{"id":764330,"date":"2026-07-15T12:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/764330\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:41:09","slug":"venice-margot-robbie-david-bowie-projects-among-immersive-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/764330\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice: Margot Robbie & David Bowie Projects Among Immersive Lineup\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Venice<\/a> Film Festival\u2019s immersive sidebar celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with a selection of projects, including titles featuring contributions by high-profile names such as Margot Robbie and Omar Sy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOverall, Venice Immersive<\/a> will present 68 projects from 26 countries, of which 30 will play in competition, and 35 will be out of competition. Among these are titles such as Nevatars, directed by Andy Serkis and voiced by Daisy Ridley and Kathleen Turner, and\u00a0Galapagos: The Last Eden, directed by Anthony Geffen and voiced by Margot Robbie. Scroll down for the full lineup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOther high-profile projects in the Venice Immersive sidebar include Artou, directed by Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako, and voiced by French actor Omar Sy, who is also one of the producers; \u00a0Solwata, a documentary about climate refugees voiced by Mark Ruffalo; and Bowie: Unseen Unheard, an immersive audio visual work created from rare and never seen photos of David Bowie shot by his official photographer Denis O\u2019Regan on the 10th anniversary of his death.<\/p>\n

\n\tPaul Rapha\u00ebl, the Emmy-winning artist and co-founder of Felix & Paul Studios, will serve as the president of the Venice Immersive jury. He will be joined by Iranian filmmaker N\u00e9gar Motevalymeidanshah and Belgian director and writer Kate Voet. The Immersive Jury hands out the following prizes: Venice Immersive Grand Prize, Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize, and Venice Immersive Achievement Prize.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Venice Immersive programme takes place on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio, a short boat ride up from the Lido. The Venice Film Festival<\/a> runs from September 2 to September 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tCheck out the lineup below.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tVENICE IMMERSIVE<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Competition<\/p>\n

\n\tAMSTERDAM 1652: THE HANDS OF THE CITY<\/p>\n

\n\tby NIENKE HUITENGA-BROEREN<\/p>\n

\n\tNetherlands, France \/ 37\u2019 \/ virtual reality, installation<\/p>\n

\n\tANOKHYA: THE ORIGIN<\/p>\n

\n\tby ANAND KISHORE<\/p>\n

\n\tIndia\/ 27\u2019\/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tARTOU<\/p>\n

\n\tby ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO<\/p>\n

\n\tFrance, Mauritania, Luxembourg \/ 27\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tBACK TO THE EXPERIENCE<\/p>\n

\n\tby JESSIEN HUANG<\/p>\n

\n\tChina \/ 40\u2019\/ virtual reality, world<\/p>\n

\n\tBEING IN YOU<\/p>\n

\n\tby MICHA\u0141 STANKIEWICZ<\/p>\n

\n\tPoland\/ 18\u2019\/ virtual reality, installation<\/p>\n

\n\tBOWIE: UNSEEN UNHEARD<\/p>\n

\n\tby DENIS O\u2019REGAN, NICK RYAN<\/p>\n

\n\tUK\/ 25\u2019 \/ immersive installation<\/p>\n

\n\tDISNEYNATURE\u2019S WOLF: AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE<\/p>\n

\n\tby JEFF WILSON<\/p>\n

\n\tUK, USA, Canada\/ 20\u2019\/ immersive film<\/p>\n

\n\tEMPIRE AT SEA<\/p>\n

\n\tby PETER FLAHERTY<\/p>\n

\n\tUSA\/ 22\u2019 \/ installation, mixed reality<\/p>\n

\n\tEVEREST: THE FIRST ASCENT<\/p>\n

\n\tby JEAN DELLAC, BENJAMIN AURICHE<\/p>\n

\n\tFrance\/ 37\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tEYES OF SHAME (G\u00c9DOS AKYS)<\/p>\n

\n\tby TOMAS TAMO\u0160AITIS<\/p>\n

\n\tLithuania, France, Croatia \/ 40\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tFINDING FRIDA<\/p>\n

\n\tby HILDE K. KJ\u00d8S<\/p>\n

\n\tNorway, Netherlands \/ 41\u2019 \/ virtual reality, installation<\/p>\n

\n\tGALAPAGOS: THE LAST EDEN<\/p>\n

\n\tby ANTHONY GEFFEN<\/p>\n

\n\tUK\/ 60\u2019\/ XR glasses, installation<\/p>\n

\n\tHONEYBOYS<\/p>\n

\n\tby TIBOR DE JONG<\/p>\n

\n\tNetherlands, Belgium \/ 36\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tNEL BLU<\/p>\n

\n\tby FINS<\/p>\n

\n\tUSA\/ 60\u2019\/ virtual reality, world<\/p>\n

\n\tNEVATARS<\/p>\n

\n\tby ANDY SERKIS, JOSH YOUSSEF<\/p>\n

\n\tUK, USA, Argentina \/ 31\u2019 \/ XR glasses, installation<\/p>\n

\n\tNOTHING TO SEE HERE<\/p>\n

\n\tby CELINE DAEMEN<\/p>\n

\n\tNetherlands\/ 8\u2019\/ installation<\/p>\n

\n\tNOX<\/p>\n

\n\tby RIO NAKADA<\/p>\n

\n\tJapan\/ 20\u2019\/ virtual reality, installation<\/p>\n

\n\tOCTOPOCALYPSE<\/p>\n

\n\tby MAX SACKER, ARITE SZADKOWSKI<\/p>\n

\n\tGermany\/ 20\u2019\/ immersive installation<\/p>\n

\n\t\u00d4L (HAUNTS)<\/p>\n

\n\tby LUCY HAMMOND, TOMOS CHETWODE-BARTON<\/p>\n

\n\tUK\/ 15\u2019\/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tOUT OF THE ASHES<\/p>\n

\n\tby RORY MITCHELL, NONNY DE LA PE\u00d1A<\/p>\n

\n\tUSA\/ 26\u2019\/ virtual reality, installation<\/p>\n

\n\tOUTRENOIR<\/p>\n

\n\tby GORDON<\/p>\n

\n\tFrance\/ 12\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tRAJ\u2019IN (WE SHALL RETURN)<\/p>\n

\n\tby FAIZ ABU RMELEH, KEREN MANOR<\/p>\n

\n\tGermany, Palestine \/ 24\u2019\/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tSHIFTING CONNECTIONS<\/p>\n

\n\tby TUNG-YEN CHOU<\/p>\n

\n\tTaipei\/ 12\u2019\/ mixed reality, installation<\/p>\n

\n\tSMITHSONIAN STARSTRUCK: AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE<\/p>\n

\n\tby ELLIOTT MIZROCH<\/p>\n

\n\tUSA, UK\/ 38\u2019\/ virtual reality, installation<\/p>\n

\n\tSOLWATA<\/p>\n

\n\tby FELIX GAEDTKE, GAYATRI PARAMESWARAN<\/p>\n

\n\tUSA, Germany, Solomon Islands\/ 25\u2019\/ installation, mixed reality<\/p>\n

\n\tSUNSET MOTEL<\/p>\n

\n\tby GILLES JOBIN<\/p>\n

\n\tSwitzerland, France\/ 20\u2019\/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE PIGEON RING<\/p>\n

\n\tby YUQI ZHANG<\/p>\n

\n\tChina\/ 35\u2019\/ virtual reality, installation<\/p>\n

\n\tTOMORI<\/p>\n

\n\tby MISA HARU<\/p>\n

\n\tJapan\/ 20\u2019\/ mixed reality, installation<\/p>\n

\n\tULRICA<\/p>\n

\n\tby HONGBO CAI<\/p>\n

\n\tUSA, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia\/ 20\u2019\/ immersive installation<\/p>\n

\n\tYESTERDAY MAYBE<\/p>\n

\n\tby MATTHIEU VAN EECKHOUT<\/p>\n

\n\tFrance\/ 16\u2019\/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tOut of Competition<\/p>\n

\n\t(international selection of the best works that have been released or premiered elsewhere since the last edition of the Venice International Film Festival)<\/p>\n

\n\tBest of Experiences<\/p>\n

\n\tCRAFTING CRIMES<\/p>\n

\n\tby CHLO\u00c9 ROCHEREUIL<\/p>\n

\n\tFrance, USA \/ 20\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tHOTEL INFINITY<\/p>\n

\n\tby WILLIAM CHYR<\/p>\n

\n\tUSA\/ 120\u2019\/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tIN 36,000 WAYS<\/p>\n

\n\tby KARIM BEN KHELIFA<\/p>\n

\n\tGermany\/ 3\u2019\/ immersive installation<\/p>\n

\n\tLITTLE NIGHTMARES VR: ALTERED ECHOES<\/p>\n

\n\tby LUCAS ROUSSEL<\/p>\n

\n\tFrance\/ 240\u2019\/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tOF WOMAN BORN<\/p>\n

\n\tby NALINI MALANI<\/p>\n

\n\tIndia\/ 20\u2019\/ immersive installation<\/p>\n

\n\tSPOMYNY<\/p>\n

\n\tby SOPHIA BULGAKOVA<\/p>\n

\n\tNetherlands, Ukraine\/ 20\u2019\/ immersive installation<\/p>\n

\n\tSPYMASTER<\/p>\n

\n\tby JEREMY MOIRANO<\/p>\n

\n\tFrance\/ 240\u2019\/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE AMUSEMENT<\/p>\n

\n\tby EIKE LANGBEHN, MARC BARNES<\/p>\n

\n\tGermany, France\/ 180\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tVOOOOOO\u2014PEEEEEE\u2014<\/p>\n

\n\tby JIYUN PARK, HYEUNJOO WOO<\/p>\n

\n\tSouth Korea\/ 20\u2019\/ virtual reality, haptics<\/p>\n

\n\tBest of Worlds<\/p>\n

A WONDERFUL THING TO REALIZE by Screaming ColorA WORLD OF MY OWN by \u895f\u8349\u305f\u306cBLUMEA\u2026 by TontonDemonBREAK 25: SINTO FELIZ by PKCELESTIUM by LavryouCOME HOME by Aruse ArkaniDAWN BEYOND\u2026 by TontonDemonDEMONHOUR \u2013 CHAPTER 1 by Kitsunaki \/ Jan K\u00f6sterFORGOTTEN EMPIRE by 3D MasterFRACTURED WINTER by LavryouFROZEN SIGNAL by LavryouHALF EMPTY by yuri_tsI FEEL SMALL by FewiixLIMINAL NIGHTMARES by Autumn BoydLIMITLESS PT\u20241\u02f8 ENTER THE VOID by Hill Jr.MEMORY by Lera NibiruNOCTILUCA by LuminaPalettePATRIKI VR by DrMorroSPATIALOGRAPHY by VoxelKeiSPECULARIUM by jasper \uff61THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM by PHIAbunny, ThrillTOKOGRAMMETRY MUSEUM by TokoyoshiTOWN OF CONNECTION by haruki_haruVEILED DARK by Dean`, Karl KroenenVERTICAL HORIZON \u2044 361 DEGREES by Inloco GalleryVOLARE by Juice \u2026<\/p>\n

\n\tBiennale College Cinema \u2013 Immersive \u2013 Out of Competition<\/p>\n

\n\tDESERT PALMS<\/p>\n

\n\tby TRISTAN SENIUK, JOHN GERARD<\/p>\n

\n\tUSA\/ 32\u2019\/ immersive film<\/p>\n

\n\tSupported by the grant BCC Immersive 10th edition (2025\/2026)<\/p>\n

\n\tLIBRARY OF DREAMS<\/p>\n

\n\tby ZHENYA RZHEZNIKOVA<\/p>\n

\n\tIsrael, Germany\/ 25\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tDeveloped during BCC immersive 8th edition (2023-2024)<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE WHITE SABOTEUR<\/p>\n

\n\tby BARTHELEMY ANTOINE-LOEFF, HUGO ARCIER<\/p>\n

\n\tFrance, Germany \/ 15\u2019 \/ virtual reality, installation<\/p>\n

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