Category: IMMERSIVE AWARDS – 2025 WSXA AMSTERDAM

(Finalist)

Original Film Title: AFTERFLARE

Director’s Name: TechTalkNavigator

Writer’s Name: TechTalkNavigator

Producer: TechTalkNavigator

Country of Origin: Japan

Country of Filming: Japan

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes

Film Description:

“Humans who tried to imitate the sun ended up burning themselves to death.”

An artificial solar flare was unleashed to end the world’s wars.
The outcome was the collapse of the ozone layer and the mass extinction of humanity.
John, a man wandering through the scorched earth, and the AI “SHIKIGAMI” discovered the ‘repentance’ and “hope” of a former scientist.

The final question entrusted to them:
Who will inherit the future—humans or AI?

(Finalist)

Original Film Title: The Last Poppy

Director’s Name: Maisha Wester

Writer’s Name: Maisha Wester, Desiree Reynolds

Producer: Nick Bax

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming: United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 11 minutes 23 seconds

Film Description:

Immerse yourself in a highly atmospheric and provoking journey through the history of anti-blackness in the US and UK. Trace the origins of racial ideologies, their motivations, contradictions, and nightmarish consequences – from a 19th-century plantation to a mid-20th-century cityscape.

This 360° video is a condensed version of a larger interactive PC game which explores Black humanity, intellect and resilience, and offers crucial insight into why anti-Black racism has always been destructive, not only to its targets but to bystanders, perpetrators, lawmakers, and entire societies.

An experience designed to be mentally and emotionally difficult; content includes graphic descriptions of racist violence and murder taken from real historical sources.