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Catch the best of French virtual reality cinema and theatre at Hong Kong’s Digital November

According to Louis Bonneau, an audiovisual officer with the Consulate, VR is becoming a key market for the cinema industry in France and worldwide, though “in Hong Kong, we thought the VR market for cultural purposes is pretty small and limited,” he says.

“We felt that bringing this kind of content to Hong Kong would allow the general public to know more about French creativity in the field of cinema through new ways of telling a story,” adds Bonneau.

One of the highlights of Digital November is an immersive theatre performance that mixes live performance with virtual reality. The Cliffs of V, a VR production by French company Gengiskhan, is one of the first immersive VR experiences of its kind.

Alteration by Jérôme Blanquet will touch on the theme of artificial intelligence. I Saw the Future by François Vautier delves into Arthur C. Clarke’s vision of the future. Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness by Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton and James Spinney examines John Hull’s sensory and psychological experience of blindness.

Other events include the French Tech Tour China 2018 Immersion programme with French innovative companies organised by Business France and Bpifrance; the Hackathon on Corporate Social Responsibility: “Innovation Contest 4CSRtech” co-organised by Orange at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Clear Water Bay; and an E-Learning Workshop: Teaching French with digital photography at Alliance Francaise Jordan Centre in Jordan.

Digital November, October 26 to December 4.

See the full story here; https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2170381/catch-best-french-virtual-reality-cinema-and-theatre-hong-kongs