16th Annual LA 3-D Movie Festival

FESTIVAL WRAP-UP

 

3-D SPACE, The Center For Stereoscopic Photography, Art, Cinema, and Education, is pleased to announce the winners of the 16th Annual LA 3-D Movie Festival which took place December 14-15, 2019. The Festival's mission is to showcase the best independent stereoscopic 3-D filmmaking from around the world.

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Festival Awards were announced at the Closing Night Ceremony on Sunday, Dec 15th, by LA 3-D Movie Festival director and 3-D SPACE executive director Eric Kurland. Top films were selected by audience ballot. 

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1st Place was awarded to LITTLE PLANET by Takashi Sekitani of Japan. The award winning short was filmed using a 360-degree VR camera, and features a stunning walk through three dimensional spherical landscapes.

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The 2nd Place award winner was FELINE PARADOX by Ben Reicher of the USA. This animated film tells the story of a time traveler who finds himself in an alternate-reality future world ruled by highly evolved cats.

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Immersive Artist and Filmmaker J-Walt was named the recipient of this year's Ray Zone Award For Excellence In 3-DIY. The award is named for the late stereoscopic filmmaker, author, and festival co-founder, Ray Zone, who passed away in 2012. It celebrates what Zone described as “fiercely independent do-it-yourself 3-D filmmaking.” J-Walt was recognized for his work ​ZERYNTHIA EXPEDITION 2, an intimate immersive 3-D installation experience presented as a series of audiovisual ambient landscape vignettes.

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On Saturday and Sunday, December 14-15th, the festival returned to its home at the Downtown Independent Theater in Los Angeles for two full days of programming, including 3-D independent features, short films, food and festivities.

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Day One began with a program of short films from the USA, UK, Hungary, and Japan. Saturday continued with a screening of the French feature TUSCHINSKI DREAM directed by Jérôme Diamant-Berger. This was followed by a second block of short films from the USA, UK, and Germany.

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The LA 3-D Club’s annual Holiday Party was be held during the festival, with The 59th Hollywood International Stereo Exhibition, followed by a catered reception in the lobby of the theater. Food was provided by local restaurants including Howlin’ Ray’s Nashville Hot Chicken and SPITZ, and the party was sponsored by LA 3-D Club past president Shyam Kannapurakaran.

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The Centerpeice of the festival, on Saturday night, was a screening of the animated feature film VIRUS TROPICAL by Colombian filmmaker Santiago Caicedo.

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Day Two of the festival included a screening of the first 3-D documentary made in Romania, GOVERNMENT OF CHILDREN. The day also included the third block of short films from the USA, UK, Thailand, and France. ​

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The 2019 edition of the festival closed with a special screening of the Taiwanese 3-D documentary FORMOSA, directed by Charlie Chu.

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The 16th Annual LA 3-D Movie Festival was presented by 3-D SPACE and co-presented by the LA 3-D Club, and the Downtown Independent Theater