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Katàbasis, Best Immersive Work at the 79th Festival de Cannes

Lauréats du Prix de l'Oeuvre Immersive © Michael Jan

The Jury of the Immersive Competition of the 79th Festival de Cannes presented the Best Immersive Work Award to Katàbasis, created by Ugo Arsac at the Plage des Palmes.

The Jury also awarded a Special Jury Mention to The Black Mirror Experience, created by David Bardos and Damià Ferràndiz.

The Jury was chaired by Franco-Spanish artistic director Blanca Li and included French director Céline Tricart, Dutch composer and director Michel van der Aa, English director and producer Mary Matheson, and Taiwanese director Hsin-Chien Huang

Katàbasis is a magnificent immersive work, deeply human, authentic and emotionally powerful, that allows us to reconnect with what binds together seemingly ordinary human beings,” said Blanca Li, Immersive Competition Jury President

Returning for its third edition, the Immersive Competition was hosted at the iconic Carlton Hotel, welcoming up to 200 guests per showcase and generated over 3,000 bookings throughout the festival.

This year’s official Immersive selection featured 9 works in competition, from 8 countries.

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