
About
Synopsis
How is the world perceived by someone with depression? The animated immersive film uses virtual reality to address depression and the ways to cope with it. Director and protagonist Ondřej guides us through diverse landscapes associating the story of his struggle with depression since puberty. We share his feelings during the first depressive episodes at a family trip in his childhood, at university when striving for perfect results, at work in his everyday fights with the depressive “darkening”. Through animation, combining a stylized form of Ondřej’s environment and abstract images of his emotions, the viewers will experience and understand what it is like to live with this illness, how to tackle it and what mechanisms are used by people with depression to feel better. Most of the interactions are voice controlled. The main character Ondřej finds out that his tool to get the depression under control is his voice. He uses humming, singing and even shouting as a calming and relieving technique.
Meet The Team

Credits

Ondřej Moravec
director, screenwriter

Bára Anna Stejskalová
lead art director and concept artist

Hana Blaha Šilarová
producer

Long Phi
Trieu
art director

Hynek
Svatoš
art producer

Jozef
Barančik
Unity developer

Tomáš
Oramus
sound designer

Alice
Krajčírová
screenwriter

Robin
Pultera
co-producer
Brainz Immersive

Ondřej
Pultera
head of technology

Violeta
Ivanova
head of production

Zdeněk
Blaha
UX, script consultant

Gayatri
Parameswaran
co-producer
NowHere Media

Felix
Gaedtke
co-producer
NowHere Media

Moritz
Mayerhofer
art director
NowHere Media

Felix
Lange
developer, technical artist
NowHere Media

Billy
Mello
Music and Sound Mixing
NowHere Media
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