Vancouver’s First
Virtual Reality Film Festival

Developed by a creative team from Greater China, Micro Giants harnesses a real-world backdrop, while blending breakthrough visual effects, animation and VR technology to present viewers with a mind-boggling adventure through nature – through the eyes of an insect!

An observational documentary shot behind the scenes of one of the world's most unusual model agencies. A story that began twenty years ago when I first met Del, the star of the film, in a casting for ugly models. I won't ruin the story but he has come al long way since living in a garage with his motorcycles.Shot in one day in Berlin, my first 360 documentary.

A groundbreaking new virtual reality short film that tells the story of two brothers fighting on opposite sides of the Civil War and unknowingly reunite at Antietam, the bloodiest battle in American military history. Shot on location in Virginia using more than 150 Civil War re-enactors, the story is fictional but based on historical accounts of brothers who fought against each other in the war.

REMEMBER is a VR sci-fi short film exploring our relationship with technology and its influence on our reality. Launched originally on the JAUNT VR platform, it is currently being developed into a VR series for international distribution.

A Vancouver studio, Perspective Films, Has produced VR Wonders of the World is a 360 °virtual reality series that enables those who are adventurous to travel the globe experiencing amazing cities, breathtaking landscapes, diverse cultures and even outer space with a unique first person point of view.Are you afraid of heights? Fear not! Experience Arizona’s famous landmark from the comfort of your seat. This wonder of the world offers spectacular sweeping panoramas of the Arizona desert and Colorado River, at a height of 7000 feet. Discover a Grand Canyon that would take a lifetime to experience.

Kinoscope is a VR experience immersing the spectator into a lively and colorful universe to discover the history of cinema lead by the voice of the Hollywood legend Dean Tavoularis, motion picture production designer whose work appeared in numerous box office hits such as The Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, The Brink’s Job, One from the Heart and Bonnie and Clyde.

Exodus: The Great Migration Imagine standing amongst 3 million wildebeest, 400,000 gazelle and 300,000 zebra as they continue their gruelling search for food and water across two countries. The Great Migration in Africa is the most epic animal exodus on earth. The makers of Exodus take you to experience the magic and the mayhem in virtual reality by producing Exodus: The Great Migration, a short-form narrated documentary.

Cloudhead Games uses VR to inject actors into scenes while capturing motion data for animation using the HTC Vive and Perception Neuron motion capture tech. It was the first time the creators of the game were able to inject actors into scenes using HTC Vibe. It is a fantasy adventure VR Game, and a deeply interactive experience.

This celebrated landmark VR film takes you on a journey from one beginning, to a new beginning. Created in photo-realistic CGI-rendered 3D VR. Watch for the: The Train - with a tip of the hat to the Lumiere Brothers.

Aurora VR is an experimental audio-reactive experience, designed and built for the web, Google Cardboard, and Gear VR. A collaboration between Jam3 and the audio team at Grayson Matthews, Aurora VR places the user at the centre of a spectacular interplay of light and sound. Set in the northern reaches of the Canadian taiga and drawing inspiration from the Dylan Thomas poem “Do not go gentle into that good night”, Aurora VR is a short and enticing meditation on the passage of time.

The very first VR Film to be nominated for an Oscar. Set inside their home, a beloved hatchback, Pearl follows a girl and her dad as they crisscross the country chasing their dreams. It’s a story about the gifts we hand down and their power to carry love. And finding grace in the unlikeliest of places. Directed by Academy Award winner Patrick Osborne, and produced by Google Spotlight StoriesEA & Communications Manager

The world's first animated 360-degrees Rube Goldberg Machine from Peter Spence at Putty Studios. It includes dominoes falling, balls rolling, anvils crashing and a very flattening finale. It almost features a concertina solo.