This year, the Cannes Film Festival has embraced a unique collaboration by featuring 'Lili', a video game co-produced by iNK Stories and the Royal Shakespeare Company. This innovative piece reinterprets the story of Macbeth in a contemporary Iranian context, particularly focusing on Lady Macbeth’s power struggles. Vassiliki Khonsari calls it a significant moment for the festival, as attendees unfamiliar with gaming find themselves increasingly engaged. Unlike typical festival offerings, this title blends live-action and game mechanics, emphasizing themes of ambition and gender roles within society.
The Cannes festival's Immersive Competition began in 2024, although the lineup doesn't usually feature traditional video games. VR films and projection mapping is the thrust of it, says iNK Stories' other co-founder, Vassiliki's husband Navid Khonsari.
It’s been such an incredible coup to have it as the first video game experience at Cannes, says iNK Stories co-founder Vassiliki Khonsari.
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