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The Fusion of Film and Gaming in the Pacific Northwest

Saturday, May 21, 2011 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PT)

Seattle, WA

The Fusion of Film and Gaming in the Pacific Northwest

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Entertainment and Innovation: Tales from the Frontlines
The Fusion of Film and Gaming in the Pacific Northwest



May 21 2:00-4:00
SIFF Film Center, Seattle Center, Republican St. & Warren Ave N.

** Additional tickets available for this event on the SIFF website

 
Join us for a special session at SIFF as we welcome award-winning director Lynn Shelton and independent director, writer and producer Matt Vancil to share their first-hand insights on video and digital storytelling innovations today.

Hosted by Four Peaks, this salon will focus on learning from two leading storytellers whose work spans film, TV, digital and gaming. Questions will center on how the power of story can create new worlds online and offline, and the opportunity and ramifications this can have for the Pacific Northwest as a center for film and interactive entertainment.

This two-hour forum will also feature a live taping for Media Space TV hosted by Hanson Hosein, Director of the University of Washington’s Master of Communications in Digital Media (MCDM) program, and be followed by a salon-style Q&A.
 
Four Peaks is a Pacific Northwest network of content creators, technologists, entrepreneurs and community leaders who collaborate on ideas, projects and platforms that support innovation, storytelling, sustainable economies and strong social capital. Learn more at www.fourpeaks.org.

Featured Guests:
  Lynn Shelton - Award winning Seattle film director - 'We Go Way Back," "My Effortless Brilliance," "Humpday," and MTV web series "$5 Cover Seattle"
 
  Matt Vancil - Writer, Director, Creator  - "JourneyQuest" and "The Gamers"

 

 

Lynn SheltonLynn Shelton’s first feature film, WE GO WAY BACK, won the Grand Jury Award at Slamdance in 2006. Her second feature, MY EFFORTLESS BRILLIANCE earned her the Someone to Watch award at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards. Her 2009 feature, HUMPDAY, won a special jury prize at Sundance and went on to screen all over the world, including at Director’s Fortnight in Cannes. 2010 marked the release of $5 COVER SEATTLE, a web series she directed for MTV based on the lives of actual Seattle musicians. She is currently in post on her fourth feature film, YOUR SISTER’S SISTER, starring Emily Blunt, Rosemary DeWitt, and Mark Duplass.

 

 

 


Matt VanilMatt Vancil is an independent filmmaker from Tacoma and a co-founder of Dead Gentlemen Productions and Zombie Orpheus Entertainment.  After writing and co-producing two low budget features as an undergraduate (Demon Hunters and Dead Camper Lake),Matt’s debut as a writer/director resulted in the fantasy-comedy cult hit The Gamers, which went on to play at fantasy and gaming conventions worldwide and lead to a feature sequel, The Gamers: Dorkness Rising.  His web series, JourneyQuest, premiered in 2010 and migrated from YouTube to Hulu in a month.  In addition to his film work, Matt is the Video Director and a Narrative Designer on March 32nd, an episodic online video game produced by Seattle game studio Chromed (releasing 2011).  A graduate of the American Film Institute, Matt has an MFA in Screenwriting.

 


 

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 ** This event will broadcast prime time on UWTV channel 27 on May 26 @9PM

 ** Follow the hashtag #FourPeaks on Twitter for event information.

 

When & Where



Seattle Center, SIFF Film Center
Republican St. & Warren Ave N
Seattle, WA 98109

Saturday, May 21, 2011 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PT)


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Master of Communication in Digital Media (MCDM), University of Washington



Four Peaks seeks to address an urgent need in our region: how to connect idea generators with technology innovators in a way that establishes the Pacific Northwest as a living, breathing communications and media laboratory for the 21st century to the benefit of its citizens, and the world.