Gargoyle Doyle is the latest creation from director Ethan Shaftel (Ajax All Powerful) and won the prize for best VR film at this year's Annecy Animation Festival.
Here's how his L.A.-based studio easyAction describes the story of Gargoyle Doyle.
"Doyle is a grouchy, self-important gargoyle with a chip on his shoulder – quite literally, as he was damaged in a fall during installation above the cathedral’s main entrance. Relegated to a back alcove with other irregular gargoyles, Doyle resents the hand life dealt him, especially the fact that he is stuck two feet from Chet, a decorative metal rain gutter. Chet is the yin to Doyle’s yang, a chatterbox optimist who never shuts up. Ever.
Doyle and Chet watch the world change around them as their alcove falls into disrepair. Hundreds of years later, as bulldozers surround the cathedral for demolition, both must confront who they really are and what their lives add up to."