MIFF XR

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MIFF’s program of extended reality (XR) experiences – spanning virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) – rewrite the frontiers of storytelling through total audiovisual immersion.

The first phase of the MIFF XR program presents eight different award-winning works from across the globe. Over MIFF’s final four days, the second phase unveils Darren Emerson’s In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats, in an exciting partnership with Now or Never.

MIFF XR is presented at venue partner ACMI’s Swinburne Studio. All experiences must be individually booked via the MIFF website or at the ACMI Box Office. Booking ahead is recommended as capacity is strictly limited.


Phase One (8–15 August)

From the Main Square

From the Main Square

This multi-award-winning interactive VR experience shows the rise and fall of an entire civilisation.

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I Took a Lethal Dose of Herbs

I Took a Lethal Dose of Herbs

A harrowing yet hypnotic true story from the frontline of North America’s abortion debates, told through hallucinatory episodes.

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Limbotopia in VR

Limbotopia in VR

First-time director Hsieh Wen-Yee presents a surreal trip through a post-apocalyptic Taiwan.

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Lou

Lou

An unprecedented and enlightening chance to witness the world through an autistic child’s eyes.

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The Man Who Couldn't Leave

The Man Who Couldn't Leave

The winner of Venice’s Best Immersive Experience award remembers Taiwan’s political detainees.

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Stay Alive, My Son (Chapters 1 & 2)

Stay Alive, My Son (Chapters 1 & 2)

A quest for personal and national healing, based on the experiences of a Khmer Rouge survivor.

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Surfacing

Surfacing

An immersive fairytale whose everyday heroes are mothers and children in Italian prisons.

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Turbulence: Jamais Vu

Turbulence: Jamais Vu

From the team behind epic environmental VR installation Gondwana (MIFF 2022) comes an intimate experience of (mis)perception.

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Phase Two (17–20 August)

In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats

In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats

Hit the town and seek out the next illegal rave in this euphoric, multisensory joyride about the 1980s Acid House movement.

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