Real and unreal things: Virtual reality at the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival

Abstract

After fifteen years of successful operation, in 2018 the Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) cemented its position as Australia’s leading festival supporter of virtual-reality (VR) screen media. This mostly biennial international festival, which is held over two weeks in October, was the first in the country (and arguably one of the first in the world) to offer a VR programme alongside more traditional film fare in 2015. [1] Two years later, the 2017 edition saw the introduction of an international VR award (also a first for Australia), with ten projects in competition.

Keywords

• cinematic virtual reality
• 360 degrees
• interactive
• adelaide film festival