Manic VR

Kalina Bertin (CA), Sandra Rodriguez (CA), Nicolas S. Roy (CA), Fred Casia (CA)

OÖ Kulturquartier
Computer Animation

GOLDEN NICA

Installation

 

ManicVR is an impressive narrative about the complex world of people with bipolar disorder. The two siblings Felicia and François Bertin are themselves affected by the mental illness. They have been using the voicemail of their sister, filmmaker Kalina Bertin, as a personal diary for three years now.

Guided by their voices, the users of the virtual reality documentary embark on an intense journey. An expedition marked by beautiful but also frightening phases, hallucinations, psychoses, mania and depression.

Manic VR / Kalina Bertin (CA), Fred Casia (CA), Sandra Rodriguez (CA), Nicolas S. Roy (CA), Credit: Kalina Bertin, Fred Casia, Sandra Rodriguez, Nicolas S. Roy
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Manic VR / Kalina Bertin (CA), Fred Casia (CA), Sandra Rodriguez (CA), Nicolas S. Roy (CA), Credit: Tom Mesic

Manic VR / Kalina Bertin (CA), Fred Casia (CA), Sandra Rodriguez (CA), Nicolas S. Roy (CA), Credit: Kalina Bertin, Fred Casia, Sandra Rodriguez, Nicolas S. Roy
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Manic VR / Kalina Bertin (CA), Fred Casia (CA), Sandra Rodriguez (CA), Nicolas S. Roy (CA), Credit: Tom Mesic

 

Project Credits:

  • Producer: Sandra Rodriguez, EyeSteelFilm CreativeReality, Nicolas S. Roy, Dpt.co.
  • Creative coders: Josquin Zabka, Alexandre Bordereau, Paul Georges
  • 3D artist: Hugo Forget
  • Original music and sound design: David Drury

Kalina Bertin: “ManicVR was part of a deeply healing process”

Kalina Bertin, filmmaker and director of ManicVR, invites us to join her on a journey into the “inner worlds” of her siblings who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In 2019, she was awarded the Golden Nica in the Computer Animation category for her work.