Happy to participate in this publication with ˜Video-Island\Performing Environmental Imaginaries and Agency in Ilha do Mel˜. The published proceedings draw from the various and impressive contributions to the III Interactive Film and Media Conference in August 2021. They are organized into five sections according to theme. In the first two sections, the papers concentrate on social engagement. The first set of papers focuses on confinement and pandemic in the time of COVID-19. The second involves interactive responses to social issues such as migration, indigenous, refugees, and the environment. Sections three and four foreground debates about the levels of interactivity experienced in films and games. In the third set of papers, the authors focus on the medium’s capacities to involve the player or the user in interactivity, while papers comprising the fourth set question the process of immersion and explore levels of interactivity more fully. Finally, in the fifth and final section, the papers focus on the environment of digital art and media, challenging our understanding of what is an “art” and what is “human” in a digital world. Here we invite you to explore the published papers in the proceedings from the #IFM2021 Virtual Conference. Access Link
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