Planet ∞
Original title: Planet ∞
International title: Planet ∞
Country of Production: France
Genre of the VR piece: Documentary
Duration: 7 minutes
Director(s): Momoko Seto
Production company: ARTE France, Barberousse Films, Awkeye, with the support of CNC
Format (360 video / Interactive VR experience / Installation):360° video
Logline:
In a world in ruins, only fungi and mold grow in the middle of gigantic dried insects bodies. When a weather change occurs, rain irrigates the arid planet and floods it gradually. In the water springs an ecosystem, populated by giant carnivorous tadpoles.
Synopsis:
In the near future, Nature has turned wild and devastated Planet Earth. Human beings have become extinct. But insects, fungi and strange marine creatures have survived and are engaged in strange doings. Is this the stuff of science fiction or is it a prophetic vision? You will no longer look at animals and plants in the same way.
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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