Living the game
LIVING THE GAME
- Release Date
- March, 3rd, 2018
- Running Time
- 88 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- Blu-ray
- Subtitle
- ,
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP)
[ Directed by ]
[ Cast ]
[ Staff ]
- MIYAGAWA Koichiro ── Cinematography
- Herbert HUNGER ── Editor
- Birger Clausen ── Music
[ Production Company ]
WOWOW, TOKYO VIDEO CENTER, CNEX
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
TOKYO VIDEO CENTER
[ Story ]
Documentary that goes behind the scenes to show the high-stakes competition as professional video-gamers go for victory. Intimately portrays the highs and lows for international gamers who are alternately seen as darlings of our era and social outcasts.
Pro-gamers land huge sponsorship deals and snag prize money at tournaments around the world. Umehara Daigo is two-time champion at the top tournament EVO, where he faces off against Momochi and other rivals. What is the reality of these gamers who attract crazy fan bases around the world, all the while battling society's disapproval?
[ Official Site ]
https://tvfinternational.com/programme/6775/living-the-game
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2017 Hot Docs Film Festival
2017 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festiva
2018 Melbourne Documentary Film Festivall
[ Contact (International) ]
TVF International
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tel: +44 0 20 7837 3000
E-mail: [email protected]
https://tvfinternational.com
