Fabienne present Dreamin’zone, Bloom, Let the forest in! and Breathe again! the 1st of October.
Tag: VR
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Fabienne Giezendanner joins the jury of the #Experiences competition at @Laval Virtual 2026!
This competition showcases the most innovative immersive creations from around the world. For over 25 years, Laval Virtual has been fostering innovation and highlighting XR talent on an international scale.
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Let the forest in – and Bloom! Collaborative experience for 6 viewers on line
Immersive and Interactive Virtual Reality (VR) Experience – 30′ – 2025
Creation : Fabienne Giezendanner
Co-production: Nadasdy films (Switzerland)
Support: Pictanovo
Distribution: Diversion XRSynopsis
Inspired by the research of Ernst Zürcher on the intelligence of trees, this experience offers a sensory and poetic immersion, without dialogue, blending animation and binaural sound. The experience explores our intimate bond with nature and trees.
Let the forest in — and bloom! is a collaborative extension of Bloom, in which participants are invited to co-create the experience through shared gestures, combining music and light design. As in the original version, participants are immersed in a narrative that addresses ecological issues — particularly the importance of recognizing trees as vital elements of our ecosystem.
Participants embark on a sensory journey where they interact with an oak tree, discover the phenomenon of evapotranspiration in trees, and take part in invoking rain through the power of the forest. The experience concludes with their transformation into blossoming trees — a metaphor for their commitment and collaboration.
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Bloom • Immersive and Interactive 3D Animation Experience
Immersive Experience – 17 min – 2023
Creation: Fabienne Giezendanner
Directors: Fabienne Giezendanner and Franck Van Leuween
Music: Jean-Christophe Cheneval
Co-production: Nadasdy Film (Switzerland) and Art Zoyd Studio
Support: Cinéforom & Loterie Romande, Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Pictanovo, SRG SSR, CNCSynopsis
On a scorching, drought-stricken day, a fire devastates the city. You have no choice but to take refuge in the nearby forest. The trees, like you, suffer from the heat. Suddenly, luminous streams from a great oak swirl around you — it is trying to communicate. Will you be able to answer?
Festivals & awards
25 festivals, including the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) – 2023 (International Immersive Works Competition), ART*VR Festival (Prague / DOX) – 2024 (International Competition), BIFAN (South Korea) – 2024 (Beyond Reality XR Section), and the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival – 2024.
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Dreamin’Zone (DMZ) • Immersive and Interactive Virtual Reality (VR) Experience
Immersive and Interactive Virtual Reality (VR) Experience – 18 to 20 min – 2020
Director: Fabienne Giezendanner
Screenplay: Suaëna Airault and Fabienne Giezendanner
Co-production: Ciné Litté (Germany), Fauvea Studio (Switzerland), and Studio Yog (South Korea)
Support: CNC (writing and development grants), Pictanovo (Interactive Experiences Fund), Film und Medien Stiftung NRW
Distribution: Diversion XRSynopsis
Slip into the shoes of a South Korean woman and immerse yourself in her memories — those of a time, as a child, when she disobeyed her mother and crossed the border of the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas, hoping to find her father held in the North.
A remarkable adventure awaits her in this place, both paradise and nightmare, where she will encounter strange birds, as well as traces of battles just waiting to resurface… Will she manage to find her father?
An initiatory tale that invites us to rediscover a child’s gaze.Sélections et récompenses
Expert Award (INA) at the MIFA Pitch, Annecy Festival, 2019
40 festivals, including official selection in the Venice VR Expanded section at the Venice International Film Festival, 2020; Official Competition at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) in Montreal, 2020; Competition at the Virtual Reality Experience in Rome (VRE 2020), in the “VR Interactive” category; VR Animation section of the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), out of competition; selection at BIFAN – Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, “Beyond Reality” section, South Korea, 2021 – Lumière Award / Best VR Work at Stereopsia Festival (Belgium), 2020.Teaser
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Breathe Again! • Immersive and Interactive 3D Animation Experience
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 XRSynopsis
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.
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