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Welcome to the #IFM, Interactive Film and Media Annual #Conference, where innovation, collaboration, and exploration converge at the intersection of storytelling and technology.

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#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · 2d

• Deadline: before 11 Nov 2025 (GMT)
• Publish your project in Stornaway
• Email the link to: [email protected]

Even if you didn’t attend the June conference, you’re welcome to join and share a short interactive piece during the session. See you online!

#IFM2026 #InteractiveMedia

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · 2d

Prompt questions:

• Does resonance in daily life solve problems, aggravate them, or create new ones?
• How might resonance build more meaningful connections?
• How could these connections shape responses to crises, foster resilience, solidarities, and collective action?

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · 2d

Call for Participants #CfP

Create a short interactive pilot film (fiction, documentary, experimental, or hybrid) using Stornaway (free) that engages this year’s theme, Resonances.

You can ground your piece in a place/space: your community, home, workplace, or yourself.

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · 2d

Stornaway Hands-On Workshop on Interactive Storytelling
Free · Online · Open to All
Date & Time: 11 Nov 2025, 6:00–7:00 pm (GMT)
Hosts: Stornaway × IFM

Format: Interactive review & discussion + guided software walkthrough

#InteractiveStorytelling #Stornaway #IFM

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · 2d

Hosted online and facilitated by leading universities, our conference is a global gathering of minds dedicated to exploring the adaptive world of interactivity.

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · 2d

This interdisciplinary event is a hub for researchers, practitioners, filmmakers, artists, VR and game designers, and media producers. We prioritize debate, interactive workshops, and research-creation demonstrations, fostering connections and inspiring thought-provoking conversations.

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · 2d

#IFM2026 🗓️ 9–12 June 2026.
The Interactive Film and Media Annual Conference

Theme: “Yet-To-Be-Known.”

The Interactive Film and Media Annual Conference explores digital narratives' transformative impact across various domains, including games, literature, films, journalism, and art.

About & Editions | Interactive Film & Media Journal

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#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

And that concludes the 7th interactive film and media conference! 🎞️🤍

Thank you to all the presenters, facilitators, participants, organizers, and volunteers who made #IFM2025 an insightful and thought-provoking event.

As we end let’s reflect and hold onto what we’ve learned. Until next year. 💭 💫🌍

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

Takeaways towards #IFM2026:
1) how can we form responsive relationships?
2) how can we remain open to being changed?
3) how can we interact and communicate through art/media?

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are currently discussing what is your embodied experience of a resonance? ⚡️💻

Share your thoughts! 🧠🙌

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

Happening how closing session at #IFM2025 🌐 With Dale Hudson.

A reflective wrap-up of this year’s theme of resonance to aid in exploring impactful dialogue of interactive film and media. ✨🎭

What resonated with you the most over the past four days?💬

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

torontomu.zoom.us

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are having an insightful discussion about how interactive media can be used to retell stories and forgotten histories.

Please share your thoughts we’d love to hear your opinion. 🎡⚡️

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

Happening now at #IFM2025 💠
Resonating Histories: Guaman Poma and Machiavelli in Pixel Art
Presented by Nico Valdivia Hennig.

Can pixel art challenge how we remember history? Join the convo. ⬇️

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

torontomu.zoom.us

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

Caterina Sartori
Now live at #IFM2025 🛋️
Living Room: An Interactive Documentary, presented by Caterina Sartori.

What does it mean to feel “at home”?

Share your thoughts on interactive storytelling.📡🎥

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

torontomu.zoom.us

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are talking about how we can share resonance and care across species. 🐾

What do you think? Come join the conversation live. 🎙️💫

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

On now at #IFM2025 🪩
Senses and Sense-ability: From Care to Resonance presented by Sabine Winter.

Can care be a language?
Sabine Winter explores how we communicate through touch, presence, and feelings that builds resonance and solidarity beyond words.

Let us know your thoughts? Come join us.✍️

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

torontomu.zoom.us

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are having a nuanced conversation about resonance and dissonance within virtual media.

What are your thoughts? 🎯✨🎮

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

Now presenting at #IFM2025🤖
Ludonarrative Media as a Bridge Toward the Complexity Out There
by Pratama Wirya Atmaja, Andreas Nugroho Sihananto, Tri Puspa RinJeni & Rizka Hadiwiyanti.

What are your thoughts on ludonarrative media?

Find the presenters here:@pratamawirya @ANSihananto @PuspaRinjeni

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

torontomu.zoom.us

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

Live at #IFM2025 👾
Howlround: Urban Resonances and Feedback Loops in the Art of Loopntale
Presented by Melanie Wilmink.

This presentation tunes into urban landscapes as tools for storytelling.

How do cities speak through sound? Let us know your thoughts 👇

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

torontomu.zoom.us

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are currently having an interesting discussion on collaboration within academia and beyond. And some of the challenges that arise within collaboration. 🤝🪻💫

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 13

Happening now at #IFM2025 🎤
The last interactive session for the year on Interactive Dialogue: Resonance + Collectives, presented by Liz Miller.

Stories don’t always come from a single voice — they echo across many.

What stands out to you? Join the discussion below. 🔊📍

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

torontomu.zoom.us

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 12

That concludes Day 3 of the #IFM2025 conference.☺️
Thank you to everyone that presented and participated today.

If you haven’t already, make sure to tune in tomorrow, as it is the final day of the conference and you won’t want to miss it!!

See you tomorrow! 📽️🌟🎉

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 12

Interactivity gives the impression that we, too, can create a movie like the ones illustrates in her presentation.

How does the use of amateur or found footed shift are understanding of memory authorship and who gets to tell history?

Pleae share your thoughts below. 🎬🌎

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 12

Currently at #IFM2025 🎞

Recycling Images and Creating New Meanings: The Use of Amateur and Family Photographies in Brazilian Contemporary Short Movies, presented by Sabrina Tenório Luna. (@sabrinaluna)

Archives, memory, and creativity through the lens of the personal.

What are your thoughts?

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IFM2025 Resonances Online Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

torontomu.zoom.us

#IFM Network @ifmnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 12

This panel raised questions around empathy and resonance within interactive fiction and how we these narratives evoke emotions within the reader.

How does this topic resonate with you? ✨

#IFM2025