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Museum of Symmetry

Paloma Dawkins
2018 | 20 min
Virtual Reality

Selections and Awards

  • Best VR GameCanadian Screen Awards 2019

  • Winner - Interactive Production - FictionNumix Awards 2019

  • People’s Choice for Interactive Experience AwardFIVARS 2018

  • Official SelectionAnnecy International Animation Film Festival 2018

  • Official SelectionAnima Mundi Festival 2018

  • Official SelectionSiggraph Vrcade 2018

  • Official Competition: Virtual RealityOttawa International Animation Festival 2018

  • Official selection Festival du nouveau cinéma 2018

  • Official SelectionA MAZE. International Games and Playful Media Festival 2018

  • Best Out of Body ExperienceNorth Bend Film Festival 2018

  • Gold Audience Award, Best VR WorkFantasia International Film Festival, Montréal, Canada (2019)

  • Kids Choice Award Cinekid, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2019


One-liner


Two-liner


Long Description

Gameplay

About the Technology

Promotional Materials

Teaser


Images


Image from Museum of Symmetry

Image from Museum of Symmetry

Image from Museum of Symmetry

Image from Museum of Symmetry

Image from Museum of Symmetry


Team


Paloma Dawkins
Co-writer, Director, Animator


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Ashley Obscura
Co-writer


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Photo : Tess Roby




Casa Rara Studio
Developer


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Caila Thompson-Hannant
Composer


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Maral Mohammadian
Producer


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Michael Fukushima
Executive Producer (NFB)


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Credits

Directed and Animated by
Paloma Dawkins

Written by
Ashley Obscura & Paloma Dawkins

Producer
Maral Mohammadian

Executive Producer
Michael Fukushima

Developer
CASA RARA STUDIO

Co-Creative Director
Ruben Farrus

Producer
Tali Goldstein

Lead Game Designer
Charlène Boutin

Technical Lead
Clement Linel

Lead 3D Artist
Eliott le Calvé

3D Artist Intern
Roomila Ramtuhol

Composer
Caila Thompson-Hannant

Sound Designer
Beatrix Moersch

Sound Effects Editor
Miguel Menchú

Voices

Desert of Dark
Sienna Mazzone as Peak

Cloud Forest
Alyson Leah as Dawn
Nicole Jones as Octa

Gaia’s Garden
Kaoru Matsui as Gaia
Adam Capriolo as Torus
Valerie Mervis as Rococo

Metatron’s Ocean
Adam Capriolo as Sappho

Voice Director
Simon Peacock

Voice-over Recordist
Geoffrey Mitchell

Technical Director
Eloi Champagne

Titles
Mélanie Bouchard

Quality Assurance
Keywords Studios

Administration
Victoire-Émilie Bessette
Rosalina Di Sario
Dominique Forget

Marketing
Gabrielle Harvey
Tammy Peddle

Marketing Coordinator
Stéphanie Quevillon 

Thanks to
KO_OP Mode
Technoculture, Art and Games Research Centre (TAG)

Nicholas Kornek
Osman Zeki
Avalon Duhaime Pyott
Nicolas Barrière-Kucharski
Randall Finnerty

Thanks to our playtesters
Nabil Abdellouli
Saunier Alexandre
Louis Choinière
John Christou
Thomas Desrosiers
Leïla Essafi
Louis Fillion
Félix-Antoine Magnan
Raphaëlle Marcotte-Poulin
Jeanne Painchaud
Francis Sheridan Paré
Guillaume Perreault-Roy
Lily Polowin
Vincent Proulx
Avalon Duhaime Pyott
Philippe Roberge
Stefan Roman
Louis Sciannamblo
Tanya A. Short
Liron Stasyuk
Thomas Trepanier
Feliz Tupe

And a special thanks to all friends and family that helped along the way. Couldn’t have done it without you.

PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA © 2018



Press Relations

  • Nadine Viau
    NFB Publicist – Montreal
    C.: 514-458-9745
    n.viau@nfb.ca

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