Paris-based XR distributor Diversion Cinema has scooped up a pair of award-winning titles, including director Singing Chen’s “The Man Who Couldn’t Leave,” and each director Thierry Loa’s “21-22 China” and his follow-up “21-22 USA” to a premium catalog of status immersive fare.
Produced by The Walkers Films and Outland Film Production, “The Man Who Couldn’t Leave” received the highest prize finally yr’s Venice Immersive and can be introduced in competitors at this yr’s NewImages Festival. Directed with aplomb by Singing Chen, the heartbreaking docudrama recounts the historical past of political repression in mid-century Taiwan, filling a 360 display screen with good-looking chiaroscuro compositions supporting classical movie language.
“’The Man Who Couldn’t Leave’ is an instantaneous traditional,” says Diversion head of acquisitions Paul Bouchard. “With respiration visible sophistication, this ode to freedom reaches ranges of embodiment by no means skilled earlier than whereas providing proof that the 360 narrative expertise can nonetheless ship one thing highly effective and immersive.”
“Diversion Cinema stays dedicated to the 360 format,” Bouchard continues. “And so distributing this challenge was an apparent alternative. We wish to introduce this masterpiece to the widest attainable public.”
Winner of the Panorama VR Award finally yr’s FNC Explore, and the Digital Storytelling Award at this previous January’s Fipadoc worldwide documentary pageant, Thierry Loa’s “21-22 China” is the primary of a three-part sequence that explores the present geological epoch outlined by human intervention. Both “21-22 China” and the U.S. set follow-up supply all-encompassing and considerably meditative 360-degree surveys of landscapes present process huge transformation.
Produced, like its predecessor, by Montreal-based studio HelloHello, Loa’s “21-22 USA” can be launched later this yr.
Launched in 2016, Diversion Cinema has turn into a number one XR distributor with a tightly curated catalog that celebrates premium 360-degree and interactive experiences. For the previous a number of months, the French outfit has been growing their Fulldome catalog – a choice of 14 creative and inventive experiences designed planetariums and domed venues.
“We consider there’s a rising curiosity for this format,” says Diversion’s Han Nguyen. “Especially given the presence of a Fulldome program for the primary time at this yr’s NewImages.
