Immersive Projects 2026
Artin – The Boy Who Came Floating
Bergljot I. Bleken & Bjørn-Morten Nerland (NO)
Artin – The Boy Who Came Floating retraces the invisible journey of 15-month-old Artin Irannezhad, whose body washed ashore on the coast of Norway in 2021.
Through an embodied cinematic experience, the audience follows the traces of a child whose story became known only after his death. Beginning where his journey ended, the experience travels backwards through Europe to Iranian Kurdistan, unfolding through landscapes, memories and voices that reveal the fragile threads connecting family, displacement and loss. Blurring the boundaries between memory, testimony and presence, Artin – The Boy Who Came Floating invites audiences not simply to witness a story, but to inhabit it.
Invisible Cities
Neil Bell (SE)
Invisible cities is an immersive experience that allows the user to explore a city by following the steps of persons in exile, whether they are long-term economic migrants, political refugees on the run or asylum seekers stuck in limbo. Invisible Cities combines arts and technology to bring the audience to a deeper understanding of the city itself.
Once Upon a Time There Were Forests
Vibeke Bryld & Maria Kristensen (DK)
Once Upon A Time There Were Forests is an immersive XR experience about the insistence on hope – a reminder that even in a time that can feel hopeless, what we do still matters, and that we can paint the light, the music and the life back into our world.
The Fun Fair, Forgotten Childhood
Menghui Huang (FI)
A single-user interactive VR experience set in an imaginative childhood fun fair, where playful exploration gradually gives way to disappointment and emotional distance. Deep within the woods, Yu, an imaginative girl always open to wonder, reaches out to the player who takes the role of Yu’s friend , to share the discovery of a secret place.
When Things Get Better
Gunnlaugur Egilsson & Moa Jacobsson (SE / IS)
Three couples are connected by friendship, comparison and the quiet pressure to appear as though life is going well. We encounter them in three homes, but not at the same point in time. One home belongs to an earlier moment, when change still feels possible. Another exists in a tense present, where the cost of waiting is becoming visible. The third lies further ahead, carrying the consequences of choices made, or avoided.