VR Experience

Goliath: Playing with Reality

May Abdalla, Barry Gene Murphy | United Kingdom, France | 2021 | English

25min - “The Universe is revolving around me in a bad way.” A voice guides you through the many realities of Goliath, a man diagnosed with schizophrenia who spent years isolated in psychiatric institutions but finds connection in multiplayer games. Weave through multiple worlds and mesmerising visuals to uncover Goliath's poignant story.

Make Noise

May Abdalla | United Kingdom | 2018 | English

8 min - Your voice is a tool. What will you use it to create? Make Noise uses original archive material from the Suffragettes in UK to retell the dramatic story of how a few women started one of the most important movements in history. Use the power of your voice to smash through the barriers faced by the Suffragettes in their fight to win the vote for women.

Episode I

Abel Ferrara

9 min - In a world corrupted by multinationals, cops in limousines gun down the last remaining undesirables with impunity. An uprising ensues. A revolutionary figure comes face to face with a torturer.

Episode II

Tsai Ming-Liang

12 min - Tsai Ming-liang tenderly recounts memories of his grandparents taking him to the cinema every day. Feelings that would be impossible to translate to film nowadays, given how much the world has changed.

Episode III

Catherine Hardwicke

12 min - In an adaptation of the classic of American literature, four marginalized activists set out to sabotage pollution-causing infrastructure. But when their actions inadvertently escalate into terrorist acts, they find themselves locked in a legal stand-off

Episode IV

Lee Myung-Se

12 min - Creating is removing, just as loving is knowing how to allow space for the other person. It’s a lesson that the young Myung-se learned from his father, who was fully devoted to his work. An intimate exploration of Korean culture and society.

Episode V

Naomi Kawase

14 min - Aya, an overweight young woman who is desperately mocked, becomes infatuated with the voice of a customer at the call center where she works. Oh Debu is a delicate comedy about difference that Naomi Kawase never had the chance to direct.