Open from 12:00 to 18:00 on all three days of the VR programme.
Batumi
VR Days
TOFUZI 2026 · Special VR section. Three days of 360° animation, immersive cinema and interactive VR.
Inside the 18th TOFUZI
Batumi VR Days is TOFUZI’s dedicated VR section, running for three days within the International Festival of Animated Films in Batumi.
Presented with Institut français de Géorgie
The French immersive selection is presented with the support of Institut français de Géorgie and the Institut français Catalogue XR.
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Visitors enter the 360° films together: every headset starts at the same moment, turning individual viewing into a shared screening. Interactive works run on dedicated stations.
- Festival
- 5–10 October
- VR section
- 6–8 October
- Open daily
- 12:00–18:00
- Format
- 360° theatre + interactive VR
Plan your visit
Where, when and what to expect from the three-day VR programme.
Batumi, Georgia.
French immersive cinema, family animation, Maestro and a local game showcase.
Admission and booking information will be added with the final daily timetable.
The programme
French immersive cinema and family animation are presented as shared 360° screenings. Maestro and Bomb the Hill invite visitors to take part.
Family 360° theatre
Big worlds for young viewers. A warm, playful programme for children and families. Every headset starts together, turning individual viewing into a shared screening.
Mormoverse 360
A handmade toy kitten comes alive and enters a hidden world of lost children’s things — a gentle story about friendship, care and helping each other.
- Director
- Georgy Molodtsov
- Production
- Film XR
ARIPI – Wings
An astronaut’s journey becomes a poetic story about the dream of flying and the imagination of childhood.
- Director
- Dmitri Voloshin
- Production
- Simpals Studio / Simpals LLC
Bananza!
A playful 360° ride about growing up in the digital age, created for young audiences.
- Creators
- Sofija Stanković, Teodora Stojković
- Studio
- TeYosh
French 360° selection
Art, cinema and memory. Five short works open the worlds of film, painting and architecture through synchronised VR screenings.
Kinoscope
A lively journey through the history of cinema and its iconic worlds.
Directors: Clément Léotard, Philippe Collin · Production: Ex Nihilo & Novelab, in association with La Cinémathèque françaiseWatch trailer ↗L’île des morts
Isle of the Dead
A timeless passage into Arnold Böcklin’s famous painting, carried by the atmosphere of Rachmaninoff’s symphonic poem.
Director: Benjamin Nuel · Co-written with Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat · Production: Les Produits Frais (Oriane Hurard), Arte France
Notre-Dame de Paris : voyage dans le passé
Journey Back in Time
A visit to Ubisoft’s historical reconstruction, from the cathedral roof to the living streets of late-18th-century Paris.
Production: Ubisoft New Business · © 2020 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.
Un Bar aux Folies Bergère
A Bar at the Folies Bergère
Step inside Édouard Manet’s painting and the spectacle of the Belle Époque, seen through the gaze of its central figure.
Director: Gabrielle Lissot · Scenario & dialogues: Marie Sellier · Production: IKO, Arte
En tête à tête avec la Joconde
Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass
Meet the Mona Lisa beyond the frame and discover what five centuries of research have revealed about Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait.
Direction and production: Musée du Louvre, HTC Vive Arts, EmissiveWatch official video ↗Interactive VR: Maestro
Take the conductor’s place. Follow the rhythm, cue the musicians and lead a virtual orchestra with your hands.
Maestro (version démo)
Conduct a full orchestra with your hands. Read the room, shape the dynamics and keep the performance alive in real time.
- Production
- Double Jack
- Format
- Interactive VR
Bomb the Hill — a local showcase
A Batumi-made VR game with the rush and rebellious spirit of early downhill skate culture.
Pokodzima Studio’s physical VR experience is presented as a special local title, separate from the Institut français Selection VR programme.
Watch the official release-window trailer ↗
Batumi VR Days through the years
Since 2022, the university atrium has become TOFUZI’s meeting place for shared VR screenings, first encounters with headsets and hands-on immersive work.
Curated by Georgy Molodtsov
Webby Award-winning XR Producer & Director · Festival Curator · Founder of Film XR
Georgy’s work with Jean-Michel Jarre includes OXYMORE, winner of the 2023 Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Experiential Design, and Versailles 400. He curated Open Frame VR at goEast Film Festival from 2018 to 2023, founded VR_SciFest and has led Batumi VR Days within TOFUZI since 2022.
Based in Paris, he is a Fulbright Fellow with an MA in Film & Video from American University.
Explore Georgy’s curatorial work ↗Past editions
Public pages from earlier editions and the confirmed 2025 programme.