Venice VR Expanded Announces 2021 Lineup

Experience as many as 37 projects from 21 countries as well as the brand new Venice VRChat Worlds Gallery.

The 2021 Venice Film Festival is set to kick off this September, bringing with it yet another diverse collection of groundbreaking projects from some of the most creative minds in the field. As was the case with last year’s event, attendees can once again enjoy a wide range of VR content remotely thanks to a partnership with Oculus and Viveport.

Split into several categories, Venice VR Expanded will feature 37 projects from 21 countries around the world. 23 of these projects will be presented as part of the “Competition” event. Another 12 titles released within the last year will be entered into the “Out of Competition – Best Of” category. The other two projects will be presented in person at the festival and will not be available for remote viewing.

**Image Credit: La Biennale di Venezia**

New to this years’ festival is the VRChat Worlds Gallery, a virtual event space featuring 35 unique worlds built specifically for the popular social VR platform. This virtual exhibit will also feature a variety of live performances, several “Meet the Creator” sessions, and opening and closing parties. Some of the aforementioned events will only be available to accredited guests.

Here’s a full list of this years’ offerings:

COMPETITION LINEUP

“Angels in Amsterdam,” Anna Abrahams, Avinash Changa
“End of Night,” David Adler
“The Starry Sand Beach,” Nina Barbier, Hsin-Chien Huang
“Caves,” Isabel Garcia Carlos
“Bedlam,” Mar Collishaw
“Genesis,” Joerg Courtial
“Spirit of Place,” Dale Deacon
“Tearless,” Kim Gina
“Samsara Complete Part 1 and 2 Version,” Hsin-Chien Huang
“Clap,” Keisuke Itoh
“Le Bal de Paris de Blanca Li,” Blanca Li
“Bliss in the Ear of a Storm,” Adam Lieber, Hal Sorta

**The Starry Sand Beach / Image Credit: Lucid Realities**

“Il Dubbio – Episode 2,” Matteo Lonardi, Javier Lajara, Javier Martinez
“Anadala,” Kevin Mack
“Goliath: Playing With Reality,” Barry Gene Murphy, May Adballa
“Montegelato,” Davide App
“The Severance Theory: Welcome to Respite,” Lyndsie Scoggin
“Container,” Meghna Singh
“The Sick Rose,” Tang Zhi-Zhong, Huang Yun-Hsien
“Myriad. Where We Connect,” Lena Thele, Sebastian Baurmann, Dirk Hoffmann
“The Last Worker,” Jorg Tittel
“Exploring Home,” Sara Lisa Vogl
“Yi Yuang (The Final Wish),” Wang Haipei, Wang Shanshan

OUT OF COMPETITION LINEUP

Maskmaker,” Balthazar Auxiere
“Mind VR Exploration,” Deng Zuyun, Kong Cao
“Kusunda,” Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran
“Micro Monsters With David Attenborough,” Elliot Graves
“Mare,” Rui Guerreiro
“Space Explorers: The ISS Experience – Episodes 1-2,” Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphael
“Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual!,” Michael Levine
“Myst,” Rand Miller, Hannah Gamiel, Eric Anderson
“Knot: A trilogy,” Glen Neath, David Rosenberg
“Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife,” Erik Odeldahl
“Jurassic World Aftermath,” Richard Snowdon
“Reeducated,” Sam Woldon, Ben Mauk, Nicholas Rubin, Matt Huynh