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Charlotte Bruneau & Dominic Desjardins
Charlotte Bruneau is a Luxembourgish-French director and journalist. Her work explores how individuals and communities live through political and social change. Her first virtual reality experience, The Assembly VR, is a multiplayer immersive journey into the power of the human voice. It was shown at several festivals
in Europe and Beyond the Frame in Japan. After working as a journalist in the Middle East for several years, she currently works as a feature journalist at Luxembourg’s public radio.
Dominic Desjardins has created innovative projects in television, cinema and XR in Canada. After working as an actor and stage director, he went on to write and direct two feature films and multiple television programs. At Zazie Films, he co-created and directed two seasons of the television series Paris-Paris with his long-time partner Rayne Zukerman. Dominic is passionate about merging powerful storytelling with technological tools, making computers dream, and audiences feel they are part of the story.
Artwork
The Dollhouse
The Dollhouse is an unfolding paper world where 9-year-old Juniper untangles feelings of guilt around how her family treated Magnolia, a woman who came from far to work as a cleaner in their house. This animated interactive VR tale explores how power dynamics are born within the intimacy of our homes. While reenacting memories with her dolls, Juniper grows ashamed of her actions and finds the courage to disagree with her parents and follow her heart. Will you help her ask for forgiveness?
Running Time: 25 Min
Credits:
Directors: Charlotte Bruneau, Dominic Desjardins
Artistic Director: Sophie Dubé
Creative Producer: Rayne Zukerman
Produced by: Rayne Zukerman, Hélène Walland, Christian Neuman
Programmer: Luke Ruminski
2D Animations: Léa Deregnaucourt
3D Animations: Zeilt / YAAARGames
Composer: Kyan Bayani
〷◠‿◠〷 This project is part of our festival track "MUNICH Beyond" supported by Film Fernseh Fonds Bayern (FFF).
