We Met in Virtual Reality, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival’s
World Cinema Documentary Competition, follows the lives of real-life couples who met in VR during
the pandemic. Hunting’s innovative film draws us into the new medium, using it to tell its fascinating
and contemporary story. Join this discussion to discover how exactly Hunting realised the film, and
how he tangled and crossed the lines that separate VR from documentary film, encouraging audience
members and filmmakers to think in new ways about the form.
Joe Hunting began his journey capturing heartfelt portraits from VR in 2018, releasing his first
award-winning short film A Wider Screen in early 2019, at the age of 19. Whilst completing his
film production degree in 2020, he shot and directed another award-winning short doc and a
comedy series titled Virtually Speaking filmed entirely inside VRChat, which both screened at
festivals internationally. After graduating, Hunting has been shooting works in VR full time
and is currently touring his debut feature film We Met in Virtual Reality across festivals.