An interdisciplinary VR experience questioning the role of the spectator.

Nothing Happens

Expanded Animation

Nothing happens is a film and cinematic VR experience which questions the role of the spectator by inviting the individual to participate in an event. The project explores a new kind of narrative, a new way of being in a painting; a work of art that is truly comprehensive and immersive.

Nothing Happens

About

Nothing Happens offers a new way of looking. It is about spectatorship, about watching and being watched. It is about being present.

Nothing Happens is a film and cinematic VR experience which questions the role of the spectator, by inviting the individual to participate in an event. VR allows us to choose our perspective, allows us to dwell on the details and absorb the unique atmosphere. The project explores a new kind of narrative, a new way of being in a painting; a work of art that is truly comprehensive and immersive.

Category: Animation/Multimedia/VR installation
Genre: Experimental narrative
Technique: Drawn animation, paint on prints, virtual reality experience
Directors: Michelle & Uri Kranot, TinDrum
Music: Uri Kranot
Partners

Partners and producers:

Nothing Happens is produced by Dansk Tegnefilm and Marie Bro in co-production with Miyu Productions of France, with support from the Danish Film Institute, the West Danish Film Fund, CNC, and The Animation Workshop. The installation is created in collaboration with Sara Topsøe-Jensen from Carte Blanche.

Dansk Tegnefilm

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Founded in 1976 it is both the aim and the strength of the company to produce original, story-telling films. The main focus is on animated quality films for children and the films include many critical acclaimed and award-winning features.

Miyu Productions

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Miyu is a French production- and distribution company specializing in animated feature and short films.

Det Danske Filminstitut

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The Danish Film Institute is the national agency for funding and promoting Danish film and cinema culture.

Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)

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CNC is a public administrative organization, set up as a separate and financially independent entity with the main purpose to support, distribute, develop and preserve film, broadcast, video, multimedia, technical industries and film heritage.

Den Vestdanske Filmpulje

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The West Danish Film fund support films, documentaries, television series and multimedia productions, including international co-productions, which further the strengthening of the film industry in the region.

Carte Blanche

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Carte Blanche is a regional theatre located in Viborg focusing on creating poetic interactions between performers and audience in unusual spaces; in a library, a park or maybe at a museum.
Artists

Michelle and Uri Kranot are internationally rewarded and renowned artists.

The Kranots first gained recognition with films such as Black Tape, Hollow Land, and How Long Not Long. Their latest project is the VR film installation Nothing Happens, which is in competition at the Venice International Film Festival, La Biennale di Venezia. They have been honored with top industry awards for their work, including the Fipresci Prize at Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the Danish Statens Kunstfond award for the performing arts along with a place on the Oscar® Academy Award Shortlist.

In recent years, the Kranots have focused on collaborative projects using cross-media innovations to enhance emotional human storytelling, exposing the depth and beauty in the things – physical and intangible – that connect us all.

Originally from Israel, Michelle and Uri live in Viborg where they are raising their three sons.

Read more about Michelle and Uri Kranot
Selected Awards

Nothing Happens Short Film

2017:
Prix André Martin for “Best French short film”, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France
Prix Festival Connexion Région Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France
Best Film, Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany
Best Film, Anibar International Animation festival, Kosovo
Best International film, Odense Film Festival, Denmark
Best Film, Tofuzi International Film festival, Georgia
Best Film, Banjalukanima Film Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Anima Award, The International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland
Special Mention, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway
Honorable Mention, The Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taiwan
Special Mention, Animafest Cyprus, Cyprus

Nothing Happens VR

2017:
The Lumen prize, UK
Prix Immersion, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Canada
Winner AFTRS International VR Competition, Adelaide Film Festival, Australia
Selected Festivals and Exhibitions
2017:

Venice Film Festival La Biennale di Venezia, Italy

Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark

Fantoche, Baden, Switzerland

Tallinn Contemporary, Estonia

Bergen Film Festival, Norway

Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden

Culture Fest Lübeck, Germany

World Creativity Forum, Denmark

Viborg Kunsthal, Denmark

Kulturmødet Mors, Denmark
Contact

Do you want to learn more about the project? Contact us!

Michelle Kranot

Independent filmmaker and artist

E: mickranot@gmail.com

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