馬樂思 靜影九龍 - Alexey Marfin Kowloon Forest - 大學線 CUHK U-Beat
 

Last month in HK I gave an interview to CUHK U-Beat Magazine / 大學線. We talked about Kowloon Forest and about VR filmmaking in Hong Kong and beyond.
 

Ars Electronica 2021 Screenshots
 

Our VR Film “Kowloon Forest”/「靜影九龍」 returned to Osage Gallery for a special screening Sep 14-17, as part of the “Garden Hong Kong @ Osage” exhibition – a conclusion of Ars Electronica 2021, Hong Kong Garden.
 

Ars Electronica 2021 Screenshots
 

Yesterday I gave a presentation at the 2021 Ars Electronica festival, as part of the “Hong Kong Garden” program. I presented some behind the scenes content from our VR film Kowloon Forest / 靜影九龍.
 
Thank you to my co-panelists Theodora Barat, Kattie Fan, Jonathan Kemp, Kingsley Ng, Royce Ng, and Alvaro Cassinelli for the great conversation, and to Ann Mak, Yujia Zhang, Lisa Park SoYoung, Elke Reinhuber and Charlie Yip for the organization!
 

VIFF 2021 Immersed Jury
 

Excited to share that this year I will be on the jury for the Vancouver International Film Festival, in the VIFF Immersed Competition! Looking forward.
 

Ars Electronica 2021 Alexey Marfin
 

Very happy to announce that I will be a speaker at this year’s Ars Electronica festival, as part of the “Hong Kong Garden” program, on Sep 11 at 2pm HKT/ 8am CET.
 
I will also be screening an excerpt of our VR film Kowloon Forest / 靜影九龍 during the festival.
 


 

Our music video for Forest Swords’ Crow has reached 10 million (!!) views on YouTube.
Truly exciting that so many people have watched our work~
 

Kowloon Forest Press
 

…And a selection of press that featured us (both print and online). Incredibly honored to have these opportunities, and grateful for all the journalists, editors, and photographers that I met and spoke to during this process :)
 

Kowloon Forest Posters
 

The different posters from our premieres (in chronological order)
 
Feeling very grateful to have had the opportunity to show Kowloon Forest to so many different audiences :)
 

Kowloon Forest on Oculus TV
 

Big news! Our VR film Kowloon Forest is now available on Oculus TV!
 
好消息!我哋嘅VR電影《靜影九龍》已經發佈在OculusTV!
 

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Excited to share some photos from the first few weeks’ screening of Kowloon Forest /「靜影九龍」 at the VR FILM LAB in Kaohsiung, as part of the On Going Home /「往家路上」screening program!
 

Kowloon Forest at Kaohsiung Film Archive VR FILM LAB
 

我哋嘅VR電影《靜影九龍》將會在高雄市電影館「VR體感劇院」進行台灣首映!
 
Our VR film Kowloon Forest will have its Taiwan premiere at the Kaohsiung Film Archive VR FILM LAB!
 

Kowloon Forest at Vancouver Film Festival - Best Cinematic Live-Action VR
 

Our film ‘Kowloon Forest’ has won ‘Best Cinematic Live-Action VR’ at the Vancouver International Film Festival!
 
我哋嘅VR電影《靜影九龍》在溫哥華國際電影節中獲得最佳實景VR電影獎!
 


 

As part of the Vancouver Film Festival, our VR film “Kowloon Forest” is available on OculusTV, AmazeVR, VeeR, Museum Of Other Realities and Littlstar. Watch at home! 9/24 – 10/7.
 
作為溫哥華國際電影節一部分,我哋嘅VR電影《靜影九龍》已經發佈在 OculusTV,AmazeVR,VeeR,Museum Of Other Realities以及Littlstar。 歡迎大家隨時觀看! 9月24日–10月7日。
 

Kowloon Forest at Vancouver Film Festival
 

Our VR film Kowloon Forest will have its North American premiere at the Vancouver Film Festival!
 
我哋嘅VR電影《靜影九龍》將會在溫哥華國際電影節進行北美首映!
 


 

Kowloon Forest had a special screening at the Busan Film Festival last weekend, as part of the 2019 Virtual Reality International Forum.
 

Kowloon Forest Korean Poster - 구룡숲 - Busan Film Festival
 

Excited to announce that Kowloon Forest will be screening at the 2019 Busan Film Festival, as part of the Virtual Reality International Forum.
 


 

Some photos from last weekend’s NOWNESS x PHOTOFAIRS screening of ‘Kowloon Forest’ in Shanghai.
 

Kowloon Forest - Nowness - Alexey Marfin
 

This weekend (Sep 20-22) our VR film ‘Kowloon Forest’ is on view at PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, presented by NOWNESS.
 

號外 City Magazine Alexey Marfin Feature
 

I have a 16-page special feature in this month’s issue of 號外 City Magazine. I had the opportunity to share ‘Hong Kong through my eyes’ – talking about…
 

Kowloon Forest - Zolima CityMag
 

Some press in English. Last week I gave an interview to Zolima CityMag, about Kowloon Forest.
 

HK Economic Times - Alexey Marfin interview
 

I gave an interview to the Hong Kong Economic Times / 香港經濟日報. Friends in Hong Kong – check it out in today’s newspaper!
 

Kowloon Forest Premiere
 

My interview with 明周 Ming Pao Weekly is out today! Friends in HK – grab a copy this week!
 

Alexey Marfin - Press Photoshoot by Ming Pao Weekly

 
Press photoshoot for Kowloon Forest by Ming Pao Weekly / 明周 at Osage Gallery, Hong Kong. For our exhibition, we collected assorted chairs from Hong Kong alleys and streets…
 

Kowloon Forest RTHK
 

We did a short radio interview with RTHK (香港電台) about Kowloon Forest. They spoke to Shirley on the day of the premiere…
 

Kowloon Forest Premiere
 

Some photos from last friday’s world premiere of Kowloon Forest / 靜影九龍 at Osage Gallery in Hong Kong.
 

Kowloon Forest in Hong Kong Airlines Inflight Magazine
 

If you’re flying with Hong Kong Airlines this month, check out the inflight magazine!
 

Kowloon Forest - Time Out Hong Kong - Alexey Marfin
 

Kowloon Forest is featured in Time Out Hong Kong! 靜影九龍登上了Time Out HK專題介紹!
 

Kowloon Forest Yivian Alexey Marfin
 

Kowloon Forest is featured in the Chinese VR blog Yivian (映维网)…
 

Kowloon Forest Réalité Virtuelle Alexey Marfin
 

Et maintenant en français! Kowloon Forest is featured in the French VR magazine Réalité Virtuelle…
 

Kowloon Forest UploadVR Alexey Marfin
 

I gave a short interview to UploadVR about our VR film Kowloon Forest…
 

Alexey Marfin Interview - Hong Kong Free Press - Kowloon Forest
 

Excited to announce the trailer for Kowloon Forest 靜影九龍, featured on the front page of the Hong Kong Free Press…
 

Kowloon Forest Osage Gallery Premiere
 

Big news! Excited to share that our new VR film Kowloon Forest will premiere as a solo exhibition at the renowned Osage Gallery in Hong Kong.
 

Sonar Hong Kong Post Industrial Landscapes
 

The work of our Post-Industrial Landscapes CityU visiting school last summer is showing at Sónar Hong Kong 2019, amongst a fantastic lineup of other artists and performers…
 

Toronto Shorts Film Festival
 

Into the Stream has been selected for the 7th Toronto Shorts International Film Festival…
 

Into the Stream Brussels Film Festival
 

Into the Stream has been selected for the 40th Brussels Independent Film Festival! Screening on the closing night…
 

Kowloon Forest VR Poster

 
Excited to share a VR-poster for Kowloon Forest / 靜影九龍! Browse on a phone or tablet for full interactivity…
 

Fiction & Entertainment WIRED Alexey Marfin Liam Young

 
Our 2017/18 graduates’ showreel has been featured in WIRED magazine, written up by the fantastic Bruce Sterling…
 

Birdmen Magazine review of Alexey Marfin's Into the Stream
 

Into the Stream was featured and reviewed in the Italian publication Birdmen Magazine.
 


 

Into the Stream in Italian! We have been selected for the 11th Pentedattilo Film Festival.
 


 

Into the Stream will have its East Coast premiere at the 11th Imagine Science Film Festival.
 


 

Into the Stream has been selected for the 20th California Independent Film Festival.
 

Alexey Marfin Blue-Eyed Me on Viddsee
 

Viddsee featured our film Blue-Eyed Me!
 

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Our new short film – Into the Stream – will have its premiere at the Oscar-qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival! I’m giving a Q&A talk after the screening on Friday 4th August at 3:15pm at the Laemmle Theater in North Hollywood.
 


 

Blue-Eyed Me in Korean! We’ve been invited to the 20th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival!
 


 

Blue-Eyed Me is featured on the Dutch biotech website Biopolitics.NL!
 

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Blue-Eyed Me is featured in the Taiwanese magazine ‘BIOS Monthly’ !
 


 

Blue-Eyed Me is featured on the Polish website Gadzetomania!
 


 

I gave an interview to Tim Maughan for VICE’s Motherboard, about Blue-Eyed Me and the ideas behind it.
 


 

Excited to announce that Blue-Eyed Me is now online! Check out the premiere and interview on VICE.
 


 

Following the 31st Berlin International Short Film Festival ‘Interfilm’, Blue-Eyed Me will be screening in several cinemas across Germany in December, with 10 other short films as part of the Shorts Attack ‘Golden Shorts: Best of 31st Interfilm’ screening series!
 

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Blue-Eyed Me has been selected for the 31st Berlin International Short Film Festival ‘Interfilm’!
 


 

Blue-Eyed Me has been selected for the 15th Valley Film Festival Screening on the 25th October at the Laemmle NoHo 7 theater in North Hollywood!
 


 

Blue-Eyed Me has been selected for the 8th Imagine Science Film Festival! Screening on the 21st October at 7pm at Rockefeller University, New York City.
 

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Blue-Eyed Me in Japanese – we’ve been selected for the 10th Sapporo Short Fest!
 


 

Blue-Eyed Me has been selected for the 30th Brest European Short Film Festival! The festival runs from the 10th to the 15th November.
 

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Blue-Eyed Me in Spanish! We have been selected for the Oaxaca Film Festival! Kindly translated into Spanish by the talented Guillermo del Rivero.
 

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Blue-Eyed Me has been selected for the Lower East Side Film Festival! We’re screening at the Anthology Film Archives in NYC, on Tuesday 16th June at 19:30.
 


 

Blue-Eyed Me has been selected for the 15th SCI-FI LONDON Film Festival! We are screening at the BFI IMAX. The festival runs 29 May – 7 June 2015.
 

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Our film Blue-Eyed Me will have its premiere at the 18th Brooklyn Film Festival! We are screening on May 30th at 14:30, and on June 1st at 22:30.
 


 

Blue-Eyed Me poster relased – more updates coming soon!