SpilBar 61: A Fair Game?
Join us at SpilBar 61 for a conversation on gender in games and a screening of a short documentary, showcasing the journeys of game professionals breaking barriers in the game industry.
This special event will premiere the documentary ”FAIR GAME” that displays how people with different backgrounds enter the industry, how their origin informs the making of games, and how the state of gender diversity has evolved and is taken more seriously in the industry.
Before the screening, IO Interactive will describe how they are working on creating an inclusive workplace aiming to cultivate and retain diverse talent.
Following the screening, there will be a panel featuring some of the participants from the documentary with insights, stories, successes, challenges, and experiences with making games in Denmark and abroad.
The documentary has been created as part of the EU-funded project FAIR GAME.
As usual, everybody is welcome and no sign-up is needed. And as an extra treat, this version of Spilbar features an Open Call for any and all who wish to present their game in front of a live audience. All you need to do is to sign up by using this form.
Program:
16:30: Welcome and introduction to the FAIR GAME project and the documentary by Thomas Vigild and Emil Lundedal Hammar (Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts)
16:40: Marina Surdu (IO Interactive): How IO works with diversity, recruitment and retention
16:50: Documentary: FAIR GAME - The Stories of Creative Women Making Games
17:20: Short break
17:40: Q&A with the participants in the documentary: Marléne Delrive (Autoscope Interactive / Triband), Helena Sokol (Flashbulb), Lisa Maurer (Triband), Marina Surdu (IO Interactive). Moderated by Eszther Várhidi (Affecture)
18:20: Announcements
18:30: Mingling and refreshments in Asta Bar
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About the FAIR GAME project
The FAIR GAME project is co-financed by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission. FAIR GAME seeks to promote gender balance in higher education institutions and specifically in the field of design through video game development programs. Likewise, it works towards the creation of inclusive ecosystems, improvement of women’s digital skills and promoting successful careers of women related to video game development. The project includes initiatives, such as a summer program on Design & Unreal Engine + documentary on women in games + a best practice guide for game companies and education institutions + informal learning events + a significant women empowerment week in collaboration with IO Interactive. For more information, including download links for the best practice guide, please visit https://fairgameproject.eu/
About the documentary
The FAIR GAME documentary explores the different journeys of women working with making games, where the film interviews different types of game professionals to gain insight into their backgrounds, how they entered the industry, what the experiences are, and how things are looking for future reference. The documentary identifies entryways to working with games, how different backgrounds inform the making of games, and how the state of gender diversity has evolved and taken more seriously in the industry. The documentary will be put up online
Spilbar 61 is sponsored by:
About SpilBar
Since 2010, SpilBar has gathered professionals and interested in and around the games industry for talks and mingling. The talks are always based around ideas worth spreading and meant to be inspirational and always in a format that is open to everyone. The talks are always followed by time to meet and mingle.
SpilBar is curated by Thomas Vigild (DADIU) and Kristine Ploug (National Film School of Denmark) with support from DFI.
The SpilBar format was developed by Interactive Denmark, Thomas Vigild and Kristine Ploug.
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