MOVISTAR BARCELONA 360 VIRTUAL REALITY FEST

Movistar Barcelona 360 Virtual Reality Fest is the first Virtual Reality cinema festival in Spain. The festival’s first edition will take place in Arts Santa Mònica on February 24th and 25th. The Festival recognizes the quality and innovation of VR short films both at a national and international level and will be structured around different areas: official section, special sessions, a showroom, conferences and various panel discussions.

Web site: http://360vrfest.pro/en/

Amazing event would happen this week in Barcelona, as the first VR film festival in Spain will present variety of what VR might be:

VR Area would consist of VR Test and VR Showroom , where different technologies might be tested — http://360vrfest.pro/en/vr-area/

VR Cinema, something this blog is dedicated for, will present 5 blocs of films:

Section 1:
Help, fiction, USA (Google Spotlight stories)
Jet Lag, fiction, France (Jeremy Sahel)
Ceremony, fiction, Spain (Gaz VR)
Camino De Santiago 360, documentary, Spain(Iralta Films)

Section 2:
Le gout du risque, documentary, France (Seppia and France Television)
Across the line, documentary, USA (Emblematic Group)
Iberdrola Manglares, documentary, Spain (VYSION)
Le vie a venir en 360, fiction, France, Belgium (Seppia, Stenola)
Now dance, musical, Spain (La Bicicleta)
Pearl, animation, USA(Google Spotlight Stories)

Section 3:
Buggy night, animation, USA(Google Spotlight Stories)
Anima, fiction thriller, Spain (TransReal 360)
The story of one Jester, fiction, Russia (Liho Production & EMC VR Film Lab)
These Room, musical, USA (Visyon, Hob Nob)
El Ilanto del bebe, fiction comedy, Spain(Jorge Esteban Blein)

Section 4:
In the jungle with the French foreign legion, documentary (OKIO Studio)
Tomorrow, animation (Future Lighthouse)
No borders, documentary, Italy (Haider Rashid)
Special Delivery, animation, USA (Google Spotlight Stories)
Sociedad Doliente, documentary, Spain (ChromaJon)

Section 5:
I, Philip, fiction, France (Okio Studio & ARTE)
Sonar, animation, Germany (Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg GmbH)
The Pull, fiction, USA (Quba VR)
Smells of the universe, documentary, Spain (Utopic Estudios)
Rain or Shine, animation, USA (Google Spotlight stories)

As we can see from the programming, the festival would provide its audience a variety of genres and geographies in each section, so even those who would come once would be able to see all the differences between in 360 world. What is more important is that festival tries to keep balance between local productions and international.

Conference is a third part of the festival — http://360vrfest.pro/en/conferences/
It would have several great case studies, master classes and presentations.

It’s really great to see that more and more events are starting to promote VR as a for of art and have it not only as a showcases, but as a competition programs.
Festival might be followed:
http://360vrfest.pro/en
https://www.facebook.com/360VRfest/
https://www.instagram.com/360vrfest/
https://twitter.com/360VRfest