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More exciting news from the NFB today; on November 25, TOXA and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), in association with ARTE, will launch Fort McMoney (fortmcmoney.com), a trilingual (English, French and German) interactive documentary game about the issues facing Fort McMurray, Alberta. Created by David Dufresne. an independent journalist and documentarian who was also behind the well-known interactive documentary Prison Valley. Fort McMurray is a …
A while ago I wrote a post about a collection of interactive documentaries encouraging social change and stated that I believe “interactive documentary can be a powerful and effective tool to discuss complex issues and encourage social change.” Luckily I am again able to prove my point with the launch of Broken Hopes, an interactive documentary about life in Palestine …
The New York Times’s Op-Docs and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will debut their new new immersive documentary series as part of the Film Society at Lincoln Center’s New York Film Festival Convergence program – a showcase for storytelling that transcends a single narrative medium – on Monday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. ET. Following this, the series will premiere on NYTimes.com in October. “We are greatly honored …
Snowfall, a New York Times interactive experience which was released in December 2012, brought with it tweets hailing the piece as “the future of journalism”. More recently The Guardian released ‘Firestorm’, which again prompted the same response (from me included…) And the Huffington Post added Elaine Macmillion’s Hollow into the same category stating, ” Anyone who saw promise for the future …
Oil Spill. Climate Change. File Sharing. Erectile Dysfunction. Clean Coal. Unspeak is language that deliberately manipulates public opinion and it is also Submarine Channel’s latest interactive documentary. Based on a book of the same name by British journalist Steven Poole’s, the documentary investigates the manipulative power of language. Blending filmmaking, data, technology, and design, the story of Unspeak unfolds across a series …
48 Hour Games, a gamified interactive choose-your-own-way documentary, is the first of its’ kind and it’s getting audiences very excited. Programmed from scratch in Flash by games company Knapnok Games, the documentary was shot during the Nordic Game Jam, an event where 300 game developers from all parts of Scandinavia, meet up and compete to create the most innovative computer …
Elaine McMillion on Hollow Recorded December 2012 Late last year I talked to McMillion over Skype while she made the long drive to West Virginia from her home in Boston. She talked me through how the project had evolved and described her plans for the website. Six months is a long time in the development of a project like this …
The Invisible Picture Show is a relatively low budget project that wants to raise awareness about children in immigration detention centers. I like this project because it demonstrates well the possibilities that cross-media campaigns offer to activist causes: it is about immersion linked to a clear call to action. I asked director Tim Hawkins to tell us more about The Invisible Picture …
The TFI new media fund runs every year and grants projects between $50,000 and $100,000 to develop, as well as mentoring and peer support. To qualify, the projects must “present a non-fiction story focused on social issues and include an integrated cross-platform or new media component designed to engage and activate audiences in imaginative ways.” In this video, Elaine Mcmillion …
Calling all cross-media professionals – The Pixel Market is now open for applications! The Pixel Market will take place on the 16 & 17 October, at the centre of the annual Cross-Media Forum (15 – 18 October), held in association with the 57th BFI London Film Festival. 30 international projects will be selected, with 8 teams chosen to present their …
Shot during a panal discussion at InterDocs Barcelona at the end of May. The panal includes Sandra Gaudenzi (UK), Arnaud Dressen (FR), Alexandre Brachet (FR) and Ricardo Villa (SP) talking about new models/logics of production, distribution and exhibition. DOCSBARCELONA INTERDOCS Business models New models/logics of production, distribution and exhibition from Learning to count on Vimeo.
This is a guest blog post from Paulina Tervo. I was invited by i-Docs to write an update to our interactive project, The Awra Amba Experience. Much has already been written about the project and is circulating on the internet, so I decided focus this blog post on elaborating on our plans for outreach solutions. I live around half a …
I firmly believe that the interactive documentary can be a powerful and effective tool to discuss complex issues and encourage social change. I have looked at five recent and upcoming releases which cover a wide range of topics, but utilise the platform for a similar goal. The Invisible Picture Show This documentary uses phone interviews from children who are detained …
Like any good conference, twitter is providing a brilliant account of what’s going on, key topics and memorable quotes. I’ll be updating this throughout the rest of Sheffield Doc Fest, so check back for updates. [View the story “i-Docs at the xo summit & sessions” on Storify]
Open City Docs Fest is almost here and here at i-Docs we are pleased to announce we are running a lab on Saturday 22 June! The i-Docs Lab is a session dedicated to the interactive documentary form. How can the web be used to offer new opportunities to speak about the real? How can documentary use digital interactivity to transform …
