For more than 10 years, FilmGate Miami has brought the connections between art and generation closer to anyone who seeks the imaginative worlds created through cinema, to those who are enchanted and extremely happy through the mind-blowing world of new technologies, and to those who seek emotions, new experiences.
The tenth anniversary of the FilmGate Interactive Media Festival (November 29 – December 3) is no exception. At the forefront of creativity, many people of all ages and from all over the world came together to explore, discover, talk about and learn about each other and enjoy the wonders of the interactive generation and art combined, creating unique experiences.
World, regional, and works premieres by artists from around the world (Taiwan, Germany, France, Colombia, Canada, and the United States) showcased the individual, artistic, and singular use of augmented truth, spatial computing, artificial intelligence, and the virtual. truth for experimentation and to make explicit this year’s theme of the tenth FilmGate Interactive Media Festival: Regenerate X.
“What Regenerate Regenerate can radically redefine,” said Diliana Alexander, CEO and co-founder of FilmGate. “The 2023 festival sought to position art and generation as essential agents of this renewal. Inspired by the regenerative functions of our environment and society, we aimed to immerse ourselves in stories that explore the option of a brighter and more inclusive future. Also, with the evolution of generative AI, we remember that regeneration is not a return to a past state; Regeneration can radically redefine.
FilmGate’s 10th anniversary festival has spawned new collaborations: with Taiwan’s Agency for Artistic Creation, as well as with the Villa Albertine and the French government, the Nouveaux Regards Festival in Guadeloupe, and Artizen, a networked fund for art, science, and public goods, to create a new Narrative lab for six designers from Miami and the French West Indies. In addition to partners committing to mentoring projects for their success, a $10,000 grant is awarded to the most productive idea, and artists win small prizes.
FilmGate’s collaboration with the Taiwan Creative Arts Agency has brought 18 leading artists and artist generation companies, as well as cultural funders from Taiwan to Miami.
“Connecting the creativity and technical capabilities of the Taiwanese delegation with Miami’s leading museums and galleries has been a great blessing for the festival and a program that will continue to grow. Similar delegations are developing from Canada and Germany,” Alexander said.
Creative labs, master classes, author talks and presentations with SNAP, Qualcomm, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft and AMD are sold out. Thousands of people from across the county visited 35 sites, adding experiential installations at locations in downtown Miami and Coral Gables, with most briefings and all panels taking place on the University of Miami Lakeside Center campus.
“Hosting FilmGate at the University of Miami has been a resounding success,” said Kim Grinfeder, chair of the Department of Interactive Media and director of UMVerse at the University of Miami.
“It has been an honor to welcome creators and panelists from around the world and from the United States to our campus, offering our scholars and universities an exclusive opportunity to explore new concepts and immerse themselves in cutting-edge technologies.
The opening evening, a celebratory evening of Dome experiences, music and screenings with plenty of curious artists and moviegoers, took place at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Science Museum and was “heavenly,” Alexander said.
Dr. Douglas A. Roberts, President and CEO of the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, explained this concept by saying, “FilmGate is an organization that links new emerging artists from around the world with a thriving network here in Miami.
Other venues where VR/XR and interactive reporting took place were the Perez Museum of Art and outdoor spaces in downtown Miami. FilmGate’s Biscayne Bay sunset cruise once again closed the festival.
Best of Florida Award: Mangrove City created at the University of Miami through Kim Grifender, Zeven Rodriguez, Ashay Dave, Sourav Pandel, Kumani Riley and Cassandra Swilley. Mangrove City is a virtual reality application that immerses scholars in mangrove forests, their ecology and their future.
Best of Fest Award: The Eye & I directed by Jean-Michel Jarre & Hsin-Chien Huang. The award was accepted by François Klein, producer. The Eye & I is an immersive experience exploring the evolution of surveillance across art, family, politics, and technology.
Social Impact Award: Body of Mine. State Sen. René García presented the Social Impact Award to Body of Mine, directed by Cameron Kostopoulos. This transformative full-body VR experience immerses users in the emotional landscape of gender dysphoria through the eyes of transgender individuals.
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