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Interactive Installation and National Film Board

National Film Board: The scenes are from the innovative National Film Board of Canada-produced project Circa 1948 , which includes an artistic 3D app, a website and an interactive installation that launched in competition at Tribeca Film Festivals Storyscapes program in New York on Tuesday, according to The Star. Renowned Vancouver visual artist Stan Douglas and the NFB Digital Studio co-created the so-called storyworld, which offers an immersive experience that takes users directly into the sights, sounds and headlines of the city back then and Its 1948 and a mysterious woman checks into the Hotel Vancouver, telling the front desk shes looking for her husband. Meanwhile, a local radio newscast announces a housing crisis for legions of homeless war vets, and a police constable confesses hes at the hotel to place a bet with a bookie. Canadian Stage unveils 2014-15 theatre season (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.