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Where is Adaptation?: Mapping cultures, texts, and contexts
Edited by Casie Hermansson and Janet Zepernick
[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures 9] 2018
► pp. 305–320

Chapter 18
The new real

Virtual reality and adapting the film festival experience

Article outline
  • What is a film festival? And why is it important?
  • What is VR?
  • VR and the film experience
  • VR and the festival experience
  • The future festival
  • References
Published online: 16 October 2018
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