FAFF 2025 ONLINE CONTINUES TO JUNE 23

Virtual Reality Showcase in London

World’s Largest Art Film Festival
Over 40 Films from Around the Globe

(June 3, 2025, Venice, CA) The Venice Institute of Contemporary Art (ViCA) extends by popular demand the 12th Annual Fine Arts Film Festival (FAFF) online on Vimeo through June 23, with the VR Section Directed/Produced by Ioana Mattei to screen in London, alongside industry experts attending SXSW London. Amongst guest speakers we count HTC Vive, Unity, HP and PwC. Over 40 Official Selections stream all over the world on Vimeo. FAFF – the world’s largest art film festival – will present Awards in late June.

Although tickets are completely sold out for this amazing event, there is a waiting list here: https://www.eventbrite.be/e/wiit-x-igloo-immersive-insights-meetup-tickets-1357304707919

The Virtual Reality experiences are showcases, in a museum-like environment, at the amazing studio space of Igloo Vision in London. The audience will immerse themselves with the debut student film by Tongze Guo - Magic You (China), a coming of age story about ADHD, Andrea Cooper - Gone VR (Canada), an epic journey of loss and discovery, Joel Benjamin MaxQ(United Stated) - an sci-fi journey into deep space with a colorful space crew. The audience will also have a chance to revisit the winners from previous years, like the Academy Award nominee Koji Yamamura - My Inner Ear Quartet (Japan), a wonderful life journey with fantasy, music and touching immersive landscapes.

Examples of the exceptional FAFF Online Program are 3 feature documentaries IT'S A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss, the renowned NYC performance artist, from Stuart Ginsberg (US) who debuts his first film. Always Looking: Titus Brooks Heagins is by director Olympia Stone (US), a favorite of FAFF audiences along with Dale Frank: Nobody's Sweetie by Jennie Hicks (Australia). Eva Oculta - Hidden Era a feature narrative by Carlos Vargas (Mozambique), is a story about a single father artist struggling to make ends meet with his painting.

Ioana Matei is Co-Founder of FAFF, Chief Innovation Officer | Emerging Tech | CIO | Producer | Co-founder of Women in Immersive Technologies NGO

This year's selections come from 24 countries. From Brazil to China, Norway to Australia, Canada to Columbia, from Iran to Italy. Our esteemed judges choose only the best films. Given the global reach of our festival the majority of our Official Selections are made by women and people of color. To us, that is self evident. 

We know you'll love this year's lineup!

The festival is dedicated to presenting the finest new films about how art is made, how artists survive, how they think and work, and what makes creativity our most important skill, and our best hope for mankind.

Official Selections of FAFF 2025 will be offered a distribution deal through the ViCAFilms/Eagle Rock Pictures partnership, which has resulted in the Art/World Collection, viewable now on Vimeo. Over the past 5 years, films have been licensed to some of the most popular national streamers, including Tubi and Roku.

"It's hard to believe we're in our 12th year at FAFF", says Juri Koll, founder of the Festival. "We've worked hard to bring the best films from around the art world to Los Angeles, and now to the rest of the world online. It never ceases to amaze us, the love and respect these filmmakers have for their subjects, and it shows in every frame."

Sponsors past and present include Blick Art Materials, Beyond Baroque, 4 Brothers Wine Co., Flake, the Estonian American Business Alliance, and many others.

About ViCA

The Venice Institute of Contemporary Art (ViCA) is devoted to presenting and sustaining the unique stories, history and culture of one of the most important centers of independent artistic expression. Through its exhibitions, events, research facilities, and education curriculum, ViCA celebrates the world of art internationally, and the art and culture of Venice Beach/Southern California. Our founding in 2011 marks an ongoing commitment to our community - to present the art world from the perspective of its artists, writers, curators, collectors, and the art viewing public.

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