SPOTS OF LIGHT - XR

an immersive VR documentary

SPOTS OF LIGHT

“Spots of Light" is an immersive VR documentary that takes viewers into the extraordinary journey of Dan Layani, who, as a young soldier, tragically lost his sight in combat in 1982. Despite facing this life-altering setback, Dan propelled himself forward as he pursued his education, found love, and raised four children. After 25 years of living in darkness, a miraculous opportunity presented for Dan to undergo experimental surgery to regain his sight.

PRESS

OFFICAL SELECTION

SIGGRAPH 2024

Immersive storytelling redefines the relationship between virtual and physical realities, creating synergies between concrete and polygonal worlds. Explore the new age of immersive experiences with the SIGGRAPH 2024 VR Theater.

VR THEATRE: Spots of Light

OFFICAL SELECTION

Venice Film Festival

Venice Immersive is the Extended Reality section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia (August 30th - September 9th 2023).Venice Immersive is entirely devoted to immersive media and includes all XR means of creative expression: 360° videos and XR works of any length, including installations and virtual worlds.

VENICE IMMERSIVE: SPOTS OF LIGHT

ABOUT

After 25 years of living in darkness, a miraculous opportunity presented itself for Dan to undergo an experimental surgery to bring back his sight. With his vision restored, Dan was able to behold his beloved wife and his four children, for the very first time. However, the story takes an unexpected turn.
Guided by Dan's own heartfelt narration, "Spots of Light" takes the user on an introspective journey through pivotal moments in his life. These moments are depicted through family archives transformed into ethereal particle environments that envelop the user, creating a mesmerizing and meditative experience into Dan's view of his world.

TEAM

Adam
Weingrod

DIRECTOR

Adam (35) is an independent filmmaker from Israel and a graduate of the Steve Tisch TAU Film Dept. MFA program. "The Island" (2017), a 60-minute documentary, is an award-winning film commissioned by the yesDocu channel and has screened at numerous film festivals, including Docaviv and Santa Barbara. The film won several awards, including Best Debut Film at the Verzio Human Rights Festival and Best Student Film at the Israeli Documentary Forum Awards. Adam has also directed several shorts, such as "I See You" (2023, documentary), Jerusalem Film Festival and will air on Israel's public TV channel, KAN11. "And There Will Be Fire" (2018, documentary), Epos Art Film Festival at the Tel Aviv Museum. "Funjoya" (2016, fiction) won the Audience Award at the Tel Aviv Student Film Festival. Currently, Adam is engaged in multiple documentary film projects, alongside his work on a VR documentary titled "Spots Of Light" which will hold its world premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival.

Sean Thomas Evans

PRODUCER

Sean Thomas Evans is a renowned XR producer, filmmaker, and creative technologist with over 25 years of experience. Since 2015, Sean has led the creation of dozens of immersive and transmedia productions, including "Sharkwater VR," "Living with Jaguars," and the award-winning VR experience "The Holy City." His works have been showcased at prestigious festivals such as TIFF, Cannes, Venice, FIPADOC, Annecy, SIGGRAPH, and many others internationally.
His credits also include the award-winning documentary "Spots of Light," which chronicles an emotional journey into blindness and back again, and will be screening at SIGGRAPH's VR Theatre 2024.
Sean's expertise spans a range of cutting-edge XR technologies, contributing to advancements in photogrammetry-driven environments, NLP-based narratives, and frameworks for real-time visualization and interactions with biometric data in virtual spaces. He continues to push the boundaries of XR, blending technology and storytelling to create powerful and transformative experiences.

Kobi
Mizrahi

producer

Kobi Mizrahi is an Oscar nominated, Tel Aviv based film producer, alumnus of EAVE producers' workshop, Emerging Producers workshop, Berlin talents, Rotterdam producers' lab and Cannes producers' workshop. His filmography includes titles such as "White Eye" (Oscar Nominee, SXSW Jury Award Winner 2020), "Butterflies" (Cannes, Toronto 2019), "The Dive" (Locarno, Toronto 2018) "Mother of" (Telluride 2018), Open your eyes (Clermont Ferrand 2018), Shmama (Silver Leopard award, Locarno 2017). KM Productions, an Israeli Production Company, focusing on creating a true and sustainable relationship with young innovative directors in order to produce both short and feature films, fictions and documentaries.