Immersive experience – 30 min – in pre-production – scheduled for release in autumn 2026
Director and Screenwriter: Fabienne Giezendanner – Graphic Design: Mélanie Coutirnat – Music: Katia Makdissi-Warren
Co-productions: Elefant Films (Switzerland) and Oktoeko (Canada)
Support: With the support of the CNC writing grant, Pictanovo development support, the CNC, the OFC, the City of Geneva, selection at the New Images Digital Market (Paris), selection at the GIFF Digital Market (Geneva), the VR-Arles-Fisheye writing residency supported by the Institut Français and Région Sud, selection by Swiss Films, GIFF and Cinéforom to be presented at the Venice Biennale 2024. The project is accompanied by Inuksuk, the Inuit association of Paris, and Lydia Etok and Nina Segalowitz (Inuit) in Canada.
Distribution: Diversion XR
Synopsis
You embody the soul of a stillborn child who is reborn through different animal forms in order to survive in ecosystems weakened by human activity. The journey begins in the Canadian Far North as a whale, crosses the South China Sea as a heron, continues in Europe as a deer, and finally is reborn as a human. A sensory and contemplative odyssey, without words, dreaming of a nature that, too, can be reborn.
Festivals & awards
WIP NewImages festival 2022 and GIFF 2024.