VR programme at 22nd Animateka

 

1–7/12 2025

Cirkulacija 2 (12.00–19.00)

Podhod Ajdovščina 2, Ljubljana

 

Animateka is thrilled to showcase another year of groundbreaking immersive works, celebrating the power of virtual and mixed reality to tell bold, narrative-driven stories. This year’s program invites audiences on journeys through shifting landscapes where time and nature behave in unexpected ways, into intimate spaces where the fragility of home is laid bare, and into worlds that blossom and awaken through interaction. From poetic reflections on our changing climate to the whimsical escape of restless houseplants, and a deeply moving exploration of loss, stigma, and the search for salvation, these works open portals into experiences only possible through the language of VR.

 

Fallax

Owen Hindley (GunHil, Huldufugl)

Iceland, United Kingdom, 2025, 22’00”

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. Featuring motion captured circus artists & realtime animation, this will be Iceland’s first film made for virtual reality.

 

Fragile Home

Ondrej Moravec, Victoria Lopukhina (Brainz Immersive)

Czech Republic, 2024, 15’00”

What would you do when your home appeared to be in danger? Since the war began, millions of Ukrainians have faced this question. Fragile Home is an immersive experience in MR that poses this question to each of us.

 

lichtung

Aria Wolf (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

Germany, 2025, 8’30”

You enter a calm yet unfamiliar world, lying dormant as you arrive. As you explore its surroundings, the world gradually opens up, revealing its light. The more you engage with it, the more you become enveloped in a soothing yet lively awakening, full of surprises.

 

Out of Nowhere

Kris Hofmann (Animate Projects, Hofmann Studio, spec.studio)

Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, 2025, 10’00”

Our weather is getting angrier. Everywhere. Out of Nowhere gently explores how preserving alluvial forests, marshes and wetlands can help us face the challenges of an ever angrier, unpredictable climate.

 

The Great Escape

Joren Vandenbroucke (a_BAHN, Animal Tank)

Belgium, Luxembourg, 2025, 20’00”

Three moody geraniums take control over their fate and plan their escape from the windowsill they spent their entire boring life on.

 

If You See a Cat

Atsushi Wada (Kodansha VR Lab)

Japan, 2025, 35’00”

A boy whose only friend is a hallucination of a cat and a hospital that tries to eliminate the hallucination with drugs. A story that asks what the right prescription for mental illness is.

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