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21-22 ALPHA

The Anthropocene: Earth epoch during which the planet’s Sixth mass extinction is underway and the Earth systems are changing, all under the influence of the Human civilization.
21-22 ALPHA offers us a meditative visually-striking journey around the planet. As a flying spirit without boundaries, we experience the world from a new profound perspective, from up in the skies with a surround (360-degree) view, as we discover various evocative anthropocenic environments.
Being the first-released film in 21-22's VR series, 21-22 ALPHA acts as an introductory chapter.

  • Thierry Loa
    Director
    21-22 ALPHA (2019, 15min), 20-22 OMEGA (2018, 111 min), 20-22 ALPHA (2015, 32 min), The Audition, X2.90907 (2009, 18 min), Come to the Secret Location (2008, 13 min), Tragedy! (2008, 6 min)
  • Thierry Loa
    Producer
    21-22 ALPHA (2019, 15min), 20-22 OMEGA (2018, 111 min), 20-22 ALPHA (2015, 32 min), The Audition, X2.90907 (2009, 18 min), Come to the Secret Location (2008, 13 min), Tragedy! (2008, 6 min)
  • Thierry Loa
    Writer
    21-22 ALPHA (2019, 15min), 20-22 OMEGA (2018, 111 min), 20-22 ALPHA (2015, 32 min), The Audition, X2.90907 (2009, 18 min), Come to the Secret Location (2008, 13 min), Tragedy! (2008, 6 min)
  • Ray Shine
    Editing
    21-22 ALPHA (2019, 15min), 20-22 OMEGA (2018, 111 min)
  • Project Type:
    Virtual Reality, 360 Video
  • Genres:
    VR cinema, non verbal, non fiction, visual meditation, anthropology, environmental
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 7, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
    Montreal
    Canada
    October 9, 2019
    Canadian Premiere
    Official Selection / In competition
  • Institut Français of Rome: "Novembre Numérique" event
    Rome
    Italy
    November 7, 2019
    Italian premiere
    Official selection
  • Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma Festival
    Montreal
    Canada
    February 27, 2020
    Official selection
  • I Love Science Festival (part of Brussel's Digital Spring events)
    Brussel
    Belgium
    April 24, 2020
    Belgian premiere
    Official selection
Distribution Information
  • HELLOHELLO Distribution
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
  • HTC VIVE: VR FOR IMPACT
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
Director Biography - Thierry Loa

Thierry Loa is a Montreal-based filmmaker and an intermedia artist. Having studied multimedia arts, philosophy, film studies, anthropology and geography, he has been working in various visual and media disciplines, on a diverse and mixed array of projects such as narrative films, interactive cinema, video installations, new media design, and photography. In 2018, he completed his first feature film 20-22 OMEGA (111min) which explores the first humans of the Anthropocene epoch. This film won him the Prix du Jury Étudiant at the 21st RIDM film festival where it world-premiered. He is now working on the sequel project, titled 21-22 - a series of 360VR films offering a profound global look at the state of humankind and nature on Earth. His fields of interest and research include Art, Cinema, Literature, Anthropology, Sociology, Philosophy, Geography, Technology, and Media Theory.

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Director Statement

21-22 ALPHA is the first film in the 5-part series of 360VR films being produced by project 21-22. Acting as a prologue to this new project, it gives an introduction to the planet of the anthropocene: the Earth epoch engendered and dominated by humankind. 21-22 is the direct follow-up project to 20-22 which brought the feature symphonic film 20-22 OMEGA. While 20-22 focused on the North American regions and was shot on celluloid film evoking symphonic films of the 1920s, 21-22 is focusing on the emerging continents of Asia, Africa and South America and is adopting 21st century's emerging filmmaking techniques, hence the use of 360 camera and drone.