Viewing Information

Date
July 5 (FRI) ~ July 14 (SUN)

Venue
Bucheon Art Bunker B39
1F BUNKER

The Imaginary Friend

Steye HALLEMA|Netherlands, Belgium|2023|28min |6DoF |G |Korean, English

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  • This work was invited with the support of SEE NL

Viewing Information

Date
July 5 (FRI) ~ July 14 (SUN)

Venue
Bucheon Art Bunker B39
1F BUNKER

Synopsis

Entering the realm of imagination alongside Daniel, a little boy lost in the sadness of straddling the border between reality and fantasy, one becomes Daniel's friend. Discovering Daniel's emotions and fighting against the darkness together while sharing his world, one witnesses the inability of those around him to understand Daniel. Before Daniel becomes completely disconnected from reality, one helps him grasp his emotions first.

Director

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Steye HALLEMA

As the son of a magician, Steye too tries to create magic and wonder. He loves to use immersive technologies for their ability to make the audience part of the magic. He creatively leads the critically acclaimed Smartphone Orchestra project: An orchestra consisting out of the phones from the audience members with which he creates fun but profound group experiences.
Steye has won several awards and nominations with his innovative storytelling projects and showcased his work world-wide on A-list festivals SXSW, Tribeca, IDFA Doclab and Bifan. At this moment Steye also works as creative director at the 4DR Studios a full volumetric video Capture studio in the Netherlands. He previously worked as Creative Director for the Disney backed XR start up Jaunt XR and as creative lead for the MediaLab of Dutch broadcaster The VPRO.

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Producer
Corine MEIJERS
Screenwriter
Steye HALLEMA
Principal Cast
Deni WELZIJN, Jose MONTOYA, Fedy BAKKER, Shana BOSSMANN, Thomas DUDKIEWICZ
Technical Director
Avinash CHANGA
Sound Designer
Florian HEYNEN
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Encountering the Virtual and the Real:

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