Virtual Reality Projects
With our virtual reality programme, we aim to give viewers the opportunity to dive even deeper into stories and explore new realms. Whether it’s life underwater or the streets of Tanzania – our selected VR projects offer the chance to discover new perspectives and experience both real and imaginative landscapes.
The Gate
Der Schlagbaum
At a deserted checkpoint, we follow two contrasting border guards: Didot, a patriotic 18-year-old, and Hugo, a disillusioned 58-year-old. Inspired by the style of 1920s silent films and German Expressionism.
| Cast | Adolfo Assor |
| Karl Seibt | |
| Cinematographer | Hannah Schwaiger |
| Director | Anisha Cornips |
| Distributor | Sönke Kirchhof |
| Editing | Ilya Gavrilenkov |
| Line Producer | René Beine |
| Jessica Zippel | |
| Music | Felix Römer |
| Producer | Stephan Bernardes |
| Carla Buchal | |
| Jakob Eisel | |
| Sönke Kirchhof | |
| Production Designer | Kay Scholz |
| Screenplay | Stephan Bernardes |
| Anisha Cornips | |
| Sound Designer | Mischa Kissin |
| Sound Mixer | Mischa Kissin |
| VFX Artist | Sebastian Esposito |
| Still | Lewin Harnisch |
In the Picture
As the new director of Gallery Mona, the viewer curates an exhibition of the tragic painter Malo and is confronted with his haunting works. But at 3 o’clock in the morning, the gallery is transformed into a surreal place.
| Art Director | Seokchan Yoon |
| Director | Dongwan Kang |
| Graphic Creation | Junsik Goh |
| Producer | Eunhye Jeong |
Kabaret
An interactive, musical, documentary VR experience about synchronized coral spawning and a singing shrimp’s concerns for the future. Can we help save the annual coral spawning?
| Director | Gina Thorstensen |
| Sound Designer | Therese Næss Diesen |
| VFX Artist | Morten Andersen |
| Milan Grajetzki |
Looking for Kay
A reinterpretation of the fairy tale ”The Snow Queen” by H. C. Andersen in the form of an illustrated VR experience. Seen through the perspectives of Kay and Gerda, their respective journeys and challenges unfold.
| Art Director | Volz Julia |
| Film School | Digital Ideation HSLU Lucern |
| Still | Julia Volz |
Magic You
A coming-of-age story about ADHD, with joys, fears, bitter memories and growing pains, told in a hand-drawn colour pencil aesthetic as a magical journey.
| Animation | Song Xin |
| Artist | Wan Zhilin |
| Cast | Leong Jasmine |
| Director | Guo Tongze |
| Film School | School of Arts & Communication, Beijing Normal University |
| Graphic Creation | Li Minhui |
| Manager | Nanabaha |
| Narration | Guo Tongze |
| Producer | Zhou Wen |
| Sound Designer | Chen Boyuan |
| Other | Chen (Executive producer) Chenchen |
| Ding (Academic support) Ni | |
| Liu (Executive producer) Shaolong | |
| (Technical Develope) Vico | |
| Xiao (Prensented by) Xiangrong | |
| Chen (Executive producer) Yansong | |
| Wang (Executive producer) Zhuokai |
The Daladala Verse
An exploration of Tanzanian mobility culture: tracing the origins, development, and significance of Daladala buses. It uncovers untold stories and celebrates the resilience and identity of Tanzanian communities.
| Assistant Camera | Gidion Brunnoh |
| Camera | Mikomangwa Wilfred |
| Director | Mofuga Aurelio |
| Mikomangwa Wilfred | |
| Editing | Gidion Brunnoh |
| Narration | Glorious Princely |
| Producer | Onastories Group |
| Still | Aurelio Mofuga, OnaStories Group |
Walking Alone, Text You When I’m Home
It deals with cases of everyday harassment, which are often labelled as unpleasant but ultimately harmless incidents, but which can be very traumatising for those affected.
| Art Director | Vincent Abert |
| Artist | Anna Eschenbacher |
| Zainab Tariq | |
| Cinematographer | Jacob Sauermilch |
| Editing | Jannik Eckenstahler |
| Music | Justin Robinson |
| Production Assistant | Dominik Rohrmoser |
| Production Designer | Max- Josef Schönborn |
| Sound Designer | Samuel Schwenk |
| VFX Artist | Evgeny Kalachikhin |
| Voice | Kaya Anouk Zakrzewska |
| Other | Viktor Reiter |