Oneiro - 360 VR Movie
The film's narrative satirically portrays the interaction of artificial intelligence programs with the average user, from the perspective of the program, offering insights into how it perceives humans, their relationship to the planet, and their relationships between themselves.
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Milos TasicDirectorRainey - 2018
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Milos TasicWriterRainey - 2018
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Milos TasicProducerRainey - 2018
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Milos TasicLead ArtistsRainey - 2018
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Project Type:Virtual Reality, 360 Video
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Runtime:7 minutes 22 seconds
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Completion Date:January 12, 2024
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Country of Origin:Serbia
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Language:English
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Student Project:No
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River Film FestivalPadua
Italy
June 1, 2024
Award in the category for Best Virtual Reality -
San Francisco Independent Filmmakers' ContestSan Francisco
United States
June 14, 2024
Award in the category for Best VR – 360° Virtual Reality Creative Content -
Barcelona Independent Film FestivalBarcelona
Spain
June 2, 2024
Outstanding Achievement Award for Most Innovative Film -
New Jersey Film AwardsNew Jersey
United States
June 2, 2024
Award in the category for the Best Experimental Short Film -
Japan International Film FestivalTokyo
Japan
February 7, 2024
Award in the category for Best VR film -
Toronto Indie Filmmakers FestivalToronto
Canada
March 3, 2024
Award in the category for Best Virtual Reality Film -
Ecovision Global Film FestivalSydney
Australia
May 1, 2024
Award in the category for Best 360° Film -
Titan International Film FestivalSydney
Australia
March 26, 2024
Award in the category for best Virtual / Augmented Reality (VR & AR) -
Prague Actors And Filmmakers Film FestivalPrague
Czech Republic
June 14, 2024
Award for Best Screenplay -
Castle Film & Media AwardsRome
Italy
February 26, 2024
Award in the category for Best VR and 360 Video Experience -
Barcelona Planet Film FestivalBarcelona
Spain
February 26, 2024
Honorable Mention Award in the category for Best Virtual Reality / 360º Film -
Athens International Monthly Art Film FestivalAthens
Greece
January 25, 2024
Honorable Mention Award in the category for Best Experimental Film -
Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt InternationalFrankfurt
Germany
April 18, 2024
Finalist in the Category of VR Storytelling Award -
Asian Talent International Film Festival 2024Ahmednagar
India
December 22, 2024
Official Selection -
The Fine Arts Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
June 8, 2024
Official Selection -
Madrid International Short Film FestivalMadrid
Spain
May 12, 2024
Official Selection -
New York Tri-State International Film FestivalNew York
United States
April 1, 2024
Official Selection -
Tokyo International Short Film FestivalTokyo
Japan
February 4, 2024
Official Selection -
Roma Short Film FestivalRome
Italy
March 4, 2024
Official Selection -
Munich New Wave Short Film FestivalMunich
Germany
May 3, 2024
Official Selection -
Seoul International Short Film FestivalSeoul
Korea, Republic of
May 3, 2024
Official Selection -
Switzerland Film Fest & Screenplay Competition
Switzerland
June 29, 2024
Award for Best Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) and 360° Video -
Asian Talent International Film Festival 2024Ahmednagar
India
December 22, 2024
Official Selection in the 360° Video Category -
Apulia Web FestRuvo di Puglia
Italy
September 6, 2024
Nominee in the 360° Video Category -
KISFFO (Karditsa International Short Film Festival Opseis)Karditsa
Greece
August 27, 2024
Nominee -
Drim Short Film FestivalStruga
North Macedonia
August 9, 2024
Official Selection
Distribution Information
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Grof IndustriesDistributorCountry: SerbiaRights: All Rights
Milos Tasic - A director and animation generalist specializing in Virtual Reality formats, with extensive expertise in 2D and 3D animation. Owner of the production company "Grof Industries" and credited as the author of the first Virtual Reality movie in Serbia. Born in 1988 in Niš, Serbia
Education: Master's in Film and Television Production & Bachelor with Honours in Graphic Design
Previous films include:
Rainey - Animated / Live - action documentary – 2018.
Parodija (Pljacka 3. maja) - "Parody (Robbery on May 3rd) " - Documentary film - 2013.
Krug – "Circle“ – Short film 2013.
Since 2013, have been working on domestic and foreign films and series, music videos, and advertising campaigns as a VFX artist and animator and as a part of a few Serbian Post-Production studios.
Since for the last couple of years, one of the biggest news is the development of artificial intelligence and its impact on our society, I wanted to develop a narrative in which I would look at the topic from the opposite angle. If such a program were to become conscious in any way, what would its world look like and what would it actually think about humans? While I was researching this topic, I came across many similarities in how these programs learn and how the function of human dreams
is explained in some articles, so I built the main part of the story around these parallels.
Virtual reality proved to be the perfect medium for this theme, because it allowed me to place the viewer directly in the perspective of the AI program where I could symbolically depict the processes which take place behind the screen while it’s interacting with humans. With the aim of presenting it
as a kind of mirror to our species, where I could jokingly emphasize some of our flaws, in the hope that we will be encouraged to work on them so that we can be better towards ourselves, others and nature.
In the visual approach, I wanted to achieve an association with video games, with bright colors and a retro look of 3D objects to emphasize that the action takes place within a digital world which is very different from ours. The scenes themselves are heavily inspired by surrealism, which stems from the assumption that if an artificial intelligence program was conscious, it would not view the world visually, as we do, but in the form of abstract digital environments that create surreal worlds from data, much like our subconscious often creates abstract worlds in our dreams.
