Games You Can't Win

Games You Can't Win (2016)

A​ transgender woman, a sufferer of severe mental illness​, and the parents of a child with cancer transform their experiences into intensely personal video games.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2016-03-17
  • Runtime: 0h 8min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Chicken & Egg Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: David Osit, Malika Zouhali-Worrall.

Summary

Games You Can’t Win explores “empathy” gaming, a new video game movement in which developers are sharing some of their most intimate or traumatic personal experiences through artful, documentary-style video games. Using a combination of intimate verité footage and video capture from the games, the short film tells the stories of three developer and the personal experiences that inspired their game.

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  • Ryan Green

    as Self
  • Amy Green

    as Self
  • Matt Gilgenbach

    as Self
  • Anna Anthropy

    as Self
Directing David Osit Director
Directing Malika Zouhali-Worrall Director

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