Virtual Reality Projects
The virtual reality programme gives our visitors the opportunity to physically experience creative audiovisual narratives. Eight outstanding works from the fields of 360-degree films and interactive Virtual Reality can be experienced, ranging from fictional abstract worlds to documentary scenarios.
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SHADOW is a VR experience where you live as a shadow in a society ruled by light. You observe from a detached third-person view, until key moments force a choice. Each decision makes you feel consequences, questioning identity.
| Animation | Huang Xiaoya |
| Director | Yingying Liu |
| Music | Voixx Collective |
| Production Designer | Ye Zhishan |
Workers entering the Factory
Arbeiter betreten die Fabrik
“Workers Entering the Factory” is a 3D 360° documentary offering an immersive glimpse into daily life at a jute mill in Bangladesh. Participants follow the workers through the production of the “golden fiber”.
| Director | Florian Wehking |
| Sound Designer | Florian Marquardt |
| Other | Alina Cyranek |
| Still | Florian Wehking |
Before the Name
A poetic VR experience about identity and release. In three immersive spaces, a gentle voice accompanies the journey back to a state before the name, a place where being exists before meaning takes shape.
| Artist | Huynh Thanh Tam |
| Still | Screenshot from Before the Name, directed by Thanh Tam Huynh (2025) |
Home Street Home
No one sees Bob. A homeless teenager wandering through a city that pushes him away. In this animated VR short, you follow his path through streets and places that exclude him and still discover small moments of hope.
| Animation | Vaishnavi Laddha |
| Director | Vaishnavi Laddha |
| Producer | Upamanyu Bhattacharyya |
| Sound Designer | Troy Vasanth |
| Still | Vaishnavi Laddha |
Lichtung
As you explore the surroundings of a calm but unfamiliar world, it gradually opens up and reveals its light. The more you engage with it, the more you are enveloped by a vibrant and surprising awakening.
| Animation | Maksym Gontov |
| Vadim Ivanov | |
| Art Director | Maksym Gontov |
| Director | Aria Wolf |
| Film School | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg |
| Music | Clemens David Krauß |
| Constantin Rinke | |
| Producer | Cyril Fischer |
| Christoph Mohr | |
| Sound Designer | Armin Biemel |
| Domenic Häberer | |
| Tristan Steinmetz | |
| Other | Jakob Bock |
| Sam Matsa | |
| Sofi Shapir | |
| Nike Weber | |
| Janina Zlotos | |
| Still | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg |
Silent Disco
“Silent Disco” is a VR installation where you are thrown into three completely different dance floors. In collective isolation, you dance close to lust, intoxication, and transience.
| Camera | Hanic Soleimani |
| Cast | Jack B. Latimer |
| Ikko Masuda | |
| Cinematographer | Johannes Schmülling |
| Director | Fabio Thieme |
| Editing | Johannes Schmülling |
| Music | Yannick Pernot |
| Producer | Fabio Thieme |
| Screenplay | Fabio Thieme |
| Sound Designer | Istvan Hollos |
| Other | Hanic Soleimani |
Of 1s and 0s
Von Einsen und Nullen
The 360° fulldome film “Of Ones and Zeros” takes the audience on a journey through the intertwining of technology and cosmic forces. Starting point is the Mars rover Perseverance and the challenges of its harsh environment.
| Animation | Grégoire Delwaulle |
| Director | Grégoire Delwaulle |
| Sound Mixer | Peter Michel |
| Voice | Philipp Bozdere |