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Tech Doc Fest
February 1, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - February 3, 2018 @ 10:00 pm
Tech Doc Fest 2018 Kicks Off with Cyborg Documentaries and a Red Carpet Party at The Factory Luxe, February 1-3, 2018
Programming Includes Tech-themed Documentaries on Piracy, AI, Bio-hacking, Along with Filmmaker MasterClass ‘Tech Doc Talks’ and Interactive Media Exhibit
Presented by Living Computers: Museum + Labs, Tech Doc Fest, the world’s first and only technology-focused documentary film festival, announces its schedule and lineup, February 1-3, 2018, at The Factory Luxe
Produced by Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival (STIFF), Tech Doc Fest intersects arts, culture, education and storytelling with technology.
Opening night kicks off with feature documentary Cyborgs Among Us followed by short doc Cyborgs; Should We Be Better Than We Are, whose director and special guest Victoria Sutton will speak about the legal Issues involving bodyhacking.
Tech Doc Talks: guests will dive into documentary storytelling tactics and the creative process with visiting filmmakers. In addition to Sutton, STEM high school student/drone filmmaker Mathias Yun Hao Foster, UW Professor Faisal Hossain (producer, Cotton Fields from the Ivory Tower) and Jose Garcia (director, Detective X) will share insights.
Filmmaker MasterClass: Visiting filmmaker Philip Shane, whose short documentary ReWalk showcases paralyzed veterans learning to move with assistance of a revolutionary technology, will present a free masterclass on directing and editing documentary films. Shane co-directed and edited Being Elmo, winner of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury prize.
