{"id":70313,"date":"2025-07-17T16:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/70313\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T16:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:18:09","slug":"doug-liman-to-unveil-xr-film-asteroid-in-venice-immersive-full-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/70313\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Liman To Unveil XR Film Asteroid In Venice Immersive, Full Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBourne Identity director Doug Liman<\/a> will unveil his upcoming XR thriller Asteroid<\/a> in the Venice<\/a> Film Festival\u2019s immersive showcase.<\/p>\n

\n\tAsteroid, which is due to launch on Google\u2019s Android XR platform later this year<\/a>, was among 69 works announced for Venice Immersive<\/a> on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

\n\tProduced by Liman\u2019s 30 Ninjas Production, in association with Google<\/a>\u2019s 100 Zeros<\/a>, a content initiative in partnership with Range Media Partners<\/a>, the immersive short follows a group of strangers who risk it all by taking an old rocket to mine a near-earth asteroid for a chance at unimaginable wealth.<\/p>\n

\n\tCreators alongside Liman are Julina Tatlock and Jed Weintrob, who also take producer credits with Marty Schulman, Neil Parris and Jon Zepp.<\/p>\n

\n\tLaunched in 2017, Venice Immersive is dedicated to the immersive arts and media and includes all forms of creative XR expression including immersive videos, virtual and mixed reality, virtual worlds and immersive installations.<\/p>\n

\n\tAsteroid will be among 30 works making their world or international premieres in the Venice Immersive Competition, which metes out Grand Jury, Special Jury and Achievement awards.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year\u2019s jury will be presided over by U.S. writer and director Eliza McNitt, whose credits include the Emmy-nominated, Darren Aronofsky-produced VR Spheres, starring Millie Bobby Brown, Jessica Chastain and Patti Smith.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe will be joined by 2024 Venice Immersive winners: French Luxembourgish director and producer Gwenael Fran\u00e7ois, whose VR work Oto\u2019s Planet won the Special Jury Prize, and French director Boris Labb\u00e9, whose Ito Meiky\u016b won the Grand Prize. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFurther Venice Immersive Competition titles include Face Jumping, by Danny Cannizzaro and Samantha Gorman, co-founders of games studio Tender Claws which previously made waves with Stranger Things VR (2024)\u00a0and\u00a0Virtual Virtual Reality (2017).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe interactive, eye-tracked VR experience \u2013 which enables players to swap perspectives by making eye contact with characters, animals, and objects \u2013 premiered in SXSW earlier this year. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe competition also features Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel\u2019s The Exploding Girl VR, which previously competed in Cannes\u2019 immersive program in May, and UK work The Time Before by Leo Metcalf and Michael Golembewski, probing the mechanics of childhood memory, which debuted in the UK\u2019s Raindance festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe entire selection will be showcased from August 27 to September 6 on the Venice Immersive Island, situated on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio, just a three-minute vaporetto ride from festival\u2019s main Lido di Venezia hub.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother 34 projects will also play Out of Competition under the Best of Experiences and Best of Worlds banners.<\/p>\n

\n\tBest of Experiences showcases 11 works that have been making waves since the last edition of the Venice Immersive. <\/p>\n

\n\tThey include Submerged, the first scripted short film captured in Apple Immersive Video, written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Edward Berger, and Chlo\u00e9 Rochereuil\u2019s D-Day: The Camera Soldier, an interactive documentary delves exploring the untold story of a World War II D-Day combat cameraman, the late Richard Taylor.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Best Of Worlds sidebar is devoted to 23 projects created by independent artists from all over the world on the VRChat social platform. Venice Immersive will also showcase another five projects developed under the auspices of the Biennale College Cinema \u2013 Immersive training program.<\/p>\n

\n\tVENICE IMMERSIVE LINE-UP<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tIn Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tLA MAGIE OP\u00c9RA
by JONATHAN ASTRUC
France \/ 25\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\t1968
by ROSE BOND
USA \/ 9\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY
by NICOLAS BOURNIQUEL
France, Germany, Belgium \/ 30\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tCREATION OF THE WORLDS
by KRISTINA BUO\u017dYT\u0116, VITALIJUS \u017dUKAS
Lithuania \/ 28\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tFACE JUMPING
by DANNY CANNIZZARO, SAMANTHA GORMA
USA \/ 25\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\t8PM AND THE CAT
by MINHYUK CHE
South Korea \/ 14\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE CLOUDS ARE TWO THOUSAND METERS UP
by SINGING CHEN
Taipei, Germany \/ 50\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tDARK ROOMS
by MADS DAMSBO, ANNE SOFIE STEEN SVERDRUP
Denmark, Germany, Taipei \/ 35\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE GREAT ORATOR
by DANIEL ERNST
The Netherlands \/ 40\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tHEARTBEAT \u2013 SON C\u0152UR A TROUV\u00c9 SA CADENCE DANS LE SILENCE DES RENCONTRES
by FANNY FORTAGE
France \/ 10\u2019 \/ immersive installation<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE BIG CUBE
by MENGHUI HUANG
Finland, Belgium, China, Portugal \/ 7\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tMIRAGE
by NAIMA KARIM, ALEENA HANIF
Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK \/ 8\u2019 \/ virtual reality, haptics<\/p>\n

\n\tREFLECTIONS OF LITTLE RED DOT
by CHLO\u00c9 LEE
Germany, USA \/ 40\u2019 \/ installation, mixed reality<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE SHADOW
by BLANCA LI, EDITH CANAT DE CHIZY
France, Taipei \/ 60\u2019 \/ installation, mixed reality, live performance<\/p>\n

\n\tASTEROID
by DOUG LIMAN
USA, Canada \/ 30\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE TIME BEFORE
by LEO METCALF, MICHAEL GOLEMBEWSKI
UK \/ 15\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tDANSE DANSE DANSE \u2013 MATISSE (DANCE DANCE DANCE \u2013 MATISSE)
by AGN\u00c8S MOLIA, GORDON
France \/ 10\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tLESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON
by N\u00c9GAR MOTEVALYMEIDANSHAH
France \/ 7\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tEMPATHY CREATURES
by M\u00c9LODIE MOUSSET
Switzerland \/ 10\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tLA FILLE QUI EXPLOSE VR (THE EXPLODING GIRL VR)
by CAROLINE POGGI, JONATHAN VINEL
France \/ 20\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tBLUR
by CRAIG QUINTERO, PHOEBE GREENBERG
Canada, Taipei \/ 50\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality, live performance<\/p>\n

\n\tBLACK CATS & CHEQUERED FLAGS
by ELISABETTA ROTOLO, SIOBHAN MCDONNELL
Italy \/ 20\u2019 \/ installation, mixed reality, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tEDDIE AND I
by MAYA SHEKEL
Israel, Germany, France \/ 25\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tCOLLECTIVE BODY
by SARAH SILVERBLATT-BUSER
France, USA \/ 20\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tALIEN PERSPECTIVE
by JUNG AH SUH, CRISTINA RAMBALDI
USA, Italy \/ 15\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE GREAT ESCAPE
by JOREN VANDENBROUCKE
Belgium, Luxembourg \/ 20\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tA LONG GOODBYE
by KATE VOET, VICTOR MAES
Belgium \/ 35\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tIF YOU SEE A CAT
by ATSUSHI WADA
Japan \/ 37\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tMULAN2125
by MO HUANG
China \/ 56\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tSENSE OF NOWHERE
by HSIN-HSUAN YEH
Taipei, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, France \/ 30\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tOut of Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t(international selection of the best works that have been released or premiered elsewhere since the last edition of the Venice International Film Festival)<\/p>\n

\n\tBest of Experiences<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tWALL TOWN WONDERS
by IVES AGEMANS
Belgium \/ 30\u2019 \/ mixed reality<\/p>\n

\n\tONE TRUE PATH, PART 1
By BALTHAZAR AUXIETRE
France\/ 90\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tSUBMERGED
By EDWARD BERGER FOR APPLE
USA\/ 17\u2019 \/ immersive film<\/p>\n

\n\tGHOST TOWN
by FIREPROOF GAMES
UK \/ 300\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tADVENTURE: ICE DIVE
by CHARLOTTE MIKKELBORG FOR APPLE AND ATLANTIC STUDIOS
US, Iceland \/ 15\u2019 \/ immersive film<\/p>\n

\n\tANCESTORS
by STEYE HALLEMA
The Netherlands \/ 70\u2019 \/ immersive installation<\/p>\n

\n\tLILI
by NAVID KHONSARI, VASSILIKI KHONSARI
US \/ 30\u2019 \/ immersive installation<\/p>\n

\n\tON THE OTHER EARTH
by WAYNE MCGREGOR
UK \/ 50\u2019 \/ immersive installation, mixed reality<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE MIDNIGHT WALK
by OLOV REDMALM, KLAUS LYNGELED
Sweden, Brazil, India \/ 360\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tD-DAY: THE CAMERA SOLDIER
by CHLO\u00c9 ROCHEREUIL
France, USA \/ 22\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tCONSTANTINOPOLIAD
by SISTER SYLVESTER, NADAH EL SHAZLY
UK, Greece \/ 55\u2019 \/ immersive installation<\/p>\n

\n\tBest of Worlds<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNATURA\u2019S QUEENDOM by Anders Fray, Starheart
CYBERLOVE \uff5c A7 by Artsy Glitch
UNCANNY LOUNGE by Christopher Lane Davis, Rick Treweek
RITUAL by DrMorro
THE COLONY \u2013 FLAT 804 by Glory Nya
EXHIBITION \u2044 BACK SEEING by haruki_haru
WHAT IS VIRTUAL ART \u2013 VOLUME 1 by Jessien
THE REALITY OF HOPE by Joe Hunting
NEURON by Juice\u2026
YORUTOUGE by mikkabouzu \/ Kikuo
FLAT EARTH by Niko Lang
EXPERIENCE by NOOTAU
POWDERGAME by Pema Malling
LIGHT AQUARIUM by phi16
BREAK 15\u02f8 ARCANUM by PK \/ rekluma
VENT. by Premium\u00b2
FZMZ POINT ZERO by ReeeznD
SCALE JOURNEY by S_Asagiri
SHINONOME BALLOON \u2013 by sakanaplus
DRACULA\u2019S CASTLE by Tanner White
MIRAGE by TOKYO WAIYOZ
NEOWORLDS by Widget365
FLASHING WARNING by xlxxl<\/p>\n

\n\tBiennale College Cinema \u2013 Immersive \u2013 Out of Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tRI-LANCIA LUIGI BROGLIO (RE-LAUNCHING LUIGI BROGLIO)
by VINCENZO CAVALLO
Italy \/ 33\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality
Supported by the grant BCC Immersive 9th edition (2024\/2025)<\/p>\n

\n\tOUT OF NOWHERE
by KRIS HOFMANN, ANDREAS WUTHE
Austria, Germany \/ 10\u2019 \/ virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tHAPPY SHADOW
by PEI-YING LIN, TING-RUEI SU
Taipei \/ 25\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tMNEMOSYNE
by WUER
Japan, China \/ 35\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n

\n\tFIRST VIRTUAL SUIT
by KAZUKI YUHARA
Japan \/ 35\u2019 \/ installation, virtual reality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bourne Identity director Doug Liman will unveil his upcoming XR thriller Asteroid in the Venice Film Festival\u2019s immersive…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":70314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[49429,19776,49430,2722,49431,158,67,132,68,9176,49432,729,730],"class_list":{"0":"post-70313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-100-zeros","9":"tag-asteroid","10":"tag-doug-liman","11":"tag-google","12":"tag-range-media-partners","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-venice","18":"tag-venice-immersive","19":"tag-virtual-reality","20":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114869482582813747","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}