Photo by Victoria Mazurova
Cannes
An immersive 2024 Festival
The Festival de Cannes announces eight projects as a part of the Immersive Competition including collective location-based virtual reality and mixed reality experiences, and projection mapping and holographic works. These carefully selected immersive works showcase the cutting edge of this new era in storytelling, challenging convention, embracing new technologies, and above all celebrating new artists as well as old.
IMMERSIVE COMPETITION
EN AMOUR
France
Claire Bardainne, Adrien Mondot, Laurent Bardainne
Casting Claire Bardainne (voice over), November Ultra (singing voice)
Produced by Adrien M & Claire B, Ekleroshock records
![EN AMOUR France IMMERSIVE COMPETITION EN AMOUR France IMMERSIVE COMPETITION](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EN-AMOUR-France-IMMERSIVE-COMPETITION.jpg?resize=768%2C771&ssl=1)
EVOLVER
UK, France, United States French Premiere
Barnaby Steel, Ersin Han Ersin, Robin McNicholas
Casting Cate Blanchett (voice)
Produced by Marshmallow Laser Feast, Atlas V, Pressman Film, Orange, Bia-Echo Foundation
![EVOLVER UK, France, United States French Premiere EVOLVER UK, France, United States French Premiere](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EVOLVER-UK-France-United-States-French-Premiere.jpg?resize=768%2C775&ssl=1)
HUMAN VIOLINS: PRELUDE (multi-user version)
Romania, France
World Premiere
Ioana Mischie
Casting Cabiria Morgenstern (English Voice)
Produced by Storyscapes, Da Prod, Studioset
![HUMAN VIOLINS PRELUDE multi user version HUMAN VIOLINS PRELUDE multi user version](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/HUMAN-VIOLINS-PRELUDE-multi-user-version.jpg?resize=768%2C767&ssl=1)
MAYA: THE BIRTH OF A SUPERHERO
UK, France, United States European Premiere
Poulomi Basu, CJ Clarke
Casting Indira Varma, Kathy Packianathan (French voices), Indira Varma, Charithra Chandran (English voices), Florrie Antoniou (voices)
Produced by Just Another Production Company, Floréal, Meta VR for Good, France Télévisions, Francetv Storylab, Meta
![MAYA THE BIRTH OF A SUPERHERO MAYA THE BIRTH OF A SUPERHERO](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MAYA-THE-BIRTH-OF-A-SUPERHERO.jpg?resize=768%2C770&ssl=1)
COLORED
France, Taiwan
Tania de Montaigne, Stéphane Foenkinos, Pierre-Alain Giraud
Casting Tania de Montaigne, Rebecca Naluyange, Keril Daniel Elombe, Véronique Bailey, Jona Kraft, Sergei Laev, Mbongiseni Kunene, Craig Thomas Crawford, John Harve Jackson, Gwei Lun-Mei (Mandarin voice), Susanna Dimitri (Italian voice).
Produced by Novaya, Flash Forward Entertainment, Centre Pompidou
![COLORED COLORED](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/COLORED.jpg?resize=768%2C779&ssl=1)
TELOS I
Canada, Sweden, Denmark World Premiere
Dorotea Saykaly, Emil Dam Seidel
Produced by Dorotea Saykaly, Emil Dam Seidel
Casting Dorotea Saykaly
![TELOS I Canada, Sweden, Denmark World Premiere TELOS I Canada, Sweden, Denmark World Premiere](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TELOS-I-Canada-Sweden-Denmark-World-Premiere.jpg?resize=768%2C770&ssl=1)
THE ROAMING
France, Luxembourg, Canada
Mathieu Pradat
Casting Axel Beaumont, Pierre Tallaron, Tony Sanial, Mila Pousséo, Chloé Froget, Anne Klein, Marianne Bourg
Produced by La prairie productions, Wild Fang Films, Normal Studio, Small Creative
![THE ROAMING France, Luxembourg, Canada THE ROAMING France, Luxembourg, Canada](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/THE-ROAMING-France-Luxembourg-Canada.jpg?resize=768%2C762&ssl=1)
TRAVERSING THE MIST
Taiwan
Tung-Yen Chou Casting Jing-Yan Lin
Produced by Very Theatre
![TRAVERSING THE MIST TRAVERSING THE MIST](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TRAVERSING-THE-MIST.jpg?resize=768%2C771&ssl=1)
IMMERSIVE SELECTION
Non-competitive works
Part of the Immersive Selection, six non-competitive works will be featured at the exhibition exploring the evolution of the medium and drawing parallels between virtual reality, virtual production, cinema and collective storytelling.
BATTLESCAR
France, United States
Martin Allais, Nico Casavecchia
Casting Dawson (English voice), Jehnny Beth (French voice), Lo Rivera (German voice)
Produced by Atlas V, Albyon, 1STAveMachine, ARTE France, Oculus, Ryot
![BATTLESCAR France, United States BATTLESCAR France, United States](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BATTLESCAR-France-United-States.jpg?resize=768%2C769&ssl=1)
EMPEROR
France, Germany
Marion Burger, Ilan J. Cohen
Casting Olivia Cooke (English voice), Vimala Pons (French voice)
Produced by Atlas V, Reynard Films, France Télévisions
![EMPEROR France, Germany Marion Burger, Ilan J. Cohen EMPEROR France, Germany Marion Burger, Ilan J. Cohen](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EMPEROR-France-Germany-Marion-Burger-Ilan-J.-Cohen.jpg?resize=768%2C772&ssl=1)
GLOOMY
EYES Argentina, France, United States
Fernando Maldonado, Jorge Tereso
Casting Tahar Rahim (French voice), Colin Farrell (English voice), Max Riemelt (German voice), Jorge Drexler (Spanish voice), Jam Hsiao (Mandarin voice)
Produced by Atlas V, 3dar, ARTE France, HTC, Ryot
![GLOOMY EYES Argentina, France, United States GLOOMY EYES Argentina, France, United States](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GLOOMY-EYES-Argentina-France-United-States.jpg?resize=768%2C769&ssl=1)
MISSING PICTURES: NAOMI KAWASE
France, UK, Taiwan, Luxembourg, South Korea
Clément Deneux
Casting Naomi Kawase
Produced by Atlas V, ARTE France, BBC, PTS, Serendipity Films, Wild Fang Films, Giioii
![MISSING PICTURES NAOMI KAWASE MISSING PICTURES NAOMI KAWASE](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MISSING-PICTURES-NAOMI-KAWASE.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1)
NOTES ON BLINDNESS
France, UK
Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton, James Spinney
Casting John Hull (English version), Lambert Wilson (French version)
Produced by Ex Nihilo, ARTE France, Archer’s Mark, Novelab
![NOTES ON BLINDNESS France, UK NOTES ON BLINDNESS France, UK](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NOTES-ON-BLINDNESS-France-UK.jpg?resize=768%2C771&ssl=1)
SPHERES
United States, France
Eliza McNitt
Casting Jessica Chastain, Millie Bobby Brown, Patti Smith
Produced by Protozoa Pictures, City Lights, Crime of Curiosity, Atlas V
![SPHERES United States, France SPHERES United States, France](https://i0.wp.com/fabukmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SPHERES-United-States-France.jpg?resize=768%2C772&ssl=1)
The Best Immersive Work Award will be presented by the President of the Jury at the Closing Ceremony on May 23. The Compétition Immersive of the Festival de Cannes is a new competition dedicated to immersive works, the first edition of which will be held from May 15-24, 2024 at the Cannes Cineum and the Université Côte d’Azur, Georges Méliès Campus.
The 77th Festival de Cannes will take place from Tuesday May 14 to Saturday May 25, 2024.
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“Kinds Of Kindness” Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2024 in Cannes, France.
![“Kinds Of Kindness” Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2024 in Cannes, France.](https://www.cinemascope.film/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kinds-Of-Kindness-Red-Carpet-at-the-77th-annual-Cannes-Film-Festival-at-Palais-des-Festivals-on-May-17-2024-in-Cannes-France.jpg)
Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos attend the “Kinds Of Kindness” Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2024 in Cannes, France
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“Megalopolis” Red Carpet at the 77th Cannes Film Festival
![Megalopolis Red Carpet at the 77th Cannes Film Festival](https://www.cinemascope.film/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Megalopolis-Red-Carpet-at-the-77th-Cannes-Film-Festival.jpg)
D. B. Sweeney, Grace VanderWaal, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Francis Ford Coppola, Romy Croquet Mars, Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel attend the “Megalopolis” Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2024 in Cannes, France.
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“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (Furiosa: Une Saga Mad Max) Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival
![(L-R) Doug Mitchell, Alyla Browne, George Miller, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky attend the "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" (Furiosa: Une Saga Mad Max) Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 15, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by Victoria Mazurova](https://www.cinemascope.film/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Furiosa-A-Mad-Max-Saga-Red-Carpet-at-the-77th-Cannes-Film-Festival.jpg)
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (Furiosa: Une Saga Mad Max) Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 15, 2024 in Cannes, France.
Photo by Victoria Mazurova