Comics vs. Games Jam Video Now Online

The latest video from Endlss Films sums up the adventures and exploits of the TIFF Nexus Comics vs. Games jam. Click to watch.

The RENGA Reaction

The 100-player laser co-op experience RENGA was presented by TIFF Nexus during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, click here to learn what the audience had to say about it!

Comics Vs. Games TCAF Panel Now Online!

The Comics Vs. Games Jam panel that took place at this year's Toronto Comic Arts Festival, which saw jam leader and Black Church Brigadange game developer, Miguel Sternberg, moderate select comic artists and game developers from the project, is finally online! Check out this hour of mirth and insight now!

Dr. Nichole Pinkard's Keynote presentation from New Media Literacies conference

Click the adjacant image to see Dr. Pinkard's talk on the success of the Digital Youth Network program at the TIFF Nexus New Media Literacies Conference on April 20th. Her presentation is followed by an onstage conversation with Debbie Gordon, the director of the kidsmediacentre at Centennial College.

See the Youth New Media Literacy Jammers in Action

Click the adjacant image to watch a short documentary produced by Endless Films outlining the Youth New Media Literacy jam and the fantastic projects that came out of it!

Keynote: Leigh Alexander

Gaming culture is beginning to embrace the idea that it needs more diverse perspectives both on the player side as well as in game development, and there are many positive examples - yet it still has further to go. Find out the where and how by watching Leigh Alexander's keynote presentation from the TIFF Nexus Women in Film, Games and New Media conference that took place on Dec. 9th, 2011 in partnership with WIFT-T. Click to watch.

TIFF Nexus Locative Media Day keynote presentation

Design guru and author of Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design, Bill Buxton discusses how the three rules of digital are more-or-less the same as those for real-estate: location, location, location. Click the adjacent image to watch his entire presentation on Whereable Media now!

News

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11

Jan

TIFF Higher Learning Presents: The Making of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn

By: PeterK

On Jan. 25th, TIFF’s Higher Learning programme is hosting an exciting lunch-time public presentation with Arc Productions Visual Effects Supervisor Terry Bradley, exploring the behind-the-scenes creation of Forward Unto Dawn,
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19

Sep

The [RENGA] Reaction

By: PeterK

Last weekend, the Toronto International Film Festival concluded with the last of the world premieres, red-carpet galas, star-studded parties, and not to mention TIFF Nexus’ own major contribution to the
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10

Sep

What the heck is Renga?!

By: PeterK

While flipping through the mammoth TIFF Programme Book (or tome, some might say), no doubt on your way to the Vanguard or Midnight Madness section, you may have noticed a
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Jul

TIFF Nexus supports Ladies Learning Code 3D Printing Workshop

By: admin

This weekend TIFF Nexus had the pleasure of supporting the Ladies Learning Code Series, “a women-run not-for-profit group working to empower everyone to feel comfortable learning beginner-friendly technical skills in
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May

Indie Game: The Movie Opens May 25th @ the TIFF Bell Lightbox

By: PeterK

Fall in TIFF Nexus brothers and sisters, gaming aficionados, documentary-fans and all those in the mood for the new and the now, for the runaway documentary hit from Sundance and
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Feb

Interactivity rules at TIFF’s February edition of Packaged Goods

By: PeterK

TIFF’s fantastic Packaged Goods series continues its stellar programming of the latest and greatest music videos, commercials and short-form cinema with an evening on February 15th that is so positively
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Dec

Second TIFF Nexus conference inspires!

By: PeterK

The second TIFF Nexus conference took place last Friday afternoon at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, where an enthusiastic audience of industry delegates and students of diverse disciplines engaged in a
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4

Oct

Vids of Interest: Chiptunes Shenanigans @ Nuit Blanche

By: PeterK

Did you miss The Royal Canadian Chiptunes Orchestra’s celebration of video game music with 16 other chiptune/video game cover artists during Nuit Blanche last weekend? Well fortunately for you, we’ve
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4

Oct

Vids of Interest: Chiptunes Orchestra Nuit-Blanche Recipe Remix!

By: PeterK

A handy video-recipe courtesy of the TIFF Bell Lightbox’s Content Capture Department on what it takes to make a rockin’ Nuit Blanche project. Featuring the music of Jeff The World
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Sep

Events of Interest: The Music of the Video Game @ Nuit Blanche

By: PeterK

It is less than a week from the 2011 edition of Toronto’s all-night-art-thing Nuit Blanche, and those scrambling to sort out a schedule for “the-best-excuse-to-stay-up-all-night” would be wise to take
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