Thank You For Playing — Trailer

source:   kickstarter.com, thankyouforplayingfilm.com

added: Fri, Feb 26th '16

When his year-old son was diagnosed with terminal cancer, indie video-game developer Ryan Green decided to channel his pain and grief into his work. The project became an autobiographical videogame called "That Dragon, Cancer."

A brutally honest depiction of his son's life and his four-year battle with the disease, the point-and-click game acts as a kind of virtual-reality tribute written by Ryan and his wife, Amy. The fact that it was developed and designed during their son's illness makes Ryan and Amy's story all that more tragic and touching.

In the indie documentary "Thank You For Playing," filmmakers David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall capture a painfully intimate portrait of Ryan and Amy, chronicling the remarkably moving story of their terminally ill son and the video-game he inspired.

The documentary, which premiered to strong reviews at last year's Tribeca Film Festival, is getting a small theatrical release on March 18th with a VOD release set for March 29th.

Meanwhile, the filmmakers have launched a Kickstarter campaign (ends on Mar. 4) to raise money for a worldwide release (for more information, head to kickstarter.com). And if you like to know more about the videogame (which was released last month), it has an official website at thatdragoncancer.com.

synopsis:
When Ryan, a video game designer, learns that his young son Joel has cancer, he and his wife begin documenting their emotional journey in the form of an unusual and poetic video game. The result is a game called "That Dragon, Cancer" -- an astoundingly honest and innovative work of art about the universal complexity of grief. Thank You For Playing follows Ryan and his family over two years, offering an intimate, revolutionary glimpse into how the fusion of art and technology -- in this case, a video game - can document profound human experiences in the modern age.

 

directed by   David Osit, Malika Zouhali-Worrall

release date   March 18, 2016 (in theaters), March 29, 2016 (on VOD)