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Virtual reality to star at Melbourne film festival

Wednesday, 27 Jul 2016 12:07:21 | Patrick Wood

A still from the film Invisbile, directed by Darren Emerson. (Supplied: Invisible film)

This year's Melbourne International Film Festival is pushing the limits of film technology and will include nine virtual reality experiences in its program.

The 65th edition of the festival launches on Thursday night and will run until August 14.

MIFF artistic director Michelle Carey said the program would challenge the audience at times.

VR Noir: A Day Before The Night Photo: VR Noir: A Day Before The Night will feature at the MIFF. (Supplied: VR Noir: A Day Before The Night)

"This year's MIFF program ... offers abundant opportunities for festival goers to get out of their comfort zones," she said.

"MIFF audiences can also enjoy technologically advanced filmmaking during our not-to-be-missed virtual reality experiences."

The virtual reality events include a presentation from Google's principal VR filmmaker, Jessica Brillhart, and Melbourne filmmaker Oscar Raby.

It will also feature the computer-animated interactive movie, Invasion!, from the writer and director of the Madagascar film series, Eric Darnell.

Audience members will be given state-of-the-art goggle-like headsets to wear that display the video elements in 360 degrees, allowing for a more immersive film experience.

There will be a specially configured seating plan to assist people to move around the real world and experience the virtual environment.

"In 2016, we've cast our nets wider than ever," Ms Carey said.

MIFF offers 'more than the usual fodder'

The advantage of the MIFF is it displays more than the usual multiplex "fodder" and is a celebration of other cultures, the star of the festival's opening night film says.

Rachel Ward features in The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, which will make its world premiere on Thursday night.

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"I think anyone who's a film buff, who loves movies, and is tired of the usual fodder that we get in the multiplex, this event is for them," she told ABC News Breakfast.

"It's an incredibly original experience."

Ward said the MIFF encouraged audiences to think of films differently and it nurtured the local industry.

"For me it's just an escape to, and an education in, other cultures, other lives, other countries," she said.

"It's just a smorgasbord of intense experience; you feel like you're travelling the world without leaving your seat."

The MIFF line-up includes more than 345 films, including 244 features, 92 shorts and 24 world premieres, and will play across 22 venues.

Guests will include Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton.

External Link: Rachel Ward and Matilda Brown on News Breakfast

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