{"id":8880757,"date":"2026-04-29T20:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&p=8880757"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:03:28","slug":"villa-albertine-at-cannes-2026-former-residents-in-the-spotlight-and-a-focus-on-ai-and-new-medias","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/villa-albertine-at-cannes-2026-former-residents-in-the-spotlight-and-a-focus-on-ai-and-new-medias\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannes 2026: Two Former Residents Selected and a Panel on AI and New Medias"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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From Villa Albertine to Cannes 2026: Two Former Residents Selected
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This year, two former Villa Albertine residents return to the Cannes spotlight with major selections across immersive and animated cinema.
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Ugo Arsac \u2013 Katabasis<\/em> (Immersive Competition)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katabasis is a dizzying descent into the unseen, to the realm inhabited by those we never see: the homeless, those who labour in the shadows, poets of the abyss, dreamers. Ugo Arsac captures their voices \u2013 raw, intimate, deeply moving \u2013 caught between flight, freedom and the search for identity. An immersive journey that blends documentary and urban poetry.<\/em>

Villa Albertine resident in 2023, Ugo Arsac<\/a> presents Katabasis<\/em>, selected for the Immersive Competition of the 79th Festival de Cannes. His residency in the United States supported a period of research at the intersection of cinema and emerging technologies, which directly informs this new project.

Directed by Ugo Arsac and produced by Zorba, the work continues his exploration of immersive storytelling and hybrid cinematic forms.

<\/a>Produced in 2024 by Zorba Production<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phuong Mai Nguyen \u2013 In Waves<\/em> (Critics\u2019 Week Opening Film)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AJ, a shy teenag\u00ader, meets Kris\u00adten while in high school in Los Ange\u00adles. Kris\u00adten is pas\u00adsion\u00adate about surf\u00ading\u2026 and she\u2019s the most beau\u00adti\u00adful per\u00adson he\u2019s ever met. He falls mad\u00adly in love with her. As life seems to final\u00adly come togeth\u00ader for AJ, Kristen\u2019s life starts falling apart, shat\u00adtered by ill\u00adness. Togeth\u00ader, they will fight adver\u00adsi\u00adty with dig\u00adni\u00adty and enjoy their now-shared pas\u00adsion for surf\u00ading and for the ocean, but also their loy\u00adal band of friends\u2026 even when they know Kris\u00adten is doomed. This is what hap\u00adpens when love and friend\u00adship become a wave stronger than anything<\/em>

Also a Villa Albertine resident in 2023, Phuong Mai Nguyen<\/a> will open the 65th edition of Cannes Critics\u2019 Week with In Waves<\/em>, an animated adaptation of AJ Dungo\u2019s acclaimed graphic novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time in the section\u2019s history, an animated feature will open Critics\u2019 Week (May 13\u201321). In Waves<\/em> is among the 11 titles selected this year, marking a significant milestone for animation within this section of the Festival de Cannes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phuong Mai Nguyen \u2013 In Waves (Critics\u2019 Week Opening Film)
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Cannes 2026: Immersive Talk on Artist Residencies, Cinema, and New Imaginaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Villa Albertine will also take part in the Cannes Immersive Talks program with a panel dedicated to the evolving relationship between artistic creation, cinema, and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Immersive Talk | Creating in the Age of AI: Artist Residencies, Cinema, and New Imaginaries<\/strong>
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Immersive Conference Room (Carlton Hotel Lobby -3), Cannes
May 18, 2026
16:15 \u2013 17:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a time when emerging technologies are reshaping artistic practices, artist residencies are becoming essential spaces for experimentation, research, and creation. This discussion will explore how Villa Albertine\u2019s residency program supports transformations in cinema and new media, particularly in the context of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the intersecting journeys of three Villa Albertine residents, including participants in the Arts in the Age of AI<\/em> program, the panel will highlight new forms of storytelling as well as continuities with more traditional cinematic approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speakers<\/strong>

Ugo Arsac <\/a>\u2013 Digital and visual artist, Villa Albertine Resident (New York, 2026)
Lou Faroux<\/a> \u2013 Artist and filmmaker, Villa Albertine Resident (Los Angeles, 2023)
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Moderator<\/strong>

Charlotte Deflassieux Viguier \u2013 Director, Film, TV & New Media Department, Villa Albertine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The talk is open to all March\u00e9 du Film badge holders, on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Katabasis,

Katabasis, a 30-minute immersive VR documentary by Ugo Arsac, former Villa Albertine resident. Selected at the Immersive Competition of the 79th Festival de Cannes.
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