Explore different worlds through virtual reality headsets, a technology that allows for total immersion. In collaboration with La Médiathèque Villeneuve-les-salines and La Coursive Scène Nationale – with the participation of Diversion cinéma
OPENING HOURS
LA COURSIVE
Thursday and Friday: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 2:00 PM - 5:45 PM
MEDIA LIBRARY
Wednesday and Saturday: 10:00 AM to 12:15 PM / 2:00 PM to 5:45 PM
Thursday: 2:00 PM to 5:45 PM
Friday and Sunday: CLOSED
SYNOPSIS AND TRAILERS
Saravá
Teaser - Available at La Coursive
Saravá is an immersive audiovisual composition (fulldome) that explores how cultural syncretism can give rise to empathetic gestures, investigating language and understanding as objects of artistic research.
Composer, vocals: Pedro Rodolpho Ramos
Sound design, mixing, and mastering: Pedro Rodolpho Ramos
Audiovisual programming, animation, editing: Pedro Rodolpho Ramos
Post-production: Pedro Rodolpho Ramos
Musical supervision: Robin Minard - Robert Rehnig
Featured Excerpt: Mladen Dolar (A Voice and Nothing More)
-22.7°C
Teaser - Available at La Coursive & Villeneuve-les-Salines Media Library
Alone in Greenland, electronic music producer Molécule captured the sounds of the Arctic to compose his latest work. Inspired by this adventure, the VR experience -22.7°C takes you on an initiatory journey to the sources of musical creation.
Author: Romain de La Haye-Sérafini (Molécule)
Co-author and Director: Jan Kounen
Co-author and Sound Designer: Amaury La Burthe
Conscious Existence
Teaser - Available at La Coursive & Villeneuve-les-Salines Media Library
Created using computer-generated imagery, Conscious Existence takes the viewer on a spiritual journey, exploring reflections on life, its harmony, and the beauty of nature.
Concept, direction, visuals, sound design, music: Marc Zimmermann
Producer - Felix Fahle
Spatial sound mixing: Daniel Deboy
Voice coordination: Ana Monte
Dream Builders: The Cenotaph for Newton
Teaser - Available at La Coursive & Villeneuve-les-Salines Media Library
Dream Builders: The Cenotaph for Newton explores the eponymous building, a utopian monument imagined in 1784 by Étienne-Louis Boullée as a grandiose and gigantic tribute to the famous scientist and the philosophy of the Enlightenment.
Director(s): Arnaud Desjardins
Production company: Femme Fatale Studio
French voice-over: Arthur H
Screenwriter: Emilie Valentin
Music: Aurélien Ferry
Creative technologist: Michel Peneau
Montegelato
Teaser - Available at La Coursive & Médiathèque Villeneuve-les-Salines
Hundreds of cinematic sequences define a three-dimensional collage of the Monte Gelato waterfalls (Rome) as captured in over 180 productions, including films, television series, and commercials. Director, editor: Davide Rapp
Assistant editors: Andrea Dal Martello, Giorgio De Marco
Research: Davide Rapp, Giorgio De Marco, Simone Setzi
Motion tracking: Andrea Dal Martello, Giorgio De Marco, Simone Setzi
2D compositing and audio mixing: Andrea Dal Martello
3D compositing and audio spatialization: Giorgio De Marco
Producer: Davide Rapp (-orama.)
Diversion Cinéma has been playing with virtual reality (VR) since 2016. After opening France's first VR cinema, the company became a technical partner for the world's biggest festivals.
In 2018, Diversion Cinéma launched its distribution department to promote immersive works internationally and facilitate broader audience engagement. Following the creation of exhibitions like Ayahuasca - The Shamanic Exhibition and technical solutions such as Viktor Romeo and VROO, Diversion Cinéma continues to explore new ways to showcase digital art.
A French director, producer, and screenwriter of Dutch descent, Jan Kounen is a graduate of the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. In 1997, he directed his first feature film, "Dobermann," starring Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci. This was followed by "Blueberry" (2004) and several documentaries inspired by his travels in South America and his discovery of shamanism. In 2007, he directed "99 Francs," an adaptation of Frédéric Beigbeder's novel, starring Jean Dujardin and Jocelyn Quivrin. In 2009, he directed "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky," which was screened at the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival that same year. In 2019, Jan Kounen presented three virtual reality projects.