Project Detail

The Baby Factory is Closed

Name: The Baby Factory is Closed
Director: Deepa Mann-Kler
Genre: Action, Asian, Climate / Environment, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Released: 2026
Duration: 15 min

Synopsis

A 20-minute single-player immersive VR experience that places users inside the body of Zoraan, a British-born Sikh woman navigating menopause amidst climate collapse and the ruins of colonial medicine.
You breathe with her. You scream with her. You dance your way out of sedation.
Blending real-time visuals, bio-haptic feedback and diasporic sound, this work reframes menopause not as decline but as volatile power; closing ‘The Baby Factory’ to ignite a cultural revolution.
Using gesture, voice and biometric feedback, audiences become co-conspirators in a volatile act of embodied rebellion. This is not a metaphor. This is an insurgency.
Official Selection SXSW 2026 - XR Competition - World premiere

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Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: XR / Immersive
Running time: 15 min
Format: Virtual Reality
Director: Deepa Mann-Kler
Producer: Eva Robinson
Executive Producer: Liz Rosenthal
Screenwriter: Deepa Mann-Kler
Sound: Katie Richardson
Composer: Katie Richardson
Principal cast: Dinita Gohil, Lauren Martin
Line Producer: Sinéad Burns
Concept Artist: Dermott Burns
Technical Director: Eoin McCartan-Peel
Technical Artist: Josh McAvoy
3D Generalist: Matthew Shannon
3D Artist: Eva Robinson
3D Artist: Sinéad Burns
Vicon Technician: Robbie Coey

Genre

Action Asian Climate / Environment Sci-Fi Thriller Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Neon (VRNI Limited)

Deepa Mann-Kler
c/o Aura Studios
Ormeau Business Park
8 Cromac Avenue
Belfast
County Antrim
Northern Ireland
BT7 2JA

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Sales Company

Deepa Mann-Kler

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