'LITTLE GIRL' NOMINATED AT EFA

Little Girl is nominated for an award in the category ”European Documentary” at The European Film Awards!

Little Girl follows 7-year-old Sasha who loves ballet, playing with her siblings and trying out her colorful dresses. But according to her social number, Sasha is not a girl but a boy. The issue of transidentity is often associated with puberty and adolescence, but Little Girl explores transidentity in younger kids.

The film is Directed by Sébastien Lifshitz and produced by Muriel Meynard together with co-producer Monica Hellström for Final Cut for Real.

The sound mix is made in Denmark by Kristian Selin Andersen and Thomas Jæger with sound design by Jacques Pedersen and Thomas Jæger and sound assistant Rasmus Meyer.

More info about the prize: https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/film/little-girl.15249#2020-nominated

‘HUSH’ IN COMPETITION AT TWO AWARD CEREMONIES

We are very excited to announce that Vibeke Bryld’s immersive VR-piece Hush is nominated at two award ceremonies.

Hush is nominated at Raindance Immersive for two prices: Best Animation Experience and for Best Documentary Experience. Raindance celebrates the creativity, ingenuity, and artistry expressed in world building, immersive storytelling and games over the last year. The festival has just been extended to run until November 22, 2020.

Hush is also amongst 16 nominees at Europe Stereopsia where the best contestants will receive a golden Lumiere statuette during the remarkable registration-only awards dinner & ceremony on December 16, 2020.

Read more about Raindance: https://www.raindanceimmersive.com/#/hush/

Read more about Europe Stereopsia: https://europe.stereopsia.com/en/program/awards-competition

HUSH VR: FACE MASKS NOW AVAILABLE TO ORDER

There’s no way around face masks this fall, so we’ve decided to embrace the weirdness of the current situation and have made a unique face mask with a beautiful print from our brand new VR experience HUSH - Havfolket Kalder Mørknet Vand.

The face masks come in two sizes, medium and large, and are made from polyester and ecologically certified cotton. They are not suitable for professional or surgical use, only personal use.

The HUSH VR face masks cost 8 EUR plus shipping - or you can drop by our office in Copenhagen and buy one directly from us.

The masks are available on our webshop - click here

EXPERIENCE 'HUSH VR' IN EXHIBITION AT NIKOLAJ KUNSTHAL

We are very happy to announce that Hush VR by Vibeke Bryld is opening as an exhibition in Nikolaj Kunsthal from October 9 until December 6 2020. The installation is a collaboration with visual artist Elin Maria Johansson.

Hush is an immersive virtual reality experience rooted in the northern myths of the merpeople, who lured sailors and longing souls to the sea. The piece submerges you into an underwater world, where the distinction between reality and imagination, man and nature, disappears. Hush was selected for the VR competition of the Venice Film Festival 2020. This is the first time the work is presented as a total installation.

Hush is a stand-alone VR piece, but it is also a companion piece to the hybrid documentary film Thyland, also directed by Vibeke Bryld, which is based in the same universe as Hush, and is currently in postproduction.

Credits:
CG Supervisor: Lars Hemmingsen Nørgaard
Sound Designer: Mads Michelsen
Sound Consultant: Sune Kaarsberg
Production Designer: Elin Maria Johansson
Composer: Signe Lykke
Producer: Maria Kristensen

To view opening hours and ticket prices at Nikolaj Kunsthal, follow this link:
http://www.nikolajkunsthal.dk/en/besoeg/opening-hours-entrance-fee

HUSH VR IN COMPETITION AT THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

We are thrilled to announce that the VR piece Hush, directed by Vibeke Bryld, has been selected for this year’s VR competition at the Venice Film Festival.

This year the VR section will be entirely online, meaning that industry professionals and accredited guests can access the VR selection from home, via an innovative digital platform supported by HTC VIVEPORT, Facebook’s Oculus, VRChat and VRrOOm - instead of the physical installations for the world class exhibition the festival usually hosts on an island in Venice during the festival.

The Venice VR Expanded platform will also be accessible in different locations around the world, thanks to the availability of different institutions which have joined the Satellite venues network program. The list of Satellite locations will be announced shortly.

Hush is joined by two other Danish projects in the official competition section: The Hangman at Home by Uri & Michelle Kranot (Late Love Productions) and Smagen af Sult/The Taste of Hunger by Christoffer Boe & David Adler (Makropol).

The piece is produced by Maria Kristensen for Final Cut for Real in collaboration with CG supervisor and animator Lars Hemmingsen Nørgaard and Midtjysk 3D Service. It is supported by The Danish Film Institute, the West Danish Film Fund, The Danish Arts Council, Danish Film Directors, FAF and the North Denmark Region.

Click here to read the full press release, and to find a list of all the selected projects.

News about the selection from the Danish Film Institute (in Danish)

'OLEG AND THE WAR' IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM

We’re so proud to announce that Oleg and the War (children’s version of The Distant Barking of Dogs) is being used as educational material in the Danish elementary schools. Thanks to UNICEF, The Danish Film Institute and Skoletjenesten, pupils now learn about children’s rights and the UN’s sustainable development goals, while making their own short films inspired by Oleg and the War.

See more here (in Danish).