The horror-soaked film festival announces a slew of immersive experiences
When: April 19 — April 22
Where: Bourbon Orleans Hotel | 717 Orleans St. | New Orleans, LA 70116
Price: $380 for an all access pass
Tags: #immersivetheatre, #VR, #ARG, #interactive
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The Overlook Film Festival proudly presents the 2018 special event lineup of Virtual Reality, Live Shows, and exclusive immersive performances, including:
- The world premiere of Delusion: Lies Within, a new VR series written and directed by Jon Braver of Delusion
- A new interactive experience from the creators of Blackout
- The VR experience Wolves In The Walls by Fable Studios, adapted from Neil Gaiman, and created in collaboration with Third Rail Projects
- In Another Room from E3W Productions
- Infinitely Dinner Society: Midnight Snacks from Annie Lesser of The ABC Project
- A festival-wide ARG, The Overlook Immersive Game
Full press release follows:
THE OVERLOOK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL FILM AND EVENT LINEUP, WORLD PREMIERE OF FOUR FEATURES INCLUDING CENTERPIECE FILM ST. AGATHA, LEIGH WHANNELL TO RECEIVE VISIONARY AWARD,
UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB TO OPEN THE FESTIVAL,
HEREDITARY TO BE CLOSING NIGHT FILM
Passes on sale now: www.overlookfilmfest.com
(NEW ORLEANS, LA) — The Overlook Film Festival is proud to announce its second year programming lineup . In addition to the 40 films ( 23 features and 17 short films from 12 countries) on offer, the festival will feature exciting parties, virtual reality, interactive events, and live performances — all taking place in America’s most haunted city: New Orleans, Louisiana.
On opening night of the festival, audience members will enjoy the chiller Unfriended: Dark Web (United States, 2018), from Blumhouse Productions and Bazelevs Productions, directed by Stephen Susco, and starring Colin Woodell, Betty Gabriel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Andrew Lees, Connor del Rio, Stephanie Nogueras, and Savira Windyani.
The Overlook Film Festival will screen A24’s highly anticipated Hereditary (United States, 2018) as its closing feature presentation, directed by Ari Aster, and starring Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne.
The Centerpiece of the 2018 edition of The Overlook Film Festival is St. Agatha , directed by Darren Lynn Bousman , which will hold its world premiere in New Orleans at the festival.
The festival’s Visionary Award will be presented to modern genre favorite Leigh Whannell , best known for writing the first three films in the Saw franchise, as well as Insidious , and I nsidious:
Chapter 2 , and directing Insidious: Chapter 3 . Whannell is an Australian screenwriter, producer, director, and actor who will celebrate his latest directorial effort at the festival, Upgrade . The Visionary Award was established to honor a contemporary horror figure or company elevating the genre, while fostering the community by providing opportunities for new talent to thrive.
In addition to the films and special guests, the Overlook Film Festival will be generously packed with live presentations. The festival’s virtual reality program will feature the world premiere of noted experience creator Jon Braver’s Delusion: Lies Within , a fully immersive, 360 degree episodic narrative from Skybound Entertainment.
Other experiences will run the gamut from live podcasts and storytelling shows, to immersive attractions for an audience of one — including the world premiere of a new show from immersive theater troupe B LACKOUT — and The Overlook Immersive Game, a new alternate reality game that will span the entirety of the festival created by this year’s experience designers Scott Gillies and Nick Tierce, whose credits include a range of interactive projects for companies that include Electronic Arts, Disney, Microsoft, Niantic Labs and Google.
The Overlook Film Festival is programmed by festival co-directors Michael Lerman and Landon Zakheim, and programmer Lili Rodriguez. The schedule, sponsors, and additional surprises will be announced in the coming days.
“We’re so excited to unleash this program onto our devoted audience and new fans in this haunted city” said festival co-director Michael Lerman. “It’s such a great year for horror and the varied nature of this program is really a testament to innovative ways filmmakers are finding to frighten, challenge and celebrate the genre.”
Added co-director Landon Zakheim: “We’ve assembled a wonderfully sordid array of some of our favorite storytellers, performers, and immersive artists to create the signature events and shows that round out our weekend-long summer camp. We can’t wait to share the secrets, surprises, and ghosts of New Orleans with all of you.”
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