Sept. 26, 10 am

2023 Tribeca Festival – Tribeca Games & Immersive Experience

The 2023 Tribeca Festival Games & Immersive Experience is a showcase celebrating the emergence of new forms of entertainment: games that can be played at home, on the street, or in modern-day galleries, alongside the latest 3D works from world-renowned XR artists who demonstrate how immersive tech can leverage thought-provoking social statements.
This year’s Games program features 7 official selections that demonstrate potential in phenomenal storytelling and innovation through interactive experiences:
- A Highland Song (United Kingdom) – Developer: inkle Studios
- Chants of Sennaar (France) – Developer: Rundisc / Publisher: Focus Entertainment
- Despelote (New York, Ecuador) – Developers: Julián Cordero, Sebastián Valbuena, Gabe Cuzzillo, Ian Berman, Niall Tessier-Lavigne / Publisher: Panic
- Goodbye Volcano High (Canada, United States) – Developer & publisher: KO_OP
- Nightscape (Qatar) – Developer: Mezan Studios
- Stray Gods (Australia) – Developer: Summerfall Studios / Publisher: Humble Games
- The Expanse: A Telltale Series (United States) – Developer: Deck Nine / Publisher: Telltale Games
This year’s Immersive program features 13 VR, AR, XR and participatory experiences that push the technological boundaries of immersive storytelling, divided into two categories (Main Competition, New Voices):
MAIN COMPETITION:
- Emojiii (Netherlands) – Director: Steye Hallema / Producer: The Smartphone Orchestra
- In Search of Time (France, United States) – Directors: Pierre Zandrowicz, Matthew Tierney / Producers: Atlas V, Pressman Film
- Kinfolk: Black Lands (United States) – Director: Idris Brewster / Producer: Kinfolk
- Monstrorama (France) – Directors: Clément Deneux, Emilie Valentin / Producer: Atlas V
- Pixel Ripped 1978 (Brazil) – Director: Ana Ribeiro / Producers: Arvore, Atari
- The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legend (United Kingdom) – Director: Eloise Singer / Producer: Singer Studios
NEW VOICES COMPETITION:
- Colored (France, Taiwan, ROC) – Directors: Pierre-Alain Giraud, Stéphane Foenkinos, Tania de Montaigne / Producers: Novaya, Centre Pompidou
- Fortune (France) – Directors: Claire Meinhard, Nicolas Bourniquel / Producers: Atlas V, ARTE France
- Maya: The Birth (Chapter 1) (United Kingdom, France, United States, India) – Directors: Poulomi Basu, CJ Clarke / Producers: Floréal, JAPC, Meta, France Télévisions
- Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics (Canada) – Director: Terril Calder / Producer: National Film Board of Canada
- Over The Rainbow (Taiwan, ROC) – Director: Craig Quintero / Producer: Riverbed Theatre Company
- REIMAGINED VOL II: MAHAL (United States) – Director: Michaela Ternasky-Holland / Producer: Very Cavaliere, Meta
- The Fury (Denmark, United States) – Director: Shirin Neshat / Producers: Khora Contemporary, Shoja Azari