London, United Kingdom – September 28, 2022 . Aviary Studios’ New FMV and Interactive Movie Hybrid the gallery which recently launched for PC via Steam (PC and Mac), PlayStation 4 & 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, iOS (Apple Store) and Android (Google Play Store) will be shown as a group gameplay event from September 29e September to 1st October on the Dinard Film Festival 2022.

 

Written and directed by Paul Raschid, one of the most prolific live-action video game/interactive movie creatives, the gallery is a thrilling combination of hostage thriller and social drama with a touch of world film festival cinema aesthetic. Two decades. Two identities. You need everything to survive the night.

 

the gallery was created to engage gamers and fans of interactive movies alike with its mix of high production values, great cast and a nuanced script that depicts the games’ two time periods – 1981 and 2021 – both of which are of significant political, social and cultural importance in British history.

 

The game contains 5 hours of content with 150 branches and 18 different endings.

 

Watch the trailer for the gallery here

Download the press kit together with the official poster and trailer here

Checking out the gallery announcement promo here

Review code is now available – register your interest here

 

the gallery has a great cast including George Blades (Louis XIV in Versailles and Athelstan in Vikings), Anna Popplewell (Susan Pevensie in Disney’s Narnia franchise), Kara Tointon (Mr Selfridge and Eastenders); Rebecca Root (The Queen’s Gambit); Richard Fleeshman (The Sandman and Coronation Street), Shannon Tarbet (Killing Eve and Love Sarah) and Fehinti Balogun (I can destroy you).

 

the gallery is localized (subtitled) in 11 languages: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish (Latin America), and Turkish.

 

George Blagden and Anna Popplewell will be at the Dinard Film Festival to support the gallery alongside Paul Raschid who will also give a Masterclass on creating this innovative, immersive experience.

 

the gallery will be featured in the ‘Cinema – Past, Present and Future’ section of the festival, where it will represent the category of the future.

 

Visit the official websites for more information www.aviaryfilms.co.uk and www.paulraschid.com and www.dinardfestivaldufilm.fr/en/

 

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For more information and interview requests, please contact:

 

Mark Allen – Renaissance PR

Mark@renaissancepr.biz +44 (0) 7884 408 973

 

Stefano Petrullo – Renaissance PR

stefano@renaissancepr.biz +44 (0) 7828 692 315

About the Dinard Film Festival.

For a few days in September, this town in Brittany, northern France, becomes the center of British Films. The festival is actually called the Dinard Festival du Film Britannique and is the most prestigious international film festival dedicated to British cinema. This is going to be 33rd annual release.

 

About Paul Raschid

Paul Raschid (aged 29); who wrote and directed ‘The Gallery’ is a born and bred Londoner.

 

Paul’s 3 previous live action games – The Complex, Five Dates and Deathtrap Dungeon – The Golden Room – have been released on Playstation, Xbox, Switch, Steam and Apps. ‘The Complex’ was also released in a linear version for TV and streaming.

 

Prior to the focus on the FMV – live action game/interactive movie hybrid; Paul was a linear feature filmmaker.

 

He wrote the teen horror thriller ‘Unhallowed Ground’ (2015) and wrote and

directed haunted house horror thriller Winterstoke House (aka Servant’s Quarters) in 2016. Paul wrote and directed the thriller horror drama ‘White Chamber’ for which Shauna Macdonald won Best Actress at BAFTA Scotland 2018 and which was released on Netflix after selection for 10 film festivals around the world, including BIFFF Brussels, Edinburgh, BiFan S.Korea, FrightFest London, Sitges and Mumbai.

 

About Aviary Studios

Aviary Studios consists of 2 companies. Paul Raschid Media (PRM) Ltd., the game developer, and Aviary Films Ltd., the game publisher.

 

‘The Gallery’ will be released as both a live action game/interactive film and a linear version for TV and streaming.

 

The CEO of Aviary Studios is Neville Raschid, who has had a 20-year career working for Hollywood studios and leading entertainment companies, including Paramount, Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow before becoming an independent film producer in 2002. He has produced 7 independent feature films since 2002. He founded Aviary Studios in 2019 to develop and publish a series of live-action and animated video games under the title ‘INTERACTIVISIONS’. The Gallery is the first in the series.