New creative doc lab explores VR storytelling

TORONTO – Virtual reality (VR) is taking centre stage at a new experimental creative documentary lab from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (CFC Media Lab) and JustFilms | Ford Foundation.Set to begin October 11, Open Immersion: A Virtual Reality Creative Doc Lab will bring together six Indigenous Canadian artists plus six artists from the American South in CFC and NFB spaces in Toronto to explore the possibilities of VR as a new storytelling platform. The lab has been designed to immerse the participants in both the theory and practice of creating engaging,...