• ABOUT SIF

       

      Sandbox Immersive Festival (SIF) is China’s first independent virtual media festival dedicated to promote immersive and interactive content including virtual, augmented, mixed reality and immersive arts. SIF works with strategic partners globally to create the best immersive program for the industry, the professionals and the general audience in China as well as worldwide. The festival aims to build the best platform for communication to help global creators succeed in the age of immersion.

    • FESTIVAL PROGRAM

       

      Sandbox Immersive Festival is an unprecedented 5-days gathering for more than 500 creators, storytellers, producers, artists, industry executives and investors who are working in the immersive industry. The festival will provide a comprehensive program and exclusive networking events for industry guests, and will also offer 5 days of public screening program to demonstrate the best selection of immersive experiences from worldwide. The festival will be held at Intercontinental Qingdao, Olympic Sailing Center, and Wanda Studios in Qingdao, China

      CONFERENCE (25th-26th)

      • 50+ Talks & Panels
      • 4 Tracks Covering Storytelling, Tech, LBE and Art
      • Global Creator Pitching Track
      • Workshop & Masterclass

      AWARD CEREMONY (26th)

      • Best Interactive Experience
      • Best 360 Experience
      • Best Immersive Arts
      • Branded Experience
      • Sanndbox Jury Award & Horizon Award

      SCREENING (23rd-26th)

      • 50 In/Out of Competition Projects
      • Roomscale Experiences
      • Immersive Installations
      • VR Cinema Screening

      EXHIBITION (24th-26th)

      • VR/MR Startups
      • Immersive Technologies
      • Virtual Gallery
      • Immersive Arts

      NETWORKING (24th - 27th)

      • Wanda Studios Tour & Executive Meetings
      • B2B Arrangements
      • Receptions & Yacht Party

    • Program Agenda

    • SPEAKERS

      Ted Schilowitz

      Futurist

      Paramount Studios

      John Canning

      Executive Producer

      VR AR Interactive

      Digital Domain

      Sean Stewart

      Creative Director

      Magic Leap

      Victor Luo

      Operation Lab Lead

      NASA JPL

      Shari Frilot

      Programmer

      Sundance Film Festival

      Michel Reilhac

      Programmer

      Venice Film Festival

      Liz Rosenthal

      Programmer

      Venice Film Festival

      Oscar Raby

      Creative Director

      VRTOV

      Michael Muller

      Photographer

      Muller Photo

      Joanna Popper

      Vice President

      HP

      Jong Ming Kim

      Guest Programmer

      BIFAN Film Festival

      Jesse Damiani

      Editor at Large

      VRScout

      Estella Tse

      Artist

      Google Residency

      Clifton Dawson

      CEO

      Greenlight Insight

      Matthieu Labeau

      Head of Partnership

      Nozon

      Noah Nelson

      Founder

      No Proscenium

      Jess Engel

      Founder

      Producer

      Crimes of Curiosity

      Steve Boyle

      CEO

      Epic Immersive

      Adam Rogers

      Executive Producer

      Gentle Manhands

      Eric Shamlin

      Founder

      FireBringer

      Tim Rittmann

      Founder

      VRNOW

      Kristin Gutekunst

      Director

      United Nation VR

      Jonathan Flesher

      Head of Partnership

      Baobab Studios

      Jacqueline

      Bošnjak

      CEO

      Mach1

      Christine Cattano

      Global Head

      Framestore VR

      Jacques Deveau

      Vice President

      Audiokinetic Wwise

      Zheng JianFeng

      Vice President

      Wanda Film

      Sarah Kinga Smith

      CEO

      Reverse Engineering Studios

      Zhang Hang

      Director

      IQiyi VR

      Sam Wey

      Creative Director

      Sandman Studios

      Lemony Lei

      CoFounder

      Pinta Studios

      James Fong

      CEO

      Jaunt China

      Rebecca Liu

      Founder

      VRCORE

      Eddie Lou

      Director

      Sandbox Immersive Fesitval

      Ayden Ye

      CoFounder

      VeeR

      Matthew Niederhauser

      CoFounder

      Sensorium

      Che Lin

      Programmer

      Beijing Film Festival VR，SIF

      Nathan Brown

      CEO

      Tomorrow Never Knows

      Hadrien Lanvin

      CEO

      Innerspace VR

      Mathias Chelebourg

      Director

      “Jack” and “Alice”

      He Qiyang

      Creative Director

      YouYu Alliance

      Gianluigi Perrone

      Creative Director

      Polyhedron

      Che JingXing

      Film Director

      Charles Wang

      Professor

      Beijing Film Academy

      Meredith Huang

      CEO

      Lavenir Space, CASC

      Raymond Pao

      Senior Vice President

      HTC

      Zhou Anbin

      Chairman

      Jin Dong

      Huang Shi

      Director

      VR LAB, China Communication University

      Jia Zhe

      GM

      VR & Digital Tech, Leyard Group

      Li Chang

      Chief Strategy Officer

      iFLYTEK VR

      Eason Chow

      CoFounder

      Sandman Studios

      Tom Fu

      Director

      C2Legend Studios

      Chopin Chee

      New Media Artis, TA

      Sandman Studios

      Victoire Thevenin

      Head of VR Content

      MK2

      Farsh Fallah

      Head of Partnership

      Samsung XR

      Kent Bye

      Founder

      Voices of VR

      Li Xun

      Senior Director

      China Film Art Research Center

      Sngmoo Lee

      President

      Art and Technology Center Seoul

      A Lang

      Editor in Chief

      Movie View Magazine

      Ana Serrano

      CDO

      Canadian Film Centre

      Jennifer Cook

      VP of Production

      Dreamscape Immersive

      Chen Guanlin

      Chen Guanlin

      MoSpace

      Myriam Achard

      Director

      Phi Center Montreal

      Thomas Villepoux

      Head of Content

      DV Group

      Zheng Jing

      Director of The College of Public Art

      China Academy of Art

      Liu Chang

      Director

      Black Cat Theatre

      Eloi Gerard

      CoFounder

      CrowsNest

      Kevin Tsukii

      Producer

      Emblematic Group

      Yan Feng

      Professor

      FuDan University

      Ji Shaoting

      Founder

      Future Affairs Administration

      Sunvie Sun

      Chapter Founder

      Humanity+ China

      Julie Perion

      Producer

      La Mado Films

      Lina Reinsbakken

      Founder

      Norn Studios

      Yan Chilimao

      General Manager

      Macrograph VR

      Joao Inada

      Creative Director

      Sete Leguas

      Claire Qi

      Producer

      CDK VR

      Zhang DaMing

      Founder

      FeiTan Studios

      Wang Chong

      Director

      Théâtre du Rêve Expérimental

      Shao Qing

      Founder

      VTime Studios

    • SANDBOX AWARDS

      To Be Announced Soon

    • SCREENING PROGRAM

    • Public Registration & Opens on June 11th

      Industry Registration Please Contact Us Via Email

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