SCADFILM presents SCAD GamingFest 2022
ATLANTA — April 2022 — The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is thrilled to announce the return of SCADFILM’s signature SCAD GamingFest, streaming live to global audiences April 28–29, 2022.
SCAD GamingFest 2022 will feature two days of special guests, compelling programming, and engaging sessions dedicated to emerging technology and trends in game development, digital media, interactive design, visual effects, and animation. Conversations at the highly anticipated festival will ignite imagination and creativity for SCAD students and gaming fans across all genres and showcase what’s next in the world of gaming and real-time entertainment.
"SCAD Bees develop industry-defining, genre-shaping, award-winning games like Home Is Where the Hearth Is from the moment they step on campus, which is why Bees get hired by the biggest gaming companies in the world," said SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace. "Sony, Nintendo, and Activision Blizzard seek out SCAD grads to build and transform the future of the industry. SCAD’s investment in our Bees and next-level technology such as SCAD’s XR stage are unparalleled and rival every major studio globally. SCAD is where gaming giants hire and where innovators take flight."
Insightful sessions on NFTs in gaming, the gaming metaverse, state-of-the-art advances in virtual production and immersive reality, and creating celestial drone installations for gaming and entertainment are a highlight of this year’s festival programming. Industry leaders and luminaries from 42 Entertainment, Epic Games, and Riot Games are featured guests for this year’s programming, plus a conversation with exceptional SCAD alumni working in all facets of interactive design who will share stories of personal success in their careers.
Excellence in SCAD student work will be presented with a look inside the award-winning game Home Is Where the Hearth Is and an on-demand animation showcase featuring a range of styles and techniques in films produced entirely by students.
Prolific actor, voice artist, and producer Keith David will accept the SCAD GamingFest Icon Award, celebrating his contributions to his illustrious career and extensive voice work in gaming. Distinguished actor, screenwriter, director, and producer David Hayter will be presented with the SCAD GamingFest Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Award, honoring his notable entertainment career.
Dynamic panels and conversations streaming live with industry leaders at SCAD GamingFest include:
- Industry Insights: The ABCs of NFTs
- Games for Good: Schell Games’ Lost Recipes
- Building the Metaverse
- Behind the Magic: Virtual Production with Industrial Light & Magic’s StageCraft
- Special screening of Uncharted (available on digital Tuesday, April 26 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray, and DVD Tuesday, May 10)
Superlative SCAD student- and alumni-dedicated sessions include:
- Alumni Voices
- The Making of SCAD Student Game Home Is Where
- the Hearth Is
- Brief to Sky: Creative Problem Solving for Drone Shows
- In Conversation: Inclusive Character Design in Gaming
- Crafting Immersive Realities with 42 Entertainment/Animal Repair Shop
- Player Dynamics: Shared Experience Storytelling
- SCAD Animation Showcase, available on-demand through the entirety of the festival
ON-DEMAND SCREENING:
SCAD Animation Showcase
SCAD animation students learn and work in a growing field that has ascended to preeminence in the entertainment industry. See how it all comes together and enjoy animated storytelling at its finest in the SCAD Animation Showcase, featuring a range of styles and techniques in films produced entirely by students. Screen anytime during the designated screening window.
SCADFILM
SCADFILM produces premier events for students and professionals working in film, television, animation, gaming, AR/VR, performing arts, and video production. Audiences experience year-round programming that includes screenings, master classes, and behind-the-scenes presentations from industry luminaries. SCADFILM’s events calendar includes SCAD AnimationFest, SCAD TVfest, and SCAD GamingFest, plus a Summer Storytelling Series.
The preeminent authority in film and television with the only university-run casting office in the country, SCAD is driving the multibillion-dollar film and television industry in Atlanta, Business Facilities Magazine’s No. 1 city for film production, and Savannah, MovieMaker’s No. 1 small city for filmmaking. SCAD students, alumni, and faculty have won Oscars, Grammys, Emmys, Golden Reels, Tonys, Annies, and more. More than 8,100 SCAD students and alumni work in the fields of animation, entertainment, motion pictures, media production, writing, editing, broadcast media, and performing arts, with over 2,800 in Georgia alone.
SCAD: The University for Creative Careers
SCAD is a private, nonprofit, accredited university, offering more than 100 graduate and undergraduate degree programs across locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Lacoste, France; and online via SCADnow.
SCAD enrolls more than 15,700 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 120 countries. The future-minded SCAD curriculum engages professional-level technology and myriad advanced learning resources, affording students opportunities for internships, professional certifications, and real-world assignments with corporate partners through SCADpro, the university’s renowned research lab and prototype generator. SCAD is No. 1 in the U.S., according to Art & Object’s 2021 Best Art Schools ranking, with additional top rankings for degree programs in interior design, architecture, film, fashion, digital media, and more. Career success is woven into every fiber of the university, resulting in a superior alumni employment rate. For the past four years, 99% of SCAD graduates were employed, pursuing further education, or both within 10 months of graduation. SCAD provides students and alumni with ongoing career support through personal coaching, alumni programs, a professional presentation studio, and more.