LAIKA the VR Animation
The Laika VR Animation is an official selection for the BFI London Film Festival 2021…
From the BFi’s press release:
"Based on the iconic graphic novel by Nick Abadzis, and adapted by BAFTA and Academy award-winning director Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna, Diego Maradona), Laika will be making its WORLD PREMIERE at #LFF Expanded presented in partnership with the National Theatre, October 7th 2021!
With characters brought to life by talent including Sophie Okonedo and Tobias Menzies! In partnership with the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), StoryFutures Academy (National Centre for Immersive Storytelling run by the National Film and Television School and Royal Holloway, University of London), Film4 and Passion Pictures.
Meet Earth’s first space traveller in immersive virtual reality…”
You can watch the trailer here.
Tickets for the immersive VR film available here.
Regular updates from Nick on Twitter and Instagram (including a few “making of” insights).
