The Holy City
Transport yourself to the world's spiritual epicentre in this engaging sensory narrative experience built using stunning photogrammetrical scans of Jerusalem. The Holy City utilizes a series of challenging interactive games in room-scale environments to help nurture empathy and understanding amongst the Abrahamic cultures and religions that co-inhabit the city.
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Nimrod ShanitDirectorThe Ramadan Cannon of Jerusalem, Saving Children, Surviving terrorism
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Timur MusabayDirectorThe Golden Glove, Sharkwater
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Nimrod ShanitWriterThe Ramadan Cannon of Jerusalem, Saving Children, Surviving terrorism
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Nimrod ShanitProducerOnce Upon a Sea, Best Unkept Secret, Battle for the Belt, Trois Mariages et un coup de foudre
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Sean Thomas EvansProducerSharkwater, The Golden Glove, Mind Body Soul
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Father Samuel AghoyanKey Cast
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Ibrahim Abu El HaweKey Cast
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Baruch BrandwinKey Cast
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Yafit ReuvenyKey Cast
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Victoria BravermanKey Cast"Orb guide"
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Project Type:Documentary, Web / New Media
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Genres:Religion, anthropolgy, exploration, gamified, social
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Runtime:30 minutes
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Completion Date:June 30, 2019
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Production Budget:1,100,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Country of Filming:Israel, Palestine, State of
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Language:Arabic, English, Hebrew
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Shooting Format:Stereo 360, 3D photogrammtery
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Aspect Ratio:1:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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StereopsiaBrussels
Belgium
December 13, 2019
Belgian
Lumiere Award for Best Educational VR -
Raindance Film FestivalLonodn
United Kingdom
September 29, 2019
UK premiere -
Cannes XRCannes
France
May 15, 2019 -
FIVARSToronto
Canada
September 14, 2019
Canadian -
Leipzig DokLeipzig
Germany
October 31, 2019
German -
Byron Bay Film festivalByron Bay
Australia
October 15, 2019
Australian
Best documentary VR
Distribution Information
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Holy City VRCountry: CanadaRights: All Rights
Producer and director of blimey, focused on developing and producing TV, theatrical released and virtual reality documentaries and fiction films. In the past produced numerous documentaries for local and international broadcasters and film funds.
Through cultivating understanding, this extremely powerful tool to eliciting empathy supports multiculturalism and diversity initiatives, gives visitors a broader understanding of pluralism and a tool to explore our fundamental similarities, promoting comparable virtues in Jerusalem.
The Holy City hopes to restore the majesty of the unique multiculturalism that Jerusalem offers and give access to rituals and sites that few are exposed to. Through this cultural exposure, the hope is that the visitor will see beyond the narrow strokes of racial, social prejudice and learn to appreciate every person regardless of his religion, gender or race.