The BFI London Film Festival is under way and this year, it is an immersive experience. Filmmakers are experimenting with new technologies to create a different form of storytelling, many using virtual or augmented reality. The works touch on climate collapse, war and dance. Al Jazeera's Charlie Angela reports from London.

Short report about LFF Expanded at BBC Breakfast.

This year’s BFI London Film Festival continues its commitment to new mediums and storytelling, with the second year of LFF Expanded, featuring 18 VR/AR and immersive audio projects taking place in physical locations in London and on the Expanse platform in VR.

BBC London reports on the exhibition London Green Light: An immersive focus on Climate Change.

This year’s BFI London Film Festival continues its commitment to new mediums and storytelling, with the second year of LFF Expanded, featuring 18 VR/AR and immersive audio projects taking place in physical locations in London and on the Expanse platform in VR.

BBC London feature about the immersive festival LFF Expanded as part of the British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival.

Podcast episode about Ulrich Schrauth's journey into XR, the process of bringing immersive stories into virtual platforms, latest trends in immersive storytelling from theater and fine arts, and the different site-specific performances that’ll be happening at the London Film Festival Expanded 2021 selection.

Insight on curating the second-annual program dedicated to XR storytelling at the prestigious event.

Interview on BBC Radio London about the BFI London Film Festival.

Dieses Jahr als hybrides Festival angelegt, können sich Besucher*innen des VRHAM! Festivals im Oberhafen in den virtuellen Kunstwelten unterschiedlicher Künstler*innen bewegen. Zu Gast ist Ulrich Schrauth, der künstlerische Leiter.

Das VRHAM!-Festival steht wieder vor der Tür – dieses Jahr bereits in der vierten Edition! Erneut zu Gast, zwei Jahre nach seinem ersten Besuch in unserem Podcast: Ulrich Schrauth, der künstlerische Leiter und Initiator des XR-Kunstfestivals. Gemeinsam mit Simon spricht Ulrich darüber, wie die Pandemie, nicht nur ihn und sein Team, sondern die gesamte (XR-)Kunstszene eiskalt erwischt hat – und wie Zusammenhalt und die gemeinsame Suche nach Lösungen die Branche in Zeiten physischer Distanz virtuell näher zusammengebracht hat.

Der NDR schaut bei den VRHAM! Festivalvorbereitungen am Oberhafenquartier vorbei.

Ein TV Interview zu den den Festivalplänen VRHAM! VIRTUAL.

For the second year running, Hamburg is hosting VRHAM! (the Virtual Reality & Arts Festival Hamburg), the only event of its kind in Germany, founded by Ulrich Schrauth, the previous helmer of the Thalia Theatre.