Games on! NTI at the NFT

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PRESS RELEASE
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Games on! NTI* [*non trivial interaction] at the NFT
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The bfi National Film Theatre (NFT) is pleased to announce that this weekend's exciting new film and videogame event NTI* (*non-trivial interaction) will take place as scheduled on Saturday and Sunday (9 and 10 July). In partnership with RES, NTI* is the first-ever videogame culture event to be held at the bfi NFT and offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore what's happening in the pioneering zone where films and games intersect.

The weekend features talks, exclusive previews of forthcoming games and films, live cinematic-sized game play in a classic arcade, machinima screenings and discussions with some of the industry's leading games developers, designers and writers.

In a late change to the programme we are thrilled to announce that on Saturday afternoon we will show an exclusive playable demonstration of the forthcoming Sir Sean Connery-voiced James Bond game From Russia With Love. Participants at NTI* will be able to play an entire level of the game at our specially-constructed videogames arcade as well as other titles featured over the weekend.

Stuart Brown, events director at the NFT said: "We are delighted that a company of the importance of Electronics Arts – a global leader in its field – has really got behind the event and supported us in this way. It's a tremendous coup that we are able to offer a preview of this cutting-edge 007 game. It's a great precedent for future NTI* events."

The games arcade will also house retro and contemporary arcade machines, home platforms and videogame set-ups including a back-projected Star Wars trilogy and an authentic sit-in Star Wars cockpit cab.

In other changes to the listed programme, screenwriter and director Roger Avary is unable to attend the event. In his place, however, we are thrilled to introduce Katie Elwood, narrative producer of the smash-hit Sony title Inside the Getaway. As well as offering a unique insight into the production processes behind this incredible game, Katie Elwood is giving NTI* an exclusive first look at a real-time demonstration of the next-generation of the game running on a Playstation 3.

The Pitch session on Sunday evening has also been cancelled.