What it takes to bring an innovative approach to narrative storytelling and cinematic performances and production value to digital technology like a video game?

Join Sundance Film Forward for an immersive workshop with creator Navid Khonsari to present his current independent game 1979 Revolution and the process of creating the first documentary cinematic game/ Verite Game.

A presentation/slideshow will show the game from conception to current state plus the process of creating a narrative cinematic experience. Part of the workshop session will include an immersive experience for attendees as they are led through an exercise that demonstrates how to build a story with multiple branching possibilities to create an independent game that can be commercial while valuing empathy. The presentation will conclude with Navid and audience members playing the current and most recent version of the game — a sneak peak of the game only a few months before it’s release.

Venue
University of Miami, School of Communications, Wolfson Bldg, Room 3032
5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL 33146

Film Forward
Sundance Film Forward is a touring program which introduces a new generation of audiences to the power of story through the exhibition of film and conversations with filmmakers to create greater cultural awareness.

Sundance Film Forward is an initiative of Sundance Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

To RSVP and view full list of screenings and events, visit http://www2.sundance.org/filmforward/destination/florida-2015/