Film XR

An immersive bridge between cinema and virtual reality

XR Film Festivals&Showcases

Starting from 2018 Film XR's team was involved in curation and organisation of
XR Festivals&Showcases.
Film XR's founder, Georgy Molodtsov was invited as a curator and producer of the offline events, as well as Film XR's team was behind technical execution of the exhibitions.

Georgia

In partnership with Institut Francais de Georgie we organise showcases of French Immersive&XR experiences in Batumi and Tbilisi.

Batumi VR Days 2023

VR Showcase of French immersive content within Tofuzi Animation Film Festival
14-16 November, 2023
Batumi, Georgia

Web site of the exhibition

Tbilisi VR Days 2023

Independent VR Festival in Tbilisi with French and Georgian program
7-10 December, 2023
Tbilisi, Georgia

Web site of the exhibition

Tofuzi Animation Film Festival 2022:
Best of French VR

VR Showcase of Best French immersive content within Tofuzi Animation Film Festival,
27-28 October, 2022
Batumi, Georgia

Web site of the exhibition

LemON
Film Festival 2022:
Best of French VR

Showcase of Best French VR Immersive projects within LemON Film Festival,
23-25 November, 2022
Batumi, Georgia

Web site of the exhibition

Russia

Independent events in partnership with non-governmental organisations, art and culture institutions, museums.

CannesXRussia:
NewImages of VR

Physical Exhibition of Cannes XR program and NewImages Festival program / part of XR3 Initiative
July 7-17, 2021, Moscow, Russia (Center MARS)
July 11-17, 2021, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Lenfilm)
Online discussions and meet-ups
Exhibition of the best VR content co-organised with Institut Francais, HTC and Lenovo
Position on the project: Curator, head organiser, producer

Web site of the exhibition

CannesXRussia:
NewImages of VR

Promo video about the CannesXRussia Exhibition in 2021

Watch video

UltraMarin VR&AR Festival

Physical Exhibition organised by VRHAM! and Electrotheatre Stanislavsky

April 21-25, 2021, Moscow, Russia
Artistic AR and VR projects curated by Ulrich Schrauth
In partnership with HTC Vive Russia, Lenovo Russia, Great Gonzo

Film XR provided technical and VR equipment and maintenance of the exhibition

Video walkthrough of the exhibition

TechnoSreda Science VR Film Festival

25-26.09.2021
Moscow, Russia
Science VR Film festival dedicated to Art, Culture, History and Science
30 PicoVR G2 4K Headsets / over 500 visitors in 2 days
World Best 360 Films

Russian Web Site of the festival

Interactive Experiences & Metaverse

Independent production or participation in co-productions and providing creative services to international projects.

Multi-platform XR animation universe powered
by kitten Mormitten, game engines and magic

"MormoVerse" is an umbrella brand for an awarded multi-platform project about handmade toy kitten Mormitten.

Original story was created by Georgy's father Sergey Molodtsov over 30 years ago.
It developed from a weekly newspaper page in 1995 to VR game prototype, short animation film and Virtual world in VRChat.
Upcoming formats includes 360 films, animation series, AR books and beyond.

VR Game: Under the pillow

"Under the pillow: Kitten Mormitten" is a VR pilot episode developed by Georgy Molodtsov in co-production with Feeling Digital Studio.
15 minutes long single player narrative VR experience was pitched at ANNECY, NewImages, Cartoon 360 and showcased at Cannes XR 2021, Bucheon Festival, as well as received Halo Awards 2020 for Best Art Game.

Currently Feeling Digital works on developing a new version of "Under the pillow" Game, which received MegaGrants support from Epic Games.

Web site of VR Pilot episode

MormoVerse: Under the pillow (Experience in VRChat)

MormoVerse is an online public world available on social VR Platform VRChat. Project created based on the universe from VR Pilot and includes episodes of the animation films.
It is a narrative immersive multiuser experience which lets the audience to dive into the story of kitten Mormitten, as well as become it by choosing his avatar and solve the quests and puzzles shown in the film as a team themselves.

MormoVerse recied Raindance Immersive 2023 Award for Best Immersive Narrative, as well as been added to "Spotlight: Cross-platform" Section in VRChat.

Web site of the World

PROJECT MADE IN CO-PRODUCTION OR PRODUCTION SERVICES:

Jean-Michel Jarre's
Immersive Music Experience

Created and Produced by VRROOM
50 min, 2022, France

Multiformat immersive concert of the French electronic music legend Jean-Michel Jarre performed live on October 22, 23 and 24, 2022. Virtual part of the project takes place in Oxyville, a virtual city inspired by iconic musical instruments of the earliest stages of electronic music and an homage to Pierre Henry.

Georgy Molodtsov invited art director Pavel Pavlyukov, R&D specialist Dmitry Vorobiev and 3D animator Vlad Maleev to collaborate on the project and overviewed the production.

Music and Creative Direction: Jean-Michel Jarre
Creative Producer: Louis Cacciuttolo
Art Director / 3D Artist: Pavel Pavlyukov
VR&Film Director / Producer: Georgy Molodtsov (FILM XR, Estonia, Georgia)

Web site of the project