VR FILMS

SATURDAY OCTOBER 14TH | 12PM - 5PM | TORONTO REFERENCE LIBRARY

Our VR film ‘Born into Exile’ tells the harrowing yet hopeful story of two pregnant Syrian refugee women in the week leading up to the births of their babies.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 14TH | 12PM - 5PM | TORONTO REFERENCE LIBRARY

Douglas Rushkoff narrates this immersive 360 degree computer animated video short which plunges us into the world of the corporate imperative to grow, to extract value, and to dominate markets. Produced by the CFC Media Lab and directed by award-winning animator and filmmaker Justin Stephenson, Distributed: A Beginning is a visceral, graphic visualization in virtual reality of the world through the lens of the contemporary corporation and offers a glimmer of a way forward towards a more distributed, networked economy in which power, capital, and resources are available to everyone.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 14TH | 12PM - 5PM | TORONTO REFERENCE LIBRARY

National Geographic's The Protectors: Walk in the Ranger’s Shoes is a documentary short, shot in Virtual Reality that chronicles a day in the life of a ranger in Garamba National Park, managed by African Parks, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These rangers are often the last line of defense in a race against extinction as poachers continue to slaughter elephants for their ivory tusks. The rangers face constant danger and even death at the service of these sentient, noble creatures and can therefore truly be called the unsung heroes in this race against time.