CHOU Tung-yen
Director & Concept
Artistic Director of VM Studio and Very Theatre, CHOU Tung-yen’s work centers on film and theater, extending into video art, documentary, and VR. In recent years, his VR project In the Mist was selected for the Venice International Film Festival, earning the Panorama VR Prize at the Montréal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma and a Special Mention at the Kaohsiung Film Festival. His 6DoF (six degrees of freedom) XR piece Traversing the Mist was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival and received the Grand Jury Prize at the NewImages Festival in France. His large-scale semi-outdoor XR interactive performance, Free UR Head, had its world premiere at the Kaohsiung Film Festival in 2023 and was selected for the “Venice Immersive” section at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.