Step into Geramy’s world, a scrappy, budding inventor, who is trying to find a better way to commute to school.
Based in the Philippines, this story highlights the students that swim between the small islands in order to travel to the nearest elementary or high schools in their remote areas.
The film has no dialogue in order to maximize international accessibility and raise awareness of this important and far-reaching issue.
Lutaw was one of six finalists that have been nominated out of nearly 200 submissions for the Positron Visionary Award at Cannes XR—a special jury prize for Best Cinematic XR!
These project spoke to the power of storytelling in VR and represent some of the best cinematic content in VR today.
Lutaw premiered remotely worldwide on Tribeca’s Cinema 360 in partnership with Oculus.
Lutaw screened at XR for Change category at the 2020 Games for Change Virtual Festival.
Samantha Quick and Michaela Holland also hosted a presentation and Q+A session titled The Making of Lutaw: A 3D Virtual Reality Film.
CONCEPT ART.
