Future Screens NI funding recipient, artist, Chief Executive at Immersive Technology company Neon and Visiting Professor in Immersive Futures at Ulster University, Deepa Mann-Kler will be moderating the panel discussion focusing on Extended Reality (XR) for the British Film Institute London Film Festival (LFF). The Escapism vs Confrontation: A Journey into Reality Through XR panel discussion will be held on 12th October at 2pm. The discussion will feature: Joel Kachi Benson, documentary filmmaker and Creative Director of virtual reality film studios VR360 Stories in Lagos, Nigeria, writer-director Natalia Almada, who won the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary for her film Users which also screens at LFF2021 with Joel Kachi Benson & Natalia Almada discussing their work with XR technology.
For more information on this and other LFF events visit:
https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/industry-programme-65th-bfi-london-film-festival