VR Effect!
Virtual reality comes to the Museo Nazionale del Cinema
The Museo Nazionale del Cinema hosts CineVR in the Temple Hall, a new area entirely dedicated to virtual reality. Created in collaboration with Rai Cinema, it aims to promote digital culture, innovation and new technologies related to cinema.
CineVR is Italy’s first permanent cinema entirely dedicated to virtual reality, with a continuous daily programme featuring films conceived and created specifically for this medium. The programme is updated every month with new content and also includes temporary presentations linked to Festivals and special events.
Price
CineVR is included in the Museum admission ticket.
Indications
Due to the immersive technology used in VR devices, the headsets may only be used by visitors over the age of 12. Their use is not recommended for pregnant visitors, people with epilepsy, heart conditions or visual impairments, or those with pacemakers, cochlear implants or hearing aids.
CineVR1 & CineVR2 | Until November, 30 2026
CineVR1 & 2
NightMara (USA 2021, VR, 13’ + 14’, col.) by Gianpaolo Gonzales
Mara is an 11-year-old girl in foster care who has the power to travel through people’s dreams in the realm of nightmares. When the residents of her city, Brighton City, can no longer wake up, she seems to be the only one who can save them.
- Episode 1
Mara tries to save a young boy from the nightmare of an alien abduction.
- Episode 2
Mara finds herself trapped in a nightmare, which reveals a part of her buried past.
Beyond the Fence (USA 2017, VR, col.) by Goro Fujita
Unit-7 is a curious robot who works at a landfill, sorting through scrap day after day. But he’s convinced there’s more to this world, and he begins to wonder what the world beyond the fence is like.
Entirely painted and animated in VR using Quill software, it was created single-handedly by Goro Fujita in just three weeks using Quill’s new frame-by-frame animation tools.
Perennials (USA, Switzerland 2023, 17’, VR, eng, col) by Zoe Roellin
After his father’s death, Elias returns to the family’s abandoned home to get rid of it, avoiding confronting his emotions and memories. With him is his young niece Emi, who has a secret plan and is ready to transform that melancholic place into one last, unexpected adventure. In competition at Venice Immersive at the 80th Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica.