Tribeca Film Fest off-shoot will focus on video games
An ever-growing annual flirtation between New York's Tribeca Film Festival and interactive entertainment has finally boiled over into a standalone event.
On April 28 and 29, the annual film fest will partner with Kill Screen for the new Tribeca Games Festival. The two-day event will bring together some of the biggest creative and cultural leaders in video games for a series of talks, panels and peeks behind the scenes.
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima will deliver one of three keynote "conversations," along with BioShock creator Ken Levine and Remedy Entertainment's Sam Lake, creator of Max Payne, Alan Wake and Quantum Break. There's an easy-to-spot theme here: these are all master storytellers.
In addition to the keynotes, Tribeca Games Festival attendees will also have a chance to check out cross-conversation talks that pair game creators with "leading artists and filmmakers" and "Retro Active" behind-the-scenes looks at some of the top games of 2016.
There's also an extensive deep dive planned for virtual reality, including a 25th anniversary celebration of the '90s horror flick The Lawnmower Man(!!!!!!). Brett Leonard, the film's director, will be joined by Google's "Principal Filmmaker for VR" Jessica Brillhart and Cy Wise, of Job Simulator creator Owlchemy Labs.
On top of all that, attendees will be able to check out a handful of special events, including a Mura Masa concert and Telltale Games' first-ever crowd-play for the first episode of its upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy series.
You can check out the full lineup of speakers and purchase tickets -- which offer different access for different prices -- right here.
Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
