<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">>> Calling all Virtual Reality creators and 360 filmmakers < <</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Hi Spectres,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">I'm the VR and immersive media curator at Raindance Film Festival in London. We're the biggest indie film festival in the UK, and for the fourth year we will be showing immersive experiences at our festival which is scheduled to take place during September 18-29 in central London.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">If you’re working on a VR experience, we'd like to invite you to submit to our festival. We have 10 dedicated Award categories for immersive experiences:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">1. Best Interactive Narrative Experience   <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">2. Best Animation Experience   <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">3. Best Cinematic Experience   <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">4. Best Documentary Experience   <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">5. Best Social Impact Experience   <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">6. Best Music Experience   <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">7. Best Multi-Person Experience   <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">8. Discovery Award: Best Debut Experience   <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">9. British Award: Best UK Experience   <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">10. Grand Jury Prize: Best Immersive Story  <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">VR Submissions to Raindance Film Festival:</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://filmfreeway.com/Raindance" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://filmfreeway.com/Raindance</span></a> (select Virtual and Augmented Reality as category)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">The deadline in on the 31^stof May but we can extend it for you if you have new projects still in production. If you have any questions about the festival or submissions, please let me know (<a href="mailto:maria@raindance.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">maria@raindance.org</span></a>)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Thanks,<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Maria<span></span></span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">--<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Mária Rakušanová</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Curator of Raindance Immersive Stories and Interactive Worlds<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span></p></span></div></div>