Interactive television: Old, tiring gimmick or future of the medium? You choose

In May, Netflix forayed once again into the world of interactive storytelling and released Kimmy vs the Reverend, a special of its acclaimed comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The movie—which arrived 16 months after Bandersnatch, the much discussed Black Mirror’s interactive episode—was ...

Remote Storytelling: When A Computer Screen Is The Only Set You’ve Got

In this time of widespread remote working and intense video calling, my computer screen is the only interface between me and the outside world for hours on end. I’m not complaining. A computer screen is a magical environment where just a few inches of a thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display ...

How animation studios and artists work their magic on TikTok

One week ago, Laika—the Oregon-based stop motion animation studio behind films like Coraline, The Boxtrolls, and Missing Link—won everyone’s heart with a funny and endearing 1-minute TikTok video mixing live action and animation. No one ever said animating was safe. Follow us on #tiktok to se...

“No cameras were harmed during production”: 5 films done without a camera

Cinema was invented over a hundred years ago and certainly, a lot of water has flowed under the bridge. But of all the techniques and trends we’ve seen come and go, the most peculiar one is the very antithesis of the art itself: films made without a camera. By Benjamin Pineros   Ever since th...

5 Film Festivals That Went Online

Online festivals have been appearing since the late ‘90s, yet, the format so far has been more of a rarity than a predominating trend. But in a world forced to self-isolate, what is currently the exception might well become the new norm. Opening ceremony of the 14th Busan International Film Fe...