Cannes Film Festival Dives in the Fortnite Metaverse with Brut; Promo Teaser Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)
04.05.2022 - 15:43
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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBrut, Cannes’s new official partner, is bringing the world’s biggest film festival in the metaverse with Epic Games’ hit vidgame Fortnite. Under the ground-breaking experiment, the festival’s famous backdrop will be recreated in Fortnite, allowing gamers to experience Cannes through the eyes of three different characters: a journalist, who will father material and conduct interview; an actor, who will do an audition with a major director, take part in a photocall and walk the red carpet; or a director who will have to find the pages for a script that have been lost across the city, send them to a producer, gather the team together and climb the steps of the Palais for a film premiere.
Other additional quests will be available and will cover more engaged subjects like climate change or issues around inclusion and diversity in the film industry. Each character will have its own storyline and some quests to follow that will lead players to stroll the Promenade de la Croisette with friends, discover the Palais des Festivals, pose for pictures on the red carpet, climb the famous steps, unlock hidden locations and collect Fortnite special effects.Here is an exclusive teaser promo of the gaming experiment: The immersive operation is one of the several tech-driven initiatives spearheaded by Brut to make the Cannes Film Festival more accessible to a wider audience, including younger demos.
“It was important to us to be able to steer the Cannes Film Festival into a format used by the next generations. The largest film festival in the world should be accessible to everyone: video game platforms are the perfect way to engage with this generation,” said Guillaume Lacroix, co-founder and CEO
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