Virtual Reality World Experience

Virtual Reality World Experience

DATE: August 14-19
TIME: Video On Demand
VENUE: Virtual Cinema

Popcorn Frights’ first-ever Virtual Reality world experience is created in partnership with the O Cinema, an independent non-profit based in Miami. Hosted on AltSpaceVR, the Virtual Reality environment will feature live events and an exclusive selection of short films that will receive their premieres in this unique digital space. The AltSpaceVR platform will be free to all audiences and available through Quest or STEAM headsets or on PCs. Short films premiering in Popcorn Frights’ VR world experience are:

Body of the Mined
Directed by Eric Jungmann
USA | 15 minutes | 2021
SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. A quiet, young woman moves into a new building and meets a reclusive engineer at the brink of completing a bizarre, extraordinary machine.

 

I’m a Vampire
Directed by Sofia Garza-Barba
Mexico | 15 minutes | 2021
SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, 8-year-old Jackie is so confused by her bewildered parents’ behavior that she thinks she’s turning into a vampire.

 

MeTube: August Sings “Una Furtiva Lagrima”
Directed by Daniel Moshel
Austria | 8 minutes | 2021
SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. The intergalactic music nerds August and Elfi conquer the opera stage and orchestrate an extraordinary adventure in an opulent manner.

 

Mum’s Sweater
Directed by Anand Varma, Yi Chen Hsiao, Mauriziana Gualdrini, Ugo Offner, James Mann
France | 7 minutes | 2021
SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. After her mother’s death, Kim finds solace in wearing her mother’s old sweater. However, the sweater begins to itch and even hurt her, but she still can’t bring herself to take it off.

 

The Wheel
Directed by Nikhil Bhagat
USA | 15 minutes | 2021
SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. A woman is terrorized by a cursed antique.
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July 11, 2021