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Emphasizing Connection Over Competition, NewImages Is ‘Not Another Film Festival’
New media showcase NewImages wants to develop the immersive ecosystem rather than chasing world premieres.
This year, the fast friends will return as creative partners and co-directors of “The Eye and I,” a visual and musical collaboration screening in NewImages’ competition and born of the festival’s wider goal to develop the immersive ecosystem in part by encouraging such outcomes. Time will tell if similar inspiration should strike this year’s jury – which includes author and activist Amandine Gay, techo pioneer Molécule, and Sundance New Frontier curator Shari Frilot – though the festival is not waiting in idle to find out. And as the new media landscape continues to iterate and evolve – with the Cannes Film Festival set to launch its first immersive cinema competition next month – Ziegler thinks it time to move past existing models.
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