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.
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) |
After the Game
“After the Game” invites you to navigate squats and traces left by people on the move. Exploring their everyday items reveals stories that illustrate the hidden, structural violence at Europe’s external borders.
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”.
| Sound Designer | Florian Marquardt |
| Other | Alina Cyranek |
| Still | Florian Wehking |
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 | Craig Judelman |
| 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 |
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 |
ƧHⱯDOM
?H?DOM 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 |
| Music | Voixx Collective |
| Production Designer | Ye Zhishan |
| Still | © Yingying Liu |
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 |
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.
| Sound Mixer | Peter Michel |
| Voice | Philipp Bozdere |