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CAST (English, German, French, simplifed chinese and spanish)
Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell is an Irish actor who is now famous in Hollywood. Farrell was born in Castleknock, Dublin. He started his career in Hollywood with the movie Tigerland (2000). He studied acting in at the Gaiety School of Drama from Dublin. His acting career began with the BBC series Ballykissangel (1996) and the 2002 film Phone Booth. In the same year he acted with Bruce Willis in Hart’s War. He worked with Hollywood director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002). In 2008 he won the Golden Globe Award for best actor for the movie In Bruges. His recent successes include Total Recall (2012)with Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel, The Lobster (2015) with Rachel Weisz, and Dumbo (2019) directed by Tim Burton. Gloomy Eyes is the first virtual reality narrative Farrell has acted in.
Max Riemelt
Max Riemelt is a German actor, known internationally for playing Wolfgang Bogdanow in the Netflix series Sense8. He has starred in all of Dennis Gansel's feature films, starting with Mädchen, Mädchen.
Tahar Rahim
Tahar Rahim is a French actor of Algerian descent, known for his starring role as Malik El Djebena in the 2009 award-winning French movie A Prophet by Jacques Audiard, FBI Agent Ali Soufan in The Looming Tower, and for playing Judas in the film Mary Magdalene, written by Helen Edmundson.
Jam Hsiao
Jam Hsiao is a Taiwanese singer and actor. In 2007, Hsiao took part in the first season of China Television (CTV)'s star search show, One Million Star. He signed a contract with Warner Music Taiwan in 2008 and released his debut album, Jam Hsiao, in the same year. In 2011, Hsiao played the lead role in the action film The Killer Who Never Kills and won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer for his performance. In 2013, his fourth album It's All About Love won him Best Male Vocalist at 24th Golden Melody Awards.
jorge Drexler
Jorge Abner Drexler Prada is a Uruguayan musician, actor and doctor specializing in otolaryngology. In 2004, Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan to win an Academy Award, which he won for composing the song "Al Otro Lado del Río" from The Motorcycle Diaries.
THE DIRECTORS
jorge tereso
Jorge Tereso is a director & digital artist from Buenos aires. His work ranges from playful and lysergic animations to realistic VR experiences and interactive installa- tions. He’s a partner at 3dar studios, where he created its first award winning short film, Shave It (2013). His passions also include illustration, storytelling and projection mapping. He has created an experience called Light Graffiti that has been featured several times in NYC and around the world. He has worked for big comercial brands for a decade and is now creating 3dar's original content, always in search for new ways to expand the possibilities of animation.
fernando maldonado
Fernando Maldonado was born in San Juan, Argentina. He graduated from U.N.S.J. as Visual Arts Professor and he was trained in 3D animation. His First shortfilm “La mezcla”, directed with Lucas Aguirre was awarded by Telefé Cortos first edition (2004) and selected by Mar del Plata Film festival (2005). He lives in Buenos Aires since 2008 and works as Director of animation at 3Dar Studios. He co-directed Shave it (2013) with Jorge Tereso awarded by many international Festivals including Anima Mundi and Short of the week and was part of the official selection of more than 80 movie festivals. He was the Animation Director in Uncanny Valley (2015) awarded by more than 25 international festivals and in official selection in more than 100 festivals.
PRODUCtion teams
ATLAS V is behind some of the most awarded pieces in the field of new media, with projects shown at a-list festivals such as Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Venice, Sheffield, Telluride, Cannes, Busan and Sitges. From immersive experiences in AR and VR to interactive installations that use machine learning, Atlas V seeks to engage audiences by leveraging new technologies, unique visual aesthetics, and immersive design.
3DAR is a group of creatives, engineers and storytellers, pushing the boundaries of virtual reality, animation, live action and visual effects. The nature of the team is designed to combine great art sensibility with technology, through an organic but efficient process. Previous partners include Sony, Google, Dell, Lays, Perrier, Zappos, Harley Davidson, Ubisoft and Cartoon Network.
RYOT is an American immersive media company founded in 2012 by Bryn Mooser, David Darg, Molly DeWolf Swenson and Martha Rogers, based in Los Angeles. It specializes in documentary film production, commercial production, virtual reality and augmented reality. In April 2016, RYOT was acquired by HuffPost.
ARTE is a Franco-German and European public service TV channel that supports creativity and culture in all forms. Programs are broadcast 24/7 on all types of screens throughout Europe and beyond. The founding fa- thers of ARTE believed that a joint television channel should bring French and German citizens closer on a cultural level and promote cultural inte- gration throughout Europe.
technical team
The Oculus team at Facebook lets people experience anything, anywhere, with anyone through world-class VR hardware and software. With global departments dedicated to VR research, computer vision, haptics, social interaction, and more, Oculus is committed to driving the state of the art forward through relentless innovation. The Oculus suite of hardware currently includes: Rift, our high-end PC VR headset; Touch controllers, to bring your hands into virtual reality; and Gear VR, to bring the magic with you wherever you are—all powered by the Oculus Platform.
HTC Viveport is the platform for virtual reality content and experiences. Building on the fast growth and success of VR gaming, VIVEPORT features a wide range of VR experiences that inspire people to discover, create, connect, watch, and shop in VR.