Case study
Happy Shadow
Technical Director / Program Integration — Ankh Team
Three participants enter Joey’s inner world and work with her shadow using their own. Combining shadow theatre and VR, the journey accompanies her through fear and toward joy.
Festivals, Tours & Awards
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Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), Mexico
EPICENTRO XR — Special Jury Mention
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Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), Mexico
EPICENTRO XR Competition — Mexican Premiere
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SONA Immersive Storytelling Festival
VR Lab — Official Selection at Carnegie Mellon University
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VR FILM LAB, Kaohsiung
Public Screenings
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Kaohsiung Film Festival
XR Competition — Asian Premiere
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Digital Art Center, Taiwan
Concept Museum of Art Vol.20 — Happy Shadow Exhibition
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82nd Venice International Film Festival — Fanheart3 Collateral Awards
Fanheart3 Award — XR Fan Experience
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Kaohsiung Film Festival — XR Competition
XR Special Mention
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82nd Venice International Film Festival
Biennale College Cinema–Immersive — Out of Competition
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Kaohsiung Film Festival
Taiwan Wave — Sensing Mirror Prototype Presentation
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The Challenge
Bring shadow theatre into a shared VR experience, allowing three participants to take part in a character’s emotional journey through interaction.
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My Contribution
- Served as technical director for the production.
- Worked with the directing, visual, animation and sound teams through Ankh Interaction Design, credited for program integration.
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System & Decisions
- Use participants’ shadows as the connection to the character, combining shadow theatre with VR.
- Use hand interaction and visual guidance to involve three participants in the story.
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Result
- SONA · GIFF
- Selected for SONA in 2026 and received the EPICENTRO XR Special Jury Mention at the Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico.
- Venice
- Presented in the Biennale College Cinema–Immersive programme in 2025 and received the collateral Fanheart3 XR Fan Experience award.
- Kaohsiung
- Received the XR Special Mention at the 2025 Kaohsiung Film Festival.
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Credits
- Director
- Lin Pei-Ying
- Executive producer
- Su Ting-Ruei
- Screenwriters
- Su Ting-Ruei / Lee Cheng-Chun
- Set & character design
- Chang Chiao-Yi
- Original music
- Wu Pei-Lin (Texture Music)
- Sound mixing
- Kuo Shu-Yu
- Program integration
- Ankh Interaction Design Ltd.
- Technical director
- Jacki Chen
- Art director
- Wang Pin-Qi
- Developers
- Chen Yi-Hsuan / Chen Cong-Yan
- 2D / 3D animation
- Lin Li-Rong / Hsu Yu-Tzu
- Project manager
- Yang Pei-Ya
- Production
- Good Terms Production Ltd.