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Virtual Reality - TRAVERSE: Discover virtual reality with CinéMo
CinéMo is a mobile cinema run by the Fondation Art Explora, designed with the support of the Fondation CANAL+. Equipped with 72 seats, it travels to meet audiences where they are, offering free film screenings and introductory cinema workshops to as many people and in as many territories as possible. At the Art Explora Festival, CinéMo invites you to discover 2 immersive films through virtual reality headsets. An experience that offers a new way of discovering cinema, through total immersion.
Dates and times
October 2–11; schedule to be announced
Address
Quai des Antilles, Paul Vatine Basin
Accessibility
The mobile cinema is wheelchair accessible. It can accommodate up to four wheelchair users, thanks to a loading platform and dedicated spaces. The experience is not suitable for people with visual impairments. Virtual reality is not recommended for children under 8, pregnant women, or people with certain medical or physical conditions (heart conditions, epilepsy, high blood pressure, vertigo, motion sickness, etc.).
CinéMo is coming to Le Havre as part of the Art Explora Festival to offer audiences a unique cinematic experience: free virtual reality screenings through the TRAVERSE network.
Discover two immersive 360° films:
- Artou, Abderrahmane Sissako, 2026 (28 min) - Selected for the 2026 Venice Film Festival. Following their father’s death in Europe, three sisters and three brothers fulfil the patriarch’s final wish: to be buried next to his own father, in eternal sleep, in his native village in Mauritania.
- The Island of the Dead, Benjamin Nuel, 2018 (8 min). A timeless journey, from an ordinary apartment to our final destination, guided by Charon, the ferryman of the Underworld. The horizon is the same for everyone: unchanging, inevitable. The question has always been the same, across all civilisations and throughout time: what comes next? Is there even anything at all?
Meet Abderrahmane Sissako
We are delighted to welcome director Abderrahmane Sissako on Sunday, 4 October 2026 at 6:30 p.m., in the festival’s chill zone, for a presentation of his film Artou.
A shared virtual reality experience
For its second season, CinéMo is joining the TRAVERSE network, a distribution initiative dedicated to immersive virtual reality works, which supports the emergence of new forms of storytelling by making them accessible to the public in suitable cultural spaces.
CinéMo will offer discovery sessions for school groups (middle and high schools) and local associations, giving them the opportunity to explore immersive works with the support of the TRAVERSE network. Public screenings will also take place every day, as well as throughout the weekend.
- If you represent an association or a school group and would like to take part in CinéMo sessions, please contact:reservation@artexplora.org
- Are you just coming as a visitor? The schedule will be available soon! In the meantime, secure your spot at the ticket office.
Virtual reality is not recommended for children under 8, pregnant women, or people with certain medical or physical conditions (heart conditions, epilepsy, high blood pressure, vertigo, motion sickness, etc.).
TRAVERSE
TRAVERSE is a platform dedicated to showcasing immersive virtual reality works, supporting the emergence of new forms of storytelling by making them accessible to the public in suitable cultural spaces. TRAVERSE brings together four organizations engaged in immersive creation and cultural dissemination, with support from France 2030 as part of the “Immersive Culture and the Metaverse” call for projects.
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