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2018 FILM GUIDE

SHOWING 22 FILMS IN THE SECTION 'VIRTUAL ARCADE'
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ARDEN'S WAKE: TIDE'S FALL

TFF 2018
  • Section: Virtual Arcade
  • Release Year: 2018
  • Runtime: 30 minutes
  • Country: USA
Tide’s Fall continues the journey of Meena, a young woman living in a post-apocalyptic world and searching for her father in the depths of the ocean after his unexpected disappearance. This expansion of Penrose Studios’ award winning Arden’s Wake embraces the art of long-form storytelling in virtual reality. Read More
Action, Asian American Director(s)
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BATTLESCAR

TFF 2018
  • Section: Virtual Arcade
  • Release Year: 2018
  • Runtime: 9 minutes
  • Country: USA, France
After Lupe, a Puerto Rican runaway, meets Debbie in the cell of a juvenile detention center, she is introduced to the punk scene of the Lower East Side and the secret world of Alphabet City. BattleScar is a coming of age drama set in 1978 New York that explores identity and empowerment through stunning animation and immersive environments. Read More
New York, Animation, Latino Director(s)
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CAMPFIRE CREEPERS: MIDNIGHT MARCH

TFF 2018
  • Section: Virtual Arcade
  • Release Year: 2018
  • Runtime: 12 minutes
  • Country: France, USA
When the kids at Camp Coyote are forced on a brutal midnight march by their sadistic counselors, one boy reaches his breaking point. He turns the tables on the bullies, revealing a surprising secret about himself in the process. Master of horror Alexandre Aja invites viewers on a thrilling ride that will leave them gasping. Read More
Horror, Comedy, Thriller
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CHALKROOM

TFF 2018
  • Section: Virtual Arcade
  • Release Year: 2017
  • Runtime: 20 minutes
  • Country: Taiwan R.O.C., USA
The Chalkroom is a virtual reality work by celebrated artist Laurie Anderson and Hsin-Chien Huang in which the reader—the viewer—flies through an enormous structure made of words, drawings, and stories. Inside the experience, the reader is free to roam and fly, while words sail through the air like emails, fall into dust, and form and reform. Read More
Experimental
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CORAL COMPASS: FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE IN PALAU

TFF 2018
  • Section: Virtual Arcade
  • Release Year: 2018
  • Runtime: 4 minutes
  • Country: USA
Palau, like many other small countries, is powerless to curb global carbon dioxide emissions. Nevertheless, the tiny island nation is adapting to climate change: In its clear, warm waters exist resilient coral reefs safeguarded by a strong-willed people fighting to keep them alive. Read More
Environmental
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THE DAY THE WORLD CHANGED

TFF 2018
  • Section: Virtual Arcade
  • Release Year: 2018
  • Runtime: 15 minutes
  • Country: USA
In partnership with Nobel Media and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, The Day the World Changed brings to viewers the harrowing impressions of the victims and survivors of atomic bombings and nuclear arms testing through first-hand testimonies, data visualizations, and innovative use of 3-D scanning and photogrammetry. Read More
Documentary
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DINNER PARTY

TFF 2018
  • Section: Virtual Arcade
  • Release Year: 2018
  • Runtime: 13 minutes
  • Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Dinner Party tells the incredible story of Betty and Barney Hill, an interracial couple who made the first report of a UFO abduction in America in 1961. Having sought hypnosis to recover memories of their inexplicable experience, the Hills decide to listen to the recording of their session during a dinner party—and what they hear could change their lives forever. Read More
Animation, Horror, Action, Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction, Latino Director(s), Female Screenwriter(s), Tribeca Film Festival Alumni, Technology
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FIRE ESCAPE: AN INTERACTIVE VR SERIES

TFF 2018
  • Section: Virtual Arcade
  • Release Year: 2018
  • Runtime: 20 minutes
  • Country: USA
This innovative, interactive thriller invites the participant to peer into the private lives of eight diverse New Yorkers from the vantage of a fire escape, where suspicion and deception unfold in real time. Set against the shadowy backdrop of gentrification in contemporary Brooklyn, Fire Escape: An Interactive VR Series depicts a contingent of disenfranchised tenants who soon become entangled in a string of dark mysteries and murder. Read More
New York, Drama, Thriller, NY Director(s), Tribeca Film Institute Alumni
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FIREBIRD: THE UNFINISHED

TFF 2018
  • Section: Virtual Arcade
  • Release Year: 2018
  • Runtime: 21 minutes
  • Country: France
The curator of a museum dedicated to the famous sculptor Auguste is making a last inspection the night before the grand opening when a storm breaks out. Suddenly, the statues populating the grounds are not quite as still as one might expect—but it’s not clear whether the storm outside is playing mind games, or whether, perhaps, the ghost of Auguste has appeared to ask for help finishing his masterpiece. Read More
Animation, Drama, Music, Technology
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THE HIDDEN

TFF 2018
  • Section: Virtual Arcade
  • Release Year: 2018
  • Runtime: 10 minutes
  • Country: India, USA
There are currently more people living in slavery than at any other time in human history. One such family has been enslaved in a rock quarry in southern India for 10 years—over a paltry debt of $70 USD. Indian government representatives, supported by the human rights group International Justice Mission, plot a daring raid to free the family. Read More
Drama, Female Director(s), NY Director(s), Female Screenwriter(s)
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