AYAHUASCA
International Title: Ayahuasca - Kosmik Journey
Director(s): Jan Kounen
Writer(s): Jan Kounen
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Production Company: Atlas V, a_BAHN, Small
International distribution Company: Diversion cinema
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Duration (in minutes): 20 min
Year of Production: 2019
Country of Production: France, Luxembourg
Language: English
Genre: animation, documentary, experimental
Format (360 video / Interactive VR experience / Installation): interactive vr experience
Sound (spatialised / stereo): spatialised
Logline:
A visionary experience through the realms of the medicinal plants, led by indigenous Shipibo traditional healer in the amazon rainforest.
Festival Selections & award:
Tribeca - NY, USA
Ayahuasca World Conference 2019 - Girone, Spain
Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy - Annecy, France
NewImages - Paris, France
Sandbox - Qingdao, China
New Visions of Reality - Warwas - Poland
BIFAN - Bucheon, South Korea
Virtual Worlds - Munich, Germany
Sonar +D - Barcelona, Spain
Guanajuato Film Festival - Mexico - Best VR Experience
MIFF - Melbourne International Film Festival
MUTEK (Montreal, Canada)
FME (Rouyn-Noranda, Canada)
Raindance (London, UK) - BEST DOCUMENTARY EXPERIENCE
ANIDOX (Viborg, Netherlands)
Sitges IFF (Sitges, Spain)
Kaohsiung IFF (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Mostra de Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
DOK Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany)
Denver Film Festival (Denver, USA)
GIFF (Geneva, Switzerland)
Gangneung IFF (Gangneung, China)
Futurapolis (Toulouse, France)
MUTEK (Tokyo, Japan)
Stereopsia (Brussels, Belgium)
Curta Brasília (Brasília, Brazil)
Tromsø IFF (Tromsø, Norway)
FIPADOC (Biarritz, France)
Paris Images Digital Summit (Paris, France)
Travelling (Rennes, France)
One World Human Rights FF (Prague, Czech Republic)
Cinequest (Silicon Valley, USA) - BEST IMMERSIVE AWARD
Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival (Thessaloniki, Greece)
AWM (Tulum, Mexico)
Beldocs (Belgrade, Serbia)
Qingdao International Film Week (Qingdao, China)
VRE (Rome, Italy)
Curta Brasilia (Brasilia, Brasil)
FIPADOC (Biarritz, France)
PIDS (Enghien Les Bains, France)
Vilnius International Documentary Film Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania)
DOQUMENTA (Mexico)
Betina Film Festival (Betina, Croatia)
Multifest (Quito, Equador)
Director’s bio & Filmography:
Director, screenwriter and producer of Dutch origin, Jan Kounen graduated from the French School of Decorative Arts. He directed in 1997 his first feature film, "Dobermann" with Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci. Followed "Blueberry" (2004) and documentaries inspired by his travels in South America and learning of shamanism. In 2007 he directed the film "99 francs", adapted from the novel by Frédéric Beigbeder, with Jean Dujardin and Jocelyn Quivrin (Raimu Award for best director). In 2009, he directed "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky" which made the closing of the Cannes Film Festival that same year. In 2019 he has developed three films in Virtual Reality: Ayahusca - Kosmik Journey, -22.7C and 7 Lives
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