BAF Game

The Art of Gaming

2006 sees the continuation of the Festival's commitment to showcase the flourishing relationship between the worlds of animation, film and video games with BAF Game. In partnership with the University of Bradford, BAF Game will feature talks, discussions and workshops led by industry experts that explore the creative side of gaming in all its forms.

As gaming technology continues to push new boundaries, BAF Game 2006 questions what effects this will have on the creative nature of video games. Just how much further can game aesthetics evolve? How vast can virtual worlds become? And what new ways of interaction will emerge to create an even more immersive gaming experience?

Insiders from the games industry will attempt to uncover the answers as well as offering advice on how to break into this highly creative and imaginative profession whether as an animator, modeller, concept artist, scriptwriter or game designer.

BAF Game Passes (£30 / £15) BUY ONLINE or call 0870 70 10 200
A BAF Game Pass gives you delegate status and allows free entry to all BAF Game talks and workshops. Tickets for other Festival events must be booked separately.

BAF Game Programme

Guest Host: Keith Stuart

We are pleased to announce that games journalist, Keith Stuart, will host this year's BAF Game. Keith Stuart is a veteran technology journalist with ten year's experience of writing about videogame culture. An ex-features editor of industry bible Edge magazine, Stuart is now a daily contributor to the Guardian's Gamesblog website and a fortnightly columnist for the newspaper's technology supplement. As a freelance writer he has contributed to dozens of magazines including Edge, Official PlayStation2, PC Gamer, T3, FHM, Sleaze Nation, Frieze and FourFourTwo.

Wed 15 Nov		Venue	Duration (mins)
3.30pm	Showreel Spotlight	P	90
Thurs 16 Nov
10.50am	BAF Game: Introduction	U	10
11.00am	Charles Cecil, Revolution Software	U	60
12.00pm	Andy Brunton, Lionhead Studios	U	60
2.00pm	Mike Cawood, Rare	U	60
3.00pm	Escaping the Gaming Stigma Panel	U	90
Fri 17 Nov
10.00am	Sony Workshop	U	180
10.30am	Best New Machinima	C	60
1.30pm	William Latham	U	60
2.30pm	Introversion	U	60
4.30pm	Digital Panorama	C	60
Sat 18 Nov
11.00am	Machinima Workshop	U	180

Into the Pixel: An Exhibition of the Art of the Video Game

For the duration of BAF06, Pictureville Bar will be hosting a selection of stunning game concept artwork from the ‘Into the Pixel' Exhibition, in partnership with GameCity. Work included first premiered at E3 in May 2006 and has been curated by experts from world-renowned art museums, cutting edge galleries and interactive industry veterans. Take a look at the official website to get a taste of the exceptional work that has been selected: www.intothepixel.com

Venues:

P = Pictureville Cinema, NMPFT, U = Bradford University,
C = Cubby Broccoli Cinema, NMPFT