27th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Virtual Reality: USA
Experience virtual reality walks in VR cinema projections, and enter installations where you can intervene and influence the story and the world yourself.
Enjoy the selection of VRs from the USA.

Castle of Unknowing is an immersive, experiential narrative imbued with symbolism. The viewer moves through a fixed journey which mixes elements of sci-fi, fairy tale, and surrealism. Become a participant in a surrealist allegory exploring themes of suffering and transformation. Reservations for VR projects are to be made in the VR Zone in OGV.
Castle of Unknowing
Damian Thorn-Hauswirth
United States / 2022 / 6 min.
section: Virtual Reality: USA
Czech Premiere

COMFORTLESS is the final piece of Gina Kim’s VR trilogy on US military comfort women in South Korea. Shot on the actual site, the VR film is a 360°-3D cinematic immersive experience of American Town, a brothel established exclusively for the US Air Force based in Kunsan in 1969. Viewers traverse this deserted town, guided by a ghost and the voices from the past. Reservations for VR projects are to be made in the VR Zone in OGV.
COMFORTLESS
Gina Kim
United States, Republic of Korea (South Korea) / 2023 / 15 min.
section: Virtual Reality: USA
Czech Premiere

A hybrid VR documentary about postpartum psychosis and DIY abortion told through the hallucinatory experience of a former anti-abortion activist – based on a true story from an anonymous woman posting on Reddit.Reservations for VR projects are to be made in the VR Zone in OGV.
I Took a Lethal Dose of Herbs
Yvette Granata
United States / 2023 / 19 min.
section: Virtual Reality: USA
Czech Premiere

Sixty years after President Kennedy’s assassination, dive into the archives and the testimonies of the last living witnesses of the case to travel back in time thanks to the radically new medium of virtual reality. Reservations for VR projects are to be made in the VR Zone in OGV.
JFK Memento
Chloé Rochereuil
United States, France / 2023 / 17 min.
section: Virtual Reality: USA
Czech Premiere

MLK: Now Is The Time is an immersive journey that explores key themes of Dr. King's speech and highlights systemic inequities that persist in our society. Through first-person stories and interactions, “MLK: Now is the Time” seeks to inform and inspire a new generation of activists.Reservations for VR projects are to be made in the VR Zone in OGV.
MLK: Now Is The Time
Limbert Fabian
United States / 2023 / 17 min.
section: Virtual Reality: USA
Czech Premiere

You Destroy. We Create. takes you on a journey through the war-torn country, where artists and professionals from the cultural sphere are busy protecting, rebuilding and creating art. Witness how Ukrainian art & culture have become targets of the ongoing war; and meet the inspiring people on the frontlines protecting it. Reservations for VR projects are to be made in the VR Zone in OGV.
You Destroy. We Create.
Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran
United States, Ukraine, Germany / 2022 / 25 min.
section: Virtual Reality: USA
Czech Premiere