Paris-based MK2, which has five films competing at Cannes Film Festival, has acquired international sales and French distribution rights to “The Sun Ladies,” a Vr experience that world-premiered at Sundance and played at SXSW.
Produced by actor and activist Maria Bello, “The Sun Ladies” is a seven-minute immersive documentary about a troop of Yazidi women fighters. The experience, directed by Celine Tricart and Christian Stephen, features vivid live-action footage captured in Iraq with the Sun Ladies and beautiful animation. The experience was created by Wesley Allsbrook, the artist behind the Emmy-nominated “Dear Angelica Vr” experience.
“The Sun Ladies” Vr experience follows the personal journey of the captain of the Sun Ladies, Xate Singali, who was a famous singer in Kurdistan and turned into a fearless soldier on the front lines.
“I was astonished by the quality and intensity of Celine’s film when I discovered it in Austin, ‘The Sun...
Produced by actor and activist Maria Bello, “The Sun Ladies” is a seven-minute immersive documentary about a troop of Yazidi women fighters. The experience, directed by Celine Tricart and Christian Stephen, features vivid live-action footage captured in Iraq with the Sun Ladies and beautiful animation. The experience was created by Wesley Allsbrook, the artist behind the Emmy-nominated “Dear Angelica Vr” experience.
“The Sun Ladies” Vr experience follows the personal journey of the captain of the Sun Ladies, Xate Singali, who was a famous singer in Kurdistan and turned into a fearless soldier on the front lines.
“I was astonished by the quality and intensity of Celine’s film when I discovered it in Austin, ‘The Sun...
- 5/12/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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