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THANK YOU FOR PLAYING

by David Osit & Malika Zouhali-Worrall

SYNOPSIS

When one-year-old Joel is diagnosed with terminal cancer, his father Ryan begins working on an unusual and poetic video game to honor Joel's life. Following Ryan's family through the creation of the artful game and the day-to-day realities of Joel’s treatment, David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall's remarkable new film is a moving testimony to the empathetic power of art, examining how we process grief through technology in the twenty-first century and the implications of documenting profound human experiences in a new artistic medium: the video game.

DETAILS

80 mins

2015

USA

English

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CREDITS

Director & Producer: David Osit & Malika Zouhali-Worrall

Director of Photography & Composer: David Osit

Editor: David Osit & Malika Zouhali-Worrall

Consulting Editor: Eric Daniel Metzgar

Animation: Ryan Cousins, Ryan Green, Josh Larson

Executive Producer for ITVS: Sally Jo Fifer

Executive Producer for American Documentary | POV: Simon Kilmurry

Made with support from: Independent Television Service (ITVS), American Documentary | POV, Chicken & Egg Pictures, IDFA Forum, Film Independent’s Fast Track Program, Independent Filmmakers Project Spotlight on Documentaries, Firelight Media, Tribeca All Access