London-based Sideways Film has taken world sales on British director Carey Born’s “Cyborg: A Documentary” about a man who was born color blind and has an antenna embedded in his head to help contend with this condition.
Filmed in the U.K., Spain, Denmark, Australia and across the U.S. in New York, Los Angeles, San Jose and New Jersey, the doc about the world’s first officially recognized cyborg premiered last month at the Cph:dox festival in Copenhagen and was selected by the fest to screen online on its Para:dox platform.
“Cyborg” centers on “cyborg artist” Neil Harbisson who was born with a rare condition called achromatopsia, which means he sees only in black and white. In 2003 Harbisson had an illegal operation. A so-called “eyeborg” antenna was implanted in the back of his head enabling him to “hear colour” as waves that are translated into sound frequencies and transmitted to his auditory cortex.
Filmed in the U.K., Spain, Denmark, Australia and across the U.S. in New York, Los Angeles, San Jose and New Jersey, the doc about the world’s first officially recognized cyborg premiered last month at the Cph:dox festival in Copenhagen and was selected by the fest to screen online on its Para:dox platform.
“Cyborg” centers on “cyborg artist” Neil Harbisson who was born with a rare condition called achromatopsia, which means he sees only in black and white. In 2003 Harbisson had an illegal operation. A so-called “eyeborg” antenna was implanted in the back of his head enabling him to “hear colour” as waves that are translated into sound frequencies and transmitted to his auditory cortex.
- 4/26/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The Cph:dox programme looks to integrate business strategies to innovative digital storytelling.
Denmark’s Cph:Dox has selected nine projects for the 2023 edition of Cph:lab, its talent development programme for screen documentary projects.
The lab has an expanded focus this year to include interactive and immersive technologies.
Projects include Echoes / Collateral Echoes, a VR installation from 2018 UK-Ireland Screen Star of Tomorrow Baff Akoto, former Sheffield Doc/Fest programme director Luke Moody and Lidz-Ama Appiah.
Scroll down for the full list of projects
Using renderings of archival images, artifacts and spoken testimonies, the work represents the over 150 Black Britons who have...
Denmark’s Cph:Dox has selected nine projects for the 2023 edition of Cph:lab, its talent development programme for screen documentary projects.
The lab has an expanded focus this year to include interactive and immersive technologies.
Projects include Echoes / Collateral Echoes, a VR installation from 2018 UK-Ireland Screen Star of Tomorrow Baff Akoto, former Sheffield Doc/Fest programme director Luke Moody and Lidz-Ama Appiah.
Scroll down for the full list of projects
Using renderings of archival images, artifacts and spoken testimonies, the work represents the over 150 Black Britons who have...
- 9/13/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
If you’re following the buzz out of Tribeca this year, you probably know that the 20th edition of the festival will open with “In the Heights,” screening in all five boroughs. You might know that the closing night entry, an untitled concert film featuring Dave Chappelle, will take place at Radio City Music Hall with full capacity. For 12 days, from June 9 to 20, 66 feature films will screen all over the city at outdoor venues, marking one of the first big media events since New York began to reopen. But even that sizable lineup doesn’t fully encapsulate the curation on display.
For years, one of Tribeca’s strongest suits has been its immersive programming, which includes VR, Ar, and interactive experiences. As new media creators continue to create more groundbreaking work that takes advantage of cutting-edge technology, Tribeca’s programming has been at the forefront of showcasing many of the strongest examples.
For years, one of Tribeca’s strongest suits has been its immersive programming, which includes VR, Ar, and interactive experiences. As new media creators continue to create more groundbreaking work that takes advantage of cutting-edge technology, Tribeca’s programming has been at the forefront of showcasing many of the strongest examples.
- 6/8/2021
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Ali Wong, Jeffrey Wright, Noah Schnapp, and Yo-Yo Ma are featured in the Tribeca Film Festival’s 2019 lineup of immersive, interactive, and virtual reality titles.
Projects include a South Carolina school tragedy in “12 Seconds of Gunfire: The True Story of a School Shooting,” Arthur Ashe’s landmark tennis victory in “Ashe ’68,” an exploration of pollution and conservation in “A Drop in the Ocean,” and persecution of the Lgbtqia community in “Another Dream.”
Tribeca Immersive encompasses Virtual Arcade with 22 experiences and exhibits, and Tribeca Cinema360 with a dozen screenings in a virtual reality theater. The Tribeca Film Festival takes place from April 24 to May 5.
The festival will premiere the first “Doctor Who” experience in Vr with “Doctor Who: The Runaway,” voiced by the current and first female doctor, Jodie Whittaker, and present a collaboration with historian/podcaster Dan Carlin and Mwm Immersive that transports attendees to a World War I battlefield in “War Remains.
Projects include a South Carolina school tragedy in “12 Seconds of Gunfire: The True Story of a School Shooting,” Arthur Ashe’s landmark tennis victory in “Ashe ’68,” an exploration of pollution and conservation in “A Drop in the Ocean,” and persecution of the Lgbtqia community in “Another Dream.”
Tribeca Immersive encompasses Virtual Arcade with 22 experiences and exhibits, and Tribeca Cinema360 with a dozen screenings in a virtual reality theater. The Tribeca Film Festival takes place from April 24 to May 5.
The festival will premiere the first “Doctor Who” experience in Vr with “Doctor Who: The Runaway,” voiced by the current and first female doctor, Jodie Whittaker, and present a collaboration with historian/podcaster Dan Carlin and Mwm Immersive that transports attendees to a World War I battlefield in “War Remains.
- 3/6/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
By Jacob Oller
Our tech overlords can have cute relationships with children. he hand-drawn style of Ok Google is a perfect emulation of its content. It is a short film driven by curiosity and childlike wonder, thus its look follows the same rules. Brett Gaylor and Darren Pasemko’s documentary animation explores the relationship between a father, his young […]
The article The Sweetness of Curiosity in ‘Ok Google’ appeared first on Film School Rejects.
Our tech overlords can have cute relationships with children. he hand-drawn style of Ok Google is a perfect emulation of its content. It is a short film driven by curiosity and childlike wonder, thus its look follows the same rules. Brett Gaylor and Darren Pasemko’s documentary animation explores the relationship between a father, his young […]
The article The Sweetness of Curiosity in ‘Ok Google’ appeared first on Film School Rejects.
- 12/22/2017
- by Jacob Oller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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