Launched last year by the international agency for the promotion of French film and audiovisual works Unifrance, with the support of the European Commission’s Creative Europe - MEDIA programme, the highly innovative and world-level European film festival MyMetaStories is getting ready to lift the curtain on its second edition. The principal aim of the event is to raise awareness of European film among younger audiences, and notably gamers, by means of their own technology and by entering into their universe.

Between 11 October and 3 November, international cinephiles will get to access the various films featuring in the second edition of MyMetaStories by way of more than 30 partner VOD platforms. And between 18 and 21 October, they’ll be given the unique opportunity to enjoy the festival in Minecraft.

Jostling in the line-up are 20 films, of which seven are feature films (screened in the biggest festivals, including Toronto, Cannes, Berlin, Karlovy Vary and Locarno) and 13 are shorts, hailing from 14 European countries and subtitled in six languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. R U There [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by the Netherlands' David Verbeek will be the first ever feature film to be screened in Minecraft, where the full selection of the festival’s short films will also be accessible, all within an incredibly creative and playful universe (tried and tested by the press) aimed at arousing the curiosity of gamers for European cinema.

This unique virtual film world, where every film will benefit from its own immersive projection room, is designed to plunge players into the world of each work. These environments provide a visual experience inspired by pixel art, and also include a quest and minigames along the theme of European film history. Players will be thrust into a playful and educational adventure in search of the moon from Georges Méliès’ famous movie A Trip to the Moon, which will help them to discover the great epochs of European cinema, whilst also paying tribute to its masterpieces and iconic figures.

The selection is as follows:

Feature Films

After the Fire [+leggi anche:
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Lost Children [+leggi anche:
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Grand Paris - Martin Jauvat (France)
The Invisible Fight [+leggi anche:
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Kiddo [+leggi anche:
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Short Films

Au revoir Jérôme ! - Chloé Farr, Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard (France)
Boom - Gabriel Augerai, Romain Augier, Laurie Pereira de Figueiredo, Charles di Cicco, Yannick Jacquin (France)
The Ballad - Christofer Nilsson (Sweden/France)
Le Cas d’Hervé c’qui ? - Luna Filippini (Belgium)
Criss Cross - Nina Rybárová, Tomáš Rybár (Slovakia/Czech Republic)
Deux filles et un bateau - Aleksi Delikouras (Finland) 
Loop - Pablo Polledri (Spain/Argentina)
Marlon Brando - Vincent Tilanus (Netherlands)
Miisufy - Liisi Grünberg (Estonia)
Mondo Domino - Suki (France)
Petit à petit - Reza Rasouli (Austria)
Le Petit Ventilateur - Sveta Yuferova, Shad Lee Bradbury (Germany) 
The Real Truth about the Fight - Andrea Slaviček (Croatia/Spain)