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Traces: The Grief Processor

Vali FUGULIN|Canada|2025|25min |6DoF Interactive Content |English

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Synopsis

Traces: The Grief Processor is a multi-user interactive VR experience inviting you to poetically explore your grief—whether from the loss of a friendship, a home, a dream or a loved one—in a personalized and introspective way. Led by a ritualist and shaped by the creator’s personal journey, the experience unfolds within a dreamlike forest, where each step gently unveils a new facet of grief. In this space, grief is not just something to overcome but rather something to be acknowledged, expressed, and integrated into the fabric of life. A playful yet profound documentary-based odyssey, Traces guides its participants through the universal complexities of loss, helping them emerge with a renewed sense of emotional insight, resilience and connection.

Director

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Vali FUGULIN

Vali Fugulin is a director specializing in interactive experiences, digital documentaries, installations, and content-driven video games. With a documentary-driven perspective, her work emphasizes on social impact and explores innovative storytelling approaches to engage audiences more deeply. Since making the award-winning game I Love Potatoes, she has continued to push boundaries with acclaimed interactive projects, including SuperSymmetry, an interactive knitting platform; My Camera and Me, a virtual filming experience with iconic cameras that shaped cinema history; Tout Garni, a year-long interactive saga by twelve talented illustrators; Montreal's version of the acclaimed A Mile in My Shoes exhibit for the MEM ; and The Awakening of the Sleeping Machines, an AR quest for the Musée Électropolis in Mulhouse. Vali is currently launching Traces: The Grief Processor, a multi-user VR project set to have its world premiere at SXSW as part of its selected lineup.

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Producer
Ziad TOUMA
Writer
Vali FUGULIN
Technical Director
Louis THÉRIAULT-BOIVIN
Sound & Music
Sound: Vincent CUSSON
Other
Narrators: Vali Fugulin & Stéphane Crête
Ritual Consultant: Stéphane Crête
Production Manager: Solen Labrie
Trépanier Associate Producer: Christine TannousLead
Programmer:: Camilo Vides Pérez
Programmer:: Jérémie Roy
3D Artist:: Audrey-Ann Whittom
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