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EVENT: KAMILIA KARD (DECEMBER 2 2022, 9 PM CET, LIVE PERFORMANCE, ONLINE)

The MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL is delighted to announce its first machinima live performance on its brand new Twitch channel. Curated by Gemma Fantacci, the inaugural show is Kamilia Kard’s Toxic Garden - DANCE DANCE DANCE. Join us tonight Friday December 2 at 9 pm Central European Time (CET)! Toxic Garden... Read more →

EVENT: STEVEN COTTINGHAM (NOVEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 1 2022, ONLINE)

CHAIN-LINK single-channel HD video (1920 x 1080, MPEG-4 AAC, H.264) comprising machinima, 3D animation, and found footage with sound, 90’ 1”, 2022, Canada Created by Steven Cottingham Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org WORLD PREMIERE Bruce Sterling famously stated that the future is “old men, in cities, afraid of the sky”.... Read more →

EVENT: ALIX DESAUBLIAUX (OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 10 2022, ONLINE)

L’AUTRE MONSTRE (THE OTHER MONSTER) digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 48’ 26”, 2021, France (in French with English subtitles) Created by Alix Desaubliaux October 28 - November 10 2022 vral.org L’Autre Monster (The Other Monster) is an experimental film created with/in Monster Hunter World (Capcom, 2018). A contemplative... Read more →

EVENT: CHRISTIAN WRIGHT (OCTOBER 14-27 2022, ONLINE)

SON digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), colour, sound, 14’ 59”, 2016, United Kingdom Created by Christian Wright October 14 - 27 2022 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Christian Wright reframes painting and cinema through the medium of the video game. Inspired by Caspar David Friedrich’s landscapes and by the extended... Read more →

EVENT: MARTINA MENEGON (SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 13 2022, ONLINE)

when you are close to me I shiver video recording of live simulation digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 7’ 47”, 2020, Italy Created by Martina Menegon Sound design by Alexander Martinz Introduced by Luca Miranda vral.org when you are close to me I shiver is an algorithmically controlled... Read more →

EVENT: BABAK AHTESHAMIPOUR (SEPTEMBER 16 - SEPTEMBER 29 2022, ONLINE)

POST-CODED THOUGHTS ON THE NEVER-UPCOMING FORESHADOWED LI(F)E digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 8’ 54”, 2021, Iran/Greece Created by Babak Ahteshamipour vral.org Post-coded Thoughts on the Never-upcoming Foreshadowed Li(f)e is a machinima created with The Sims. In this post-apocalyptic narrative, human beings suddenly vanish, leaving behind all their digital... Read more →

EVENT: GINA HARA (SEPTEMBER 2 - 15 2022, ONLINE)

VALLEY digital video/machinima (1280 x 720), color, sound, 7’ 06”, Hungary/Canada Created by Gina Hara vral.org Inspired by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) software in mental health contexts, Gina Hara uses the world of Minecraft as a backdrop for a series of exchanges with an AI-powered chatbot, called Robin,... Read more →

EVENT: ZUZA BANASIŃSKA (AUGUST 19 - SEPTEMBER 1 2022, ONLINE)

ROAD OF FEELINGS digital video (1920x1080), color, sound, 8’18”, 2022, Poland Created by Zuza Banasińska August 19 - September 1 2022 Introduced by Gemma Fantacci vral.org A teenage girl’s room. When she ingests a handful of pills, it start to grow. Normally, as she works out, 1,2,3... 1,2,3... 1,2,3... her... Read more →

EVENT: IAIN DOUGLAS & MARK COVERDALE (AUGUST 5 - AUGUST 18 2022, ONLINE)

FACING THE WOLF machinima/digital video (1600 x 900), color, sound, 19’ 26” (chapter I: 5’ 15”, chapter II: 5’ 21”, chapter III: 8’ 50”), 2021, United Kingdom. Created by Iain Douglas and Mark Coverdale Facing the wolf is a machinima trilogy produced over the course of 2021 by appropriating and... Read more →

EVENT: FEDERICA DI PIETRANTONIO (JULY 22 - AUGUST 4 2022, ONLINE)

but I wanna keep my head above water digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 10’ 30”, 2022, Italy everynight i try to find the light but sometimes its too cold digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 1’ 01”, 2022, Italy everynight i try to find the light -... Read more →