The real thing

Benoît Felici, Mathias Chelebourg

France | 2018 | 16 min

Credit:

Directing: Benoît Felici and Mathias Chelebourg

Production: Benjamin Landsberger

VR Supervision: Guillaume Malichier

Editing: Michel Blustein

Cinematography: Julien Malichier

Sound: Michele Tarantola

Music: Pablo Pico

Sound Editing and VR Mix: Spheric Environnement Sonore, Gaël Nicolas

Production Manager: Thomas Villepoux

Post-Production Manager: François Klein




Synopsys:

The Real Thing is a VR journey into a copy of our world.

Entire neighbourhoods around China’s largest cities have been inspired by foreign models. The film explores the most stunning of these ‘fake cities’, travelling from Paris to London and Venice – without leaving China. The inhabitants guide us in the parallel world where they have chosen to live.As VR leads the way to virtual tourism, copycat cities compete to offer a real experience of static travel. Walking the thin line between reality and virtuality, this documentary combines both in order to enhance a whole new feeling of ubiquity.

Festivals / Awards:

  • Guanajuato Film Festival, Mexico – WINNER Best VR Film
  • Lichter Filmfest, Germany – WINNER
  • 360˚ Film Festival, France – WINNER
  • New Images Paris Film Festival, France –
    WINNER Masque d’Or
  • Sandbox Immersive Festival Qingdao, China – WINNER Best VR Film
  • Cervignano Film Festival, Italy – WINNER
    Best VR Film
  • Satis Film Festival, France- WINNER
    Best VR Documentary
  • Dok.Leipzig, Germany – Official competition
  • Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece – Official selection
  • Sheffield Doc/Fest Alternate Realities, UK – Official competition
  • Festival dei Popoli, Italy – Official selection
  • Busan Film Festival, South Korea – Official selection
  • Future of Storytelling, USA – Official selection
  • Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal, Canada – Official competition
  • True/False Film Festival, USA – Official selection
  • Camden International Film Festival, USA –
    Official selection
  • Melbourne Film Festival, Australia –
    Official selection
  • BEAT Film Festival, Russia – Moscow Urban Forum