The New Arrival

"****...a small jewel of a film...dazzling." -- premiere magazine

"charming..." -- sight and sound

"...ingenious and even poignant." -- filmmaker magazine


"interaction of a different stripe..." -- wired magazine

"the new arrival" is the world's first immersive movie. shot on 360-degree behere ivideo, an immersive movie provides a new experience in which the viewer can navigate him/herself through a scene, able to choose any of the 360-degree view.

"the new arrival" was unveiled by atomfilms.com at the cannes international film market in 2000, where it was critically acclaimed. it went on to screen in the sundance and rotterdam online film festivals as well as being presented at the pompidou museum in paris as an example of a "film of tomorrow."

"the new arrival" was an online hit, for which the new york times named amy talkington "one of the few women to break out on the internet."

"the new arrival" eventually landed in a commonly used film textbook, "film: an introduction," as an important example of early interactive storytelling.

[the clip above is a making of short. the original film is no longer viewable as the technology was not maintained]