© Marion Burger & IIan J. Cohen
emperOR
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EMPEROR is an interactive and narrative experience in virtual reality, which invites the user to travel inside the brain of a father, suffering from aphasia.
In a monochrome aesthetic, close to traditional animation, this personal story is told as a journey with surreal overtones, offering to explore aphasia as a distant country.
EMPEROR is a poetic experience of the loss of one’s faculties, of the passing of time, and of the bonds which, through it all, remain.
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2023 |
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40min |
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In English & In French |
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France, Germany |
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VR |
trailer
ARTISTS
Marion Burger
Born
in France in 1987, Marion Burger is a production designer on several feature films including Divines by Houda Benyamina
(Caméra d’or 2016), Gagarine by Jérémy Trouilh and Fanny Liatard (Cannes 2020) and more recently Mother and Son by
Léonor Serraille (Cannes 2022). On this occasion, she has been awarded the Young Film Technician Prize for her work.
IIan J. Cohen
Born
in France in 1984, Ilan has been working as a first assistant director since 2008 (including Noaz Deshe’s White Shadow, Lodge
Kerrigan’s Rebecca H., and Bertrand Bonello’s Sarah Winchester) while pursuing his own screenwriting and
directing music videos (Rone, Gaspar Claus).
Credits
Directed by Marion Burger & IIan J. Cohen ■ Produced by Atlas V (Oriane Hurard), Reynard Films (Katharina Weser), France Télévisions (Jeanne Marchalot) ■ Narrated by Olivia Cooke in Engligh Version ■ With the voice of Vimala Pons in French Version ■ Edited by Mathieu Rous de Madinhac ■ Screenplay by Marion Burger & IIan J. Cohen ■ Music by Jamie Turner, Gaspar Claus ■ Sound by Côme Jalibert ■ Art Director - Daniel Balage Lead ■ Developers - Rym Ouenzar ■ Developers: Albyn Studios Lead Designer - Ferdinand Dervieux ■ Game Designer - Darius Guernet ■ Artists: Gaël Chaize, Valentin Kasprzyk, Bastien Cocquempot ■ With the support of CNC, FFF Bayern, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, MEDIA Creative Europe, Medienboard Berlin-randeburg, Bourse Beaumarchais Orange XR, Région Sud, Procirep-Angoa, Fondation Audiens Générations, Astrea