FITC :: Inspire. Educate. Challenge.

What's it all about anyway? Why should I go?

This day is about connecting today's best practices with future possibles and envisioning multiple ways that stories might be told. It will change the way you think, design and communicate.

Digital Storytelling X.1 brings together visionary thinkers and innovative trail blazers for an in-depth discussion of emergent trends, best practices, and inspiring projects, to sketch out ideas of where we may be heading next and how to make your projects part of those futures.

Who is this event for?

If you're a digital creative wanting to make the experience of your projects richer, more engaging and more immersive or if you're a film and/or tv content creator interested in working in the digital media industry, this day is for you, because slapping on a twitter feed or creating a character profile for your project is so last year's update.

The $10,000 Storytelling Project Competition

This is a unique opportunity for those working on innovative long-form story ideas to gain access to financial contributions to further their projects towards accessing production financing. FITC Events and its partners in the Ontario Long-form Interactive Narrative Initiative (INI) are making a maximum of $10,000 available for no less than two Ontario-based projects. Information on the Competition application process has been posted here. We will be selecting up to 6 entries to pitch live, at Storytelling X.1, and you, the audience, will help decide the winner! To be eligible to pitch your project, you must be registered to attend Storytelling X.1. Details

The Interactive Narratives Initiatives

The Storytelling X.1 symposium is one of four components of The Interactive Narratives Initiatives project. INI, a project conceived and developed by C3/Communitech in support of FITC and it's secondary partners, will be introducing to Ontarian storytellers a new software system that is a new way of telling stories. Shapeshifting Media Technology is the very latest in interactive content management software – by introducing a new media architecture featuring an adaptive nature that can change the users' experiences on the fly during the playback of audiovisual content. In doing so, creators of audiovisual content in Ontario will be able to display their present content in a more engaging fashion than is possible with more traditional linear film or TV techniques.

INI is also made up of a series of components involving our secondary partners : Women in Film & Television (WIFT), Augmented Reality Lab at York University, CFC Media Lab, Communitech, Digital Arts & Technology Association (DATA), and the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC). INI is funded by the OMDC and lead by FITC.

For more information please contact Kathleen Webb.

FITC Background

FITC has produced events over 48 events over the last 10 years with over 15,000 attendees through 18 cities around the world. From Flash to Motion Design, Mobile and more, FITC events each stand as unique and exciting experiences that inspire, educate and challenge. We have also collaborated on dozens of other projects widening our scope and allowing us to bring you the best events out there when it comes to content, networking and of course great parties! For more information about FITC, please see our About FITC Page.