Convergence Reshapes Cinematic Reality at Film Society

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Published on Thursday, 20 August 2015 20:17

Written by Brad Balfour

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While Google Glass may have become associated with “glassholes” and gadgetry purely for the sake of gadgetry, virtual reality is building up steam in the public consciousness, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s New York Film Festival is taking part of in this new wave of virtual reality interest. As part of the 53rd New York Film Festival (September 25 - October 11, 2015), Convergence occurs from September 26 and 27th, and examines non-traditional forms of cinematic storytelling including virtual reality and live performances.

“This is our fourth year as part of the New York Film Festival and I couldn't be more excited about the lineup for 2015. There’s a lot of attention focused on virtual reality right now so we are really pleased to feature the U.S. premiere of The Dog House, a 360-degree film that’s going to start a lot of conversations,”  said NYFF Convergence programmer Matt Bolish.

The Doghouse, created by Johan Knattrup Jensen, Mads Damsbo and Dark Matters, sits users down at a dinner table with four other people, each of whom place on a virtual reality headset that allows each user to experience a family dinner and discussion from the point of view of five different characters.

From the minds of the esteemed, experimental idea house, NYU Game Center, Gamescape is an interactive deconstruction of games in which users can experience “storytelling games” created by game developers that use the medium to examine how storytelling works and affects people.

Along with these “non-traditional cinematic experiences” are a series of panels and workshops examining the relationship between interactive media and cinematic storytelling. A Conversation with Diana Williams has the producer of the acclaimed films Our Song and Another First Step discussing the emergence of new mediums and forms of storytelling.

Producing for Impact: Finding the Story examines how non-fiction storytelling takes on new forms and reaches new audiences with social media, data visualization, and interactive documentaries.

In Pry, Danny Cannizzaro and Samantha Gorman will perform excerpts from Pry, an app experience that fuses cinema, video game, and the novella into what the LA Weekly calls “Charlie Kaufman by way of an acid trip.”

Convergence is looking at the future at how new technologies will reshape stories as we know them

To learn more, go to: http://www.filmlinc.org/

New York Film Festival Convergence
September 26 - 27, 2015

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