Grand Theft Auto 5 shows up at this weekend's New York Film Festival
Rockstar is crashing the New York Film Festival and its Convergence series, which runs September 28 - 30, with two panels and a concert featuring Grand Theft Auto 5 developers and composers.
The first panel, on Sunday, September 29 at 3:30PM, is a master class in storytelling from the GTA5 creative team, called "Visit Los Santos and Blaine County: The World of Grand Theft Auto V." A concert on Monday, September 30 stars game musicians Tangerine Dream, Woody Jackson, and The Alchemist and Oh No, starting at 9PM at the Church of Saint Paul the Apostle.
The third event is part of NYFF Live, an event that's free to the public, and it features all of the game's composers. This panel takes place on October 1 at 8PM.
Tickets for the concert and Sunday's panel go live on the NYFF site tomorrow, September 27 at 10AM.
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We're honored to have Grand Theft Auto V participate as an official selection for this year's New York Film Festival Convergence Program. As part of the celebration, we'll be hosting a pair of official panel discussions at the festival, along with a special concert featuring the composers of the game's dynamic score.
The first panel takes place on Sunday, September 29th at 3:30 PM at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (144 West 65th Street) and will focus on the storytelling and development of GTAV - topics will include the unique process for creating a piece of interactive entertainment, how three playable characters allows for a different type of storytelling and how we created the living, breathing world of Los Santos and Blaine County. The panel will be moderated by Adam Sessler and include select members of the Rockstar Games team.
On Monday, September 30th we'll be hosting a special concert event at the Church of Saint Paul the Apostle featuring GTAV score composers Tangerine Dream, Woody Jackson, The Alchemist and Oh No along with an ensemble of musicians performing a mix of tracks from the game's score. The concert starts at 9PM and tickets are extremely limited.
The Amphitheater at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center will also play host to a special edition of NYFF LIVE, a free-to-the-public event discussing the music of GTAV on Tuesday, October 1st at 8PM, featuring all of the game's composers as well as our own soundtrack supervisor and moderated by Ryan Schreiber, founder of Pitchfork Media.
Tickets for Sunday's panel and the concert will be available starting at 10AM on Friday, September 27th at the New York Film Festival site. For more information about this year's New York Film Festival, visit their official website, or download their free app for iOS or Android devices.
