Winners and Honorable Mention at the IIFF 2021




AWAY
Director: Scott Kelley, Emre Okten, with Jill Renner; 2021, 4 Min
AWAY takes place in a distant post-apocalyptic future. A young woman trying to survive by scavenging food and supplies. She wanders between a burnt forest and the almost “ghost city” she lived in.
A Combination of Technologies Coming Together
Introducing Virtual Production a new innovative technology. Virtual Production unites decades of advances in software with major technical leaps in the hardware of LED surfaces. Virtual Production means shooting on a soundstage with a specially constructed curved LED Wall and ceiling that together form a behemoth known as The Volume. Bye Bye Green Screen!
Read Here Showing XR Vast Potential: https://icvr.io/short-film-away-shows-xrs-vast-potential/#l
LED WALLS AND STAGES ON THE RISE IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE
The difference between XR and Virtual Production for Film
The difference between XR and Virtual Production for Film
THE ASCENT OF THE ROBOTS
Director: Leon Riener; Documentary Film; CH 2021, English with German subtitles, 14 Min.
In summer 2020 participated several science teams of the ETH Zurich at the “Art Safiental” in the mountains of Graubunden. After the scientists packed their hiking gear and their robots, their only mission was “over hill and dale to the summit”. How difficult will it be to reach the summit with a legged robot and an exoskeleton? What’s the relation between synesthetic dance and robotic? How will the hikers react to these projects?
A.I. LA – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LA
Director: Carlo Christian Spano; with Chang She, Jiaxu She; CHINA 2020, Englisch with English subsites, 1h 22min
An experienced Silicon Valley engineer who has dedicated his life to Artificial Intelligence (AI) for over a decade felt confused and concerned about his future after realizing the rapid evolution of AI. Therefore, in order to find his potential in nature, he joined an international trekking expedition through the mysterious Caucasus region. Being inspired and protected by Natural Intelligence, he started a new AI journey exploring China, the UK, and the USA.
