Thank you BFI for this special mention! We made this film to save lives, and hope that being part of this year’s #LFF will help us spread the message of the film further. Huge thanks also to the festival team, and the other amazing XR projects which made up LFF Expanded.

This week we screened our 360 film “Virtually There” for Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s Violence Reduction Unit. We want to get as many organisations working w/ at risk young people to see the film - so get in touch if this applies & you’d like to arrange a screening: virtuallytheremovie.com

Feature Short: That's Not Ours "This short doc follows 17-year-old Ethan, who survived a completely unprovoked knife attack, and left to die on the street as people passed by. " dir. Leon Oldstrong | Solaris2 Media LINK: focalshadow.com/2021/11/16/tha…

Virtual reality puts a new spin on #medialiteracy. The next edition of ACT journal will start to think about this, we Citizenship PGCE @ IOE with Solaris2 Media will consider it in the new year with virtuallytheremovie.com If you get a chance, do try VR out...Endless possibilities.

We’re so proud that 'Growing up as a Somali in the UK', one of our #VolunteerFilms created by Leon Oldstrong and Solaris2 Media, for Anti-Tribalism Movt, funded by John Lyon's Charity has been nominated for a @CharityFilm_ Award! ✅ Vote here: smileymovement.org/organisations/… youtube.com/watch?v=KOVRGz…

We start today UCL Institute of Education with an exceptionally powerful & essential session on VR using virtuallytheremovie.com an immersive film on knife crime to help us consider how to use this new technology effectively in the classroom. Thank you Solaris2 Media Eamonn Madden Inspirational Youth

Last week’s news of Child Q shows yet another example of the violence the state exacts on the Black community in the UK. For every horrifying, high profile incident like this, there are hundreds of others who are suffering at the hands of racist institutions like Metropolitan Police

Invigorating to talk to Leon Oldstrong Solaris2 Media & learn about new projects, like Weathering: youtube.com/watch?v=H067m1… a deeply powerful exploration of racism as experienced by a nurse & educator in the UK at the height of the pandemic after the murder of George Floyd Al Jazeera English

Excited about joining our longstanding ally Hans Svennevig Citizenship PGCE @ IOE for this workshop #VirtualReality #VR #virtuallytheremovie

We are looking forward to welcoming Citizenship PGCE @ IOE and Solaris2 Media to the Conference next week- this is going to be an excellent workshop that showcases the potential of technology in the classroom #FutureCitEd

Brilliant review of our film Virtually There by Miss Azam in the latest edition of 'Teaching Citizenship' ACT Read here: bit.ly/3ygyaXx Virtually There website bit.ly/3xZnc7F #VR #virtuallytheremovie #knifecrime #citizenship

Excited to be ACT events next week. Attending cit ed awards UK Parliament Monday & then presenting two workshops Tuesday 1st with Solaris2 Media about metaverse & #citizenshipeducation & Virtually There movie, 2nd about #futcited knowledge with @citizen_LJ Hugh Starkey

Right now. ACT conference delegates experiencing Solaris2 Media Virtually There movie as part of Citizenship education & the Metaverse opportunities & risks. Teachers need to get on board with the metaverse. #futcited #criticalmedialiteracy

We’re excited to have two films screening as part of this weekend celebrating British filmmakers of colour Watershed - if you’re in Bristol, come down! watershed.co.uk/whatson/11441/…

Great to the have the cast of ‘The Lies Of Our Confines’ with us + Joining now, Bristol Black Horror Club I’m conversation with the Director+Actors 🎬🎥 ScreenSkills

The VR film shines a light on violent knife crime from the myriad of perspectives of all those involved. Brought to you by Solaris2 Media

The power of film making to tell stories about & from multiple perspectives, to provide tools to use in teaching to combat discrimination is essential. Thanks Leon Oldstrong & Harrison Daniels Solaris2 Media for sharing this UCL Institute of Education, your creativity & experiences improve lives.

Fantastic day UCL Institute of Education with soon new Citizenship teachers, about their transformation over year & future teacher thinking & learning from Leon Oldstrong Solaris2 Media with films inc. through VR Virtually There movie & Sam Clarke Canterbury Christ Church University demystifying implications of #AI