SIFFX: VR Opening Night at Seattle
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SIFFX is a brand-new four-day festival within the Seattle International Film Festival showcasing the most current and creative thinking in virtual reality/VR, augmented reality/AR and 360°immersion.
Opening Night will feature a 360º presentation of films by RYOT at the Pacific Science Center Laser Dome!
June 2 · 7:00pm · Pacific Science Center Laser Dome
Join us at 6:00pm on the Red Carpet, and stay for the after party with DJ Darek Mazzone, a 360º Photo Booth, and DIY video projection.
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Tower
Director Keith Maitland and Cinematographer Sarah Wilson Scheduled to Attend
Winner of the Grand Jury and Audience Award at SXSW, this suspenseful documentary shrewdly animates several eyewitness accounts to provide a moment-by-moment chronicle of the 1966 massacre at the University of Texas, America's first mass school shooting.
June 2 · 6:30pm · SIFF Cinema Uptown
June 3 · 4:00pm · AMC Pacific Place 11
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A Song for You: The Austin City Limits Story
Director Keith Maitland and Cinematographer Sarah Wilson Scheduled to Attend
Take a sweet-sounding peek behind the music of the PBS series "Austin City Limits," the longest-running music show in television history, which has featured many of the greatest musicians of our time—from Willie Nelson to Radiohead, Ray Charles to Alabama Shakes.
June 2 · 9:00pm · SIFF Cinema Uptown
June 4 · 3:00pm · SIFF Cinema Uptown
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Keynote Speaker: Nonny de la Peña
June 4 · 6:30pm
Journalist Nonny de la Peña, known as the Godmother of Virtual Reality, will share her decades of experience exploring the potential of VR.
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360º Northwest
June 3 · 5:00pm
From first-time efforts to high-end productions, see how Seattle artists are exploring moving images in 360 degrees.
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Conversation with Tom Furness
June 4 · 2:00pm
Join us for what promises to be a back-to-the-future conversation with the Grandfather of VR Tom Furness.
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X-Galleries
June 3 - 5
Try on the headset for your own VR/AR experience at three locations. Featuring a Nonny de la Pena Retrospective and interactive work from virtual artists around the globe.
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