2017 – Breakthroughs in Storytelling awards

Collisions

A VR journey to the homeland of indigenous elder Nyarri Morgan in the remote Western Australian desert.

Field Trip to Mars

An ordinary school bus ride becomes an incredible space journey.

Firewatch

A mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person at the other end of a handheld radio.

Giant

Parents struggle to distract their young daughter by inventing a fantastical tale. SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Inside

A visually expressive game that taps into dark areas of the collective unconscious.

Inside: Artists and Writers in Reading Prison

Reading Prison is thrown open for the first time to honor its most celebrated inmate: Oscar Wilde.

Laura Poitras: Astro Noise

An immersive art installation on mass surveillance, the war on terror, and the U.S. drone program.

Riot (Prototype)

A London filmmaker uses A.I. to create an emotionally responsive video experience.

Saydnaya: Inside a Syrian Torture Prison

Usng architectural and acoustic modeling, researchers help victims reconstruct their experience of incarceration.

The Swedish Number

Sweden got its own phone number and invited the world to call. BREAKTHROUGH AWARD WINNER

These Memories Won’t Last

A graphic artist deals with loss of memory in a compelling and very personal way.

Stuart Campbell, also known as Sutu, is a writer, a graphic

Westworld (Season 1)

HBO’s hit television series addresses the moral quandaries of A.I. in a meta-story about interactive narrative.

The Breakthroughs in Storytelling Awards are presented by the Columbia University School of the Arts' Digital Storytelling Lab

2017 | Breakthroughs in Storytelling awards