The film is Venice festival’s way of saying that the future has arrived.
Venice, first of the big autumn film festivals, is the most glamorous, attracting big stars to Europe’s most beguiling location.
The film Jesus VR – The Story of Christ, to be unveiled at the festival on Thursday, marks the biggest investment so far in bringing the immersive world of virtual reality to mainstream cinema.
Ultimately, Pigott suspects that both VR and conventional film will find a way to coexist, like cinema and TV have.