FROM TECH AND VR TO FILM AND MUSIC,
EXPERIENCE THE FRENCH VIBE AT SXSW
WHERE TO FIND THE FRENCH HOUSE?
PALM DOOR ON SABINE
401 SABINE ST, AUSTIN, TX 78701, U.S.A.
CONTACT ZORBA
CEO: Olivier Mardi / [email protected] / Tel: +33 6 81 60 25 72
Producer: Nicolas Rouilleault / [email protected] / Tel: +33 6 99 62 07 61
CONTACT FRENCH TECH
Project Manager: Maia Thomine Desmazures / [email protected] / Tel: +33 6 60 41 34 72
Lauren Boudard / [email protected] / Tel: +33 6 33 03 31 75
On March 14th and 15th 2017,
the FRENCH HOUSE will be
in Austin to offer SXSW
audiences the opportunity
to dive into an outstanding
immersive experience,
bringing them the latest
advancements in the fields
of technology, music and
moving image.
MARCH
MARCH
14
FRENCH HOUSE PROGRAM
FRENCH HOUSE PROGRAM
TUESDAY
9 AM
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9
AM
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FRENCH TECH
BREAKFAST
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9 am - 11 am
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9 AM
9
“BY LA FRENCH TECH”
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Why Austin is an
attractive place
for the startups?
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VR BARBECUE
“BY LA FRENCH TECH”
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11:30 am - 3 pm
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Are you ready for the
craziest pitch battle
you’ve ever seen?
FRENCH VR
SHOWCASE
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9 am - 6 pm
FEATURING
ORAH, WONDA VR,
OKIO-STUDIO, 3DRUDDER,
OPTINVENT & more .
SPEAKERS:
MORGANE CANASTRA (WYKER),
ROMAIN DELASSUS (FRENCH
DIGITAL COUNCIL / CNNUM)
& others
12 AM
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12
PM
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FRENCH WAVES
BRUNCH
A unique musical and
visual trip into French
electronic music
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SPEAKERS:
MOLECULE, JACQUES
& JULIAN STARKE
12 pm - 2 pm
4 PM
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2 AM
9 am - 10:30 am
Is the futur
of music artificial?
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4 PM
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AI, MUSIC
& CROISSANTS
AM
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9
“BY LA FRENCH TECH”
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SPEAKERS:
KEVIN KOYM (TECH RANCH)
and LIZ WILEY (Attorney)
11:30
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9
AM
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12 AM
15
WEDNESDAY
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8
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PM
4
PM
MUSIQUE
POLAIRE
MEET UP DRINK
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FRENCH WAVES
OFFICIAL SXSW MUSIC SHOWCASE
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8 pm - 2 am
A multi-sensory journey with
two of the most promising
producers of the French
electronic scene
FEATURING MOLÉCULE & JACQUES
2 AM
4 pm - 5 pm
Focus on Molécule’s
upcoming album
release Musique Polaire
FEATURING
MOLÉCULE,
ARNAUD MEERSSEMAN,
ANTHONY FERRAT (MIALA),
OLIVIER MARDI, NICOLAS
ROUILLEAULT (ZORBA)
FRENCH VR
SHOWCASE
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9 am - 5 pm
MARCH
12
15
TO
www.3drudder.com/eu/
3dRudder designs a revolutionary foot powered
motion controller that can be use while seated,
for VR, Gaming and Engineering. Also a great
Accessibility device.
A SELECTION
OF UP & COMING
FRENCH
START-UPS
20 French startups showcasing their innovations
on The Trade Show (Aisle 3 at booth 1325)
March 12 to March 15
www.augmentedacoustics.com/
Augmented
Acoustics’
unique
technology
allows Live show’s spectators to benefit from
an unprecedented immersive, customizable and
multitrack sound experience according to their
personal tastes and hearing profile.
babbler.fr/
Babbler is a social network that connects companies
with the right reporters and influencers. Our simple
and smart PR platform helps companies attract
audiences with their stories translating it into mass
coverage.
www.be-bound.com/fr/
The mobile solution that creates opportunity
through connectivity. By bringing connectivity to
everyone, everywhere, NOW, the N4B platform
extends your market reach to untapped users.
Make sure to stop by and visit!
blitzr.com/
Specialized in processing, enrichment and
harmonization of music metadata, BLITZR provides
music services & digital media with smart data &
B2B solutions.
divacore.com/fr/
Divacore, be smart, be wild. Divacore, cut the
chords, push the volume.
www.foosball-society.com/
The first foosball table to be connected to a social
network : the Foosball Society .
klaxoon.com/fr/discover
Klaxoon is a platform that fosters and boosts
collective intelligence at every turn and everywhere
people collaborate together.
kuzzle.io/
The huge increase in web, mobile and IoT devices
means innovations need to be quick, reliable,
engaging and future proof. Traditional development
methods and technologies have now paradoxically
become brakes because of their native structural
limitations. Kuzzle accelerates innovation cycles,
reduces time to market by 30 to 40% and increases
ROI.
linkfluence.com/
Everyday Linkfluence helps worldwide brands to
conceive tomorrow’s strategy thanks to a social
data intelligence solutions.
www. magency.me/fr/
Magency is a solution that helps teams work
better together, facilitates interactivity and gives
everyone a voice in a meeting, regardless of the
group’s size.
www.okio-studio.com/
Okio-Studio is a creative Surround Video
Production House based in Paris, specializing in
immersive experience for Oculus-Rift, and other
virtual reality devices.
www.optinvent.com/
Optinvent is a wearable technology and devices
company specialized in patented scalable/low cost
near to eye displays. We are making augmented
reality viable and affordable.
partnering-robotics.com/home-fr.html
Partnering Robotics is an innovative French
company that creates robots with a proprietary
artificial intelligence and a set of services dedicated
to B2B market. More than a robot, the Diya One
is a platform that can support the development of
multiple services across various industries.
platform.sh/
Platform.sh is a continuous-deployment highavailability cloud hosting solution that helps web
applications scale effortlessly and serve the most
demanding traffic. Its unique container-based
architecture allows it to propose a 99.99% SLA
and the capability of cloning a full production
cluster, including all its data, in under a minute to
deliver 90% faster testing, making it ideal for agile
development teams.
somm-it.com/
Somm’It is a SaaS platform which democratizes
the management skills of sommeliers for all the
restaurateurs and provides rich content to improve
recommendations. It also assists professional
somms in their daily management tasks. Last but
not least, it offers a service of tailor-made sommelier
for all customers, through a direct connection to
restaurant’s wine lists. It is endorsed by Gerard
Basset, Best Sommelier of the World 2010, Master
Sommelier and Master of Wine.
speach.me/
Capture the knowledge. Transfer the power.
Speachme is a peer-to-peer skills and knowledge
transfer platform.
twin.life/
twinme is a private messenger giving you the
freedom to communicate online as if it were in real
life, where YOU are in complete control of your
interactions.
www.wondavr.com/
Wonda VR makes VR content creation easy and
fun today!
www.wyker-app.com/
WYKER is the first mobile application that
recommends musical events matching your musical
profile thanks to artificial intelligence. WYKER also
integrates social and community features making
the application a real social network around live
music.
MARCH
MARCH
14
15
8PM-2AM
12PM-2PM
FRENCH WAVES
OFFICIAL SXSW
MUSIC SHOWCASE
FEATURING MOLECULE & JACQUES
The FRENCH WAVES Official Music Showcase offers SXSW’s audiences
the opportunity to experiment a multi-sensory journey with two of the
most promising producers of the French electronic scene.
FRENCH WAVES
BRUNCH
FEATURING MOLECULE,
JACQUES & JULIAN STARKE
MOLÉCULE
34 days without any stop over, a 4986-mile round trip,
17-meter-high waves, 200 kilos of music equipment, 13hour recording sessions… More than just a set of numbers,
60°43’ Nord stands for a human adventure as well as a
true artistic challenge Romain Delahaye a.k.a. Molécule
set himself. His dogma: produce, in-situe, a definitive and
unique musical piece.
JACQUES
Arrived as an U.F.O. in March 2015 with his EP Tout est
magnifique, Jacques swings between techno music and
the use of objects as music instruments. Flirting with
experimentation, Jacques is constantly pushing the
boundaries of his own creativity. His project is simply one
of the most exciting of the new French electronic scene.
Today, Jacques is back from the future where, as he said,
he met a lot of smart people and made a lot of contacts.
A UNIQUE MUSICAL AND VISUAL TRIP
INTO FRENCH ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Julian Starke, director of French Waves, invites SXSW
audiences to a unique musical and visual trip along with two
of the most exciting producers of today’s French electronic
music scene, newcomers Molécule and Jacques. They will
discuss their viewpoints, experiences and anecdotes to share
their vision of what French electronic music is today.
MARCH
15
4PM-5PM
MUSIQUE POLAIRE
MEET-UP DRINK
Romain de la Haye Sérafini aka Molécule, MIALA & ZORBA will unveil the first
images of Molécule’s upcoming album release Musique Polaire.
“Musique Polaire” is the creative challenge of a musician, Romain De La Haye-Sérafini
aka "Molécule", who leaves France to record a music album in the extreme conditions
of Greenland. Isolated for more than a month to develop an unprecedented sound
experience in the far north with a unique artistic dogma: composing entirely in situ
music in one of the most isolated and inhospitable regions on the planet. With the
help of his music instruments and sounds recorded on the spot. From January 27th to
March 2nd, Molécule recorded an album to which no notes will be added.
Co-published by Because Music and HEADBANGERS PUBLISHING, the album
"Musique Polaire" will be released in fall 2017. "Musique Polaire" is also a transmedia
project featuring a medium length documentary, a VR exhibition, a web-series and
several clips and contents for social media platforms. The project is produced by
ZORBA, in collaboration with Because Music, HEADBANGERS PUBLISHING and
Miala.
FAN CLUB
VINCENT RAVALEC | LES FILMS DU GARAGE, A-BAHN | 5 MIN | FRANCE,
LUXEMBOURG
A television star is invited for a meet-and-greet weekend with her fans. Very quickly,
the meeting turns into a nightmare. Only one extract of the series will be shown.
FRENCH
VR SHOWCASE
FIREBIRD – LA PERI
BALTHAZAR AUXIETRE | INNERSPACE VR | 15 MIN | FRANCE
Enter a realm of enchantment and play the role of Iskender, a prince seeking
the «flower of immortality». You will appear on the stage, visit the ethereal world
of La Péri, and witness a magical and poetic encounter as one of the characters...
DISCOVER THE VERY BEST OF FRENCH VR
In just a few years, virtual reality has become a major topic in our lives and a medium
in itself, which is able to modify our perception of the world. French talents and
producers, who are already leaders in the field of digital creation, quickly understood
the great potential of this new storyscape and have already started directing original,
innovative, immersive works.
All the projects that are presented at SXSW show the richness and the creativity
of French VR, which has already been rewarded several times throughout the world.
Curated by Oriane Hurard
LEGACY
BENJAMIN NUEL | HONKYTONK FILMS, LES PRODUITS FRAIS | 12 MIN | FRANCE
Far, far away in the future, a pilot secretly heads towards Earth, now a forbidden
planet. Guided by a scientist and a female priest, he has to find the grave of Luke,
the prophet of the prevailing religion in the galaxy.
KINOSCOPE – A journey into Cinema
PHILIPPE A.COLLIN, CLÉMENT LÉOTARD | EX NIHILO, AUDIOGAMING,
LA CINÉMATHÈQUE FRANÇAISE, GOOGLE CULTUREL INSTITUTE | 9 MIN | FRANCE
Kinoscope is a VR experience immersing the spectator into a lively and colorful
universe to discover the history of cinema lead by the voice of the Hollywood legend
Dean Tavoularis (The Godfather films, Apocalypse Now).
I, PHILIP
PIERRE ZANDROWICZ | OKIO STUDIO, ARTE FRANCE | 14 MIN | FRANCE
I, Philip is the story of a robot who has been given the memory of American sciencefiction writer Philip K. Dick: his own story, through the memories of what could be
his last great love.
MOLÉCULE - 60°43’ Nord LIVE 360 °
RED EYE 360, BECAUSE MUSIC | 3 MIN | FRANCE
Molécule’s live performance has been filmed 360°, allowing viewers to experience
the adventure of this French musician who composed his last record during 5 weeks
on a fishing trawler sailing Northern Atlantic.
SENS VR
A FILM BY CHARLES AYATS, ARMAND LEMARCHAND,
MARC-ANTOINE MATHIEU | RED CORNER, ARTE FRANCE | 3 X 10 MIN | FRANCE
SENS is the first video game to ever adapt a graphic novel into virtual reality. Lost into
a graphic maze, only arrows with multiple forms will help you on the way. Where do
they lead to? Beyond limits, even yours.
NOTES ON BLINDNESS - Into Darkness
ARNAUD COLINART, AMAURY LA BURTHE, PETER MIDDLETON, JAMES SPINNEY |
EX NIHILO, ARCHER’S MARK, ARTE FRANCE, AUDIOGAMING | 20 MIN | FRANCE, UK
Notes on Blindness - Into Darkness is a six-part virtual reality documentary based on
John Hull’s sensory and psychological experience of blindness. SXSW 2017 INTERACTIVE INNOVATION AWARDS VR/AR FINALIST.
OUT OF THE BLUE
IN OFFICIAL SELECTION AT SXSW 2017 - WORLD PREMIERE
SOPHIE ANSEL | OCULUS VR FOR GOOD, PELAGIC LIFE, REEL FX | U.S.A.
Out Of The Blue is an intimate journey exploring the rich legacy inherited by 8 year
old Yerick, a child amongst a community of fishermen in Cabo Pulmo who became
inadvertent conservationists when faced with the depletion of their marine resources.
In an area once described by Jacques Cousteau as the ‘Aquarium of the World’,
the fishermen families of Cabo Pulmo chose to sacrifice the source of their food and
income in a revolutionary and dramatic decision: a fishing ban in their own waters
in order to encourage marine life to return and find shelter.
ABOUT US
« THE SPANISH INN » FOR START-UPS ON INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
CONCEPT
The French Tech House is based on a simple premise : too many international trade
show participations have led to disillusion. Hotels too far away, transport very
complicated, missed meetings…
The concept is based on gathering start-ups in a house, identified for its userfriendliness and its closeness to the heart of events, in order to maximize their
chances of success, spread networks throughout international events and create a
strong community of interest around it.
The French Tech House offers participants a range of services that directly cater for
their needs. A bed, nice meals cooked by a french Chef, transport, communication
(…) all services are actually activated.
Simon Gerard and Germain Kpakou, are both Co-founders of The French Tech House.
SXSW17
In order to meet the whole community, we will see you on the 12th of March for the
barbecue party, the most popular event of The French Tech House.
Our next steps : The Web Summit in Lisbon and The Mobile World Congress in
Barcelona 2018.
ANGERS FRENCH TECH
Angers French Tech is an official French Tech House partner. Well-known for its
IoT expertise, Angers provides a uniquely favorable setting for the collaboration of
electronic startups and industries, it will host in October 2017 the World Electronic
Forum, for the first time in Europe.
FRENCH TECH
“FRENCH TECH” is the term used to describe the French startup community:
entrepreneurs, investors, engineers, designers, incubators, public organizations, etc.
committed to the growth of French startups and to their international prosperity. This
community includes champions such as BlaBlaCar, valued at €1.2 billion, and Sigfox
and Devialet, which respectively raised €150 million and €100 million in 2016.
The French Tech Initiative is an innovative public policy created in 2013. It is not
about the government imposing regulations and limits; it’s about the government
supporting the startup community. As part of this initiative, €200 million of public
funds have been set aside for business incubators and accelerator programs
throughout France.
La French Tech is also about being open to the world and welcoming foreign talent.
The French Tech Initiative has a strong international presence via its 22 French Tech
hubs across the globe. The French Tech Ticket Program for international startups
looking to set up in France is another example of this international openness.
For further information, please visit: www.lafrenchtech.com
FRENCH WAVES
“FRENCH WAVES” has made the history of French electronic music come alive
through its documentary, web series, international tour, and immersive website.
Starting in the 1990s with the genre’s creation in Detroit and Chicago, followed by
an exploration of rave culture and the French Touch movement, and ending with
the very latest generation of electronic music, FRENCH WAVES tells the story of
a societal and generational phenomenon. By featuring different perspectives from
iconic artists, the project traces electronic music’s path through Generations X, Y,
and Z as it is passed down from those who were twenty in the 1990s to today’s digital
natives.
With an emphasis on dissemination, innovation, audacity, diversity, and togetherness,
FRENCH WAVES’s approach is very much in keeping with the philosophy that has
driven the electronic scene since the very beginning. .