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Immersive Experiences Pitch

Official Selection

Discover the six documentary projects selected for the Immersive Experiences Pitch, sponsored by France Télévisions Story Lab, at Sunny Side of the Doc 2022, live in La Rochelle from 20 to 23 June 2022. Project's holders will benefit from coaching and mentoring sessions by industry experts in order to prepare their presentation and convince the decision makers present on the market.

Jury Members:
  • Alain Gallez, Founder & President, Stereopsia (Belgium)
  • Emanuela Righi, Producer, Novaya - SSD21 Award Winner (France)
  • Scott Gillam, Manager, Digital Platforms, Canadian Museum for Human Rights (Canada)
 

JACOB'S JOURNEY

Produced by: Infinite Frame Media (Canada)
Directed by: Joanne Popinska
 

Logline: Jacob’s Journey is part of an interactive Virtual Reality documentary capturing the stories of Holocaust survivors. It features Jacob Goldstein, a 94-year-old from Lodz, who survived the Nazi concentration camps.

JFK : MEMENTO

Produced by: TARGO (France)
Directed by: Chloé Rochereuil
 

Logline: On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was shot. JFK: Memento is an immersive chronicle of the life, assassination and legacy of President Kennedy narrated by those who lived it.

TRAVELING WITH TROTSKY

Produced by: CULTURAL VIDEO PRODUCTION/THENRBBUS COLLECTIVE and INVR.SPACE (Germany)
Directed by: Vincenzo Cavallo

Logline: When Trotsky wakes up in the metro of Berlin, 80 years after his death, he realizes that his motherland Ukraine is still struggling against Russians, that his enemy Stalin is dead but that in its place there is another dictator called Putin. The only solution is to reach Lviv to join the resistance.

JEANNE AND THE FLOWERS OF EVIL

Produced by: LITTLE BIG STORY LAB (France)
Directed by: Régine Abadia

Logline: Jeanne Duval and Charles Baudelaire: a black woman whose real name remain unknown and an immensely famous white poet had a passionate affair in the 19th century. With Jeanne as your guide, you will travel through Baudelaire's poetry in a series of virtual theatres that bring to life the poems narrated by Charles Baudelaire (Eric Ruf for the French version, TBA for the International version).

ALTERNATES (BERGANTIAN)

Produced by: CinemaLeap Inc. (Japan), Floréal Films (France)
Directed by: Jonathan Hagard

Logline: Alternates (Bergantian) is an Indonesian uchronia set in Ubud, the Balinese cultural capital in an alternate timeline when its culture has almost been wiped out. It is a VR experience about what could have changed and what doesn’t change.

71% AND RISING

Produced by: SEETREE GmbH (Germany)
Directed by: Hendrik S. Schmitt

Logline: In the decade of the Ocean comes a project that will follow the Ocean’s currents, unravel the problems, show solutions, and connect the dots on a global level. Join us on a life-changing adventure, investigating the biggest Ocean emergencies and identifying (and living) the solutions that can help to restore the health of the Ocean.

A word from the Pitch Sponsor

Francetv StoryLab

"The StoryLab, a true programme unit, is France Télévisions' laboratory for narrative innovation. It is part of the desire to enrich France Télévisions' editorial offer with immersive narratives and programmes. Through different genres (documentary, fiction, animation, youth programmes) and new technologies (virtual, augmented and mixed realities, etc.), the StoryLab's co-productions tackle the issues that make up society and offer a new perspective on them.  As such, StoryLab is sponsoring this year's Best Pitch Award in the Immersive Experiences category to encourage the emergence of immersive narratives and the talents of tomorrow." 
Jeanne Marchalot, Head of Francetv StoryLab, Innovation and Forecasting Department

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