From experimental indie documentaries, to having a project screened at Sundance and acquired by HBO —Joe Hunting, creator of "We Met in Virtual Reality" and Raindance Immersive curator, shares his journey as a filmmaker and discusses how he found his voice within the unique layers of truth that comprise VRChat nonfiction.
Additionally, his talk will introduce the six VRChat-made short films screening at the 2026 Raindance Immersive festival, both in London and in VRChat:
Joe Hunting is a filmmaker from the UK, currently based in California. He is most known for his feature film We Met In Virtual Reality (2022), which notably premiered at Sundance Film Festival where it was acquired by HBO. His short films including award winning A Wider Screen (2019), The Reality of Hope (2025) and episodic series Virtually Speaking (2020) have played at festivals worldwide. His innovations with filmmaking inside VR has been written about in Filmmaker Magazine, TIME and WIRED. He is a the founder of virtual production studio Painted Clouds, and Curator at Raindance Immersive.
Join the session live on Zoom on Friday, 19th June or watch the replay. Please see the schedule below for your local time. For sessions that fall too early or too late in your time zone, we highly recommend catching up via our on-demand replays.
EUROPE – FRIDAY, 19 JUNE
8 PM - 9 PM BST (UK)
9 PM - 10 PM CET
10 PM - 11 PM EET
NORTH AMERICA – FRIDAY, 19 JUNE
3 PM - 4 PM EDT
2 PM - 3 PM CDT
1 PM - 2 PM MDT
12 PM PT - 1 PM PDT
ASIA & AUSTRALIA – SATURDAY, 20 JUNE
3:00 AM - 4:00 AM CST
4:00 AM - 5:00 AM JST
4:00 AM - 5:00 AM KST
5:00 AM - 6:00 AM AEST