September 30, 2015 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Five National Film Board of Canada (NFB) interactive projects, including two co-productions, will be part of the programming lineup for I LOVE TRANSMEDIA, the digital culture festival that starts tomorrow at the Gaîté lyrique arts centre in Paris. HIGHRISE, Bear 71, A Journal of Insomnia, Interactive Haiku, and Way to Go will be shown in a retrospective exhibition of 12 interactive works entitled 2005‒2015: 10 Years of Web Creation, one of the festival’s events. The fourth edition will also include a presentation of student projects and industry panels and conferences. I LOVE TRANSMEDIA runs from October 1–4, 2015.
Selected NFB productions and co-productions:
HIGHRISE
Created by Katerina Cizek
Produced by Gerry Flahive for the NFB
A multi-year, many-media, collaborative documentary experiment that explores vertical living around the world.
Bear 71
Created by Jeremy Mendes and Leanne Allison
Produced by Loc Dao, Bonnie Thompson, Dana Dansereau, and Rob McLaughlin for the NFB
An online interactive documentary about a grizzly bear in the Canadian Rockies. Audiences explore the bear’s world and follow its compelling story.
A Journal of Insomnia
Created by Guillaume Braun and Bruno Choinière (Akufen), Thibaut Duverneix (Departement), and Philippe Lambert (Monstre)
Produced by Hugues Sweeney for the NFB
This interactive documentary presents a gripping and contemporary portrait of insomnia, a disorder that affects one out of every three people in developed countries. Online visitors encounter four insomniacs and learn about the experiences of hundreds of others.
Interactive Haiku
Multiple creators
Co-produced by Hugues Sweeney for the NFB and Alexander Knetig for ARTE
A series of 12 interactive works inspired by the Japanese haiku. Surprising, stirring, and thought-provoking short interactive projects.
Way to Go
Created by Vincent Morisset, Philippe Lambert, Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit, and Caroline Robert of studio AATOAA
Produced by Hugues Sweeney for the NFB and co-produced by Boris Razon for France Télévisions
Way to Go is a walk in the woods. It is an astonishing interactive experience, a restless panorama, a mixture of hand-made animation, 360-degree video capture, music, and dreaming and code; but mostly it is a walk in the woods…
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