Tribeca Film Festival unveils packed
lineup for fi rst-ever Tribeca Games
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Eight video games will go head to head
in a fi rst-of-its-kind event at Tribeca
Film Festival.
Presented by AT&T, the 2021 Tribeca
Festival unveiled its Tribeca Games lineup
for this summer. Eight games will join
as Offi cial Selections of the festival, a
fi rst-of-its-kind opportunity for multiple
video games in a fi lmfestival format since
Rockstar Games’L.A. Noirebecame the fi rst
video game ever to be honored as Offi cial
Selection at the 2011 Festival.
The games will be in competition with
each other for the inaugural Tribeca Games
Award, which honors an unreleased game
for its potential for excellence in art and
storytelling through design, artistic mastery
and highly immersive worlds.
“For over a decade, our mission has been
to be a catalyst for placing games and their
creators at the forefront of mainstream and
artistic culture alongside fi lm, TV and VR/
AR,” said Tribeca Enterprises and Tribeca
Festival Co-Founder and CEO Jane Rosenthal.
“We continue to embrace the cross pollination
and intersection of these storytellers
with this year’s Tribeca Games Offi cial
Selections. And this is just the beginning.”
Tribeca Games will kick off with a special
live outdoor concert hosted by Rockstar
Games at The Battery in New York City.
The show will Red Dead Redemption 2
Original Soundtrack producer, Daniel Lanois,
his band and some very special guests
performing versions of highlight songs from
the video game.
The 2021 Tribeca Festival Games Offi cial
Selections are as follows:
• Harold Halibut (World Premiere)
– Germany
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• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (World Premiere)
– United States
• Lost in Random (World Premiere)
– Sweden
• NORCO (World Premiere) – United
States
• Sable (World Premiere) – United
Kingdom
• Signalis (World Premiere) – Germany
• The Big Con (World Premiere) – Canada
• Twelve Minutes (World Premiere) –
United States
“This year’s selections showcase the
potential for phenomenal storytelling in
interactive experiences, with characters and
worlds that explore the deep connection we
have to ourselves and the world around us,”
said Casey Baltes, Vice President of Tribeca
Games. “From action/adventure to interactive
thriller to intimate point and click
narratives, these selections demonstrate a
range of story and gameplay as well as visual
style. We fell in love with the characters and
the worlds that each game presented to us.”
The Tribeca Games Spotlight, which is an
online showcase of this year’s Offi cial Selections,
will feature exclusive gameplay footage
as part of the Summer Game Fest, a free,
all-digital seasonal event streaming online on
Tribeca’s website, major streaming platforms,
andsummergamesfest.com. Tribeca Games
will also have options for digital experiences as
part of the Tribeca At Home virtual offerings.
From June 11-20, game fans from around the
world can be the fi rst to experience playable
hands-on digital demos, powered by Parsec’s
remote interactive streaming technology, from
emerging and established creators. Demo sessions
may be reserved starting May 24 at www.
tribecafi lm.com/games.
For more information, visit tribecafi lm.
com/festival.
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