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Naataplawuqatsi (Life as Play)

Naataplawuqatsi is about life and civilization. It could be about our lives or it could be about the ones in a game. Naataplawuqatsi tells its short story using in-game footage of the video game Cities: Skylines and communicates with imagery and music that should remind you of such films as Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka. Taking obvious inspiration from the Qatsi trilogy, Naataplawuqatsi is also a Hopi (Uto-Aztecan) word that probably means life as play... or maybe should mean life as... simulation...

  • Olivier Bonenfant
    Director
  • Olivier Bonenfant
    Writer
  • Olivier Bonenfant
    Key Cast
    "Player"
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Other
  • Genres:
    videogame, machinima
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 15, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Animation
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Filmonik Melbourne
    Melbourne
    Australia
    July 28, 2016
    Premiere
  • Long week-end du court
    Trois-Rivières
    Canada
    September 24, 2016
    North American Premiere
    Selection
  • Milan Machinima Film Festival
    Milan
    Italy
    March 13, 2020
    Europe Premiere
    Selection
Director Biography - Olivier Bonenfant

Olivier Bonenfant has been an Indie Filmmaker, TV Director and VFX artist for AAA video games at Ubisoft Montreal as well as VFX artist on feature films since 2004. Originally from Quebec, Olivier had the chance to shoot short films in Canada, the USA, France, Belgium, Russia, Sweden and Madagascar as part of the Kino Movement and has now been living in Australia for 5 years, growing with the open group Filmonik Melbourne and earning a living as a Senior Motion Graphics Artist in advertising.

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