About the film

An award-winning VR project that uses new technologies to reconstruct the 2018 event when Hawaii came under the false threat of a nuclear missile attack.

“BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” On January 13, 2018, just after 8:00 am, the 1.4 million inhabitants of Hawaii received this message. Although no attack took place that day, it was the first sign of impending danger. In this innovative three-chapter VR documentary, we walk through a landscape visually inspired by the structure of the atom. The real protagonists are transformed into a 3D environment using a unique photogrammetric method, and talk about their experiences. We see a local society on the verge of collapse. Could they have defended themselves? Or would they have just had to wait helplessly for the end of the world?