Apart Samen / Together Apart (2021)

This 25-minute experience is the third collaboration with animation artist Demian Albers (Studio Apvis). It toured internationally, got nominated a number of times and won several prizes.

Storyline: A man and a woman deal differently with the events of their childhood as they enter into a love relationship with each other. The viewer navigates through their story by making choices in the interaction, and determines for themselves the outcome of the story: do they stay together, or do they move on separately?

The text in the experience is recited by the duos Roos Eijmers and Daan van Dijsseldonk (NL), and Elsa May Averill and Dominic Kraemer (ENG).

– Winner Bester Kurzfilm VR – Alpinale short film festival 2022
– Officiële Selectie Gouden Kalf Digitale Cultuur – Nederlands Film Festival 2021
– Best VR Experience – Berlin Indie Film Festival 2022
– Nominee Best VR – Ignite Film Festival 2022
– Finalist Best VR – Tokyo International Short Film Festival 2022

Creative team
Directors: Demian Albers and Micha Hamel
Text: Micha Hamel
VR Design: Demian Albers
Technical Developer: Wijnand Tol
Audio Design VR: Micha Hamel, Frank van Geest and Rik Nieuwdorp
Assistants VR Design Ines Fernandes and Matunda Groenendijk
Graphic Design: Tin (studio)
Sound Engineering: Studio De Slapende Hond, Amsterdam

For more info, see
https://apvis.nl
https://apvis.nl/togetherapart/