A VR EXPERIENCE BY NEMO VOS
Have you ever pictured the idea of 8 billion human beings on Earth? Based on this staggering figure, imagines a teeming humanity, occupying space without limit.
Synopsis
There are 8 billion people living on Earth now.
8 Billion Selves by Nemo Vos takes the scenic route across this planet.
In the shoes of an observing visitor, we travel through the world where 8 billion people are born, work, wage war, love, dance, create art, and die.
8 Billion Selves is not an ordinary film. It is Virtual Reality.
A medium for which a visual language has not yet been developed. It is a new poetry. What you see, what you experience, is something only you can experience like this. Only you. Among 8 billion others.
2024 Kaohsiung film festival xr dreamland award for best vr360
8 BILLION SELVES won the award for Best VR360 Experience – The international jury, consisting of leading professionals from the industry, provided a detailed jury report explaining the choice for this production.
“The work maintains a consistent expressive quality throughout, presenting raw and unrefined experiences filled with madness and critiques of capitalism. In an era dominated by political correctness, this piece allows us to feel the freedom of VR once more.”
FILMFESTIVAL TIMELINE
Worldpremiere at IFFR
During the International Film Festival Rotterdam 8 Billion Selves premiered with a special VR show with live music played by Spinvis
01-02.2024
Minikino Filmweek
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
09.2024
Winner Best VR
8 Billion Selves won its first award during Bolton Film Festival UK
10.2024
B3 Festival of The Moving Image
Frankfurt, Germany
10.2024
Winner Best VR/360
Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan
10.2024
GIFF
Geneva International Film Festival, Swiss
11.2024
Kurz Film Festival Koeln
KFFK Short Film festival, Cologne, Germany
11.2024
International Short Film Festival
KFF Leuven, Belgium
11.2024
BOGOSHORTS
Bogoshorts, Bogota, Colombia
11-12.2024
CREDITS
Director: Tibor de Jong (Nemo Vos)
Music and sounddesign: Spinvis
3D artist: Doris Konings
Technical manager: Jim de Paauw
Production Company: Nemo Vos
PRESS TALK
Filmkrant
Het virtual reality-aanbod van het IFFR is helaas klein gebleven. Met de collectieve zaalervaring van 8 miljard ikken – met live muzikale begeleiding door Spinvis – zette het festival desondanks een stap voorwaarts.
Kees Driessen
NRC
De ‘nieuwe wildernis’ is bijvoorbeeld te herkennen in VR-film 8 miljard ikken van Nemo Vos, die hiervoor samenwerkte met muzikant en verhalenverteller Spinvis – die zijn composities voor de gelegenheid live uitvoert. Het is een van de hoogtepunten van het festival.
Dana Linssen
Het Parool
Hoe kunnen al die 8 miljard mensen die inmiddels op aarde rondlopen zichzelf uniek vinden, terwijl ze ook onderdeel zijn van de ‘grote, caleidoscopische oersoep’, vraagt maker Tibor de Jong (alias Nemo Vos) zich af.
Joost Broeren-Huitenga