SEEK@NUFF 2024 seeks you!


Come back soon for more information on this year’s SEEK Workshop at NUFF!

SEEK is brought to you be the team behind the Kreativ Teknologi department at Tvibit and NUFF. Participants will have full access to our Media Lab facilities (for rendering and working with 3D),  technical support staff and the latest film equipment, VR or mocap suits that we have at hand. 

What you get from the SEEK@NUFF workshop:

  • Welcome day, 7 days of workshop

  • Accommodation at a hotel in Tromsø city center

  • A professional mentor that will guide you and your team throughout the week

  • Access to the latest filming equipment and Tvibit’s Media Lab and VP facilities

  • 3 meals a day, vegetarian and vegan options available

  • Screening of the workshop films on Friday, June 28, at the Verdensteatret cinema (the oldest cinema in Europe still in activity!) 

  • Departure day from Tromsø on Saturday, June 29.

To apply to the SEEK Workshop, you need to be:

  • Between 18 and 30 years old

  • Residing anywhere in the world

  • Passionate about filmmaking and new media

  • Experience with directing, Virtual Production tools, 3D modelling and similar are a plus!

Successful applicant will have their NUFF workshop fees covered by the Kreativ Teknologi project. Please note that the flight tickets to and from Tromsø are not included and need to be paid by the participants.

For participants living in northern Norway who are accepted to the workshop, the fee is covered by Tvibit.

All the terms can be found here.

application for 2024 is now closed

 

About the Mentors

 

Ismet Bachtiar

Ismet Bachtiar is a creative director, curator and project manager at Tvibit (tvibit.net) where he runs the Kreativ Teknologi program across North Norway.

Ismet and his team have been actively involved in a wide variety of projects, from e-sports, gaming events and technology festivals to prototype development and game jams, all with a clear focus on talent development in the region and international outreach. In his professional career, Ismet has been an editor for GameAxis magazine in Singapore, ARG designer at Funcom and Game Designer/Content Manager at EA/Playfish.

 

SEEK Project Archive (2017 - 2021)

The Beta (2017) - 360 film developed in 2017 with mentors Cristian Dominguez Rein-Loring and Adrian Ruiz del Cerro. Nominated as one of the best sci-fi 360 short films on the VeeR VR platform. Participants hailed from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Greenland.

Room 221 (2018) - SEEK project group used 360 cameras in a first person POV in 2018, to hilarious effect! Room 221 tells a madcap story about how a film group created a VR simulation of the festival, but with dire consequences. Workshop participants were from Norway, Sweden and Egypt and mentored by Ismet Bachtiar.

I AM LAZERBEAR (2021) - SEEK participants created a hilarious documentary that tells the story of a 90s cartoon series about a laser-endowed polar bear fighting for the environment. Lazerbear is here to “pew pew pollution!”

Developed by workshop participants from USA and Norway, mentored by Ismet Bachtiar.

Chad´s Epic Pizza Quest (2022) - SEEK participants delve into the world of deep-fakes and A.I driven film processes, coming up with a madcap battle for the “soul of filmmaking”. And of course, pizza.

Developed by workshop participants from USA and Norway, mentored by Ernie Roby Williams and Ismet Bachtiar.

Happy Healing (2023) - For the very first-time, our SEEK participants took on the challenge of creating a short film on Tvibits virtual production LED screens with no prior experience. The team worked with Unreal 5, A.I. tools to recreate a cameo appearance of Herman (our very own Stan Lee!) and used NERFs to create a fantastic dream sequence, all to highlight yet another wildly imaginative story about future forms of psychotherapy!

Developed by workshop participants from Norway, mentored by Ernie Roby Williams and Ismet Bachtiar.

NUFF CLUB

NUFF Club (2019) - One of the biggest SEEK projects to date and achieved in 2019 - NUFF Club is an interactive film built on the Eko Studio platform and can be played mobile phones in a group setting. Read more about the process in the film in this article below or try out the experience yourself - https://video.eko.com/v/MNNN88

Developed by workshop participants from Norway and Tunisia, mentored by Marta Ordeig and Ismet Bachtiar.

Read more about the making of the film here - https://medium.com/@garage_stories/should-we-care-about-interactive-films-engagement-interaction-and-future-scenarios-97c0e9032921

NUFF DIGITAL HUBS

NUFF Digital Hubs (2020) - Our big experiment in the middle of the pandemic was to create a metaversial digital space for NUFF on the Mozilla Hubs platform. Read more about it here - https://www.nuff.no/nuff-digital-hubs and see if you can solve the secret puzzle!