A major competition to use computer games to promotefilms launched on Monday 6 August created by the University of Abertay Dundee,
D-Media and IC tomorrow in association with Lionsgate UK and the BFI (British
Film Institute).
Four £25,000 prizes are available in the Games for Film contest. Two prizes are
for games which innovatively promote the upcoming theatrical release of two
exciting new British feature films the BFI is offering early access to, Spike
Island and Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers, both of which were
co-financed through the BFI Film Fund and are currently in post-production.
The two Lionsgate UK prizes will prototype how games can be used for a film’s
cinematic or home entertainment release. The titles available for development
for the Lionsgate prizes could include Dirty Dancing, Great Expectations, The
Expendables 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D and many more films.
Full information on
all four prizes is available at https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/games-for-films-contest/overview
The deadline for
submissions is 20 September 2012.
Registration for the Games for Film briefing event is
now open.
The event will be next Weds 15th August from 2 – 4pm at the BFI
Southbank
https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/games-for-films-contest-briefing-event/overview