FROM 30TH JULY UNTIL 5TH AUGUST

MORNING 10 A.M. – 12 A.M.
AFTERNOON 4 P.M. – 6 P.M.

VALTOURNENCHE
SPAZIO CERVINO CINEMOUNTAIN / PIAZZETTA DELLE GUIDE (dietro il Municipio)

Expanded mountain, the mountain becomes virtual

The Cervino Cinemountain section is back, exploring new technologies and languages that foreshadow the new frontiers of contemporary (mountain) cinema, where reality merges with imagination, offering an unprecedented cinematic experience, thanks to Virtual Reality (VR) and its different declinations.

The films:

VULCANO – LA VITA CHE DORME

by Omar Rashid (Italia, 2021, 10′)
With the narrating voice of Valentina Lodovini
A Gold & Valmyn’s production in collaboration with Rai Cinema

“Volcano” is a VR film showing the eruption of the Icelandic volcano on Mount Fagradalsfjall after 800 years of inactivity. This 360-degree immersive journey, among boundless landscapes and rivers of glowing lava, reconstructs the volcanic eruption event in all its spectacularity. Virtual reality transports the viewer to an unexplored place, eventually leading them to the foot of the volcano.

BORDERLINE

by Assaf Machnes (Israel / Great Britain, 2018, 9′)

Based on true events
75th Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica / Venice VR section

Abraham, a young Israeli soldier, Jewish of Ethiopian descent, is guarding the border with a young recruit. Left alone for a few minutes, he is faced with a dilemma of difficult resolution, when he discovers an immigrant crossing the barbed wire that demarcates the border. Because of its interactive nature, “Borderline” allows the audience to experience the protagonist’s fears and bewilderment firsthand.