David Adler's critically acclaimed VR work [b]'End of Night',[/b] starring Jens Jørn Spottag, has so far only been available in Copenhagen and at festivals, but now it will be released worldwide. This will happen via the French VR distributor Astrea on Monday, May 8, which marks [b]Victory Day in Europe[/b] over the Nazis. Since its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2021, where it [i][b]won a Golden Lion for "Best Narrative"[/b][/i], 'The End of the Night' has toured prestigious festivals such as Cannes and Tribeca (NY), and in Denmark it even won the main prize for "Best International Debut" at Cph Pix Weekend ahead of a strong field of normal "flat" films. The online release means that 'The End of the Night' can now reach all those who didn't make it in the first place - including the 10% of Danes who, according to the Danish Film Institute, have VR glasses at home. The idea that people will now be able to share the experience at home and abroad, across generations and physical distances, delights Danish director David Adler: [i]"The challenge of creating narratives in new media is that it is often more difficult to meet and connect with an audience. That's why I'm particularly pleased that 'The End of the Night' is now so widely and launched on the anniversary of the surrender of the German troops. Hopefully, this means that we can start a conversation - across backgrounds, cultures and distances - about some of the heavy and unfortunately eternal topics dealt with in 'The End of the Night'; about what makes people flee and how the traumatic flight is subsequently stored in the body and inherited through generations." [/i] [img]https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/42500083/a4616405a192a1c7089052f03aca285cf2aa548f.jpg[/img] In 'The End of the Night', the audience finds themselves in a rowboat surrounded by darkness. Here they come face to face with [b]Josef [/b](Jens Jørn Spottag), who takes them on a sensory journey through his fragile memories of the fateful night in 1943 when he fled Nazi-occupied Denmark for safety in Sweden. The work features an artistic blend of advanced technologies (photogrammetry and volumetric video) that merge into a flickering, collage-like 3D universe. Although the work is realistic in its depiction of war-torn Copenhagen, and based on real accounts of the occupation, the story is fictional - based on an original script specifically for the VR medium, written by David Adler himself together with Hans Frederik Jacobsen. 'End of Night' app will also include extras where director David Adler talks about the [b]making of the film[/b]. and can be experienced in the original Danish and English, as well as subtitled in French, German and Hebrew. Watch the trailer for 'The End of the Night' [previewyoutube=gQQDTfM_Oos;full][/previewyoutube] [b]'End of Night' is available now in the [url=https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/6578787818815815/]Meta App Lab [/url]and will be coming later to Steam. [/b]