OFFICIAL VIRTUAL REALITY SECTION

Free entrance. The VR selection is available throughout the festival at the Experimental Hub gallery, from 4 PM until the end of the day’s conferences and networking activities.

Please note: VR experiences are available on a first-come, first-served basis. No reservations are available, and waiting times may vary depending on visitor numbers and headset availability. The festival cannot guarantee immediate access to the experiences and accepts no responsibility for waiting times or the inability to access an experience due to high attendance.

FALLAX

Dir. Owen Hindley

Year: 2025

Country: Iceland, United Kingdom

An escaped prisoner flees into the Icelandic countryside. After their friends mysteriously vanish, they are pulled into a space where time and nature move differently.

Fallax is Latin and short for Struthiopteris Fallax, an endemic fern that only grows by two hot springs in Iceland.

LE TEMPS DU MONSTRE

Dir. Benjamin Nuel

Year: 2023

Country: United States

Next to a nuclear power plant on the banks of the Rhône, a residential house becomes the starting point for a journey through time, from a familiar setting to a postindustrial era. Following the footsteps of a gentle monster that symbolises the river’s rebirth, viewers travel through different eras and discover another way of relating to the natural world. This dreamlike, interactive experience invites us to imagine new fictions and mythologies to learn how to coexist with the forces of nature.

LÚCIDO

Dir. Vier Nev

Year: 2026

Country: Portugal

After waking up from a nightmare, Gil discovers that he can learn to control his dreams with the help of his boyfriend. Together, they venture into strange dreamlike landscapes and discover that the worst nightmares are the ones we do not want to wake up from. Through lucid dreaming, this virtual reality experience explores the relationship between lucidity, control, chosen family and grief.

LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON

Dir. Négar Motevalymeidanshah

Year: 2025

Country: France

Golnaz, a young Iranian immigrant, is trying to adapt to her new life in Germany. One day, while buying saffron and preparing a rice dish that reminds her of home, she relives painful memories of her past. Three years earlier, she survived a shipwreck in which she lost her entire family as they were travelling in search of a better future. Through an everyday gesture, this immersive experience explores memory, displacement and grief.