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2023 Tribeca Festival - Games & Immersive Experience

Jun 09 Through Jun 17 | Fri |
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The 2023 Tribeca Festival Games & Immersive Experience is a showcase celebrating the emergence of new forms of entertainment: games that can be played at home, on the street, or in modern-day galleries, alongside the latest 3D works from world-renowned XR artists who demonstrate how immersive tech can leverage thought-provoking social statements. This year’s Games program features 7 official selections that demonstrate potential in phenomenal storytelling and innovation through interactive experiences: - A Highland Song (United Kingdom) - Developer: inkle Studios - Chants of Sennaar (France) - Developer: Rundisc / Publisher: Focus Entertainment - Despelote (New York, Ecuador) - Developers: Julián Cordero, Sebastián Valbuena, Gabe Cuzzillo, Ian Berman, Niall Tessier-Lavigne / Publisher: Panic - Goodbye Volcano High (Canada, United States) - Developer & publisher: KO_OP - Nightscape (Qatar) - Developer: Mezan Studios - Stray Gods (Australia) - Developer: Summerfall Studios / Publisher: Humble Games - The Expanse: A Telltale Series (United States) - Developer: Deck Nine / Publisher: Telltale Games

This year’s Immersive program features 13 VR, AR, XR and participatory experiences that push the technological boundaries of immersive storytelling, divided into two categories (Main Competition, New Voices):

MAIN COMPETITION: - Emojiii (Netherlands) - Director: Steye Hallema / Producer: The Smartphone Orchestra - In Search of Time (France, United States) - Directors: Pierre Zandrowicz, Matthew Tierney / Producers: Atlas V, Pressman Film - Kinfolk: Black Lands (United States) - Director: Idris Brewster / Producer: Kinfolk - Monstrorama (France) - Directors: Clément Deneux, Emilie Valentin / Producer: Atlas V - Pixel Ripped 1978 (Brazil) - Director: Ana Ribeiro / Producers: Arvore, Atari - The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legend (United Kingdom) - Director: Eloise Singer / Producer: Singer Studios

NEW VOICES COMPETITION: - Colored (France, Taiwan, ROC) - Directors: Pierre-Alain Giraud, Stéphane Foenkinos, Tania de Montaigne / Producers: Novaya, Centre Pompidou - Fortune (France) - Directors: Claire Meinhard, Nicolas Bourniquel / Producers: Atlas V, ARTE France - Maya: The Birth (Chapter 1) (United Kingdom, France, United States, India) - Directors: Poulomi Basu, CJ Clarke / Producers: Floréal, JAPC, Meta, France Télévisions - Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics (Canada) - Director: Terril Calder / Producer: National Film Board of Canada - Over The Rainbow (Taiwan, ROC) - Director: Craig Quintero / Producer: Riverbed Theatre Company - REIMAGINED VOL II: MAHAL (United States) - Director: Michaela Ternasky-Holland / Producer: Very Cavaliere, Meta - The Fury (Denmark, United States) - Director: Shirin Neshat / Producers: Khora Contemporary, Shoja Azari

Venue: Spring Studios

50 Varick Street Map
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