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In 2004 REAL: life on film will showcase a range of innovative interactive documentaries that exploit the technological possibilities of this emerging medium to present exceptional and engaging non-fiction works. Interact with these works during the festival in the ACMI Studio or explore them via the REAL website.
Escape from Woomera
Escape from Woomera project team, Australia, 2003
Escape from Woomera is a highly contentious video game that invites players to assume the character of a modern-day refugee in detention raising significant questions about the documentary genre, the detention of refugees and their representation through the game.
http://www.escapefromwoomera.org
Sounds Like Techno
JD Mittman, Australia, 2003
This vibrant and engaging interactive work explores the genesis of techno music from its early days in Detroit, USA to the dance floors of Australia.
http://www.soundsliketechno.com
The Wrong Crowd
Debra Beattie, Australia, 2002
The Wrong Crowd is a unique and personal journey that traces the filmmaker's first encounter with police brutality with the death of her mother's first husband to the continuing police cover-ups and inquiries in late 1980s Queensland.
http://www.abc.net.au/wrongcrowd
Bodysong
Simon Pummell, UK, 2003
Bodysong is an engaging interactive work that features an innovative 3D interface allowing the user to navigate across time and space to select from and explore hundreds of images representing the human life cycle in all its beautiful and grotesque forms.
