DREAMIN’ZONE – VR
Not a game. Not a classical movie. But a stretchy movie to put on like a second skin… an adventure to live.
Interactive VR animated short film (18-20′ min)
Target Group: All ages
Genre: 2D, 3D Animation, Poetry, Drama.
Author / Writer: Suaëna Airault, Angélique O and Fabienne Giezendanner
Director: Fabienne Giezendanner
Executive Producers: Henry Welsh, Fabienne Giezendanner / ZÉRO DE CONDUITE Productions (France), Lilia Schneider / CINÉ-LITTÉ Productions (Germany), Pascal Conicella / FAUVEA Studios (Switzerland), Studio Yog (South Korea).
Co-production: Simon Sturm / refutura GmbH (Germany), Pictanovo (France).
Production countries: France, Germany, Switzerland, South Korea.
SYNOPSIS
Put yourself into the shoes of Yuri, a young South Korean, and immerse yourself in her memories, those where, as a child, she disobeyed her mother by escaping her home and crossing the border between the two Koreas, in hope to meet her father, a soldier violinist, who went to war and disappeared somewhere in the North Korea. Throughout her story, discover an animistic and dreamlike version of the demilitarized zone. You are not a mere spectator; your behavior transforms the experience by subtly altering the narrative.
Project State: Production
Pitch selections:
Fête de l’animation le Lille 2017, Cross video days ( selection régionale) 2017, Paris Virtual Film Festival 2018, Festival de Cannes 2018 avec Stéréopsia, Cartoon 360, 2018, MIFA transmedia project pitch at Annecy International Film Festival (2019).
Festivals:
Official competition in 77th. Venice International Film Festival, VR Expanded.
FNC (Montreal, Canada) – OFFICIAL COMPETITION
VRE – Virtual Reality Experience (Rome, Italy) -OFFICIAL COMPETITION
GIFF (Genf, Schweiz) – OUT OF COMPETITION
With support of:
Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Aides à l’écriture Nouveaux médias du CNC, aide au développement Nouveaux médias du CNC, Aide au développement Expérience interactives Pictanovo.
Expert Prize / MIFA Annecy Animation Festival
ABOUT DIRECTOR
Fabienne Giezendanner
SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR
CINÉ-LITTÉ ProductionsFabienne Giezendanner is a director in animation & virtual reality films, author, and independent producer based in France. She has created and directed several animation shorts and interactive projects with Switzerland and Belgium. In 2016 she initiated a poetic film project ”Dreamin’Zone” inspired from a story of South & North Korea, a 2D & 3D animated, interactive and immersive fiction for virtual reality (VR) headsets. She invented the notion of “stretchy film” combining the cinematic and VR tools in one plot.
