Filmbase, the not-for-profit resource centre for filmmakers, has announced a special panel discussion open to the public entitled; Press Play: Exploring New Opportunities where Movies, Music and Video Games Converge at 6:30pm on Thursday November 17th at their headquarters in Temple Bar, Dublin.
Filmbase, supported by PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual video games, and IMRO have assembled a panel of industry experts from the film, music and video games industries to explore the exciting prospect of increased collaboration between the sectors and the opportunities arising from this. Each of the experts has real-world experience in collaborating across the three industries and collectively have been involved with hugely successful ventures such as Bejeweled, Prince of Persia, Mission Impossible and Massive Attack to name a few.
The panel contains Andrew S. Walsh (Screenwriter/Director), Paul Breslin (PopCap Games), Daniel Spencer (Pegbar – Animation), Steve Lindsey (elevate Music / IMRO Board Member) and Gregory Magee (Composer). Well known music and games journalist Joe Griffin will MC the panel.
The event is free to attend; places are limited so please book your place by contacting Clare Creely of Filmbase on clare@nullfilmbase.ie or telephone (01) 679 6716. More details are available at www.filmbase.ie/pressplay.
There will also be a special address from Forfás who wrote a report entitled; THE GAMES SECTOR IN IRELAND: AN ACTION PLAN FOR GROWTH.
Alan Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of Filmbase. said: “Ireland has seen an explosion of growth in the media and gaming sectors in recent years. Advances in technology keep bringing these relatively new industries closer and closer to the traditional film, animation and music sectors. Filmbase felt it was the right time to bring representatives of each industry together to discuss the opportunities that are beginning to emerge as a result of this rapid convergence. We hope that Press Play will stimulate a valuable discussion about the current state of the creative industries in Ireland and where the real opportunities for growth and collaboration for the future can be developed.”
Filmbase is a not-for-profit resource centre for filmmakers supported by the Arts Council
