The ARGathering

For over three decades, alternate reality games (ARGs) have blurred the line between reality and fiction, bringing together a thriving audience of players and enthusiasts. On March 28, step into the vast, reality-bending world of ARGs at The ARGathering, an immersive film festival event celebrating this frontier of storytelling. Presented by the Unnamed Footage Festival and hosted by ARG developer & documentarian Alex Hera, the ARGathering features a screening block of selected videos from popular ARGs, a panel Q&A with ARG creators, and an original immersive experience produced by Unfictional Productions. The screening block includes selected videos from Anatomy (1963), Daisy Brown, Don’t Feed the Muse, hiimmarymary, Marble Hornets: Rosswood, Rasterflesh, and redredhat. The panel Q&A will be hosted by Alex Hera, in conversation with -k. of hiimmarymary and Dragonfly of Anatomy (1963). Afterwards, you will be invited to participate in a horrifying in-person alternate realty game designed exclusively for the ARGathering.