Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 is on the hunt for its next big documentary using immersive tech.
The festival today announced the launch of its Alternate Realities commission. It’s offering £20,000 to produce a new digital project that could use either AR, VR or other media. That’s quite a jump on last year’s £12,000 commission, which produced a VR experience called Face to Face. Previous projects also include the emotionally moving Future Aleppo.
This year’s winner will feature at the festival in June. But Doc/Fest has also partnered with digital creativity festival, MUTEK. The winning experience and its creator will travel to the festival in Montreal, Canada for the show from 20th – 25th August. You’ll also have a chance to speak at the event.
The piece will also feature in the Alternate Realities Exhibition Tour that travels across the UK and beyond following the festival.
“I am thrilled to welcome Site Gallery, British Council and MUTEK as new supporting partners, alongside Arts Council England; these new relationships will amplify the impact of the project and offer prestigious exhibition opportunities and profile for the successful artist,” said Dan Tucker, Curator of the Alternate Realities programme, in a prepared statement.
Interested? Submissions are open now so have your proposals at the ready. You have until midnight GMT on February 25th to get them in.
Sheffield Doc/Fest runs from June 6th – 11th. You can expect the return of the Alternate Realities exhibition, which has hosted some of our favorite VR experiences of recent years. We’re looking forward to it.
