Founded by Corine Meijers in 2025, Podium Biarritz is the stage we want to give to impressive and relevant stories, films, installations, immersive experiences and cross-disciplinary projects.
We aim to do that through various events, partnerships, festivals and tailer made gatherings together with YOU!
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A stage for stories without borders
Gay Simulator
Gay Simulator is an interactive virtual reality artwork and video game which will immerse the user in the experiences of a lesbian girl. It’s an artistic ode to sexual preference, sexuality and love with a serious issue: the discrimination that lesbians still face today.
Created by Iris van der Meule
Lacuna
Sonja has no memory of the crucial moment in her early childhood that saved her life: the separation from her parents in 1943. The discovery of three silver rings that once belonged to Sonja’s parents triggers the director to begin prompting her about the past. In the emotional journey that follows, you accompany Sonja through skewed memories, elusive images and reimaginations towards one moment of loss and grief during the Second World War. A true story that leads you from Paramaribo to Amsterdam and into a psychiatric facility called Het Apeldoornsche Bosch. Combining conversations with Sonja, mesmerizing 3D modelling, animation and personal footage, Lacuna explores who we are in relation to who we were. Meanwhile you will find truth in imagination, beauty in the unknown and an act of unconditional love.
Directed by Maartje Wegdam & Nienke Huitenga.
A Podium Biarritz production, in co-production with Copper Views Film Productions and Studio Biarritz.
World Premiere at IFFR 2025, 30/01-9/02
In competition at Cannes Immersive 2025, 13/05-24/05
Hellfighter, a Modern Odyssey
Hellfighter, a Modern Odyssey is a feverish road movie in which reality meets delusion and myth.
Created by Yvonne van Ulden and Onias Landveld.
