MATRIX IN SHARED REALITY

CLIENT : Cosm / Little Cinema (2025)

How can we revisit a landmark of global cinema and offer a fresh, contemporary interpretation? MATRIX at COSM is a groundbreaking experience that reimagines the cult classic Matrix through a whole new lens. Powered by COSM’s immersive technology, all familiar markers are shattered and the boundaries between fiction and reality blur. Viewers no longer watch the film—they step inside it. A vast LED dome, constantly shifting sets, and fully immersive sensory spatialization… Welcome to the Matrix.

CONTEXT

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Matrix, COSM Los Angeles is launching the very first shared reality cinematic experience. For the occasion, Jay Rinsky of Little Cinema has entrusted Bruno Ribeiro, creative director of STROBOSCOPE, with the artistic direction and staging of this immersive event. The collaboration is rooted in a shared vision of cinema: an experiential, spectacular form that transcends the frame. The film becomes the foundation for a journey that’s lived through the body, in space, and collectively.

ARTISTIC DIRECTION

This immersive reinterpretation calls for a meticulously crafted visual staging, blending cinema, opera, and digital installation. The film image becomes a malleable material—remixed, transformed, reimagined. A sensory landscape where the movie converses with memory. Cinema spills over: it seeps through, saturates, influences. It thrives beyond the screen, in the experiences it creates and the echoes it sets off. The approach is inspired by theater and informed by concert aesthetics: How do you spark emotion with just a few lighting cues? The Matrix’s legendary soundtrack guides and propels us through a powerful choreography. The ambition was to imagine a stage setup with multiple functions—like an opera—evolving and responsive to light.

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  • COSM Studio Productions  / Little Cinema / Warner Bros Discovery

    The Matrix in Shared Reality 

    Executive Producers

    Jeb Terry, Jr. Neil Carty, Peter Murphy, Alexis Scalice, Jay Rinsky, Curtis Augspurger 

    Show  Director Bruno Ribeiro  
    VFX Supervisor Kirk Shintani 
    Produced Michael Ross Jillian Lynes 
    Producers Andrew Merkin Katy Yudin 


    Little Cinema

    Executive Producers Jay Rinsky, Curtis Augspurger 
    Show Director Bruno Ribeiro 
    Concept Design 
    Techical Director Josh Slaby Lead
    3D Artist / Designers Olivier Caron Baptist Lefevre 
    Content Producer Marie Dussart

    Concept Technical Development 
    Storyboard Artist Rain Saukas
    Visual Artists Luke Neher Sam Gill 
    2D Compositors Lady Bambs Zoran Mladenovski 

    2D Animator Tom Bourguet
    Real-time PreViz Artist Kirk Blackwood
    Designer Shira Inbar
    Project Manager Max Pava 

    Makemake


    VFX Supervisor Kirk Shintani
    Head of CG Andy Wilkoff
    CG Supervisor David Hyatt 
    CG Artists Dustin Mellum, Miguel Salek, Christian Brown, Alex Silver, Jose Limon, Joe Paniagua, Michael Kirylo , Wei Chung, Hai Ho Trong, Steve Orleman, Erik Zimmerman, Andrew Wilson, Piero Desopo 


    Compositing Supervisor Maciek Sokalski
    Compositors Joshua Bolin, Ashley Jahanshahi
    Pipeline and Unreal Technical Director Tommy Furukawa
    Render Wrangler Daniyal Aslam
    VFX Coordinator Janine Prado
    Senior Producer Jillian Lynes
    Head of Production Paul Makowski
    Executive Producer Kate Berry 
    Managing Director Eve Kornblum 

    Cosm Studios

    Colorist & Finishing Artists Eric Pender, Denley Ryan 
    Technical Production Coordinator Jake Akerley
    Production Coordinator Jessica Zeta 

    IT & Pipeline 

    Austen Armus, Chris Slagel, James Winston, Rendering Services by RFX Inc. 

    Cosm Venues 

    Lighting Designer Victor Mathieu FX Operator Tyrone Kelley 
    Cosm Legal Samantha Springs Marketing Greg Nelson Joshua Winter, Gina Bartok, Ted Woods, Heidi Roller, Stefan Silvers, Mazen Alawar

    Cosm Technology

    Chief Product & Technology Officer Devin Poolman Director,
    Unreal Engineering Christopher Burke
    Video Engineer Cole Mortensen
    Technical Artists William Kao Bassel Elgharib, Xano Cuervo, Jake Lofgren, Khoa Nguyen, Brett Wheeler, Jeff Young 

    Powered By The Brilliant Teams Of CX Display CX Engine 

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