Movies You Play: The Future of Interactive Cinema

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An audience settles into a theater to take in the latest blockbuster. A family gathers in their living room to watch a movie. A traveler loses herself in her favorite show in an airport lounge. Despite the different places we can watch films, the experience remains relatively unchanged: we tune in, we sit back, and stories are told to us. This all may be about to change. Interactive music videos, in-theater immersive experiences, and virtual-reality systems present audiences with experiences that ask them to play an active part in telling the stories they consume. Are we approaching a time when filmmaking and game design will collide to create something new? Our panel of creators, filmmakers, and technologists will take a look at the state of this nascent art and explore what it could mean for filmmakers and audiences.

Participants: Adam Cassels (Audience Entertainment), Christian Nielsen (Vidzor), James George and Jonathan Minard (CLOUDS) moderated by Jen Begeal (JLB Hart Media)

This is a free event, however you will need to pick-up tickets at the box office prior to the panel, please read below for more details:

NYFF FREE EVENTS
Starting one hour before the scheduled time of the event, complimentary tickets will be distributed from the box office corresponding to the event's venue. Limit one ticket per person, on a space available basis. Please note that the line for tickets may form in advance of the time of distribution.