Opened on May 8th, 2024, the call for projects “Villa Formose Immersive - France XR Prototyping Residency” was closed on June 23rd and received 14 applications in total. After a pre-selection, pitching session and deliberation process, the result as follows:

• Selected: 
  • Application unit: Monoame Interactive
  • Representative: Che-Yu Wu
  • Project title: The Eternal Garden in a Bottle: Infinite Algorithms and Digital Life in Unstable Systems
• Waiting list:
  • Application unit: NAXS FUTURE
  • Representative: Chih-Yi Kuo
  • Project title: Flowing Temples
     

The Villa Formose Immersive Program aims at strengthening creative synergies between France and Taiwan in the area of digital creation and immersive realities while reinforcing its circuit of distribution in festivals and cultural institutions in France and Taiwan.
 

The winner will go to CENTQUATRE-PARIS in France in November and December 2024 for 3 to 7 weeks and will develop the prototype of an immersive experience with the help of French artists and professionals.

This program is organized by TAICCA and in partnership with the CNC, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Kaohsiung Film Archive, the French Office in Taipei, and the Institut Français.

Jury:

• Alice CHANG, deputy CEO of TAICCA 
• Julie SANEROT, Production director of CENTQUATRE-PARIS
• Kuan-Jen WANG, Program Manager of Kaohsiung Film Archive
• Catherine Yun-Yu WANG, Chargée de mission audiovisuel of the French Office in Taipei
• Jay TSENG, director of Ultra Combos
• Julie Desmet-Weaver, Author and Director of Immersive & Interactive Projects