The 1Up Fever

13 min Germany Vimeo (original film); YouTube

Berlin goes wild for an augmented-reality street game that lets players win Bitcoins. Silvia Dal Dosso's mockumentary mixes a fictional app, a real city and a playful transmedia campaign about technology becoming a social fever.

Director: Silvia Dal Dosso
Writer: Silvia Dal Dosso
Country: Germany
Runtime: 13 min
Where to watch: Vimeo (original film); YouTube

The Bitcoin angle

Bitcoin is the game's reward, but the short also asks who funds that reward and what the app extracts from players' movement, data and attention. It turns early-2010s Bitcoin and augmented reality into a playful warning about digital platforms.

Screenings and festivals

The Unstitute Projection Room — March 15 to April 15, 2014
Various festivals and conferences, 2013–2017 (reported by Nerds of a Feather)

Trailer

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Official links

Sources

Vimeo — original film (CC BY-SA 4.0)GameScenes IMDb Nerds of a Feather — festival history