creature.

VRisiko! Sognando la Kamčatka(it)

E Soffierò e Sbufferò e Butterò giù la tua Casa(it)

No Borders(it)

Re-Imagine Cabiria(it)

A short film that reinterprets the silent film masterpiece "Cabiria" from 1914, directed by Giovanni Pastrone and enriched with literary captions by Gabriele D'Annunzio, thanks to the integration of digital technologies such as virtual reality, Artificial Intelligence, and the powerful 3D graphics engine Unreal Engine.

Zoe(en)

Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.

2073(en)

Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.

The Matrix Resurrections(en)

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

Frequencies(en)

The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.

Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride(en)

A young bride in the midst of her wedding finds herself mysteriously transported to the TARDIS. The Doctor must discover what her connection is with the Empress of the Racnoss's plan to destroy the world.

2149: The Aftermath(en)

In an oppressive future, where everyone's only contact is their computer, one lonely young man is forced to venture forth in search of human contact.

The Time Shifters(en)

Tom Merrick gets caught up in a time-traveling conspiracy and must set the timeline right before it is irrevocably altered.

Parallels(en)

An underground MMA fighter must confront his sister and his past in an adventure through parallel universes

eXistenZ(en)

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

Brainstorm(en)

Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death.

Wifelike(en)

A grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the programming of the artificial human assigned as his companion to behave like his late wife. She begins to question her reality as memories of a past life begin to surface in a world where nothing is as it seems.

OtherLife(en)

Ren Amari is the driven inventor of a revolutionary new drug. OtherLife expands the brain's sense of time and creates virtual reality directly in the user's mind. With OtherLife, mere seconds in real life feel like hours or days of exciting adventures. As Ren and her colleagues race around the clock to launch OtherLife, the government muscles in to use the drugs as a radical solution to prison overcrowding. They will create virtual cells where criminals serve long sentences in just minutes of real time. When Ren resists, she finds herself an unwilling guinea pig trapped in a prison cell in her mind. She must escape before she descends into madness, and then regain control of OtherLife before others suffer the same fate.

Ready Player One(en)

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

The Signal(en)

On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness – only to find himself in a waking nightmare.

Spectral(en)

A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.

Space/Time(en)

After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.

The Soul(zh)

Wang Shicong, chairman of the famous group, died tragically at home. The prosecutor Liang Wenchao and his wife, Abang, learned during the investigation that the deceased’s long-term partner, Dr. Wan, and his ex-wife’s Son Wang Tianyou, young newlywed wife Li Yan, and even the dead ex-wife, each suspect has an intricate connection. As more clues gradually surfaced, they gradually discovered the rich. The amazing secret hidden behind the murder...

Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight(en)

After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest city on record and a clue to a dangerous ancient race.

Snow Queen(en)

Since a bitter winter storm stole the life of Gerda's mother, she and her father have sadly continued to run the remote hotel they call home. Lonely and isolated, Gerda's only joy is Kai, the handsome bellboy. A mysterious guest with an icy stare arrives at the hotel one night, wrapped in fur and diamonds. By daybreak, the "Snow Queen" has vanished with Kai! Gerda embarks on a journey of morphing seasons, fantastical creatures, and long-frozen mysteries in a desperate quest to find her stolen love.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker(en)

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.