NIFFF ON TOUR @CERN 2019
POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR THE 3RD
NIFFF ON TOUR@CERN: FUTURE STORYWORLDS
On November 29th and 30th, the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) and the Cineglobe Film Festival at CERN collaborated with the Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council on a unique workshop that aimed at strengthening the concepts and development phases of 9 immersive projects from Switzerland (video game, augmented/mixed/virtual reality) in terms of storytelling, technology and scientific accuracy. After two intense days of conferences and discussions between participants and experts, the project BAT VISION from Eliane Zihlmann & Raffaele Grosjean, industrial design students at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Toni Areal, Zürich) was granted a CHF 3,000 supporting prize. A more accomplished version of the project will premiere at the NIFFF’s 20th edition, between 3-11 July, 2020.
Elliot Vaucher & Karian Før were also rewarded for their project UNMEM PLASMA by our partner STORYTEK (Estonian accelerator and pole for innovation). They will be able to benefit from proper mentoring in the year to come.
THE PROGRAM
Immersive Narrative Workshop
29 & 30 November, CERN
The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) is happy to announce the results from the ‘NIFFF ON TOUR@CERN: Future Storyworlds’ call to projects. This unique workshop is designed in close collaboration with CineGlobe Film Festival at CERN, the Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, and STORYTEK, Estonian accelerator and innovation centre.
Future Storyworlds gives participants a chance to strengthen the concepts that support their creations, with the help of scientists and major players from the storytelling and digital industries. In 2019, this exclusive workshop held at the CERN aims at supporting futuristic tales of technological and scientific evolution, conceived for immersive media (video games, augmented/virtual/mixed reality).
The selected projects are:
Farid Ben Amor, Principal, Sababa Media Sàrl, Geneva
Eliane Zihlmann, Student in Industrial Design, ZHdK, Zürich
Raffaele Grosjean, Student in Industrial Design, ZHdK, Zürich
Jeremy Gobet, IT Consultant, OCTO Technology, Lausanne
Arnaud Gattlen, Writer, Lausanne
Ewa Miendlarzewska, Writer, Carouge
Ian Grünig, Digital Artist, Zürich
Henry Drake, Student in Visual Arts, HEAD, Geneva
Elliot Vaucher, Author, Lausanne
Karian Før, Digital Product Designer, Lausanne
Laurence Suhner, Writer, Geneva
Jonathan Moy de Vitry, New Media Videographer, Right Here / Right Now Productions, Geneva
In the end, a CHF 3,000 prize will be awarded to the most promising Swiss project. The experts can also grant a Swiss or international project a chance to partake in an intensive on-site development programme from STORYTEK.
QUANTUM COMPUTING: MYTHS AND REALITY
Jean-Philippe (JP) Aumasson
Founder and managing director of Teserakt, CH
360 IN YOUR HANDS. CELEBRATING A NEW STORYTELLING AND INTERACTIVE DIMENSION
Raphaël Briner
Designer, 360° shaker & entrepreneur, CH
Echo “$CARE”: spiritual and care practices in game design
Sabrina Calvo
Writer and Game designer, FR
CO-CREATION OF FUTURE NARRATIVES – THE FUTURE GAME 2050
Frida Futura
Future scientist and innovation consultant, Futur/io, DE
A DARK MATTER OF PLAY: SCIENCE GAME NARRATIONS
Prof. Dr. Margarete Jahrmann
Artist and founder of Ludic Society,
Professor Game Art and Design ZHdK, Artistic Research, dieAngewandte, AT
GET THEE BEHIND ME, VR! VIRTUAL EXORCISM OR HOW NEUROSCIENCE IS OFFERING US THE KEYS TO IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING
Domenico La Porta
Chief Editor, Cineuropa.org, Gaming manager, Wallimage, BE
VIDEOGAMES FOR HEALTH – THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT FOR COGNITIVE REMEDIATION
Swann Pichon
Senior Researcher Associate, Swiss Center for Affective Science, UniGe, CH
STORYTEK #FUTUREOFCONTENT ACCELERATOR AND CREATIVE INNOVATION HUB
Sten Saluveer
Founder & CEO Storytek, EE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: WHERE WE STAND TODAY, WHATS IN FOR TOMORROW
Mohanty Sharada Prasanna
CEO & co-founder, AIcrowd, CH
A one-of-a-kind workshop at the CERN to promote visionary narratives
This 2-day workshop of a new kind in Switzerland is set up in collaboration with CineGlobe Film Festival at CERN and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, with the support of Estonian #Futureofcontent accelerator and creative hub STORYTEK. It gives developers of independent stories the opportunity to strengthen their projects with the help of scientists and major players from the digital and screenwriting industries.
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