547. David Lazaro “V. – Freaky Friday”

Happy Monday, Everyone! David Lazaro, or Kuya Quatro to some, showed his Immersive music video “V. – Freaky Friday” at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival’s VR Pavillion and took home the Grand Jury Award – Outstanding Immersive Short. If you need any of this explained, you’re not alone. The term “Immersive” basically means that instead …

546. 4Qs with Michael Glover Smith

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Chicago filmmaker Michael Glover Smith came on to the DIF podcast to chat about his career and specially his excellent  film Handle with Care that was an Official Selection: Short Film …

Max Q

2025 Official Selection: Immersive Short – AR/VR/MR/360 Max Q is an animated 6DOF virtual reality film about a deep space survey team that finds their relationships pushed to the brink when they embark upon a dangerous search and rescue mission on an unexplored alien world. Director(s): Joel Benjamin Writer(s): Brad Riddell Producer(s): Joel Benjamin, Brad …

paSSive poWer

2025 Official Selection: Immersive Short – AR/VR/MR/360 A sonic visual 8K 4D 360 VR collaborative experience. Wind, Lasers, Chanting.. “paSSive poWer” aims at putting focus on the more subtle energies of human co-existence otherwise deemed as meekness. Or as filmmaker / artist JB ghuman JR has dubbed them, the “paSSive poWers.” Combining breathing / chanting …