Embody a viral implant, immersed in the invisible world of cyber warfare.

Director, Writer, Producer: Yasmin Elayat

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Zero Days VR is an Emmy award-winning immersive documentary that explores the next chapter of modern warfare through the true story of Stuxnet: the first cyber weapon in the world known to cause real-world physical damage. The story places audiences in the invisible world of computer viruses. Based on the Participant Media feature-length documentary Zero Days, Zero Days VR  made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2017 and available on Oculus Rift, Steam and Youtube 360.

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Based on the Participant Media feature-length documentary Zero Days Directed by Alex Gibney, Zero Days VR introduces a new dimension to the original feature by telling the story from a perspective that wasn’t possible before the emergence of virtual reality. The Zero Days VR experience visualizes the story of Stuxnet in a new way: audiences will be placed inside the invisible world of computer viruses experiencing the high stakes of cyber warfare at a human scale. 

Zero Days VR  tells the Stuxnet story through two main characters: the Stuxnet virus, and an anonymous NSA informant who testifies about a cyber mission hatched by allies with clashing agendas. 

Zero Days VR explores the next chapter of modern warfare through the story of Stuxnet: the first cyber weapon in the world known to cause real-world physical damage. Audiences experience the invisible world of cyber warfare through the perspective of the Stuxnet virus on a clandestine mission hatched by the US and Israel to sabotage an underground Iranian nuclear facility.

Zero Days VR highlights how this digital threat is closer to home than we realize, representing a new chapter in modern warfare.

Credits

Director: Yasmin Elayat 

Technology Director: Elie Zananiri 

Executive Producers: Alex Gibney, Sarah Dowland, Alexander Porter, James George 

Producers: Mei-Ling Wong, Yasmin Elayat, Alexander Porter 

Writer: Yasmin Elayat 

Design Director: Bradley Munkowitz 

Lead Designer/Compositor: Michael Rigley 

Lead Branding: Michael Cina 

Lead VR Artist: Thomas Meduri 

VR Artist: Jillian Morrow 

Animation & Software Development: Elie Zananiri, David Gochfeld, Kevin Watters 

Motion Graphic Designer: Linda Shirar 

Technical Advisor: James George 

Additional Development Support: Kyle Kukshtel, Neil Purvey 

DepthKit Director of Photography: Alexander Porter 

Original Music & Sound Design: Antfood 

Editors: Alexis Johnson, Linda Shirar, Mandy Mandelstein, Bil Thompson 

Cast: Joanne Tucker (NSA Informant) Eric Chien Liam O’Murchu Ralph Langner David Sanger Olli Heinonen Sean McGurk Amos Yadlin Emad Kiyaei Richard A. Clarke Michael Hayden Gary Samore Yossi Melman Vitaly Kamluk

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Emmy Award Winner

Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary​

2018

Best Narrative Experience

Webby

2018

Honorary Mention Animation/Film/VFX 

Prix Ars Electronica

2017

Special Jury Prize

Digital Dozen Awards

2018

Best Cinematic VR

Unity Vision VR/AR Summit

2017

Narrative Achievement

Unity Vision VR/AR Summit

2017

World Premiere

Sundance Film Festival

2017

NEXT Marché Du Film

Festival de Cannes

2017

Tribeca Virtual Arcade

Cinepolis Theater

2017

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