Naman Ramachandran The BFI London Film Festival has revealed the line-up for LFF Expanded, its immersive art and extended realities strand (Oct.
5-16). Programmed by Ulrich Schrauth, the BFI’s immersive art and XR curator, this year’s program features interactive virtual reality, screen-based installations, augmented reality, mixed reality, immersive audio experience and live performance.
The program will be at multiple venues on London’s South Bank. The highlight of the program is the world premiere, commissioned by the festival, of Guy Maddin’s “Haunted Hotel: A Melodrama in Augmented Reality,” which promises to transport the audience into a surreal paper world, created from a selection of clippings drawn from Maddin’s own personal archive, set to a soundscape by composer Magnus Fiennes.
Schrauth describes the work as one “that invites audiences to explore a vibrant tableau of desire, deception and death.” Schrauth said: “This year’s program considers pertinent issues of our time from a hugely diverse range of perspectives and art forms.” Maddin said: “I’ve long told myself that collage-making is good for keeping my eye sharp for film shoots.
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