Game Companion / Cape and Cowl
Addison Theater: (Thursday) 9:00 PM - 9:45 PM
Presented by: Short Film Submissions
GAME COMPANION:
Come see the short cosplay / gamer film ''Game Companion'' which won best of show at the Chattacon Film Festival, and was sold out at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival.
Thirty-something Bob lives downstairs in his mom's house, works in fast food and has one friend. His greatest accomplishment is making it to master in a fighter-style video game, permitting him a game companion, Kimiko, which turns out to be real. Kimiko is impressed with Bob as a ''great warrior'', but when she starts to discover he is not very important in his own world, her enthusiasm fades...
CAPE AND COWL:
Cape and Cowl is a genre-bending documentary short exploring the world of ''cosplay,'' or costume play. Abby Polakow, a costume designer, creates costumes for those wanting to take their appreciation of comic books to a new level. The ''cosplayers'' reveal how wearing costumes affects them on a more personal level. Rated: Everyone |
