VIRTUAL REALITY
On the occasion of the 28th edition of CINEMANIA, where Luxembourg is the guest of honor, the Centre PHI presents a selection of four virtual reality (VR) works as well as Close-up, a photo exhibition by Fabrizio Maltese, an Italian photographer and filmmaker based in Luxembourg.
The desire for the image and the omnipresence of photography in the media are part of our daily lives. In his exhibition Close-up, Fabrizio Maltese attempts to review the codes and meaning of celebrity photos in the age of social media. These works will be an opportunity to ask questions about our relationship to the image and the staging of oneself.
The four virtual reality (VR) works on display immerse us in universes ranging from the world of dreams to that of never-realized movies.
PROGRAM
FROM 2 to 6 NOVEMBER
CENTRE PHI
7 Lives
France, Luxembourg, Belgique | 2019 | 25 minutes
Japonais | sous-titrage en français et en anglais
Tokyo. A teenage girl throws herself under the subway train. Her soul rises from the rails. On the platform, the witnesses of the scene are in shock. The event has revived a traumatic memory that was lying dormant in each of them. This painful memory runs before their eyes again and again. To end its wandering, the soul must go through their thoughts, dive into their memories, and help them find inner peace.
Director: Jan Kounen
Authors: Charles Ayats et Sabrina Calvo
Coproduction: Red Corner, France Télévisions, a_bahn et Frakas Productions
Production: Marie Blondiaux, Adrien Oumhani, Marion Guth, François Le Gall, Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts
With the support: Film Fund Luxembourg (lu), CNC (fr), Tax Shelter du gouvernement belge (be), Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter mandaté par Belfius (be).
Mentions & awards : Prix Fiction 2019, VR Arles Festival Mention spéciale 2019, New Images Festival Paris Halo Awards GOLD pour Fictional Work 2019, Sélection officielle auTribeca Film Festival 2019,
Missing Pictures - The Monkey Wrench Gang, episode 3
France, Angleterre, Taïwan, Luxembourg, Corée du Sud | 2022 | 11 minutes
Français, Anglais, Allemand, Coréen, Mandarin
For every film made, dozens of images are forever missing. Missing Pictures gives filmmakers the opportunity to tell a story that would otherwise never be told.
After the huge box-office success of Twilight Chapter 1, American filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke tried to make an adaptation of Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang, a cult book of the American counterculture of the 1970s and a precursor of eco-activism. The director looks back on this project, which was particularly dear to her, and which became, because of the reluctance of the Hollywood studios, one of the "ghosts of her past".
Director: Clément Deneux, Catherine Hardwicke.
Production: Antoine Cayrol, Oriane Hurard, Christian Neuman, Hélène Walland.
Coproduction: Atlas V, ARTE France, BBC, Serendipity, PTS Taiwan, Wild Fang Films, GIIOII.
With the support: CNC, Pictanovo, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Procirep-Angoa, TAICCA, Film Fund Luxembourg, RAPA and Ministry of Science and ICT (République de la Corée).
Mentions & awards:Sélection au Tribeca Film Festival 2022, Sélection au BFI London 2022, Sélection BIFAN 2022.
Metamorphosis
Luxembourg | 2021 | 25 minutes
Anglais, français
Metamorphosis is a project which builds on the constraints caused by the global confinement due to the pandemic. This work is an ontological rupture and marks the beginning of an open online dialogue, involving friends and colleagues who live in different parts of the world: from Brazil to Taipei, through the United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Belarus, the United States, France, the Netherlands, or Iran.
Director: Karolina Markiewicz et Pascal PironAuthors: Karolina Markiewicz et Pascal Piron.
VR Experience: Don Pedro productions, Gil Pinheiro, Killian Pontiroli, Jordi van Netten.
Music: Kevin Muhlen.
With the support : Film Fund Luxembourg et Mudam Luxembourg.
Ayahuasca
France, Luxembourg | 2019 | 12 minutes
Langue: sans-dialogue
A spiritual journey through the world of medicinal plants, led by a traditional indigenous Shipibo healer in the Amazon Forest.
Director: Jan Kounen,
Production : Atlas V, a_BAHN, Small.
Executive Producers : Antoine Cayrol, Marion Guth, Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies et Rodolphe Chabrier.
Co-executive producers : Arnaud Colinart, Pierre Zandrowicz et Philippe Sonrier.
With the participation: Guillermo Arévalo “Kestembetsa”.
Mentions & awards: Oeuvre gagnante, Geneva International Film Festival, 2019 Sélection, Tribeca Film Festival, 2019 Sélection, Raindance Film Festival, 2019 Sélection officielle VR Work, Annecy, 2019
Presentation at the Centre PHI as part of the exhibition >HUM(AI)N, 2019
