Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality returns to MIFF to continue rewriting the frontiers of storytelling through total immersive cinema. In 2019, MIFF is thrilled to partner with Arts House for three of these VR experiences focused on experimentation, new technologies and untold stories.

Virtual Reality experiences are immersive, and require viewers to wear a headset. Every audience member views the works individually, and their experience will likewise be individual. For this reason, these experiences are restricted to those 18 years and older.

Arts House VR Pass

The brand new, bespoke Arts House VR Pass is your ticket to extraordinary experiences. For just $30, you'll get three tickets (or $10 per ticket) that are redeemable for the VR sessions at Arts House: Common Ground, Future Dreaming and The Waiting Room. Experience three sessions yourself, or bring a couple of friends to one session and make an event of it – the choice is yours.

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See Terms & Conditions below

In addition to the VR experiences below, MIFF is co-presenting a Meet the VR Filmmaker event with Real World VR on Tuesday 13 August. Find out more.

VR experiences will be presented at MIFF in two ways – in VR Packages and Standalone Experiences:

4 Feet: Blind Date

4 Feet: Blind Date

Eighteen-year-old Juana wants to lose her virginity. She refuses to let her wheelchair get in the way.

11.11.18

11.11.18

Embed yourself in with a group of soldiers in the trenches on 11 November 1918, ten minutes before peace is declared, bringing World War I to an end.

Accused #2: Walter Max Sisulu

Accused #2: Walter Max Sisulu

South Africa’s Rivonia Trial resulted in the life sentences handed to Nelson Mandela and nine other ANC activists, including Walter Max Sisulu, but also began the long process of ending Apartheid. This VR experience places you in the courtroom as Sisulu gives his testimony.

Afterimage For Tomorrow

Afterimage For Tomorrow

Welcome to a future where our memories can be recorded and stored for playback.

Ashe '68

Ashe '68

The story of US tennis champion and civil rights activist Arthur Ashe.

The Atomic Tree

The Atomic Tree

When the US dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, almost every living thing was destroyed … except for a 400-year-old Japanese White Pine bonsai.

Ayahuasca

Ayahuasca

Tactile and trippy, Ayahuasca takes you on a hallucinogenic journey … from the safety of your VR headset.

Bonfire

Bonfire

Featuring the voice of Always Be My Maybe’s Ali Wong, Bonfire is the latest VR work from Eric Darnell.

Children Do Not Play War

Children Do Not Play War

Over decades, tens of thousands of children in Uganda were abducted by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army and either enslaved or trained as soldiers. Children Do Not Play War gives survivors space to tell their own experiences.

Common Ground

Common Ground

An extraordinary use of the VR medium, Common Ground explores South London’s notorious Aylesbury Estate, currently subject to a ground-breaking but controversial regeneration project.

Future Dreaming

Future Dreaming

Drawing inspiration from Dreamtime stories and practices, four young Aboriginal Australians take you on an immersive journey through their visionary futures.

Gymnasia

Gymnasia

From Emmy-winning studio Felix & Paul comes this dark, twisted fantasy.

MIFF Talks - What is Virtual Reality Now?

MIFF Talks - What is Virtual Reality Now?

In this panel presentation, we ask experts and practitioners at the forefront of the field some of the most pressing questions in VR today.
Passenger

Passenger

A new immigrant to Australia has found work driving a taxi, and you are his passenger.

Send Me Home

Send Me Home

In 1975 Rickey Jackson was falsely accused of murder, and sentenced to die. After 39 years on death row, new evidence secured his freedom. Send me Home follows Rickey as he readjusts to life outside.

Traveling While Black

Traveling While Black

Take a journey with the Green Book, from the perspective of black Americans.

VR Package 1

VR Package 1

Enjoy two VR experiences that put the focus on dance and movement.

VR Package 2

VR Package 2

Three VR works immersing audiences into lived African American experiences.

VR Package 3

VR Package 3

Three exciting new animated VR works from around the world.

VR Package 4

VR Package 4

Memories of war and peace are explored in these three unique VR experiences.

The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room

From revered filmmakers Molly Reynolds and Rolf de Heer comes a groundbreaking 3D VR experience that asks the question: what if humans are an invading alien force?

Health and safety warning

Health and safety: participation in these experiences and using this technology may involve some risks, including (but not limited to): nausea, dizziness, disorientation, visual abnormalities, injury or other discomfort.

Credits

Credits
VR Programmers: Kate Fitzpatrick, Mia Falstein-Rush
VR Producer: Steve Spangaro
Production Designer: Hahna Read
VR Intern: Callum Stewart
VR Volunteer: Aaron Richardson

MIFF's Rotary Sync VR  360 video playback system:
Developed by Virtual Playground as devised by Worldview

Special thanks to Emily Harridge and Kody Nguyen

Devised by Worldview
Interstitials by Worldview

 

Arts House VR Pass Terms & Conditions

  • An Arts House VR Pass can be redeemed for a total of three tickets that can be used for any VR sessions that take place at Arts House only. Tickets may be used across separate VR sessions at Arts House, or for the same session.
  • An Arts House VR Pass is not redeemable for VR sessions at Space@Collins
  • An Arts House VR Pass is not redeemable for any non-VR sessions
  • Arts House VR Passes cannot be refunded either in full or part. Tickets booked on an Arts House VR Pass can be exchanged online for an exchange fee of $1 per ticket, or in person or over the phone for $2.50 per ticket. Exchanges close 2 hours prior to session start times.
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