The 27th Raindance Film Festival celebrated an amazing year in Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality with the Raindance Immersive Awards. With 10 award categories to recognise creative excellence and technical achievement, Raindance is only festival in Britain to celebrate XR on such a large scale. Showcased at the OXO Tower in central London, Raindance Immersive Programme was curated by Mária Rakušanová who assembled an international panel of jury members to score the nominated experiences. The jury comprised of luminaries such as Vicki Dobbs Beck, executive in charge of ILMxLAB; Matt Neutra, Lead Experience Engineer at Bose; Chuck Freedman, Head of Developer Relations at Bose; Eleanor Whitley, Executive Producer, Marshmallow Laser Feast and many more. See the full list of winners below.
Best Immersive Game
The Curious Tale of the Stolen PetsWINNER: The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets
Doctor Who: The Edge of Time
No Man’s Sky: Beyond
The Infinite Hotel
Best Interactive Narrative Experience
A Box in the Desert
WINNER: A Box in the Desert
INORI
Ray Sparks
The Line
Best Cinematic Experience
Afterlife
WINNER: Afterlife
Butterfly Dance
Only the Mountain Remains
Operation Othello: I Am Not What I Am
Best Documentary Experience
Ayahuasca: Kosmik JourneyWINNER: Ayahuasca: Kosmik Journey
Memoria: Stories of Le Garma
Rise of the Animals with David Attenborough
The Holy City
Best Animated Experience
Battle Scar – The Sequel
WINNER: Battle Scar – The Sequel
Glimpse
Gloomy Eyes
Heart of Darkness
Artistic Achievement
Gloomy Eyes
WINNER: Gloomy Eyes
SPECIAL JURY MENTION: Heart of Darkness
Ayahuasca: Kosmik Journey
Battlescar – The Sequel
Doctor Who: The Edge of Time
Glimpse
Audio Achievement
Gloomy Eyes
WINNER: Gloomy Eyes
Battlescar- The Sequel
Doctor Who: The Edge of Time
Glimpse
INORI
Operation Othello: I Am Not What I Am
British Award: Best UK Experience
Glimpse
WINNER: Glimpse
Cosmos Within Us
Doctor Who: The Edge of Time
Rise of the Animals with David Attenborough
Discovery Award: Best Debut Experience
Afterlife
WINNER: Afterlife
Anonymous
Playing God
See, Saw, Seen
Spirit of Raindance: Best Immersive Experience of the Festival
Cosmos Within Us
WINNER: Cosmos Within Us
Check out the rest of the Award Winners here.
About Raindance
Raindance aims to promote and support independent filmmaking and filmmakers.
From new and emerging to industry pros, Raindance connects, trains, supports, and promotes visual storytellers through every step of their career.
The Raindance Film Festival runs each Autumn in London's Leicester Square.
Raindance has been delivering film training since 1992. A wide range of Open Classes to a 2 year HND Level 5 BTEC in Moving Images to a Postgraduate Film Degree are delivered to students on five continents, both in person and online.
