Universe Within: Digital Lives in the Global Highrise is an interactive documentary that takes us into the apartments, hearts, minds and computers of vertical citizens around the world to reveal the digital human condition in the 21st century. Trapped in our highrise units, can we find love, hate, peace, god, community—or a better world—online?

Highrise: Universe Within

Production Info

 

Role

 

  • Creative Producer / Producer

 

Festivals

 

IDFA DocLab (2016)

Hot Docs International Documentary Festival (2016)

RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival (2016)

 

Awards

 

Winner: Best Use of Interactive Video

The Webby Awards (2016)

Winner: Best Original Interactive Production

Canadian Screen Awards (2016)

Winner, Site of the Day

FWA (2016)

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Additional Media

Walkthrough, Making Of

 
 

Making of “Highrise: Universe Within”

Technical Innovation: Process

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