cannes xr challenge
incubation program
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garage stories
Garage Stories and Cannes XR are looking for innovative entertainment ideas
that respond to the world post COVID and help foster new ways
of audience engagement using emerging tech (VR/AR/AI/5G)
We will select up to 20 IDEAS to be part of the CANNES XR Challenge,
and the creators will be paired with other professionals, looking
for new and exciting projects to get involved with.
SELECTED PROJECTS
1. Earth XR - UK
2. Citizen's sandbox - France
3. Priya's Mask - USA
4. Overcome - Australia
5. Haunted Healing - Denmark
6. Opening Night - UK
7. Transmedia EDU - Spain
8. Resilience 2032 - USA
9. Being a Goonie - Spain
10. The Size of a Virus - UK
11. AR Gardens - Austria
12. 3H - China
13. The Empathy Machine - Italy
14. Touch me/not - France
15. The Menagerie - USA
16. Masquerade - Ecuador
17. C19 Media - México
18. XRMusic - Spain
19. PlayformanX - Spain
20. NEXUS - Italy
calendar
may 12th - 24th
Open call for project ideas
We are looking for fresh ideas, even if they still need to be defined, whose creators "ideators" needs a team and or collaborators. We will select up to 20 ideas and we will announce them by May 25th. One of the criteria for idea selection will be how well they respond to the challenges that the entertainment industry is facing now and will continue facing post COVID. You can join with a team or alone to be paired with other people who apply with relevant skills for your project.
Thanks for all your 100+ wonderful ideas!
may 12th - 27th
AND CREATORS
If you don't have any idea in mind, you can join anyways! We have an open call for professionals from all backgrounds (producers, developers, etc) looking for new projects to get involved with. Once we've selected the 20 participating ideas, you will be able to chose your favourites and join one of the teams.
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INSPIRATION?
3 MINUTES INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERTS & INDUSTRY LEADERS
On our IGTV you will find 3 minute talks with different experts from the entertainment industry working with emerging technologies talking about the current challenges they are facing and trends and opportunities regarding new formats and audience engagement post COVID.
igtv
@garage_stories
may 27th - 31st
teams creation
We will announce the 20 winning ideas and talent will be able to apply for their favourite ideas. The creator will finally chose the team members that are relevant to the team to work on the project.
June 3rd / 10th/ 17th
teams work
We will organise three working sessions of 1 hour each via ZOOM with the help of renowned leaders of the industry. Team will also receive a shared drive folder with a personalised toolkit with all the relevant tools for remote collaboration.
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SESSION 1
value proposal
Team will evaluate the potential of the idea and find new opportunities and room for improvement regarding the script, the user experience, theme and the overall value proposal.
Invited speaker: Rafael Pavón (in)
Creative Director & Producer VR/AR
Gloomy Eyes, Atomu, Melita, Fragments
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SESSION 2
business plan
We will organise three working sessions of 1 hour each via ZOOM with the help of renowned leaders of the industry.
Invited speaker: Lou Doye (in)
Executive producer
Royal Shakespeare Company & Magic Leap
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SESSION 3
pitching
We will organise three working sessions of 1 hour each via ZOOM with the help of renowned leaders of the industry.
Invited guest: Samantha G. Wolfe (in)
Marketing and business development
Pitch FWD
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June 21st
Teams submit their pitch. The best 3 ideas will be able to present it at Cannes XR.
JURY
June 26TH
PITCHING
The 3 selected teams will have the opportunity to pitch their idea at the Cannes Award Ceremony at MOR (Museum of Other Realities) during CANNES XR festival and receive feedback from renowned mentors.
Mentors and experts coming soon!
MORE PITCHING OPPORTUNITIES!
SEPTEMBER 18-27TH
The Guanajuato International Film Festival of Mexico -in collaboration with other LatAm curators such as Gabriel Giandinoto- will welcome the winners of CannesXRChallenge to present their ideas and will organise one to one meetings with potential investors and allies.
DECEMBER 15TH-16TH
The international forum, Stereopsia, that takes place in Belgium, will offer the winners free Full Pass credentials, and the opportunity to present their project on stage, attend B2B meetings, as well as network with VCs, investors and producers.
mentors
This wonderful group of mentors from different sectors, countries and backgrounds will be available on Slack to help you during the month of June to develop your project.
partners
faq
PARTICIPANTS_Open to all sorts of profiles, even people getting started with emerging technologies.
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TEAMS_ If you sign up with an idea, you can join alone, with a full team or with a team with missing members. We will also have an open call for professionals who don't have an idea but are interested in joining other's projects.
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PROJECTS_ We are looking for projects at the ideation phase, no MVP needed.
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EQUIPMENT_ Won't be necessary to bring any equipment for the workshop, all the platforms are free.
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COST_ FREE
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