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was “the sense that you’re in a room full of possibilities and of creative people still in the early stages of figuring out what those possibilities are,” in the words of New York Times reporter Neil Genzlinger (April 18, 2016), who found the “sheer experimentalism in the room… exhilarating.” One work that drew a lot of attention was Perspective: Chapter 2 The Misdemeanor , was “the sense that you’re in a room full of possibilities and of creative people still in th early stages o figuring out what those possibilities are,” in the words of New York Times repo ter Neil Genzlinger (April 18, 2016), who found the “she r experimentalism in the room… exhil rating.” One work that drew a l t of attention was Perspective: Chapter 2 The Misdemeanor ,

videos, each depicting a different version of what happened. In 6X9: An Immersive Experience of Solitary Confinement , by Francesca Panetta and Lindsay Poulton, viewers experience what it is like to be alone in a cell with little or no human contact for days or even decades. Attendees sat on a bench in a white box with onlookers watching them. Wearing headsets, those experiencing

violence through the lens of a single family and shows how mothers spread love and support even in the most difficult circumstances. On May 6, 2016, it was the first film to be screened before the Security Council at the United Nations. “The goal is to have people forget that they are actually watching as a spectator,” Olukemi explained. “It’s the first time we’re stimulating the brain in this capacity.

solitary confinement were visibly anxious. This virtual reality project, funded by Tribeca Film Institute, was featured as an installation for the first time. Another notable VR project that had its North American premiere at the festival, My Mother’s Wing, is the latest in the United Nations Virtual Reality (UNVR) Series. Co-created by Ari Palitz and Gabo Arora, Creative Director and Senior Advisor at the United Nations SDG Action Campaign, the film explores the cycle of Israeli/Palestinian

Why do people feel so moved? It’s because everything around them is shut off. They are completely isolated, immersed in the experience. We’re stimulating sight and sound in ways people aren’t used to.” Kristin Gutekunst, Project Manager for the UNVR Series at the United Nations SDG Action Campaign, could not agree more. The Campaign uses UNVR as an innovative storytelling tool to bring the world’s most pressing challenges home to decision makers and global citizens

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from Rose Troche and Morris May. It involves a fictional police encounter near a Brooklyn bodega and two teenage boys accused of stealing apples. Viewers use a swivel chair, headphones, and goggles with a mobile phone embedded inside. In this 360-degree experience, they can look up, down, side to side, and all the way around in their chairs to see the action in all four from Rose Troche and Morris May. It involves a fictional polic encounter near a Brooklyn bodeg and two teenage boys accused of stealing apples. Vi wers use a swivel chair, headphones, and oggles with a mobile phon embed ed inside. In this 360-degre exp rience, they can look up, down, side to side, and all the way around in their chairs to see the actio in all four

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