OCVR: Welcome To Our World - August Edition

The FREE monthly series “Welcome to Our World” features four curated short films inside our virtual reality environment! This month we partner up with our long-time collaborators & friends at the POPCORN FRIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL to highlight four short films that'll be making their Southeast U.S. Premieres!This is how you can join us in the metaverse:

On VR Headset

• On your Oculus/STEAM VR device download AltspaceVR (Free) on the store page.
• Once downloaded, open the app and create an account OR sign on with your Microsoft account.
• Log in and enter code: NUI16 which will take you to O Cinema (Main) world. Enjoy!

On your PC

• Go to www.altvr.com & download AltspaceVR (Free) on the store page.
• Once downloaded, open the app and create an account OR sign on with your Microsoft account.
• Log in and CLICK HERE.
• And enter our world and enjoy!

Don't forget to join our O Cinema Channel and "Favorite" our world!

WORLD'S NAMEO Cinema (Main)Code: NUI106

CURATOR STATEMENT:

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PFFF Co-Directors Igor Shteyrenberg & Marc Ferman[/caption]

"The endless possibilities of filmmaking are on dazzling display in this retina-reeling, round-the-world showcase of some of the medium’s most innovative, boundary-pushing, and mind-enhancing short films, featuring new works from new emerging voices and established filmmakers."

THE FILMS:

Body of the MinedDirected by Eric JungmannUSA | 15 minutes | 2021

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. A quiet, young woman moves into a new building and meets a reclusive engineer at the brink of completing a bizarre, extraordinary machine.

I’m a VampireDirected by Sofia Garza-BarbaMexico | 15 minutes | 2021

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, 8-year-old Jackie is so confused by her bewildered parents’ behavior that she thinks she’s turning into a vampire.

MeTube: August Sings “Una Furtiva Lagrima”Directed by Daniel MoshelAustria | 8 minutes | 2021

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. The intergalactic music nerds August and Elfi conquer the opera stage and orchestrate an extraordinary adventure in an opulent manner.

The WheelDirected by Nikhil BhagatUSA | 15 minutes | 2021

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. A woman is terrorized by a cursed antique.