Tribeca Film Festival rolls out virtual reality lineup February 11, 2016 - 11:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Tribeca Film Festival is doubling-down on its commitment to virtual reality and interactive storytelling, showcasing both at the 2016 edition of the fest, which runs from April 12-24, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The festival is planning 23 VR exhibits and installations, 16 of which will be world premieres, at its Tribeca Festival Hub, located at 50 Varick Street. A Virtual Arcade, which will be open from April 18-20, will play host to projects like the world premiere of Holidays: Christmas VR, from writer/director Scott Stewart, featuring actors Seth Green nd Clare Grant in a story about a man who stoops to dangerous lows to get his son a VR headset for Christmas. The fest also will once again include Storyscapes, its fourth annual juried showcase with 10 VR and interactive installations, which will be available April 14-17, along with TFI Interactive, its fifth annual forum, convening April 16, and including participants from media, gaming and technology. The Festival Hub is also planning a program called “Hacked by Def Con and Mr. Robot, which which run April 15-17 and will bring the underground hacking conference Def Con to the festival for the second year in a row. And on April 18, the festival will present “The Games for Change Games and Media Summit,” featuring gaming innovators and other industry figures to discuss how we feel, play, work and interact with games.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
