DocsXR
2025
The immersive section of Pordenone Docs Fest.
DocsXR is the section of Pordenone Docs Fest dedicated to new narrative technologies. Eight works presented in national premiere, to dive inside other lives and other realities, observing the world from distant perspectives and, at the same time, so close to us. A 360-degree dive into the most powerful stories of our time and society.
Immersive experiences are presented daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the XR Space glass booth in September XX Square.
DocsXR Audience Award
Watch, vote, choose. Viewers will determine the best immersive experience by awarding the Audience Award. The winner will be announced during the closing night, along with the other festival awards.
Experience
VR EXPERIENCE. Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History
Kayla Briët. United States, 2025. 22′ Decades of uranium mining have devastated Navajo lands and communities in Utah. Their sacred connection to nature remains intact, giving strength to the struggle for health and traditions. Immersive experiences are presented daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the XR […]
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VR EXPERIENCE. Fly to you
Sngmoo Lee. South Korea, 2024. 13′ Kang Song-jeol was separated from her sister during the Korean War. The pain of decades apart reveals the human cost of the war but also the persistence of the family bond. Immersive experiences are presented daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at […]
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VR EXPERIENCE. Hunter Gatherers
Davor Rostuhar. Croatia, 2023. 30′ The daily life of the Hadza tribe, among the last gatherer-hunter communities in Tanzania, enriched by their unique language composed of consonant clicks. Immersive experiences are presented daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the XR Space glass booth in September XX Square.
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VR EXPERIENCE. Space for Action
Kat Johnston. Australia, 2024. 12′ Made by survivorsə to domestic violence, it evokes the feeling of entrapment and the effect of psychological manipulation within a relationship. Immersive experiences are presented daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the XR Space glass booth in September XX Square.
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VR EXPERIENCE. Joseph Rouleau: Final Encore
Colas Wohlfahrt and Émilie Rosas. Canada/England, 2023. 19′ The life and career of opera singer Joseph Rouleau, from his Canadian origins to his great performances for the Royal Opera House in London and beyond.
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VR EXPERIENCE. Fresh Memories: The Look
Volodomyr Kolbasa and Ondřej Moravec. Czech Republic, 2023. 11′ Among the rubble of the houses, schools, hospitals and streets of Kharkiv, we are invited to look into the eyes of the victims of the conflict in Ukraine who inhabited those places. Immersive experiences are presented daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. […]
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VR EXPERIENCE. Heartbeat
Dee Harvey. England, 2023. 9′ Johanna breaks the taboo on a phenomenon that is frequent but difficult to talk about: the experience of a miscarriage from the perspective of the woman who experienced it. Immersive experiences are presented daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the XR Space […]
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Secreto Ancestral
Francisca Silva and María José Díaz. Chile/ Germany, 2024. 20′ A journey through the rituals and prophecies of the Q’ero community, inhabitants of the remotest corners of the Peruvian Andes and direct descendants of the Incas. Immersive experiences are presented daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the […]
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